Last week, Michael Jordan married his longtime girlfriend in a large gathering at his home in Jupiter, Florida.

Normally, we would not care about the personal lives of players, but this IS Michael Jordan. And Michael is Michael.

So what was his wedding like? Let Saturday Night Live take a guess:

As Dan Patrick said on his radio show today, somewhere Alonzo Mourning, Karl Malone, Patrick Ewing and Charles Barkley all sit in a room discussing the titles Jordan kept them from winning.

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Chicago Bulls/Miami Heat: Game 1

-       The line in this game closed with Miami as 13-point favorites. I am taking Chicago because I feel like this will be a close game. The Bulls are still fired up and carrying momentum from their last series and Heat may be a little slow after not playing for a week.

-       This slow start by the Heat does not do much to disprove the “rest over rust” side of the argument, but some credit is due to a good defensive scheme from the Bulls.

-       21-15 after the first quarter. LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh all with just two points apiece. You have to figure that is going to change in a hurry.

-       Ray Allen and Wade going on a mini run by themselves with LeBron on the bench. The Heat are so dangerous because they have so many ways to score, even without James.

-       Joakim Noah is just a beast on the offensive glass. I find him kind of annoying, but you have to respect his determination.

-       Tied at halftime. LeBron just has two points. You can bet this is the pace the Bulls want the game. Will they run out of gas in the second half being so shorthanded and coming off a seven-game series?

-       Every time the Heat jump up four or six points, you expect they will just put it away like they did against the Bucks, but the Bulls are not going away. Nate Robinson coming up with timely baskets.

-       LeBron finally getting it going in the fourth quarter. Time to put the team on his back?

-       Bulls up two with 1:17 to go. Is this going to be another Nate Robinson game? Will he upstage LeBron on his own floor?

-       The answer is a resounding yes.

-       The Bulls end the game on a 10-0 run, the last 7 scored by Robinson. I just thought the game would be close. I didn’t think the Bulls would actually win. What a performance and the Bulls have the Heat down 1-0.

For Kyle's thoughts from an incredible Game One in San Antonio, click after the jump.

 Chicago Bulls vs. Miami Heat
Game 1 -- 7 p.m./TNT

LeBron James was quite clearly MVP.

There really was no doubt about it. When I was on with 103.7 The Game in Lafayette, La., on Friday, they asked me if you could make any argument to vote for anyone aside from LeBron James. I told him you could make an argument for Carmelo Anthony perhaps . . . but it was not a good one.

James played at a historic level this season and very well could have -- and probably should have -- been the first unanimous MVP in the NBA's history. Yet, someone still found a way to vote for Carmelo Anthony over LeBron James. He has some explaining to do -- he reportedly did, saying Anthony helped turn the franchise around after a decade of ineptitude.

Of course, James already has plenty of MVP trophies in his case. What he does not have enough of is NBA championships.

Miami's quest to win a second NBA title in a row continues tonight after a sweep of the Milwaukee Bucks was completed a week ago. The Heat have been resting and preparing since then.

If one thing should be able to shake the rust, it is the brilliance of James. He returns to action tonight against the depleted Bulls as the second round series finally kicks off.

In four seasons, David Kahn was the butt of jokes around the league. There were questionable acquisitions, puzzling draft picks and really seemingly no direction. It was a time of some deep, deep embarrassment for the Timberwolves organization if not within then certainly to the outside.

His Timberwolves never made the Playoffs. Never got close, in fact. His team's overall win percentage with Kahn as the general manager was a paltry .285, amassing 89 wins in four years.

It should be no surprise that last week, the Timberwolves announced they would not pick up the option for the final year of his contract. The team is likely to name former coach Flip Saunders the team's new general manager.

Good was done though under Kahn despite some of the comic hilarity.

Under Kahn's watch, the Wolves did improve. Kevin Love became an All Star player and perhaps the best power forward in the league -- when healthy. Nikola Pekovic developed into a rugged defensive center. And the Wolves acquired a bevy of solid veterans to turn in their best season this year since 2007. The Wolves have not had a .500 season since 2005.

Any success the Timberwolves had under Kahn's tenure was nothing more than a moral one unfortunately.

Grizzlies' Marc Gasol was amped up during a scramble for the ball versus the Thunder in Game 1 of their series late in the game.

With the Grizzlies clinging onto a narrow lead and the Thunder charging back, Gasol was fighting for a rebound so much that he went tumbling to the court after trying to save it from sailing out of bounds.

However in the process, he took out NBA ref Bill Kennedy in the process.

Check out a hefty 7'1" Marc Gasol just lay out Kennedy. Oh and Memphis lost to OKC, 93-91. 

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Memphis Grizzlies/Oklahoma City Thunder: Game 1

-       I think now we are going to see how much the Thunder will miss Russell Westbrook. They go from the Rockets, who play close to no defense, to the Grizzlies who have the best defense in the league.

-       Kevin Durant is the only one doing anything for OKC in the first. The rest of the team is 1 for 14 from the field, reminding us that for the Thunder to keep their postseason alive, someone else has to step up.

-       No baskets for anyone in the first two minutes. 16-14 after the first quarter. Maybe both teams are good at defense?

-       Once again, Kevin Martin got the memo -- 15 points in the second quarter to take some pressure off Durant. Reggie Jackson helping out a good bit as well.

-       Forget what I said about defense -- 63 points scored in the second quarter. Believe it or not, Durant did not have a field goal attempt.

-       Halftime adjustment edge goes to Lionel Hollins as the Grizzlies hop out to a double-digit lead. Hollins gets the advantage of coaching against (in my opinion) the two worst Western Conference playoff coaches in the first two rounds.

-       Quincy Pondexter with a sick shot to end the third. If Martin makes the free throw and the Thunder set up their defense, could have been a five-point game going into the fourth. Instead it is nine.

-       Apparently Pondexter’s shot did not demoralize the Thunder. They are out hot in the fourth and have closed it to two. This team is still full of scorers, even without Westbrook.

-       The Thunder have tied it at 84 down the stretch and the Grizzlies cannot seem to find a guy who wants to step up and score.

-       You know who the Thunder are going to to score.

-       Durant buries the pull-up jumper in transition to take the lead. Memphis cannot even get a shot off. Who is the crunch time defensive team?

-       You rarely see a ref that will step up and call a foul on a jump shot down the stretch. Great call, and then Pondexter misses the first free throw.

-       Great performance from OKC down the stretch to get Game 1 when it looked like it was getting out of their hands. Really impressive down the stretch, especially Kevin Durant, but we all expected that.

-       This goes to show that all the Thunder have to do is it keep it close into the fourth then Durant can take over and Memphis will have trouble finding someone to score. Should be a fun series though.

For Kyle's thoughts on the Pacers-Knicks game, click after the jump.

Chicago Bulls/Brooklyn Nets: Game 7

-       The one and only Game 7 in the first round of the NBA playoffs. Not sure what to expect from this game. We have seen both teams be very bipolar, it is just a question of which team shows up. I am going with the Nets though.

-       Joakim Noah always loves the spotlight. Not really surprised to see him showing up here in this game.

-       Nice run by the Bulls to get a nice halftime lead. This is amazing when you look at all the guys in street clothes on the bench.

-       Reggie Evans is one of those guys like Noah or Chris Andersen that does not bring a lot to the table skill-wise, but when he gets going, he is a great emotional spark for the team.

-       I expected the Nets to get back into it at some point, but not this fast. Whatever P.J. Carlesimo said at halftime really worked.

-       The Bulls clearly want to go through Carlos Boozer for offense. He is kind of messing that up by picking up his fourth foul with 7 minutes left in the third.

-       Gerald Wallace looks 40, is 30, dunks like he is 20.

-       For all the offense we saw in the first three quarters, the first part of the fourth quarter is just ugly.

-       What a sad performance from Joe Johnson tonight. He was supposed to be the player that took the Nets from good to great and has really disappointed when they need him most.

-       Right on cue, Johnson misses a great opportunity to make it a two-point game with 40 seconds left. That should be the final straw.

-       On to Miami for the Bulls. Could be a surprisingly good series. The Bulls have played the Heat tough this year.

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The Miami Heat and the NBA have called a press conference for a little less than 24 hours from now. It is hardly a secret what it is for.

Unless the NBA is preparing to name Erik Spoelstra the Coach of the Year, history will be made at American Airlines Arena the day before the Heat return to the court for the second round. That history will be LeBron James winning his fourth MVP award, joining Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Michael Jordan and Bill Russell as the only other four-time winners.

Word got out yesterday that the NBA would officially name James the MVP, but it has seemed a foregone conclusion for some time. James averaged 26.8 points, 8.0 rebounds and 7.3 assists per game this season. More impressively, he shot 56.5 percent from the floor and 40.6 percent from beyond the arc. It helped him post a league-high 31.6 PER, the sixth straight year he led the league in that metric.

Not only will the award put him among the league's elite, this season should rank among the greatest of all time.

James became just the ninth player to average 25 points per game, grab eight rebounds per game and dish out five assists per game. That is a list that includes only Hall of Famers like Oscar Robertson, Larry Bird and Wilt Chamberlain. Of the 18 times such a season has occurred, only 10 players have shot better than 50 percent from the floor. None have shot better than James' 56.5 percent.

He certainly seems to be among the best of the best in NBA history. And no one seemed capable of touching him this season.

LeBron James was the clear choice for MVP. It really should not be a close vote. James very well could have won it unanimously.

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New York Knicks/Boston Celtics: Game 6

-       Four Game Sixes tonight. That is a lot of basketball packed into a Friday night. It is an easy decision in the first round of games. Going with this game rather than Pacers/Hawks, as I am sure most of the world will be.

-       The Celtics decided to have their slump in the first half tonight. Ten points in the first quarter and everyone except for Kevin Garnett looks cold. Paul Pierce just looks awful. Does not bode well.

-       The Knicks went cold in the second quarter. The Celtics are hanging around and had a nice little run with back-to-back three-pointers from Jeff Green and Jason Terry, but still down 12 at half.

-       I wonder if someone told Carmelo Anthony to distribute a little bit more. He does not seem to be forcing the issue as much tonight.

-       Call me a pessimist, but coming back from a 20-point deficit after only scoring 47 points through the first three quarters seems close to impossible.

-       ……………… 20-0 run, Boston? Really? You are that determined to prove me wrong?

-       Celtics had all the momentum, and then like most teams who put so much energy into a comeback, they just ran out of gas.

-       Impressive job by the Celtics to make the series interesting and have people believing a 3-0 comeback, but ultimately they come up short. Knicks better get it together if they want to get by the Pacers next round.

For Kyle's review of Friday's other Game Sixes, click after the jump.

It seems like any coaching vacancy that opens up these days is followed with the immediate thought that “hey, Phil Jackson might want to coach there.” The answer is always no, and Jackson has shown no signs of wanting to return to the bench, whether it be for a contender or the challenge of a young, undisciplined project.

Jackson’s name has also been thrown around as a candidate for a few front office jobs. The Toronto Raptors are actively pursuing him to be their new team president, but Jackson has given no indication yet that he’s interested.

However, Jackson is going to be doing some basketball-related work. The Detroit Pistons announced that Jackson is going to be serving the team in an advisory role to help them out in their search for a new coach. The Pistons fired head coach Lawrence Frank at the end of this season after he went 54-94 in two years with the team.

Jackson will not be getting paid and this is not a precursor to Jackson taking a job in Detroit. He is just helping out the Pistons as a favor to team owner Tom Gores.

"Phil Jackson is a friend and one of the best minds in the business," Gores said. "We are thrilled to have him as an adviser as we make some very important decisions for this franchise. Joe (Dumars) and I discussed this and he and I are in full agreement that this is a great opportunity."

The Pistons have already interviewed former Portland Trail Blazers head coach Nate McMillan and Phoenix Suns interim coach and former Pistons player Lindsey Hunter, but obviously have not hired anyone yet.

For those waiting for Phil Jackson to make his official return to the game of basketball, keep waiting. He just discovered Twitter! Surely he is going to take a few years to enjoy that. 

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