let's talk about the nba eastern conference finals.it will be the miami heat...

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vs the boston celtics. these two teams are no strangers to the spotlight and against each other. on one side we have the veteran team of the boston celtics against the athletic and star-studded 1-2 punch of the miami heat. i think heat wins this series rather easily at 4-2 or 4-1. don't get me wrong, i love the boston celtics and i'm a big fan of ray allen but i just don't see miami losing this one. i do see one and only one reason for miami to lose this series. i'll discuss about that one reason in a bit. let me first give my reasons why i think miami wins this series easily. let's start with the star players and then move on to the role players. do remember before miami had the big three of lebron james, dwayne wade, and chris bosh, boston had their own version of the big three in paul pierce, ray allen, and kevin garnett. miami has the best two players in the league right now. one can argue that lebron and wade are not the top two players but they definitely are in the top ten players in the league right now. losing chris bosh is a big blow to the miami heat campaign as they lose their only legit big man in both ends of the court and i do believe this is where kevin garnett can take advantage of the miami heat team. he is playing his best basketball in the play-offs. on the other hand though, ray allen hasn't been 100% as well for boston. so it comes down to the pair of superstars in each team. still, the duo of lebron and wade has a slight advantage over the duo of pierce and garnett. one can argue that rajon rondo is a legit superstar and no one in the miami heat team can contain the prolific point guard of the boston celtics. i think this is the series that the miami bench plays to its full potential and contributes in a big way to take the team to the nba finals. defense will be a focal point in this series. i see boston limiting the offense of the miami heat team but i can't see them fully stopping the scoring machine that miami is. remember, playing defense takes the full effort from all five guys and i can already see match-up problems for boston. who will they have to guard lebron and wade? i can see pierce and perhaps pietrus taking turns against lebron but that won;t be enough. wade will also cause defense problems against this boston team. they can't afford to have allen guard wade the whole game. allen is a liability on defenseeven when he is 100% healthy, what more if he is injured. the plays and isolations that wade will do against allen will expose allen's defensive shortcomings. perhaps boston can throw pavlovic, pietrus, and dooling against wade but wade will get his points nonetheless. when it comes to experience, both teams are about even in this regard. these two teams have played in this type of setting so there is no clear advantage for either team. however, how these teams, specifically, how their players respond to pressure is different. which brings me to what i think will be the only reason that miami heat loses this series against the boston celtics - lebron james. no doubt, lebron is the best player in the league right now. he can easily take over a game and dictate how much will be the winning margin of his team. however, so far he has failed to perform well under pressure. just notice how many times, he has 'disappeared' in games when his team was trailing. down double-digits, with five minutes remaining in the game, lebron james more often that not buckles down under pressure and can't make shots or turns the ball over more times than possible. i think boston can split the first two games in miami. for boston to have a legit shot in the eastern conference finals they need to win at least one game in miami so they go to boston with the series tied at 1 game apiece. if boston goes up in the series,2-1 or 3-2 i think we see lebron unravel and under perform like he did in the past. anyway, regardless of the result, i still think that both series', san antonio-oklahoma and miami-boston, will be great. so my fellow mylotters, what does everyone think of the miami-boston eastern conference series? would love to hear your thoughts. feel free to chime in. cheers and happy mylotting!!!