Tonight is the night which promises the end of a Pistons dynasty. There are weaknesses about the Pistons the experts are speaking about and fans are irritated over but I am just going to say that the Heat have been that good. I was watching the Heat-Pistons game 4 and even though it was looking close at the end of the first half with a point separating the teams, the Heat looked firmly in control.

It showed as the gap opened up in quarters three and four - gaps which looked much bigger than they actually were at points in the game. A lot has been spoken on Dwayne Wade. All the praise is rightfully deserved but more impactful for me is the combination with Shaq and the rest of the guys - that damn good for me to win the championship this year. First, the Pistons dynasty must end.

The victory for the Suns to tie the series 2-2 was important because we needed at least one series to go into a game 6 if not a game 7. Else, we could have faced the situation of March Madness - good early on only to fizzle out when it mattered most. The fear was so big that Matthew Sussman even suggested the playoffs to close when the conference semi finals ended. The Suns resurgence is very promising.

Sauce says:

Suns are rough in their building . . . their fans are fanatic in there. That franchise and their fan base want a championship really really bad. We’re talking Red Sox hunger, on some remote level. They’re Philly-hungry, in terms of the fans.

I don’t see the Suns winning it all and striding over Heat. The comfort with which the Heat are overcoming the Pistons is very much indicative of their strength. The Suns can overcome the Mavericks though. Nowitzki has done a lot in the post season. How much more can he do now? Maybe some thing to win another game or two (which would be enough to take Dallas to the Finals) but I think we have seen almost every thing we could expect of Nowitzki already.

But these are just ponderings. If any thing, the playoffs have shown so far that any thing is possible in sport yet again. More than the close games, more than the time outs, the best thing about the playoffs has been that no one has had any idea who is going to win it.

We have had a lot of fun so far in the playoffs but the promise of much more excitement, if realised, would make it just perfect.

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