Last night, with elimination staring them square in their faces, the defending Eastern and Western Conference champs came up with crucial road victories, ensuring that 3 of the 4 second round series would reach a seventh game. The Spurs win should receive an asterisk for being league aided.

It’s interesting that the debate over which is better, NYC or So Cal, is at the top of the popular content list. I did not get to see any games yesterday because I was flying from LAX to JFK. I tried to catch the Detroit/Cleveland replay at 3 am. Every time the bottom line was about to show the score I would change the channel for a minute or so. That lasted about 20 minutes before I eventually passed out.

Looks like this should be a good sports weekend. We got a game seven, the Preakness Stakes, and interleague baseball. You got to love the Subway Series. Here’s the deal:

WHITE SOX over cubbies
giants over As
INDIANS over pirates
TIGERS over reds
marlins over D RAYS
mariners over PADRES
DODGERS over angels
BREWERS over twins
rangers OVER ASTROS
NATS over orioles
bo sox over PHILS
ROCKS over blue jays
d backs over BRAVES

HOME TEAMS IN CAPS
hAPPY bETTING!!

I GAVE MY PREAKNESS STAKES PICKS YESTERDAY