My morsels for today:
NHL: It’s on to the conference finals and what the heck can the Final Four do for an encore? Three of the four conference semifinal series went to a Game 7 and the two played Thursday night were classic do-or-die battles. The Detroit Red Wings needed a goal by Dan Cleary with three minutes left to give them a 4-3 victory over the gritty Anaheim Ducks, and Scott Walker scored his first goal in 25 playoff games to lift the Carolina Hurricanes to a 3-2 overtime win over the Boston Bruins. Five of the seven games between the Red Wings and Ducks were decided by one goal, making it one of the most closely contested playoff series in years. Can the upstart Chicago Blackhawks and Hurricanes upset the favored Red Wings and Pittsburgh Penguins in the conference finals? Sure. Favored teams haven’t done so well in this year’s playoffs. The top three seeds in the Eastern Conference are gone, as are two of the top three seeds in the Western Conference. But I don’t think the Blackhawks and Hurricanes are going to advance. The Red Wings and Penguins have too much firepower and playoff experience. They'll meet for the second straight year in the Stanley Cup finals.
NBA: The Boston Celtics didn’t look like defending champions, and the Los Angeles Lakers didn’t look like title contenders Thursday night when they lost games to the bickering Orlando Magic and injury-plagued Houston Rockets that forced a Game 7 in their series. I don’t see anyone derailing the Cleveland Cavaliers express, do you?
That’s all for today. See you Friday.
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