GranteedEV

GranteedEV

Audioholic Ninja
anyone watching this game?

It's tie game now! :eek:
 
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Chu Gai

Audioholic Samurai
anyone watching this game?

It's tie game now! :eek:
Been watching the NBA playoffs since they started. I paid particularly close attention to Heat/Bulls hoping the Bulls would take it. I'm just not quite ready to forgive LeBron and company for the farce and the pre-season coronation they bestowed upon themselves. I looked at the Bulls/Heat series and say to myself, a free throw here and if they hadn't collapsed at the last game, then it might've been Heat/Mavs.

It was a great comeback for the Mav's last night and various members of the Heat looked as if they wanted no part of the ball when it came to taking a shot. I can only hope that now that it's a best of 5 series with Mav's home court advantage, that the Mav's take it. Now, I happen to like David Stern and I think he's done amazing things getting the league to where it is but I do think some of the fines that are levied against players, coaches, and owners are just way out of line. Cuban can be a bit of a **** but he's been slapped hard by Stern and there's a part of me that wants to see Cuban getting handed the trophy from Stern.
 
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Chu Gai

Audioholic Samurai
If the Heat lose & James is impotent again in the clutch, my money's on Bosch being being traded as a scapegoat. Think Reilly tore Wade and James a new one for them making fun of Dirk? Wade will say how now everyone's happy the Heat lost. We are all witnesses baby.
 
GranteedEV

GranteedEV

Audioholic Ninja
I don't know what's up with LBJ. He showed in the chicago series that he's basically unstoppable when he wants to be. Against dallas he's just been nullified. He has no confidence in his midrange game right now... it's all drive and kick.
 
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Chu Gai

Audioholic Samurai
He needs to find where these are in his mansion.

 
woofersus

woofersus

Audioholic
As a Cavs fan, I'm definitely looking for a Dallas win here. ;)
 
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Chu Gai

Audioholic Samurai
Just a few more minutes and the excuses can begin.
 
GranteedEV

GranteedEV

Audioholic Ninja
I'm a big Lebron and Wade fan so it makes me kind of sad to see how much people hate the heat.

But I am beyond glad that Dirk, Marion, Terry, Chandler, Peja, Butler, and Barea all have rings now. Moreso, I'm happy for Jason Kidd, who i've grown up idolizing and basing my own game on. I feel so happy for him.
 
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Chu Gai

Audioholic Samurai
Apple is coming out with a LeBron James commemorative iPhone. It only vibrates because it doesn't have a ring.
 
darien87

darien87

Audioholic Spartan
I'm not much of a basketball fan but would this be considered an upset? I thought Lebron and the Heat were supposed to be unstoppable.
 
GranteedEV

GranteedEV

Audioholic Ninja
I'm not much of a basketball fan but would this be considered an upset? I thought Lebron and the Heat were supposed to be unstoppable.
Not IMO. In fact I thought the heat overachieved in getting to the finals. I'm a big Lebron/Wade fan and Bosh is a good player, but I've been skeptical about them since the start. They are, in essense, a donut team... lots on the outside but a big hole in the middle. Championship caliber teams in my opinon always have a truly good 2-way big man (or two) anchoring the defense and offense too. Gasol/Bynum, Garnett/Perkins, Ben/Sheed, Shaq, Duncan, Robinson, Olajuwon, Kareem, Parish/McHale, Moses, etc. Basically the only team that ever truly won without at least one dominant big man were the 1990s Chicago bulls (and even then, guys like Horace Grant and Dennis Rodman were big time impact players). I don't consider Bosh to be a dominant big man... he's more of a 6'10 small forward.

If you look at the Mavs, they had Tyson Chandler rebounding and intimidating everywhere, and even Dirk is an impactful defensive big man although not a shotblocker. The heat were outmatched up front, and it showed in things like defensive rebounding and easy layups and outside jumpers off penetration from the mavs. If Boston didn't trade Perkins (or if Shaq was healthy) I would not have expected the heat to beat them.

I do think the heat COULD have beat the mavs, but only based on making tough jump shots and doing it for four games. If you switched Tyson Chandler from the Mavs to the Heat, then I'd definitely say it was a big upset. Right now they're still an incomplete team though.
 
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lsiberian

lsiberian

Audioholic Overlord
Not IMO. In fact I thought the heat overachieved in getting to the finals. I'm a big Lebron/Wade fan and Bosh is a good player, but I've been skeptical about them since the start. They are, in essense, a donut team... lots on the outside but a big hole in the middle. Championship caliber teams in my opinon always have a truly good 2-way big man (or two) anchoring the defense and offense too. Gasol/Bynum, Garnett/Perkins, Ben/Sheed, Shaq, Duncan, Robinson, Olajuwon, Kareem, Parish/McHale, Moses, etc. Basically the only team that ever truly won without at least one dominant big man were the 1990s Chicago bulls (and even then, guys like Horace Grant and Dennis Rodman were big time impact players). I don't consider Bosh to be a dominant big man... he's more of a 6'10 small forward.

If you look at the Mavs, they had Tyson Chandler rebounding and intimidating everywhere, and even Dirk is an impactful defensive big man although not a shotblocker. The heat were outmatched up front, and it showed in things like defensive rebounding and easy layups and outside jumpers off penetration from the mavs. If Boston didn't trade Perkins (or if Shaq was healthy) I would not have expected the heat to beat them.

I do think the heat COULD have beat the mavs, but only based on making tough jump shots and doing it for four games. If you switched Tyson Chandler from the Mavs to the Heat, then I'd definitely say it was a big upset. Right now they're still an incomplete team though.
It's an upset. Not one pundit picked the Mavs to win the whole thing. Honestly the East is the weaker conference so this is no surprise to me. Even the Bulls would struggle to make the Playoffs in the West. Memphis was the 8 seed and would probably be the 2nd best team in the East.

Still Lebron didn't fail he took a team that was a first round exit last year to the Finals. In Pro sports teams normally take a while to gel, but they really came one or two shots away from winning the series. All they need is another knock down shooter and they will be putting up banners in Miami. Dirk is the best player I've seen in the Playoffs since Parker in 2007. I think Dallas repeats baring injury because they will have Butler back next season.

I hope my Spurs can make another run with the shortened season though.
 
billy p

billy p

Audioholic Ninja
Here is a joke...a regular fan asked LBJ if he had change for a buck...LBJ gave him 3 quarters because he didn't have a fourth qtr....;).
 
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Chu Gai

Audioholic Samurai
Bill simmons who writes for ESPN, speculated that James was never the same after the verbal tounge lashing he received on the court from Wade in game 3. As to the Heat being a shot or two from winning it, the same argument could be for the Bulls vs. Heat.
 
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