2010 NBA Playoff Picks UPDATED x3

This was what I wrote on my blog before the NBA season started:

NBA Finals: Celtics over Lakers (even though I want the Lakers to win, I think the Celtics bench is just too good. Celtics will win as long as they stay healthy. If not, then Lakers will win)

And wouldn't you look at that. We have the Lakers and Celtics in the Finals again. I didn't expect the Celtics to come through when the Playoffs began because I thought they had old legs and also the Cavs and Magic would be better than what they showed. But the Celtics are on a roll and they're still healthy for the most part.

The Lakers on the other hand have been exactly what I predicted. Top in the West with a dominant scorer (Kobe) and somewhat OK sidekick (Gasol) and lesser known bench. Throughout the West Finals against the Suns, the Lakers bench kept getting outplayed by the Suns bench. This showed me the weakness of the Lakers bench and unless they step up, the Celtics D will limit the Lakers to purely a Kobe-Gasol-Artest show. That would mean those 3 need to play out of their minds in order to win.

Therefore, I still stick with what I said at the beginning of the year. The Celtics will win, even though I want the Lakers to get their monkey off their back and beat the Celtics in this revenge match.

Celtics over Lakers in 6
NBA Finals MVP: Rajon Rondo