Playoff Eve

It's the last day of the regular season and just a few days until the ridiculous 2 months of NBA playoff basketball. (Ridiculously excellent if you ask me.) League Pass is giving me a great sendoff with a full docket of exciting games. The craziest matchup is Toronto/Cleveland, which will help decide whether the Cavs or the Nets get the coveted (at least until they get swept by the Heat) 8th spot in the East. But as Sports Guy and ESPN have noted, all of Toronto hates Vince Carter and therefore the Nets with a fiery fiery passion for mailing it in over the past year in Toronto and then moving to NJ to play his jerky little heart out. Will Toronto get revenge by in turn mailing it in vs. Cleveland? It's doubtful, especially since the hapless Cavs probably couldn't even take advantage of a thrown game at this point, but it's still interesting.

The Sixers playoff positioning will also be determined tonight. A win vs. the Hawks and a loss by the Pacers puts them in 6th matched up with Boston, which isn't such a bad place to be. Congratulations A.I. on an excellent season despite some uneven results, and thanks for almost single-handedly willing the Sixers into the playoffs.

As Jim O'Brien said, I could not imagine life without Allen Iverson.