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2010-11 NBA Thread

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Cane2theLeft said:
^yeah enjoy it for now. Even if Miami wins the series, then you'll have the bulls with home court where they were 36-5 this season.

How many times did Miami beat the bulls this year? (they didn't)

The bulls showing in the first round was sad, they barely won 3 of the 4 games but the bulls record against the other top 5 teams in the league this season? 9 wins and 4 losses and undefeated at home against every great team. Miami's? 4 wins and 9 losses.

Home court is certainly nice when you hardly ever lose there!
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Shit man, I'm just worried about getting past The Celtics now.


You should note that Pat Riley teams (or maybe it's Wade?) have a history of making regular season victories meaningless. Elite, veteran teams do not always show everything they have in the regular season, at the expense of wins. While Chicago is certainly elite, nobody on that team is a deep playoff veteran. Miami has several, and Boston has several.

I think Chicago is going to be a really, really good team in the future, and the potential thorn in Miami's side. Chicago probably has more all-around talent than anybody else in the league. But right now, I think they are too young and will falter in the ECF. After that, the sky is the limit.
 
as much as I love the Bulls and truly despise the Heat, I am not sure of D. Rose and company pulling off an easy win against Miami in the playoffs

the Bulls are my team this post-season, but sometimes they remind me too much of Cleveland. their star D. Rose gets the MVP and is the only legitimately non-stop scoring threat on the team. sure, Chicago plays great D, but so did the Cavs in their heyday

I think the Bulls are the better basketball team, but sometimes the ridiculous combo of LeBron "the Diva' James and D. Wade in the playoffs gets me a little nervous

that being said, I hope Boston disposes of the Heat easily during this 2nd round. they have made it a habit of punking LBJ in the playoffs
 
Am I just tired and missing something, or did nobody post on how the Grizz upset the Thunder? Holy shit, I think Memphis might be for real.
 
axl blaze said:
as much as I love the Bulls and truly despise the Heat, I am not sure of D. Rose and company pulling off an easy win against Miami in the playoffs

the Bulls are my team this post-season, but sometimes they remind me too much of Cleveland. their star D. Rose gets the MVP and is the only legitimately non-stop scoring threat on the team. sure, Chicago plays great D, but so did the Cavs in their heyday

I think the Bulls are the better basketball team, but sometimes the ridiculous combo of LeBron "the Diva' James and D. Wade in the playoffs gets me a little nervous

that being said, I hope Boston disposes of the Heat easily during this 2nd round. they have made it a habit of punking LBJ in the playoffs
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If the Bulls do manage to get past miami or boston in the ECF I'm sure it'll be anything but easy! I wasn't trying to say it'd be a cakewalk for the bulls, just to not count them out completely.

From the preseason to the right now, people have been underestimating the bulls saying they'll be good in the future but not yet. The regular season certainly isn't the only indicator and Cleveland is a GREAT comparison which worries me. In '08-'09 Cleveland too led the league in defense and wins like the bulls just did, Mike Brown won coach of the year, Lebron won MVP, the cavs faced Atlanta in the second round and then lost to Orlando in the ECF largely due to relying on Lebron to carry their offense. (*cough* 49 points in game one of ECF in LOSS at home)

Sounds scary familiar! That could easily be the bulls fate but just because it happened to Cleveland 2 years ago doesn't mean it will happen again. Rose certainly isn't Lebron so we'll see. Whatever happens, its going to be fucking interesting.

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Am I just tired and missing something, or did nobody post on how the Grizz upset the Thunder? Holy shit, I think Memphis might be for real.
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Insane! 2 years ago both of these teams were irrelevant and now they're sparring in the second round after knocking off two of the conference's recent or current elite teams? Shit... Dallas/LA is going to be incredible, hopefully Chi/Atl will be boring ;) and memphis/OKC and Bos/Mia are going to be crazy.
 
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I would love for nothing more than to see the Boston Celtics top the Miami Heat this round in the NBA playoffs. if Doc Rivers would have just kept Perkins in the middle (even though it was going to be his last year - just play for another immediate NBA Title imo) I believe the Celtics would easily top the Heat, by way of enough defensive power

a good Celtic defensive middle is what stopped LBJ, Dwight Howard, and many other Eastern Conference teams from besting them in the playoffs. I think this series will be close, but I would want nothing more than to see Boston win

my brother is a huge Celtics fan, due to the time we spent there, and while I respect the perpetually decent Boston hoops franchise, I just can't find it in myself to pull for them 100 percent in the East
 
axl blaze said:
a good Celtic defensive middle is what stopped LBJ, Dwight Howard, and many other Eastern Conference teams from besting them in the playoffs.
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this.

they also had tony allen (who is now killing it defensively with the grizz) coming off the bench. though like you, I still expect this to be a close series. KG has too much fight, ray allen has too much work ethic, Rondo is too pesky and pierce has answered before. this series will be 2-2 in the blink of an eye

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Am I just tired and missing something, or did nobody post on how the Grizz upset the Thunder? Holy shit, I think Memphis might be for real.
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I know, insane. few picked memphis over the spurs, but i dont think ANYONE had them picked over okc. russel westbrook was really bothered by there D, and gasol/randolph had there way with the inside. which is totally suprising considering how big okc is in the middle. game two predictions anyone?
 
grimble crumble said:
they also had tony allen (who is now killing it defensively with the grizz) coming off the bench. though like you, I still expect this to be a close series. KG has too much fight, ray allen has too much work ethic, Rondo is too pesky and pierce has answered before. this series will be 2-2 in the blink of an eye
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great points on expanding upon the success of Boston. I still have a lot of respect for that team. Ray Allen is a swoosh factory in the playoffs, and KG and Pierce play like true Gs on the court, and Rajon Rondo is has always been one of the better PGs in the league
 
You can guard Dirk as much as you can guard Kobe. You can't.

The refs really let them play. A lot of no calls that during the regular season are called, for both teams. Very entertaining game. There will be more of these. Two great teams with two super stars going at it. This is going to be fun. But I gotta admit for the last 40 seconds of game clock I was a nervous wreck.
 
Serious, you think too highly of this Lakers team. Or you undermine the Mavericks. Can't tell which. This Lakers team is not as good as the two championship ones, and this Mavs team is as good as any this team has ever had. The Lakers gave up a 16 point lead. When the Lakers throw their second string out the scoring all but stops. Not with the Mavericks. Constant scoring and defense.

Edit - And that foul on Gasol was legit. Pau hit him in the head with his arm. That's always a foul around the head.
 
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Codones said:
The refs really let them play. A lot of no calls that during the regular season are called, for both teams. Very entertaining game. There will be more of these. Two great teams with two super stars going at it.
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this is what I love about the NBA Playoffs - the fact that the refs finally let these teams play. it's a little more akin to street ball than it is during the regular season

have these been the best playoffs to watch purely from a fan's perspective? I think so, in these recent years
 
Wyld 4 X said:
GREAT read! Just read it while I was at lunch.




Sure, on the losing side of that argument. ;)

True Laker fans will have something to say about that statement.
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Did you read Part 2?

Oh and I didn't watch basketball in the 80s but pretty much everyone says this team is better than any of the 80s teams.
Magic/Kareem/Worthy, yeah they were a great "Big 3" but they never really had the depth that this team has.
 
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