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Originally posted by air_canada:

Let me remind you, friend, that the Raptors are fourth in the East and second in Central. Some of you Westerners are obsessed with the Lakers, the Kings, and the Blazers. Also, it is getting annoying to hear people talk about 3 or 4 teams (western teams) winning when you don't even know how the East is doing.

I know every team in the East that has come out on a Western Conference road trip has gotten killed so far.

And people talk more about the West because the West is so much better than the East. The top 5 teams in the West all have better records than the best team in the East right now (New Jersey). Brian talked about reality in his last post. Well here's another reality, nobody in the East will beat any team in the West in the N.B.A. Finals.

I wouldn't be surprised if the Raptors made it to the finals.

I wouldn't be surprised if the Raptors made it to the Finals either but I'm picking Milwaukee because they have the experience of having been one step away from it last year and also I think eventually they'll get the #1 seed in the East because they've already finished all their Western Conference road games. I think that will be a huge advantage coming down the stretch of the regular season because while all other the East teams will get slaughtered out West the Bucks will have an easier schedule.