1st round of the playoffs: the good, the bad, and the ugly

The first round of the NBA playoffs is officially over and the conference semifinals are underway. The first round wasn’t pretty by any stretch of the imagination. There were awful blowouts and injuries killed teams like the Celtics, Mavericks, Grizzlies, and the Clippers. Here are the good, the bad, and the ugly from each series…

Los Angeles Clippers Playoff Preview

The Clippers team have had way too many distractions this offseason. There was the signing of Lance Stephenson and Josh Smith which was atrocious. Then you have the Blake Griffin fiasco with his knee issues and the complete blunder by the training staff early on. Then, you have Blake punching someone and in turn breaking…