Lebron Marino
That was a beautiful outlet pass by James.
Didn’t think about it until I saw the replay but that was a chest pass, like 80 feet in perfect position. Crazy.
^Reminds me of a similar play they had mid-season except I think that one was Wade to LeBron. The Heat are frightening when things are working for them offensively.
That was definitely a headbutt, and given the fact that Pierce was getting aggy more than once in a two minute span, I don’t think I can say that it was a bad decision.
I remember the way Boston played against Orlando last year, and the stuff they [mainly KG and Perk] got away with [on Dwight], so honestly I’m glad it happened. Hopefully the Celtics get the message.
And good on the Heat for giving it right back to them. The did this in their last regular season match and Boston couldn’t handle it. This is going to be a great series.
Didn’t think I’d say this, but so far this year the NBA Playoffs have been more exciting than the NHL Playoffs. That almost never happens, especially in the first two rounds.
This whole year, starting from last off season has been amazing.
[quote]LarryDavid wrote:
That was definitely a headbutt, and given the fact that Pierce was getting aggy more than once in a two minute span, I don’t think I can say that it was a bad decision.
I remember the way Boston played against Orlando last year, and the stuff they [mainly KG and Perk] got away with [on Dwight], so honestly I’m glad it happened. Hopefully the Celtics get the message.
And good on the Heat for giving it right back to them. The did this in their last regular season match and Boston couldn’t handle it. This is going to be a great series. [/quote]
I think Pierce’s ejection was definitely a soft one, but if you are stupid enough get into another confrontation RIGHT AFTER you just received a technical for doing the same thing a couple minutes ago it’s your own damn fault. He was really testing the officials authority.
[quote]LarryDavid wrote:
That was definitely a headbutt, and given the fact that Pierce was getting aggy more than once in a two minute span, I don’t think I can say that it was a bad decision.
I remember the way Boston played against Orlando last year, and the stuff they [mainly KG and Perk] got away with [on Dwight], so honestly I’m glad it happened. Hopefully the Celtics get the message.
And good on the Heat for giving it right back to them. The did this in their last regular season match and Boston couldn’t handle it. This is going to be a great series. [/quote]
If you actually believe that was a headbutt then I’m guessing you’ve never been headbutted. That was Pierce trying to get face to face to talk shit, and Jones soccer flopping for ref sympathy. It was a boneheaded move on Pierces part, but not a headbutt. It’s just one game, but you have to think Boston is questioning themselves without Perkins and to a slightly lesser degree Allen. What the fuck was Danny Ainge thinking?
[quote]WhiteFlash wrote:
[quote]scj119 wrote:
[quote]WhiteFlash wrote:
[quote]scj119 wrote:
/offtopic do you guys play ball too? If so, what position?
I played an annoying game of pickup ball today and was curious.[/quote]
Yeah. I got some dunk vids in my log, and am gonna get up a whole bunch more soon.
Also, Before the Perkins trade I had Boston back in the finals. Without him [and Tony Allen] they beat up a depleted New York squad and are lacking a lot of what made them so tough. I think they beat the Heat, but if they go up against Chicago [and whatever microspic chance ATL had is out with Hinrich gone] they lose. As much as I’d like Bryant to get another title, a Thunder/Chi-Town finals would be bad ass.[/quote]
Nice…I haven’t dunked since high school when I played volleyball… I’m trying to get back up there but it’s a tough goal to achieve while increasing bodyweight[/quote]
How tall are you?[/quote]
6’3"
I didn’t watch the whole MIA-BOS game but if Rondo needs to be destroying Bibby/Chalmers if BOS is gonna win this series, that’s the biggest mismatch on the floor in their favor.
[quote]scj119 wrote:
I didn’t watch the whole MIA-BOS game but if Rondo needs to be destroying Bibby/Chalmers if BOS is gonna win this series, that’s the biggest mismatch on the floor in their favor.[/quote]
He had a bad first half, but he turned it on in the 2nd prior to the ejection… he just needs to keep his cool and Doc said as much at the press conference. He was the victim of 2 maybe flagrants that weren’t called, but that is par for the course in playoff ball(Celtics of all teams should know that) and you can’t get in players faces constantly or you will get T’d up.
[quote]red04 wrote:
[quote]scj119 wrote:
I didn’t watch the whole MIA-BOS game but if Rondo needs to be destroying Bibby/Chalmers if BOS is gonna win this series, that’s the biggest mismatch on the floor in their favor.[/quote]
He had a bad first half, but he turned it on in the 2nd prior to the ejection… he just needs to keep his cool and Doc said as much at the press conference. He was the victim of 2 maybe flagrants that weren’t called, but that is par for the course in playoff ball(Celtics of all teams should know that) and you can’t get in players faces constantly or you will get T’d up.[/quote]
Good he turned it on…first half is what I watched before I got pulled away, hence the comment. But he needs to be scoring like 25+ppg for BOS to win I think. MIA was getting way more pts in transition the first half than I thought they would… those points are supposed to dry up in the playoffs. I guess you can be the exception when you have James and Wade
[quote]scj119 wrote:
[quote]red04 wrote:
[quote]scj119 wrote:
I didn’t watch the whole MIA-BOS game but if Rondo needs to be destroying Bibby/Chalmers if BOS is gonna win this series, that’s the biggest mismatch on the floor in their favor.[/quote]
He had a bad first half, but he turned it on in the 2nd prior to the ejection… he just needs to keep his cool and Doc said as much at the press conference. He was the victim of 2 maybe flagrants that weren’t called, but that is par for the course in playoff ball(Celtics of all teams should know that) and you can’t get in players faces constantly or you will get T’d up.[/quote]
Good he turned it on…first half is what I watched before I got pulled away, hence the comment. But he needs to be scoring like 25+ppg for BOS to win I think. MIA was getting way more pts in transition the first half than I thought they would… those points are supposed to dry up in the playoffs. I guess you can be the exception when you have James and Wade[/quote]
Edit, I misread as Pierce then misread my own comment, disregard all the dumb shit I just wrote. Rondo had a decent stretch after the ejection where he played well but his shot was never in this game, I think he does his team a disservice trying to push the ball as much as he was(basically completely opposing Mark Jackson on this point, I respect that he probably knows more about the game than me but I think he’s flat out wrong).
The fast break points for Miami were almost all the effect of Boston’s terrible ball security in the 1st half, Doc went just shy of saying that was the entire reason for their loss.
[quote]scj119 wrote:
I don’t think you can use regular season MEM-OKC games to predict this series because they all happened pre-Perkins trade, and Jeff Green was guarding Zach Randolph. That being said, Memphis looked awesome. I can’t figure out though why OKC isn’t putting Perk on Z-Bo and Ibaka on Gasol.[/quote]
OKC was doing that, but it didn’t matter. Z-Bo was hitting outside shots and getting rebounds at will.
Z-Bo has like a 15 inch vertical but man is he a baller. I’ve never seen someone that non-athletic dominate so badly since Bird – and I wasn’t even born when Bird was in his prime!
I’m hearing talk from fans that Memphis could take this out in 4 pending OKC response in game 2. The tenacity and fearlessness this Memphis team plays with it impressive and admirable. I can say I’m rooting for them.
I gotta admit it though, this thread has been pleasantly calm, especially because me and randman haven’t been posting much. Don’t you just miss that futile bickering?
What a physical game (BOS-MIA). GREAT game, will be an awesome series.
Pierce should NOT have been ejected, which leads me to believe that he was ejected to send a message to others: don’t start shit. Otherwise, that was NOT a fucking technical foul, and I don’t care what Pierce could’ve said to the ref, short of “Yo, FUCK your mama.” And no, that wasn’t a “headbutt,” but it had as much potential as a true headbutt to escalate the situation. Pierce runs his mouth so fucking much that I wasn’t surprised that he pulled that shit.
Ray Allen was ridiculous. Crazy efficient.
I fucking hate Paul Pierce. Laziest “superstar” I’ve ever seen. Hate the way that dude plays ball.
I fucking love Van Gundy. Best NBA commentator.
Anyone else hate Michael Wilbon? Motherfucker is the type to say one thing, be COMPLETELY wrong, and then shortly afterward try to assert that what really happened was what he just said. The guy could never own up to a mistake, even though I agree with him sometimes.
[quote]WhiteFlash wrote:
If you actually believe that was a headbutt then I’m guessing you’ve never been headbutted. [/quote]
What can I say? I’ve never given anyone a reason to :D.
[quote]therajraj wrote:
I would really welcome an underdog winning / Cinderella Story this Playoffs.
The NBA is basically the only top league where a low seeded team has not made it to the Finals. I don’t think anyone has come back from a 0-3 deficit either in the NBA
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Ahem…
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/nba/1999/playoffs/bracket/index.html
No love for the '99 Knicks?
[quote]sam_sneed wrote:
[quote]therajraj wrote:
I would really welcome an underdog winning / Cinderella Story this Playoffs.
The NBA is basically the only top league where a low seeded team has not made it to the Finals. I don’t think anyone has come back from a 0-3 deficit either in the NBA
[/quote]
Ahem…
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/nba/1999/playoffs/bracket/index.html
No love for the '99 Knicks?
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I stand corrected.
No low seeded team has won a championship.
So does anyone think the Hawks have a chance at winning the series?
[quote]therajraj wrote:
So does anyone think the Hawks have a chance at winning the series?[/quote]
Before this game I’d have given a canned answer along the lines of ‘well sure they have a chance but I don’t think it’ll happen.’
1 game won’t sway me all the way to the other side of picking them, but it looks like they just legit have a great matchup on the court, I thought they’d miss Hinrich more. I think I may even like them to take it 7 now, and everyone has a shot in a game 7.