All five members of the All-NBA First Team play for the Western Conference. Four of the five Second Team players play in the Eastern Conference, but you can see why the Phoenix Suns-San Antonio Spurs series is the NBA Finals, since three players in the series were named First Team selections.

First Team:

Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant

Phoenix Suns guard Steve Nash

Phoenix Suns center Amare Stoudemire

San Antonio Spurs forward Tim Duncan

Dallas Mavericks forward (and NBA MVP) Dirk Nowitzki

Second Team:

Washington Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas

Houston Rockets guard Tracy McGrady

Houston Rockets center Yao Ming

Toronto Raptors forward Chris Bosh

Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James

Third Team:

Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade

Detroit Pistons guard Chauncey Billups

Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard

Minnesota Timberwolves forward Kevin Garnett

Denver Nuggets forward Carmelo Anthony

The dispute should end any speculation that McGrady-Yao rival the Nash-Stoudemire duo.

Utah Jazz guard Dee Brown escaped with only a strained neck after padding a Mehmet Okur fall during Game 2 of the Jazz-Golden State Warriors series. The injury wasn’t as seriously as first thought, but Brown will sit out of Game 3 for any minutes the rookie would have played.

As difficult as it is to pick my team to lose, the Warriors currently have the most impressive home court, where they are undefeated in the playoffs. The Warriors have played the Jazz down to the final minutes in Utah, and the Warriors will further push the tempo to get their crowd into the game.

Jazz-Warriors Game 3 prediction: Warriors 127, Jazz 116.