NBA Playoff – Haiku Preview

Your Twitter feed, Facebook page, and life in general is going to be inundated with hundreds of people offering their prognostications on the NBA playoffs in the next few days.  They’ll break down strategies, matchups, stats, history, trends, and everything else that you can possibly think of.  It’s going to be overwhelming.

That’s why I’m going to make it easy for you.  There’s really only one or two things you need to know about each series.  So, here’s a breakdown for the entire first round…in haiku.

Miami Heat vs Milwaukee Bucks

Milwaukee can win

If the NBA begins

To score games like golf

Miami in 4

New York Knicks vs Boston Celtics

Bernard King Part Two

Proves too much for a team the

World is rooting for

Knicks in 5

Indiana Pacers vs Atlanta Hawks

If well-matched, boring

Teams play, but no one watches

Do they make a sound?

Indiana in 6

Brooklyn Nets vs Chicago Bulls

Biggie Smalls has a

Better chance of coming back

Than Derrick Rose does.

Brooklyn in 7

OKC Thunder vs Houston Rockets

Return of the Beard

Thunder won’t rue trading him

Not yet, anyway

Thunder in 5

San Antonio Spurs vs Los Angeles Lakers

The Halcyon Days

Of Spurs-Lakers Could have been

If Kobe was Here

Spurs in 5

Denver Nuggets vs Golden State Warriors

If you squint, you’ll think

You’re watching Doug Moe’s squad take

On Run TMC

Nuggets in 5

Los Angeles Clippers vs Memphis Grizzlies

Can the fierce Grizzlies

Stop Lob City? Better yet,

Can they score 90?

Clippers in 7

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