NBA 2009 Playoffs
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- dijitaq0
it's great to see the lakers play tough defense once again. magic doesn't have anyone that can guard kobe. when they go with a small line-up the lakers post them up. when they go big they don't have a perimeter game.
conclusion: the lakers in 5.
- irrelevant0
it is early, but at least I won;t be called a band wagon jumper when it happens. I would take the Bulls in a 7 game series with Cleveland.
One man shows like the Lebronaliers will not win it all. It's a team effort, and in the East, no one matches up with the depth of the Bulls with their new line-up thanks to some late season trades.
- you obviously have not seen a single Cavs game, it is def not a one man show.refunktion
- akoni0
its sad that midway through the 3rd quarter of the Houston/Portland game you can see Portland just absolutely deflated.. they were slow on defense and out of sorts on offense. Even Oden blew a dunk. Portland will be scary in the future though, they just need some more time and experience together.
- BuddhaHat0
Agreed, the 76ers are almost a one-man show. Good to see the Eastern conference putting up some competition to the West though, they've been the stronger conference for a long time.
I doubt it will happen, but I'd love to see Kobe get a trophy without Shaq on the team, too...
- akoni0
its sad that midway through the 3rd quarter of the Houston/Portland game you can see Portland just absolutely deflated.. they were slow on defense and out of sorts on offense. Even Oden blew a dunk. Portland will be scary in the future though, they just need some more time and experience together.
- PonyBoy0
go celts...
... silly bulls barely held on. :)
- fooler20
Tuff lost for the Blazers last night. The Houston Refs definitely stole that game away from us.
Q: Who's is the guy that dresses like Stevie Ray Vaughan that always sits in the front row at the Rockets games? Last Night he was wearing a gold jacket, leather pants and sombrero.- Stevie Ray Vaughan ?BattleAxe
- really?
http://www.youtube.c…
fooler2 - no I took a guessBattleAxe
- he's been dead for yearsfooler2
- akoni0
...no one is really talking about that San Antonio/Dallas series... is SA that bad without Manu? I haven't been watching.
- yesBattleAxe
- nobody is talking about that series because both those teams are wack!sublocked
- Dallas is dangerousBattleAxe
- Dallas would have won even if Manu were there though. They're tired and old even with Gonzo.MondoMorphic
- irrelevant0
On a side note:
"Let's - go - Rock-ets" CLAP - CLAP - CLAP.CLAP.CLAP. :)
Who knew a game 7 was possible, I figured they would have taken care of the Lakers in 5.. haha
- if they had yao, mutumbo, and tmac they would have.sublocked
- BattleAxe0
celts bulls best series by far, wtf happened to the pistons , how did they get disassembled so bad, I thought they would win 2 at least ,
the Magic will tie up their series
- BattleAxe0
Magic got this ,
- JackRyan0
The Thuggets are goin for it...shit. 303! What!?
- PonyBoy0
shhh
- BuddhaHat0
The Lakers did not look in it at all that match... what's happened LA? Lost your mojo?
I sort of want Houston to beat them in game 7 now that they've made it this far... Kobe et al should've beaten them by now.
PS. Go CAVs!!!
- Laziness, pure and simple. Lakers are beating themselves.akoni
- uh.. and I think I meant 'plain' and simple.akoni
- leaving all their energy for a game 7 zinger perhaps?BuddhaHat
- i expect a 50 point margin this time.. nothing less or i will be disappointed yet agian in their effort, or lack there of.
akoni
- irrelevant0
Ok, so the Rockets "pull a stunner" and even the series in this HEAVILY favored Lakers team. My beef is the Rockets are not gettingthe credit they deserve even losing T-mac, Deke, Yao. Just because LA has Kobe doesn't mean that we don't stand a chance. I'm sick of the media overlooking better teams. Rocket's should win this series because they are the better team.
Of course I am biased because I live in Houston, but not neglecting that I conceded to defeat to the better team our past first round exits the past several years.
Kobe is a phenom but we have had probably the 2 best defenders making it difficult for him. Aaron Brooks and Lowery run circles around Fisher. Gasol is a gem, but Chuck Hayes and Luis Scola have matched well with him. Odom has not been a factor really. Ariza, walton, farmar have been streaky at best.
If Rocket's lose, it will be tough to take since they are the better team despite missing their best players. We have talent, just not the names people have heard of in the league and that's fine with me. We leave everything on the court and we play with heart. Same cannot be said about the Zen master and he Lakers who just thought that this would be a 4-5 game series on their way to Finals, not so fast.
No team deserves to go the finals if they play lazy half ass defense no matter how potent their "star" may be. The bail is going to be set too high for Kobe to bail out the Laker's this time.
- BuddhaHat0
Celtics should have closed it out earlier if they were going to have a chance, the better team definitely came out on top in that one.
Lakers will be turning it up a notch in the next series, but I don't think they'll make it, Denver is looking goooooood.
Cavs in 5 vs Orlando.
Saw some clips on the weekend about some of LeBron's moves and how they're not picking him up on some fouls that others would be called for... I'll be interested to see if that continues getting closer to the finals...
- irrelevant0
In my honest opinion, I think that game 7 swings more in the Rockets favor (not just because I am a fan) but since it will be THE highest pressure game to win since they were/are picked to go the finals. Kobe may try and do too much and allow the Rockets to stay close.
If I had Hedge's money, I definitely would be betting on the Rockets.
- best more for Phil is to keep Shanon Brown, and Farmer in and bench Bynum.irrelevant
- picked by who? someone in Houston?refunktion
- Bynum was the difference wasn't he? well Pau too.akoni
- vanilla_cam0
anyone have any idea where i can stream some of these?