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Post by 1 Free Moon-Down with Burger on Apr 27, 2013 23:20:22 GMT -5
OKC may well escape here, but they're a in a load of trouble after this series. Yeah. They can get away with the way they're playing with a team like The Rockets and they still barely squeak by. Against the Spurs? They'll eat em alive. Probably literally.
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Post by andrew8798 on Apr 27, 2013 23:22:16 GMT -5
I like Denver chances coming out of the west now
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Post by Unocal 76 on Apr 27, 2013 23:22:59 GMT -5
I feel terrible for Houston.
They deserved better than an 8 seed- I mean, the freaking Lakers finished ahead of them?
Seriously- Houston could have avoided OKC. All they had to do was beat the freaking Suns in game 81.
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Post by Unocal 76 on Apr 27, 2013 23:23:24 GMT -5
I like Denver chances coming out of the west now If they can't even get past Golden State, it's basically the Spurs' conference to lose.
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Post by MGH on Apr 27, 2013 23:30:41 GMT -5
I'm still not giving up on my Finals pick of Memphis.
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Post by Rican on Apr 28, 2013 3:25:32 GMT -5
I got Memphis too, but the West really is anyones for the taking right now.
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Post by Steveweiser on Apr 28, 2013 4:12:09 GMT -5
Will be pretty crazy to see the Celtics and Lakers get punked out of the playoffs, though I think one of them might win tonight.
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Post by BRV on Apr 28, 2013 9:21:01 GMT -5
Today should be the end of the Celtics as we know them. Maybe they'll scrap out a win this afternoon, but the Knicks will just finish the job in Madison Square Garden Tuesday night. After the season is over, Danny Ainge has to seriously evaluate which direction he wants to take this team. They can't afford to enter the 2013-14 season with the age and health problems they continue to have. Rajon Rondo probably won't be back until December or January, Kevin Garnett has broken down and Paul Pierce can still show signs of life, but he should be relegated to 20-25 minutes a night, not 30-35 minutes.
Next season has to be a rebuilding year. Whether Ainge decides to push the big red button and blow it all up remains to be seen, but if they enter next season with essentially the same starting five as currently constituted, they'll be lucky to get into the playoffs. I think you can build around a core of Rondo, Avery Bradley and Jeff Green. What they need, and what they haven't had since the 2010 NBA Finals, is size and depth.
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Post by Red Impact on Apr 28, 2013 10:08:45 GMT -5
I'm glad the Thunder pulled it out last night, but it was obvious that they were hurting without Westbrook on defense. It's doubtful that we make it past the second round if yesterday is any indication.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2013 10:12:43 GMT -5
OKC is on borrowed time, they're probably going to try to rely on Durant to go off in every game and hope to outscore the other team. i don't really see it working though.
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Post by horsemen4ever on Apr 28, 2013 12:12:52 GMT -5
The Celtics off to good start, where was that on Friday when it could really mean something. The Knicks already got what they came for. The Celtics blow out the Knicks today, it won't mean nothing, the Knicks will just beat them in MSG.
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Post by Unocal 76 on Apr 28, 2013 13:13:51 GMT -5
The Celtics are a team I refuse to count out under ANY circumstances.
Call me crazy, but I could see them winning game 5 at MSG.
The Celtics are the zombie vampires of basketball- I refuse to count them out until the final buzzer sounds off.
OTOH, that might make Ainge think 'If we can make history, WHY BLOW THIS TEAM UP?!'
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Post by horsemen4ever on Apr 28, 2013 13:28:50 GMT -5
Well if the Celtics win this game, enjoy the victory, because Wendsday is not going to be pretty, the Knicks will blow them out by 30 points. It is going to be just like what the Heat did to the Knicks last year.
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Post by BRV on Apr 28, 2013 13:41:15 GMT -5
I know I shouldn't throw stones because the Celtics have their share, but does anyone bitch and moan about every call or non-call more than Tyson Chandler? He makes LeBron James look like a relatively humble guy when a call doesn't go his way.
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Post by Mochi Lone Wolf on Apr 28, 2013 13:44:37 GMT -5
That was not a flagrant foul. That was incidental contact that Prigioni exaggerated in my opinion.
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Post by Mochi Lone Wolf on Apr 28, 2013 13:54:58 GMT -5
I know I shouldn't throw stones because the Celtics have their share, but does anyone bitch and moan about every call or non-call more than Tyson Chandler? He makes LeBron James look like a relatively humble guy when a call doesn't go his way. Even as a huge Bulls fan, I have no problem saying that Carlos Boozer is up there with Chandler and James as well.
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Post by horsemen4ever on Apr 28, 2013 14:07:46 GMT -5
Great 3rd quarter by the Knicks, this is a message they have to sent, even if the Celtics hold on and win, make them sweet out and hold on for deer life, and make them work so hard for one win, getting three more in a row, is going to seem like such a hard task.
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Post by darbus alan on Apr 28, 2013 14:20:56 GMT -5
I think Melo probably complains more about non-calls than Chandler, really.
And the Knicks just tied it up.
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Post by Unocal 76 on Apr 28, 2013 14:26:29 GMT -5
If the Celtics can't hold a 20 point lead without JR Smith... yeesh.
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Post by darbus alan on Apr 28, 2013 14:39:34 GMT -5
Man, the Knicks would be wiping the floor with the Celtics if Carmelo could actually make any shots today.
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