I suppose the next step is to go matchup by matchup and tell you what you need to know, who has the advantage. So let's hop to it.

This is an interesting pairing to me. I think many NBA fans would just give this one to Nelson immediately because he has been a fair more accomplished player over the past few years, but I've always been high on Hinrich. While Jameer obviously has the quickness advantage, Hinrich is a supreme defender at the guard position and has the kind of size that could bother Nelson. Ol' Kirky, however, does not have a post game and will not be able to take advantage of said size offensively. Maybe I shouldn't be over thinking this.

Advantage: Orlando

Joe Johnson is an All-Star, so he's clearly going to get the nod here, but not by a wide margin at all. For years, Richardson has been one of the more underrated offensive players in the NBA and I think this will be a tough guard for Joe. Johnson has already started to morph into more of a spot up shooter than a creator this season, and if Richardson can make him exhaust himself on the defensive end this could end up being a quiet series for Joe Johnson. You can't sleep on him though. Joe is still a tremendous talent and has made some big plays in his past playoff appearances.

Advantage: Atlanta

Turk has been away from the Magic for a little while after sleeping his way out of Toronto and Phoenix, but has made his way back to Orlando putting up similar numbers to what he was doing when he left. When Orlando made their NBA Finals run in 2009, Hedo was the guy they went to down the stretch is crunch time situations. Especially in that epic series with Boston. Turk's return will be an enormous factor in this year's run if the Magic want to make some real noise. Marvin Williams is a nice role player and has shown signs of being a tough defender, but I have a feeling Turkoglu is going to have his way with him.

Advantage: Orlando

This is where things get a bit dicey with this whole idea of matchups. Jason Collins will probably start at the center position for the Hawks, moving J-Smoove to the small forward, because Larry Drew thinks that Collins can use his strength against Dwight Howard early on. But the majority of minutes will go to the 3,4,5 combo or Williams, Smith, and Horford, so that's how I'm doing this. This is where Atlanta can make this a dogfight. Bass has impressed me this season, but Smith is just too quick and athletic for Bass to stay with and Smith can create huge matchup problems for the Magic (much like he does to every team.) In the last meeting between these two squads Bass was a (-15) in the Magic loss. If Atlanta wants to win this series, they will need King Kong Bundy sized performances from Josh Smith.

Advantage: Atlanta

As entertaining as I'm sure it was to read the previous four matchups, this is the one that really counts. This whole series, like many with the Magic involved, is all about the opponent and how they plan on containing Dwight Howard and stopping him from completely owning the series. As previously stated, Atlanta will start off with Jason Collins on Dwight to try and match strength, avoid having to double team the big man, and save Al Horord from foul trouble. If they truly believed in Collins though, he would probably play a lot more than he does (peep the game log). When it comes down to the nitty gritty, Horford is going to have to guard Howard, and he just plain can't do it by himself. If Orlando wins this series, it will be because they fed their beast, drew double teams to get open looks for their shooters, and played vintage Magic inside-outside basketball.

Advantage: Orlando

Key Guys for Orlando: Gilbert Arenas, Ryan Anderson, Quentin Richardson, J.J. Redick

Key Guys for Atlanta: Jamal Crawford, Zaza Pachulia, Jeff Teague, Jason Collins

This one is tough. Crawford has probably had the best year of anyone in this group, but Arenas' track record says he is the best player. If Gil can get back to his old form that would be a huge x-factor for Orlando. On the other hand, Atlanta has a big advantage when it comes to bigs coming off the bench like Zaza who can body Howard and use fouls on him to break him down. If Redick can come back from his injury effectively you have to give a slight edge to the Magic bench because of their potential to score, but I'm not sure if that is going to happen.

Advantage: It's a wash.

All jokes about the guy aside, Van Gundy has been here before, knows his team better, and is just an overall better and more experienced coach.

Advantage: Orlando

I won't give a prediction here. I'd rather stay unbiased. But you can figure it out.