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2008-2009 NBA season thread (pg. 12)
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| Trancealot |
| quote: | Originally posted by LeopoldStotch
The miller and salmons trade was huge for the bulls. They went from being a mediocre 25-30 win team to a up and coming .500 team with a lot of energy, better defense, and an edge. Nothing to take away from Billups, but this Bulls team is a lot different than before the all star break in my opinion.
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IMO The bulls were sleepers during the regular season but made it to the playoffs. Once in which is now Ben Gordon and Derrick Rose and others have been playing spectacular just to keep up with the Celtics because before game one I am sure most of the analyst had Celtics easily but the bulls woke up and now we are at game 7!!
(i.e Joakim Noah (reg season 6.7pts/7.6reb, Playoffs 10.7pts/12.6reb)
:eyespop:
Hope the bulls def have a next couple of good years and build on this line up because what they have now is more chemistry like the nuggets but the bottom line is consistency.
PS. who thinks the Mavs sucked are crazy. They might be a 6 seed in these playoffs but they don't play like one and you'll see against Denver. |
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| Trancealot |
| quote: | Originally posted by Trancealot
IMO The bulls were sleepers during the regular season but made it to the playoffs. Once in which is now Ben Gordon and Derrick Rose and others have been playing spectacular just to keep up with the Celtics because before game one I am sure most of the analyst had Celtics easily but the bulls woke up and now we are at game 7!!
(i.e Joakim Noah (reg season 6.7pts/7.6reb, Playoffs 10.7pts/12.6reb)
:eyespop:
Hope the bulls def have a next couple of good years and build on this line up because what they have now is more chemistry like the nuggets but the bottom line is consistency.
PS. who thinks the Mavs sucked are crazy. They might be a 6 seed in these playoffs but they don't play like one and you'll see against Denver. |
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| LeopoldStotch |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov
Denver beat a good New Orleans team by 58. As loaded as the top 8 in the West are, that never happens. With the exception of the Cavs, I don't see anybody in the East even coming close to the remaining teams in the West (Dallas, LA, Denver, or even Houston). |
I am a Hornets fan, and I think they crapped it out this year. Peja isn't the same like his Sacramento days. David West isn't as aggressive in the paint like he should. Chris Paul is great and everything, but he's not your typical shutdown point guard that will get you wins down the road. I like Chris Paul, but I just think he's the "pad the stats" guy where he just puts up points and assists. Ah well. we'll see next year, especially with byron scott most likely in jeopardy.
| quote: | Originally posted by Trancealot
IMO The bulls were sleepers during the regular season but made it to the playoffs. Once in which is now Ben Gordon and Derrick Rose and others have been playing spectacular just to keep up with the Celtics because before game one I am sure most of the analyst had Celtics easily but the bulls woke up and now we are at game 7!!
(i.e Joakim Noah (reg season 6.7pts/7.6reb, Playoffs 10.7pts/12.6reb)
:eyespop:
Hope the bulls def have a next couple of good years and build on this line up because what they have now is more chemistry like the nuggets but the bottom line is consistency.
PS. who thinks the Mavs sucked are crazy. They might be a 6 seed in these playoffs but they don't play like one and you'll see against Denver. |
Yeah. these Bulls are clearly not what they were 2 months ago. They started heating it up in March, and continued on. Game 7 tonight!
As for the Mavs, they are hit or miss. yeah Dirk is going to put up his 20+ points, Terry is going to come off the bench as the microwave, and Kidd is going to do his usual stuff. it's all about Josh Howard and JJ Barea, and how much they are going to contribute. I wish they could utilize Brandon Bass a bit more, but they really can't fit him in the same lineup with Dirk, Terry, and Kidd on the floor.
as for the heat-hawks series ..... this has got to be the most boring series out of all 8 series. close second was magic-sixers. |
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| Lebezniatnikov |
Prediction tonight:
Celtics by 15. :o |
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| LeopoldStotch |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov
Prediction tonight:
Celtics by 15. :o |
i think it's going to be close, not that big of a disparity. all the games have been decided at 5 points or less except game 3, when boston steamroled chicago. unlike the boston-atlanta series where a good number of them were blowouts, all these games have been fairly close.
i say boston by 4 |
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| LeopoldStotch |
good try Chicago, but they clearly weren't ready for Boston tonight.
Bulls couldn't find a bucket tonight. |
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| Dj Dizzy |
| quote: | Originally posted by LeopoldStotch
good try Chicago, but they clearly weren't ready for Boston tonight.
Bulls couldn't find a bucket tonight. |
i was really hoping the bulls would be able to take the celtics, pipedream i guess, it was a grueling series though. so now the celtics get some breathing room before they have to play the cavs, which IMHO is going to be a better series than the finals will be. i want to see lebron get his deserved championship, i don't think boston will be able to stop us this year :tongue3
in the meantime it looks like i have a whole week of ridiculing all these hawks fans being that i'm in atlanta right now, i say the hawks only make it to game 5 at best :gsmile: |
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| LeopoldStotch |
lakers-rockets :crazy:
this series is going 7, and i see the rockets winning this. |
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| trunks1022 |
| gotta love kobe's cheap shot elbow/forearm to battier's head during their first quarter scrum for the ball. if any of the refs saw that, they probably would've just patted kobe on the butt and said, good job son. |
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| digitalbreach |
| quote: | Originally posted by nchs09
All this smack talk about the mavs... they kinda suck but they are one of my fav teams... I am a big fan of dick, kid (even though he is old as and needs to retire cause he kinda sucks) and terry. |
I hope Houston doesn't get complacent and can get another win on Wed. I expect Kobe to play all four quarters next game.
About the cheap shots, I'm with you on that trunks. Refs call what they want. It be great if they treated Yao the same way though..but regardless we gotta keep playing with intensity |
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| LeopoldStotch |
| gotta love those cheap shots the lakers tried on the rockets. damn the lakers for trying to take out battier, artest, and yao. artest doesn't have any battle wounds to show for it, but the lakers tried to rough him up. |
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| Trancealot |
Bulls could not take advantage of no Garnett. Now its Orlandos turn :cool:
Hope Atlanta gives lebron a run for his money. Its more fun to see lebron score 40+ with 20 of it in the forth instead of 20ish and on the bench in the forth :)
Lakers are good but sometimes decide not to care as much as the other teams.
Maybe the nuggets do have a deeper bench then the MAVs right now. Team leader and everyone does what they are supposed to do then it might be chance for a Western title for them. After that I can't see them winning but well the Pistons beat the lakers that one time and no one ever though because all you heard was shaq this and kobe that but they had cauncy at his best. Right now the nuggets are another form of the pistons but without any Rings.......yet |
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