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The Official 2006/2007 Toronto Raptors & NBA Thread (pg. 44)
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| TheVrk |
| quote: | Originally posted by infinity HiGH
Why the Lakers hate? Not a Kobe fan I'm guessing? :p
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Was a life long Laker fan until they gave Shaq away to please Kobe:whip:
Will never cheer for them again until that is gone.
As for tonight, as much as i want TO to pull it off, not looking good (obv)
I hope no one forgets that if they lose, they still had a VERY GOOD season...
No finger-pointing, name-calling, or pleas for Mitchell to be fired.
PLEASE leave the Leaf mentality out of this and be REASONABLE:D |
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| infinity HiGH |
| quote: | Originally posted by TheVrk
Was a life long Laker fan until they gave Shaq away to please Kobe:whip:
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Do you think Kobe is pleased right now? |
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| Jeff Button |
Anyone looking for a place to watch the game tonight, Global Village will have it on the big screen for tip-off at 8pm.
w00t |
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| slingshot |
| quote: | Originally posted by jon jon
I love everything about Golden State and hated everything about Dallas! I'm so glad that series went the way it did.
I'm nervous about tonight... |
what is there to hate about dallas? the way they played throughout the regular season was incredible...it was one of the best seasons had by any team ever. you just hate cuban don't you... |
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| jon jon |
Yeah, Cuban is such a nerd on a power trip. I actually think I hate Dirk more tho, so WHITE and boring. I just find them so arrogant (fine, you can be with the best record of the season) but they lack soul. And that proved evident last night, the Warriors were all passion with nothing to lose.
Perspective is EVERYTHING. Who would you rather be? Mavs with amazing season but go out (embarassingly) in first round (only to have it haunt you all summer), or Warriors who squeaked into first round yet come out as heroes. lol
IMO the season is overated, it's all warmup to when the game gets real. |
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| slingshot |
| quote: | Originally posted by jon jon
Perspective is EVERYTHING. Who would you rather be? Mavs with amazing season but go out (embarassingly) in first round (only to have it haunt you all summer), or Warriors who squeaked into first round yet come out as heroes. lol
IMO the season is overated, it's all warmup to when the game gets real. |
i agree with you on this. the mavs season is definately tarnished by their lacklustre playoff performance. t'is a shame really. |
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| Jeff Button |
| quote: | Originally posted by jon jon
IMO the season is overated, it's all warmup to when the game gets real. |
Considering the percentage of eight seeds against one seeds in the playoffs, this statement is totally bogus. Teams play their hearts out in the regular season to earn home court advantage for a reason - the home team has an advantage, period.
This series was unique in so many ways and was also the biggest upset in NBA playoff history.
But if you look at the direction the teams were heading going into the post season it's not that surprising.
Golden State were (9-1) in their last ten, Dallas was (6-4).
The Warriors went undefeated against the Mavericks in the regular season (3-0).
Maybe what you meant was 'regular season records' are over rated, which if that's the case, I agree.
But you can't overlook the importance of home-court in the playoffs because of this series alone. |
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| jon jon |
| well, I said it was "warmup" to the post season and that it was overrated. Not that it was null and void, of course it's still important. |
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| SPANIARD |
| Word on the street is that Ford and Calderon are both injured for tonight... seems like Jon Jon is gonna have to show his hops. :cool: |
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| Porky |
| quote: | Originally posted by jon jon
IMO the season is overated, it's all warmup to when the game gets real. |
for middle tier teams, winning the few extra regular season games can mean all the difference. look at houston, with the 4th seed over the 5th seed Jazz, they get home court for game 7. the hometeam has won each of the 6 games in the utah-rockets series.
it's been like that in the past, home court advantage (although not essential) definitely is worth fighting for in the regular season |
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| Sly_Guy |
| quote: | Originally posted by Porky
what did u do?
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Notable Quotes :
to the ref : "just because he makes that face [vince] doesn't mean he got fouled!"
to Vince down 4 near the end of the 4th before an inbounds :
"Hey vince, what play you running? WHAT PLAY YOU RUNNING!!!"
to RJ : Well I can't really say, I was up on him all night long, up to the point where the suits around me were encouraging my jeers because they were convinced I was affecting his game. That and he'd react to me. He didn't make a shot from my side of the floor, and I didn't let him forget it all night. |
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| TheVrk |
| quote: | Originally posted by infinity HiGH
Do you think Kobe is pleased right now? |
Of course not, but no doubt he was then (when Shaq was traded) |
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