There are plenty of different scenarios in which the NBA season could come to an end and this creates quite a few possible matchups in the Western Conference Playoffs.
As of now, the Portland Trail Blazers stand at eighth place in the Western Conference, with a record of 47-30.
They are only a half game behind the San Antonio Spurs for the seventh seed with five games left in the regular season.
If Portland secures the seventh seed, they would face one of the four teams now tied for the second seed: Phoenix, Dallas, Denver, and Utah.
If you had to pick out of that group of teams, my opinion is that the Dallas Mavericks present the most favorable matchup for the Blazers.
Portland is undefeated against Dallas this year with a 3-0 record, whereas they are 1-3 against Denver, 0-4 against the U ...
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NBA Playoffs Prediction: Portland’s Most Favorable First Round Matchup
Posted: 6th April 2010 by T. in NBAComments Off on NBA Playoffs Prediction: Portland’s Most Favorable First Round Matchup