2014 Eastern Conference Playoffs -1st Round Discussion Thread

[ex carrabba fan]

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Who made that? I saw it posted on another message board as well

[SteelersFreak]

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How the **** does Hibbert get 0 rebounds playing against Antic and Brand? Samuel ****ing Dalembert had 10 rebounds in the first half of the Mavs/Spurs game playing against Duncan and Splitter.

[Boltman]

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Meant to edit my post, damn tapatalk.

[Majingir]

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And I meant specifically for a team going for their third title in a row. I can't remember the Shaq/Kobe Lakers or Jordan's Bulls having it seemingly this easy.

2000-2001 Lakers....went 15-1 in the playoffs. Only 2 Lakers wins were by 5 or fewer points,and majority were by 10+.

90-91 Bulls went 15-2 in the playoffs. Both losses were by 1 possession and all but 1 Bulls win was by 6 or more points. Many were 10+ point wins.


So how were those not easy? Yes, both weren't the 3rd in the championship streak,but during each of those runs, it had an easy year. Lakers 3peat year they went 15-4. Bulls 3peat years they went 15-4 and 15-6

The Heat I see losing 1-2 games against the next 2 east teams and another 2-3 in the finals, so it's right around same as Lakers and Bulls.

[ex carrabba fan]

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2000-2001 Lakers....went 15-1 in the playoffs. Only 2 Lakers wins were by 5 or fewer points,and majority were by 10+.

90-91 Bulls went 15-2 in the playoffs. Both losses were by 1 possession and all but 1 Bulls win was by 6 or more points. Many were 10+ point wins.


So how were those not easy?

Care to list which teams the Lakers and Bulls had to go up against compared to the ones Miami will potentially have to go through. Just because the Lakers and Bulls dominated their competition doesn't mean their competition was easy.

[Majingir]

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Care to list which teams the Lakers and Bulls had to go up against compared to the ones Miami will potentially have to go through. Just because the Lakers and Bulls dominated their competition doesn't mean their competition was easy.

Lakers one was tough(all 50 win teams) but Bulls....

90-91 Bulls went up against:
39-43 Knicks
44-38 76ers
50-32 Pistons
58-24 Lakers

(you can talk about 13-14 being easy conference all you want,but the overall records of all teams in east this year vs records of all teams in east in 90-91 were basically the same. Other than 3 seed in east and 8 seed in west,both conferences were real close record wise from then compared to now)

2013-2014 Heat are gonna go up against:
43-39 Bobcats
48-34 Raptors or 44-38 Nets
As bad as 38-44 Hawks or as good as 56-26 Pacers
As bad as 49-33 Mavs or as good as 62-20 Spurs

[Boltman]

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Ex asked for numbers and ill be dammed if he didn't throw those up with a quickness lol.

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[ojandpizza]

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Care to list which teams the Lakers and Bulls had to go up against compared to the ones Miami will potentially have to go through. Just because the Lakers and Bulls dominated their competition doesn't mean their competition was easy.

Outside of San Antonio the teams the Lakers played in the West were extremely weak compared up both conferences right now.. That entire early 2000's era was just bad. Typical 1-star teams, equivalent to what most first round exit teams are in today's league IMO.


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[cabra1]

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Ex asked for numbers and ill be dammed if he didn't throw those up with a quickness lol.

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My man had basketball-reference on deck waiting to be challenged

[King_B_Mack]

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Outside of San Antonio the teams the Lakers played in the West were extremely weak compared up both conferences right now.. That entire early 2000's era was just bad. Typical 1-star teams, equivalent to what most first round exit teams are in today's league IMO.


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Portland? Sacramento? Minnesota that one year. They were extremely weak? Come on now.

[SteelersFreak]

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Outside of San Antonio the teams the Lakers played in the West were extremely weak compared up both conferences right now.. That entire early 2000's era was just bad. Typical 1-star teams, equivalent to what most first round exit teams are in today's league IMO.


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You gonna tell me those early 2000's Mavs were weak?

[ojandpizza]

2014 Eastern Conference Playoffs -1st Round Discussion Thread

Portland? Sacramento? Minnesota that one year. They were extremely weak? Come on now.

Portland played well together, but they didn't even have a legit star on the team.. One of my favorite teams of that time but a lot of those guys were washed up, and Sheed was the closest thing they had to an All-Star talent..

2 of the Kings best players were freaking Mike Bibby and Peja Stojakovic.. No way is that team anything close to a title contender right now. Divac was near retirement and his only strength was passing. They played well together, but talent wise definitely weak compared to today's multiple star teams..

T-Wolves were the worst of all, just like Toronto and Philly they relied about 90% on one player.. Best complimentary player KG ever had was freakin Sam Cassell.. Who's a really solid guard, but seriously? Those other teams started who, Troy Hudson? With guys like Rasho and Madsen as the big man rotation..

Don't even get me started on ANY of those teams benches. And it's not just the West, criticism includes Philly, Toronto, Orlando.. Just tons of teams with 1 star, 4 role players, and crappy benches.. It's no wonder the only two teams with multiple stars (Lakers and Spurs) won all the championships..


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[ex carrabba fan]

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Outside of San Antonio the teams the Lakers played in the West were extremely weak compared up both conferences right now.. That entire early 2000's era was just bad. Typical 1-star teams, equivalent to what most first round exit teams are in today's league IMO.


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Come on breh, not even going to argue this

[ex carrabba fan]

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Portland played well together, but they didn't even have a legit star on the team.. One of my favorite teams of that time but a lot of those guys were washed up, and Sheed was the closest thing they had to an All-Star talent..

2 of the Kings best players were freaking Mike Bibby and Peja Stojakovic.. No way is that team anything close to a title contender right now. Divac was near retirement and his only strength was passing. They played well together, but talent wise definitely weak compared to today's multiple star teams..

T-Wolves were the worst of all, just like Toronto and Philly they relied about 90% on one player.. But complimentary player KG ever had was freakin Sam Cassell.. Who's a really solid guard, but seriously? Those other teams started who, Troy Hudson? With guys like Rasho and Madsen as the big man rotation..

Don't even get me started on ANY of those teams benches. And it's not just the West, criticism includes Philly, Toronto, Orlando.. Just tons of teams with 1 star, 4 role players, and crappy benches.. It's no wonder the only two teams with multiple stars (Lakers and Spurs) won all the championships..


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This guy just gonna **** on the Lakers/Spurs dynasties eh. Just to try to elevate what kind of mediocrity the Heat will destroy en route to another finals appearance. Can't even hate on your consistency breh

[SteelersFreak]

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Portland played well together, but they didn't even have a legit star on the team.. One of my favorite teams of that time but a lot of those guys were washed up, and Sheed was the closest thing they had to an All-Star talent..

2 of the Kings best players were freaking Mike Bibby and Peja Stojakovic.. No way is that team anything close to a title contender right now. Divac was near retirement and his only strength was passing. They played well together, but talent wise definitely weak compared to today's multiple star teams..

T-Wolves were the worst of all, just like Toronto and Philly they relied about 90% on one player.. But complimentary player KG ever had was freakin Sam Cassell.. Who's a really solid guard, but seriously? Those other teams started who, Troy Hudson? With guys like Rasho and Madsen as the big man rotation..

Don't even get me started on ANY of those teams benches. And it's not just the West, criticism includes Philly, Toronto, Orlando.. Just tons of teams with 1 star, 4 role players, and crappy benches.. It's no wonder the only two teams with multiple stars (Lakers and Spurs) won all the championships..


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You just gonna keep ignoring the Finley/Nash/Dirk Mavs?