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

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  • Psyblast
    2023 National Champions
    • Jun 2003
    • 42584

    #6211
    Re: ***Official 2007 NBA Playoffs Discussion Thread***

    Originally posted by jmood88
    The Kings were actually robbed when they played the Lakers.



    They robbed themselves with their embarassing free throw shooting at home in game 7.

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    • Leon
      An Old Trafford
      • Mar 2003
      • 4981

      #6212
      Re: ***Official 2007 NBA Playoffs Discussion Thread***

      Originally posted by Psyblast
      They robbed themselves with their embarassing free throw shooting at home in game 7.
      While I agree the Kings lost because they couldn't hit their free-throws in game 7, I still think they got robbed in game 6, everybody saw it, and there's nothing that could be done about it.

      After that year, injuries and bad-luck happened.
      "It's not how big you are; it's how big you play" - David Thompson

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      • utexas
        Greatness
        • Jan 2003
        • 4868

        #6213
        Re: ***Official 2007 NBA Playoffs Discussion Thread***

        I think it will be the Jazz vs the Cavs. I think Utah is more athletic than SA and Boozer will give Duncan trouble offensively. Nobody on the pistons can handle lebron, if his teammate step up they can win this series.
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        • Leon
          An Old Trafford
          • Mar 2003
          • 4981

          #6214
          Re: ***Official 2007 NBA Playoffs Discussion Thread***

          Originally posted by utexas
          I think it will be the Jazz vs the Cavs. I think Utah is more athletic than SA and Boozer will give Duncan trouble offensively. Nobody on the pistons can handle lebron, if his teammate step up they can win this series.
          Talk about totally going against the grain.

          I wouldn't rule that possibility out but considering the experience of both teams, I doubt those upsets would happen. Maybe Cleveland has a chance but Utah is almost like San Antonio but younger and with less experience.

          I still think its going to be SA vs DET. And if and when that happens, hopefully Detroit wins so that Webber has a ring and can retire.
          "It's not how big you are; it's how big you play" - David Thompson

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          • trobinson97
            Lie,cheat,steal,kill: Win
            • Oct 2004
            • 16366

            #6215
            Re: ***Official 2007 NBA Playoffs Discussion Thread***

            Originally posted by utexas
            Nobody on the pistons can handle lebron, if his teammate step up they can win this series.

            Good thing we don't have to handles Lebron then innit? No one on the Pistons could "handle Shaq or Kobe either, but we beat their team 4 games to 1. All we have to do is handle the Cavs, which we are more than capable of. I think the Pistons are a tad bit better defensively than the Nets.
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            • TheMatrix31
              RF
              • Jul 2002
              • 52927

              #6216
              Re: ***Official 2007 NBA Playoffs Discussion Thread***

              Originally posted by driddy
              For some reason the Suns have become the Kings/Queens of seasons past. Their fans dont realize the building blocks to reaching that championship, instead they see the flashy scoring and they feel entitled to the championship. The Spurs out played them for most of the series and showed what it takes to win, they showed what a great coach Pop is and how clutch their stars are. Instead of learning from it, the Suns are excuse making and their fans are talking up conspiracies. All of a sudden the Suns are this group of boy scouts and the mean old bad guys are picking on them. Instead of shutting up and playing they talked up dirty play (as if Raja is a by the book defender lol) and rule changes. Look for them to deteriorate in a few years like the Kings did. Nash is a warrior, but his coach is overrated. His staff should have been on alert to keep the players on the bench but they failed. He should have played his bench in game five when he was shorthanded but his stubborness lost a close game. Imagine if Jalen comes in and scored four points and put Bowen in foul trouble, that chance was ruined by his six man rotation.

              No championship team I've seen in over twenty years of watching bball asks for rule changes or whines the entire series. The champion always has a mission. See the Detroit title a few years ago, they didn't whine, they just put hash marks on the head table as they were on a mission. The Laker team that almost went undefeated, they used a white board and tallied wins, no quotes about rule changes, or begging the commish to make exceptions for rule breaking, just hardnosed bball. Utah is on this path, they aren't complaining about refs or policy, they are just playing ball. I didn't hear all the Utah fans belly aching about what happened between Fisher/Baron Davis, in fact I did not even know it happened until it got brought up during Hard foulgate when the Suns fans were grasping for straws.
              Do you have any clue about what you're talking about?

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              • X*Cell
                Collab: xcellnoah@gmail
                • Sep 2002
                • 8107

                #6217
                Re: ***Official 2007 NBA Playoffs Discussion Thread***

                Originally posted by TheMatrix31
                Do you have any clue about what you're talking about?
                yeah he actually does... the only person with sense on this board. And I'm glad somebody agrees that Mike D'Antoni does more harm to Phoenix than good. He's NOT a good coach. A good coach doesn't tire out all his players by playing an 8-man rotation for the entire playoffs (6-man in Game 5). Stupidity!
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                • TheMatrix31
                  RF
                  • Jul 2002
                  • 52927

                  #6218
                  Re: ***Official 2007 NBA Playoffs Discussion Thread***

                  Originally posted by X*Cell
                  yeah he actually does... the only person with sense on this board. And I'm glad somebody agrees that Mike D'Antoni does more harm to Phoenix than good. He's NOT a good coach. A good coach doesn't tire out all his players by playing an 8-man rotation for the entire playoffs (6-man in Game 5). Stupidity!

                  The only person with sense on this board? I'm offended for people who actually have a clue what they're talking about by watching FIRST HAND throughout the season and who don't spew "media rhetoric" like "the Suns don't play defense" and "the Suns' don't have depth", and yada yada yada.

                  Playing a short rotation in the playoffs is a LOT like going with a three-man rotation in the MLB playoffs.

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                  • driddy
                    Pro
                    • Jul 2002
                    • 989

                    #6219
                    Re: ***Official 2007 NBA Playoffs Discussion Thread***

                    I would not even pretend to say I'm the only one with sense, in fact Matrix even though we disagree, I think you still have a clue as do plenty of others here that are rabid bball fans. But yes, I do know what I'm talking about, I've seen teams become champions, then rebuild and become champions again. Its pretty consistent, the non champions have a similarity. Note the Kings fans who still feel they were robbed in a seven game series. The Suns are on a similar path, if the Lakers lost a game with two key players out and only six players played and lost a close game that was not game seven then I'd blame our coach. Especially when the management made moves to help the depth. If our star player charged the court and got suspended, I'd accept that and fault the player, not the commissioner.

                    But oh well, ten years from now if Suns fans are still crying about conspiracies and fairness like the Kings fans, it will mean that they still have not won a ring, and like the Trailblazers, Kings, Sonics, Jazz of the past will be forgotten and irrelevant to playoff history.

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                    • ZB9
                      Hall Of Fame
                      • Nov 2004
                      • 18387

                      #6220
                      Re: ***Official 2007 NBA Playoffs Discussion Thread***

                      wow the WCFs already start today? I dont remember there being this short of a layoff between the 2nd and 3rd rounds before.

                      i know about the ratings and they want to have a Sunday game. but imo, they should have waited at least another day. It's not like the Spurs series went 7 games.

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                      • Cebby
                        Banned
                        • Apr 2005
                        • 22327

                        #6221
                        Re: ***Official 2007 NBA Playoffs Discussion Thread***

                        Originally posted by ZB9
                        wow the WCFs already start today? I dont remember there being this short of a layoff between the 2nd and 3rd rounds before.

                        i know about the ratings and they want to have a Sunday game. but imo, they should have waited at least another day. It's not like the Spurs series went 7 games.
                        The NBA has to do everything to keep some momentum. This is a worst case scenario for them, and they know it. There's only one superstar left, and his team will probably get pounded.

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                        • trobinson97
                          Lie,cheat,steal,kill: Win
                          • Oct 2004
                          • 16366

                          #6222
                          Re: ***Official 2007 NBA Playoffs Discussion Thread***

                          Originally posted by The Soldier
                          There's only one superstar left, and his team will probably get pounded.
                          Lebron is a superstar too though.
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                          • Quick6
                            Banned
                            • Nov 2006
                            • 937

                            #6223
                            Re: ***Official 2007 NBA Playoffs Discussion Thread***

                            Originally posted by utexas
                            I think it will be the Jazz vs the Cavs. I think Utah is more athletic than SA and Boozer will give Duncan trouble offensively. Nobody on the pistons can handle lebron, if his teammate step up they can win this series.
                            I promise you, the Spurs will beat the Jazz, even though I want to Jazz to beat them, the refs won't have any of it. Wait till Boozer start getting screwed by the refs. Not to mention whatever poor soul has Bowen guarding/mugging him. Then you have Parker and Flopu Schnozlong vying for the academy award. Yeah the Jazz are screwed.

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                            • ZB9
                              Hall Of Fame
                              • Nov 2004
                              • 18387

                              #6224
                              Re: ***Official 2007 NBA Playoffs Discussion Thread***

                              Originally posted by Quick6
                              I promise you, the Spurs will beat the Jazz, even though I want to Jazz to beat them, the refs won't have any of it. Wait till Boozer start getting screwed by the refs. Not to mention whatever poor soul has Bowen guarding/mugging him. Then you have Parker and Flopu Schnozlong vying for the academy award. Yeah the Jazz are screwed.
                              btw, nice Suns prediction Nostradamus

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                              • Cebby
                                Banned
                                • Apr 2005
                                • 22327

                                #6225
                                Re: ***Official 2007 NBA Playoffs Discussion Thread***

                                Originally posted by trobinson97
                                Lebron is a superstar too though.
                                Lebron is the only superstar left. Duncan, Boozer, and most of the Pistons may be some of the best, with Duncan probably being the best, but they aren't superstars. No casual fan tunes in to a game to see Duncan like they do with Lebron, Kobe, Wade, Shaq, and Nash.

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