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NBA Playoffs are here! Predictions?

maxterpiece said:
well they shouldn't have fallen behind 3-1 in the first place, but anyway, they look much better now. More confident.

What I'd like to talk about is NJ baby! See my predictions? Nets in 7 over the heat. You got one team with players who play well together, and one team with 2 players who play well together, then a bunch of talent that doesn't really fit in.
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yup I agree..

I don't even think Miami is gonna hang for 7 games, the nets are playing like a team, and Miami keeps looking around wading for DW or Shaq to do something.

Suns, are and have been my fav team for a long time, or at least since they got Steve, I was a Mav's fan before that, again cuz of Steve. He represents my province very well, and he represents Canada extremely well.

Clippers looked tough, and they're not going to go quietly, but I don't see Sam 'the martian' Cassel
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playing like he did last night, every night.
 
OH boy. Things are heating up and all my predictions are falling apart. Dallas is looking like they will win. Nets lost. How in the hell is cleveland ahead of detroit?

Kobe on TNT with barkley and crew? Changing his number? I guarantee the new # is all Nike's idea. All about rebuilding his image - "putting hte past behind him". Anyway, I think Dallas, even though they lsot tonight, will pull it out against san antonio. detroit will beat cleveland in the end, although I'm starting to wonder if larry brown's mind games were what kept detroit focused. Dallas vs. Detroit in the finals and then you gotta pick detroit.
 
Pistons Vs Heat = Pistons
Suns Vs Spurs = Spurs(but really hoping suns beat em)

Finals = Pistons Vs Spurs

Winner: Pistons!!

let me not jump the gun on the suns/clippers yet..
Lets go suns!! take the clippers down!


Bless
 
2nyRiggz said:
Finals = Pistons Vs Spurs
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Oh god, I hope not. Last year's Finals were too boring to watch. A repeat is the last thing anyone (except for those two teams) wants.

Lets go suns!! take the clippers down!
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Not a chance! :p

Clippers have lost to the Suns by 7, 3, and 7 (2OT). All three of those games went down to the wire and could have gone the other way with one more stop or one more score at a key moment. On the other hand, the Suns have lost to the Clippers by 25, 7, and 12. Only the 7-point game was still in question in the final minute. Clips are due to win one more of those close games.

Add to that the trends of this series. Clippers have won a game every 4 days. Their last win was Thursday - four days ago. The teams have also traded wins/losses in Phoenix, and the Clippers are due to win there this time.

You just can't overcome all that... Go Clippers! :D
 
bankshot said:
Add to that the trends of this series. Clippers have won a game every 4 days. Their last win was Thursday - four days ago. The teams have also traded wins/losses in Phoenix, and the Clippers are due to win there this time.
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But, an even more simplistic view would be that the teams have also gone back and forth the entire series. LA won the other night, meaning it is Phoenix's turn. Oh, and if the Spurs can keep the first half slow, they'll take it. Otherwise it'll be a PHX/Dallas final (which is great because of the speed of both teams ensures some fun in the Finals).

I am having a hard time with both West serieses. I love the way the Suns play, but the Bullets fan in me is rooting for the Clippers. I love the totally unselfish play of the Spurs and low-key style of Tim Duncan, but Dirk has been one of my favorite players since the joined the league and I think that Cuban is the best owner in the game. So, for me any result is a win-win (or lose-lose) situation for me. Point being, no bias here. My predictions are not colored in any way.
 
oh jeez - dallas beats san antonio in what tim duncan describes as, "the best series I've ever played in." I watched the second half of this game and it was pretty intense. I really wasn't buying dallas, but they did it and they didn't catch any breaks. Tony Parker, as usual, became much less effective, but Duncan was a monster, finley had big moments, and ginobili played much better than he had against sacramento.

To beat the suns you ahve to match their energy, and I just didn't see that from the clippers tonight. They were a step slower and i didn't feel like they executed on the offensive end. Then again, it's hard to stay focused on defense when the other team is just not missing. Phoenix was like 15/26 on 3 pointers --- that is pretty sick.

Anyway, my new and revised predictions:
Detroit beats Miami in 6 games
Dallas beats Phoenix in 6 games

Detroit beats Dallas in 5 games
 
Dee-troit Bas-ket-ball!

I haven't actually followed basketball in...well, ever. But the Detroit vs. Cleveland games were pretty good. I may follow them through the playoffs (assuming they keep kicking ass) :)
 
I haven't followed basketball much lately save for the last three mav games, but I gotta show support for my local team...

Go Mavs!
 
i'm happy with either of the west teams. i liked dallas when nash was there, and still much prefer them to most teams. ideal matchup for me would be suns-heat, suns winning.

i hate the pistons and don't want to see them win. the heat i'm neutral about. shaq is funny and i wouldn't mind him winning without kobe just so kobe realizes why he won the championships (ie, shaq, not kobe)
 
maxterpiece said:
To beat the suns you ahve to match their energy, and I just didn't see that from the clippers tonight. They were a step slower and i didn't feel like they executed on the offensive end. Then again, it's hard to stay focused on defense when the other team is just not missing. Phoenix was like 15/26 on 3 pointers --- that is pretty sick.
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Yep. Last night the better team won, and unfortunately it was not my Clippers. No shame in losing to Phoenix when they are shooting lights out like that. Clearly the ridiculous 4-day layoff benefitted the Suns more than the Clippers, and the Clippers just didn't show up to play their best game.

Still, it was a fabulous season this year, exceeding all expectations. It was hilarious that so many "experts" were picking this team to finish dead last at the beginning of the season... "Same old Clippers, not going to bother researching them for my season preview, just going to mail it in..." Heh. The future is extremely bright in Clipperland and with the core we have, I expect to see more hard fought conference semifinals and hopefully conference finals / NBA finals in the next few years. Good times.

Suns/Mavs should be a really good series. I think the Clippers would have lost to the Mavs, and I'll also pick Dallas to beat the Suns, but it'll be a good one.
 
finals: Detroit vs Dallas

I don't mind seeing either of the teams win it all. Both seem to deserve it. But if I had to choose one, I'd go w/ Dallas. If it were a Spurs-Pistons matchup, I'd cheer for Detroit; I'm so sick and tired of Duncan's sad face, even when they're winning; and Ginobli's flying elbows drive to the basket and Bowen's stick-your-knee-out defense. what a relief the better team beat them out.
 
My prediction: A lot fewer people care about the playoffs this year than did last year. Expect this trend to continue. A lot of people (myself included) have become seriously tired of the NBA, its players, and (even) some of its owners.
 
clayj said:
My prediction: A lot fewer people care about the playoffs this year than did last year. Expect this trend to continue. A lot of people (myself included) have become seriously tired of the NBA, its players, and (even) some of its owners.
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i had no interest in them last year, at least not the finals. this year about 75% of the series have been very close and entertaining. guess i'm in the minority there
 
jelloshotsrule said:
i had no interest in them last year, at least not the finals. this year about 75% of the series have been very close and entertaining. guess i'm in the minority there
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I haven't heard anything about the ratings being down.

according to this USA Today article, NBA playoff ratings, at least for ABC, are up 19% compared to last year. I think clayj may have confused his feelings about the nba for other people's feelings... Or maybe he misread NBA for NHL.

Yes, a lot of series' have been close damn close. The Dallas v. san antonio series has been by far the most intense, but the the suns vs. lakers was very entertaining and dramatic as well. Other surprises: people thought cleveland v. detroit would be 5 games tops, bulls took miami to 6 games, sacramento took san antonio to 6 games.

The new NBA rules are definitely affecting the game - the suns and dallas are just not good enough defensively to ever have been a factor in the past. And as far as people being, "seriously tired of the NBA, its players, and (even) some of its owners." I don't know what clayj is referencing. I mean i can understand people not liking one owner (Mark Cuban). I still enjoy him although his egotism sometimes rails on me.

And as far as the players go, I think the vast majority of the stars in the NBA are decent people. Who are the big names in the nba now? Well here are the all-stars from this year: Allen Iverson, Dwyane Wade, LeBron James, Vince Carter, Shaq, Chauncey Billups, Richard Hamilton, Chris Bosh, Gilbert Arenas, Paul Pierce, Rasheed Wallace, Ben Wallace, Steve Nash, Kobe Bryant, Tracy McGrady, Tim Duncan, Yao Ming, Ray Allen, Tony Parker, Elton Brand, Kevin Garnett, Pau Gasol, Shawn Marion, Dirk Nowitzki

of that list you have maybe two or three guys who you might say have or used to have some character issues: AI, Carter and kobe... maybe rasheed wallace, but all he ever does is yell at the refs. The rest of those guys are either quiet, good citizens, or real standup guys. If you don't like watching the NBA that's fine, but you don't have to rationalize it by reinforcing an untrue stereotype. You pull up the all stars in any other league and you will find just as many if not more flawed players.
 
The NBA is as successful as ever...ratings are just fine....

The Suns/Mavs final is going to be an insane series...up and down, up and down....doesn't really get any better than that....

So happy that San Antonio and Tim Duncan are gone....I physically couldn't sit through another Spurs game.....

It's too bad Detroit won..they're about as entertaining to watch as the Spurs...

It would have been sick to have a Spurs/Mavs and Heat/Cavs finals, but I got 3 out of 4 so I'm happy.

And at least Detroit is already down one...
HEAT vs SUNS....that would be a HOT championship series (pun..)

What a year for sports

my two favorite teams The Steelers (champs)
and the Suns (soon to be champs)

I'm very happy....:)
 
That was an amazing game winning shot that Boris Diaw put over Jerry Stackhouse to win game one for Phoenix. This series is going to be a horserace!

I can't wait for game 2 tonight.

Go Suns!
 
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