Allow me to quickly sum up round 1 of the NBA Playoffs. They were not what we expected.

Yes there was plenty of drama. Yes there were lots of extremely close games. Yes there were a bunch of questionable calls.

But did anyone predict the Boston Celtics go seven games with the Atlanta Hawks. Allow me to explain how crazy this is. The team with the best record in the NBA, just proved how truly pathetic the East is by going into game seven against the team with the worst record in the playoffs.

A previous argument by the NBA was that there is no reason to change the playoff format as a team like the Sacramento Kings or Portland Trailblazers wouldn’t beat the Boston Celtics anyways. With that said, what’s the difference which conference the loser comes out of? Well, the pathetic Celtics led by the so called “BIG 3″ have proven that anyone can win a playoff series… well, except the Miami Heat.

Now for today’s round 2 games:

The Detroit Pistons host the Orlando Magic.

I’m very excited for this game as there is so much offensive fire power and so many defensive players on the court at all times. The two teams play completely different styles of ball and will make it that much more fun to watch. As the Pistons shoot away and drive to the hoop, the Magic just have to let Dwight Howard go to work and dunk one ball after the next. It will be fun to see how they match up.

The Detroit Pistons are a veteran team with playoff experience, but as the Hornets already proved to the Mavs, experience isn’t everything. The Magic will play hard and their outside shooting mixed with the presence of Howard in the paint will be quite difficult to get past. I felt from the beginning of the season that the Magic would be a strong team, well, now they’ve proven it.

New Orleans Hornets play host to the San Antonio Spurs.

The loaded West has emerged with the results that most of us expected to see. This will be a great match up to see who will eventually face the (hopefully) Lakers in the Western Conference Finals. I’d sit here and do a full game break down, but i don’t think it would compare to what’s already available. I’d recommend that every NBA fan take a look at the brilliant breakdown performed by Empty The Bench. The difference between the old school basic principles of basketball used by the Spurs will take on the new school running game of the Hornets.

Tonight will be a good night, everyone better tune in to TNT starting at 7:30 ET.