NBA Talk

wco81 · Post by **wco81** » Thu May 01, 2008 9:14 pm

Since Philly went up 2-1, Detroit has won 2 straight and is on the verge of putting away the series tonight.

Probably karma for Dalembert's stupid haircut.

jLp vAkEr0 · Post by **jLp vAkEr0** » Fri May 02, 2008 11:12 pm

JackB1 · Post by **JackB1** » Sat May 03, 2008 7:45 pm

HOW ABOUT THOSE PESKY HAWKS!!!!!

I was there again again last night and am still riding the "high" of winning and forcing a game seven! The Hawks have got to figure out a way to beat Boston at home. If they can somehow win game seven it would be one of the greatest upsets in NBA history!

jLp vAkEr0 · Post by **jLp vAkEr0** » Sun May 04, 2008 9:33 pm

Finally.

Bring on the Lebrons.

JackB1 · Post by **JackB1** » Sun May 04, 2008 10:35 pm

Boy, was that Hawks/Celtics game 7 ever the disappointment.
Talk about a "Jekyll and Hyde" team! The game was over at the half!
I will be interested to see how Boston plays against the rest of the competition. In the meantime, I am choosing to remember games
3,4 and 6 and erase 1,2,5 and 7 permanently from my memory banks

lexbur · Post by **lexbur** » Mon May 05, 2008 10:01 am

jLp vAkEr0 wrote:Finally.

Bring on the Lebrons.

Looking forward to it!

BTW, it's amazing how fast a town can go from, "F*** PAPA JOHN'S!!! I WILL NEVER EAT THAT CRAP AGAIN!" to "Twenty-three cents! Cool!!!"

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/playoffs2 ... id=3381471

jLp vAkEr0 · Post by **jLp vAkEr0** » Wed May 07, 2008 8:13 am

Well if last night was any indication, the Celts-Cavs series is gonna be a slugfest and should go at least 6 games.

lexbur · Post by **lexbur** » Wed May 07, 2008 9:06 am

Yeah, what a great game. Except for the outcome, of course.

If you would have told me beforehand that LeBron would go 2 for 18, I figure we lose by 30. And Pierce and Allen COMBINING for four points? Crazy.

JackB1 · Post by **JackB1** » Wed May 07, 2008 9:31 am

lexbur wrote:Yeah, what a great game. Except for the outcome, of course.

If you would have told me beforehand that LeBron would go 2 for 18, I figure we lose by 30. And Pierce and Allen COMBINING for four points? Crazy.

GO CAVS!!! Should have won last night. You hold Pierce and Allen to that little points, you should win. I want to see Lebron & Co. beat those silly green people. Pierce looks fat and slow to me. He has lost a lot of quickness and I hate the way he just lowers his shoulder and "bulls" his way towards the basket, trying to draw a foul in the process. That's not basketball IMO. The refs really need to figure out a way to stop calling fouls where the offensive playing is initiating everything.

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Wed May 07, 2008 1:15 pm

JackB1 wrote:
lexbur wrote:Yeah, what a great game. Except for the outcome, of course.

If you would have told me beforehand that LeBron would go 2 for 18, I figure we lose by 30. And Pierce and Allen COMBINING for four points? Crazy.
GO CAVS!!! Should have won last night. You hold Pierce and Allen to that little points, you should win. I want to see Lebron & Co. beat those silly green people. Pierce looks fat and slow to me. He has lost a lot of quickness and I hate the way he just lowers his shoulder and "bulls" his way towards the basket, trying to draw a foul in the process. That's not basketball IMO. The refs really need to figure out a way to stop calling fouls where the offensive playing is initiating everything.

WillHunting · Post by **WillHunting** » Wed May 07, 2008 2:22 pm

Pete wrote:

I concur.

jLp vAkEr0 · Post by **jLp vAkEr0** » Wed May 07, 2008 3:36 pm

JackB1 wrote:
lexbur wrote:Yeah, what a great game. Except for the outcome, of course.

If you would have told me beforehand that LeBron would go 2 for 18, I figure we lose by 30. And Pierce and Allen COMBINING for four points? Crazy.
GO CAVS!!! Should have won last night. You hold Pierce and Allen to that little points, you should win. I want to see Lebron & Co. beat those silly green people. Pierce looks fat and slow to me. He has lost a lot of quickness and I hate the way he just lowers his shoulder and "bulls" his way towards the basket, trying to draw a foul in the process. That's not basketball IMO. The refs really need to figure out a way to stop calling fouls where the offensive playing is initiating everything.

So does every slasher in the league.

Are you kidding me?

JackB1 · Post by **JackB1** » Wed May 07, 2008 5:17 pm

jLp vAkEr0 wrote:
So does every slasher in the league.

Are you kidding me?

Not like Pierce does it. He doesn't "slash" he just leans and barrels into you.
I never really noticed how much he does it until watching the last Hawks/Celtics series closely. How are you supposed to defend that type of move? You can either plant yourself and try and draw the offensive foul or keep moving and get called for a foul. He does this a lot when there is no other offensive options and it must be frustrating on the defender. He is smart though, because he will wait until you start moving with him and then he starts his "lean and plow" move. I guess I'm pissed cause the Hawks had no answer for that play

jLp vAkEr0 · Post by **jLp vAkEr0** » Thu May 08, 2008 8:32 am

JackB1 wrote:
jLp vAkEr0 wrote:
So does every slasher in the league.

Are you kidding me?
Not like Pierce does it. He doesn't "slash" he just leans and barrels into you.
I never really noticed how much he does it until watching the last Hawks/Celtics series closely.

If that's really how you feel, it seems like this is the only NBA basketball you've seen in a while, a LONG while.

wco81 · Post by **wco81** » Thu May 08, 2008 10:41 am

If the Lakers play the Celtics in the Finals, it'll be interesting to see if Pierce and other Celtics get calls.

Lakers have shot 46 and 43 FTs in the first two games against the Jazz.

Shades of Lakers vs. Sacto and many other series.

lexbur · Post by **lexbur** » Thu May 08, 2008 4:49 pm

I know nobody cares but here's a little followup on the LeBron James 23-cent pizza deal at Papa John's today... HILARIOUS!!!... and it's only gonna get worse if any of the stores run out of pizza... cars will be burning... the one in my suburb (Euclid) leads in arrests so far!!!!... we're taking bets at work...

I wanted to stop on the way home... oh well, not anymore...

http://www.wkyc.com/news/news_article.a ... ryid=89057

GO CAVS!!!!

jLp vAkEr0 · Post by **jLp vAkEr0** » Fri May 09, 2008 8:20 am

The Celts are doing exactly what the Spurs did to Lebron in last years finals.

Considering that Lebron's supporting cast is a bit better this year, it's pretty impressive. It must be frustrating for him because even when he gets free, he double clutches in the lane and can't hit open j's.

I'm still expecting this series to go at least 6, but the C's only need to steal 1 game in Cleveland and it's over.

lexbur · Post by **lexbur** » Fri May 09, 2008 9:44 am

LeBron looks terrible. What's with that look on his face, even before the game last night? Like his confidence is totally shot. And why did Z disappear after the first quarter? We finally had SOMEBODY hitting their shots, and Boston nips that in the bud right away.

Oh well, coming home's gotta help, but it looks like we'll be the lucky ones if we can "steal one" at home, as backwards as that sounds.

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Fri May 09, 2008 10:33 am

I am expecting the tide to change once they go to Cleveland. Lebron will get a few more calls and that will open up other things. The C's have not shown they can play the same on the road.

I fully expect the Cavs to win games 3 & 4 and make a series of it.

I still see it as the Celtics in 7 with the home team winning every game.

jLp vAkEr0 · Post by **jLp vAkEr0** » Mon May 12, 2008 10:58 pm

Wuuuuuuuuuu..... What a enfatic dunk by Lebron.....

NASTY.

wco81 · Post by **wco81** » Mon May 12, 2008 11:10 pm

Boston has to show some more consistency on the road.

Hey javi, NBA Ballers got bad reviews.

Maybe it will hit the bargain bin.

lexbur · Post by **lexbur** » Tue May 13, 2008 9:12 am

jLp vAkEr0 wrote:Wuuuuuuuuuu..... What a enfatic dunk by Lebron.....

NASTY.

Been waiting four games for that, WOW!!!!

How about LeBron's mom going after Pierce and Garnett? LOL!!!!!!!!!!

GREAT series so far, I hope we can carry some momentum back to Boston.

jLp vAkEr0 · Post by **jLp vAkEr0** » Tue May 13, 2008 9:22 am

wco81 wrote:Boston has to show some more consistency on the road.

Hey javi, NBA Ballers got bad reviews.

Maybe it will hit the bargain bin.

Yeah. C's had a chance last night, but the offense didn't do anything in the 4th. You gotta give credit to the Cavs D for most of that.

Lol, Ballers would be good online.

TRI · Post by **TRI** » Wed May 14, 2008 2:53 am

Hornets blow out San Antonio again! What a series and get ready for game six Thursday night back at San Antonio! Hopefully New Orleans plays better at San Antonio this time because in game four they were terrible.

wco81 · Post by **wco81** » Wed May 14, 2008 10:28 am

Look for the Lakers to get 40-45 FT attempts in Game 5.

Jazz will be lucky to get half that many.