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  • gametyme89
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    • Oct 2012
    • 157

    #211
    Re: Through The Storm: A St. Louis Story

    Damn, you ended up with OKC in the 1st round lol.

    It's all good! I believe!!!

    The story has me very curious as to how y'all will approach the draft. Lots of ways to play it. Gonna be fun.
    "Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift, that's why it's called the present!"

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    • Stout
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      • Feb 2012
      • 113

      #212
      Re: Through The Storm: A St. Louis Story

      A. Brooklyn missing by a game...BRUH.
      2. So you landed with OKC. THIS will be interesting. I'm excited to see if there'll be a storyline update almost mocking the fact you guys tried so hard to avoid them and then you got them...
      Patiently waiting for a New York Jets title.Wish me luck.

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      • trekfan
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        • Sep 2009
        • 5817

        #213
        Re: Through The Storm: A St. Louis Story

        Originally posted by Stout
        A. Brooklyn missing by a game...BRUH.
        2. So you landed with OKC. THIS will be interesting. I'm excited to see if there'll be a storyline update almost mocking the fact you guys tried so hard to avoid them and then you got them...
        Game 1 was BONKERS ... recap on the 'morrow. Man, what a series this could be.
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        • trekfan
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          • Sep 2009
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          #214
          Re: Through The Storm: A St. Louis Story



          Ch. 60

          We were dead meat. That’s what every pundit, every critic, had to say about our matchup against the terror that was Russell Westbrook. The Thunder had surged into the playoffs with four straight wins, had managed to get their record to .500 after missing Evan Turner and Steven Adams for decent chunks of the season, and it was all thanks to the will of Westbrook.

          The narrative had the Thunder upsetting us — after all, they were a champion only two years before, they had most of the same team, and they were finally healthy after a tough year. Our 2nd seed, our record? Swept aside.

          Honestly, I couldn’t blame them. Out of all the teams I wanted to see in that 7th seed, the Thunder were dead last on my list. Westbrook was pissed and he was hungry; we were going to be victims if we let him dictate the game.

          Starting out, it looked like everyone was right, but not because of Westbrook — because of Adams. Adams was underrated but he was absolutely devious in the post; few players in the league could manipulate their opponents (and the refs) better than Adams and in the first four minutes of the game he got Noel two fouls.

          Not coincidentally, the Thunder were up 11-3 after four minutes and we were staggered. The crowd was silent, the bench was on edge, and McHale quick-hooked Noel. Out went Nerlens, in came Lauvergne.

          Joffery *ucking Lauvergne. Known more for his offense and his hustle than he defense, I had visions of Westbrook and Adams just shredding him, like a psycho from one of the Purge movies.

          Instead, Lauvergne gave the performance of his career — he went out there and fought with Adams, but he played smart. He let Adams have his shots, but the ones that were missed were all Lauvergne's; he inhaled rebounds at a rate that shocked the crowd. Every time he grabbed a board, he got a roar from the fans.

          His insertion single-handedly turned around our first quarter and we stormed out to a lead, 33-29, at the end of one. In the second, Noel came back in, and promptly picked up foul number three — much to the utter disbelief of everyone in the building. McHale got hot and got called for a tech, the crowd rained boos on the refs, and the Thunder were plenty happy.

          McHale put Lauvergne back in and, once more, Joffrey went to work. He baited Adams into some fouls, which led to huge rounds of the applause in the arena, and he hit every shot he took at the line. Lauvergne’s play inspired everyone on the team and Delon Wright stepped up early in the second, scoring five big points to push us ahead.



          Lauvergne went to work on Serge, too — Serge picked up his third foul midway through the second and the Thunder sat him. With him out, Thon went to town and we opened up a big lead — we went into halftime up 66-48 and the crowd loved it.

          In the third, it was more of the same — the Thunder kept going to Westbrook to save them, but Westbrook was cold and he couldn’t hit anything. The lead stayed the same, we came into the final frame up big and it looked like we would walk away with a huge win.

          But Westbrook wasn’t done yet. He started the fourth on fire and he started piling up the points — momentum was on the Thunder’s side as they finally got some help from role players like Roberson, Turner, and Payne. Ibaka fouled out early in the fourth, though, which killed their interior defense and we got some big buckets from Delly.

          Delly didn’t have a great game — he was thoroughly outplayed for the majority of it, but the man clearly was a “big moment” type of player; when the time was right, he would hit critical shots that would stop a run. He hit two of those in the fourth as Westbrook was eating us alive and we got out with a win, a 10-point victory that felt like a one-point squeaker, but we got the W.

          It was a statement win in my mind and the statement was simple: we’re here to play … so come and get it.


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          • studbucket
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            #215
            Re: Through The Storm: A St. Louis Story

            Westbrook went 19-45!? Is that Kobe's last game levels of shooting? That combined with only 5 boards, 6 assists, and 1 steal can't be good for the Thunder.
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            • trekfan
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              • Sep 2009
              • 5817

              #216
              Re: Through The Storm: A St. Louis Story

              BREAKING NEWS: Mavs win 113-88, up 3-0 on Warriors!



              No one would have predicted this. The Warriors are about to be dethroned by an 8th seed that finished 38-44 on the year, limping into playoffs; Dirk Nowitzki has to be ecstatic to get revenge on the franchise that toppled his 1st seeded Mavs in the 2007 playoffs.

              The collapse for the Warriors is astounding to watch. They've been hounded all year by questions on the future of the team and, specifically, Kevin Durant ... and it's Durant where we must start. The Warriors have lost all three games by scores of 105-91, 104-100, and 113-88. Durant has scored no more than 17 points in any of those games.

              KD's playoff averages sit at an anemic 14.7 PPG on 40 percent shooting from the field, well-below his season averages of 24.2 PPG on 52 percent shooting. The collapse is real and the crater is getting bigger by the day.

              Rumor had it that Durant was going to use this postseason as a measuring stick to determine his future; it appears as if his future lies outside the Warriors. After the locker-room drama caused by Green (resulting in Draymond's trade to Chicago), the Warriors stormed out to a league best 60-22 record, looking nigh-unstoppable.

              But the Mavericks, through plucky play from young guns like Lonzo Ball, Justin Anderson, and Diamond Stone, are one game away from completing the greatest 1st round upset in NBA history.

              Elsewhere in the NBA ...

              All eyes are on the wacky Western Conference playoffs, but don't forget about the East. Despite the series going nearly all-chalk out there, the eventual Eastern Conference champion is likely to meet a weaker Western Conference opponent, which would break the chokehold the West has had on the Finals the last two years.

              More than that, the Warriors utter collapse has virtually guaranteed KD is done out there, which makes him on the market for any team with the cap room -- and attractive pieces -- to get him. The Durant sweepstakes will likely attract the Wizards and Knicks, two organizations who have struck out on him before, but don't think for an instant that the Miami Heat won't be ready to plop down major money.

              Miami is currently down 2-1 in their series with the Bucks and, should they lose, a South Beach pursuit of Durant is in the cards. Stacked with young talent in De'Aaron Fox, Wendell Carter, and Justice Winslow (a potential trade piece to make way for Durant), along with Whiteside (still out with an ACL injury), the Heat could pitch Durant as the next king of South Beach.

              Durant's free agency will become the biggest story of the playoffs once the Warriors lose and every team will be eying him.
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              • trekfan
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                • Sep 2009
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                #217
                Re: Through The Storm: A St. Louis Story

                Originally posted by studbucket
                Westbrook went 19-45!? Is that Kobe's last game levels of shooting? That combined with only 5 boards, 6 assists, and 1 steal can't be good for the Thunder.
                Dude, he did so much damage in the fourth after being MIA in the first three quarters. The playoffs are insane and Westbrook is playing insane ... as you can see, we're up 3-0 on him now (the sim-engine is kind to me this year) and the West's playoff bracket is about to be busted in the biggest way.

                I'm floored at what the Mavs are doing. Just floored.
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                • trekfan
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                  • Sep 2009
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                  #218
                  Re: Through The Storm: A St. Louis Story



                  Ch. 61

                  Game 4 in OKC was the defining moment of our season, up to that point. We were up 3-0, having won Game 2 in tremendous fashion thanks to Jackson’s 42 points. We escaped with a small victory in Game 3, 94-92, thanks to inspired performances from Thon and Jackson in the closing minutes.

                  We knew, coming into Game 4, that we had to end it then and there. There was no doubt in our minds that this was our night; the road crowd was hostile, as you’d expect, and the Thunder were very aware that their season was on the line. They came out shooting fire from inside, playing a version of our game — they went into the paint early and often, and they let Westbrook lead them.

                  And Russell led them right into the abyss.

                  It wasn’t so bad in the first half; Westbrook had a magnificent first quarter, scoring 17 points alone as the rest of his team gave him a wide berth. Russell attempted to single-handedly win the game himself and the Thunder’s stats bear that out.

                  We were feeling the pressure, but we adjusted. After a back-and-forth first, we came out strong in the second and our team found an offensive flow the Thunder couldn’t match. I saw passes in the game that made me go wide-eyed, none better than what Joe Young did.



                  That beauty of that pass pushed our lead higher and, despite us only going into halftime up by 8, we looked like the better team in every way. In the third, the game started to get away from OKC. Serge started fouling, Thon was hitting every shot he took it seemed, and the passing was superb.

                  Not only was our passing top-notch, but our defense feasted on Westbrook’s poor passes and wild shots. Russell was hitting a lot of them, but his misses were killing his team — they couldn’t grab the boards and we utterly demolished them on the inside.



                  In the fourth, we were only up by 11, but it felt like 20 and we pushed the lead even further. The Thunder tried for a run late — they narrowed the lead to just under 8 with a little over seven minutes left, but we went to Delly, Richardson, and Jackson and they closed it out. Russell finished with 50 points, setting a new franchise record, and he was taking shots till the very end.

                  But we had the last possession of the game and Delly jacked a triple up right as the clock expired, pushing our lead to 120 and notching himself a double-double, much to OKC’s hatred. The crowd booed us but we celebrated.



                  We were the winners of the series, a 4-0 sweep of a division rival, and we had our first playoff series victory in franchise history. With the way the rest of the playoffs were going out West, anything was possible.


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                  • trekfan
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                    • Sep 2009
                    • 5817

                    #219
                    Re: Through The Storm: A St. Louis Story

                    Round 1 Recap: Chaos Out West



                    The Warriors loss to the Mavericks in six games will go down in NBA history as the greatest Round 1 upset ever. Despite winning both Game 4 and 5 to stave off elimination, the Warriors fell to Mavericks in Dallas, 85-84, their fourth quarter theatrics not enough to overcome their dismal outings in the second and third quarters (where the Warriors scored a combined 30 points).

                    Dallas will face the Jazz, who took the Blazers in seven thanks to an untimely Dwight Howard injury -- Howard broke his ribs towards the end of Game 6 and was unable to go in Game 7, leaving a gaping hole in the middle that the Jazz exploited with their big-man depth. They demolished the Blazers 117-86, but at the cost of Marcus Monk, who strained his MCL, which will limit him at least for the next 1-2 weeks.

                    On the other side of the bracket, the Pelicans snuffed out the T'Wolves in emphatic fashion behind balanced play from all their starters -- no one star dominated in the series but Anthony Davis made sure he got his, setting up a rematch with the Flight.

                    St. Louis has an extra day of rest and their own demons to exercise against NOLA, who beat them in a close seven-game series the year before. With their impressive playoff wins against the Thunder, the Flight are now the highest seed remaining out West and, should they advance, will be considered favorites in the WCF.

                    Out East, the Pacers put down the pesky 76ers thanks to the talents of Paul George, who left no doubt as to what he wants to achieve this season -- it's title or bust for him and his cohorts and the Pacers, less than full-strength thanks to missing Myles Turner (out in the series with a sprained knee) had to heavily rely upon their bench to see them through -- and the bench delivered.

                    Indiana will need Turner's size and shooting in the next series as they face the Bucks, who survived a Heat scare and won in seven games thanks to the play of the Greek Freak and Jabari Parker, both who were crucial in their clinching 100-89 win against Miami.

                    On the other side of the bracket, the Celtics got the better of the Bulls in five games thanks to an outstanding Game 5 performance from Jahill Okafor, who finished with 25 points and 11 boards on 12-16 shooting. Okafor was a dominant force inside and got a lot of help from Crwoder (24 points) and Melo (18 points, 6 boards, 8 dimes) as the Celtics moved onward. Despite losing Buddy Hield to a fractured leg late in the regular season, Boston continues to press forward.

                    They face a wounded Cavaliers team in Round 2, as Cleveland took care of the Grizzlies but not without suffering some losses. Aaaron Harrison, Tristan Thompson, and Michael Beasley. With those three key players out, the Cavs were forced to lean on their starters more than usual in Round 1 and are going to have get by with Mozgov starting for them, yet again, against the Celtics front-line of Okafor and Olynyk.
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                    • trekfan
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                      • Sep 2009
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                      #220
                      Re: Through The Storm: A St. Louis Story



                      Ch. 62


                      New Orleans ended up being our matchup — again, a team I would have liked to avoid. Playing division rivals in the regular season is bad enough but to meet them in the playoffs? That takes every game to another level. We had bad blood with the Pelicans — they were a rival and they didn’t much like us and we didn’t much like them. Both our organizations had something to prove, and NOLA had been doggedly pursuing us all year for the 2nd seed.

                      We got it. They didn’t. And now, with the Warriors gone, whichever one of us made it to the WCF was the favorite for sure. There was a lot riding on it for all of us, and Game 1 delivered early.

                      The opening quarter was hard for both teams, but especially us. Nerlens was having difficulty containing Davis, who scored the first six points of the game, and he grabbed two quick fouls again. McHale benched him, went to Lauvergne, and HE got nailed with another two fouls.

                      With five minutes to go in first, down 16-11, McHale subbed in Hammons and let the kid hold down the middle for the next three minutes. He helped stop the bleeding, thankfully, and we managed to claw our way back into the game thanks to the play of Thon Maker. Thon’s shot from outside was cold in the first quarter (and ice cold in the second), but the threat of him made Davis stick close; with Davis on him, we were able to cut inside and get easy baskets.

                      Still, it didn’t help stop the Pelicans from winning the quarter thanks to their outside shot being on point. After one, it was 25-24, NOLA. We needed to answer and in the second we got Lauvergne out there, where he took advantage of the backup bigs NOLA had and took them to school. Davis picked up some fouls and found the pine, which helped free up the interior and we went to work.

                      At halftime, it was 51-46 in our favor and we were hanging on to a slim five point lead. Those five points felt like nothing in the grand scheme of things — we saw NOLA come back from greater deficits and no lead was safe in the postseason. In the third, we gave the ball to Thon and he finally found his three-ball.

                      That caused NOLA’s defense to scramble anytime he got the ball and Thon out-played Davis from that point onward. It wasn’t even that much a competition going into the fourth because of how hot Thon was — he just kept at NOLA and the rest of the team followed his lead. Richardson and Delly hit big-time triples to extend our lead and, with under two minutes to go, we subbed in our deep bench to finish it off.

                      It was a surprisingly easy win and it was because Davis was a no-show. Bledsoe, Issac, and Murray were there, but Davis was held to just 6 points and 6 boards thanks to Thon’s outstanding play. He was swallowed whole.

                      We got the win, but I was sure that we wouldn’t get another easy one like that in the series.


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                      • Stout
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                        • Feb 2012
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                        #221
                        Re: Through The Storm: A St. Louis Story

                        And see, that's why I'll always keep coming back to your pieces. You have a true knowledge and love of the NBA - how many other people would comment on the 'revenge' for the 07 playoffs? It makes the writer heart in my chest skip a beat at the work you put in.

                        As for KD...Kevin, go to Brooklyn! Although, if I were KD, I may even think about an OKC reunion. It'd be tough and the fans probably wouldn't want me because that mess was, in my eyes, uglier than what happened with LeBron (at least LBJ teamed up with his friends, that's forgivable. KD skipped town to play with a team that beat his team).

                        And for as much as I love AD, give the Pelicans a fight. Although if AD plays how he did in game one, you'll be sniffing the WCF in no time.
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                        • trekfan
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                          • Sep 2009
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                          #222
                          Re: Through The Storm: A St. Louis Story

                          Originally posted by Stout
                          And see, that's why I'll always keep coming back to your pieces. You have a true knowledge and love of the NBA - how many other people would comment on the 'revenge' for the 07 playoffs? It makes the writer heart in my chest skip a beat at the work you put in.

                          As for KD...Kevin, go to Brooklyn! Although, if I were KD, I may even think about an OKC reunion. It'd be tough and the fans probably wouldn't want me because that mess was, in my eyes, uglier than what happened with LeBron (at least LBJ teamed up with his friends, that's forgivable. KD skipped town to play with a team that beat his team).

                          And for as much as I love AD, give the Pelicans a fight. Although if AD plays how he did in game one, you'll be sniffing the WCF in no time.
                          Much thanks for the high compliment -- I still remember the "We Believe" Warriors with Baron Davis running amok all over the Mavs in Round 1. God, that was a special team. I like little bits of history like that sprinkled in, the NBA is a league that's about stuff like that, especially in the postseason.

                          As to the Pelicans, just finished up that series. Write-up coming ASAP.

                          It was tense. Like, REALLY tense.
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                          • trekfan
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                            • Sep 2009
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                            #223
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                            Ch. 63

                            We won Game 2, taking a 2-0 series lead into NOLA. We then dropped the next two — Game 4 an embarrassing 99-62 loss that was the worst game we’ve ever played as a franchise. I was physically ill after that game, partly from how *hitty we played and partly from how much Jack Daniels I drank during and after it.

                            But Game 5, back at the Dome, was exactly what we needed — a home tonic, if you will. We pulled away in the fourth quarter and we didn’t look back, despite how exceedingly well Anthony Davis was playing. We awoke a sleeping giant and we went back to NOLA up, 3-2.

                            The Pelicans' lives were on the line and they played the best game of the series. Both teams were tight coming out but we managed to grab a slim lead after the first, thanks in large part to the play of Delly. Delly was huge for us in the first and fourth quarters — he helped keep us off the mat. But in the second, the Pelicans blitzed us behind the devastating shooting of Murray, Afflalo, and Bledsoe. Davis got his and the Pelicans took a 47-45 lead into halftime.

                            We needed to make some adjustments as Davis was hurting us — Thon, in particular, was in foul trouble, he had three at the half. We needed to slow it down and so we fed Thon and Noel a steady diet inside, let them work the post.

                            It slowed the pace enough for us to win the quarter and take a 76-68 lead into the final frame.

                            And that’s when Anthony Davis locked in. He hit every shot he took it seemed and, defensively, shut off the interior. We got nowhere with nothing and our lead fell away; we went back into a game of tug of war. Teams couldn’t hit the broad side of multiple barns deep and everyone was on edge.

                            With 2:06 left, we were up 90-88 and the Pelicans were feasting off the energy of their crowd. Delly was at the line and he could have given us a crucial three-point lead …



                            Our defense, combined with Delly’s play and passing, got us the crucial triple — one of only four we hit all game long. That, ultimately, proved to be the deciding play and we escaped with a win that could have gone to either team.

                            With that win, we advanced to our first ever WCF — the conference finals.

                            Our team was ecstatic, our success unparalleled for an expansion team in its third year.

                            I, personally, was stunned. I was sure we needed more seasoning before we got this far … but the wins had come sooner than expected and our players had come together better than anyone could have hoped for. Whomever we would face in the WCF would be as surprised as we were to be there … we had to believe we could do it.

                            We had to believe we could fly.


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                            • trekfan
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                              • Sep 2009
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                              #224
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                              Round 2 Recap: Don't Bet Against the Mavs



                              The Dallas Mavericks are only the second-ever 8th seed to make it to the conference finals, following int the footsteps 20 years after the 1998-99 New York Knicks. Those Knicks, led by the likes of Allan Houston and Latrell Sprewell, made it past those conference finals without the legendary Patrick Ewing.

                              For Dallas, it was the return of their center (and first overall pick) DeAndre Ayton that helped lead them past the Jazz. Down 0-2 after back-to-back beat down losses (of 20 points each), the Jazz looked to have firm control of the series -- that is until Ayton returned to the lineup in Game 3. Back at home, Dallas secured a 104-78 Game 3 win, then squeaked out a 105-101 win in Game 4.

                              The series returned to Utah in Game 5, where the Jazz won 119-118 in an OT affair (thanks in large part to Rodney Hood's 27 points), and looked to close out Dallas in Game 6: they failed. Lonzo Ball went off and Dallas won convincingly, 92-80.

                              Game 7 was the embarrassment of the series for Utah, as the Jazz lost 91-71 at home and only Hood scored in double-digits -- everyone else, from Bosh to Burks no-showed and Dallas now gets to face the Flight.

                              St. Louis, by comparison, had an easier series -- but not as easy as they could have. Anthony Davis and his crew did not go quietly into the night and, after a colossal loss in Game 4 (NOLA won 99-62), the Flight won the next two games by a combined 14 points -- each game going down to the final minutes of the fourth before a winner was decided.

                              Dallas now faces the unenviable task of dealing with the versatile Flight, who felled better teams by record and stats in both the previous two rounds; can Dallas, now with Ayton, stand up against the Flight's size? This young squad has truly been tossed into the frying pan.

                              Out East, the Paces easily took care of the Bucks -- Milwaukee, despite their talent, could not keep up with the Pacers offensive output. They lost Game 1 91-87, their fourth quarter output tallying only 18 points to the Pacers 26. They proceeded to lose by double-digits the next two games before only losing 106-97 in Game 4. The Greek Freak struggled in the last two games, but the Bucks will only get better from here.

                              In the other series, Cleveland took care of Melo and the Celtics. Despite being banged up and missing key pieces, the Cavs rode Irving and James in every game; the Celtics managed to only win Game 2, and that was the only game in which Melo scored over 20 points. The Celtics, once more, have fallen in the second round for the third year straight -- the addition of Melo was supposed to get them over that hump.

                              The Cavs and Pacers will meet for the third straight time in the conference finals -- last season, the Pacers won. The year before, the Cavs. Both times, the East representative lost to the West ... is this the year that changes? Both squads will be itching to find out.
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                              • Stout
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                                • Feb 2012
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                                #225
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                                In a way, I almost really, really want to see Dallas come out of nowhere to beat the Flight and battle LeBron in some type of crazy 'revenge' match nearly 10 years later...but I also wouldn't mind St. Louis-Indiana just because of that whole midwest feel.

                                I just don't want LeBron to lose another Finals LOL. What's your gameplan mentality for Dallas? If Ayton was so vital to that comeback from being down 2-0, I'd have to think just stuff him and double-team him with Noel and Joff, right?
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