nba playoffs

[lim abroad]

was at golden state warriors v dallas maverics tonight,8th seed warriors hammered 1st seed mavs to take the series 4-2,unbelievable atmosphere,best i've ever experienced at an nba game.....gooooooooooooooooooo warriors!

[OneRedArmy]

The way is clear for the Suns now as the Mavs were the one team I thought they'd struggle against. Really can't see anyone coming out of the East to trouble them.

[Marked Man]

The way is clear for the Suns now as the Mavs were the one team I thought they'd struggle against. Really can't see anyone coming out of the East to trouble them.

Pistons would beat the Suns inside of 6 games. Can't see the Suns overcoming the Spurs though, even despite their win last night.

[Aberdonian Stu]

Hmm I still think the Cavs or Jazz could pull off a conference finals shocker. Don't think either has enough to win the whole thing but one could definitely pull off a huge upset.

[Dodge]

Don't think Jazz will. watched the game last night and they were blessed to level scores with 2 seconds left.

Cavs have the firepower to beat anybody. They should reach the Conference finals. I'd like to see them play Phoenix in the Finals as they're the two most attack minded teams in the NBA

[Aberdonian Stu]

The one thing going for the Jazz is that Suns-Spurs is likely to be a tiring series for both sides so they might go into the game on more rest than the winner of that.

On his day Boozer is a great weapon, and he can even get the job done when he's playing terribly.

Was at a Jazz-Warriors game in Salt Lake back in March. Boozer stank and still made a big contribution scoring wise. I think Utah has too much firepower for the Warriors so should go through in 4 or 5. My money would be on the latter.

Suns-Spurs could go all the way. I can't see it being less than 6 games.

That said I still think the Cavs are more likely to topple the Pistons than the Jazz are to overcome either of the other two.

[Dodge]

I'm still hoping the Bulls come back against Detriot!

[Aberdonian Stu]

They aren't at that level yet but they are developing nicely.

[Dodge]

Ben Wallace has been disappointing (ina a value for money way) but they have a very young starting 5 and should challnge detriot in a year or two

[lim abroad]

i'm hoping that the warriors can turn it around but think i'm being a little optimistic.i've 2 tickets for game 4 on sunday in oakland

[Marked Man]

I'm stunned that people think the Cavs have a shot. They'll probably reach the EC final, but Detroit will beat them easily. The Cavs are Lebron + a group of fairly average players. So far in Lebron's career, a number of teams have figured out that if you limit him, the rest of the team can't beat you. Detroit being one of the top defensive teams in the NBA will be able to do that.

In the west, it's looking very like Utah for the finals, but if GS win their first home game, things could get different very quickly.

Spurs Detroit final though. The best 2 teams in the NBA over the past 5 years.

[Dodge]

I'm stunned that people think the Cavs have a shot. They'll probably reach the EC final, but Detroit will beat them easily
I was saying that on their day they could beat anyone. Can't see them beating Pistons over a 7 game series though.

If Chicago get knocked out I hope the Suns do it for Pat Burke :D

[lim abroad]

hahaha pat burke,funnily enough the crowd seem to love him when he comes on

[Aberdonian Stu]

The smart money is on the Pistons/Suns/Spurs and I think the NBA champion will come from those three but I can easily see a situation where only one makes the NBA finals.

[Dodge]

hahaha pat burke,funnily enough the crowd seem to love him when he comes on

He came on a few weeks ago and got a decent bit of time (rather than coming on for garbage time as they call it) and he did OK. He got a slam dunk and the whole team came over to celebrate with him.

[ollie]

was at golden state warriors v dallas maverics tonight,8th seed warriors hammered 1st seed mavs to take the series 4-2,unbelievable atmosphere,best i've ever experienced at an nba game.....gooooooooooooooooooo warriors!

i remember seeing it on television. It was a sea of yellow.place looked like it was hopping!!

[lim abroad]

i remember seeing it on television. It was a sea of yellow.place looked like it was hopping!!

yeah they gave out those yellow t-shirts free when you went in,the atmosphere was class,almost like a big european soccer game in comparison.just watching game 3 now with the warriors up by 21 with 9 seconds left in the first half

[Marked Man]

The one thing going for the Jazz is that Suns-Spurs is likely to be a tiring series for both sides so they might go into the game on more rest than the winner of that.

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After last night, I reckon the Jazz-GS series will go the distance; so no extra rest for the winners of that series.

Would love to see GS v Spurs in the WC final.

[Aberdonian Stu]

Jazz lead 3-1. But Suns-Spurs might soon be over so I think you're still right on the no extra rest point.

[Marked Man]

Wow. What a game.

You might be right about longer rests after all Aberdonian!

[lim abroad]

what about horry's foul on nash,looks like phoenix will suffer most for it with stoudemire and diaw coming off the bench

[Marked Man]

I didn't know Horry had it in him. I suppose he was on in place of Bowen though, so maybe he thought he had to play like him. Speaking of Bowen, did you see his knee-in-the-balls on Nash in game 3? Looks to me like the Spurs have decided that if they beat up Nash, the Suns will fold.

Nash was funny being interviewed afterwards: the interviewer asked if he had seen his teammates leave the bench. "All I saw was stars," he said.

[OneRedArmy]

Pathetic stuff by the Spurs, hopefully it will act as a catalyst for the Suns to push on.

Game 5 will be crucial with the final 2 in PHX, fingers crossed that Amare isnt given a ban as he has really stepped up 2nd half of the season. Shawn Marion really needs to up his game.

[Marked Man]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=jAakQjpFibg

Nice stuff from the clearly-not-dirty Bowen.

[Aberdonian Stu]

Bow down to your KING

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/si_blogs/basketball/nba/07_playoffs/2007/06/no-stopping-king.html

[ollie]

Unbelievable performance from him. You'd still have to fancy the spurs in the final but with performances like last night Cleveland will be in with a shout.

[Marked Man]

I'm stunned that people think the Cavs have a shot. They'll probably reach the EC final, but Detroit will beat them easily. The Cavs are Lebron + a group of fairly average players. So far in Lebron's career, a number of teams have figured out that if you limit him, the rest of the team can't beat you. Detroit being one of the top defensive teams in the NBA will be able to do that.

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Uncannily accurate assessment and prediction.

[Aberdonian Stu]

I assume you're being sarcastic seeing as the Cavs just beat Detroit 4-2.