John Berger
Senior Editor
With the second round of the NBA playoffs about to begin, it’s time to make some predictions. Realistically, there is a big gap between the so-called elite teams in the NBA and everybody else, and arguably an even bigger gap between the Miami Heat and the other elite teams. The first round has become increasingly uncompetitive lately. Any type of upset is really rare in today’s NBA. Over the last ten years, lower seeded teams have only won a series about 16.7% of the time.