Uncompetitive Playoffs: West

The first round of the NBA Playoffs is two games in and of the 8 series only two of the series are tied as of now. We will start in the Western Conference where the #1 Golden State Warriors won the first two games of the series, which were played in Oakland. So far the main story line in this series has been superstar Steph Curry injuring his ankle. This is big news one because everyone in the media has been treating Curry like the second coming of Jesus this year. Also Curry has had a history of serious ankle injuries, so this is cause for concern. Steph only played 20 minutes in the first game which the Warriors won 104-78, and was held out of the second game, which the Warriors won 115-106, and he remains questionable for game 3. Personally I don't think that Curry is that injured, I think he is just slightly sore, and the Warriors don't want to injure him even worse. 

Elsewhere the Spurs are up 2-0 on the Memphis Grizzlies, and it hasn't even been close. The Spurs have won by an average of nearly thirty points and the Memphis has yet to top 80 points. So yeah there isn't much to talk about there.  The Oklahoma City Thunder and Dallas Mavericks are tied at one game apiece, but I don't see the Mavericks winning another game. After all in the second game, where the Mavericks lost, the Thunder's top two players shot a combined 15 for 55, which is pretty awful. That was probably a combination of good defense by the Mavs and also a bad night for KD and Russ but either way I don't see that happening many more times. 

The #4 Los Angeles Clippers have been taking care of business too, winning game one against the Portland Trailblazers 115-95, and the second game 102-81. This was a little more surprising, because Damian Lillard has been an absolute force since the All-Star break. But the Clippers have played very well, but it still remains to be seen if they can make it far into the playoffs. I think that the Trailblazers need to have a big name free agent to sign with them this summer if they expect to contend in the West.