The NBA Playoffs Thread
 

Figured we should get some discussions going. What's your team in the playoffs?

I've been a Jazz fan since I was a kid, but they sucked for the past... well, ever since Stock and Malone left. This year they have a pretty good team, but they lost last night to Houston, and are facing elimination now. Not looking good :(

You mean punkball? I was hoping Magic and Heat would advance but doesn't look like that now.

I've always been a piston's fan...Lived in Michigan all my life, Always loved going to games. Some friends have season tickets that they always let my family use when they cant go.

yeah ive been a pistons fan ever since i started watchn basketball..lol and that only cuz my grandma was a HARDCORE bulls fan, and we always had fun back in the day when Lambeer would flop and omg she would get soo freekn mad at him lmao...we would get into some interesting convo's though lmao..i havent really watched it much for like the last 3-4 years since they started recruiting outta high school and it turned into punkball or as i call it thugball....but its nice to see the pistons actually competing again though.

Steve Nash 23 assists last game, 1 away from tying magic johnson's all time record! Goldenstate up 3-1 against dallas, like the worse team beating the best, so fun to watch tho, jason richardson and baron davis, their hard work paying off. Miami out ... to the bulls, insane, I actually went to a miami game earlier this season, and they almost got beat by the supersonics, their team is less than stellar this year.

Toronto and Dallas facing elimination tonight, I'm a huge raptors fan, I hate vince carter, he is truly a fag. If goldenstate and toronto both win 2night, I'll be happy.

I'm not a fan of either the Mavs or the Warriors, but how much are the Mavs paying these refs? So many ridiculous calls, and some that seemed to just be calls, for no reason, just to sway the score back in the Mavs favor. If I was a Warriors fan, I'd be seriously pissed.

that's ridiculous, the mavs have been getting screwed the whole series with crazy calls. devin harris isn't getting a single break.

good thing they won game 5 though. the mavs will come through, the warriors just have don nelson, who knolws the mavs like the back of his hand, but we will prevail.

Are we not watching the same games? Maybe you being a fan of the Mavs clouds your judgment, but me not liking either team, I saw a game where the Mavs were getting almost all the calls, and they were screwing the Warriors in the pooch.

Either way, I'm all for the Jazz, always have been, always will be, but I was just making an observation as a non partisan observer of the game.

Apparently not Mr. K, because the Mavs haven't been getting a lot of calls. Tonight's game though was rough for both sides, there was strict foul calling. But way to go for the Mavs going on a 15-0 run in the final 3:20 of the game to go from 112-103 to 112-118 as the victors =D

What a gay ending to that game, raptors won at least.

I didn't watch any Mavs-Warrios games before tonights. So I didn't see all the bad call games you're talking about. I guess if that's the case, what goes around comes around, and the Mavs got a little payback tonight?

I was happy the Raptors won as well. That game OWNED! The loud as hell booing every time VC got the ball, or the "VC SUCKS! VC SUCKS!". That guy looked like he was ready to cry when he left the building.

go NETS!

V.C. is the man. Raptor fans are just mad, he was the best player to grace their team.

Nets would have won it and were very close to doing so with that shot. Thats what you can a good game, if games could be just like that, I would watch bball again, religiously.

VC is not the man. Yes, of course he was the best player on their team, he's vince carter, he's top 10 maybe top 5 in the league, WHEN HE WANTS TO BE. He openly admitted to not giving 100% while playing for the raptors, and for that he's a fag, why do you think toronto hates him so much? It's not only becuase he wanted to be traded. He never put forth effort playing for the raptors, go back and watch the tapes, he was soo lazy, it's unbeleivable. I use to watch every single raptors game. VC is useless. Imagine the moral on the team his last year, when your best player is being an idiot. He was good his 3 first seasons for Toronto.

He averaged 18.3 points per game his first season, 25.7 his second, 27.6 his third, and his last season with toronto 15.9, are you fucking kidding me, then he goes to NJ and averages 27.5, pretty much ties his best season with toronto, what HES ACTUALLY CAPABLE OF. VC IS NOT THE MAN.

and btw, Vince cost that game as far as I'm concerned, and I'm happy, he drove in with the ball with less than 10 seconds to go, all he needed was a 2-point or to get fouled to tie the game, instead he dishes out for somebody to take the 3 with no time remaining, nobody takes the 3 when you don't have to, it's a lower percentage shot, your goal at that point in the game is to put it into OT, no coach would tell their players to go with a 3 and go for the win. Goldenstate lost which sucks, but raptors win, and vince blew it, which makes me very happy. VC deserves a poor fate. That's reality.

Oh, and to say Vince Carter is the best player that ever graced the raptors could be just your opinion, statistically, Tracy Mcgrady pretty much matches Vince carter, and Marcus Camby is the best blocker in the NBA today, and 4th best defensive/offensive rebounder.

Not to mention the game where he walked over to the other bench, and TOLD them the play the Raptors were about to run, just so he could lose the game. He wanted to get fired, so he'd do all kinds of stupid shit to get fired. Like purposely throwing the ball away at the end of the game, to get a loss.

lmao, man i had to check to see if i was back in school when i stopped laughn at that

in my opinion if a player openly admits to not giving 100%, then he should be either docked pay, or just flat kicked outta the league...i bet he expects 100% of his paycheck though don't he...and to tell the other team the play wtf!! :wow:

"As his Raptor tenure progressed, Raptor fans began to witness a transition in Carter's offensive game that featured more perimeter shooting. This was in stark contrast to Carter's initial repertoire of regular drives to the hoop for dunks which had subsequently gone on a decline. This, combined with Carter's chronic injury problems, predominantly from Jumper's Knee[13], had Raptor fans questioning his toughness & durability. Carter's work ethic was also questioned with his play declining as the years went on, culminating in a mediocre 15.9 points per game in 2004-2005 [14] and the team failing to make the playoffs. Carter became frustrated with the Raptors management team as he felt they failed to surround him with players who could help carry the load offensively.[citation needed] On November 22, 2004, when pressed by the local media about his lack of dunks, Carter responded, "I don't want to dunk anymore."[15]

In late December 2004, there were allegations that Carter tipped off the opposing Seattle SuperSonics (the Raptors' opponents on November 19, 2004) of an upcoming Raptors play by yelling "It's a flare! It's a flare!".[16]"

This is from Wikipedia.org, an unbiased source, only half the story really.

I was going for Denver since I live up here now, but I knew the Spurs would win. They're near unstoppable. This Lakers game isn't much better. It's pretty much one sided. Phoenix is raping LA.

Good games tomorrow night though!

Ya, the suns are just too deep, its like kobe and lamar vs, nash, amare, barbosa, bell, and marion. Even their bench is better. Hopefully the lakers invest some time and money into some new players for next season, I enjoy watching kobe play.

Think Goldenstate upsets Dalls tonight? It would be the biggest upset in nba playoff history :o

Let's Call our games for tonight, and give a score. Just for the fun of it.

JAZZ vs ROCKETS

and

MAVS vs WARRIORS

I call:

Jazz > Rockets, 99-87
Warriors > Mavs, 98-95

Jazz 92-86

Mavs 82-79

Rockets 94-92
GS 97-93

Warriors win! They SHUT down dirk. I'd rather see warriors play rockets, so go rockets! hah

Looks like I win it! WOOT! I called both games, though no one could have imagined that 2nd game. They completely slaughtered the Mavs. Winning by 25 points against the #1 team in the league? WOW!

But the Rockets are mediocre :( They're too slow to handle the Warriors anyway. The Jazz stand a better chance.

My point exactly =)

Ohhh, you're a Warriors fan, lol. Makes sense. Yao couldn't handle the Warriors, that's for sure. He can barely handle the speed of the Jazz, and the Jazz are a slower team. He would never handle the quick movements of the Warriors. In the regular Season, Warriors beat the Rockets, 2/3 games.

Call Winners for tonight

RAPTORS vs NETS



I say:

Raptors > Nets 89-88

My gut says Nets will win though, but I'm calling it how I would like it to happen.

Raptors had 8.something seconds to make a play, the ball was allready advanced from the time-out, what do they do? totally fuck it up, terrible, i dont even wanna talk about it, im so pissed

pissatons<bulls. 96 - 104.
Jazz>Rockets. 101 - 96.

GG'z.

My Jazz Win It!!!

Wooooooo!!! Utah Jazz!!!