NBA Playoffs 2016 Recap.....For the LAND

The 2016 NBA season was magical. The playoffs didnt get off to a great start, but it got intersting quickly....lets break it down round by round.

1st Round

I'll start with the west....The Golden State Warriors were 73 and 9 in the regular season, the best mark in league history. They easily dispatched the Houston Rockets in 5 games....what was so remarckable is Steph curry didnt play for most of the games. Portland upset the L.A. Clippers in 6. I undertand tho, the clips had too many key injuries to win. OKC Thunder easily beat the Mavericks.....but at this point i wasn't too sold on OKC...The Spurs swept the Grizzlies. No surprise there.

In the East, the Cavaliers barely beat the Pistons in 4. I really knew the Pistons had no chance. Atlanta dispatched Boston in 6 rather moderately. I think injuries played a factor. Miami barely beat Charlotte, i think home advantage played a factor. Raptors barely beat the Pacers....it was very very close. Both of those serieses went 7.

2nd Round

GSW defeated Portland easily here. I was very disappointed but looking back i dont think the Clippers would have done much better. The Spurs and Thunder was a MONSTER series. Spurs blew out the Thunder in game 1...but THunder won the next game...adn lost the next, won the last 3! The Thunder were peaking at the right time.

Cleavland dispatched the Hawks just as easily as last year.....lol. Miami went toe to toe with Tornoto, but the Raptorts prevailed. Injuries again played a role....

Conference Finals

The Warriors lost the first game against the Thunder....but won the next one, just to get blown out in games 3 and 4. The series then went back to GSW and the Warriors escaped wtih a game 7 stellar win...i really think the Thunder didnt play as well as they did against the Spurs.....

The Cavs Raptors series was good. LBJ led his team to win games 5 and 6 after the series was tied 2-2. Raptors could not compete......

Finals

The finals were easily the best round. Goldenstate won the first 2 games easily. Everybody said the Cavs were done, i mean it looked like they couldnt compete. After that tho, LBJ and his men blew out GSW in game 3. THey lost game 4 though, and it looked like the Warriors would go on to win back to back and complete the magical season.

The king and his men had other plans. LBJ and Kyrie Irving both had 41 pts in game 5. Then came game 6....a very easy win for the Cavs. Then came game 7...it was a dogfight all the way through. late game heroics by Irving gave the Cavs a 3 point lead...and that was all she wrote.

Congrats to LBJ for getting one for the land......it wasn't easy. It looked like they couldnt beat the warriors but they had a game plan for the splash bros. and it worked.

Doja Cat Albums Worst to Best

Doja Cat has been one of my favorite rapper/singers of the past few years. Let's see which albums are the best from her. 5) Amala (88)- Doja’s first album is honestly pretty damn good. You can tell she was still refining her sound tho on this. The last 3 songs “Juicy”, “Tia Tamera”, and “Mooo” are so good. “Candy” is another banger. The album is really well balanced being pretty much good in all areas but not really great in any tho. Favorite Track: Mooo. 4) Scarlet (90)- Believe it or not, this was an album I was on the fence about getting. I’m glad I got it. This is a rap heavy album but there’s still plenty of singing here and there. “Demons” and “F**k the GIrls” are Doja at her roughest. “Attention” was a great single. “Agora Hills” is a nice cute track. The monster single “Paint the Town Red” is the best track however. This album wa a big departure for her, but for the most part it paid off. Fav. Track Paint the Town Red. 3) Vie (92)- This was Doja returning to her pop roots,...

Video Game Review: Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth

I happened to beat this game recently for the first time in I was just in awe at how epic this game is. Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is a sequel to Final Fantasy 7 Remake (which I played on the ps4). This game was a ps5 exclusive however. I know I needed a ps5 if I was gonna play it. And last year I made that happen. This is a continuation of the story of Cloud, Tifa, Aerith, and Barrett as they fight against the Shinra Corporation and the evil Sephiroth. I'll try not spoil much. When the game starts you play as Zack who is a solider like Cloud. You saw Zack at the end of Remake. Basically story wise there is another dimension in this game and you play as Zach in it here and there. There is a relationship meter that the main character Cloud has with every party member….answering certain questions one way or another will change the relationship. I found this to be a cool touch that the first game barely had any resemblance of. The game's graphics are outstanding and characters look ...

Album Review: Doja Cat-Vie

The much anticipated latest Doja Cat album! I was very curious to see where she'd go after the dark rap heavy Scarlet. The path she took was a 80s sounding pop album. It took a few listens for the album to click with me but yeah its awesome. Doja is in her zone here on this album. She sings a lot and acts as her own featured rap artist which is interesting. The first 3 songs are pretty strong. "Cards" is sultry. I love "Jealous Type" too (the lead single). "AAAH MEN!" might be my favorite song however. The production is great but maybe not the best she's ever had. I liked most every song. "Silly!Fun!" and "Come Back" are also excellent. As far as features go there's only SZA on " Take Me Dancing". So basically we have a very strong album here...but maybe not quite as good as Planet Her but it’s very close. Maybe I'll do a Doja Cat album ranking in the near future. She's been one of my favorite artists sin...

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