Playoffs: Part II

First round has come and gone, and I hate to admit it, but it was pretty..pretttyyy. pretty good. Now for the second round.

It means: "Bulls lose second round"**

Bulls - Hawks
I'm going to stand by my original prediction: Bulls out second round. I predict this for a few reasons.
One: To piss off Charles
Two: To piss off Amit
My boy Joe Johnson will show that hes worth 75% of that contract. Josh Smith will prove hes more then just a dunker. Boozer will prove he does not like the post season, and Derek Rose's back might break trying to carry this overrated team.
Hawks in 7
America will notice: Jeff Teague, I actually like this more then Heinrich playing because hes faster and can play (better) defense on DRose then the Kirk. Boozer will make Chicago wish they saved their money.

Grizzlies - Thunder
Normally this match up would be the most exciting in the second round. But instead you got the the Heat and Celtics, The Mav's beating the Lakers, and the Hawks winning at home. I like Z-bo, grabbing Z-bounds, dropping Z-bombs, but I think this is it for the Grizz. This is when the Perkins trade for the Thunder really shows its value.
Thunder in 6
America will notice: Zach Randolph. A once Clipper is now the best low post presence in the playoffs. Harden. Beard.

Heat - Celtics
Heat in 5

Mavs - Lakers
This really hard. You have one team that's infamous for choking in the playoffs, and another that's infamous for not wanting to play hard. "The Switch" vs "The Choke". Both teams have slow point guards (though Kidd is a hall-of-famer and Fisher is not), both seem to be struggling offensively, Dallas sucks on the road, and the Lakers are sucking in the clutch. The biggest difference of this series will be The Lakers size (again). They will get more offensive rebounds and second chance points. So a lot of this is up to Tyson Chandler, Dirk, Pau, Bynum. Damnit, I'm talking in circles. YA KNOW WHAT. I'm said the Lakers would fall in to the three seed, they didn't...but they almost did, and should have if it weren't for a god damn terrible Sacramento King's team. This Laker team has annoyed me all season with the Christmas Day game, and the "switch". Dallas wins.
Dallas will win the series and it will send the Lakers into a downward spiral. Kobe will go off on his teammates, claiming he needs more help, and can't do it all. Claiming that his big men are soft, and need to be more physical to win. He will bad talk Bynum, will set up a huge off-season transaction of Dwight Howard... Pau, Kobe, Dwight Howard?... maybe the Lakers should win..
Mavs in 6
America will notice: Game faces. Dirks tongue sticking out the side of his mouth vs Kobe's under bite scowl thing..

** I kind of regret using that picture..