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Originally Posted by Steve_Tk
Ron Artest, in true Artest fashion, gets himself thrown out of the game, when he was their leading scorer, and they loose. Imagine that, Artest only thinking about his ego and not his team, or the game, or getting a win. I'm shocked, really I am.
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Originally Posted by Mark Leiter
I agree. I still feel a little disapointed. Can you imagine how good this series would be if Garnett for the Celtics and Nelson for the Magic were playing?
To me it would be awsome and either team would give Clevland a real run for thier money. |
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Originally Posted by Ockeghem
I was really hoping that Bryant retaliated -- but he kept his cool. Oh, how I was hoping he (Bryant) had been ejected from the game....
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Originally Posted by Andy Sheets
Kobe's reaction was purely premeditated. He created the situation with the elbow to the throat in hopes that Artest would retaliate and get himself tossed and unfortunately Artest bought the bait. That's why in the replay Kobe's got that evil grin on his face while his arms are straight up - "Who me? I'm innocent but this other guy, you know how crazy he is!"
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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
On an unrelated note, all the people who said that Kendrick Perkins can't defend Dwight Howard can suck it!
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| The league has apparently ruled that Rafer Alston and Derek Fisher are suspended for a game, Kobe gets a flagrant 1 technical. Not surprising. |
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Originally Posted by Andy Sheets
I'm assuming the Lakers will win the series (probably in 6)but regardless, will anyone in the league be afraid of them after this series? Despite their progress during the regular season, they still come across as a soft team with overrated depth and a false sense of entitlement.
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): Big Baby followed up his last-second game-winning shot with a semi-last-second game-winning rebound. Just sayin'. ) The Celtics had a few shooting droughts earlier in the game, which is why Orlando had a 14-point lead to begin with. Then Orlando happened to get cold at the end and it's blowing everybody's minds.
"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
Also note (unlike the reporters
): Big Baby followed up his last-second game-winning shot with a semi-last-second game-winning rebound. Just sayin'. |
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Originally Posted by Aaron Silverman
I also want to take this opportunity to reiterate how Paul Pierce gets no respect. He was the Finals MVP last year, and he went STRAIGHT THROUGH BOTH OF THE NBA'S DARLINGS TO GET IT!!!
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Originally Posted by Aaron Silverman
A few years ago, I read a newspaper article about some Sabermetrics-style statisticians studying the NBA. A number of their formulas rated Pierce as the most valuable player in the league (and this was when the Celtics were not good). Just sayin'.
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Originally Posted by Aaron Silverman
While I'm at it, has anyone else noticed that practically every story is about how the Magic blew the game, giving no credit to the Celtics? Have no NBA reporters noticed that since the 24-point comeback in LA last season, the Rope-A-Dope has been the Celtics' postseason SOP? (I think they just don't have enough gas in the tank to go full-out for 4 quarters every game, so they save it. It might or might not be semi-intentional. I don't expect it to work against Cleveland.
) The Celtics had a few shooting droughts earlier in the game, which is why Orlando had a 14-point lead to begin with. Then Orlando happened to get cold at the end and it's blowing everybody's minds. |
Bob Ryan was spot on when he commented on that game relative to the 1987 affair after the Celtics came back and won game four against the Lakers last year. Incidentally, I taped that game when ESPN showed it a second time during the Finals last year. That one is a keeper.
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Originally Posted by Ockeghem
And I too saw that. That rebound -- without the effort of Baby -- was there for the taking. What I don't understand is why Barkley and a few others were chastising van Gundy (Howard) regarding that play. Why were they asserting that it was a 'tactical error'? If Howard or someone else from the Magic had rebounded the ball and put it back up and in, they would have been celebrating a tie game. Howard made the first free throw, to bring the Magic to within two with five seconds remaining. He missed the second intentionally, in the hopes that his team would rebound the ball and tie the game up. {Were they saying that the 'tactical error' was having Howard in the game at that point in the first place?}
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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
They seemed to think that he should've made the second FT and then gone for another foul. But the Magic had no timeouts left IIRC, so IMO it was six of one, a half-dozen of the other. Go for that rebound or get 5 seconds to advance the ball and toss up a prayer.
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| And now Yao Ming is out for the season with a broken foot. Too bad. The Rockets might have made this a good series. |
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Originally Posted by Ockeghem
Also, I don't know how Orlando or Boston would play Cleveland if/when one of them gets to the third round. This is getting very interesting, though.
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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 Craig S
The T-Mac-less, Yao-less Rockets have just bounced back from the Game 5 debacle to take Game 6 by 15 points, leading L.A. the whole way. I think they have made this a damn good series - much better than the Lakers wanted, I suspect.
Game 7, baby. Anything can happen. |
Get In My Belly.
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Originally Posted by Aaron Silverman
I do, but I don't like to think about it (unless Orlando wins on Sunday).
What a day yesterday. Tuesday was so great (Celtics, Bruins, Sox), and yesterday -- {shudder}. |
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Originally Posted by John Gido
I really don't think that it matters WHO wins in the West (although I would like to see the Nuggets advance), this looks to be Cleveland's year.
I know the NBA would LOVE a Kobe/Lebron finals, but the Lakers seem to be struggling against a team that is missing 2 of it's top players (Tmac & Yao). I don't think that they will beat the Nuggets if they advance. |
