There have now been 11 teams eliminated coming into the Conference finals. The Los Angeles Lakers are in the in the Western Conference finals after just ten games. They dispatched the Portland Trail Blazers and the Houston Rockets with 4-1 series wins. They will face either the Denver Nuggets or local rivals the Los Angeles Clippers. The Clippers and Nuggets went to game 7 after an exciting game six the other night.
The Eastern Conference finals are ready to get underway with the fifth seed Miami Heat taking on the third seed Boston Celtics. Miami swept the Indiana Pacers 4-0 in the first round followed by a shock 4-1 series win over the first seed Milwaukee Bucks. The Boston Celtics swept the Philadelphia 76ers 4-0 in the first round. The Celtics followed up a tight series against the Toronto Raptors which they finished out with a game seven win.