Re: NBA thread 2011 : Tue May 10, 2011 11:59 am  

Roonaldo6 wrote:

Great performance from the Heat and especially the Big 3. Should really be a formality tomorrow night back in Miami to end the series, touch wood.

You really think so? I thought Bosh was average for the majority of the game. Wade went missing towards the end and they became solely reliant upon LeBron suddenly finding a winning touch.

I thought Boston played really well, Garnett didn't step up offensively though and that proved to be the difference, IMO.

Re: NBA thread 2011 : Tue May 10, 2011 12:09 pm  

Roddy B wrote:

You really think so? I thought Bosh was average for the majority of the game. Wade went missing towards the end and they became solely reliant upon LeBron suddenly finding a winning touch.

I thought Boston played really well, Garnett didn't step up offensively though and that proved to be the difference, IMO.

Look at the stats, combined they banged in 83 of the 98 team points I think, and that included all the points in OT. All three had bad spells in the game, but at vital times when the Celtics were either edging ahead or back to level one of them made a big shot to keep tabs. Wade's 3 pointer in OT which was ruled out to be a 2 pointer was the actual gamebreaker, after that it was panic stations for Boston.

Agreed about Garnett, sombebody on Yahoo joked that Shaq has had to go to hospital with stomach cramps and they found Garnett hiding inside Shaq's stomach !

Re: NBA thread 2011 : Tue May 10, 2011 2:23 pm  

Roddy B wrote:

they became solely reliant upon LeBron

Story of the season for the Heat, I still swear that if he wasn't so hated he'd have more case for MVP.

Re: NBA thread 2011 : Wed May 11, 2011 9:05 am  

I hope the Bulls tear the Heat a new one in the conference finals. Although I doubt that happens. My biggest hope is that the Mavericks or Thunder give them a rinsing in the final.

Re: NBA thread 2011 : Wed May 11, 2011 11:18 am  

Nikaed wrote:

I hope the Bulls tear the Heat a new one in the conference finals. Although I doubt that happens. My biggest hope is that the Mavericks or Thunder give them a rinsing in the final.

Why so much hate for the Heat? Everyone seems to love the Celtics but they pretty much did exactly the same with their big 3?

Re: NBA thread 2011 : Wed May 11, 2011 11:24 am  

inside_man wrote:

Why so much hate for the Heat? Everyone seems to love the Celtics but they pretty much did exactly the same with their big 3?

A) Because of the history between us.

B) They're cocksure, cocky attitude,

Re: NBA thread 2011 : Wed May 11, 2011 11:31 am  

Nikaed wrote:

A) Because of the history between us.

B) They're cocksure, cocky attitude,

I can understand the history bit, their cocky attitude is pretty much the same across the league though.

I don't mind Miami just cos I'm a big fan of LeBron. Like I said I followed Griffin with the Clips it was similar with LeBron. Following him with the Cavs is what got my interested.

Who's your personal bet for the Championship now?

Re: NBA thread 2011 : Wed May 11, 2011 10:57 pm  

COME ON HEAT !!!!

LETS PUT THE CELTICS TO THE SWORD AND END THEIR SEASON TONIGHT !!

Re: NBA thread 2011 : Thu May 12, 2011 12:23 am  

inside_man wrote:

Who's your personal bet for the Championship now?

I'm gonna say OKC. I think Perkins and Ibaka will raise their game once they get past Memphis to Championship level, while Durant is just running along quietly without much hype. I can just see him exploding in the finals.

Re: NBA thread 2011 : Thu May 12, 2011 6:17 am  

inside_man wrote:

I can understand the history bit, their cocky attitude is pretty much the same across the league though.

I don't mind Miami just cos I'm a big fan of LeBron. Like I said I followed Griffin with the Clips it was similar with LeBron. Following him with the Cavs is what got my interested.

Who's your personal bet for the Championship now?

The Mavericks, why? The deepest team in the playoffs.

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