NBA EAST PLAYOFFS are set.......BULLS #1 Overall Seed.......HEAT get the #2.......and the C'S and KNICKERBOCKERS go at it ROUND 1

The NBA Playoffs are finally here and there are some interesting match-ups all over the place that you might not think isn't really a match-up at all. The BLUEDUDE will take you to these match-ups and tell you why they are a lot tougher than one might think.

The Chicago BULLS, with their soon to be NBA MVP Derrick ROSE, get the #1 Overall Seed in the EAST and Home Court Advantage throughout the 2011 Eastern Conference Playoffs.

The HEAT embarrass the GREEN TEAM on SUNDAY and get the #2 Overall Seed in the EAST as the CELTICS have the enviable task of taking on the TEAM that no one wants to play in the ROUND 1.......the New-Look KNICKERBOCKERS...led by Mr. BIG SHOT Chauncey BILLUPS and flanked by the 2 Noble Ones, 'MELO and STAT. And if you think the GARDEN was jumping when they picked up 'MELO and CHAUNCEY....wait to you see the GARDEN in GAME 3 when the C'S and KNICKS are all knotted up at 1-1.....YEAH I WENT THERE.......HATERS.

What about that other team in FLORIDA with that guy with a CAPE manning the MIDDLE........the O-MAGIC.....led by yours truly......Dwight HOWARD......they get the OLD-LOOK HAWKS....minus 'NIQUE, TREE ROLLINS, SPUD, John BATTLE, KONCAK, WITTMAN, and DOC RIVERS....and coached by the CZAR of the TELESTRATOR.....Mike FRATELLO.......none of that outfit will be there.

Let's breakdown the 2011 Eastern Conference PLAYOFFS Round 1:

#1 Chicago BULLS vs #8 Indiana PACERS: Derrick ROSE is on a mission and he probably won't stop his mission until late JUNE...REALLY......Do the PACERS have any SHOT?......YES....or they wouldn't play the SERIES......Are they going to win?......Look at names.....HIBBERT, Dhantay JONES, Dunleavey JR., McROBERTS, Collison, GRANGER, and TJ FORD.......except for All-Star GRANGER......this TEAM of PACERS would make a deep run into MARCH MADNESS...that's it.

The BULLS have BIGGER FISH TO FRY and will come out swinging and they are well-equipped with the BEST OVERALL D in the LEAGUE.....DUNZO PACERS

WINNER: BULLS 4-0


#2 Miami HEAT vs #7 Philadelphia SIXERS: This Series will be a lot closer than you might think.....the young SIXERS Athletically can hang with the HEAT....the Question will be...Can the SIXERS slow down JAMES and WADE or slow down everyone else but them?........Man If I knew the Answer to slowing down the HEAT...I would be on Coach COLLINS' Staff.

It will come down to the SIXERS young guys like HOLIDAY, TURNER, YOUNG, Lou WILLIAMS, MEEKS, and SPEIGHTS getting it done in CRUNCH TIME. BRAND and IGGY IGUODALA will have to exude CONFIDENCE in this young bunch they are leading.

THE HEAT are starting to play their best basketball of the SEASON which doesn't bode well for ...really anyone in the WHOLE Eastern Conference.......JAMES and WADE both will finish TOP 6 in NBA MVP Voting.........but you knew that was coming.

WINNER: CREAM TEAM (HEAT) 4-1

#3 Boston CELTICS vs #6 NY KNICKERBOCKERS: This is WHAT all of MANHATTAN had ordered.....a KNICKS Playoff Series......and with these New-Look KNICKS.....there could be trouble in BEANTOWN.

The GREEN TEAM staggering to the finish line and DOC RIVERS isn't clear where to navigate the ship. They need a healthy SHAQ.....probably not......and somehow they need to find a way for the New PARTS, especially Jeff GREEN, to find a ROLE and quickly.

You think BILLUPS, 'MELO, and STAT don't know they are UNDERDOGS here.....that might be the CELTICS Problem......them knowing that the KNICKS are suppose to be BEAT ......this has the MAKINGS of a good-old fashion PAT RILEY COACHED knock-down drag-out affair and maybe the RETURN of SPIKE in the PLAYOFFS.......MUST-SEE Series in the EAST.

WINNER: KNICKS 4-3......with a GAME 7 Win at the NEW GARDEN.........SMACK

#4 Orlando MAGIC vs #5 Atlanta HAWKS: The HAWKS beat the MAGIC 3-1 head to head this season. The HAWKS know it's PLAYOFF TIME and the regular season doesn't matter. Thinking of which something that the BIG TICKET KG of the C'S said in that TV Series on ESPN " The ASSOCIATION: CELTICS" he said," Everyone talks about WINNING but ACTIONS speak Louder than WORDS".....this is where the HAWKS are at RIGHT NOW. If they do not get out the 1st round...It's time to Break Up the BAND

The MAGIC finished pretty good and they have the #1 Center in the GAME the only problem with the MAGIC is they are a Jump-Shooting Team no matter how you slice it. Also there is no other threat in the LOW-POST that commands any type of Attention as far as a double team. So they will double DWIGHT and make the MAGIC shoot their way into the 2nd round or out of the 1st round. Key Player for MAGIC......HEDO what he do TURKOGLU......period......HAS TO COME UP BIG

WINNER: MAGIC 4-3


That's it in a NUTSHELL......the BLUEDUDE has the BULLS facing the MAGIC in the 2nd Round and the Upstart KNICKS fresh off their upset of the CELTICS playing the HEAT in the 2nd Round....IMAGINE THE GARDEN.....WOW