***Official 2007 NBA Playoffs Discussion Thread***

[b_o_33]

Re: ***Official 2007 NBA Playoffs Discussion Thread***

live by it........ die by it!

[toneloc99]

Re: ***Official 2007 NBA Playoffs Discussion Thread***

When the three points shot do not fall they lose.

Whos in the playoffs still and whos not? End of discussion.

[LIGHTNING]

Re: ***Official 2007 NBA Playoffs Discussion Thread***

Great game, both teams played to win it and neither gave up or let up. This is gonna be a nice series. It's hard to win in Utah if you're the opposing team but I think GSW will steal game 2 and go home riding a big wave of momentum.

Derrick is coming back for game 2. Golden State missed their chance tonight.

[Court_vision]

Re: ***Official 2007 NBA Playoffs Discussion Thread***

HUGE loss for Golden State.

The game was exactly as they'd have wanted...end to end, 116-112 high scoring, they got the Jazz to play THEIR game...

Wide open three ball to win it.

Everything they'd have wanted.

Yet, they lost.

Tough, tough loss. Reggie said it best "those losses are worse than blowouts on the road".

[WTF]

Re: ***Official 2007 NBA Playoffs Discussion Thread***

That can be said for any team though. When your shots aren't falling.. you lose. It's not rocket science.

Regardless.. that was a HUGE win for the Jazz... I say the split each home/home on the first 4 games, and game 5 will decide who wins this series. Should be entertaining to say the least. Gotta give respect to Deron Williams. Kid flat out played tonight. Boozer... still bitter of the Cleveland fiasco, so no props for him...

[richierich]

Re: ***Official 2007 NBA Playoffs Discussion Thread***

Damn what a crazy game. It was seriously tied most of the game, and I knew that if the Warriors couldn't pull away with a big enough lead that the Jazz would take it. Too close for comfort. And Al stepped up bigtime in the playoffs, finally. Good win for the Jazz.

[toneloc99]

Re: ***Official 2007 NBA Playoffs Discussion Thread***

Damn what a crazy game. It was seriously tied most of the game, and I knew that if the Warriors couldn't pull away with a big enough lead that the Jazz would take it. Too close for comfort. And Al stepped up bigtime in the playoffs, finally. Good win for the Jazz.

Al did play great about time! I thought Nelson should have had him in there at the end instead of Biedrins who was utterly worthless when he is not rebounding.

[LIGHTNING]

Re: ***Official 2007 NBA Playoffs Discussion Thread***

That can be said for any team though. When your shots aren't falling.. you lose. It's not rocket science.

Regardless.. that was a HUGE win for the Jazz... I say the split each home/home on the first 4 games, and game 5 will decide who wins this series. Should be entertaining to say the least. Gotta give respect to Deron Williams. Kid flat out played tonight. Boozer... still bitter of the Cleveland fiasco, so no props for him...

The problem for Golden State is that they are too small. They MUST shoot high percentage to have a chance to win. Utah has the rebound advantage. When the shots percentage drops they are going to struggle.

[remix]

Re: ***Official 2007 NBA Playoffs Discussion Thread***

The problem for Golden State is that they are too small. They MUST shoot high percentage to have a chance to win. Utah has the rebound advantage. When the shots percentage drops they are going to struggle.

youre like a broken record - when ANY team's shot percentage drops, they usually struggle. Sure we live and die by the 3, but this team can penetrate if they want.

[LIGHTNING]

Re: ***Official 2007 NBA Playoffs Discussion Thread***

youre like a broken record - when ANY team's shot percentage drops, they usually struggle. Sure we live and die by the 3, but this team can penetrate if they want.

They penetrate when they are shooting a high precentage. All teams do suffer when their shot percentage drops, but when you lose the rebound advantage you got to get more turnovers or shoot higher percentage.

[NYC_2K4]

Re: ***Official 2007 NBA Playoffs Discussion Thread***

Go Spurs!

[Court_vision]

Re: ***Official 2007 NBA Playoffs Discussion Thread***

They penetrate when they are shooting a high precentage. All teams do suffer when their shot percentage drops, but when you lose the rebound advantage you got to get more turnovers or shoot higher percentage.

Absolutely right.

GS aren't just conceding rebounds...they are getting eaten alive. I think they had something like 19 fewer today and Boozer had ten ORB's.

That's a lot of second chance opportunities to concede. GS will have to shoot a very high % to win any games in this series, as you say.

I keep thinking "these guys style, man it's going to dry up soon...they are going to get blown out big time"...

To their credit though, they keep making big shots and doing their thing.

As long as the shots keep falling, they'll be okay.

If the J's dry up though...they are going to get blown out as they get few 'easy' points (put backs, ORB's, easy post up points)

[HMcCoy]

Re: ***Official 2007 NBA Playoffs Discussion Thread***

I keep thinking "these guys style, man it's going to dry up soon...they are going to get blown out big time"...

To their credit though, they keep making big shots and doing their thing.

Agree.

[TheMatrix31]

Re: ***Official 2007 NBA Playoffs Discussion Thread***

Dallas is more talented they just did not play as well as last year in the playoffs. Golden State is just lucky hitting all those three point shots. That luck is very likely to run out soon.

Lucky is a team who, you know, is the beneficiary of BS calls, or one ridiculous shot, or some sort of fluke injury to the other team. You know, things like that.

A team that keeps making it's shots is not luck. It might not work all the time, but it's not luck.

Get your ideas straight.

[HMcCoy]

Re: ***Official 2007 NBA Playoffs Discussion Thread***

Nash is such a great leader. Always pushing his guys, never satisfied. Always playing hard.

Whether or not you agree with him as an MVP, you have to love a Steve Nash as a player and competitor. Don't know where that came from, but I do know we are witnessing greatness in that guy. I wish he could get traded and go on to win multiple titles.