NBA Playoffs: Knicks vs Heat

Eastern Conference Matchups:
7 New York Knicks vs 2 Miami Heat
Positional matchups:
PG Baron Davis vs PG Mario Chalmers
Advantage: Chalmers, now if Lin was playing I'd probably take Lin since he was playing pretty well while healthy, but with Davis playing and the unnecessary passes and shot taking he does sometimes not to mention Chalmers intensity on the defensive end I have to give the slight edge to Chalmers.
SG Iman Shumpert vs SG Dwyane Wade
Advantage: Wade, even though Shumpert has proven to be a pretty darn good perimeter defender, not bad for a rookie.
SF Carmelo Anthony vs SF LeBron James
Advantage: Tie, despite LeBron averaging more points per game than Melo with 27.1 to 22.6 this season, Melo in April averaged 30 points per game, LeBron is a great defender though so the slight edge might go to LeBron on this one. Regardless this could be a real fun matchup to watch.
PF Amare Stoudemire vs PF Chris Bosh
Advantage: Amare, despite his injuries and Bosh this past month has disappeared in big games down the stretch especially against Boston, not to mention Amare and this year's probable defensive player of the year Chandler might both switch on him making it tough for him to score in this series. Critcal matchup.  Not to mention despite STAT's slow start he has averaged 17.5 points per game this season along with 7.9 rebounds.  Bosh had around the same type of numbers with 18 points per game and the same amount of rebounds but his play in big games lately has been a concern.
C Tyson Chandler vs C Joel Anthony
Advantage: Chandler, again he might be this year's defensive player of the year, averaging 11.3 points per game, 9.9 rebounds per game and 1.4 blocks per game. Anthony is an okay hustle player for the Heat but against a healthy Chandler it should be a tough matchup.
Bench:
Advantage: Knicks, J.R. Smith, Steve Novak both of those guys can score off the bench, it's just a matter of if J.R. can do it consistently. An X-Factor here also would be Fields if he finds his shot in this series, if these 3 Knicks are firing on all cylinders they could abuse Miami's bench.
Coaching:
Advantage: Tie, first off you have to give credit to Coach Spoelstra who had gotten the Miami Heat to the NBA Finals last season and second of all you have to give credit to Coach Woodson who took over for the resigned D'Antoni in style, went 17-6 in his place.
Intangibles:
Advantage: Miami, 3-0 vs the Knicks this season though in two of those games D'Antoni was Coach and these 2 teams had a rivalry in years past looking to renew it in this series.
Prediction: Heat in 4, it's just not happening for the Knicks right now.