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Cormacaroni · « **Reply #1680 on:** April 30, 2011, 06:49:47 AM »

Quote from: Mandark on April 30, 2011, 05:59:44 AM

I realized how crazy the situation was when the Spurs started running their offense through whichever of Parker and Ginobili were being guarded by Shane Battier, because that was the easier matchup compared to Tony Allen.

Also, Zach Randolph goddamn.

Confession - I got goosebumps when the crowd started chanting 'Tony Tony'. Great when fans recognize when a role player is kicking ass like that. He made Manu's life hell. And it is a testament to Manu's creativity and skills that he still had an impact. I sooooo wanted to see Allen on Kobe, 'cause he murderated him when he was with the Celtics. The problem back then was that he couldn't be trusted to make a layup or not foul a non-shooter on a 3 with a second on the clock etc. Now he is almost under control. He's the new Ron Artest!

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #1681 on:** April 30, 2011, 06:52:57 AM »

Also, Grizz won 3 of 4 against OKC in the regular season. If Allen can put the leash on Westbrook, it will be a very interesting series. Perkins is hurt and not that effective, so Gasol and ZeeBo will continue to beast it inside. OKC still has a ton of weapons though, and the best overall player in Durant. OKC in 7?

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #1682 on:** May 01, 2011, 01:50:22 PM »

Memphis:45
OKC:32

Mandark · « **Reply #1683 on:** May 01, 2011, 03:17:07 PM »

Marc Gasol with the ball near the elbow, finds Conley cutting towards the basket who passes to a wide open Randolph for the jumper. Beautiful play.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #1684 on:** May 01, 2011, 03:28:51 PM »

Grizz have got this first game on the road. They play tough D and they take high percentage close up shots on offense. The thunder are in for a big fight in this series.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #1685 on:** May 01, 2011, 03:41:21 PM »

Celtics Heat starting now. Haven't been this hyped for a series in awhile.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #1686 on:** May 01, 2011, 04:23:08 PM »

It's gonna be a defensive series throughout.

Probably the two best defensive teams in the league.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #1687 on:** May 01, 2011, 04:41:41 PM »

Great first half for the Heat.

But this series is going to be back and forth all the way through even if the Heat take this first game.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #1688 on:** May 01, 2011, 05:29:44 PM »

Pretty much. 7 game series for sure.

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #1689 on:** May 01, 2011, 05:46:54 PM »

Hahhahaha at the Pierce face rub

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #1690 on:** May 01, 2011, 05:50:24 PM »

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Officiating finishing off the game for the Heat

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TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #1691 on:** May 01, 2011, 05:51:19 PM »

lol this is some terrible officiating. Heat had this game anyway, though. Pierce is a little bitch regardless

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #1692 on:** May 01, 2011, 05:53:16 PM »

Quote from: BrandNew on May 01, 2011, 05:51:19 PM

Heat had this game anyway

This.

Should only add some more spice when they eventually get back to Boston.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #1693 on:** May 01, 2011, 05:59:43 PM »

Hmmm. Maybe not!

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #1694 on:** May 01, 2011, 06:10:19 PM »

Bosh is such a god damn pussy sometimes.

All that talk about going inside and being tough and he's back to his usual fucking self. He annoys me so fucking much.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #1695 on:** May 01, 2011, 06:11:24 PM »

yeah. He had a pretty open basket there yet he decided to dribble and dick around. should've taken a page from garnett and just dunk the shit out of it

Beezy · « **Reply #1696 on:** May 01, 2011, 06:31:44 PM »

I loved when Garnett blocked the shit out of him in the 4th. Bosh

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #1697 on:** May 01, 2011, 06:41:31 PM »

Bad ass alley-oop.

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Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #1698 on:** May 01, 2011, 07:56:34 PM »

Still don't get the Pierce ejection. I realize refs didn't want things to get out of hand but come on

Rman · « **Reply #1699 on:** May 01, 2011, 08:02:06 PM »

Grizzlies are really fun to watch. Love the ball movement.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #1700 on:** May 01, 2011, 09:15:02 PM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on May 01, 2011, 07:56:34 PM

Still don't get the Pierce ejection. I realize refs didn't want things to get out of hand but come on

It's only gonna make him player harder and more aggressively. The refs dun goofed

Beezy · « **Reply #1701 on:** May 01, 2011, 10:45:02 PM »

Quote from: Rman on May 01, 2011, 08:02:06 PM

Grizzlies are really fun to watch. Love the ball movement.

I hope they manage to upset OKC also. Only because Westbrook is getting on my nerves. I like the rest of the team mostly.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #1702 on:** May 01, 2011, 11:17:37 PM »

The Grizz are my new team in NBA 2k11. I'm beasting with Randolph.

Mandark · « **Reply #1703 on:** May 01, 2011, 11:19:27 PM »

Westbrook's a helluva player, but he's shown some surprisingly bad body language at times. There was one play in the game they lost to Denver where he thought he had been fouled, was the last player back on defense, and it let his man get wide open to set up someone for a 3.

Still, he's 22? There are worse things.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #1704 on:** May 02, 2011, 01:11:21 PM »

Kinda interesting to see who is playing the best in the playoffs so far based on PER

http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/hollinger/statistics?seasontype=3&action=login&appRedirect=http%3a%2f%2finsider.espn.go.com%2fnba%2fhollinger%2fstatistics%3fseasontype%3d3

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #1705 on:** May 02, 2011, 01:32:18 PM »

whoops wrong thread

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #1706 on:** May 02, 2011, 10:07:16 PM »

Atlanta giving Chicago the business at the moment.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #1707 on:** May 02, 2011, 10:25:18 PM »

The Grizzlies of the East

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #1708 on:** May 02, 2011, 10:26:30 PM »

The crazy thing is I think the Bulls are playing good defense. The Hawks are just insanely hot tonight. They are hitting everything. Even the tough shots and the stupid shots.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #1709 on:** May 03, 2011, 01:15:07 AM »

Mavericks trying to steal game 1. If Kidd had made his free throws it would have been easier.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #1710 on:** May 03, 2011, 01:17:22 AM »

Mavs steal it.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #1711 on:** May 03, 2011, 01:24:17 AM »

Upset night! Yesss. And the Mavs taking one at the Lakers home is pretty big – probably won't really affect the series overall, but it makes me realize that honestly either the Grizzlies or Thunder both have a great chance of beating the Lakers.

Thank god, too.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #1712 on:** May 03, 2011, 08:58:36 AM »

Mavs

I really didn't think the Mavs could win this one, if anything, I thought they'd have a better shot at Game 2. I figured Kobe was going to come out gunning in Game 1 (and he did) but they managed to slip by anyway.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #1713 on:** May 03, 2011, 09:04:27 AM »

It definitely was kind of a stolen game. If felt like the Lakers were in control the entire night. And Kobe got a long rest and was put back in to close out the game in the 4th. But the Mavs played some good defense down the stretch (gasp) and hit some key shots.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #1714 on:** May 03, 2011, 09:26:21 PM »

God the Celtics are a bunch of bitches.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #1715 on:** May 03, 2011, 09:33:04 PM »

Heat up 2-0. They held home court like they were supposed to. Puts the pressure back on Boston to win their two at home. Next game isn't until Saturday.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #1716 on:** May 03, 2011, 09:34:18 PM »

Next game should be fun. Thunder in a must win game in only the second game in the series.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #1717 on:** May 03, 2011, 09:45:54 PM »

Quote from: Billy Rygar on May 03, 2011, 09:38:53 PM

Hopefully the Heat sweep so the media's storyline goes in the shitter and they can concentrate on the better series.

On the Thunder-Grizzlies? YES.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #1718 on:** May 03, 2011, 10:09:05 PM »

oh god, that would be the least watched finals ever

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #1719 on:** May 03, 2011, 10:33:52 PM »

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]
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BlueTsunami · « **Reply #1720 on:** May 03, 2011, 10:41:05 PM »

How the Celts have been playing in a nutshell. Oh Ray Allen, your sharpshootin' can't save us now.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #1721 on:** May 03, 2011, 11:59:36 PM »

Thunder handle business tonight and seem to be blowing out the Grizzlies. Also this whole Shaq coming back thing seems to be highly unlikely now to me. And even if he does play how will he manage to play any significant minutes.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #1722 on:** May 04, 2011, 11:39:01 AM »

While the Heat's offense still doesn't function like a great team offense usually does they are getting one of the benefits I kind of hoped would happen in the playoffs. The Celtics are wearing down trying to control both Wade and Lebron. And Lebron and Wade are able to kind of rest. As one is going off the other is resting. And then he starts to go off so the other can rest a bit in return. It must be a bit disheartening for the Celtics as they have no down time.

Brehvolution · « **Reply #1723 on:** May 04, 2011, 11:52:54 AM »

The Celtics just look old. There is a changing of the guard going on.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #1724 on:** May 04, 2011, 07:26:19 PM »

Celtics looked slow as hell. They could obviously come back at home, and who knows how the Heat will respond once it's clear the Celtics aren't gonna lay down and die

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #1725 on:** May 04, 2011, 07:34:37 PM »

They look slow partly because Wade and Lebron fly around the court. In that sense they are slow compared to those two or in rotation to try to cover those two.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #1726 on:** May 05, 2011, 12:51:00 AM »

Dallas up by 10. 6 minutes left. Will they choke it away?

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #1727 on:** May 05, 2011, 12:54:29 AM »

Refs will even things out!

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #1728 on:** May 05, 2011, 12:56:56 AM »

It's over. Mavs have this game. Up 2-0. Shocking.

I still don't trust the mavs to win the series because of their history but they are in great shape to do so and statistically likely to do so.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #1729 on:** May 05, 2011, 01:01:14 AM »

I'm really surprised at how well Dallas has been able to do in LA. Didn't expect this at all after they struggled against Portland.

Beezy · « **Reply #1730 on:** May 05, 2011, 01:01:49 AM »

It would be nice if neither the Celtics or the Lakers got past the 2nd round.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #1731 on:** May 05, 2011, 01:03:46 AM »

They're both down 0-2, so that's a distinct possibility.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #1732 on:** May 05, 2011, 01:04:20 AM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on May 05, 2011, 01:01:14 AM

I'm really surprised at how well Dallas has been able to do in LA. Didn't expect this at all after they struggled against Portland.

They closed out really well against Portland on the road but yeah this is pretty shocking. Almost Nobody picked them to win this series.

Tyson Chandler really helps them on defense. Dirk is playing insanely. And fucking JJ Barea killed the Lakers tonight. JJ fucking Barea.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #1733 on:** May 05, 2011, 01:05:21 AM »

Artest

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #1734 on:** May 05, 2011, 01:08:08 AM »

Mavs winning the first two on the road is great, because they're gonna be coming back to Dallas riding high and the Lakers are gonna come into Dallas already in a big rut. No guarantees, obviously, as 2006 showed, but they've proven that this Lakers team isn't unbeatable.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #1735 on:** May 05, 2011, 01:10:12 AM »

btw Barea is dating a former miss universe.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&biw=1069&bih=827&q=Zuleyka+Rivera&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&wrapid=tlif130457180847710&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #1736 on:** May 05, 2011, 01:14:24 AM »

Snap! JJ's a boss!

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #1737 on:** May 05, 2011, 01:25:27 AM »

Nasty ass oop.

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etiolate · « **Reply #1738 on:** May 05, 2011, 01:27:53 AM »

poor poor lakers

though OKC/Grizz might beat either dal or la

T-Short · « **Reply #1739 on:** May 05, 2011, 02:47:55 AM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on May 05, 2011, 01:05:21 AM

Artest

Just saw that now

News:

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