Not just the playoffs but the regular season too. The team that win is generally the team that is healthiest, and the team that is healthiest is generally the team that has lots of time to rest players because the end of the regular season didn't matter.
On that earth, PHI almost got to a title - they were up 3-1 but Simmons passed up a layup and Butler got so mad, he broke Simmons' back Bane style and PHI had to forfeit as Butler went to jail.
On Lowe, he's not repeating it to show everyone how smart he is. He was repeating it to essentially say "I think Dallas (or whichever team) is better, but since I already said Boston would win at the beginning of the year, it's safer for me to keep picking them." It's a way for him to play both sides.
Until I saw that tweet it didn't click that both were picked 3. side by side like that it reminded me of Larry Bird's number. Sort of foreshadowing awesome.
Charles Oakley played for 4 other teams besides the Knicks and he would have been thrilled to win a championship with any of them.
