1) Raptors have done it again fooling people into thinking they're better than they actually are: Cavs win in a fairly easy gentlemen's sweep.

2) I think the Spurs have been a rather flawed team all year and this is the series it becomes apparent: Rockets in 6. Spurs continue on their trend these past 8-9 years outside of 2014 of losing in the playoffs as a clear favorite in the West going into a playoff series. 2010 vs Phoenix, 2011 vs Memp, 2016 and 2012 vs OKC, 2015 vs LAC, now this.

3) Chris Paul has been the 3rd best player in the playoffs this year and after Steph Curry still might be the best point guard in the NBA(it's very hard for me to separate him and James Harden while stylistically so different)

4) I dont think Portland has been/is as good as people think and I think they are a prime candidate to get overvalued again going into next year.

I think there's a good chance that March for Jusuf Nurkic with Portland is completely unsustainable and he ends up being closer to the player he was in Denver for much of 3 years. If that happens....Portland was on pace to win 34 games prior to that trade and just is a flawed team. They feasted off a very easy schedule post ASB and a nice Nurkic honey moon period. People will talk about this team being some potential 48-50 win type team next year. I personally think there's a pretty good chance they end up around .500 again.