Staff writer: Hasan Cruz

Surprising First Round

So far the NBA playoffs have been phenomenal and really astonishing for many fans that thought the first round was going to be easy. But for a couple of teams it was. For example for the west, it was the San Antonio Spurs sweeping the Los Angeles Lakers. For the east, the Miami Heat showing no slowing down after beating the Milwaukee bucks 4-0.

 One surprising game that really shocked every Brooklyn fan was when Chicago came out with a victory to move on to the Semi-Finales. After Chicago lost their first game and won their other games to take a 3-1 lead in the first round, the Brooklyn Nets came and won two games to force it to go to a game seven. But it was the Chicago Bulls who came out with the win without none of their top scores who is Luol Deng, Kirk Hinrich, and of course Derrick Rose who haven’t played a single game this season.

The Boston Celtics had New York Fans holding their Breaths after beating the Knicks twice to make it go to a game six. But before all of that the Knicks, who ended their season really terrific going 15-2 in their last 17 games in the regular season, they took a 3-0 lead in the first round to make New York and Boston fans think that it was going to be an easy series. But the Celtics just wouldn’t give up so they forced a game six. That game six would be a game that the New York Knicks will never forget. The reason I say that is because of how close it was to go to a game seven. The Knicks had a 23-point lead with about eight minutes left in the fourth quarter and out of nowhere the Boston Celtics takes a 19-0 run to make it a four-point game and leaving the Knicks scoreless for about five minutes. But the Knicks found a way to come out with a win.

Now that the first round of the playoffs is over, the post season is going to get more and tougher for some teams and maybe surprising for some fans that think or know that one team is going to win but really that team ends up losing.