NBA2K10: Building the Bobcats

[Ironhead]

I love it when you post some in game action. Nice move by Mayo!

[Radii]

NBA Playoffs First Round Day 1

(6) Washington at (3) Charlotte

Game 1

CHA:WAS
83:82 OVR
81:84 OFF
90:79 DEF


We just played Washington and the scouting is there. Arenas/Butler, Mayo/Padgett gives this series some decent star power. Felton, Wallace and Sparks is a much better supporting cast than Garcia/Jamison/Schumacher.

There are two major injuries that have huge impacts on the OVR ratings of the teams listed above. Padgett's quad strain and Caron Butler has an MCL strain. Butler is Day to Day, and his injury is as bad as Padgett's, knocking him down to 66 OVR(padgett is 68).

First Quarter

Charlotte 26
Washington 25

Close quarter, we lead most of the way but never by more than 5. Mayo shoots 4-10 and scores 8 points. Wallace 6, Sparks has 3 with 8 boards already. Henderson 3, Swanson/Felton/Padgett 2 each. Garcia has 8 for the Wizards, Arenas 6, Foye 3, a few others 2. Arenas picked up 2 fouls late in the quarter and sat the last 2 minutes. Both teams are shooting 11/24 from the field, Washington has a 3 but we have a couple more FT's.


Second Quarter

Charlotte 54
Washington 48

We went ahead by as much as 10 late in the quarter before Washington gets it down to 6. Mayo heats up for a bit and scores 9 in the quarter, giving him 17 total. Wallace has 8, Swanson 7, Chandler/Felton 5 each, Padgett 4. Arenas leads the Wizards with 12, Butler 10, Garcia 8, Jamison 6. Arenas just shoots 3-7 in the quarter, he's 6-12 total now.


Third Quarter

Charlotte 88
Washington 72

I get a burst from backup PG JAcob Swanson and that gives me a big lead going into the 4th. Swanson scores the last 7 of the quarter for us. Mayo 22, Swanson 19, Wallace 18, Sparks 7 points/14 boards. Arenas is doing well with 24 points but he just doesn't have enough help. Buter 12, Garcia 10.


Fourth Quarter

7:45 to go - Washington has cut the lead under 10, 94-85.

4:30 to go - We lead 97-92. It doesn't really feel like we're getting dominated but they've slowly cut the lead down and we only have 9 points in the quarter so far. Arenas is up to 31. I have Felton/Swanson/Wallace/Padgett/Chandler on the floor right now.

2:30 to go - Washington cuts it to 3, 97-94, before Wallace scores the next 4 to put us back ahead by 7. 101-94, Wizards ball.

1:33 to go - Two empty trips, both turnovers, and Washington has cut it down to 3, 101-98. Our ball though.

0:43 to go - Wallace with a charge, then Wallace witha bad pass for another turnover. We haven't taken a shot in our last four trips down the floor. Butler just got a 3 point play and we're tied at 101.

0:31 to go - Mayo drives the baseline and hits a runner. We lead 103-101.

Caron Butler drives and cannot hit a tough shot in the lane. We rebound and hit our free throws the rest of the way and hang on for the win.


Charlotte 107
Washington 103

Mayo: 35 points/6 assists
Wallace: 22 points/7 boards/6 assists
Swanson: 21 points
Sparks: 7 points/14 boards
Chandler: 5 points/6 boards
Felton: 5 points/6 assists
Padgett: 5 points/7 boardas
Henderson: 2 points
Bibby: 2 points
Fisher: 2 points


I haven't had a big game out of Wallace in awhile, he was really big today with Padgett hurt and ineffective.

Arenas scores 35 points, grabs 7 boards and dishes out 8 assists, but again the help wasn't quite there. Butler 17, Garcia 14, Richardson 8, Foye 7, Jamison 6.


We're up 1-0!

[Radii]

First Round Day 1

(1) New Orleans 94, (8 ) Sacramento 90 - NO leads 1-0
--NO: JR Smith 20, Josh Smith 14, Paul 12 points/12 assists
--SAC: Martin 29, Gay 22, Evans 15


(6) Portland 108, (3) LA Lakers 81 - POR leads 1-0
--LAL: Kobe 24, Bynum 14 points/13 boards
--POR: Roy 30 points/8 boards/8 assists


(1) New Jersey 90, (8 ) Detroit 89 - NJ leads 1-0
--NJ: Harris 19 points/10 assists, Trichet(2012 1.16) 17
--DET: Bargnani 21, Duncan 19 points/9 boards



First Round Day 2

(5) Oklahoma City 112, (4) Utah 96 - OKC leads 1-0
--UT: Williams 25 points/7 assists, Lopez 15 points/11 boards
--OKC: Westbrook 30 points/9 boards/13 assists, Durant 30 points


(2) Denver 103, (7) Memphis 90 - DEN leads 1-0
--DEN: Anthony 25 points/8 boards, Wilcox 24 points/11 boards
--MEM: Yao 22 points/15 boards


(5) Indiana 128, (4) Miami 103 - IND leads 1-0
--MIA: Wade 38 points/8 assists/4 steals
--IND: Nowitzki 32 points/7 boards, Granger 28 points


(3) Cleveland 95, (6) Atlanta 83 - CLE leads 1-0
--CLE: James 28 points/9 boards/8 assists
--ATL: Johnson 25 points, Grady 18

[bbgunn]

That Mayo drive to the hole was something else. Nice one!

[Radii]

Thanks for the comments ironhead/bbgunn The replays are cool, but I want more control over them in future versions. NHL10 has a beautiful replay system where there is a lot of time saved and you can block off exactly how much you want in your saved highlight. But when I do think to pause the instant a play ends there are some good ones.


NBA Playoffs First Round Day 3

(6) Washington at (3) Charlotte

Game 2 - Charlotte leads 1-0

CHA:WAS
88:81 OVR
81:84 OFF
90:79 DEF

Padgett is now listed as day to day instead of hurting for 1-2 weeks. Butler is still hurting bad too.

First Quarter

Charlotte 30
Washington 26

Arenas scores 14 for the Wizards, he's 5-12 which I think I can deal with, he can have his points at that rate. Butler 6, a couple others with 2. Padgett hits a couple nice little hooks and has 8 for us. Mayo 6, Felton and Swanson each with 5, a few others with 2.


Second Quarter

Charlotte 54
Washington 53

We lead the entire quarter, leading by as much as 6 but obviousy just 1 at the half. Arenas is the player of the half with 19 points and 4 assists. Butler has 12, Foye 7, Garcia 5. Swanson leads us with 12 points in just 8 minutes. Mayo has 4 assists, and at least 2 of them were feeding Swanson in transition instead of taking a tough shot himself. Padgett 10, Henderson 9, Mayo 8, Felton 7. Mayo is 4-12, 0-4 from 3.


Third Quarter

Washington 79
Charlotte 77

Washington takes the lead in the first minute of the quarter and leads the entire quarter. They actually lead by as much as 8 before we score 6 straight around the 2 minute mark. The only superstar on the court today is Gilbert Arenas. He scores 10 more in the 3rd and has 29 points, he has 7 assists too. Butler 19, no one else above 10. center Schumacher has 6 points/12 boards. On our side, Gerald Henderson helps our comeback late in the 3rd and he has 15 to lead us. Padgett and Swanson have 12 each, Chandler 11, Felton 9, Mayo 8. Mayo is now 4-15 from the field and 0-5 from 3. There are way too many backups being listed here.

Someone... a starter... needs to step up for the 4th quarter.

Fourth Quarter

10:20 to go - Swanson with a layin and Mayo with 2 free throws and we lead 81-79. Our lineup was Swanson, Henderson and 3 starters, Felton just came back in, but we're going to need to rest some guys for a minute or two.

9:40 to go - Wow, Felton with a dunk and Henderson with a 3 point play and we are on a 9-0 run, its 86-79. Swanson in for Mayo.

8:00 to go - Arenas wakes up and gets up over 30 points, we miss a shot or two, and its 88-85, Washington ball.

7:50 to go - Felton, Mayo, Wallace, Fisher, Chandler, resting the bigs. Foye gets fouled and hits two at the line, we lead 88-87.

5:55 to go - Mayo gets a 3 point play and has finally started to heat up. Foye seems to be the name for the Wizards right now, not Arenas, and its 95-92 Charlotte.

5:00 to go - We lead 95-94, Mayo picks up a charge trying to get to the rim, and starters are back in for both teams, Foye was giving Arenas a rest, and our bigs are back in.

4:50 to go - Arenas blows by Felton and hits a casual, easy layin... 96-95 Washington.

3:00 to go - We lead 99-98, but Washington has the ball. close back and forth action here.

2:15 to go - Butler misses an open jumper, Sparks gets a mismatch on a guard and gets a dunk. Arenas misses a 3, Sparks gets a 3 point play inside!! We lead 104-98.

2:03 to go - Butler with a very impressive layup with Padgett all over him. 104-100.

1:00 to go - Sparks with a big block on Butler!! Wallace with a free throw, then Felton with a 3 point play, we lead 108-100 with a minute left and appear to have sealed things.

We do indeed hold on for the win in the final minute with ease.


Charlotte 110
Washington 103


Felton: 20 points/5 assists
Henderson: 18 points
Mayo: 15 points/4 boards/6 assists
Swanson: 14 points/5 assists
Chandler: 13 points/5 boards
Padgett: 12 points/12 boards
Sparks: 11 points/9 boards
Wallae: 5 points
Lindsey: 2 points


One of the most balanced scoring efforts you'll see. Felton scores 11 in the 4th and ends up leading us in scoring. Mayo hits a few shots and has a 7 point 4th, and Sparks had a few big moments.

Arenas has a great game overall, 38 points/10 assists, but once again is totally outperformed in the 4th quarter. Butler 21 poitns/7 boards, Foye 14 points, Schumacher 10 points/16 boards. Very, very exciting for 3 quarters, then we start the 4th on a 9-0 run and finish it with a 15-7 run in the final 5 minutes.

We lead 2-0 heading to Washington for a couple road games.

[Radii]

First Round Day 3

(1) New Orleans 99, (8 ) Sacramento 83 - NO leads 2-0
--NO: JR Smith 21, Josh Smith 17 points/10 boards
--SAC: Gay 21, Hawes 18 points/13 boards


(3) LA Lakers 103, (6) Portland 97, - Series TIED 1-1
--LAL: Kobe 27, Gasol 24 points/18 boards!!
--POR: Aldridge 23 points/12 boards, Roy 20 points


(1) New Jersey 93, (8 ) Detroit 80 - NJ leads 2-0
--NJ: Harris 19 points/12 boards
--DET: Stuckey 19 points, Faulk 17 points/19 boards!!!



First Round Day 4

(4) Utah 94, (5) Oklahoma City 91, - Series TIED 1-1
--UT: Lopez 33 points/9 boards, Deron Williams 27 points
--OKC: Westbrook 24 points/9 assists, Durant 22 points/10 boards


(2) Denver 116, (7) Memphis 82 - DEN leads 2-0
--DEN: Melo 40 points/9 boards/9 assists
--MEM: TJ Ford 16 points, Hickman 14


(4) Miami 126, (5) Indiana 108 - Series TIED 1-1
--MIA: Wade 30 points/8 boards/9 assists
--IND: Rudy Fernandez 24 points, Granger 23 points


(3) Cleveland 89, (6) Atlanta 77 - CLE leads 2-0
--CLE: Mo Williams 20 points, Gordon 19 points, James 17 points
--ATL: Grady 21 points


Miami/Indiana has had the winner hit 120+ in each of the first two games, heh.

[Radii]

NBA Playoffs First Round Day 5

(3) Charlotte at (6) Washington

Game 3 - Charlotte leads 2-0

CHA:WAS
88:81 OVR
81:84 OFF
90:79 DEF

Butler and Padgett's injury situations have not changed, both are still hurting.

First Quarter

Charlotte 34
Washington 30

Defense? Not here! So yeah, OJ Mayo... 10-14, 4-4 at the line. That's 24 points in teh first quarter. 5 other guys have two heh. Arenas shoots 5-7 and scores 12 points Both teams are getting to the rim way way too easily and making almost everything. combined shooting is over 60%.


Second Quarter

Washington 57
Charlotte 55

Mayo only has 4 this quarter, which still leaves him with a 28 point first half. Sparks gets a few easy buckets and has 10 points/5 boards. Padgett has 6, Wallace 3, no one else has more than 2. Arenas leads the Wizards with 19, MCants has 10 off the bench, Butler 8. There was at least a little defense played here, a 27-21 quarter in favor of the Wizards.


Third Quarter

Washington 94
Charlotte 83

Mayo is up to 34, Sparks 12 points/7 boards, Padgett 8, Henderson and Felton 6 each. Washington just hit everythign this quarter though, putting up a ridiculous 37 points. Arenas has caught mayo and has 31 points/4 boards/6 assists. Butler 21, McCants 14. McCants minutes are going up as Francisco Garcia got hurt in this quarter and is out.


Fourth Quarter

10:00 to go - We cut the lead a bit and trail 96-88.

9:15 to go - Sparks with a good play on defense to force a tough shot, we push and Swanson finds Padgett for a 3 point play. Another miss by Washington and I get Mayo the ball in the corner in transition, a trey is good and its 96-94!

7:15 to go - I need to rest my guys, I've got Felton, Swanson, Henderson, Fisher and Chandler on the floor. Arenas just pulled off a 3 point play over Felton and its 99-96 Washington. I'll likely use a timeout at the 5 minute mark to get all 5 starters back for good.

5:25 to go - Felton and Swanson both hit huge 3's for us and we actually lead 103-102(Henderson went 1-2 at the line for the other point). All 5 starters are now back in the game.

4:15 to go - Arenas hits a 3, Felton gets a dunk after spinning by Arenas, and its 105-105.

Whoa - After burning Arenas for a dunk, arenas comes up limping. Injury list shows him with a twisted ankle/day to day, down to 82 OVR from 93. He gets subbed out.

2:50 to go - Jamison hits a hook for the Wizards, after empty trips on each end we get a fast break and Mayo hits Wallace for a dunk. Butler with a *very* tough turnaround over Wallace for the Wizards... 109-107 Washington.

2:30 to go - Mayo misses a point blank shot and commits a foul going for the rebound. Washington brings Arenas back in.

1:35 to go - Arenas is fouled by Felton, that's 5 on Felton and 5 on Charlotte. He only hits one of two at the line. On the other end I can't get anything going and jsut have Mayo drive and shoot, he is fouled and hits a miracle shot for a 3 point play! 110-110. On the other end we play great D, they try to feed the post but Sparks gets a blocked shot that runs out the shot clock. Our ball, tie game.

1:09 to go - Mayo misses an open 3, Sparks misses a tip. On the other end Arenas finds Schumacher for a layin. 112-110 Washington.

0:52 to go - Same play really, Felton hits Mayo for a wide open 3 and he misses again. This time its a fast break for Washington and a dunk. 114-110 Wizards.

0:20 to go - This time we go in to Padgett who misses a little hook over Butler. We play D instead of fouling(there was still 40+ seconds to go), Arenas misses a contested jumper. On our end we rush a shot by Wallace and he scores. 114-112, but now we have to foul.

0:18 to go - Felton fouls Arenas and fouls out. Swanson is in at PG. Arenas hits the first, and the second. 116-112.

0:14 to go - we get a timeout to advance the ball. Pass in to Swanson, he immediately hits wallace and Wallace goes up, is fouled by Garcia and SCORES! HUGE mistake by Washington. Its 116-115 Wizards after Wallace hits the free throw.

0:13 to go - Swanson fouls Arenas. He hits them both, 118-115. I take my last timeout.


we get Mayo a 3 but its from a bit behind the arc and just off the front rim. Washington rebounds and that's the game.


Washington 120
Charlotte 115


Mayo: 42 points (but just 1-7 from 3)
Wallace: 14 points/5 assists
Sparks: 13 points/8 boards
Padgett: 13 points/8 boards
Felton: 11 points/8 assists
Swanson: 8 points/4 assists
Henderson: 7 points
Fisher: 4 points
Chandler: 3 points/6 boards

Arenas won out at home today over Mayo, he finished with 44 points/6 boards/7 assists. Mayo missed 3 makeable shots in the final 90 seconds that could have won the game for us, where Arenas didn't miss the important ones. Butler scored 23, McCants 14.


We still lead the series 2-1, but would really like to steal a game on the road and end this thing early. We really, really need Padgett back at full strength.

[Radii]

One last note on game 3, Mayo shot 10-14 in that awesome 24 point quarter. He finished the game 18-37, only 8-23 the rest of the way. He still got his points but his effectiveness went to shit and I couldn't get anyone to step up once he cooled off to that degree.

[Radii]

First Round Day 5

(1) New Orleans 96, (8 ) Sacramento 86 - NO leads 3-0
--NO: Paul 22 points/10 assists, JR Smith 20 points
--SAC: Gay 24 points, Evans 18 points


(6) Portland 97, (3) LA Lakers 103 - POR leads 2-1
--LAL: 23 points/5 steals, Bynum 22 points/7 boards
--POR: Roy 39 points/7 boards/10 boardas


(8 ) Detroit 107, (1) New Jersey 101 - NJ leads 2-1
--NJ: Harris 29 points/10 assists, Green 27 points/7 boards
--DET: Duncan 19 points/12 boards, Stuckey 19 points/7 assists



First Round Day 6

(5) Oklahoma City 98, (4) Utah 79 - OKC leads 2-1
--UT: Lopez 19 points/11 boards, Williams 16 points/11 assists
--OKC: Durant 23 points, Reggie Thompson(2011 1.23) 19 points


(2) Denver 134, (7) Memphis 89 - DEN leads 3-0
--DEN: Flynn 35 points/13 assists, Melo 30 points/12 boards, Billups 27 points
--MEM: Yao 19 points/8 boards


(5) Indiana 118, (4) Miami 79 - IND leads 2-1
--MIA: Wade 23 points
--IND: Nowitzki 21 points, Randolph 21 points/11 boards


(6) Atlanta 105, (3) Cleveland 82 - CLE leads 2-1
--CLE: James 25 points/7 boards/6 assists, Gordon 20 points
--ATL: Johnson 33 points/7 assists, Grady 17 points, Griffin 16 points/15 boards

[Radii]

NBA Playoffs First Round Day 7

(3) Charlotte at (6) Washington

Game 4 - Charlotte leads 2-1

CHA:WAS
93:84 OVR
87:88 OFF
95:82 DEF

Butler and Padgett are both healthy now. Arenas is rated 82 OVR, down about 10% with his twisted ankle. I'm quite excited to have Padgett back to full strength and feel we'll get more out of him than Washington will get out of Butler.

First Quarter

Charlotte 28
Washington 18

We dominate the first quarter after a slow start(around the 8 minute mark I believe we led 6-4 before taking off). Padgett gets the ball early and often and comes through with 12 points. Mayo has 9, Swanson 5, Wallace 2. Felton picks up 2 fouls and Swanson gets 6 minutes in the quarter. No one for Washington has more than 4 points. Arenas is 1-4 with 2 points.


Second Quarter

Charlotte 61
Washington 45

We push our lead out to as much as 22 when Arenas sits for a little while, he helps cut it down to 16 before the half though. Mayo has 22 on 10-16 shooting. Padgett 18 points/4 boards, Swanson has 14 points in 11 minutes, he got some time at SG when Mayo needed to rest and then Felton picked up foul #3. Arenas has 12, Richardson 7, Butler 6, Jamison 6. We've had leads like this on the road disappear on us in the past, so I'm hoping to keep the pressure on.


Third Quarter

Charlotte 91
Washington 75

We lead by 20 most of the quarter again, Washington scores the last 6 to make it 16 again, and we just need to hang on for another quarter. "Hang on" when we're scoring 30 a quarter probably isn't right but we know its not necessarily over. Our big 3 today continue to dominate. Padgett 28, Mayo 26, Swanson 20. Felton is next with 8. Arenas 18, Butler 13, Richardson 13.


Fourth Quarter

We finish things easily.


Charlotte 117
Washington 97

Padgett: 33 points/6 boards
Mayo: 28 points/6 boards
Swanson: 27 points
Felton: 8 points/5 assists
Sparks: 5 points/8 boards
Wallace: 4 points
Lindsey: 3 points
Fisher: 3 points
Chandler: 2 points/7 boards
Bibby: 2 points
Henderson: 2 points

My backups played about 7 minutes of the 4th quarter.

Arenas scores 22 on 9-19 shooting, Butler 17, a number of others right around 10. Just no answer at all today. Felton is rated better but Swanson has a way of effortlessly getting to the rim when he's hot that I have rarely dupliated with Felton. If Swanson shows that he may develop well then Felton may be allowed into free agency so i can put that money elsewhere... but that's a conversation for another time, after the playoffs.

Welcome back to full strength Samuel Padgett! We lead 3-1 and get 3 chances to close out the series and advance to round 2 for the first time ever. Hopefully we don't need all three chances though.

[CleBrownsfan]

Padgett is the man! I really enjoy following this kid career.

[Radii]

Its really going to be a shame to lose him this offseason but I assume that's what will happen.

Gamefly delivered Heavy Rain today, I hear its super short but still, this is on hold until I beat it.

[Radii]

First Round Day 7

(8 ) Sacramento 106, (1) New Orleans 102 - OT - NO leads 3-1
--NO: JR Smith 23, Okafor 21 points/10 boards
--SAC: Evans 29 points/8 boards/12 assists


(6) Portland 89, (3) LA Lakers 66 - POR leads 3-1
--LAL: Gasol 18 points/11 boards, Bynum 14 points/15 boards, Kobe 13 points
--POR: Roy 22 points, Aldridge 18 points


(1) New Jersey 110, (8 ) Detroit 103 - NJ leads 3-1
--NJ: Harris 34 points/9 assists, Outlaw 22 points
--DET: Bargnani 28 points, Stuckey 23 points



First Round Day 8

(5) Oklahoma City 101, (4) Utah 88 - OKC leads 3-1
--UT: Lopez 25 points/8 boards
--OKC: Durant 28 points/9 boards, Westbrook 24 points


(2) Denver 113, (7) Memphis 103 - DEN WINS 4-0
--DEN: Flynn 28 points/9 assists, Anthony 25 points, Wilcox 20 points/23 boards
--MEM: Conley 19 points, Yao 16 points/10 boards


(4) Miami 98, (5) Indiana 95 - Series TIED 2-2
--MIA: Wade 31 points/7 boards/10 assists
--IND: Randolph 24 points/11 boards, Fernandez 22 points


(3) Cleveland 86, (6) Atlanta 77 - CLE leads 3-1
--CLE: James 26 points/9 boards/6 assists
--ATL: Griffin 20 points/17 boards




Leo Wilcox with a great 20/20 game for Denver and they pull off the only sweep in round 1. Lots of series look likely to end in 5, including a potential upset of the Lakers in round 1 by Portland. Kobe shot 6-20 in that loss where they scored all of 66 points in game 4.

[Radii]

NBA Playoffs First Round Day 9

(6) Washington at (3) Charlotte

Game 5 - Charlotte leads 3-1

CHA:WAS
93:90 OVR
87:94 OFF
95:90 DEF

Arenas is back to full strength and this is the first game where the starting 5 on both sides are fully healthy. We have the chance to win the first playoff series in Bobcat history at home here today (No pressure!)

First Quarter

Charlotte 35
Washington 20

Yeah there is a pretty strong desire to finish this thing off. Washington's center, Schumacher, picks up 2 fouls early and it weakens their interior even more. Padgett goes 7-8 and scores 16 points in the quarter basically totally unchecked inside. Swanson scores 7 off the bench, Felton 4 and noone else over 3. Arenas scores 11 and does his best to keep up but again the supporting cast is nonexistant. Butler 6, McCants 3, thats all of Washington's scoring.


Second Quarter

Charlotte 58
Washington 41

We're not losing this game. Padgett has 26 points/5 boards. Felton 11, Swanson 11, no one else has more than 3. Arenas 15, Butler 11, Richardson 6 for Washington. I don't seem to be using Mayo that much, he's only 1-4, Swanson has 8 shots, Felton 7, Padgett 13. This isn't really intentional.


Third Quarter

Charlotte 81
Washington 65

Yup, we're not losing this game. Padgett only scores 2 in the third. He has 28 points/7 boards. Felton is the star this quarter he's now up to 23 points and 8 assists. Swanson has 11, Sparks has a double double, 10 points/10 boards. Caron Butler now leads the Wizards with 22, Arenas 20, no one else has more than 7. Mayo is 1-7, Felton and Swanson have been quicker and more aggressive and totally picked up his slack.


Fourth Quarter

10:30 to go - We're not losing this game. But Washington is going to make us earn it. They start the 4th on a 6-0 run and its 81-71.

9:10 to go - 83-76 after a 3 by Washington. Timeout Charlotte. I had 4 backups + padgett in, during the timeout Mayo gets back in.

6:30 to go - Arenas is on fire, he's hitting shots with people draped all over him, 4-8 from 3 on the game now after draining one from way deep. He's up to 30 points, and its 88-81 Charlotte.

4:05 to go - We're trading baskets, but Washington hits a 3 and cuts it to 6. Its 94-88 Charlotte.

3:00 to go - 2 empty trips for each team and we sitll lead 94-88 with 3 minutes left.

2:00 to go - 96-90, Felton with a layup, Butler with a jumper.

1:07 to go - I think we just won the game. We finally stop trading baskets, Padgett with a dunk, Caron Butler with a charge on the toher end, Felton hits a jumper and we get the lead up to 10 points with just over a minute left. Felton and Padgett both have 30+ now.

That'll do it!!

Charlotte 104
Washington 94


Padgett: 34 points/8 boards
Felton: 31 points/10 assists
Swanson: 11 points/3 assists
Sparks: 10 points/13 boards
Mayo: 9 points/5 boards
Fisher: 4 points
Henderson; 3 points
Wallace: 2 points

Washington actually matches our top scorers, Butler and Arenas both score exactly 30 points, but the support isn't there, no one else gets into double figures.

Charlotte advances to the second round of the playoffs for the first time!

[Radii]

First Round Day 9

(1) New Orleans 97, (8 ) Sacramento 91 - NO WINS 4-1
--NO: JR Smith 26, Saramago 21, Paul 20 points/14 assists
--SAC: Martin 24, Evans 19 points/13 boards/7 assists


(6) Portland 88, (3) LA Lakers 86 - POR WINS 4-1
--LAL: Kobe 22, Gasol 17 points/14 boards
--POR: Aldridge 28 points


(1) New Jersey 106, (8 ) Detroit 102 - NJ WINS 4-1
--NJ: Jennings 22, Outlaw 16
--DET: Stuckey 28 points/7 assists, Prince 18 points



First Round Day 10

(4) Utah 122, (5) Oklahoma City 96 - OKC leads 3-2
--UT: Deron Williams 43 points
--OKC: Durant 26 points


(4) Miami 101, (5) Indiana 99 - MIA leads 3-2
--MIA: Wade 39 points/6 boards/4 assists/4 steals/5 blocks
--IND: Nowitzki 24 points/11 boards, Granger 23 points


(3) Cleveland 123, (6) Atlanta 98 - CLE WINS 4-1
--CLE: Mo Williams 31 points, Gordon 26 points
--ATL: Joe Johnson 23 points/8 assists, Marvin Williams 22 points



Only two series still going after 5 games.

[Radii]

First Round Day 12

(5) Oklahoma City 120, (4) Utah 90 - OKC WINS 4-2
--UT: Deron Williams 19 points/10 assists
--OKC: Durant 38 points/10 boards, Westbrook 24 points/11 assists


(5) Indiana 114, (4) Miami 92 - Series TIED 3-3
--MIA: Wade 34 points, Teague 20 points
--IND: Chad O'Connor 22 points, Nowitzki 21 points/9 boards


First Round Day 14

(4) Miami 117, (5) Indiana 110 - Miami WINS 4-3
--MIA: Wade 40 points/5 boards/7 assists, Chalmers 22 points
--IND: Granger 29 points, Randolph 25 points/10 boards



Second Round Matchups

1. New Orleans
5. Oklahoma City

6. Portland
2. Denver


1. New Jersey
4. Miami

2. Cleveland
3. Charlotte



We've done extremely well against Cleveland and match up with them even better than we do against Washington. Lebron might win a game or two for the Cavs but I expect Padgett to put up 30+ every game (unless Mayo just gets super hot) and for us to win this series inside.

[Radii]

Cleveland Scouting

PG Mo Williams - 81 OVR - 17.7 ppg/4.8 apg - B hands/A- outside/B- perimeter D. His ratings aren't that great and he isn't a huge threat to get inside and score.

SG Eric Gordon - 82 OVR - 20.3 ppg - This may end up being the 2nd time Gordon averages over 20. B- hands/A+ outside/B perimeter D, he's a great athlete.

SF Lebron James - 98 OVR - 24.4 ppg/9.1 rpg/7.5 apg - James lowest point total since his rookie year. 29 years old now, based on Kobe's progression I assume he's still got a long time left.

PF Walt Garrison - 73 OVR - 4.8 ppg/10.1 rpg - 2011 1.25 - B+ rebounding/B+ inside, poor defense, part of a very poor inside game for the Cavs.

C Gordon Harris - 65 OVR - 6.7 ppg/5.5 rpg - Undrafted, his 3rd year in the league.


SG Delonte West is rated 75 OVR and scores 5 points/game off the bench.

SF Andrei Kirilenko is rated 69 OVR and scores 4.3 a game.

PF Tom Thompson is rated 67 OVR and scores 2.5 a game.


Lebron has tendinitis in a knee but it only knocks him down to 95 from 98 OVR. The inside game really favors us in such a major way that I don't see how we can possibly lose. Obviously there is the Lebron factor but it doesn't seem as big a deal in the game as it does in the real world. Too many times I've seen him or Kobe not really control the game until the 4th quarter.


On our side, backup guard Jacob Swanson picked up a strained hamstring in practice and is going to be slowed for 2-4 weeks. I don't expect him to have nearly the same impact on this series that he did against Washington.

[Radii]

Second Round Day 1

(1) New Orleans 112, (5) Oklahoma City 81 - NO leads 1-0
--NO: JR Smith 34 points, Paul 20 points/8 boards/11 assists
--OKC: Durant 31 points, Westbrook 19 points/8 assists

(1) New Jersey 96, (4) Miami 73 - NJ leads 1-0
--NJ: Jennings 19, Green 17
--MIA: Wade 20, O'Neal 14 points/8 boards

[Radii]

NBA Playoffs Second Round Day 2

(2) Cleveland at (3) Charlotte

Game 1

CHA:CLE
92:91 OVR
85:94 OFF
94:93 DEF

So yeah, we tied with 50-32 records this year, Cleveland got the 2 seed over us, but we are at home. I am confused!

First Quarter

Charlotte 24
Cleveland 21

Padgett scores 6 and dishes out 3 assists so we run the offense through him pretty well. Felton 5, Mayo 4 but only shooting 1-5 so far. Eric Gordon scores 8 for Cleveland, Lebron only has 2 points with 2 assists, he also shoots 1-5.


Second Quarter

Charlotte 49
Cleveland 49

Clearly a very even game so far, neither team leads by more than 4 the entire quarter. We are doing well inside, Padgett leads us with 14(5 boards/3 blocks too). Sparks has 8 points/8 boards. Mayo 8, Felton 6, a few others with 4. Cleveland has pretty balanced scoring from their top 3, Gordon 12, James 11, Harris 10. Harris is the 66 rated center who keeps finding open looks.


Third Quarter

Charlotte 76
Cleveland 73

We control most of the quarter and build a 10 point lead but Cleveland ends the 3rd strong and gets it back down to 3. Padgett is up to 20 points/7 boards, Mayo has a pretty strong quarter and now has 16. Sparks has 10 points/9 boards, Wallace and Felton have 8 each. Cleveland continues to get pretty balanced scoring from everyone. Gordon 17, Harris 15, James 15 with 7 assists, PF Garrison with 11 points/8 boards.

Each team is shooting exactly 50%, we have a huge edge on the boards, 32-22, and an 8-1 offensive rebound edge which has helped quite a bit.

Fourth Quarter

8:00 to go - We lead 82-77, but have missed a number of easy shots. Mayo made a great steal, outlet to Swanson who missed a dunk, Padgett got blocked going upfor what I thought would be an easy layup, etc.

5:20 to go - We've got an 87-77 lead as we've held Cleveland scoreless for almost 3 minutes.

3:15 to go - There's been some serious defense played here, we have a few blocked shots and steals and so does Cleveland. Cleveland has the ball right now, its 87-79.

2:10 to go - Cleveland gets a quick 5 points with a Padgett miss on our end. Its 87-84 Charlotte, I get a timeout.

1:30 to go - Mayo gets open for a midrange jumper, Lebron with a miss but there's a follow dunk and its 89-86.

0:57 to go - We turn the ball over and Cleveland cuts it to one, but we get a dunk from Mayo to get it back to 3. Its 91-88, Cleveland ball.

0:32 to go - Eric Gordon misses a tough shot inside, on our end Padgett hits a layup to put us up 5, but Lebron quickly gets 2 back, its now our ball up 93-90.

0:08 to go - We can't get a good shot, Sparks ends up taking an awkward 20 footer, Cleveland rebounds and calls a timeout with a shot to tie.

Cleveland misses a 3, we rebound, hit two free throws and ice the win.


Charlotte 95
Cleveland 90


Padgett: 26 points/9 boards/5 assists/4 blocks
Mayo: 22 points/5 assists
Sparks: 10 points/11 boards/4 blocks
Felton: 10 points
Wallace: 8 points/5 boards
Swanson: 7 points
Henderson: 6 points
Chandler: 4 points/5 boards
Fisher: 2 points

Gordon ends up leading Cleveland with 24 points, Harris and Garrison, the bigs end up with 19 and 18, James has 17 points/8 assists.


Sparks had 3 of his 4 blocks in that big defensive stretch in the middle of the 4th quarter. It was really a dominant defensive 4th quarter for Sparks with some help from Padgett. We only scored 19 in the quarter but held the Cavs to 17.

Lebron just wasn't a big factor here, he forced a few shots in the 4th that didn't go in, only scored 2 in the 4th and picked up a couple assists.

[Radii]

Oh I forgot, this play was from the 2nd quarter of game 1 against Cleveland.




I liked this one and stopped immediately to save not because of the dunk but because of the court vision/recognition in breaking off a set play. This is a play that calls for Mayo to get the ball on the wing, Sparks(the center at the free throw line) comes out high and sets a pick and Mayo goes towards the top of the key, around the screen and straight down the middle for a dunk or pullup jumper. This play as soon as Mayo caught the ball it seemed like there was a lot more open space than I was used to seeing, so instead of running the play, I broke it off and took advantage of the huge open lane to the basket, the spin move happened to work really well and allowed for the easy dunk. Whee!


I had another play I planned on uploading during the big defensive stretch in the 4th quarter where Sparks blocked an alley oop attempt, but once I paused it and looked at the replay the animation wasn't smooth at all, it looked like Sparks swung his arm through the rim, etc, and was just ugly, so I didn't save it.

anyway, up 1-0 on Cleveland!

[CU Tiger]

just found this and started following, awesome work so far...

Hope Padgett stays a Cat

[CleBrownsfan]

Grats on getting to the second round and your game one win against the Cavs! Looks like a little bug with you getting home field. Good luck in rest of the playoffs.

Oh - I just started playing some games with your sliders and getting some good games.

[Radii]

Thanks for the kind words both of you FA this offseason will be very interesting for sure, I'd love to keep this team together with Padgett/Sparks/Swanson developing.


Second Round Day 2

(6) Portland 99, (2) Denever 98 - POR leads 1-0
--DEN: Melo 27 points/15 boards, Flynn 17 points
--POR: Roy 35 points/7 boards/8 assists, Aldridge 25 points


Second Round Day 3

(5) Oklahoma City 83, (1) New Orleans 75 - Series Tied 1-1
--NO: JR Smith 15 points, Paul 14 points/10 assists
--OKC: Thompson 25 points, Durant 23 points/7 boards

(4) Miami 102, (1) New Jersey 87 - Series Tied 1-1
--NJ: Outlaw 20 points, Harris 20 points
--MIA: Wade 32 points/6 boards/5 assists



OKC/New Orleans seems the most interesting series to me outside of the one we're in of course. OKC has a title and tons of talent, New Orleans finally got Chris Paul a supporting cast.

[Radii]

NBA Playoffs Second Round Day 4

(2) Cleveland at (3) Charlotte

Game 2 - CHA leads 1-0

CHA:CLE
91:91 OVR
85:94 OFF
94:93 DEF

First Quarter

Cleveland 31
Charlotte 24

Lebron plays his first noteworthy quarter of the series. We lead 21-20 with about 3 minutes left and Cleveland has a big run. Mayo leads us with 7 but its an ugly 7, 2-7 shooting with a few free throws. Felton 5, Padgett 4, no one else more than 2. Padgett is 2-5. Lebron shoots 5-5 for 10 points, 1 assist, 3 steals. Delonte West hits two open 3's and has 8 points, Mo Williams 6.


Second Quarter

Cleveland 55
Charlotte 43

Cleveland extends the lead out even more. Lebron sits at the 8 minute mark with a 42-25 lead, we cut into that but just barely. Lebron plays 18 minutes and scores 13 points in the half. Mo Williams has 11 points/5 assists, West 11 points. On our end Padgett and Mayo have 11 each, combining for 9-22 from the floor(5/11 and 4/11). Felton has 9, Henderson/Sparks 4. We aren't stopping them and that's the obvious huge problem. Cleveland is shooting 57% and we're at 43% from the floor.


Third Quarter

Cleveland 82
Charlotte 68

Lebron with another strong quarter. We get Padgett and Mayo both heated up a bit during teh quarter but also end up with Felton, Swanson and Wallace all cold, just no help from the supporting cast. Mayo 22, Padgett 21 points/7 boards, Felton 11, no one else over 4... Lebron has 23 points for the Cavs, Mo Williams 16, Harris 15, West 11, Garrison 9 lots of help from the supporting cast. Cleveland is a super annoying 7/13 from 3. We're 1/10 from behind the arc. We need a huge 4th quarter run, its not impossible with the talent we have, but the first 3 quarters have all been clearly in Cleveland's favor.


Fourth Quarter

We start with Felton/Swanson/Henderson/Padgett/Sparks.

9:00 to go - 87-72, not looking good. Chandler in for Sparks.

8:30 to go - Hello! Henderson with an open 3, Padgett with a 3 point play, its 87-78. Felton/Mayo/Wallace/Padgett/Chandler right now, Padgett needs to sit too but he was at the line.

6:00 to go - 91-82. James is getting a short rest for Cleveland.

4:15 to go - 93-84, we need another big run, and soon. Starters are all back in for both teams.

3:00 to go - 96-85, a 3 for Cleveland, 1 for 2 at the line for Sparks. Not looking good, we need to get a few stops in a row here.

2:05 to go - 96-87, but damn. We get a stop and a wallace layup, then a steal near the 3 point line, Felton finds Wallace, but Lebron James draws the charge... could have had it down to 7.

1:25 to go - We get another stop, Mayo rushes a 3 on our end that's no good, Cleveland comes back with a 3 on their end and its 99-87 and pretty much over.

Yep, that was it.

Cleveland 101
Charlotte 91

Mayo: 28 points
Padgett: 28 points/11 boards
Felton: 11 points/3 assists
Henderson: 7 points
Wallace: 6 points/4 boards
Sparks: 5 points/10 boards/2 blocks
Chandler: 4 points/7 boards
Swanson: 2 points


Lebron ends up with 23 points/8 boards/4 assists/5 steals. Harris adds 20 points/9 boards, Mo Williams 19, Garrison 16 points/10 boards. Cleveland is getting way more production inside than seems reasonable, a lot of that comes from Lebron breaking down the defense and creating chaos even if he doesn't end up with an assist.

Cleveland ties it up at 1 heading back to their home court.



Today's Highlight:




Lebron is posting up Gerald Henderson, that seems like a bad thing so Padgett comes over to double team, Lebron finds the open man but Padgett gets back and gets a nice stuff.

[Radii]

Second Round Day 4

(2) Denever 98, (6) Portland 84 - Series Tied 1-1
--DEN: Anthony 30 points/8 boards, Flynn 26 points
--POR: Aldridge 21 points, Roy 20 points/7 boards/7 assists


Second Round Day 5

(1) New Orleans 92, (5) Oklahoma City 83 - NO leads 2-1
--NO: JR Smith 22 points, Paul 20 points/7 boards/5 assists
--OKC: Westbrook 19 points/8 boards/9 assists, Durant 16 points

(4) Miami 87, (1) New Jersey 73 - MIA leads 2-1
--NJ: Green 19 points, Outlaw 18 points, Harris 17 points
--MIA: Wade 22 points/10 assists, Teague 16 points

[Radii]

I'm tied up 55-55 with Cleveland in game 3 but getting tired, god bless being able to save games in progress and continue later.

Lebron pulled off two plays in the first quarter that I've not ever seen before in the game, I had to save them both:









In the first replay I was controlling the center and went up for the block. The replays are a little grainy unfortunately, when Lebron hits the baseline he actually holds the ball out with one hand, I reacted to that and then he goes under the basket for the reverse, it was a thing of beauty.


The second one looks like a custom Lebron animation, awesome elevation and the way he pulls the ball back before finishing the huge dunk over my transition defense makes it unique. Gerald Wallace has pulled off some very athletic dunks for me but nothing close to that.

[Radii]

NBA Playoffs Second Round Day 6

(3) Charlotte at (2) Cleveland

Game 3 - Series Tied 1-1

CHA:CLE
91:91 OVR
85:94 OFF
94:93 DEF

First Quarter

Cleveland 21
Charlotte 18

I have two Lebron replays saved here, for the first time I've seen him pull a few moves that I've never seen in game before. Lebron has 10 points/3 boards/2 assists. Garrison 4, Gordon 4, Telfair 3 off the bench and that's it for Cleveland. I have 6 from Mayo, 4 from Swanson, and 2 from a few others.

Mayo and Felton both have 2 fouls. Cleveland led 19-12 at one point before we got a couple easy baskets.


Second Quarter

Charlotte 55
Cleveland 52

Totally opposite of the first quarter, we score 37, Cleveland 31 in an insane, fast paced high scoring quarter. Jacob Swanson plays most of the quarter, giving Mayo a rest early and Felton late. He catches fire, hitting a 3 in transition on the first play of the quarter and he's just on a roll form there. He's now 8-11, scoring our last 8 points in a row, he now has 21 to lead all scorers. Mayo 11, Padgett 8, Felton 6, Henderson 5. Lebron is the player of the quarter, 16 points/4 boards/6 assists. Gordon 10, Garrison 8, Mo Williams 5.

Both teams are shooting nearly 60%, just no defense.


Third Quarter

Charlotte 81
Cleveland 71


With 4 1/2 minutes to go in the 3rd its a close, back and forth quarter, with Cleveland leadin 67-65. Over the next 3 1/2 minutes we score 14 straight, scoring pretty much every time we touch the ball and watching Cleveland turn it over a few times, miss wide open shots, even a missed dunk that we wren't contesting at all. Lebron hits a free throw and Gordon a trey in the final minute to make it a 10 point game.

Swanson doesn't score this quarter so he's still got 21. Padgett has 18, Mayo 17, Padgett was hot for a decent part of the quarter. Felton 10, no one else more than 5. Lebron only scores 3 in the 3rd, he's got 19 points now. Gordon 15, Williams 14.


Fourth Quarter

9:00 to go - Padgett and Sparks have all of our points inside so far. Its 87-75. Mayo and Lebron both sat the first couple minutes, but both are in now.

6:00 to go - We've led by as much as 13 but right now its 9, 90-81, Mayo scored on a 3 point play for our only points of the last 3 minutes.

4:25 to go - 92-85, this is the closest its been.

3:30 to go - 94-85, Felton with a charge, Mo Williams misses a jumper, we get one from Mayo on our end, i thought it was a 3 but nope, on the line.

2:15 to go - 96-87, Cleveland had cut it to 7 and had a chance to cut it to 5, but Padgett blocks a shot by Lebron, Chandler blocks a second attempt by Gordon, we recover and get Padgett a bucket in the post to push it back up to 9, that seems like a very key possession.

1:30 to go - 96-91, now its down to 5 as Lebron drives and dishes to Williams for an easy layin. We get a timeout and get all our starters in(we had 4 starters + Chandler the last few minutes, Sparks is back in).

1:12 to go - 98-91, we get it to Padgett who works for a good shot in the post.

0:40 to go - 98-93 now, a couple emptry trips before a Cleveland jumper.

0:20 to go - 100-93, that should do it, Sparks hits a shot inside.


Cleveland hits a meaningless 3 at the buzzer to make it look a little closer than it was in the final minutes.

Charlotte 101
Cleveland 98


Padgett: 26 points/3 boards
Mayo: 22 points/4 boards/2 steals
Swanson: 21 points
Felton: 11 points/7 assists
Sparks: 8 points/9 boards
Henderson: 5 points
Fisher: 4 points/5 boards
Wallace: 2 points
Chandler: 2 points

Lebron again plays his best early, his numbers are very good, 23 points/7 boards/10 assists, 6 points/4 assists in the 4th quarter. Eric Gordon scores 20, Mo Williams 14 with 8 assists.

We use a huge run in the 3rd quarter to open up a 10 point lead and are able to hold on to that the rest of the way.

2-1 Charlotte!

[Radii]

Second Round Day 6

(6) Portland 84, (2) Denever 98 - POR leads 2-1
--DEN: Flynn 26 points, Anthony 15 points/10 assists
--POR: Roy 35 points/10assists, Tyrus Thomas 32 points/13 boards


Second Round Day 7

(1) New Orleans 88, (5) Oklahoma City 82 - NO leads 3-1
--NO: Josh Smith 22, Paul 21
--OKC: Thompson 22, Durant 15, Westbrook 14

(4) Miami 99, (1) New Jersey 78 - MIA leads 3-1
--NJ: Jennings 19 points, Harris 10
--MIA: Wade 26 points/6 boards/4 assists/6 steals/2 blocks




I don't want to jump the gun and assume that we're going to win our series... but if we do, I believe we would crush Miami.

[Radii]

NBA Playoffs Second Round Day 8

(3) Charlotte at (2) Cleveland

Game 4 - Charlotte leads 2-1

CHA:CLE
91:91 OVR
85:94 OFF
94:93 DEF

First Quarter

charlotte 32
Cleveland 18

Its pretty close with about 4 minutes left when we go on a tear. Mayo hits a 3 and a couple open shots late, Swanson hits a 3 and has a nice drive, we score the last 11 points of the quarter. Swanson 7, Mayo 7, Felton 6, sparks 4, Padgett 4, Walllace 2 so far. Lebron is 2-7 from the floor, 4 points/3 boards/3 assists. Mo Williams leads them with 6.


Second Quarter

Charlotte 56
Cleveland 48

We start the 2nd on an 8-2 run and lead 40-20 before Cleveland rolls off 15 straight and its reasonably close the rest of the quarter. Mayo leads us with 12, Sparks has a solid quarter and has 11 now. Felton 9, Swanson 7, Padgett 6. Mo Williams is completely carrying the Cavs with 17 points including 3-4 from 3. Harris 8, Lebron 7 points/4 boards/5 assists but shooting terribly.


Third Quarter

Charlotte 86
Cleveland 76

Lebron goes off this quarter for 16 points, he's now got 23 points/4 boards/6 assists/2 steals. But at one point in the quarter Felton and Mayo were hot and Padgett was heating up all at the same time. That cancelled out Lebron's tear pretty well. Mayo 22, Felton 18, Sparks 14, Padgett 10. Lebron 23, Mo Williams 17, Harris 12, Gordon 8. We're 12 minutes away from a 3-1 series lead if we can hold on to this lead.


Fourth Quarter

8:30 to go - Yeah, we've got this. Swanson has made a couple great plays, one that I've saved and uploaded, and we have run out to a 99-80 lead and this is hopefully over.

No need to update any more, I get some backups in, let Swanson play most of the 4th since he made some great plays early in the quarter. Cleveland eventually cuts the lead down to 10 but by then there's just about 1:10 left. A late 3 makes it 7 but we were completely in control all quarter.


Charlotte 113
Cleveland 106


Mayo: 28 points/4 assists
Swanson: 20 points/5 assists
Felton: 18 points/5 assists
Padgett: 16 points/11 boards
Sparks: 14 points/5 boards
Wallace: 6 points/7 boards/5 assists
Henderson: 6 points
Chandler: 5 points/5 boards


Lebron puts up great numbers, 33 points/6 boards/8 assists. Mo Williams scores 28 and has 5 asists. No one else really contributes at all.

We easily roll to a 3-1 series lead, heading back to Charlotte!

I'd uploaded a Swanson bucket that I liked a lot but 2ksports seems to be having issues. Swanson can just do some things with the ball that Felton cannot. Felton may be better overall but I think I personally play better with Swanson. The frequency with which I get 15+ points out of Swanson compared to Felton speaks to that. Anyway, we're looking really good to advance to the conference finals, we just need to put it away now.

[CleBrownsfan]

Man - your Bobcats are on a roll. How is guarding LeBron? I've always played with the Cavs so I never had to try to contain him.

[Radii]

Originally Posted by CleBrownsfan

Man - your Bobcats are on a roll. How is guarding LeBron? I've always played with the Cavs so I never had to try to contain him.

Hm, that last patch really, really helped but I've still only had the feeling that I'm playing against the best player in the league for very very small stretches. Its asking a lot for the CPU to be able to model a 'one of the best ever' superstars without making him ridiculously overpowered I suppose. It seems like he has one quarter every game where he takes over for a period and is going to have a 10-15 point quarter, and Cleveland will go to him late in the 4th quarter with some pretty good consistency, but he disappears for stretches in the 2nd and 3rd quarter that would never happen in a playoff game in the real world. He can certainly burn Wallace or Henderson pretty much any time he gets the ball on the wing, but we do a pretty good job of helping out and not giving up too many easy dunks.

I'm being nitpicky here, Lebron is getting good numbers every game and gets a number of easy buckets but the feel of "this is the best player in the NBA and he isn't going to let his team lose" isn't quite there yet.

[Radii]

Second Round Day 8

(6) Portland 109, (2) Denever 85 - POR leads 3-1
--DEN: Flynn 21 points, Anthony 17 points
--POR: Roy 25 points/10 assists, Aldridge 21 points


Second Round Day 9

(1) New Orleans 81, (5) Oklahoma City 77 - NO WINS 4-1
--NO: Josh Smith 27 points/8 boards, Paul 17 points/9 assists
--OKC: Durant 23 points/7 boards, WEstbrook 18 points

(1) New Jersey 86, (4) Miami 72 - MIA leads 3-2
--NJ: Green 19 points/9 boards, Jennings 16 points
--MIA: Wade 29 points



Oklahoma City doesn't put up as big a fight as I'd hoped they would, the Hornets are the first team to advance, while New Jersey isn't quite dead yet.

[Radii]

Oh, the video i uploaded for game 4 finally showed up correctly:




That's my rookie PG, Swanson. That kind of smooth, controlled play near the basket/in traffic is something I seem to be able to get with Swanson way way easier than I can with Felton, and is one of the reasons I'm considering letting Felton go this offseason if Swanson's development gives me any reason at all to believe he has a higher ceiling than Felton.

[Radii]

NBA Playoffs Second Round Day 10

(2) Cleveland at (3) Charlotte

Game 5 - Charlotte leads 3-1

CHA:CLE
91:91 OVR
85:94 OFF
94:93 DEF

Elimination game for Cleveland, we try to put them away at home!

First Quarter

Charlotte 27
Cleveland 18

At one point midway through the quarter Cleveland was shooting 25% before Lebron got a couple buckets in a row. Their PF, Garrison, has 7 points/4 boards, James has 4 points/2 assists only. Padgett has a monster quarter for Charlotte, he's shooting 6-8 and has 13 points and 6 boards. Mayo 7 points/3 assists, Felton 4, Swanson 3.


Second Quarter

Charlotte 53
Cleveland 36

Cleveland is shooting 36%, our defense is playing great. Our two stars are really carrying us into the Conference Finals here. Mayo has 20 points/4 boards/3 assists, Padgett has 19 points/6 boards. Swanson 5, Felton 4, Henderson 3, Sparks 2. Lebron is shooting 3-11 and only has 6 points. Gordon 12, Garrison 9 for Cleveland. Looking good!


Third Quarter

Charlotte 67
Cleveland 63

Really? Wow. Cleveland scores the first 9 points of the quarter and gets the lead under 10, they slowly work the lead down the rest of the way, getting it as close as 3 and only trailling by 4 now. That was a 27-14 3rd quarter. Padgett 24, Mayo 24, no one else more than 5. Swanson is 2-8, Felton is 2-9. Gordon still leads leveland with 18, Garrison 15, but Lebron did wake up a little and he now has 14 points/6 boards/5 assists. We are shooting 45% on the game, Cleveland 40%.


Fourth Quarter

We open the quarter with Swanson/Henderson/Wallace/Padgett/Sparks

8:50 to go - Cleveland scored first but then we rattle off 10 straight, its 77-65. Mayo and Lebron are both still sitting.

7:40 to go - 4 straight for Cleveland and I take a timeout to get some rest for the bigs. Felton/Mayo/Henderson/Fisher/Chandler on the floor now. Lebron came back in after a foul about a minute ago. 77-69.

6:00 to go - James has the last 4 for Cleveland, Mayo the last 4 for Charlotte, its 83-73.

5:00 to go - Starters back in for both teams, and we've pretty much ended it,Mayo a 3, Padgett a hook shot, 88-73.

We do indeed coast from there!

Charlotte 101
Cleveland 87


Mayo: 35 points/6 boards/5 assists
Padgett: 28 points/10 boards
Swanson: 11 points/8 assists
Henderson: 7 points
Sparks: 6 points/8 boards
Wallace: 6 points
Felton: 4 points/6 boards/6 assists
Chandler: 4 points/5 boards


Lebron with a solid 4th quarter to finish with 24 points/7 boards/7 assists. Eric Gordon 22 points, Garrison 17 points/10 boards.


Mayo and Padgett put on a hell of a show today to advance us past the Cavs to the Conference Finals!

[RealDeal]

You have to resign Padgett. Do what it takes!

[Radii]

Second Round Day 10

(6) Portland 111, (2) Denever 92 - POR WINS 4-1
--DEN: Melo 39 points/10 boards
--POR: Roy 37 points/5 boards/9 assists, Aldridge 25 points


Second Round Day 11

(4) Miami 99, (1) New Jersey 98 - MIA WINS 4-2
--NJ: Harris 21 points/9 assists
--MIA: Wade 30 points/7 assists, Teague 23 points




Conference Finals

1. New Orleans
6. Portland

4. Miami
3. Charlotte



Portland has crushed the Lakers and Denver. I would think that New Orleans and Charlotte are pretty heavily favored to meet in the finals now, but who knows with Portland.

Miami however... I really expect a sweep. Seems like we're catching every team without a post game in the playoffs, Padgett should go nuts again.

[Radii]

Originally Posted by RealDeal

You have to resign Padgett. Do what it takes!

hah yeah, he'll get a huge offer for sure.

[Radii]

Miami Scouting

PG Mario Chamlers - 79 OVR - 10.4 ppg/5.8 apg - B+ hands/A outside/A- perimeter D, not exactly what you want from your second best player, but when your best player is Wade I guess its good enough for the playoffs.

SG Dwayne Wade - 97 OVR - 26.4 ppg/7.8 apg - 53% shooting this year, a career high. A+ hands/A- inside/A outside/A- defense, one of the top 4 stars in the league.

SF Benjamin Sloan - 79 OVR - 10.5 ppg/6.4 rpg - Just 22 years old, 1.3 in the 2011 draft. B- inside/B- perimeter D. He's pretty good athlete to try to make up for the average'ish ratings(a lot like Wallace and some other mid-level SF's I've seen).

PF Troy Murphy - 70 OVR - 6.2 ppg/8.0 rpg - Murphy is unhappy at 27 minutes/game. B+ rebounding, terrible D, not a good scorer.

C Jermaine O'Neal - 74 OVR - 9.2 ppg/7.6 rpg - B- rebounding/B+ inside/B defense. O'Neal is 35 years old and tiring quickly.


Jeff Teague is rated 75 OVR and averages 14.6 ppg in 25 minutes off the bench.

SG Randolph Edwin is rated 74 OVR and averages 6 per game.


Basically what it comes down to is that CPU Wade probably can't win a game by himself and we have too much depth and two big scorers. Padgett could score 30/game this series.

[Radii]

Conference Finals Day 1

(1) New Orleans 119, (6) Portland 112, OT - POR leads 1-0
--NO: Paul 36 points/8 assists, Saramago 20
--POR: Roy 28, Thomas 22, Aldridge 21

[CleBrownsfan]

GOOD LUCK!

[Radii]

NBA Playoffs Conference Finals Day 2

(4) Miami at (3) Charlotte

Game 1

CHA:MIA
91:81 OVR
85:84 OFF
94:80 DEF

Watch me lose this one after proclaiming that I expect a sweep here.

First Quarter

Miami 25
Charlotte 23

Miami hits everything for the first 8 minutes it seems. Sloan is on fire and scores 12, Wade scores 7, a few others with 2. Mayo goes 6-8 and has 12 points too, Padgett 8, Felton 3 for all of our points.


Second Quarter

Miami 40
Charlotte 40

Swanson hits a jumper at the buzzer to tie it up. We score all of 17 points this quarter but hold Miami to 15. Sloan has 14, Wade 10 for Miami. No one else has more than 4. Mayo 14, Padgett 12, Felton 7, no one else more than 3. Midway through the first quarter both teams were shooting above 65%, but now we're both under 50%.


Third Quarter

Miami 68
Charlotte 64

Wade showed me something this quarter that I've never seen from any of the superstars in the league, including Lebron. Wade scored 11 of the first 13 points of the quarter for Miami. Lebron had a 17 point quarter in the last series but it wasn't the same kind of explosiveness over a short period of time. Over that same stretch Mayo scored 7 for us. Wade has 23, Sloan 21, Teague 8. Sloan is shooting 10-16 and is the big beneficiary of Wade's 6 assists. Mayo 23, Padgett 18, Felton 10 on our side.

We're in a much, much tougher battle than I expected obviously. Hopefully we can have a great 4th like we did in most of our games vs Cleveland.

Fourth Quarter

Felton/swanson/Henderson/Padgett/Chandler are on the court now.

9:30 to go - Starting 5 are back in on both sides, Wade was sitting too. Miami leads 70-69, Felton just hit a nice 3 point play.

7:40 to go - down 72-71, Swanson/Mayo/Wallace/Fisher/Sparks, gotta get these guys a little rest to finish the game off.

6:00 to go - Felton/Swanson/Wallace/Padgett/sparks, backup guard Edwin for Miami drains a 3 and helps push their lead back to 4, its 79-75.

4:50 to go - Padgett and Wallace score and we get a couple nice stops to tie the game back up at 79.

4:00 to go - 82-81 miami, Teague hits a 3, Padgett a jumper for us. All starters are back in as we get a timeout.

2:40 to go - Its still 82-81 Miami Sparks misses an easy shot, Felton a runner in the lane, but Miami isn't scoring either...

1:50 to go - Sloan with a 10 footer for Miami, Wallace with 2 free throws, its 84-83 miami, miami ball. Sparks misses another point blank shot, this one a 5 footer with no one in front of him. I don't think he'll be touching the ball on offense the rest of the way.

1:05 to go - O'Neal with a tough 15 foot turnaround for Miami, Padgett misses a tough shot on our end, and Miami has the ball up 3, 86-83.

0:50 to go - Wade with a midrange jumper, Mayo with a dunk, 88-85 Miami.

0:40 to go - Wade takes it himself and draws a foul on Wallace, both free throws are good, 90-85.

0:31 to go - Felton draws a foul, but ony hits one free throw... 90-86.


We foul, they hit two free throws, and we fail to score on our next trip... that'll do it.


Miami 93
Charlotte 86


Wade didn't really do much in the 4th, but Miami was pretty smart with their lineup, running Teague/Chalmers/Wade/Sloan/O'Neal in the 4th instead of having Troy Murphy out there. I just wasn't able to get Padgett to abuse the matchup. If we have another close game I'll have to work Padgett a lot more.

Mayo: 27 points
Padgett: 22 points
Felton: 14 points
Wallace: 11 points
Chandler: 6 points/7 boards
Swanson: 4 points/4 assists
Sparks: 2 points/13 boards


For Miami, Wade scores 29 points and dishes out 8 assists, Sloan scores 24, Teague 13. Wade was a lot better this game than when i faced him in the regular season, and Sloan was a *much* better compliment than I expected. I still think we'll win the series but definitely an eye opener. Miami up 1-0!

[Radii]

Oh yeah, this was Wade during his stretch where he scored 11 of 13 points for Miami at the start of the 3rd quarter, blows by Mayo and scores while falling down against 3 Bobcats:

[Radii]

Western Conference Finals Game 2

(1) New Orleans 83, (6) Portland 82 - NO leads 2-0
--NO: Paul 16 points/8 boards/12 assists, Josh Smith 15 points
--POR: Roy 28 points

[Radii]

Eastern Conference Finals Game 2

(4) Miami at (3) Charlotte

Miami leads 1-0

CHA:MIA
93:82 OVR
87:84 OFF
95:81 DEF

We clearly cannot afford to go to Miami down 2-0.

First Quarter

Miami 30
Charlotte 29

Miami is just getting *way* more support for Wade than I thought they were capable of. sloan scores 11, Chalmers has 9 points/4 assists and Wade has 7. Mayo leads us with 10, Sparks 5, Padgett 4, Felton 4, Swanson 4. We're 0-5 from 3, Miami is 3-3.


Second Quarter

Charlotte 56
Miami 54

It looks like we're in for another battle to the end here. Sloan 11, Chalmers 9, O'Neal 8, Wade 8, Edwin 7, very balaned scoring for Miami, they are really impressing me here. Mayo leads us with 18, Padgett 10, Swanson 7, Sparks 7, a few others with 4 and 2. We go 2-4 from 3 this quarter, Swanson hits the open 3's as good as anyone, he got one of those.


Third Quarter

Miami 79
Charlotte 75

Its back and forth, literally, 1 point leads for each team with tons of lead changes... our guys tire out and Miami gets a small lead after we sit everyone. Miami still has great balance, Sloan 15, Wade 14, Chalmers 12, O'Neal 10. Mayo leads us with 22(just 4 in the 3rd though), Padgett 16, Sparks 9 points/7 boards, Swanson and Chandler have 7 each. Padgett is only shooting 6-14, but he does have 4 blocks.


Fourth Quarter

We open the 4th with Bibby, Mayo, Henderson, Padgett, and Chandler. I'll get Swanson in for Bibby at the first break.

9:40 to go - We are in some trouble here, 87-79 Miami... they've hit a couple 3's, Swanson has missed a couple in close, this is bad.

8:55 to go - There we go, Swanson 4 straight, good stop on the other end, Miami takes a timeout leading 87-83. Starters are all in.

7:05 to go - Felton with a great double clutch 3 point play inside, drawing a foul on Sloan to tie it up at 90. fisher is in for Padgett.

6:00 to go - Mayo hits a big 3 and we take the lead, 95-93. According to the little stat line at the bottom we're on a 16-6 run over the last 5 minutes.

5:30 to go - 97-93 after two free throws for Mayo. Felton/Swanson/Wallace/Padgett/Sparks, Mayo needs a little break to get to the end with energy. Felton/Wallace/Sparks are going to be gassed and probably won't be on the court at the end.

3:40 to go - We lead 99-97, Padgett missed two tough shots on our last two trips. Starters are all back in, I get a timeout. Miami goes to their small lineup, Teague/Chalmers/Wade/Sloan/O'Neal.

2:45 to go - Sparks with a great steal, stepping in the passing lane and piking off a Wade to O'Neal pass, outlet to Mayo, feed to Wallace for a dunk! We're up 103-97.

1:35 to go - We lead 105-101, its our ball, I call a timeout. Mayo has had a great quarter(13 in the 4th/35 total) and is really carrying us here.

1:08 to go - Taht should do it! Mayo with a midrange jumper, Sparks blocks a Wade drive, Mayo feeds Felton for a layup, its 109-101!!

0:37 to go - sloan with a quick bucket for Miami, Mayo misses a turnaround on our end, Chalmers with a 3 for Miami, and all of a sudden its 109-106.

0:13 to go - Mayo gets it to Padgett in the post, Padgett back out to Mayo for a 22 foot jumper, 111-106.

0:04 to go - I double Wade which leaves chalmers open for another 3, 111-109.



NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Well this is embarrassing.

You don't usually get mental mistakes deciding computer games, holy shit. So I play these games with the sound off listening to podcasts. After the Chalmers 3 I inbounds it to Mayo, he gets fouled. There's usually a 5-10 second delay before the free throw attempts, so I put the controller down and type out that last update about Chalmers hitting a 3. I didn't realize that Miami hadn't committed 5 fouls in the quarter yet, so as I'm typing with the controller in my lap we are supposed to be inbounding the ball. I look up and see "Five Second Violation."

Miami inbounds to Wade, he hits Chalmers cutting towards the basket, Chalmers is hit by Mayo but still gets his shot to go. He hits the free throw, and there's only 0.6 seconds left. Mayo misses a shot at the buzzer. This is the video game version of the Chris Webber timeout.

Miami 112
Charlotte 111

Mayo: 39 points
Padgett: 18 points/7 boards/5 blocks
Sparks: 11 points/11 boards
Swanson: 11 points/4 assists
Wallace: 10 points
Felton: 9 points/7 assists
Chandler: 7 points
Henderson: 4 points
Fisher: 2 points


Chalmers comes up huge, 22 poits/4 boards/6 assists, he shoots 4-5 from 3. Wade has 21 points/6 boards/8 assists. Sloan 21 points. The horrible ending notwithstanding, I'm really, really impressed with Miami, I really expected them to be Wade and nothing else.

Welp, we're down 2-0, time to go steal 2 in Miami.

[Ironhead]

Holy shit.

[Radii]

Originally Posted by Ironhead

Holy shit.

Its so ridiculous that it must sound manufactured for some reason, but nope, I'm a complete dumbass sometimes

[Radii]

Western Conference Finals Game 3

(1) New Orleans 99, (6) Portland 67 - NO leads 3-0
--NO: Josh Smith 21, JR Smith 19, Saramago 14, Paul 13 points/14 assists
--POR: Roy 18 points



New Orleans heading towards a sweep... now to make sure Miami can't sweep us

[Radii]

Eastern Conference Finals Game 3

(3) Charlotte at (4) Miami

Miami leads 2-0

CHA:MIA
93:82 OVR
87:85 OFF
95:80 DEF

I pretty much need to get another game in ASAP to erase the horrid feeling from losing game 2 like i did.

First Quarter

Miami 28
Charlotte 27

Its Wade and Mayo here today. Wade scores 11 and dishes 2 assists. Chalmers gets 2 fouls very early and they rotate around a lot as a result. Teague has 4. Mayo scores 15 for us. Padgett 5, Felton 4, Sparks 3.


Second Quarter

Miami 59
Charlotte 57

Wade with an unbelievable 3 point play scoring through a doubleteam with 0.6 seconds left in the half. Wade and Mayo are having an epic battle here:

Wade: 24 points/1 board/5 assists/1 steal
Mayo: 28 points/1 board/1 assist

Padgett 9, Sparks, Felton and Henderson all have 5. backups Edwin and Cooper have 7 for miami. Chalmers has played all of 4 minutes and has 3 fouls.


Third Quarter

Charlotte 87
Miami 86

Miami scores the first 7 of the quarter and goes up 66-57 before we get going. We go on a major tear from there and tie it up around 72. We actually go up by as much as 5. Wade now has 33 points and 10 assists, just a monster performance from him. Teague 10, Sloan 8, Cooper/Edwin 7. Mayo has 30 with 2 assists for us, Padgett had a strong 3rd quarter and has 18 points/6 boards now, and Wallace has picked it up with 14 points. Sparks 9 points/6 boards, Felton 9.

As you can probably guess there hasn't been a whole lot of defense here. Both teams are shooting 60% heh.

Fourth Quarter

We open the quarter with Felton/Mayo/Wallace/Padgett/Chandler.

9:00 to go - We start off the quarter very strong, 98-90 lead.

6:45 to go - 103-93, this is way more like it.

4:30 to go - 109-97, Mayo just got his 40th point.

We lead by 12 with a minute left, Miami scores a few at the end as I'm just running out the clock but its a very easy win for us.

Charlotte 116
Miami 109

Mayo: 45 points
Padgett: 20 points/8 boards
Wallace: 17 points
Felton: 12 points/8 assists
Sparks: 10 points/8 boards
Henderson: 5 points
Fisher: 4 points
Chandler: 2 points
Swanson: 1 point


Wade has a great game, 41 points/13 assists on 18-27 shooting. Teague 15, Sloan 14, Edwin 11. Wade's great game just happened to come when Mayo was just as strong.


Miami leads 2-1, we're on our way bak!

[Radii]

Western Conference Finals Game 4

(1) New Orleans 89, (6) Portland 65 - NO leads 4-0
--NO: Paul 28 points, JR Smith 14, Josh Smith 13
--POR: Roy 13 points


Portland per quarter in this one: 19/12/16/18


New Orleans now gets to rest up to await Miami or Charlotte.

[Radii]

Eastern Conference Finals Game 4

(3) Charlotte at (4) Miami

Miami leads 2-1

CHA:MIA
93:82 OVR
87:85 OFF
95:80 DEF

Time to even the series back up!

First Quarter

Charlotte 31
Miami 23

Padgett 12, Felton 10, Mayo 7, Sparks 2, that's all our points. Felton hits a 3 and gets to the rim really well this quarter. Wade has 7 points/4 assists for the Heat, no one else over 4.


Second Quarter

Charlotte 55
Miami 46

We pull ahead by 13 or 14 but it ends up a pretty even 2nd quarter. Padgett 17, Felton 16 points/5 assists, Mayo 9, Swanson 7, Sparks 6 points/6 boards. I love when I get a game like this from Felton (or anyone not Mayo/Padgett). Wade has 11 points/5 assists at the half, Sloan 9, O'Neal 8. I'm worried about Wade waking up and taking over with only 11 points.


Third Quarter

Charlotte 79
Miami 68

We're rolling right along keeping our lead around 10 points. I keep it going with Felton, he's leading everyone with 28 points and 5 assists. Towards the end of the quarter I had Felton and 4 backups, Swanson was cold and Felton was really the only scoring option, and he was able to take advantage. Padgett 19, Mayo 13. We're making Wade pass, he's doing it a lot, but he's not scoring enough, 13 points/11 assists for Wade. 16 for Chalmers, Sloan 13.


Fourth Quarter

7:50 to go - Slow start for both teams, but Wade just hit a three and its 81-75 all of a sudden.

5:50 to go - Defenses are stepping up big this quarter, its now 83-77. Halfway through the quarter Miami has 9, we have 4.

4:00 to go - epic inability to score here. Sparks just hit two free throws to make it 85-77. 8 minutes into the quarter and its 9-6 miami.

3:45 to go - Miami scores, first points in two minutes, and its 85-79. I get a timeout and get my starters in(we've been rotating people).

2:30 to go - A wade 3 point play keeps them in it, its 90-85. Felton is up over 30 points now.

1:30 to go - Stops on each end before Wallace hits a short runner to put us up 92-85.

1:00 to go - Miami scores, Wallace makes a really bad crosscourt pass that Chalmers intercepts and turns into a layup, its 92-89.

0:48 to go - Wallace with a dunk, 94-89.


Miami shoots quickly and misses a 3, we run the shot clock down but Felton misses a 3. Miami rebounds and shoots quickly again, they miss, Sparks with a board and a free throw in the final 10 seconds. Chalmers hits a meaningless jumper to give us our final score.


Charlotte 95
Miami 91


Felton: 32 points/7 assists
Padgett: 22 points/6 boards
Mayo: 15 points
Sparks: 11 points/15 boards
Swanson: 9 points
Wallace: 4 points/7 boards
Henderson: 2 points


Wade scores well in the 4th but we don't make many mistakes at all, and the defense early made it real slow going. Wade ends up with 23 points/14 assists, a strong showing but he shot 10-27 from the field. Chalmers scores 23, Sloan 15, O'Neal 10.

We've evened the series back up at 2!