NBA Finals?

So, I was right and wrong about a few things this post season.

Derrick Rose is the league's MVP for the 2010-11 season, and the youngest in history.

The Chicago Bulls and the Miami Heat (seeds 1 and 2) are in the Eastern Conference finals.

But, neither the Los Angeles Lakers, or the San Antonio Spurs are in the Western Conference finals. Both the number 1 and 2 seeds are out, and the 3rd and 4th seeds are in the race for west supremacy.

The Oklahoma City Thunder and the Dallas Mavericks are battling it out right now, and I did not see this coming.

The Thunder weren't thought as a playoff team because of how young the team is, but they have rose over the adversity and have said "why not be a playoff contender?".

Mavs fans are overjoyed this year, finally having a solid playoff run, and the outstanding play of Drik Nowitzki is definently making it hard to ignore the large possibility that this spuad of players can win it all this year.

After 4 games already played in the west finals, OKC is down 3 games to 1, and would need to win 3 games in a row to knock off the Mavericks. The defensive and offensive intensity that this team has is too great for OKC to handle in my opinion, because the depth they have on the entire roster is amazing. Oklahoma has 2 prominent offensive options in Russel Westbrook and Kevin Durant. Sixth man James Harden as well, but still not enough.

Kevin Durant has led the league in scoring the past 2 seasons... and he's only 22.

But OKC being young and actually one of my favorite teams, I think the Mavericks have offensive and defensive firepower on the starting line and the bench that beats out the thunder.

Going to the East, the Bulls and Heat series is moving along with the Heat at a 3 games to 1 advantage.

For a Bulls fan like myself, it pains me to say this, but the Miami Heat are going to beat Chicago in the East. This is due to the fact the series is best of 7, and Chicago would need to win the next 3 games to beat out the heat, while Miami needs 1 win. I don't think any team in history has come back from a 3-1 deficit.

When a team has the talents of Dwyane Wade and Lebron James on the same team, with a complimentary third option in former Toronto Raptor Chris Bosh, the offense alone is too much for the Bulls to handle. Three all-stars on one team is too much for one on the Bulls, even if that all-star is the MVP.

So with Oklahoma and Chicago down 3-1 in each series, it looks as if the NBA finals is going to between the Dallas Mavericks and the Miami Heat.

Though I like the Miami Heat (not as much as the Bulls), I am on the side for the Dallas Mavericks to win the title. It's a personal opinion of mine, and I believe that it is possible. Regardless of who wins that series, it is going to be an exciting one to watch.

The Heat have their own spark in Wade and Lebron, but the Mavericks Drik Nowitzki has an advantage in this series. Dirk plays at the power forward position, and the two power forwards that the Heat use most is their Starter in Chris Bosh and the back-up Udonis Haslem.

Drik has thrived in the post-season this year. His offense is clicking at such a high level, nobody is really able to guard him or block his shots. In the OKC series right now, he's got great defensive players (Serge Ibaka and Nick Collison) guarding him every game, and he is still making his shots. And when he gets double teamed, Dirk has no problem passing the ball to the open man.

Chris Bosh is all offense, and most of the time, he only contributes 18 points per game. He'll get a block here and there. And he gets rebounds... on the defensive end. Not very impressive, plus lebron james, who plays small forward, tends to get the same amount or more rebounds than Bosh does in most games.

Bottom line, Bosh has a lack in defense that Dirk is going to take advantage of. Even if the Heat put Lebron on him, who occasionally plays the 4 spot, Dirk has height, length and shot form over him. Drik Nowitzki is about 7 feet tall, his arms are long, and a majority of the time when he shoots, he brings the ball very high up AND fades away.

And the Mavs bench is, again, much better than the Heats overall, and probably one of the best in the NBA. Jason Terry is their sixth man, and he'll make guards like James Jones and Mike Bibby looks foolish.

To cap it off, a nice series to come. I hope Dallas wins, but don't count out the Heat.

So the question is: Dallas or Miami?