As you might imagine, She and I have been watching the NBA Playoffs with intense interest. I’m not sure what She thinks–beyond the belief the Spurs will meet the Pistons in The Finals. Is there anyone on the planet who truly believes otherwise?

• – I have no respect for Kobe Bryant. On the other hand, if he is able to grow up and play team basketball, the Lakers will be a force to be reckoned with. If Kobe figures out he can make his teammates better, and, as a result, he’ll be better, most bets are off. The Lakers will be in the Finals again. I don’t believe it will be this year, but next year will be a scary year.
• – Rasho’s first three pointer of the year came at a very opportune time last night. I loved it!
• – Spurs-style basketball is spreading. This will be a good thing for the league. As Spurs players and front office folks move to other teams and bring what they’ve learned about success, we’ll be seeing more character-based and team-playing basketball. I’m sure I’m missing something, but the Dallas Mavericks and first-year coach Avery Johnson are a key example. The Cleveland Cavaliers are coming along. LeBron has more maturing to do, and he’s not as fortunate to have as experienced a coaching staff as Tony Parker and the Spurs are, so they’ll have to learn things the hard way.
• – The Miami Heat show all the signs of a team intent on imploding. They’ve been losing their cool way too often.
• – Great move by George Karl to suspend Kenyon Martin indefinitely.
• – Great finish by Sacramento last night. But several of their players have anger management issues. See Miami and losing your cool.
• – Good work Clippers.
• – Will Memphis get a playoff win? I hope so. The Mavs are still going to win that series.

Keep watching. This is a good Playoffs so far.