2009 NBA Finals Preview

When the season began in October, there were 30 teams with different stories and the same goal of bringing a championship to their respective franchises. After six months of battles during the regular season, only 16 teams remain to compete in the First Round of the 2009 NBA Playoffs. But in the Second Round, only 8 teams remain. Then in the Conference Finals, 4 teams were still alive. And after all was over, there were two teams. One representing the West, the other representing the East.

And it all goes down to one final showdown..

2009 NBA FINALS

In this year's NBA Finals, the Western Conference Champion Los Angeles Lakers will face off against the Eastern Conference Champions Orlando Magic, in this best-of-7 series. For more about this matchup, here's the:

TALE OF THE TAPE
DWIGHT HOWARD
2009 Defensive Player of the Year
vs
KOBE BRYANT
2008 Most Valuable Player

WESTERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSLOS ANGELES LAKERS
Championships: 14 (5 in Minneapolis)
Finals Apperance: 30th
Regular Season Record: 65-17 (0.793)
Overall Rank: 2nd
West Rank: 1st
Division Rank: 1st
First Round: def. (8) Jazz (4-1)
Second Round: def. (5) Rockets (4-3)
West Finals: def. (2) Nuggets (4-2)
Coach: Phil Jackson
Key Players: Kobe Bryant, Pau Gasol, Lamar Odom
X-Factors: Trevor Ariza, Shannon Brown, Andrew Bynum, Jordan Farmar
Key Injuries: None

EASTERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS

ORLANDO MAGIC
Championships: 0
Finals Apperance: 2nd
Regular Season Record: 59-23 (0.720)
Overall Rank: 4th
East Rank: 3rd
Division Rank: 1st
First Round: def. (6) 76ers (4-2)
Second Round: def. (2) Celtics (4-3)
East Finals: def. (1) Cavaliers (4-2)
Coach: Stan Van Gundy
Key Players: Dwight Howard, Rashard Lewis, Hedo Turkoglu
X-Factors: Mickael Pietrus, Rafer Alston, Courtney Lee, Marcin Gortat
Key Injuries: Jameer Nelson

SEASON SERIES:
1st Game: LAL 103-106 ORL
2nd Game: ORL 109-103 LAL
ORL wins series 2-0

This is going to be a good NBA Finals between the Lakers who are looking for redemption after last year's defeat in the NBA Finals against the Celtics, and the Magic who are back in the NBA Finals for the first time since 1995 and are looking to bring Orlando it's first NBA Championship in their return in the NBA Finals.

As for my pick, I want the Magic to win in this Finals, because the Lakers already had 14 championships in the rafters, the Magic have yet to enjoy the moments of being NBA Champions. The Lakers are a good team especially a guy named Kobe Bryant who has 3 championship in his name (with Shaq), but I'm going for the "underdog" in this series.

Once again, the big question is:
WHERE WILL AMAZING HAPPEN THIS YEAR?
WHO WILL BE CROWNED THE 2009 NBA CHAMPION?

Once again, I disabled replies on this blog. Haha.. so out of blog comments will never be heard..

THEREwillBEaNEWchampionFORsure.
LET'S GO MAGIC!
-kArLc-