Note: These answers were provided before Game 1 of the conference finals.
What’s more surprising, the seventh-seeded Lakers or the eighth-seeded Heat getting to the conference finals?
Marilyn Dubinski: Both are pretty big surprises, but I’ll have to go with the Heat. The talent has been there for the Lakers, and when they’ve been healthy and focused, specifically both LeBron James and Anthony Davis, they have been tough to beat this season. They went through some serious slumps in the regular season but have not too surprisingly pulled it together just enough for the postseason.