2010 Final Eight Teams

• Western Conference Eastern Conference

• Los Angeles Lakers Cleveland Cavaliers

• Phoenix Suns Orlando Magic

• Utah Jazz Atlanta Hawks

• San Antonio Spurs Boston Celtics

• The Defending champions beat the Oklahoma City Thunder in 6 games

• The Lakers swept the Utah Jazz in the second round

• The Lakers are the favored team to go to the finals from the Western Conference.

• They are lead by the best closer in the game, Kobe Bryant.

• The Suns beat the Portland Trail Blazers in 6 games • The Suns also swept the San Antonio Spurs in the second round• The suns were not expected to last this long in the playoffs• They have a big name free agent at the end of the season, in Amare

Stodemire

• The Utah Jazz beat the Denver Nuggets in the first round

• Star Player Carlos Boozer becomes a free agent at the end of the

season

• The San Antonio Spurs beat the Dallas Mavericks in 6 games

• Defeating the Mavericks was considered a major upset and It was the first time in a while that a 7 seed beat a 2 seed.

• They signed the versatile Manu Ginnolbli to an extension during the season.

• The Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Chicago Bulls in 5 games to advance

• The Cavaliers were upset by the Boston Celtics in the second round

• The Cavs were the favorite to win the championship this year.• Anything less then a title was considered a disappointing

season for the Cavs• Lebron James becomes a free agent at the end of the season

• The Orlando Magic swept the Charlotte Bobcats in the first round

• The Magic also swept the Atlanta Hawks in the second round.

• The magic are the defending eastern conference champions.

• The Atlanta Hawks beat the Milwaukee Bucks in 7 games to advance

• The Hawks were swept in the second round for the second consecutive year

• The Hawks best player, Joe Johnson is also a free agent this year.

• The Boston Celtics beat the Miami Heat in 5 games to advance • The Celtics pulled a major upset by beating the Cleveland Cavaliers• The Celtics are the last team in the east to win a championship

2010 Final 8 NBA teams’ records

• Cavaliers-61-21• Magic-59-23• Hawks-53-29• Celtics-50-32• Lakers-57-25• Suns-54-28• Jazz-53-29• Spurs-50-32

Conference Rounds Begin• The Celtics and Magic take on each

other in the Eastern Conference Finals, while the Lakers and Suns take on each other in the Western Conference Finals.

• The Celtics are up on the Magic 2-0, and the Lakers are up on the Suns 1-0

Playoff Notes and Other Notes• The Hawks were swept in the semi-finals for the second

consecutive year.• The Hawks were beat by the magic by 110 points combined in

the 4 games, which is the worst in NBA history.• The Hawks fired their head coach, while the Cavaliers are

talking about the future of theirs.• LeBron James’ future is up in the air after the Cavaliers

surprising and disappointing exit in the second round.• Possible Destinations for LeBron are the Chicago Bulls, Miami

Heat, and New York Knicks.• He joins one of the best free agent classes in history, which

also includes Chris Bosh, Amar’e Stoudemire, and Dwayne Wade.

• The Celtics look to make it to the finals in possibly the last year the big three are together.

• Ray Allen is the Celtics most notable free agent

From the 3rd game in the Celtics-Heat series