Dark Horse Pick to Win the Finals?
We’re talking the bottom four seeds, East and West.
If one of them is gonna do it, what teams it gonna be?
and I need a better reason than its my favorite team haha
My pick is Dallas, I watched them stomp my hornets into the ground. Dirk is on fire right now and terry is having a phenomenal season (almost swept ESPN writers’ 6th Man of the Year award)
Great question.
To win the finals….my dark horse…would be Houston.
They play as tough a defense as any team in the league. Currently they would play New Orleans who they just beat by 20. The Hornets scored only 66 points that game too. So beating them is inevitable.
Next would be the winner of the Denver/Dallas series. Both of these team are beatable. Dallas is definitely playing very well, but they have had problems getting defensive stops when needed.
Houston is 7-3 against Dallas, Denver and New Orleans…with Houston winning five in a row. They have one more game against Dallas on Wednesday.
They have the right mix of defenders to take the Lakers to 7 games too.
the blazers are definitely the dark horse this year. and if they get past the spurs (which they will) in the first round, then they will demolish the fakers in the second and play denver for the conference title winning in 7 games to face the cavs. that will be a 7 game series too.
Dallas may have experience all kinds of playoff pain.
Injury: 2003 when Dirk hurt his knee
Finals upset: 2006
1st round upset: the following year
1st round loss as an underdog: the following year