If The Playoffs Started Today

This would be what the bracket looked like.

WEST:

(1) Dallas vs (8) Minnesota
(4) San Antonio vs (5) Houston

(2) Phoenix vs (7) Denver
(3) Utah vs (6) Lakers

EAST:

(1) Detroit vs (8) Miami
(4) Toronto vs (5) Indiana

(2) Cleveland vs (7) Orlando
(3) Washington vs (6) Chicago


Notes:
-The three division leaders in the West hold 8.5, 9, and 10 game leads.  Oy.
-Who do you think would be favored in that Utah-Lakers series?
-Would you rather be the 3-seed and face the Lakers, or the 4-seed and face the Rockets?  Tough call.
-Better question, would you rather be the 6-seed and face Utah, or the 5-seed and face the Spurs?
-This shows you how important that Lakers/Nuggets  battle for the 6-seed is.  Phoenix instead of Utah?  I’d be climbing all over myself to get that extra spot.
-As for the East, I see it as Detroit and then one big clusterf**k.  You could take any of those 2-8 seeds and jumble them all up (and with a 4.5 game difference between then, it just may happen).  I’d bet that teams will be going all-out to avoid the 8 and 4 seeds, though, to postpone a potential Detroit series.