Fear the Deer, Next Year (NBA Round 1 Recap)

Round one of this year's NBA Playoffs are in the books and it is time for a Heptathlon update. Congratulations to Cincinnati Rockers as the only team to correctly predict the winner of every opening round series. That prognostication prowess has given him an early 3 point lead over the next nearest competitor, Orlando Mendez-Valdez, who only missed the Denver/Utah series.

Dallas busted the most brackets (predictably) with 10 of twelve competitors picking them to advance, five of twelve had them representing the West in the NBA final and just Chief Noc-A-Homa expecting Dirk to hoist the gold ball at the end. Team Parzych also lost his predicted champion when Denver bowed out to Utah in the first round. Not surprisingly, those two are looking up at the rest of the field in the standings.

On a personal note, it was a very disappointing loss for the Bucks. I don't claim to be a die-hard fan, but certainly support them in the league. After losing Bogut to that wicked injury, I did not expect them to win in the first round. In fact, I was ready to consider taking the series 6 games to be a victory. I am pleased with what they did, but hoped for a better fight in game 6 at home to close out the series. I am excited for the team moving forward.

One thing that kind of pissed me off was the NBA starting the second round games before the opening round was over. It both takes away from those opening game sevens (the greatest competition in all of sports) and distracts me from realizing what is actually happening in those new series. Anyone else in the same boat? Is this even new this year or just something I've been too apathetic to notice?