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

[TheMatrix31]

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Does that air thing really matter INSIDE a stadium, anyway?

[Sarah]

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Are you sure your not thinking of Denver? Ive never heard that Utah suffered from the same problem as Denver, being so high above sea level that the air is thinner therefor making it tougher to breath if your not used to it.

I have heard about it during the championship series of UTA VS CHI. The local sports center we have back then said something about UTA having a thin air. They could be wrong though. I have never been to UTA so I cannot confirm it.

[Altimus]

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Yeah, there's also no need to cheap shot a former teammate because he just schooled your *** either.

I agree. No need for a foul like that.

I just lost a whole lot of respect for J-Rich.

Mitch Albom of the Detroit Free Press is usually a chucklehead...but his article today is dead on.

http://freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070513/SPORTS03/70513021/1048/SPORTS

My message, my plea, to the Pistons: Don't F around. Heed the lesson you learned vs. the Cavaliers last season. Don't give this young opponent any more confidence, and as a byproduct of that, don't give yourselves any more work than you have to. Come out Tuesday night, fire on all pistons (), and crush this team into the offseason.

Good Read.

[SteelersFreak]

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Last time I check this was a mans sports. lol

If you run into the stands, intentionally hurt players, and do bs like that. You really aren't a man, you are just a moron.

[Court_vision]

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Looking at those fouls back...Davis and J Rich basically have to be suspended.

If not, Jerry Stackhouse has every right to be asking WTF is going on...

[jmood88]

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Does that air thing really matter INSIDE a stadium, anyway?

If it matters inside a house then I'm sure that it matters in an arena.

[Court_vision]

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If it matters inside a house then I'm sure that it matters in an arena.

Moods got an avatar at last

[cjonesfan921]

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Can't wait to see Ginobili take over again.

[Altimus]

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Can't wait to see Ginobili take over again.

Or get another black eye...

[GeePee20]

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Does that air thing really matter INSIDE a stadium, anyway?

That air comes from outside, it's not like they pipe in air from sea level.

[Brandon13]

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Looking at those fouls back...Davis and J Rich basically have to be suspended.

If not, Jerry Stackhouse has every right to be asking WTF is going on...

Exactly. I don't see any difference between what Stack did and what J Rich did last night. As for Baron's, a shot to the head would seem like it would be an automatic suspension.

[Brandon13]

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Bill Simmons' blog:

Congratulations to Greg Willard, Tim Donaghy and Eddie F. Rush for giving us the most atrociously officiated game of the playoffs so far: Game 3 of the Suns-Spurs series. Bennett Salvatore, Tom Washington and Violet Palmer must have been outraged that they weren't involved in this mess. Good golly. Most of the calls favored the Spurs, but I don't even think the refs were biased -- they were so incompetent that there was no rhyme or reason to anything that was happening. Other than the latest call in NBA history (a shooting foul for Ginobili whistled three seconds after the play, when everyone was already running in the other direction), my favorite moment happened near the end, when the game was already over and they called a cheap bump on Bruce Bowen against Nash, so the cameras caught Mike D'Antoni (the most entertaining coach in the league if he's not getting calls) screaming sarcastically, "Why start now? Why bother?" What a travesty. Not since the Cocaine Era from 1978-1986 has the league faced a bigger ongoing issue than crappy officiating.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2...x?name=simmons

As almost always, I agree with him.

One more:

Another reason why the officiating stood out in that game: Have you ever seen more players utterly convinced that they've never committed a foul in their lives than the guys from this Spurs-Suns series? What an annoying bunch of whiners; it's like watching the 2006 World Cup with more whistles. If that's what we get for having "the most international NBA playoff series of all time," then screw it -- let's make rules that no team can have more than three foreign players so we don't have to watch these guys bitch and moan for two straight hours. For God's sake, Ginobili is at the point in his life where he could rear-end someone at a stoplight, then hop out of his car with his hands raised blaming the other driver for being in his way. Give it a rest, Manu. We're begging you.

Matrix, is that you?

[SteelersFreak]

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I stood up and gave a cheer when Duncan actually got called for a foul and didn't stand agape like a ******.

[The Chef]

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Is Baron even going to get a fine for that hit on Fisher? I missed it since I had already changed the channel when it happened but after seeing it on Sportscenter, Im dumbfounded how he gets away with it, is the NBA cheering for the Warriors to keep this run going? He steps right in front, sticks his elbow up in Fishers ear and nothing happens? Hearing Kiki talk on Sportscenter about how they are frusterated because they know how difficult it will be to come back from 3-1 down and that being the reasoning for these tactics is insane, I dont recall Dallas going head hunting when they went down 3-1 to Golden State, dont remmeber Chicago doing it to Detroit, Orlando doing it to Detroit, face it, Golden State is a team with a few players that are complete hot heads and dont think before they act, ie. Jackson, Baron, Barnes, and for some reason the NBA isnt going to step in and do anything.

On a side note, I dont think the foul on Okur was intentional, more like Richardson wasnt going to let him dunk the ball and wanted to commit a hard foul, I dont see anything wrong with what he did. Now what Baron did, thats a totally different story.

[WTF]

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It's so painful watching my Cavs play. We have the ability to get out and run, but we don't. We don't even have a set offense really. It's quite pathetic watching this mess. But... have to root for them regardless.

Anyone else watching this?