We asked, you answered.  The results: you just can’t decide who’s going to win the Eastern Conference

SCOTT JACOBS

Miami and Boston have been neck and neck in the Eastern conference standings, and aside from those surprisingly good Chicago Bulls, have clearly pulled away as the class of the Eastern conference.  And that’s not much of a surprise, considering that Boston is coming off Finals appearances in 2 of the last 3 years, and Miami has a Tri-nasty.

So when we asked you back in October to this very day, who do you look to claim what was once called the lesser conference (not any more) we expected a close race.  We just didn’t think it’d be dead even.

Boston may have won the season series, but your love for Miami and Boston is equal.  37.3% to 37.3%.  Doesn’t get any closer than a tie, now does it?  The Magic collected 16.4% of your vote, with the field garnering just 9.0%.  No love for Chicago eh sports world?

Considering we’re now at the All-Star break this seemed like as good a time as any to retire this poll and move onto a new one.

Some quick fun facts before we wrap this puppy up:

> The Heat got votes from Germany, the United Kingdom, the Philippines, and India

> Who likes the field?  At least one person from Lima, Peru does.

> As for the Celtics, well they got some votes from Bangladesh, Taiwan, and even Australia.

> The Magic apparently haven’t quite developed that global presence yet, so maybe Dwight Howard isn’t quite Superman after all.

Photo: AP

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