The OFFICIAL NBA Playoffs Thread

[rpac44]

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Here's a question for you all: (Oh BTW nice to see my boy Steve Nash performing well this playoffs)

Which team does the 1 week layoff help more, the Suns or the Heat?

My answer is this, the layoff will do wonders for Shaq and Alonzo Mourning but it might not be so great for the rest of the players on the Heat. The Suns are a naturally uptempo team so they might have some cobwebs in the first game of the 2nd round but they'll be back on track.

id have to say the heat for the obvious reason of shaq getting healthy

anyone watching mavs-rockets? the home team (dallas) is winning! 3rd quarter

[nkhera1]

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Here's a question for you all: (Oh BTW nice to see my boy Steve Nash performing well this playoffs)

Which team does the 1 week layoff help more, the Suns or the Heat?

My answer is this, the layoff will do wonders for Shaq and Alonzo Mourning but it might not be so great for the rest of the players on the Heat. The Suns are a naturally uptempo team so they might have some cobwebs in the first game of the 2nd round but they'll be back on track.

Well I feel the only player it will really help is Shaq on the Heat, but for the Suns it will give them a rest so they will be ready to go with their run-and-gun offense and it also gives Nash time to heal. Also the type of game the suns play doesn't need as much practice once you know how to do it and its not like they play defense that much anyways. Plus they can always practice shooting even though it isn't the same thing as in a game.

[Vince]

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I would argue that the Pistons lose the least because...to be honest...who is their best player?????

Can't you really make a case for all 5 of the Starters as their best player? I think losing any of them hurts, but not to the same degree losing a Shaq, AI, Dirk, or TMac would.

P.S. Did you see the Pistons/Heat game without Shaq? Wade looked VERY lost and nowhere near a Top 5 player.

I think the player the Pistons could afford to lose the most is Rip Hamilton.Not saying he's not valuable cause his mid range shooting is needed,but I can't see how this team can do anything without the clutch shooting of Chauney,Tay's improving play and defense,Rasheeds post D...rebounding...altering/blocking shots and versitility and Big Ben's...well we all know what Ben brings to the table.

[poster]

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I think the player the Pistons could afford to lose the most is Rip Hamilton.Not saying he's not valuable cause his mid range shooting is needed,but I can't see how this team can do anything without the clutch shooting of Chauney,Tay's improving play and defense,Rasheeds post D...rebounding...altering/blocking shots and versitility and Big Ben's...well we all know what Ben brings to the table.

I hear you but when RIP doesnt play their offense is stagnant and they go into extended dry spells. The moral of the story for every team is stay healthy

What got into Juan Dixon

[bball_1523]

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I hear you but when RIP doesnt play their offense is stagnant and they go into extended dry spells. The moral of the story for every team is stay healthy

What got into Juan Dixon

the bulls seriously let him have his pts, almost no defense! I saw the 4th quarter and dixon was wide open on just about every single shot.

The bulls showed up with a few min left. Imagine if they would've showed up throughout the entire game, we may be seeing 3-1 bulls here. I just hope bulls will take the effort they made in the 4th quarter and expand upon it for game 5 in Chicago.

[TheMatrix31]

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His foot was on the line anyway.

[rpac44]

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His foot was on the line anyway.

youre right-when i saw the shot leave his hand i thought hed done it again

[Slip]

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Ooh, Wesley was open for a look, too.

Exciting finish, though.

[The Chef]

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Did anyone see those horrendous calls late in Game 5 of the Dallas vs Houston series? I swear these ref's are incompetent and cant do an easy job. I understand that some times its hard to tell with certain calls but when Finley is 2 feet out of bounds and slaps the ball out of Barry's hands and they call a foul on the Rockets after that, thats unbelievable. I dont think the Rockets can win this series after going down 3-2 but the ref who made that call tonight should be fired, and Im dead serious. I have never seen such a blatant missed call in my life and to have it happen in the playoffs is rediculous, and we wont even get into the phantom foul they called on Padget at the end there also. It amazes me that the moment Mark Cuban opens his mouth the entire momentum of the series switches from Houston to Dallas. I hope that if Dallas wins they get drilled in the next round, they dont deserve to be there, and if it wasnt for the blind ref's this series would actually be different.

[bball_1523]

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Did anyone see those horrendous calls late in Game 5 of the Dallas vs Houston series? I swear these ref's are incompetent and cant do an easy job. I understand that some times its hard to tell with certain calls but when Finley is 2 feet out of bounds and slaps the ball out of Barry's hands and they call a foul on the Rockets after that, thats unbelievable. I dont think the Rockets can win this series after going down 3-2 but the ref who made that call tonight should be fired, and Im dead serious. I have never seen such a blatant missed call in my life and to have it happen in the playoffs is rediculous, and we wont even get into the phantom foul they called on Padget at the end there also. It amazes me that the moment Mark Cuban opens his mouth the entire momentum of the series switches from Houston to Dallas. I hope that if Dallas wins they get drilled in the next round, they dont deserve to be there, and if it wasnt for the blind ref's this series would actually be different.

seen it before plenty of times, both this year and in a lot of the lakers series of the past few years. I seriously think it was the worst when sac was playing lakers. Gotta love it though, right? lol

[Thadeus]

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It's obvious to me that the Mavericks want it a lot more than the Rockets. We should have swept this series and we are going to lose 4-2. The Mavericks have ALL of the momentum.

[The Chef]

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True I remember some of those Lakers vs Kings series and there were some really bad calls there also but I wouldnt say that they decided the outcome of everyone of those games, where as tonight those 2 points that Dallas got handed them really did decide it. Im not a Houston fan, I like McGrady a lot and want him to do well but I cant stand Dallas, every player on that team and their owner Cuban, and I hope they get drilled next round. I would love to be wrong and see Houston come back and win it but I think McGrady is starting to tire and isnt nearly as explosive and as much hype that Yao gets he isnt worth half of it. That guy seems to dissapear when things get tough, dropping passes when he is wide open and missing free throws that he can make in the beginning of the game. Like I said I am not a Houston fan but I just cant stand the Mavericks, they have no clue how to assemble a championship caliber team and will never win a title until they actually get some players in there that can bang and play tough defense. Of course its just my opinion but thats the way I see it.

[Dynasty4Kobe]

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seen it before plenty of times, both this year and in a lot of the lakers series of the past few years. I seriously think it was the worst when sac was playing lakers. Gotta love it though, right? lol

Hey, hey, hey . . . do we really want to re-open those can of worms? I dieing for an argument, it's not like the Lakers are making any noise at the moment.


But back to the game, T-mac almost LJ'ed that into the basket at the end, but I saw that it wasn't a three anyway.

[bball_1523]

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Hey, hey, hey . . . do we really want to re-open those can of worms? I dieing for an argument, it's not like the Lakers are making any noise at the moment.


But back to the game, T-mac almost LJ'ed that into the basket at the end, but I saw that it wasn't a three anyway.

sorry, just had to share how todays game wasn't the only horrible calls game.

[Flyboy]

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Not to take away from the Rockets' horrible rotation, miscommuncation on defense, and missing KEY free throws, but that was some of the worst officiating I have seen.