General NBA Playoff Rd 1 Watching Thread - Page 14 - Dallas-Mavs.com Forums

antoinewalker · 04-30-2008, 12:18 AM

it's going to be tough for the rockets to win game 6 in utah.

MavsFanFinley · 04-30-2008, 01:00 AM

I thought the Suns were impressive considering Nash, Stoudamire, and Shaq didn't have moster games. I bet Pop is smiling and sipping wine after the Suns exploited the Diaw on Finley-Ginobli-Udoka matchup because it took away from Stoudamire and Shaq. That was a master move there. I mean how the hell do you go away from the Nash-Stoudamire p-n-r when the Spurs had no answer for it?

I thought the Spurs were sloppy and forced the issue in the 2nd half. Duncan was good defensively, Paker hit some key jumpers at the end while Ginobli nailed some ft's. They made the key plays late in the game and that's all that matters though.

alby · 04-30-2008, 01:05 AM

Spurs in 5 against the Hornets

MavsWiLLHaVeRinGs · 04-30-2008, 02:40 AM

I think the Rockets somehow win in Game 6 and blow it in Game 7 again.

twistaeffect2004 · 05-02-2008, 10:01 PM

The Hawks push the Celtics to a 7th game.

How improbable has this been? My goodness, what a series.

Stranger · 05-02-2008, 10:02 PM

Boston-Atlanta going to a game 7.

Edit: twistaeffect beat me to it.

MavsFanFinley · 05-02-2008, 10:12 PM

The Hawks have been impressive at home. It's a shame that can't play that way in Boston though. Even if they get blown out I tip my hat to them for taking it to 7 games. No one was expecting this.

twelli · 05-02-2008, 10:46 PM

I really want T-Mac beat the Jazz single-handedly by dropping +50. Can't stand the Jazz.

23 pts so far....

twelli · 05-02-2008, 10:56 PM

Rockets are on fire. They've erased a 19-point deficit -- almost -- in half a quarter.

T-Mac with 28.

alby · 05-02-2008, 11:02 PM

Tmac is not going to let them lose tonight.

With that being said, game 7 may be a very scary proposition for him.
Not really sure if this man can handle another game 7 defeat, if it did end in a loss.

ghazi · 05-02-2008, 11:03 PM

but theyre down 4...

dude1394 · 05-02-2008, 11:18 PM

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Originally Posted by alby

Tmac is not going to let them lose tonight.

With that being said, game 7 may be a very scary proposition for him.
Not really sure if this man can handle another game 7 defeat, if it did end in a loss.

I don't think so... Without rafer out there, I don't think they can beat the jazz..

I did like Tmac's statement about why they play well there however.

"We don't like their fans". Hah...So does Tmac get booed everytime like the dirkster does? Funny...

dude1394 · 05-02-2008, 11:19 PM

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Originally Posted by ghazi

but theyre down 4...

12..

dude1394 · 05-02-2008, 11:22 PM

So the continuation call is really called indiscriminantly (like much else in the nba). So okur never puts the ball back on the ground on that last foul and puts it up, but he doesn't get it. I've seen a few times that doesn't make much sense like that.

twelli · 05-02-2008, 11:22 PM

Dirk: Salt Lake City "is a bad city"... ha ha ha

MacGrady hasn't showed up in the second half. Now would be the time to show up...

dude1394 · 05-02-2008, 11:24 PM

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Originally Posted by dude1394

12..

uh...18...24...
McGrady has 1 point in the second. Boy you talk about a guy who has some baggage.

dude1394 · 05-02-2008, 11:36 PM

It's kind of pathetic that hubie brown who knows the nba says things with a straight face that when your shots are not falling you have to go to the guy that the referee will call a foul for.

Now what's wrong with this picture?

twelli · 05-02-2008, 11:39 PM

Down 20 points...

No comeback this time...

dude1394 · 05-02-2008, 11:45 PM

Now why doesn't the dirkster get that call?

DOMINATOR · 05-03-2008, 12:17 AM

tip my hat to Tmac... played great 40 pts 13/26, 10 rebs, 5 ast
scola only other guy in double figures for houston 15 pts. bobby jackson sucks as much as i hate to say it i think rafer would have made a huge difference in this series.

jazz had 7 in double figures and played great tonight.

see yall next year.

rabbitproof · 05-03-2008, 12:29 AM

Hawks are going to go down in flames on Sunday but boy are they fun to watch. They have pogo legs, extendo-arms and drive-down-the-lane mentalities.

Plus, they don't take no mess and woof right back at the C's and all their HOFers and All-Star berths.

LonghornDub · 05-03-2008, 01:19 AM

If Atlanta comes out really, really aggressive, as they have at home, I think they've got a chance to win.

Unfortunately, I don't think it will happen. They've haven't been half as aggressive in their games up in Boston in this series.

jthig32 · 05-03-2008, 01:25 AM

I can not possibly overstate how shocked I am by Atlanta.

Let me preface this by saying I have seen very little of the series. But in reading Simmon's comments, I feel very comfortable in pointing out that this is an example why you have to be very careful when arguing that Garnett is better than Dirk.

Garnett is a fantastic player, but superstars that are either incapable or unwilling to put a team on their back and dominate offensively are risky business in the playoffs.

mary · 05-03-2008, 03:07 AM

Go Atlanta.

A Celtic collapse in the first round would be a nice follow-up to the Patriots fiasco.

Yeah....that would be nice!

ghazi · 05-03-2008, 03:17 AM

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Originally Posted by jthig32

I can not possibly overstate how shocked I am by Atlanta.

Let me preface this by saying I have seen very little of the series. But in reading Simmon's comments, I feel very comfortable in pointing out that this is an example why you have to be very careful when arguing that Garnett is better than Dirk.

Garnett is a fantastic player, but superstars that are either incapable or unwilling to put a team on their back and dominate offensively are risky business in the playoffs.

Based on what I've seen, Garnett has done very little in the 4th quarter and has gotten gun shy. + some careless turnovers.

This is actually nothing new with him.

That's why I think despite defensive deficiencies compared to KG, Dirk is the better overall player.

Of course anytime I bring up that Dirk has the ability to take over games and is a clutch player non-Mavs fans laugh, but that is just a misconception due to the rigged 2006 finals

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GuerillaBlack · 05-03-2008, 08:44 AM

Marshmallows and kumbaya at my house.

But seriously, game sevens over the last few years have been rough for us. But I'm extremely proud of what this team has accomplished this season. Coming into this year this team was considered a legitimate contender but after our slow start people started to doubt them. Even I started to question Rick Adelman's coaching abilities. Well they proved us wrong and did some great things this season.

The 22 game winning streak was wonderful and that's something no one can take away from us. All the things we accomplished without our best players should say something about our team's makeup. It's disappointing now and I thought if we had made enough of our freethrows and rebounded better we could've at least won one of the first two games of this series.

Anyway, this team next year should be even better because guys like Carl Landry and Aaron Brooks got invaluable playoff experience that will only help them grow as players. It should be an exciting season next year if we can keep enough guys healthy. Go Rockets!!!

wmbwinn · 05-03-2008, 09:33 AM

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Originally Posted by mary

Go Atlanta.

A Celtic collapse in the first round would be a nice follow-up to the Patriots fiasco.

Yeah....that would be nice!

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to mary again.

alby · 05-03-2008, 11:12 AM

Not sure T-Mac, as a human being, wanted another game 7. With that being said, Rick Adelman might be as bad as Avery Johnson. His love for Bobby Jackson (Avery with Stackhouse) is just downright terrible.

DOMINATOR · 05-03-2008, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by alby

Not sure T-Mac, as a human being, wanted another game 7. With that being said, Rick Adelman might be as bad as Avery Johnson. His love for Bobby Jackson (Avery with Stackhouse) is just downright terrible.

who should he have played instead? rafer was hurt and he did put brooks in after bobby bricked a ton... brooks was bricking them too. luther head is not a PG and he sucks in playoffs.

GuerillaBlack · 05-03-2008, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by alby

Not sure T-Mac, as a human being, wanted another game 7. With that being said, Rick Adelman might be as bad as Avery Johnson. His love for Bobby Jackson (Avery with Stackhouse) is just downright terrible.

There was no one else. Rafer was out for the remainder of the game, so Bobby Jackson had to become the starting PG. Brooks was in backup. Both bricked a bunch this game. Bobby missed a few wide open threes.

alby · 05-03-2008, 04:29 PM

You guys are Rockets fans and you are defending Bobby Jackson?

you have Tmac, let the guy play point guard... bringing the ball up is not important, but Bobby Jackson taking terrible shots is.

DOMINATOR · 05-03-2008, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by alby

You guys are Rockets fans and you are defending Bobby Jackson?

you have Tmac, let the guy play point guard... bringing the ball up is not important, but Bobby Jackson taking terrible shots is.

we aren't defending bobby jackson we are defending adelman. he had no choice but to play jackson. who was then taken out because of dumb play for brooks who played just as bad.

Dirkadirkastan · 05-03-2008, 08:47 PM

For the second straight year, the Rockets play one more playoff game than the Mavericks.

Please, Cubes, get us out of this hellhole!

ghazi · 05-03-2008, 08:57 PM

Pistons looked pretty good today, shut down Howard and shut down the 3-PT shooters. 91-72

Dtownsfinest · 05-03-2008, 09:24 PM

Wow. Is Bruce Bowen wearin' Jason Kidd's shoes lol? That's an odd choice of footwear. Is that sign?

LonghornDub · 05-03-2008, 09:31 PM

Difference b/w Spurs and Mavs thus far against the Hornets: the Spurs can make open 3 pointers.

Dtownsfinest · 05-03-2008, 09:38 PM

Can the Hornets not defend the 3? Goodness. I think Bruce Bowen and Ginobilli are playing horse and are about tied right now.

Dtownsfinest · 05-03-2008, 09:45 PM

Good move by the Hornets lol. Couldn't stop the Spurs from scoring so might as well stop play to cool them down lol.

LonghornDub · 05-03-2008, 09:46 PM

They were playing the same way against us. Difference is, we couldn't make an open shot, and our guys were hesitant to even take them at times.

ghazi · 05-03-2008, 10:00 PM

Yeha even though the Mavs only shot 40% against the Hornets, I wasn't too impressed by their defense. We had plenty of good looks, and just couldn't knock them down. JHo's 29% kinda drags that statistic down as well.

foul too much, give up a lot of open looks, ehhh not impressed by their D.