Las Vegas Lizards (86-82) v Carolina Triplets (86-82)
Best of nine, Lizards with home-field advantage.
Well a mild upset with Carolina getting past the highly-favoured Blues to go one better than last year’s CS loss, but both teams deserve to be here after those epic series.
Bonds is obviously the focal point for the Lizards and their chances heavily rest with him. The Triplets have a few options who aren’t quite so dominant, guys like Soto, Davis and Robinson, but they also have the Big Hurt, who after a somewhat disappointing season gets his chance to put all that behind him.
I just think that the Triplets are a more-rounded outfit and am tipping them to win in 7 or 8.
I'll report on these daily as they unfold.