Although I knew better than to pick against the defending NBA Champion San Antonio Spurs in the first round, I did it anyway. After all, the Spurs, for all of their four championships, had never repeated. I felt I was safe.

I was wrong.

Then I picked against the defending NBA Champion San Antonio Spurs in the second round. After all, Chris Paul and the Hornets looked pretty good in their defeat of a strong Dallas Mavericks team, quite possible the best seven seed ever in the NBA playoffs.

Wrong again.

Robert Horry comes through with a strong play against David West’s ailing back (eerily reminiscent of his play against Steve Nash the year before).

Now they’re up against the Lakers.

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LeBron James gave a valiant attempt to beat the Boston Celtics and make it into the Eastern Conference Finals again.

He fell slightly short.

Now it’s the Detroit Pistons turn.

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The national press have got to be the biggest bunch of bandwagon jumpers that there are.

After two games in New Orleans, the San Antonio Spurs were finished.

After two games in San Antonio, the New Orleans Hornets are now finished.

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Since some of the second round matchups are about to start, it is time to pick which teams will advance out of the second round.

I have to say that the first round showed me two things which are going to be invaluable for picking in the second round.

1. The New Orleans Hornets are a legitimate championship contender.
2. The Boston Celtics are not the prohibitive favorite for the title after the sub-.500 Hawks have taken them to 7 games.

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I listened to the B.S. Report yesterday (a little late), and I’ve got to wonder about his NBA Playoffs picks… especially since he didn’t even know who was going to get the home court advantage between Utah and Houston.

If he didn’t do enough research to get that right, can you really trust any of his picks?

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