The NBA season is only one more day away, so I thought it would fun, for me, to predict where each team will be ranked, at the end of the season, and who’s going to win the NBA Championship. At the end of the season, I can look back and see how right, or wrong, I was:

Western Conference:

1. Los Angeles Lakers

2. Dallas Mavericks

3. Oklahoma City Thunder

4. San Antoine Spurs

5. Denver Nuggets

6. Portland Trailer Blazers

7. Utah Jazz

8. Phoenix Suns

9. Houston Rockets

10. New Orleans Hornets

11. Los Angeles Clippers

12. Sacramento Kings

13. Golden State Warriors

14. Minnesota Timberwolves

15. Memphis Grizzles

Eastern Conference:

1. Boston Celtics

2. Miami Heat

3. Orlando Magic

4. Chicago Bulls

5. Milwaukee Bucks

6. Atlanta Hawks

7. Charlotte Bobcats

8. New York Knicks

9. Detroit Pistons

10. Philadelphia 76ers

11. Cleveland Cavaliers

12. New Jersey Nets

13. Washington Wizards

14. Indiana Pacers

15. Toronto Raptors

NBA Finals Match-Up:

Los Angeles Lakers vs. Boston Celtics

Lakers win series (4-2)

NBA 2010-2011 MVP:

Oklahoma City Thunder’s Kevin Durant

I love game winning shots as much as the next guy, but when my favorite basketball team (the Los Angeles Lakers) have done it 3 times this season, by the hands of Kobe, it starts to scare me a bit. This Lakers are building a horrible habit, and that habit is letting other teams get ahead of them, in points, and making it harder on themselves to win games. It isn’t bad if your team gets down by 4 or 5 points but when other teams are getting ahead by 15 or more points is when you have to start to worry. After reading John Ireland’s blog post about last night’s Laker win it made me realize that the Lakers are on a troubled path. I still believe that the Lakers will win the 2009-2010 championship, but if they keep on playing games like this then I’m going to have to rethink the Lakers’ chances.

Live television is so awesome to watch, because you never know what’s going to happen. This goes for Fox Sports West’s after game interviews. Take a good look at the 19 second mark of this Derek Fisher interview, because you will see something very interesting. Who knew that Shannon Brown had such a nice butt?