NBA Season 2006/2007

Archy · Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 1:38 am Post subject:

And all Game 1s have been played as of today.

Miami-Chicago's Game 1 yesterday was awesome. I caught it on television midway through the 2nd, and watched it til' the end. The calls were simply not in the Heat's favor that night, though. O'Neal's blocking foul on Nocioni in the 4th really looked like an charge, but when they showed the replay, Shaq had about half of his left foot on that line, so I guess that was legit. ALOT of charges called in this game, though.

If there was anyone who killed the Heat, it's Luol Deng. It's either he shoots a midrange shot, or drives to the basket, and gets it done. Combine that with a very high FG %, and you get someone who can score anytime. Ben Gordon picked up the slack for Hinrich's foul trouble, dishing out 11 assists.

But still, Chicago won, and they need to do it three more times to meet Detroit. Bummer.

Phoenix won Game 1 as well, thanks to Barbosa's stellar 2nd-half performance, and Kobe's horrible 1-for-10 shooting in the 4th Quarter. Phoenix played a solid 4th Quarter, holding down the Lakers to just 10 points.

Detroit, Houston and Cleveland all win their Game 1s, as expected.

The Nets win one over the Raptors. Apparently, the Raptors fans decided to handout red shirts to each other for wear, without the knowledge that the Nets would be playing in Red. You should see it, it was very funny to look at. :P

San Antonio lost to Denver earlier today, with Iverson and Melo combining for 61. If the Spurs can't shut the two down, they're putting themselves in danger of losing the series (which I hope would happen, anyway.)

And Golden State continues mastery over Dallas. A near triple-double by Baron Davis. And Don Nelson gets the better of his former team again. If the Warriors win Game 2, then they will stand a very good chance of beating the Mavs in the first round.

Game 2s begin tomorrow, with the Houston-Utah and Detroit-Orlando series. Pistons will win that, no doubt about it. Utah-Houston is more evenly matched, but if T-Mac can get a decent scoring blitz off, Houston can go up 2-0.
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Buff · Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 2:03 am Post subject:

only game i really watched was the spurs/nuggets game. was a good game and will be a good series. let's hope the nuggets can beat the spurs.
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Tullaryx · Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 2:53 am Post subject:

Well, it looks like for those who predicted the Mavs over the Warriors in 4 will have to re-think their prediction for the Dallas-Golden State match-up. Maybe in 5 or 6 or even in the full 7 for the series.
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Cedric · Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 3:13 am Post subject:

Archy · Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 2:40 am Post subject:

So Toronto, San Antonio and Dallas all tie their series with wins over New Jersey, Denver and Golden State, respectively. The Warriors had a rough night, bwith both Stephen Jackson and Baron Davis leaving the floor.

Barbosa also continues to torch the Lakers with a near 30-point margin. The series shifts to Staples, where I think the Lakers can snatch at least one victory from the Suns.

Houston, Detroit and Cleveland also go 2-0 up on their homecourts.

Aaand, Miami is down 2-0. I couldn't be happier with the result of Game 2, it just seems that Miami can't stop Luol Deng and Ben Gordon. Y'know, Chicago won't win this in six, or seven. They'll win it in 5. This Miami team isn't the same team that won a title. Sure, Miami has been down 2-0 before, but if someone doesn't step up and take the cudgels from Wade's injury, they'll get run over by Chicago.
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Buff · Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 9:59 am Post subject:

stephen jackson was dumb, from what barkley and them said he's most likely gonna get a fine since it took him to long to get off the court.

RedCydranth · Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 6:54 pm Post subject:

I agree with Buff. The Warriors shot themselves in the foot. Taking game 1 was huge. It really gave Dallas something to think about. People really questioned them after Game 1 because after going 0-4 against the Warriors in the regular season and opening up the playoffs with a big loss, people were wondering if Golden State was Dallas's kryptonite. But then Stephen Jackson and Baron Davis had to go and get ejected. Granted when Baron Davis was ejected at the end of the third, they were down. However having davis on the floor for the fourth quarter could have maybe been the needed component to make some form of a comeback.

Now the series shifts to Oakland. Golden State is a good team at home, but I don't see them winning both of thse games. At the very most, they'll split back home and then they'll lose again in Dallas. Its not exactly over for the Warriors, but having you players lose their cool like that really gives Dallas the impression that they're flustered and they have them on the ropes.

While I think San Antonio will ultimately take the series, I'm really starting to think Denver has a chance at the upset. Carmelo and Allen Iverson only put up 46 points between the two of them. If they both put up 30 or so, like they are expected to, then San Antonio is in a world of hurt. I'll be honest, I never watched it, but I did watch the highlights and saw that they came from behind to cut the Spurs lead to 3. If they had Iverson or Anthony on the top of their game, the final score could have favored Denver. I stand by my pick of San Antonio taking this series, only because I think Manu Ginobli is one of the best clutch players and he lights it up in the playoffs.

Ced, I like you, but I'm not liking your love for the Lakers. How can you root for a team that is as one dimensional as the Lakers? Am I the only one who sees Phil Jackson as a one trick pony? He always finds the one player to lead the team and bank on him. He did it with Jordan, then Shaq. Now its Kobe. He said after last night's loss to expect to see Kobe on the floor more than he has been for the first two games. Thats basically saying "My team sucks, I have one good player, let him shoot it all night long and hope for the best." Thats what he did with Jordan and Shaq. It worked then because Jordan was well, Jordan. Also, Jordan did have a little help behind him with Pippen, Rodman and Kerr. The Shaq years relied more on the fact the West sucked so badly that their dominance was handfed to them for having the only decent team. Now that Jackson is seen as some great all-time coach, he can't coach his team, whcih if you look, has real talent. Aside from Kobe, he has Luke Walton and Lamar Odom. I don't get how Luke and Lamar perpetually put up low figures considering their talent level. Is it because they play "Pass it to Kobe?" No, because last night Kobe only got 15 points. I can only point at the coaching staff and say "What's up?" The Lakers are not a team thast will make it far in the Playoffs.

A tad off topic, but I'll bring this up. The reason I love playoff hockey so much more than Playoff Basketball is because Hockey is actually watchable and every game is intense. Look at the full bracket in Hockey. You can look at all the teams in the Western Conference and see them plausibly representing the conference in the Stanley Cup. Same for most of the teams in the East (Islanders excluded, I never saw them as a playoff team.) However when you look at basketball, you can easily point out hordes of teams that will fall off before the conference finals. We all know that even in Golden State makes it past Dallas miraculously, that they'll fall to whomever they face in the next round. You can look at most of these teams and say they have no shot in hell in making the finals. Unless, year after year, we see a Miami Heat of last year occur, Basketball will be more boring than hockey. I can tell you right now Los Angeles, Orlando, Utah, Golden State and Washington have no chance in making the finals. And its a safe bet teams like Miami, Denver and New Jersey are destined to fail too. Basketball is far too predictable. Hockey, not so much.

Maybe this is a personal thing, but even if my Sabres get upset and lose, I'll still be totally invested in hockey. Its intense and watchable. I can't say the same for Basketball. My team, the Knicks, aren't even in the playoffs and I only watch because I'm a sports feind. I find myself more drawn to watching the Red Wings than I am the Pistons. There's a big difference between dominance in hockey and dominance in basketball. A team like the Red Wings or the Sabres getting upset isn't all that unlikely, but seeing the Pistons or the Mavericks upset would be a huge "Whoa!" Perhaps its the atmosphere. Playoff Hockey really is a different game than Regular season hockey. Basketball is basketball. Playoffs or regular season, these teams don't play that much harder. The ones that do are the ones that make headlines, like last year's Miami Heat. I'm not saying NBA players don't play with heart, they just don't compare to the heart shown on the ice.

Teams in the NHL are I guess overall better than teams in the NBA. If we were to pick any 2 of the 8 remaining Hockey teams (one from each conference) and pit them against eachother for the chamionship, we know it'd be a great series. Even if its a "dominant" Buffalo Sabres and the lower ranked San Jose Sharks. The series would guarantee action and intensity. Or even the two bottom ranked teams in each conference, N.Y. Rangers and San Jose Sharks. Still intense. Basketball you can't so that. If Golden State were to meet Toronto in the NBA finals, it'd be viewed as a flop of a finals. Because no "big teams" are in the finals, people would stop watching. Maybe its the watered down talent in the NBA that is the cause, who knows. But I'm finding basketball harder and harder to watch. I still watch because I hope it regains the intensity it had back in the Jordan era. When people like Barkley, Malone, Stockton, Isaiah Thomas and Reggie Miller were around. That was watchable basketball. Now its all about the team's one star player. When you match up the Cavaliers versus anyone, it all of a sudden boils down to LeBron James vs. so and so. Its no longer a team sport. Back in the Jordan era, Players were still great and they used their other players. You didn't need a 1 star team to make it. Thats why I like Tim Duncan and Steve Nash. They play team basketball. They do their best, but have others who do their share. Its not the Kobe Show, or the King James Hour. Now that Iverson is in Denver, I'm glad to see its not all about A.I. anymore like it was for years in Philadelphia. Maybe basketball can return to that. I hope so, and its on that hope I continue to watch the NBA. Am I alone?
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Cedric · Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 2:58 am Post subject:

Buff · Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 4:37 am Post subject:

huzahh lakers won. lakers out scored the suns three out of the four quarters after being down 14 in the first. jazz beat the rockets and pistons go up three games to none against the magic.
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Archy · Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 11:06 am Post subject:

Hey, the Lakers win.

This is one game wherein you can say that Kwame Brown was awesome. Now, he needs to tdo that for 82 games next year to shake off that "Hey, I'm a bust" label.

Detroit isn't really expected to be troubled. They'll be the first to qualify.

And Utah held down the Rockets to 67.
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Buff · Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 1:50 pm Post subject:

rockets just sucked bad that game. only four players scored while yao and t-mac combined for a little over 50 points. don't forget about lamar odom archy, he had a damn good game also.
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Archy · Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 5:23 pm Post subject:

Yeah, Odom was solid.

Imagine if the Lakers played like that for eighty-two games. They'd probably have a fifty-win season, and could've been Fifth seed. Too bad they kinda fell down the wayside.

Man, I couldn't believe what Sportscenter was showing the score of that Houston Utah game. I mean, T-mac and Yao scoring is fine, but when the rest of the team doesn't, you're losing. That's a pretty big confidence boost for Utah to hold them down to 67. So if you can't stop T-Mac and Yao, the answer is to stop everyone else. :P
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Buff · Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 6:45 pm Post subject:

you gotta remember utah is very good at home. they are a good team and should be able to push the series to the limit.

hopefully lakers can keep their momentum up.
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Tullaryx · Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 2:39 am Post subject:

What the hell is wrong with the Dallas Mavericks. One would think that they'd at least put up some effort against Golden State in Game 3. It seems Charles Barkley will have to adjust his prediction that the Warriors will not win anymore games. The Warriors pretty much controlled and manraped the Mavericks through the entire 48 minutes. It wasn't like Dirk was having a bad game in the beginning. He was actually downing shots after shot in the first quarter, but no one else on the team seem to be able to buy one.

Game 4 on Sunday should still be as rocking from the Warrior fans and unless Dallas can silence that crowd they have no chance of splitting this two-game series in Oakland. We've seen that the Warriors can win on the road in the last 20-30 games. If they can pull off a win of Game 4 then I will have to say that it's more than a good chance that Dallas will be done.
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Buff · Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 10:22 am Post subject:

once again utah jazz do a good job against the rockets. surprised the rockets arn't doing to good these past 2 games, well at least this did a little better this game.
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