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Originally Posted by Aaron Silverman
I think last night was Mikki Moore's best game yet! And Marbury's, too. (For some reason, whenever I think of Marbury, I think "Sebastian Telfair." Go figure!)
Seeing Scal back on the court was a very pleasant surprise. Too bad his first trey wasn't at the Garden though. |
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Originally Posted by Aaron Silverman
I think last night was Mikki Moore's best game yet! And Marbury's, too. (For some reason, whenever I think of Marbury, I think "Sebastian Telfair." Go figure!)
Seeing Scal back on the court was a very pleasant surprise. Too bad his first trey wasn't at the Garden though. |
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Originally Posted by Ockeghem
Could the Mavericks eliminate the Spurs tonight? And what's with the Nuggets winning by fifty-eight last night? They're good, but they're not that good.
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Originally Posted by Ockeghem
Kendrick Perkins was awesome, and somewhat unsung in the victory, what with Pierce and Rondo getting most of the ink. Besides his nearly twenty points, he had nineteen rebounds and seven blocks.
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Originally Posted by Ockeghem
I loved how the commentator said, midway through the third quarter, how 'tired' Paul Pierce looked. Yeah, right. And when he was hitting just about everything in sight near the end of the game and into overtime, Pierce suddenly became this same commentator's 'go to guy.' Uh huh.
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"How wonderful it will be to have a leader unburdened by the twin horrors of knowledge and experience." -- Mr. Wick
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Originally Posted by Aaron Silverman
After seeing the 4th and OT, I'm somewhat convinced that Pierce was purposely trying to conserve energy.
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Insane triple overtime. Insane.
| How I hope that Houston actually gives Los Angeles a series this year. |
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Originally Posted by Mark Leiter
As a Magic fan, I have never seen a team play so good then conversly play so bad in one night. They needed every bit of that 28 point lead to pull out a win. It really showed how much they miss Nelson. I'm not complaining too bad about Alston but he really looked lost out there when Rondo turned up the D.
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Originally Posted by Craig S
Wish granted, at least so far. Rockets steal Game 1 (& home court) at the Staples Center.
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Originally Posted by Ockeghem
Yeah, I watched until the wee hours of the morning. The Lakers kept cutting the lead to six, then four, then six; when it got to eight again (under a minute), I felt a lot better. If I had to pick, I would say the Lakers will take the series in six games. And I have to admit that for this year at least, they do not have three byes before they get to the finals.
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Originally Posted by Mark Leiter
Scott. I agree 100%. It's a huge advantage to have your center shooting 85% FTs. But the one thing that Shaq in his prime and Howard have over Ming is power. They usally can just mussle him out of the way. though I have to admit that so far Ming has out played Howard every time they have played. Hopefully Dwight learns from those matchs and can be better the next time they play.
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Originally Posted by Mark Leiter
To be honest I've never been all that enthused with Bynum. I can think of several centers that I would rather have on my team. But I do think he should stay where he is at. As a third or fourth option on the Lakers there isn't much spotlight on him and no pressure to carry the team. If he were traded to a team where he was the man, all his short comming would be brought to light.
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"How wonderful it will be to have a leader unburdened by the twin horrors of knowledge and experience." -- Mr. Wick
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Originally Posted by Aaron Silverman
Discuss: Is Yao the best free-throw shooting big man of all time?
My opinion: I have no idea! |
Mark F. Leiter
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Originally Posted by Ockeghem
Aaron,
Well, Yao is over 80%, which is excellent. Nowitzi is quite good, and (if memory serves) Moses Malone was pretty good at the charity stripe. I'm guessing Jabbar was over 70%, and I know that Parish was around that figure as well (72% or so). Addendum: Yes, Jabbar is around 72% as well. I just looked up the stats for Malone. Interestingly, he was 62% in the ABA, and 76% in the NBA. I'm guessing that had to do with the stripes on the ABA ball. |
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Originally Posted by Scott Merryfield
Bill Laimbeer came to my mind. He had a career .837 free throw percentage. That ranks him at #69 all-time in NBA history. "Big men" who ranked higher include Nowitzki (.8717), Jack Sikma (.8494), and Mike Gminski (.8431).
Here is the list. Feel free to see which big men I missed. |
| A mature and healthy Artest is a HUGE step up from T-Mac with his perpetual back problems. |
| Yao is tall, but he's really not that broad or (I don't think) strong. |
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Originally Posted by Andy Sheets
T-Mac hasn't had back problems for a couple of years now. His issue at the moment is that he injured his knee in the middle of last season, waited to have surgery on it until after the season (because Yao was out), but the rehab didn't go well and his knee only got worse when he tried to come back too early. So he got stuck with microfracture.
About Artest, I don't know. He's surprised me with how reserved he's been in the playoffs so far but with guys like him it's a minute-by-minute thing. I'm sure Kobe will be trash-talking him the whole way, trying to goad him into a shootout. Broad? Yao probably has the widest ass in all sports. It's why his career has lasted as long as it has, because he doesn't have Ralph Sampson legs; he's got tree trunks for his lower body. Yao's issues are mainly quickness and that he's actually too tall because he has trouble backing down guys with really low centers of gravity. He can back down a standard 7' center pretty easily but a really strong 6'6" guy can give him a lot of trouble. |
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Originally Posted by Mark Leiter
Yup saw most of the Magic/Celtic game. Turned it off in the middle of the fourth. Orlando really had the look of "well we won one, lets just get home" mentality. I would have hoped they would have expected Boston to play with a great deal more intensity than they Monday. Apparently not.
I also would have thought Orl would have focused on getting Howard a bunch of touches. With Boston so thin at center (Basically Perkins and that's it) if they just get him in foul trouble it'll make the lane wide open and pretty much eliminate any "hack-a-Howard" tactics in the fourth quarter. Oh-well we'll see what happen Friday. |
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Originally Posted by Ockeghem
Mark,
My gut feeling is that this series will be going seven games. |
Mark F. Leiter
