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the 2010 NBA playoffs!

the Lakers are just barely winning their games, lately. although they are the superior team in these early match-ups, they might have trouble next round when they play the Suns.
 
axl blaze said:
the Lakers are just barely winning their games, lately. although they are the superior team in these early match-ups, they might have trouble next round when they play the Suns.
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you mean when they play the spurs ;)

I see what your saying though. then again this is common for the lakers remeber last year they didnt really play like what they are capable of until the conference finals and finals

really though I think people underestimated OKC as a team. lets not forget they were a 50 win team and had the same regular season record as the boston celtics in a widely considered tougher conference.
 
or the Spurs, I just really think that the only teams that truly have a chance against the Lakers are the Suns and then (were) the Denver Nuggets.

and you have two good points about the Lakers kind of resting on their laurels until the Conference Finals. but you know what? it doesn't matter if you win by 15 points or by 4 points - as long as you win. LA plays some seriously sound basketball, we've seen it time and time again, teams get very close in the fourth quarter but the Lakers will squeeze the court on defense and even if Kobe Bryant misses the shot he usually has Gasol or Bynum waiting for a put-back.

OKC is good, and they are going to be great. when the Lakers are too old to compete I think that OKC will be the team to beat. they have a bright future ahead of them, most certainly.

and Boston... while they didn't have the best regular season you can count on them to bring it in the post-season. it must feel strange for them to not have home-court advantage but I'm sure they will get over it. nothing excites me more as a b-ball fan than good point guard play and Rajon Ronda is one of the premier young PGs in the league. couple that with the Big 3 and they are a challenge against any team
 
damn really, the suns? I cant see it. ive always thought from the start the 2 in the west that were going to pose the biggest threats to LA were either Denver or the spurs. the spurs have one solid team. especially with this hill guy maturing into a real player they are a tough matchup for anyone. the suns game has flaws in it, especially when you slow down the tempo of the game wich the lankers can do especially well
 
I really REALLY like how Utah is playing right now. Tomorrow's game 1 between LAL and Jazz will be one to watch for sure..

I'm a Bobcats fan, by the way. At least we made the playoffs this season. Going to games is actually fun now.

If I had to guess, I'd say it's gonna come down to the Cavs and either Jazz or Lakers (truly believe the Spurs couldn't match up with either of these teams). Cavs SHOULD win but we'll see.
 
Those refs were awful late in the game, Utah should have won that

There were about 3 trips down the court in a row where a foul could have been called. Didnt get a single call.

Sucks for them. Id rather see them advance than LA
 
Do guys DO realize that the Lakers are clearly the league's most talented team, AND have the league's best coach (maybe ever), and that they've been playing on cruise control.

Not saying that's a good idea - but that said, in every single instance, I would bet on the defending champions, who are playing just well enough to win game after game, series after series OVER a POTENTAILLY excellent team who keeps doing well in the regular season, but who has never ever ever even won so much as one Finals GAME.

The fact that the Cavs are favored over the Lakers to win the title now is so absurd, it's ridiculous - ESPECIALLY when you consider the fact that the Cavs, in order to win the title, would have to beat the Lakers AND the Magic - and I don't think that even the latter is happening.

We shall see.

I will always love you, Kobe.

- LL
 
The fact that the Cavs are favored over the Lakers to win the title now is so absurd, it's ridiculous - ESPECIALLY when you consider the fact that the Cavs, in order to win the title, would have to beat the Lakers AND the Magic - and I don't think that even the latter is happening.
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absurd because magic/cavs is the defacto championship, and the lakers are an afterthought.
 
Pander Bear said:
absurd because magic/cavs is the defacto championship, and the lakers are an afterthought.
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I must say I agree.

Cleveland is by far the most talented, and deepest team in the league.

I mean seriously, we bring Big Z, Delante West. Anderson Varejo, and JJ Hickson off the bench. Also role players like Jamario Moon and Daniel Gibson.
 
KPZ said:
I must say I agree.

Cleveland is by far the most talented, and deepest team in the league.

I mean seriously, we bring Big Z, Delante West. Anderson Varejo, and JJ Hickson off the bench. Also role players like Jamario Moon and Daniel Gibson.
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to say that any team has more talent than the lakers is insane. you have kobe who has the largest legacy of any active player right now easily the best clutch player in the league and possibly of all time, and will go down as one of the greatest to ever play even if he retired this season. you then have gasol who is the most skilled 7 footer in the league, artest who is a former defensive player of the year. just the size of bynum alone in combonation with gasol is hard for any team to match up with, and while fisher isnt the star some of the others are, he has a laundry list of historical BIG TIME playoff 3's in the clutch, and has a certain chauncey billups like wisdom about him.

the cavs definetily do have a deeper bench though. however, its very common to have bench players crumble under the pressure of playing in the biggest games of their career against championship quality teams. guys like verajo tend to all but disappear when the dwights and gasols are flourishing in the intensity. their is a reason big z has been in the league for so long and no one outside of cleveland knew who he was until maybe last year. and delante west/mo... not only are both of them undersized but neither matches the skill of nelson let alone kobe bryant and even further both of them struggle against taller guards (kobe) or stronger ones (fisher)
 
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not to be a dick but I just watched the cavs celtics game and I think its a perfect example of the points I was trying to make in my last post. mo williams and d-west combine for 66 minutes and 8 points. verajo was non existent and commited idiodic plays because the celtics frustrated (him mistakes from inexperience.)
 
grimble crumble said:
not to be a dick but I just watched the cavs celtics game and I think its a perfect example of the points I was trying to make in my last post. mo williams and d-west combine for 66 minutes and 8 points. verajo was non existent and commited idiodic plays because the celtics frustrated (him mistakes from inexperience.)
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wow, the Celtics beat us 1 time out of the 6 times we played them this year.

we played a bad game and the celtics played their best game of the playoffs. The series is 1-1.

like all good teams, we will make adjustments and be ready to play come Game 3.

I really dont see how you can give THAT much of an edge to the Lakers when it is
Kobe/ Gasol/ and Artest vs. LeBron/ Shaq Daddy/ and Mo Williams.
 
KPZ said:
wow, the Celtics beat us 1 time out of the 6 times we played them this year.

we played a bad game and the celtics played their best game of the playoffs. The series is 1-1.

like all good teams, we will make adjustments and be ready to play come Game 3.

I really dont see how you can give THAT much of an edge to the Lakers when it is
Kobe/ Gasol/ and Artest vs. LeBron/ Shaq Daddy/ and Mo Williams.
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your post baffles me

first off you're referencing regular season games. thats a joke, regular season is regular season. it doesnt mean anything... remeber who had the best regular season record last year... the cavs, what happened to them... oh yeah they didnt make the finals.

next you say the series is 1-1 as if thats a good thing. its a decieving 1-1. you have to give the edge to the celtics because not only were the cavs behind by double digits for the majority of both games played, but now the celtics have acquired home court advantage

and finally your matchups are wrong, bynum would be on shaq (who has been pretty much a non facotr in these last 2 games) and gasol would be on jamison. lol and you keep acting as if mo's a player... he had 4 points last night in close to 40 minutes of play. the cavs have a huge weakness at the guard position compared to other teams and possibly even at the center offensively unless shaq picks it up. shaq being played by the bulls noah is one thing, shaq being played by perkins, bynum or howard makes it extremely difficult for him to offensively have the impact he is use to. either way, those matchups dont really matter right now because both teams have a lot of great competitors to go through to get to the finals
 
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^Just to add to what you're saying. Gasol will beast on Anton Jamison. Look at what Garnett is doing to him. Jamison's defense is a fucking joke. That's totally game changing to me. There's really nothing they can do about it either.

The Cavs have some players and obviously LeBraun but, they really don't appear to be matching up that well with the Celtics right now let alone the Lakers. I'm in Boston and I was not expecting much out of my Cs after they beat a terrible Miami team. Now that I'm watching it I don't see the Cavs matching up at all. Moving people around might cover Rondo but, then you're freeing up Pierce (which I'll take). I just can't think of any configurations that would really work for Cleveland right now. Can you? The game changer would be LJ but, he sure as shit didn't show up last night and until that happens it's not looking good.
 
I think everyone is over reacting about 1 game. The Cavs can easily go into Boston and win 2 games. Anyone who doesnt think so is crazy. Mo Williams had a bad night, he doesnt normally score in single digits. Add that with LeBron's elbow injury and I can forgive the Cavs for having an off night.

We need to continue to work Shaq daddy in the paint and get their bigs into foul trouble. Anderson Varejo is a very credible defender. We can also bring JJ Hickson in. A lot of people not in Cleveland have no idea who is he, but he is a great young talent who brings good defense and team chemistry.
 
i know it was *just* the hawks, but DAMN! hell, i turned the game off in the 3rd quarter, b/c it was getting a bit old (plus, 'justified' was on).

keeping my eye on this cavs/celtics meetup. i am glad these two teams are up against each other, and i think it'll be an interesting series.

as for the lakers being on cruise control? when it's takes a gasol last second tip-in, i'd be a bit more concerned. they won the game and the series, buuuuuut...

it's for me to focus on the west at all right now actually. i'm not as familiar with their teams and also, no need unless we win eastern conference.
 
DustnRoses said:
KPZ where in AZ are you from? You a Suns fan or Cavs fan?
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Live in Phoenix currently. Lived here for 2-3 years now. Spent the other 20 years of my life in Columbus, Ohio and surrounding parts of Ohio.

To answer your question. I am a Cavs fan. I dont mind the Suns and root for them when I can, but I am indifferent to their success
 
I am not concerned about the Cavs losing to Boston, yet....Obviously 1-1 isn't a big deal, but I think they MUST aty least split the series in Boston.

I think Lovelife is convinced the Lakers are going to win it all again, and it seems like many think simply because the cavs lost a game to boston (yes a blowout but still just an "L") that Cleveland is doomed. But didn't L.A lose 2 games to OKC? And I would say Boston is better than the Thunder.

But I'm not a hardcore NBA fan, so my opinion is what it is.
 
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