EAST
Cavs vs. Hawks. Prediction: Cavs 4-1. Cavs are just too strong. Unlike the Heat, the Cavs have Mo Williams, Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Delonte West and Anderson Varejao to complement LBJ.
Celtics vs. Magic. Prediction: Magic 4-3. The Magic proved to be mentally frail but so did the Celtics. Dwight Howard is going to be the difference in this series.
WEST
Lakers vs. Rockets. Prediction: Rockets 4-3. This is the new Bulls-Celtics classic series. Im going to go out on a limb here and predict that Yao, Artest, Battier, Scola, Brooks and Landry are going to be too much for Kobe. Especially after Artest got motivated with the Kobe elbow.
Nuggets vs Mavs. Prediction: Nuggets 4-2. Okay, okay. After an entire season of underestimating the Nuggets, I'll finally get on their bandwagon. Billups has been phenomenal and deserves a mini-MVP award.