2011 NBA playoffs thread: no dunking over motor vehicles here

Just preparing a comfortable space, putting beer in the fridge, setting out the cushions. All that's left now is arranging the final seedings and then... let the games begin.

As a warmup, we could predict the Conference Finals matchups that we either expect or would love to see happen, along with any upsets along the way.

rip robert traylor

traded 4 dirk

i just want to say that i fully support bill simmons' idea for dan gilbert to open up the q for "miami hate" viewing parties.

Round One.

(1) Chicago Bulls vs. (8) Indiana Pacers.
(2) Miami Heat vs. (7) Philadelphia 76ers
(3) Boston Celtics vs. (6) New York Knicks
(4) Orlando Magic vs. (5) Atlanta Hawks

(1) San Antonio Spurs vs. (8) Memphis Grizzlies
(2) L.A. Lakers vs. (7) N.O. Hornets
(3) Dallas Mavericks vs. (6) Portland Trailblazers
(4) OKC Thunder vs. (5) Denver Nuggets

who ya got?

In the East I'd have to go strictly by seed.

In the west:

Spurs over Grizz
Lakers over Hornets
Blazers over Mavs
Nugs over Thunder

would love to see a 76ers upset but that ain't gonna happen
would REALLY love to see a Knicks upset but that REALLY ain't gonna happen

bulls in 4.
heat in 4.
celtics in 6.
magic in 6.

spurs in 5.
lakers in 4.
blazers in 6.
okc in 7.

who in the east has the biggest chance of seeing a game 7? celtics/knicks right?

hawks could maybe maybe catch fire and magic could fall apart but that's unlikely.

celtics seem to like those 7 game series.

it's a shame that okc/denver drew each other

sucks for them treat for the rest of humanity

we'll need the cooling properties of magic/hawks more than ever

would rly love to see sixers win the series (and by "the series" i mean "two games")

chicago in 4
miami in 5
boston in 5
orlando in 6

san antonio in 5
los angeles in 6
portland in 6
okc in 5

basically, knicks not actually going to trouble boston; "team x" could theoretically challenge orlando but the hawks are like team X-minus-100; san antonio is going to snuff out memphis with or without manu; lakers will give away the first game in new orleans and make a run at the second but not really push themselves and take care of biz after it's even 2-2; dallas sux and lamarcus is going to be a nat'l star after these playoffs; okc-denver will all be close games but okc will send westbrook or durant to the hoop to break ties and denver's magic run will end quickly

kinda bummed that both okc and denver can't go deep in this but that series could be the best of the year

bulls in 4
heat in 6
celtics in 6
magic in 5

spurs in 5
lakers in 4
mavs in 7
thunder in 6

lol all higher seeds

Bulls in 16.

^^ love is blind

That's why I don't gamble.

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does anyone anywhere else get to see rocky do shit like that? i don't know how he is now, but like 10 yrs ago he was pretty amazing

I, too, will predict that the first round in the East goes according to seeding, straight down the line, 1-4 surviving and 5-8 eliminated.

In the West, my heart says Blazers over the Mavs, but someone besides Gerald Wallace will have to get down and gritty for that to happen. Should be a fine series.

Lakers will take N.O., but I would like to see them have to grind it out in six or seven games.

Spurs over Memphis.

In the sweet match between OKC and Denver, I think I will go with OKC in seven, with the home team taking every game in the series. (I could easily be wrong, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp or what's a prediction for?)

mike miller should be pretty effective in the playoffs

Shandel_HeatNBA
Mike Miller will wear braces on both thumbs during playoffs. Said left thumb is giving him similar pain the right did earlier this season

i always like it when an nfl lineman plays wearing a giant hand cast, but, uh, this is completely different.

both of my thumbs are fucked up from playing basketball too! my right one has a pretty crazy bruise, it sucks

ayo based mod, playoffs start tomorrow, might be time for some motivational yellow cards.

so how's the streaming situation? trying to figure out how many of these I can watch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6Gq9Uw0Nkw

clay, ur wish is my kazaam.

all other requests must be done in writing. please allow up to 48 hrs for response as I am out of town for my sis in law's wedding.

wait what is a "sister in law's wedding?"

my wifes sister...getting married...to a dude

oh lol little drunk - i thought it would have had to be your brother's wife...getting married to your brother

carry on

lol wtf

haha thank u based mod!

blazers over mavs
griz over spurs (sry bise!{lol wont really happen anyway[yet, maybe]})

anticipate that you will get a yellow card for that

i totally apologized parenthetically tho

btw i hope the magic win it all that would be hilar

I'm goin

spurs, lakers, dallas, nuggs

chicago, miami, knicks, orlando

wld like yellowcard!

*gong*

hit me

*bong*

Card me!

*deals with it*

yo

YAOOOOOOOOOO

Ty!

:D

lol aj price

A well played first half by Indiana

joey crawford having a good first game too

Oh I wasn't planning to watch this! Guess I will now,

haha who is this @netw3rk dude on twitter, he's hilarious

YO FUCK KURT THOMAS

psycho t for life

psycho t concussion = done for the series

damn

well that last part is just my own prediction -- but he could barely walk

alright looks like he's coming back

you know i thought the pacers matched up well w/ the bulls but they didn't play well at all against them in the regular season so i didn't say anything

PSYCHO T

Seriously!

ooooooooooooomg you guys

larry bird is all "oh word??"

PSYCHO T

dammmmmmm

playoffs is best

korver is an assassin.

lol collison was murdered down low on the other end \(o_O)/

loving my sixers right now but it's inevitable that miami surges here

wade's limping - impossible to tell of course if he's actually hurt or not

next play - insane fadeaway j, he's fine

wade is the biggest baby

he's one level removed from pierce's wheelchair charade

I'm not sure any of New Orleans, Portland and Dallas-in-the-Playoffs are better than Denver, OKC or even Memphis - L.A. lucked out with the seedings something crazy.

Totally OTM

always hated wade's histrionics xp

Who the fuck is Jason Collins?

Twin

this shit:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21JPWpSvHTs

wha

"watch me cum" - hubie brown, 2011

espn keeps outroing with this really bad zep cover

30 pt half for Howard nbd

howard is swagging on whoever they throw at him

@docfunk Text "HELP" to ##### to send money to the victims of Dwight Howard.

atl w a good strat tho, just guard the 3 pt shooters

yeah, the hawks are hanging in there imo... team basketball b*tch

yeah this as about as good as the hawks can play on offense

"now, joe johnson, you forget that he leads his team in assists"

easy now hubie, he averaged 4.7 a game

hubie just keepin it positive

doesnt hinrich just look like he's 30% more effective in those goggles? he looks like a basketball scientist

interesting stuff on the hawks change in offensive strategy this year:

They are sharing the ball, ranking fourth in the league in the percentage of field goals that are assisted. The Hawks were ranked 21st in that category last season.

But sharing the ball has not translated into offensive efficiency. The Hawks, last season, were the third-most efficient offensive team in the NBA; they ranked 21st in points scored per possession entering Sunday. The Hawks points per game has declined to 95.2 (26th) from 101.7 last season (ranked 13th).

wow duuuumb foul by howard there, u threw pachulia down right in front of the ref dude

cant figure out if dwight is (a) a huge dummy, (b) 33% stronger than anyone else on the floor, or (c) both

if you're dwight howard don't you tell yourself "hey i'm dwight howard, i'm superman, i don't let a guy like zaza pachulia get to me because of the simple fact that i'm dwight howard."

you would think but dwight really does get constantly, constantly hacked in ways unseen since shaq's heyday, but he hasn't matured to the point of making friends with the refs and then letting them react for him- instead he whines a lot

also zaza really is fucking annoying (see also kg scuffles)

aw man so jealous of you guys

I suppose immaturity is part of it, yeah. I mean he's probably had it drilled into his head constantly that two techs = suspension for him in the playoffs (and thus basically his team will cede a game) but there he is maniacally dropping zaza while down 14 in game one.

jameer goin nuts this quarter

uh zaza is a pimp

wow dwight used a post move

marvin thrilliams~

so happy doc funk is back

ATL has a good strategy -- let dwight get 40/20 & hold the rest of the magic to 30 combined points

hubie fucking sucks btw

hasn't that been the story all year xp

zaza should get a tech for his bacne

leaving the last awful forced pass out, i feel like hedo as point fwd + jameer as shifty scoring off guard = a good look

so happy doc funk is back

― J0rdan S., Saturday, April 16, 2011 9:19 PM (37 minutes ago)

yeah does he not tweet during the regular season? loving him again obv

also this dude @netw3rk i found thru doc

doc's doing captions again at http://docfunk.tumblr.com/ and he's killing it today

awww shit

yo, doris dropping a PPP stat

knowing i have to hear those snippets of those shit led zeppelin covers every 6 minutes for the next 2 months has me hangin' my head

well some games are on TNT thank fuck

<3 espn halftime lady who just said "psycho t" like it's something a normal person says every day.

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well if dallas needs to win behind jason kidd's sharpshooting then i'm not counting portland out of this series after game one.

I still cannot believe the stat about jason kidd's three point shooting

hey what's the deal w/ rudy fernandez? does he still want to go back to spain?

nah he and patty mills and nic batum hatched a 3-way bromance throughout the season and now he never wants to leave portland is my understanding. when mills is cut this summer he will want to go back to spain again though.

GERALD

the blazers penchant for ridiculous alley oops is highly incongruous w/ their persona as a team

i have to go dj at some joint and i am gonna miss the rest of the fourth and be in AGONY the whole time

<3 blazers <3

looooooooooooool jason kidd get out of here

dearest coach nate:

b roy should not be playing 12 minutes of a fourth quarter in a close game in 2011.

thanks in advance,
c-dub

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OJ Mayo swag!

Joel Anthony on his MVP chants yesterday, "It was awesome."

lol bonner, ughhh

I think these playoffs are the first non-partisan commentary I've heard all season (ILP) - kinda hard to get used to!

"Get to the line a lot and make Matt Bonner beat you" is a p. valid strategy imo.

SHANE

GRIZZLES

THE GRIZZ

(i spelled it that way on purpose btw)

loving z bo

russbengtson Z-Bo is by far the best player in the history of the NBA who allegedly sold stolen guns in high school.
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whoa NLOA up 8?

*

guys holy shit @ chris paul

that whole move was pretty much inhuman

yeah he is going in

to see aaron gray (who was barely open), catch the ball w/ one hand, rifle a bullet pass in one motion & have that pass be perfectly placed...

that pass was just not fair

he must have huge hands for his size

lol synchronized offensive foul-calling

lol what just happened

god damnit

LOL this is like that curb your enthusiasm episode

aw kobels

anyway, couldn't have happened to a nicer gay basher

Lol my first thought too! Xxp

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Frakking rapist.

damn chris what was that

idk why he didn't immediately go at bynum

man that's two straight mismatches paul's fucked up

yes mike breen, i feel terrible for all these ppl sitting courtside at the lakers game. who have "paid thousands of dollars" for their seats, only to have players falling on them

i hope cp3 ditches nola but not to the knicks, if that's even possible

is it possible for him to sign w/ portland? can someone make that happen?

don't see cp3 missing both free throws too often

this is some exquisite bench play!

NOLA

i guess this is what happens when you practice with chris paul every day

these runners!

cp3 is magical

okay i lol'd at "can i have this dance?"

lakers should probably run a defensive scheme that doesn't involve pau switching onto cp3, pro tip

okay i lol'd at "can i have this dance?"

This, in spite of myself.

kobels took 4 steps there

hornets vs nuggets wcf is gonna be pretty good y'all

chris paul is everything right in the world

well shit, barry's probably gone

jesus the hornets cannot catch a break can they

lol meant gray obv

awesome game, tho it sux about gray

I kinda remember last year's playoffs as this irresistible top-seed death march to the second round, this new "all the top seeds lose and Kobe injures himself on a fat guy" look is awesome imo.

that was a sick defensive move by amare, too bad refs missed it

congrats to z-bo on his brand new contract extension!

jermaine is playing seriously well!

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flashback to ice cr?m saying that the celtics get everyone really wide open shots

baby is such a clown <3 him

flashback to ice cr?m saying that the celtics get everyone really wide open shots

― J0rdan S., Sunday, April 17, 2011 8:46 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

yeah i'm more impressed by the three blocks and hard running

right

Davis: Stoudemire Not That Hard To Defend
Apr 17, 2011 3:10 PM EDT

Glen Davis acknowledged the skills of Amar'e Stoudemire. But the Celtics' power forward said guarding the Knicks' All-Star is no big deal.

"It's really not that hard," Davis said. "I don't know why. I've been tripping. I give him too much credit. I just have to make him react to me, not me react to him because it's too late. If he gets one step on you, he's too strong and too quick. You just have to make him play your game."

Davis pointed to Stoudemire's aggressiveness when asked what he hoped to take away.

"Just his aggressiveness," Davis said. "He's so aggressive. Make it hard on him. It's going to be a dogfight. I just let him know that every play."

Though the Celtics don't have Shaquille O'Neal for Game 1 and probably Game 2, Davis said it "most definitely" won't hurt them against the Knicks, who don't have a bona fide center.
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AYO FORGET DERRICK ROSE

oh come on

THE PLAYOFFS

Stoudemire has been blockade-running the celtics this quarter

oh sh

it's too bad that amare's insane spinning finish is going to get overshadowed by his double kg/o neal poster

THE PLAYOFFS

melo wtf

really good job on amar'e not touching the ball in the final like 4 possessions

bunch of seriously good game 1s!

that was the knicks only chance of making this a series RIP

looool knix

Totally thought offensive foul on that last Celts shot. Oh well, not like I actually expected the Knicks to even win a game.

the knicks will never not be funny

also how did d'antoni end up w/ no time outs at the end

this here is america's series

TY LAWSON

this series has forced me to turn on the thunder

nene is a fucking animal

the nuggets are the new vintage d'antoni suns

bit of a home court call there

the hilarious thing about all these ppl crowing about the phantom offensive foul on melo is that all he was gonna do was shoot a fadeaway 21 footer from the corner

i will say this: the fact that the knicks stuck jeffries on rondo & rondo didn't make them pay in the slightest is not a good sign moving forward

a very quiet almost triple double from rondo tho

j kidd-esque 10/9/9

melo & chauncey were a combined 8/29

it was quiet because he didn't play well

meanwhile gallo & wilson chandler have opened the game 3-3 from three

BIRDMAN

this series has forced me to turn on the thunder

― J0rdan S., Sunday, April 17, 2011 9:47 PM (19 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

yeah the nuggs and their fans deserve a solid playoff run

lol damn KG tripped the fuck outta toney douglas on that final shot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeGooEjCQKg&feature=player_embedded

that said, lol knicks

nuggs went to WCF a few years ago xp

between the nuggets & the rockies, denver might be the most exciting sports city in america right now

You forgot TEBOW

well football isn't going on right now, which is a point in their favor

nuggs went to WCF a few years ago xp

― dayo, Sunday, April 17, 2011 10:13 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i know but they deserve something for 2 years of melo trade nonsense

the crowd in OKC is O_O

lol midwest

kind of just think of OK as the beginning of the west, or alternatively, the crossroads to nowhere

!!!!

my goodness there is a lot of athletic talent in this series

lawson & westbrook might be the two fastest players w/ the ball in the NBA

yes that russell westbrook is indeed something. I haven't payed much attention to OKC games this year.

well this is quite the buzzkill

not nene!

how random that birdman went to the same JC as cam newton

thunder shooting uncharacteristically good from 3

is this officiating legit, because...

BILL KENNEDY

both of those calls were very poor

J.R.

George Karl OTM right there -- den not running down hard enough on rebounds

J.RRRRRRRRRRRR.

NENE HILARIO

he is one of the most spectacular athletes in the world tbh

this series, like, who am I even rooting for, I dunno, need to do some serious soul-searching and get back 2 u guys l8r

ayo russ give it up

NENE IS GIVING ME LIFE

itunes sells these games after the fact right? or I'll get a torrent? all the streaming sites are locked down :(

he is one of the most spectacular athletes in the world tbh

― J0rdan S., Sunday, April 17, 2011 11:55 PM (Yesterday)

nene?

not a very good shot at all in that situation for denver

robbed

whoever wins this series is murdering the spurs right? (or grizz I guess but be real)

i hate felton so if someone had to lose i'm glad he took that terrible shot

nene?

― k3vin k., Monday, April 18, 2011 12:08 AM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark

yeah nene -- he's insanely athletic for how big he is (not just height)

this game has been so weird

yeah he's a good athlete for his size, but he's roughly the same (listed) size of blake griffin, and weighs about the same as lebron (again, going by how they're listed), both of whom are 5x as athletic. he's incredibly athletic for a 5 tho

i still feel like denver could win this series... OKC was a horrible three pt shooting team during the regular season, hit 47% tonight & only won by 4 -- & oh yeah durant dropped 41 -- otoh, the nuggets were a disaster at the end & that might be OKC's trump card

no yeah i think they're still in it too - it'd be a diff story if that game was in denver

both the games tonight were marred by the refs, gotta love the nba

lol "no, we really are a balanced team."

cp3 is magical

― J0rdan S., Sunday, April 17, 2011 5:48 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

luv u 4 eva chris paul

the hornets had 3 turnovers! 3!

playoff record

that was a big ass game from him. he constructed that game

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Sincere question - last year Orlando swept Atlanta in the playoffs by about 30 points a game and everyone was saying what a matchup nightmare the Magic were for the Hawks - this year the exact same ATL team has swept the season series and won yesterday - is it that there was no-one on that team who could guard Rashard Lewis or something? What changed?

magic blew themselves up halfway through the season

But like it's kinda the same team right? Like, is it that Pietrus could guard Johnson and Hedo can't?

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also they dumped gortat so they're pretty small down low now

also they're giving minutes to gilbert arenas who was like the worst shooter in the nba this year

they're defense really looks terrible compared to last year. plus hawks moving horford and smith down a position by playing collins gives them much better match ups on offense.

going to bulls/pacers game tonight, and want to arrange it so the crowd behind the basket hold up individual cards that form
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for psycho t's free throws

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The Brian Wilson of the NBA

verging on mr. t territory!

i have to say i liked the ultra-small lineup the celtics threw out in the third quarter last night- rondo, delonte, allen, jeff green at 4 and big baby at 5. won't work for long and the knicks figured it out after 4-5 minutes but it actually worked for a bit. delonte seemed really sharp and covers well for rondo's blind spots when they play together.

kenny's pictures is totally next level right now

zzzzzzz this game

no kidding. and i have a sinking feeling the next game is gonna follow a similar script.

omg i never see pacers games sooooooo many white ppl

otm

tj ford jeeeeez

i hope pacers fans derisively chant "MVP" at josh mcroberts

i'll say this, rose def has "mvp on a #1 seed that is almost losing to a team that is under .500" LOCKED UP

lol jordan

bad defense by indiana there- no need to trap rose so far out and someone didn't rotate out when rose moved it out of the trap

btw had no idea mcroberts was white

WOW NBA REFEREES

yah holy moly what the heck was that

this is malpractice

shouldn't frank vogel just lose his shit & get a T at this point? what is the point

how can this be considered a legitimate league

how can bulls fans chant "BULLSHIT" with no hint of irony

guhhhhhhhh end of game plays, why would you shoot a 27 foot three

i'll say this, rose def has "mvp on a #1 seed that is almost losing to a team that is under .500" LOCKED UP

uh it's 2-0 bro

and rose is avg'ing 37.5/6/7 haters gonna hate

"In eight games against the Lakers in 2007-08 and 2008-09, Chris Paul eviscerated L.A.'s defense. He averaged 24.1 points and 14.3 assists in the eight meetings, going above and beyond even his normal MVP-caliber numbers in those two seasons. So while Paul may not blow up for 33-14-7 every night -- Sunday was the first time in NBA playoff history a player hit those three thresholds in a road game -- guarding him is going to be a vexing problem for the Lakers all series. That's particularly true now that Steve Blake's chicken pox have left them with just one point guard."

btw lol wtf chicken pox

"The last time a pro basketball team from Memphis won a playoff game, it was with a red, white and blue ball. The ABA's Memphis Sounds went just 27-57 in 1974-75, but secured the only playoff win in the city's hoop history that April with a 107-93 win over the Kentucky Colonels. Until yesterday, that is, when Shane Battier hit a clutch 3 and the Griz held on for the win, ending Memphis' gloomy NBA playoff history."

"Since Jan. 1, the Spurs are 33-18. And the Griz? You guessed it: 33-18."

the good thing about the spurs-grizz series is that spurs fans can't cry foul over manu being hurt since rudy gay is out for the season

grizz would be toast w/o the miraculous emergence of tony allen

btw for lol posterity

You Have Been Yellow Carded By a Moderator: dream works just green lit my 3d kids movie..."z-bo: the cuddliest grizzly". the lesson of the movie is that GLOBAL WARMING SUCKS and BEARS ARE CUET.

oh hay i missed our flurry of playoff yellowcard requests...hit me m bison!!

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You're guarding me with who?

Chicken pox in adulthood is seriously nasty shit. Sorry to hear about Steve Blake.

well these are the worst playoff ads ever
http://youtu.be/SWJKmj9QKs0

can't watch them but believe they're bad.

anyway

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agent h, uve been served

haha excellent!

You Have Been Yellow Carded By a Moderator: d rose should get a foul call for too many men on his dick (imo)

joakim looks like the one guy in the cipher really into anticon and being "deliberately off the beat"

hahah otm

i can only see the gamecast but looks like a ton of fouls on the celtics so far- is the ref with the death feud with doc working this one?

GIVE THE MELO SOME

maybe not so much bill walker, knicks

PUT IN LANDRY!!!! I'M MAD AND I HATE THE KNICKS

duuuude

KG going ham at the end.

I feel bad 4 melo, improbably

Also d antoni might he an awful coach, idk how they don't draw up something better there. Nothing good was going to come of jeffries having the ball in that position. I would've drawn something up to get Douglas a 3.

He's not adding to the resume so far this series. Not having a time out last game, a bungled "Jared did it once, let's go with the hot hand" play tonight. Might as well drawn up a long jumper for Bill Walker.

peja goin ham sorta!

lol wait i was seeing jane eyre--dantoni drew up an ending play for jeffries???

srsly this jason kidd thing idgi

btw over/under on Ty Chandler techs in this series is like 6.5, he historically just loses his mind against Portland/@ the rose garden.

lol wait i was seeing jane eyre--dantoni drew up an ending play for jeffries???

― call all destroyer, Tuesday, April 19, 2011 10:32 PM (30 minutes ago) Bookmark

no, my post was kind unclear -- i'm not sure exactly what he drew up, if anything -- but melo had been doubled on every possession of the final 3 mins or so & when they doubled melo on the final possession he turned around & threw it right to jeffries (who then attempted to pass it to bill walker) instead of, idk, making it possible for melo to pass it to someone like toney douglas who has actually shown the ability to make a shot

ok, yeah, jeffries even being there is kind of unfortunate

it's like he didn't say to melo "look when you get doubled i want you to do this" -- it was just like they passed it to melo & then when he got doubled for the sixth straight possession there was no actual plan

honestly prob the best thing would've been for melo to chuck it up w/ two guys on him & for the knicks (who dominated the glass) to get a rebound

yeah getting doubled didn't prevent melo from chucking it up at the end of game 1

somehow it's really nice seeing peja hitting shots again

portland offense looking fucked up

dallas should be winning this game by about 15 fwiw.

"Coach Adelman did as good, if not the best job anyone could've done with this roster," Morey said. "It's not about, did he do a good job, or was our roster perfect? I feel like we need change, and we need to continue to change until we get to where we want to be."

i was saying the only guy i'd maybe consider over shaw for next coach was adelman. quite the gamble

and thats a slam dunk!
http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss51/tr_fudge/The%20Los%20Angeles%20Lakers/lamar-odom-monster-dunk.jpg

what a day!

lakers first sixth man of the year wow. i wouldve sworn

adelman is 65 dang

cad how was jane eyre

i was saying the only guy i'd maybe consider over shaw for next coach was adelman. quite the gamble

― tremendoid, 2011年04月20日 星期三 下午4:47 (51 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

brian shaw? is he really 'on the radar'? :/

absolutely! in la we see a lot of him talking to reporters or whatever and he's straight up and astute with criticism, knows the system seems like he'd keep them in line and focused, pretty simple. kobe endorsed him last week, i figure he's not trying to lose so i trust that to some extent. he's family. other than no experience um

i would be pretty surprised if he didn't get the job tbh -- w/ a roster that's going to be as constant as the lakers for the near future you'd probably want that continuity & familiarity

joining a long line of tertiary players who go on to have coaching careers

yeah the tight window complicates it. its either continuity or pedigree atm xp

if shaw joins, kobe probably becomes a player-coach or something like that - hard to imagine kobe taking guff from somebody who he regularly beat in the rotation just 10 years ago

yeah but at this point who could they even realistically hire that could actually give shit to kobe?

lakers could have a spoelstra situation

they certainly could, yes

but you would hope that guys like kobe, odom, pau and fisher if he comes back would be more mature than what you reportedly can encounter w/ lebron at times

but the heat thing is still unique because so much of the tension was due to the unpredictability & pressure of the situation in the very beginning

heh I kinda see the lakers as being pretty unstable and phil being the force that keeps them together - compare with the celtics for example

they certainly aren't as harmonious a team on the court as the celtics, but then again who is? i just mean that kobe & bynum & pau & odom aren't going anywhere for the foreseeable future, and that's p rare in the nba

pau will probably demand to be traded to the grizz so he can reunite w/ marc

odom has achieved his lifetime goal, getting the 6th man of the year award... will probably retire after this season

cad how was jane eyre

― cum dude (Princess TamTam), Wednesday, April 20, 2011 5:08 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

pretty fiery adaptation imo--i didn't know the story but as a noob i enjoyed it. drama on 10 the whole time and gorgeously shot.

yeah i was thinkin it looks p good

joakim looks like the one guy in the cipher really into anticon and being "deliberately off the beat"

― i see you're still wearing bs on tv (agent hibachi), Tuesday, April 19, 2011 8:40 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

hahah otm

― dayo, Tuesday, April 19, 2011 8:41 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

and this is why everyone in the world hates yoakim noah

that is a great post by agent hibachi

noah seems like a bro honestly

I like Noah's game but not his personality. Dude has rubbed me wrong since the Florida days.

sounds like a shitty lover

badabing!

i couldn't resist

It was a good one! It took me a second - had to re-read what I wrote. Let me just say he's no Johnny Gill.

idk i dig his enthusiasm honestly -- also the fact that he seems like he should be a borderline role player in the nba but the bulls (rightly) wouldn't have even traded him for carmelo is a plus in his favor -- he gives the bulls a bit of character

"Coach Adelman did as good, if not the best job anyone could've done with this roster," Morey said. "It's not about, did he do a good job, or was our roster perfect? I feel like we need change, and we need to continue to change until we get to where we want to be."

This just translates as "we need to tank for a couple of seasons and this guy keeps winning games", right?

my main issue w/ noah him is that he's not the easiest player to look at when he's sweaty & his hair is all frazzled & you're watching on HD

yeah he's gross in a way that popeye jones could never be

hes flamboyantly uncool, not a bad guy, just really really lame

pro or con: he went to lollapalooza instead of pitchfork

Noah's one of those dudes I'd love to have on my team and would then forgive him his over-enthusiasm; as he's not, his constant histrionics (even if they're rarely the whiney kind) aggravate me. I've long thought the same of KG, but love him now that he's a Celtic.

KG on the celtics is like top 5 most hilarious & amazing athlete of all time, let's not compare

its not even the amplitude that makes noah so awful, its just ~him~

"Coach Adelman did as good, if not the best job anyone could've done with this roster," Morey said. "It's not about, did he do a good job, or was our roster perfect? I feel like we need change, and we need to continue to change until we get to where we want to be."

I think it's more, "he wouldn't play the guys I thought he should play until I traded away some favorites so he was forced to and, lo and behold, we improved."

KG on the celtics is like top 5 most hilarious & amazing athlete of all time, let's not compare

Just talking about over-the-topness, and Noah is a near equal in annoying intensity, even if it's a different flavor.

the noah kg dynamic is telling, like everyone is all on kg for being a front runner cause he always starts shit w/rookies and euros, but i dont really think its a case of cowardice, i think he has genuine distaste for those type of dudes who offend his sensibilities via being so unballer, note for instance he hates noah too

who would win a joakim vs. varejao poll

I couldn't choose. Nuke 'em both.

varejao is like 1mx more palatable imho, noah is better at basketball tho

one cool thing about cleveland getting blown up is i no longer have to think about varejao

http://cdnmo.coveritlive.com/media/image/201102/phpMWmthz30623221.gif

^i make the ...mmmmNAWRGH! sound every cycle of that gif like a little kid

i actually like that joakim exists, the nba sometimes doesn't have enough weirdos, he's a great character and goes super-hard. i hate seeing him play my team to the core of my being and great point by jordan that HD makes him ugh really hard to look at which compounds the annoyingness when he's playing well

kg is an all-time-great crazy man and i will brook no comparison yet

but yes probably wkiw noah but also would expect to bust on his hair the entire time bacardi gold group style

didn't realize Roy got a dnp last night. feel bad for the guy.

"There was a point in the first half, and I was thinking, 'You better not cry,' " Roy, one of the first players to leave the locker room, told the newspaper in the American Airlines Center hallway. "I mean, serious. I mean, there was a moment where I felt really sorry for myself. Then I was like, nah, you can't be sorry for yourself. I'm a grown man, but there was a moment there that I felt sorry for myself. Especially when I think I can still help."

http://sports.espn.go.com/dallas/nba/news/story?id=6395325

noah is cooler than shit, y'all don't even know

instead of going to clubs, he has a few friends over for bbq and enjoy his backyard firepit; didn't want to put up a fence cause wanted his neighbors to be able to just pop over and chill w/him. def wkiw material.

noah is fantastic imo. i think the most hilarious/annoying player of recent times is probably vujacic tbqf.

eddie house is 1 rung below imo

instead of going to clubs, he has a few friends over for bbq and enjoy his backyard firepit; didn't want to put up a fence cause wanted his neighbors to be able to just pop over and chill w/him. def wkiw material.

oh yeah i think you linked to a long article about this last summer, or someone did. seemed like a cool dude just thinkin baot things over a beer in his yard

vujacic and house seem full of fake hustle, making it look like they're tryin hard on D just so coach will let them stay in and jack up some more contested 3's w/18 secs on the shot clock

I can tell its the playoffs now, because even though it was Nowitzki who just killed the Blazers in the fourth last night, it's that little pissant JJ Barea who is really starting to gravel me. Someone needs to swing an elbow into his face. Accidentally, like. It wouldn't be hard to do.

Erik Spoelstra, LeBron James bonded

Speaking after Wednesday's practice, Spoelstra said that he had a conversation with James in early December, in the wake of the swirling controversy generated by a bump between the two in the third quarter of a Nov. 27 loss to the Dallas Mavericks. It has been reported that the two met immediately after the incident in November as well.

Nonetheless, Spoelstra said Wednesday that the December meeting was a turning point in their relationship.

jeez just make out or something; that would be news

Game notes
... Late in the game Knicks fan Spike Lee was booed as he was shown on the video screen.

btw in this varejao/noah thing we have ignored who is the ultimate nba bro--perk: http://deadspin.com/#!5793919/how-these-two-white-guys-wound-up-in-this-kendrick-perkins-family-photo

(thanks ez for the link!)

I love Perk. Wish him well in tornado alley.

goddammit, nbatv is using spurs local announcers for this game. super lame imo.

don't be so harsh on m bise

bison would be saying cooler shit than sean elliott who is a complete homer dork

omg i would seriously mute these fucks but i'm home alone tonight and hate silence

invite 2 neighbors over to call the game

steve blake isn't serious w/ this yellow headband

i never thought i would be happy to hear reggie miller

thankfully i don't have nba tv and was compelled to nap thru the final 2 quarters of nuggets-thunder

CP3

he needs to take over soon

kevin harlan sounded like he was drilling into someone's forehead on that call

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35O_H-2cGn4

kevin harlan is a crepe

hahahah!

so conflicting reports say a) shaq is probably gone for the playoffs and b) shaq is traveling with the team which means he's likely to play sunday. i'm leaning toward (b) but i also remember the cs stringing us along the entire 2009 playoff run saying kg was just around the corner. grrrr

also it's ridiculous that there is even a question about a 40 year old center who might play 15-20 minutes. thread of missing perk indeed

xp yeah this is v. reminiscent of that

rose has not had a great game but that was a big time shot

oh well

this has to be the tightest 3-0 series in playoff history. before any other taems start licking their lips, tho, the Celts struggled mightily to put everyone away in the Eastern Conf playoffs and still beat the Lakers in the Finals back in 08.

still, can't say I saw the Bulls having this much trouble in Round 1!

someone tell me that there are "three goggles" shirts going around portland

ok lol whotf is player x, im thinking bosh or noah

http://espn.go.com/blog/boston/celtics/post/_/id/4683182/player-x-kg-is-a-punk-and-a-coward

j0rdan, you don't even want to know.

http://stk.dimemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Three-Goggles.jpg

http://stk.dimemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Three-Goggles3.jpg

yessssss @ the goggles -- i'm v happy now

well look at that, Portland just might win a playoff game this year.

ok lol whotf is player x, im thinking bosh or noah

http://espn.go.com/blog/boston/celtics/post/_/id/4683182/player-x-kg-is-a-punk-and-a-coward

― am0n, Thursday, April 21, 2011 11:12 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

'I know, I know. Easy for me to say behind this column.' lol yes

'Personally, I think he's scared to fight -- like a playground bully who barks but doesn't bite.' - idgi when does anyone ever fight in the nba, isnt it all barking and no biting

ok heres the whole post

THERE ISN'T ENOUGH trash-talking in this league, and we're the worse for it. Players are just too buddy-buddy; a lot of us grew up together in AAU ball and have remained friends. Because of that, the NBA basically looks like the cool-kid clique in high school.

I miss the loud old days. A few decades ago, in the heyday of trash, Michael Jordan, Larry Bird and the Knicks couldn't shut up. Those guys all played with emotion, and that fuels the best trash-talk. It's no coincidence that some of the best ball ever seen was played during the top trash-talking era.

When players hold their tongues, the league is boring. And we've been quiet too long. I blame all the foreign guys. They don't like confrontation. I don't know many who can talk trash, or even try. The refs are at fault too. A lot of the T's you see called are preemptive; refs hear some noise and blow the whistle before it escalates. If you ask me, they're trying to take the "black" out of the game. Besides Bird, all the great trash-talkers have been black. We were born talking trash. They want to silence us, but that's like telling a bunny to stop jumping. The bunny can't help it.

The lack of on-court chatter is bad because it's such a good way to get in an opponent's head and rattle him. A player's manhood is always fair game; question that, in language they won't let me use here, and see how he responds. Great trash-talkers also love talking junk about another guy's finances. It doesn't always work, though. Legend has it Gary Payton, who vets say talked an endless stream of trash, once told Jordan that he drove a better car than MJ. "The cars I got are just like yours," Jordan replied. "Except mine were free." That cracks me up.

Trash-talk can go too far fast, though, so there is a code. Off-limit topics: moms, wives, girlfriends, kids. And health. Honestly, I never thought anyone would cross the line to crack on an opponent about a medical condition. But according to Charlie Villanueva, that's what Kevin Garnett supposedly did earlier this season when he called the Pistons forward a "cancer patient." Garnett later claimed otherwise, saying he had called Villanueva -- who's hairless because of a skin condition -- a "cancerous" player.

I don't know who's telling the truth, but I don't care. Garnett is a punk and a coward. I know, I know. Easy for me to say behind this column. Don't worry, I'll tell him to his face, too. And I'm not the only one who thinks that: If you're not on his team, chances are you hate the guy. You can learn a lot about him by watching his eyes. If he's talking to you -- and he's always talking -- he avoids eye contact. My advice to other guys in the league: Stare him down, and he'll retreat. From what I've seen, he'll never mix it up with a player who's bigger than he is. Personally, I think he's scared to fight -- like a playground bully who barks but doesn't bite.

But I have to admit, the Celtics are the most talkative guys in the league. And that makes sense, because it's the mark of a championship team. Mouths help you win big games. Ray Allen got mean in Boston, and Paul Pierce will look at you, say, "Stop this," then drop a J on your head.

The Lakers aren't as good at it, but the defending champs have an edge over most other teams because Kobe can talk with the best of them while he lights you up and Ron Artest is just weird. One reason he's a great defender is he'll get way too close and whisper in your ear.

The things that make all of these guys good talkers -- passion, a mean streak -- are what also make them great basketball players. Not surprisingly, some of the quietest guys happen to be ringless. Chris Bosh, for one, never says a word. LeBron? Even when he does talk, he's terrible at it.

Want to get to "The King" and some other prime-time players? Here's one man's go-to material: Drop a "you're riding coattails" on LeBron or remind him he bailed on the Cavs to buy a ring. Mention Dwight Howard's J -- or lack of one; it never fails to piss him off. Call Kobe a fake Jordan. (Just beware you may get posterized for the rest of the game.) Don't bother with Tim Duncan; dude can't hear a thing and never gets rattled. But feel free to remind Tony Parker that "Eva is fine"; wives are over the line, but not exes. Tell Pierce his one ring was all luck. Then have one of your bigger guys step to KG.

obvs not bosh he as he got called out, prob not noah hating on foreigners, sounds like some bitter bench guy w/e

yeah i doubt that an actual important nba player wrote a secret column for espn the magazine

One reason he's a great defender is he'll get way too close and whisper in your ear.

Maybe it's Paul Shirley

It's Camby

guessing its the same player who wrote the "you think tiger is bad, i could tell you some things about nba players" column a while ago. even seems cleaned up in the same style- i bet it's the same editor and his source

also, moms and girlfriends off the table? that's trash talking 101 at the most amateur Y rec league in the country. maybe the code is just that you gotta be more creative than that

it's gotta be somebody with around 4-5 years in the league too- they would remember gary payton's trash talk personally, even if they only heard him in five minutes off the heat bench in '07

Don't bother with Tim Duncan; dude can't hear a thing and never gets rattled.

And Timmy has several more rings than KG, too.This kind of undercuts the thesis of the piece that only passionate trash-talkers get rings. Also, citing Bosh as someone who 'doesn't say a word' undercuts the contention that all blacks are born talking trash, and it's 'what they do'. But logic is not the long suit in that article. You might say it's just a piece of trash (see what I did there?)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qoSXxWHV7Q

<3<3<3

jamal!!!!

does that game have to count

Gilbert Arenas DNP-CD lol

Most of these games are really boring.

eh 1st round u know, they let p much anyone in

rondo n pierce went ham huh

"It's tough knowing that Amare's not 100 percent, Chauncey's not 100 percent and we're just trying to find our way on the fly right now," Anthony said.

o melopaws

Pierce tied Tom Heinsohn for 13th place on Boston's career list with his 104th playoff game.

TOMMY POINT !!!

Elias tells us Allen is the only player in NBA history with multiple playoff games with eight three-point field goals. In fact, all other active NBA players have a combined four such games.

Elias is the most banal thing ever imo - Truehoop used to basically always be worth reading before every other post became "the last player to score exactly 14 and 17 with 3 or more assists against the Bulls was David Robinson in 1896" or whatever.

i've bitched before about this exact thing -- not w/ true hoop specifically but it's ESPN does that shit all the time

Instead of watching the Blazers - Mavs, I will be attending a birthday party for my daughter. If the Blazers can even it up at 2-2, they may be able to force a game 7 and squeak into the 2nd round. Otherwise, Dirk, Terry & Associates are a lock. Watch this one for me, Clay, ok?

Indiana keeps impressing me in this series.

they're gonna be good -- a lot of good pieces at all the positions

Plus a lot of expiring contracts.

yeah i like 'em--they play really hard, crash the boards, and score inside.

paul george could be a real stud

uh is justin.tv not working anymore? anywhere to stream bulls/pacers online?

nevermind, found one

i always use myp2p.eu because it gives lots of options for streaming for each game. only prob is some have a 2 minute lag

there are more bulls fans than pacers fans in this place

holy shit

if only the pacers had pulled out game one or three

awww, aimless, I got you. feeling good about this one, whatever that's worth.

love how the Bulls finally get a "low post scorer" and dude is like 2-35 in the paint

wow what an ugly quarter all around

Portland 0-10 from the field in the first half of the third, sealing the series for dallas. man see you :(

0-15...

or the blazers could cut a 22 pt lead to 6 with 2:30 to go, u never know, whatever

insane 2nd half

wtf just happened, i leave for 20 mins and it's a game

Portland started making shots, Dallas started missing them, more or less.

yooooooo

holy shit

holy shit guys holy shit

holy god

freaking out btw

Roy is beasting

off wallace, right?

Looked that way to me.

I was wrong.

blazers lead fuck!

ahhhhh

that was an awful look!

If Portland wins the story is going to be brandon roy, but it should probably be lol mavs tbh.

Nice shot Jason.

daaamn how do you give up that good a look

ok what

wouldve been so insane if terry hit that

wowwwww that would have been tragic

^^ indeed!

blazers = sentimental faves for these PLAYOFFS right?

epic choke by Dallas, add it to their reel

im so happy for b roy right now

Brandon Roy scored more points (18) in the 4th quarter than the Blazers as a team scored in either the first or third quarters.

just wow @ mavs

I'm gonna go conquer the world y'all, later

lol @ pops in that timeout

http://es.pn/frs9Sh

Cuban has to be on suicide watch right

griz/blazers conf finals imo

Z boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

^^^

Marc gasol looks like our v own cad imo

Wow @ spurs

He does a bit! Good call.

xpost

b roy's PER over the final 12:45 of that game was 84.98

notorious jvg > kerr > webber > doris >>>>> everyone else

doris is horrible

you're on the other side of those alligator mouths just fyi

harden has such surprisingly sick ups

^otm

I finally get home and the Blazers seem to have won, but only after seeming to have died like a bug on a hot griddle. I missed it all. Congrats, Roy. Good to have you acting Roy-al again.

he should seriously just retire

Aimless, find yourself a way to watch that game, or at least the fourth quarter (I think comcast sports might replay it late at night?). It's absolutely unbelievable what happened.

lol someone tell jr smith to chill

i think denver has 5 pts this quarter

terrible last possession for the nuggs

:(

Indiana keeps impressing me in this series.

― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Saturday, April 23, 2011 3:44 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

they're gonna be good -- a lot of good pieces at all the positions

― J0rdan S., Saturday, April 23, 2011 3:47 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

missing only a star

any of u dudes want Tony parker? will trade for anyone over 6'11"

I bet you could get Bargnani for him.

wd prefer some1 fatter

the new york knicks ain't that good

2nd round in the East is gonna be a pretty awesome round. the only weak link is whoever squeaks the awful Magic-Hawks series out

yeah it's gonna be a nice little advantage for the bulls in the conf finals that the heat and celtics will have beaten the shit out of each other after they've cake walked through the magic/hawks.

the new york knicks ain't that good

― we the_best (Clay), Sunday, April 24, 2011 4:47 PM Bookmark

Yeah, I mean when Anthony Carter is the best you can do for an almost-game-hero

Hate Josh Smith so much

omg kenny just annihilated both the hawks and magics with his giant picture board. Like 8 straight shots real time, all soul crushingly bad.

Yeah, I mean when Anthony Carter is the best you can do for an almost-game-hero

― rock rough 'n' stuff with h.r. pufnstuf (Hurting 2), Sunday, April 24, 2011 7:09 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

it's appalling that carter didn't play more in the first half when toney douglas was being abused in just about every way you can abuse someone on a basketball court.

the new york knicks ain't that good

― we the_best (Clay), Sunday, April 24, 2011 4:47 PM

:3

knicks are legit imo

― kl0p's son (k3vin k.), Monday, February 28, 2011 1:20 AM (1 month ago)

what is the over-under on how long it takes okafor to pick up 2 fouls?

oh sorry didn't realize this horrible series was still being played

if the hawks take this series they will have accomplished the most boring upset in nba history.

I don't even think the bulls are that great but in the interest of human rights I think stern should just eliminate both the magic and hawks

i was rooting for the hornets but then they went home and released the "BEE-FENSE" signs on the rest of america

i don't think the hornets want to be playing like this for 48 mins

phil jackson always seems drunk in these interviews

LOL @ harlan calling shannon brown, matt barnes & steve blake the "killer b's"

if killer is referring to the lakers' efficiency rating, maybe

oh THAT'S who he was talking about??

i missed the beginning and was like "bynum and.....basol?"

i still don't understand how one can actually airball a free throw

ron artest is OTM

-kevin harlan

chris paul

yoooo what an end to that half

how are the refs gonna give chris fuckin paul a t there tho - on his home court!

kobels is scoreless ^_^

yeah that foul was seriously nuts

cp3 gona have a triple double

man kobe is being a bitch tonight

i think we just had 3 fouls and 2 seconds elapse

why doesn't he pull up on those 18 footers?

cp3? yeah idk what he's doing

it seems like he's been feeling out the other players in the beginning of halves before he decides how much scoring he has to do

thank you!

ahhh

that shit he did to bynum was O_O

total kemba-mcghee vibes

LOL @ u

haha

triple double for paul in abt 29 mins

wow kevin harlan going hard @ bellineli

JUSTICE

reggie miller reminding us of previous lakers to have used the hook shot

i love how for cp3 rbd -> assist -> stl -> assist = heat check

crowd should be chanting KOBE RAPES imo since he obv doesn't suck at basketball

STEVE BLAKE IS GUARDING YOU

chris paul >>>>>>

CHRIS PAUL YOU GUYS

in this post i list players in the nba that are better than/as good as chris paul:

lebron james
dwight howard
dwyane wade

yeah that's otm

steve blake should've stayed sick

steve blake!

cp3 looking like kevin k with the eye out there

total kevin k vibes

damn d fish almost buried that

why don't NBA players all wear high tops

this game = bullshit if kobe doesn't come back in/isn't close to 100%

i wear kobes - they're so light, if you have good ankles they're great

C'MON PAU

could listen to reggie miller's medical advice for hours

whoooo!

chris paul is a magician

CP3 would hit his mom

the whole jarret jack/cp3 best friendship is so weird to me because for some reason i keep thinking that jack is like 12 years older than him

Chris Paul's triple double is the first ever recorded against the Lakers in 712 playoff games.

O_O

there has been some controversy over that statistic -- it doesn't include the finals (for some reason) (rondoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo had one last year)

chris paul is god

how you know your team sucks: youre averaging 32-18 on 66% shooting, youre the defensive player of the year, and youre down 3-1 to the fn hawks

btw celtics 8-0 v knicks this year

the Magic have one of the shittiest offenses in the league now in their current incarnation, and J-Rich being out made it worse.

Whereas the team that went to the Finals had quite a few offensive weapons, this current offense flows mostly through Dwight, while the rest of them chuck up 3-pointers all game.

Also, Hedo Turkoglu is a prime example of why some 6th men should never be inserted into the starting lineup. He was a great presence off the bench, and after becoming a starter and having one great year, he's worse than ever. Terrible ballhandler, decision-maker, and ultimately local fans have turned on him.

(obv the "shittiest offense" comment is a bit hyperbolic as they are quite competent on occasion, but mad inconsistent)

Over final 12:45 of today's game, Brandon Roy's PER was 84.98

You guys know those videos of ppl in really fanatical churches that get touched on the forehead by a pastor and then they immediately faint and convulse? That's me watching Chris Paul in this series.

ME TOO

i am the biggest hornets fan right now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fL5tCyIYwzM

rmde @ this kobe melodrama. you rolled your damn ankle, i've done that 100 times he will be fine by next game

I couldn't even figure out how he did that, he just sort of collapsed on himself

mavs playing a little scared, taking some unnecessary jumpers and turning it over. Portland goes on 10-0 run to close first quarter.

GRIZ

k3v otm re kobeldrama

manu and timmay doing work to try to get spurs back in it here

richard jefferson is a disaster

http://mit.zenfs.com/207/2011/04/ta_hair.jpg

the grizz in the 4th quarter tonight = this whole video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cknX36Gurj0

Dirk has 11 ft attempts. Portland has 6.

Dallas as a team has 3 times as many ft's as Portland.

well and then a bunch of other stuff went wrong. chandler with 12 offensive boards, most since shaq in 1991.

pullin for you m bise

I just remembered at the end of that game that the grizz are missing their best player

yes they could make a run at the finals if they had rudy gay

not sure about that but they are ballin

mavs-blazers is gonna go 7 right?

might could

lol @ the bloggers i was reading on espn today who swore up and down that the spurs would be fine

grizzles 4 lyfe

given his history i find it amazing that birdman resisted the temptation to get a face tattoo back in the day

nugs have to be the most tatted squad right?

Denver is d-ing up like a motherfucker this quarter.

Motherfuckers are known for d-ing up.

well, they were for a bit anyway

whoa thunder grinding back into this!

ok perk better be yelling at Westbrook for too much hero ball there

I would like to draw your attention to this fine photo gallery

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/1104/nba.foul.face/content.1.html

http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/multimedia/photo_gallery/1104/nba.foul.face/images/chris-paul.jpg

Stephen Curry's is so wonderfully out of place there

so many good ones

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/1104/nba.foul.face/content.2.html

me and your mother last night, crawford

lakers seem to have some sort of secret language they speak with their hands over their mouths

cp3 8ast first quarter

terrible no-call on that half court shot

okafor is so, so bad at basketball

the bobcats at one point gave him a $50m day which is just ludicrous

deal*

bean fwiw

some home court ass reffing in this game, shock

yeah

there was an offensive rebound earlier where gasol shoved okafor like off the court allowing bynum to grab the ball & dunk it

yeah nola hasn't been blocking out but they've gotten fucked over on a couple no calls on the boards

also cp3 has been blatantly fouled at least 3 times that ive counted that haven't been called. he's not playing his A game atm tho

as hot (read: streaky) as arizas been he has to know his role, like in the 2nd half of game 4. get back to the high picks and let paul make shit happen

that half court heave by paul was genius and it was bullshit that he didn't get a shooting foul for that - that's 3 automatic pts!

kobe, this fucking guy

this reffing is out of control

yeah no doubt on both. Kobe bananas on offense. Okafor is getting hacked like mad every touch w no call.

http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lk8cbzqYBE1qi0ij1o1_500.jpg

MIAMI – After LeBron James declared that closing out the Philadelphia 76ers in Game 5 of its playoff series was akin to the Miami Heat “finishing our breakfast,” the star inspired a roar of laughter and eye rolls in the visiting locker room.

Philadelphia guard Lou Williams passed out breakfast nicknames to his 76ers teammates prior to tip on Wednesday night at American Airlines Arena, including the dubbing of 7-footer Spencer Hawes as “Over Easy” and forward Andres Nocioni as “Huevos Rancheros.”

“We not only took exception to the quote, but to the analogy,” Hawes told Yahoo! Sports before Game 5. “A lot of times people don’t finish breakfast. It’s kind of one of those deals where you’re not very hungry in the morning, and you might take a couple of bites to get you going, and then you roll out the door … Not a great analogy, I don’t think.”

heat vs c's officially. so hyped.

barring an upset of major proportions by whomever plays Chicago, it pretty much guarantees a marquee matchup in the Eastern Conference finals. excited about this.

refereeing in this sa-grizz game is some bullshit

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when he shot that i was like "holy shit this is a massive airball" & it was actually such a good shot that the net barely moved

there's a guy who shoots on the court near my house and he only shoots insanely hi-arcing rainbows--every shot is one or the other.