Round one of the eastern conference playoffs has now been run and won in an extremely close affair, even though the series ended after six games every game was tight and a lucky basket here or there could have seen a swing in results

At the end of the day the heat ably led by PistolPK had just a little too much in the tank for Cleveland and their GM Dylan.

Both GM’s should be extremely proud of their efforts throughout the season and a huge congrats to Pistol on progressing through to the second round

 

Series MVP

  

The series MVP goes to none other then the Aussie phenom Ben Simmons who through the six-game series dominated on all fronts. Finishing with series stats of 21.3 points 7 rebounds 9.5 assists 2.7 steals and 1.2 blocks per game.

Despite the fact the Heat had some strong contributions Ben was the catalyst behind the series victory

 

Team of the series

 

Point guard – Ben Simmons

 

The MVP of course is the Point guard of the team an absolute beast in all facets of the game and as already mentioned the keys to unlocking the powerful Miami heat offence

Shooting Guard – C. McCollum

 The Ying to the Simmons Yang was a critical piece in making the leap not only to the playoffs but advancing into the second round. CJ is one of those players that kind of flies under the radar as a second fiddle. I’m sure Pistol considers CJ a very key piece though. Finishing round one with a series stat’s of 21.8 points 4.0 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game

Small Forward – Paul George

No one can argue Paul George is the clear-cut leader of the Cavs outfit, and during the 1^st round series did everything possible to get the Cavs team over the line unfortunately for GM Dylan he just fell short. With a series high average of 24.7 points 6 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game he was 2 wins away from a series MVP win

Power Forward – Paul Millsap

Another of the undervalued bunch in the form of veteran Paul Millsap but again like his teammate in CJ GM Pistol knows his value and that shone through when replacing Thon Maker as the starting power forward and playing a perfect role in closing out the series in the ensuing 5 games

While not quite the bucket getter thon is Paul is just a better overall player finishing with 13.7 point 6.5 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game

Centre – DeAndre Jordan

Position number 5 and the 4^th Heat player selected, and a pretty good reason why the Heat managed to get this series in the bag, he simply outplayed youngster Jarett Allen in the key categories

Points Jordan 13.0 vs Allen 8.7

Rebounds Jordan 11.8 vs Allen 7.0

DeAndre got this one, but Allen is the future

6^th Man – Thon Maker

Thon was the starter in game one for the Heat but Pistol seen the light and promoted thon to the bench where he dominated and was a key reason behind the series victory. Regardless of what happens with the heat from here Thon has proven to be a six-man star

 

So there we have it my purely unbiased team of the series the fact 5 players from the heat (in my humble opinion were chosen is a credit to the heat and GM Pistol for his hard work, the Cavs were strong though and Dylan has this team primed for a massive future