We're getting close to the finish of the NBA season, and it's time to choose a horse. A go-to horse that can score in the clutch.
The end of the NBA season is upon us, and it's time for you to make a choice. Maybe you've been following one NBA team all year, watching every game, reading all the box scores, and washing your Dion Waiters jersey with a toothbrush because it "just calms you down," but your team isn't going to be competing for a title this spring. Or maybe you haven't watched any sort of basketball, much less the professional version, and your knowledge of the NBA extends no further than Zero Dark Thirty, which goes to show how little you know, because that movie is mostly not about basketball. Either way, you need to figure out which squad you should be pulling for through the remainder of the season and the playoffs, and I'm here to help you figure out which squad that is.
Yesterday, we looked at the Western Conference; today, it's the Eastern. There are eight teams in the Eastern Conference more or less certain to make the playoffs. Read on to figure out which of those 10 deserve your love and support and toothbrushing.
Sports-Movie Aficionados Should Root For: The Chicago Bulls
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Emblematic Player(s): Joakim Noah and The Ghost Of Derrick Rose
SYNOPSIS: The Chicago Bulls, a scrappy but talented squad led by star point guard DERRICK ROSE (Will Smith), appear to be the only team capable of taking down the Miami Heat and their star, LEBRON JAMES (George Clooney). But before that battle can even begin, ROSE goes down with a season-ending knee injury that will keep him out through most of the next season as well. The Bulls are bereft — what can they do without their best player and captain? Against all odds, the team's hyper-intense, brilliant coach, TOM THIBODEAU (Philip Seymour Hoffman), and their weirdly coiffed center JOAKIM NOAH (Joaquin Phoenix), plus an essential boost from goofy bench scorer NATE ROBINSON (Kevin Hart), manage to make it back to the playoffs. Could ROSE come back in time to help them win? You'll have to watch TYLER PERRY PRESENTS THE THORNS (LIFE GOES ON WITHOUT A ROSE) to find out!