The Official NBA Playoffs 2008 Thread!

[persianbruin]

the raptors wont be as lucky as the dukiees. They wont make it to the 2nd round!!

[Darvish11]

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lol

if george karl doesnt start either jr smith or kleiza on wednsday i will kill him. Nothing against AC and not just because they were both great today (i dont think either of them will match their performance today again) but it just doesnt work out matchup wise with carter in the game. With smith starting he can guard kobe or if you want martin to do it again put in kleiza, have him on vladamir, carmelo on lamar, and camby on gasol. Even though martin would be better on kobe, i would rather have smith on him so martin can guard gasol because camby is a terrible one on one defender. This is really tough saying this being a nuggets fan but he shouldnt be in the conversation of defensive player of the year. He leads the league in blocks but thats because the perimeter defense is so terrible that he gets so many chances to block shots, and he gets so many rebounds because the nuggets play so fast, it allows many more shots to be taken, which means more rebounds, and nobody on denver is their to contend for his rebounds. Bruce Bowen, Raja Bell, hell i hate him but even kobe, those are defenders.
Btw has anyone ever had an easier 36 points in NBA history than gasol today? Jesus christ

the only positive out of this is that people will finally see how much better iverson is than kobe (if only he can make a free throw)


shit that was the first time ive ever praised kobe (defense) and martin (defense on kobe) in my life, the first time ive ever said anything remotely negative about iverson (free throws) in my life, and the first time that ive ever dissed camby like this....wow...this was a life changing post for my guys

[Darvish11]

and im not conceding the series or anything, this was just a little motivation for us, but hypothetically if the lakers somehow move on, they arent gonna go very far at all without bynum, yall better prey he gets healthy because there is NO interior defense. You are lucky that martin and camby are the worst front court offensive duo in history (two guys making ****ing 8 digits who cant make a god damn layup to save their lives) so they cant really exploit it, but if Kleiza can tear you up like that, youve got problems. You guys did ok on anthony when he was penetrating but thats because you quadrouple teamed him...i seriously think some coach told melo when he was a kid that its illegal to pass the ball when youre in the paint...i dont think ive ever seen him do it. Its hilarious, sometimes there are four guys camping out on the 3 point line when all five defenders are in the lane guarding him and he goes in for the layup. ****ing rediculous.

[persianbruin]

and im not conceding the series or anything, this was just a little motivation for us, but hypothetically if the lakers somehow move on, they arent gonna go very far at all without bynum, yall better prey he gets healthy because there is NO interior defense. You are lucky that martin and camby are the worst front court offensive duo in history (two guys making ****ing 8 digits who cant make a god damn layup to save their lives) so they cant really exploit it, but if Kleiza can tear you up like that, youve got problems. You guys did ok on anthony when he was penetrating but thats because you quadrouple teamed him...i seriously think some coach told melo when he was a kid that its illegal to pass the ball when youre in the paint...i dont think ive ever seen him do it. Its hilarious, sometimes there are four guys camping out on the 3 point line when all five defenders are in the lane guarding him and he goes in for the layup. ****ing rediculous.

LOL!!!! sa-ateh khab!! I have been saying this for 2 months now and its precisely why I am not sure if the lakers can go beyind the conferece finals. They will however, beat the houston/utah winner.

The best laker team this year was the one in december with bynum and ariza when the lakers were winning (and winning big) by stifiling defense. Right now the win games by outscoring opponents which wont get you betond the conference finals ( ask the suns)

I am praying for bynum and ariza to come back for the conference finals. For this to happen I am hoping both laker series in the 1sta nd 2nd round goto 7 games!!!

[persianbruin]

lol
if george karl doesnt start either jr smith or kleiza on wednsday i will kill him. Nothing against AC and not just because they were both great today (i dont think either of them will match their performance today again) but it just doesnt work out matchup wise with carter in the game. With smith starting he can guard kobe or if you want martin to do it again put in kleiza, have him on vladamir, carmelo on lamar, and camby on gasol. Even though martin would be better on kobe, i would rather have smith on him so martin can guard gasol because camby is a terrible one on one defender. This is really tough saying this being a nuggets fan but he shouldnt be in the conversation of defensive player of the year. He leads the league in blocks but thats because the perimeter defense is so terrible that he gets so many chances to block shots, and he gets so many rebounds because the nuggets play so fast, it allows many more shots to be taken, which means more rebounds, and nobody on denver is their to contend for his rebounds. Bruce Bowen, Raja Bell, hell i hate him but even kobe, those are defenders.
Btw has anyone ever had an easier 36 points in NBA history than gasol today? Jesus christ
the only positive out of this is that people will finally see how much better iverson is than kobe (if only he can make a free throw)
shit that was the first time ive ever praised kobe (defense) and martin (defense on kobe) in my life, the first time ive ever said anything remotely negative about iverson (free throws) in my life, and the first time that ive ever dissed camby like this....wow...this was a life changing post for my guys

you mean how he outperformed a kobe who scored 28 in the second half?? I remember the year AI won the MVP Kobe held him to ZERO points in the second half when he himself scored 23 points. Kobe and lbj belong to a different league with nobody in the todays game being ANYWHERE close to either player

[persian boy]

Raptors played so sh!t

only Parker, Kapono and Nesterovic were good

every1 else was either average or below average

[Ghormeh Sabzi]

come on rockets, i wish yao wasn't injured... beat those Mormon Utah Jazz

jazz up by 4:bs:

[Demis-11]

Rasho and Kapono played good, Parker was fairly nonexistant as was Bosh (good for the freethrows though), Calderon played poorly and TJ too (hes pretty shit if you ask me)

Bargnani was straight up awful... at one point the raptors were drifting by 8 and he had a wide open lane to layup or hell even dunk, he takes a shot and misses...if moon was in there he wouldve SLAMMED it down and the raps wouldve cut the lead down and been really pumped up!

[persianbruin]

come on rockets, i wish yao wasn't injured... beat those Mormon Utah Jazz
jazz up by 4:bs:

looks like you are all the way commited this year to stand by all the losers!!! come on pouya pick some winners man

[persian boy]

3 mouth watering games tonight

Raps @ Orlando
Dallas @ New Orleans
Phoenix @ San Antonio


first post updated btw.. Cavs ahead 2-0, same with Jazz

[Ghormeh Sabzi]

looks like you are all the way commited this year to stand by all the losers!!! come on pouya pick some winners man

well my team is Raptors baby but for the rest i like to cheer for the underdogs

but seriously bro i HATE and can't stand these teams cavs(i can't stand Lebron), jazz, pistons, magic, lakers, spurs, mavs last but not least celtics

[persian boy]

Rasho and Kapono played good, Parker was fairly nonexistant as was Bosh (good for the freethrows though), Calderon played poorly and TJ too (hes pretty shit if you ask me)
Bargnani was straight up awful... at one point the raptors were drifting by 8 and he had a wide open lane to layup or hell even dunk, he takes a shot and misses...if moon was in there he wouldve SLAMMED it down and the raps wouldve cut the lead down and been really pumped up!

yea i agree with everything you said here, Bargnani is just terrible now.. id take Moon over him..

Parker wasn't bad man, he played alright, the only problem i have with him is that sometimes he jacks up stupid shots..


Lets hope Raps are tighter on defense tonight, they can definently beat Orlando... some guys just need to step up.

[persian boy]

Raps playing terrible..

[Bobbyrider]

man though loss for raptors 104-103 but man did they step up their game after the first quarter if they continue playing the same way against orlando for the rest of the series raptors will win in 6 or 7

Kapono - 20 points
Bosh - 29 points missed game winner
Calderon - 18 points, 5 assists great game for him
Delfino - 16 points

Bargnani hit a couple of big shots but didnt have a huge game

[Amir H F]

Well 2 down 2 to go for the Jazz to complete their sweep of the crotch rockets! This is EXACTLY what I meant when I told those rocket fans to wait till the playoffs when they were hyping up about their 22 win streak and saying they will win it all!!! somhow "I told ya so" doesnt quit say it all...