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Texas rules the West this year

By Chad Ford
NBA Insider

Tuesday, October 5, 2004

The West fell back to Earth this summer. Will it pick itself up? For the first time this millennium, everyone is penciling in an Eastern Conference team – Pistons or Pacers – to win it all. Out West, one dynasty has crumbled (Lakers). A couple of more standards are on shaky ground, and a number of young upstarts are looking to end a stranglehold on the top four spots in the conference. Parity is the name of the game out West. Top to bottom, it's tough to remember a time when th ...

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