I'm sitting here watching the draft lottery wondering why; there isn't anything that is going to happen that I wouldn't be able to read about in much less time. I guess I'm just anxious for some basketball.

In an hour, game 2 of the Western Conference Finals tips off, and I'm sitting here wondering, "Are all the pundits right?"

According to all the experts, the Cleveland Cavaliers are a one man team, so if you stop him, you stop the Cavs. However, in game one the Pistons did shut down LeBron James, and yet the game was so close it literally came down to the very last shot.

Not too shabby a performance for the Cavs -- especially on the road! And it turns out that the Pistons aren't the only team in the East that can play defense.

Also according to virtually everyone, the Spurs will dispatch the Jazz without fanfare. At a glance, game one of the Western Conference Finals did little to challenge that notion, but upon closer examination, this might be a competitive series after all.

Game One was close after the first quarter, and the Jazz outscored the Spurs in both the 3rd and the 4th quarter. The difference was a tremendous let down on the part of the Jazz in the 2nd quarter where they only scored 16 points (to the Spurs' 31).

In other words, when Boozer, Fischer, Okur and Kirilinko, four out of the 5 Utah starters, were on the bench with foul trouble, the Spurs made a run. That was the difference in the game. Consequently, it looks to me like the Jazz weren't as far from being the Spurs on the road as one might think.

All this has me wondering, are the pundits right? I think, based solely on their game ones, both Cleveland and Utah have very good chances of advancing to the NBA Finals.

Speaking of NBA Finals, how's this for weird: the Pistons have been in the Eastern Conference Finals EVERY year for the last 5 years, and the Spurs have been in the Western Conference Finals 3 of the last 5 years, yet they have never met in the NBA Finals. Weird, huh?

Also, if it turns out that the Spurs and the Pistons aren't in the Finals, then that means Carlos Boozer meets his old team, the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Finals. You think he'll get booed?