2010 NBA Conference Finals: Dr. Trade’s Official Diagnosis

Three sweeps and one possible franchise and legacy altering upset later, it's time to get set for the NBA Conference Finals. First, we probably have to catch our breath a little bit: It wasn't really that surprising for Orlando and Los Angeles to move on. Most of us have long been predicting those two squads would at least reach the Conference Finals again, if not going even further. However, I don't think anyone could have guessed how methodically they would destroy Atlanta and Utah, respectively. There were some, like myself, who tentatively chose Phoenix to finally move past San Antonio this year. For most of us though, that was a wishful pick from the heart, but not necessarily one that our guts could fully sign off on. It's still hard to wrap my head around the definitive dem...

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