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Looks like Mr. Phil J "over-adjusted" his team strategy and the Lakers thus over-did what we all expected them to do (Blast the Rockets firmly into Orbit, alongside Shuttle Atlantis )

As an aside, Andrew "all-in-my-head" Bynum (NFL ankle brace and all) did put up more points at half-time than Rajon "Lord-of-the-Rims" Rondo did in his entire game . Looks like 'whipping bwoy' and 'Lover Bwoy' are about to switch roles. But first, i'll defer to Lady Rondo for some fuzzy theories on why the above stats should be completely ignored (YAAAAAWWWWN!)

[quote author=A-40 link=topic=148652.msg3859918#msg3859918 date=1242176924]The Celts don't seem ready to win this game with Ray Allen turning the ball over and the Magic getting a lot of offensive rebounds[/quote]The Celts should be worried, i mean really worried. Shady officiating can only take you thus far

JeSoul:
Lol . . . and why exactly is he averaging only 13 mins? becos he gets into foul trouble and cannot stay on the floor

BLAHH! Once again, I'm not sure where you getting your facts but they appear pretty inaccurate. Bynum has started just 4games and has seldom commited more than 3fouls per game (averaging 3.xx per game). Now, how close that gets you to foul trouble is anyone's guess. BTW, the real reason he's not playing is because he came back from injury a few games to the end of the season and has not gotten back into the rhythm of the team, according to his coach (who I assume is more knowledgeable than any of us on this matter).

JeSoul:
But I don't think anyone can argue Bynum has flat out sucked this postseason. Again that's my simple point.

OH? but you did allege that Bynum's stats show he would have been a non-factor in last year's finals. Two words, Not (exactly) true. That's my own (simpler) point. Kachifo

JeSoul:
Again not quite.
The Hawks were a strong athletic team and everyone and their grandma knows the Celtics struggled with athletic teams all season. Lebron and his squad present a very different and quite superior match-up against them hence the sweep. The Hawk have 50 players who play the same 'athletic' position, you cannot challenge a dynamic Cavs team with that.
and the men in green were not down by as much as 29 pts on the road at any point.

Still. You should be comparing last year's Celtics not to the Lakers but to the Cavs, with whom they actually have more in common (Regular season's best record and MVP, with about the same number of wins as well). They also swept the Hawks last regular season before meeting them in the playoffs, so what's this strawman counter-argument about the Celts struggling against athletic teams??. Rather than trying to explain away the Cavs sepctacular performance with team dynamics, i'll suggest (again) the simple fact that the Celts were much more spectacular during the regular season than they were in the playoffs (Cf. the CAVS, who are playing like true champs to me). And as for who ('08 Celts or Cavs) actually had the better match up vs the Hawks, i'll let y'all decide,

JeSoul:
I'm not saying the Lakers are still not the favorite _{Infact I expect them to blow out the rockets at home tonight.} I'm saying the road to the finals will not be a paved highway road, they will have to get down and dirty in the gravel pits.

well, everyone and their grandmas (and grandmas' live-in boyfriends) know and expect this, so

JeSoul:
The Rockets are missing McGrady and Yao and Artest only gives them peanut pts and they blow the annointed nba champs out? highly suspect.

Anointed by who/where/when LAKERS-CAVS Finals BABY!!!

Oh, and those Bymum's stats you were touting as vindication for his insignificance certainly pale next to the confounding statistic you (ostensibly) omitted - he's averaging 13 mins per game. Only Farmar and Josh Powell (, who?) are averaging less time per game in the entire Lakers team. Now, those stats sure look less gawk-worthy, dont you concur?? Even Rondo, (your idol) would look less "awesome" with so much time on the bench

Moonstone:
Where's A-40? I always knew Cuban had a big mouth but nothing like this.Source: [url]http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_dont_lie/post/K-Mart-on-Cuban-mom-crisis-I-m-going-to-take-c?urn=nba,162648[/url]

I mean - Leave the family out. . . don't take it out on them. That's just very very wrong.

I completely expected Mr. Cuban to say/do something silly (as usual) but this time he chose to spare the players/officials and push the envelope. Player's families/family members should be completely off-limits. But Of course, not to his arrogant billion-dollar self! Sorry, Sore, loser

Kudos to Nowitski. Looks like he finally got that 4th-Q piece of ham outta his gullet (19 points in the 4th). The Mavs have somehow managed to delay destiny, for a couple more nights at least.

JeSoul:
Not quite. Granted rds 1 & 2 went the 7 game distance but they were all competitive. It's just one game but everyone's getting on the lakers cos to play so poorly this far into the playoffs against a much more inferior team for no apparent reason looks bad from all angles.

Quite. A year ago, this was the exact same concern I had about a fully-equipped Celtics team, playing a 7-Game 1st Rd series Vs pretty much the same group of guys Lebron & Co just blew out of the ballpark, and not amassing a single win on the road until the 9th try (good thing they had HOMECOURT). All these happened "for no aparent reason" until they took the title.

bawomolo:
The lakers are still going to win the title. na me talk am

Loll, they'd have to adjust to the new Rockets team (sans YAO) first. But Phil J knows better than any how that works.

[quote author=lai-lai link=topic=148652.msg3855268#msg3855268 date=1242088507]are we expecting sweeps dis night?[/quote]Looks like Sweeeepstakes Night so far, and once again the Cavs may spend as many days off the court as they did playing.

I'm currently in H-town and the excitement i see amongst the fans atimes borders on hubris. It's kind of funny cos I believe the Lakers are still gonna clinch this series in 6. With all the hoolabaloo about the Lakers drowsy performance so far, it is noteworthy that the Celtics similarly slept-walk their way to the title last year (averaging 6.5 games per series), while the Lakers breezed through theirs averaging 5's. LAKERS-CAVS FINALS BABY!!!

A series of unexpected events. Who would have thought bout Big Baby or Brooks

LEBRON JAMES

[quote author=A-40 link=topic=148652.msg3846550#msg3846550 date=1241914425]He did screw up there but face it his baskets kept the Mavs in the game i just don't understand how we had 5 players with double digit scoring and still couldn't win[/quote]Yea, Dirk deserves major credit for keeping the game close; closing the game would have capped what turned out to be an impressive performance by the mavericks. Sad.

[quote author=A-40 link=topic=148652.msg3846545#msg3846545 date=1241914275]@chiogo
That's nice lol you don't sound 17 half the time [/quote]LOLL, that was a rather qualified compliment.

Dirk "Chokes-o-late" Nowitzki (sighs) and why was that foul not called BTW

LOS MAVS are playing pretty scared/disorganized thus far. Missing shots, Rushing plays and Missing more shots. Someone please text/fedex/telex Mr. Carlisle to remind him to remind his players they got 24 and not 4 seconds to make a FG attempt. Ooohh-Sahhh!

[quote author=Sky-walker link=topic=148652.msg3838360#msg3838360 date=1241763895]I respect Kobe a lot hoping he should take down Lebron and his team the finals. Recently, th guys has started playing like a p---y. Whats with the elbom throwing on Ron artest? . He was just too annoying. i was supporting him and i was seeing what he was doing and its pisses people off.[/quote]Funny, I heard a lot of people express same sentiments about Kobe after that game. I think he realises that his team was a beat of a push-over in the last play-offs, but his attempt at toughness (like Fisher's) was a bit distasteful. Add that to his sometimes supercilious attitude and he could easily see his fan-base narrow a bit (at least temporarily). He was lucky to escape with a mere slap on the wrist. On the flip side, that series has become the most popular of the semis (kinda like the Boston-Bulls in R!). oh, why do we mortals get such a rush from violence

bawomolo:
a-40, get your ass in here. explain to me how dirt nowinski can't find a more pretty girlfriend. are women that scare in dallas  

https://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c249/deron731/44564564.jpg

looks like an XX version of Dirk himself. An anomalous case of likes attracting.

bawomolo:
he tested positive for female fertility drugs, next thing you know they would be taking horse medication.

and he claims he was taking it (HCG) for a perfectly legit medical condition . My best guess would be he was suffering from cyesis (pregnancy)

bawomolo:
the cavs aren't that strong. the hawks just suck plain and simple.

The Cavs' Strength lies more in the overall team chemistry between and less in the individual prowess of the players. They are just so coherent as a team and have grown much more so, IMO, as the season progressed. The coach has also done an excellent job of moulding the other players into supporting roles for Lebron and they all seem to feed off each other's success with LBJ playing such a mature role as team-leader-by-example. But can they really best the Lakers? perhaps not on a one-on-one match-up on paper but hey, I thought the exact same thing during last year's finals and in the end, the better D won!

chiogo:
Swine flu coo pig flu nee. That's a deadly disease. His ass will not be on that court if he has the flu.

Lol, guess I must av omitted the hyperbole/irony emoticon


BTW, Looks like LBJ & co ignored/mis-read the memo on the effect of a long lay-off on performance, another SWEEPING "best-of-4" series, ?(sighs)

As Odd as it was to see the Celts lose at home, it was even weirder watching the Lakers trail Houston virtually throughout in LA. Oh Yea, they had a few days off and yea, Kobe caught the swine flu or whatever ailment but i do not think that was why they lost. They simply had a bad shooting day while Houston's D was near perfect (Lakers-Jazz Game 3 anyone?). Unfortunately, it's a best-of-seven series and i just don't expect to see this sort of incoordination from the Lakers in subsequent games, but hey, "Anything is Possible, "

Considering the huge lead they amassed (and eventually squandered) and the fact that they tried everything (save BLACK MAGIC) to lose the game to Boston in the 4th quarter and still won, I'm a have to call this series for Orlando.

[quote author=lai-lai link=topic=148652.msg3822583#msg3822583 date=1241495673]rockets really gat lakers in a tight spot. . . . very good defence, yao ming can screen off a missile at this rate, really openin up opportunities for his teammates, artest alwys been good

but we just down by 3, half-time. . . .kobe, time to step up[/quote]Houston is looking good so far, but going 0-4 in the regular season vs the Lakers may mean what we watching may be just a flash in the pan

[quote author=~Sissy~ link=topic=170315.msg3807180#msg3807180 date=1241154831]isn't abortion illegal in nigeria?[/quote]Thank you my Sissy! Abortion has for long been declared illegal in Naija. The bigger issue, however, is the structure of the law that prohibits the act. It prescribes a prison sentence not only for those caught performing unnecessary abortions but also for any woman caught soliciting or engaging in the act. Framing the law in this manner completely makes no sense and is rather counter-productive to its end, as no woman will ever admit to having an abortion, no matter what (unless she wan follow the quack doctor enter kirikiri). IMO, it would be a lot safer legalizing abortion than maintaining this outdated relic of a law, which has only succeeded in driving the hundreds of thousands of women who voluntarily undergo abortions annualy in Naija to quacks and charlatans! BTW, the only person who has been convicted for the crime of abortion in Naija is the same person who strictly enforces the abortion laws in Naija,,,Mr/Officer NOBODY!!!

[quote author=A-40 link=topic=148652.msg3807116#msg3807116 date=1241150772]The Hawks really killed the Heat lets see if they can close out the series in MIA[/quote]I am really hoping the Heat can pull off something divine and clinch this series in 7. That Lebron-Wade playoff match-up has tarried a tard too long.

onyinye2:
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Tonight I'm about to sleep like an angel. Justice has been served. We have broken the Round 1 curse. We are unstoppable.

Ok, Ok so the Rockets are through to the 2nd round of the playoffs for the first time in eons. KUDOS to Ron, Yao & Co (and you too Onyi).

But of what does it profit a team to gain its first-round series only to meet (and probably be swept by/lose to) the LAKERS in the 2nd round

EL CLASSICO!!! what a game between the celts and bulls. could only catch the 4th quarter onwards and felt like i watched the whole game. I smell more guts and blood at the Boston Chi party on Saturday.

Moonstone:
Game 7!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! All the gra gra by Celts to enter game 7! Rondo is a goat.

At least, he's a TRIPLE-DOUBLE GOAT!!!(sorry bostonians, couldn't resist)

JeSoul:
Let the players rock it out.

Isn't this the reason sports like RUGBY and KICK-BOXING were invented

JeSoul:
Sometimes you get good calls sometimes bad - you deal with it, get over it and move on. Not start whining its[b] the reason [/b] you lost the game.

woof, woof! barking up the wrong tree, sweetie. I could care less if the Bulls beat Boston OR the Celts creamed Chicago. I just wanna watch good, consistent basketball. LAKERS/CAVS all the way baby!!!

Moonstone:
I don't think you're familiar with my love for Mavs or Cavs, that's why you're talking this way.
I'm fine about the whole thing.

oh, my bad then. i read a couple of posts back in which you were bemoaning the Hornets' poor form, so i naturally thought you were a fan of theirs. Anyway, i see the Cavs (barring some freak accident/injury) advancing all the way to the finals (where i hope they'll face the Lakers - Instant Classic), as for the Mavs, emmu, not so much.

Moonstone:
Oh whatever!

LOLL, hold on to thine heart o faithful one; cos verily, i say unto thee, before thou goest church thrice, tha Marvellous Mavs from Darling Dallas doth this Searing Series avengeth thee

GOOD-BYE HORNETSSS!!! Another blow-out! Who's next

Moonstone:
I just heard that Dwight is suspended from the next game.
This game between Magic and 76ers is going to game 7.

Touche! someone on the board must have grown a pair overnight. Playoffs or no playoffs, would have been plain silly to let off such a violent act. Makes the likely game 7 10x more interesting though,

JeSoul:
Q: Should Rajon Rondo have been whistled for a flagrant foul at the end of Game 5?
A: The short answer: Yes. The long answer: No.

The Real Answer: FLAGRANT!!!

JeSoul:
OK, you're confused . . . the last 15 seconds of a fourth quarter or overtime morph into rugby rules and it's just implicitly understood. In the Final Fifteen, the players decide the game unless it's an obvious call

Umm, that flagrant looked pretty obvious from my point of view, plus a foul is a foul is a foul, whether it is commited in the 1st or 4th or 14th quarter. I do agree, however, that the referees are more tentative in making calls (especially game-changing/-deciding calls) in the closing seconds of a game. No Ref wants to be the subject of controversy but that's no license for a player to pull a dagger or to literarily bleed your opponents (albeit unintentionally), it's still a GAME afterall

JeSoul:
Anyways the way I see it is if Miller made his freethrows no one would be talking about this. The bulls should be mad at him above the refs.

True, True, but i don't think the Bulls' fans should heap it all on Miller, although he looked dazed and confused after that bloody whack up the side of his face and he seemed more interested in keeping his teeth together than making the free throws,

JeSoul:
I'm not suprised the C's are still locked with the Bulls . . . you take away our Defensive player of the year and remove potential sixth man candidate Powe, you're left with a gaping hole leading straight to the rim. Perkins can only do so much by himself.

, then i guess it's safe to say the Celtics are not serious contenders for the championship this post-season, no?

If Man U scores first, e go hard awon Gunners o!

JeSoul:
RONDO IS AVERAGING A TRIPLE DOUBLE[/b]!

I dont know which is more surprising; Rondo's stats or the fact the Celtics are still playing the Bulls after 5 games. Anyway, it was obvious Rondo was only trying to commit a (very necessary) hard foul and Miller came out the worse for it. The Refs simply did not have the cojones to call a flagrant. Such inconsitencies occur in Bball like many other sports.

JeSoul:
I'm not sure if the Spurs rolled over or if it was the Mavs that rolled them over but . . . that was a wimper of a series. They had no offense to match the Mavs firepower. As for Round 2, I don't think the Mavs can get past the confident Nuggets . . . it will be an intresting series.

Orlando goes up 3-2, and I hope Dwight Howard doesn't get suspended . . . but geez that elbow was right on target for broken teeth.

The Spurs did not roll over, they simply aged-over. You can only win so many titles with the same set of players. Until they find a way to bring in fresh, young blood to rejuvenate their geriatric squad, their title haul is temporarily at a stop sign.

As for the Mavs, we've seen this movie before (just like nollywood). They play like the proverbial hare; quick out of the blocks, only to fall asleep towards the finish line and leave Mr. Cuban scowling at officials and reporters alike.

Oh, and the NBA should put their foot down and suspend Dwight at least for one game, na my guy, but him Bleep up big time!

oh how the mighty have fallen!!! The San Antonio Spurs (a different beast indeed )