The Pacers will win this series. No way they lose with Magic and Russell in the 1st round. Yeah Isiah is great, and Kobe will score a lot of points because neither Magic or Thompson will do much to stop him. Mullin is better than Glen Rice, and Dolph Schayes is certainly better than Willis. Parish was a great player, but he's still way behind Bill Russell. Neither bench is that good. The Pistons might be a bit better there. They have Cassell and Finley, while Chambers is the only one on the Pacers bench who was a very good player. But it's nowhere near enough to make up the disadvantages they have in the starting lineups.