The SPURS have the Best RECORD in the WEST.....the LAKESHOW going for a 3PEAT......and the MAVS, BLAZERS, THUNDER, and NUGGETS are all capable.

It has come down to the last night in the Western Conference. With a whole lot at stake let's go to the FINAL SCORES:
JUST IN:

LAKERS 116 SAC-Town 108 LAKERS were the 3rd Seed for about 2.5 Hours and now they are the #2 in the WEST
MAVERICKS 121 NAWLINS 89 MAVS take the #3 Seed by no owning the tiebreaker vs the LAKERS
LAC 110 MEMPHIS 103 Memphis could've locked the 7th Seed up but lost giving the 7th Seed to HORNETS

Now with all the jockeying back and forth in the West the PLAYOFF PICTURE is clear in the WEST but the ROAD isn't. The LAKERS, going for their 2nd 3PEAT in the last 11 years, will have a tough road to hoe as they have potential Match-ups vs either DALLAS or PORTLAND in the 2nd Round......but the HORNETS will not go away quietly.

The SPURS capture the OVERALL Best Record in the WEST but lose out on the OVERALL Beat Record in the NBA to the BULLS by Losing at PHOENIX Wednesday Night. Are the SPURS the Favorite out WEST?......or are the LAKERS the FAVORITE?...Only time will tell as The WEST I think is up for grabs.

The 2011 NBA Western Conference PLAYOFFS 1st Round:

#1 San Antonio SPURS vs #8 Memphis GRIZZLIES: The GRIZZ are hungry......but so are the SPURS and Coach Popovich aka POPS will be on his P's And Q's for this one as the injury to MANU looked serious and any minutes lost from MANU will be devastating for the SPURS at this point.

The GRIZZLIES are pretty formidable having guys like Tony ALLEN and Zach RANDOLPH aka Z-BO. The One guy the GRIZZ will be missing to give them a real shot in the Series is Rudy GAY........who was has been listed out for the Season since Mid-February. The GRIZZ still will be a tough out.

WINNER: SPURS 4-2


#2 Los Angeles LAKERS vs #7 New Orleans HORNETS: Look the LAKESHOW needs a FOE right now that can just come in and give them just enough fight to get the LAKERS back on track. HORNETS PG Chris PAUL and 2G Trevor ARIZA will have to play BIG vs the LAKERS as the LAKERS will try to make quick work of these guys.

The HORNETS would have more of a chance if All-Star PF David WEST wasn't out for the SEASON with an ACL Tear. The LAKERS will need to fine tune a lot of areas but one main........ATTITUDE.......and the overall focus of not turning on the Switch.....just leave it on until late JUNE.

WINNER: LAKERS 4-0

#3 Dallas MAVERICKS vs #6 Portland TRAILBLAZERS: Good NEWS is that the MAVS are primed to make another RUN at the BIG ONE. The BAD NEWS is that the BLAZERS will have BROY 7 Brandon ROY back for the PLAYOFFS and have one of the best forward tandems in LaMarcus ALDRIDGE and Gerald WALLACE. The PERIMETER Game is strong too......led by 'DRE MILLER, Wes MATTHEWS JR, ROY, and Rudy FRENANDEZ.

The MAVS will be looking to go BIG and stay BIG with the MAMMOTH Front line in CHANDLER and HAYWOODE.....throw in the DIGGLER Dirk NOWITZKI at the 3 or 4......match-up nightmares all over the place let alone you have to account for the JET Jason TERRY and the KIDD, JASON that is.

This SERIES will come down to which BENCH Outplays the OTHER BENCH.

WINNER: MAVERICKS 4-3


#4 OK City THUNDER vs #5 Denver NUGGETS: Just based on what I know looking at this one........this is JULY 4th.....DAMN Early. Look at the PLAYERS in this one.....for the NUGGETS....LAWSON, FELTON, J.R. SMITH, K-MART, NENE, and the BIRDMAN, A-DUB Arron AFFALO, GALLANARI, CHANDLER, AND who got the BETTER end of the 'MELO TRADE?.......MILE HIGH FOOLS......DA NUGGETS....because now they are all focusing in on the DEFENSIVE END.....is there a Letter D in CARMELO ANTHONY........GRACIAS.

The THUNDER have now with some new additions, the BEST, YOUNG Nucleus in the GAME and the THUNDER and BULLS will be battling for Years with all that STAR POWER...but first thing is first.......Can DURANT, WESTBROOK, SEFOLOSHA, HARDEN, and Eric MAYNOR nuetralize that 3-headed MONSTYER in the BACK COURT of LAWSON, FELTON, and JR SMITH?

And this series will have the NP-LAY-UP Rule in effect...look who is in the PAINT in this one:

Kendrick PERK PERKINS, Serge IBAKA with a BLAKA, and Nick COLLISON man the frontline for the THUNDER.....Kenyon MARTIN aka K-MART, BIRDMAN Chris ANDERSON, and NENE Hilario.........a pay-per-viiew fight will break out in this one....TRUST ME

WINNER: NUGGETS 4-3

There you have it as I go with 4-3 Upset NUGGETS over the Proud but not enough and shocked THUNDER. Bu this is only Round 1....BE CAREFUL OUT THERE.