Official 2008 NBA Playoffs Thread

[R1_Ridah]

It ain't OVER..... Who cares about statistics. It can happen. If there is one team to pull off an upset it's the LAKERS.

No one ever thought they would be where they are at today.

That was such a hard game to watch

I give it up to the Celtics though. I have respect for teams to be able to come back the way they did and win the game. They deserved to win that game. Lakers went to sleep in the 2nd half =-( You win games in the 2nd half, not the first....

 

[Onion01]

WOOOOOWWWW we made it to 1K posts! And I got #1K without realizing it! Congratulations bball fans!

 

[Onion01]

It ain't OVER..... Who cares about statistics. It can happen. If there is one team to pull off an upset it's the LAKERS.

No one ever thought they would be where they are at today.

That was such a hard game to watch

I give it up to the Celtics though. I have respect for teams to be able to come back the way they did and win the game. They deserved to win that game. Lakers went to sleep in the 2nd half =-( You win games in the 2nd half, not the first....

psshhhh, I totally knew it was gonna be lakers/celtics in the finals. I have to tell you though, if I lost a game like that...ouch...

btw, when you gonna answer my pm

 

[pwmin]

my prediction: game 5: lakers, game 6: celtics

 

[R1_Ridah]

psshhhh, I totally knew it was gonna be lakers/celtics in the finals. I have to tell you though, if I lost a game like that...ouch...

btw, when you gonna answer my pm

What are you talking about. They didn't start playing the way they did until they picked up of Gasol. In addition Kobe was asking to be traded before the season even started. How in the world would you know they were going to make it to the finals? I'm not talking about Playoffs, I'm talking about the start of the season.

Didn't I answer your PM? I think is said, No.

 

[Kobeclone]

Did yah guys miss me??? 16 hour days are killing me

 

[Onion01]

What are you talking about. They didn't start playing the way they did until they picked up of Gasol. In addition Kobe was asking to be traded before the season even started. How in the world would you know they were going to make it to the finals? I'm not talking about Playoffs, I'm talking about the start of the season.

Didn't I answer your PM? I think is said, No.

Yeah, I was talking about the playoffs...loser...

Did yah guys miss me??? 16 hour days are killing me

really, I thought it would be the 24 point comebacks...

 

[Kobeclone]

I make no excuses for the Lakers blow up. I bet that is a shocker to all you out there. IMO, 90% of the comeback was the lakers fault. LA played perfect B-ball in the 1st half, and the worst I have ever seen in an NBA finals game in the second half. From the postgame interview last night, Kobe obviously got drunk. After a piss poor preformance like that, I wanted to too, but mother fing 16 hour work days the last 5 days kept me from doing it

 

[Onion01]

I make no excuses for the Lakers blow up. I bet that is a shocker to all you out there. IMO, 90% of the comeback was the lakers fault. LA played perfect B-ball in the 1st half, and the worst I have ever seen in an NBA finals game in the second half. From the postgame interview last night, Kobe obviously got drunk. After a piss poor preformance like that, I wanted to too, but mother fing 16 hour work days the last 5 days kept me from doing it

what are you working as? those are harsh hours!

 

[Kobeclone]

LA had stunning ball movement in the first half, but in the second half it seemed every player on the entire team wanted to play one on one vs their defender.


Call me crazy on these two opinions, but here we go.

1. LA will take it to a game 7. Kobe has too much competiveness not to lead his team to a game 7. At this point, before a game 5, no one could ever accurately predict what will happen in a possible game 7, so I will not even make a prediction. (Because Hamoto Yomomma or whatever ur damn name is will disprove it with his own opinions)

2. LA will play ZONE, yes, I said it, ZONE, in game 5. Phil rarely throws this out there, but the general concensus with my NBA chatting buddies, that are not on here of course, is that Phil will throw it at them early on in the game as well as late in the game to see how they respond...


I also want to state one more thing, if you state the Celtics will win this series and use past statistics saying that 95% of the time a team up 3 to 1 wins the series, then I have no respect for you. Those are past statistics that have nothing to do with this series... The Lakers have been one of the few teams to come back from 3-1, as well as have someone come back on them from 3-1, my point being that Phil knows how to motivate his guys and overall know how to coach in these situations.