NBA Playoffs Thread

Alveraz

The refs are fixing games; it's all over the news. Was it fixed last night or the night before ? Who knows, but the refs call the game in mysterious ways. I always have said "Call the same foul on Ostertag that you would on Shaq"

They have to eliminate the SUPERSTAR calls and let the players play. It's become a sport of non-contact.


Fox Sports ran a poll on that series and 82% of voters thought that the series was fixed.

It was also the series when consumer advocate Ralph Nader called for a formal investigation into the officiating.

Lakers went to the line 27 TIMES in the 4th quarter alone!

Go watch that game(especially the 4th quarter) on youtube and watch for yourself.
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I forgot all about that. Damn, that was a travesty of sport. The better team isn't always the more popular (see revenue) team.
 
Kobe's legacy is steeped in Shaq. He is no Jordan.

Unreal game; so stoked. It isn;t over yet, Celtics need to take care of business.

Unreal playoff game. Total choke.

I went on a date and came home and found out they won. Wow.
 
brianluce said:
At the moment I agree. Looks like being the best player since Jordan isn't the same as being Jordan.
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I've seen Kobe become a sudden 'No Show' before.

here is an interesting read from Curt's blog 38pitches

5) Kobe. This one stunned me a little bit. Who doesn’t know Kobe Bryant right? I only know what I have heard, starting awhile back with the entire Shaq debacle. I don’t really have an opinion one way or the other on or about him other than to know that people feel he might be one of the 4-5 greatest players to ever lace it up. What I do know is what I got to see up close and hear, was unexpected. From the first tip until about 4 minutes left in the game I saw and heard this guy ***** at his teammates.

Every TO he came to the bench pissed, and a few of them he went to other guys and yelled about something they weren’t doing, or something they did wrong. No dialog about “hey let’s go, let’s get after it” or whatever. He spent the better part of 3.5 quarters pissed off and ranting at the non-execution or lack of, of his team. Then when they made what almost was a historic run in the 4th, during a TO, he got down on the floor and basically said ‘Let’s f’ing go, right now, right here” or something to that affect. I am not making this observation in a good or bad way, I have no idea how the guys in the NBA play or do things like this, but I thought it was a fascinating bit of insight for me to watch someone in another sport who is in the position of a team leader and how he interacted with his team and teammates.

Watching the other 11 guys, every time out it was high fives and “Hey nice work, let’s get after it” or something to that affect. He walked off the floor, obligatory skin contact on the high five, and sat on the bench stone faced or pissed off, the whole game. Just weird to see another sport and how it all works. I would assume that’s his style and how he plays and what works for him because when I saw the leader board for scoring in the post season his name sat up top at 31+ a game, can’t argue with that. But as a fan I was watching the whole thing, Kobe, his teammates and then the after effects of conversations. He’d yell at someone, make a point, or send a message, turn and walk away, and more than once the person on the other end would roll eyes or give a ‘whatever dude’ look.

http://38pitches.com/2008/06/09/manny-jd-papi-lester-and-the-nba-finals/#more-178
 
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Greatest comeback win in the history of the NBA Finals!

One more win to go . . .

:thumbsup:
 
I knew the Celtics would take it a few minutes into the first game. They just seemed more together than the Lakers. One of my greatest regrets is not ever seeing the Jackson-Kobe-Shaq Lakers play at the Staples Center.
 
Batutta said:
I knew the Celtics would take it a few minutes into the first game. They just seemed more together than the Lakers. One of my greatest regrets is not ever seeing the Jackson-Kobe-Shaq Lakers play at the Staples Center.
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Strangely

My bro and I were watching an were saying the same thing; calmly.

We weren't panicking.
 
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