NBA playoffs

[Mulk]

anyone besides me keeping up?

 

The Spurs demonstrated a level of basketball artistry that is rarely seen on the NBA level last night, at least for a bit more than half the game. I have to think they are the favorites to win it all, maybe even to push for beating the best playoff record of a champion.

[MorningStar]

Big fan of the Celtics, but I don't think they can keep up with the Heat unless some more effort comes from Pierce and Bass. Rondo can't score 44 points every night.

 

I was thinking the Thunder had the edge in the West after they knocked off the Lakers, but the Spurs have been so nasty that it's hard not to consider them the favorites.

 

In a Heat-Spurs Finals, I think the difference-maker might be whether or not the Heat get Bosh back. The Heat need a larger body to challenge Tim Duncan, otherwise he'll just roll right over them.

[RandA lThor]

I am going for Thunder and Heat to win these two games, and then thunder to win everything

[SBoydW]

Also a Celtics fan but I don't think this little run they're on will last, especially if Bosh comes back at anything above 50%

 

The Thunder look pretty awesome at the moment. Curious to see if the experienced vet Spurs can rebound and get back into this.

[Mulk]

yeah, since I last posted both series have taken a complete turn. I'm surprised the Spurs didn't win at least one of the last three games; whereas Boston has outplayed Miami almost since the start of Game 2 - I thought Miami was lucky to come away with that one.

[MorningStar]

Looks like we're set up for the Finals - Thunder vs. Heat! Definitely going to be a close series, both teams are incredibly talented.

[Tiinker]

Place your bets? :)

 

Thunder looking stronger at the moment. Hope Heat win though.

[WWWwombat]

Thunder in 6

[John E. Kelley]

Thunder in 6

 

^^This.

[Troilen]

OKC all the way, hopefully they'll get the brooms out, but I wouldn't be surprised to see a 6 or 7 game series.

[John E. Kelley]

That turned out about as I expected. And folks can take about Rose and Rondo all they like, but if I can pick only one point guard in the NBA, I'm taking Westbrook all day.

[Tiinker]

No way. Sad day for the Heat..

[MorningStar]

Game 1 to the Thunder! Kevin Durant is incredible.

[SBoydW]

I feel bad for Lebron... I mean I know he makes millions of dollars and I shouldn't feel bad for him and should just be like "suck it up" but I genuinely feel bad for the man.

[Tiinker]

Well they won Game 2. The dude is great and it's a shame.

 

Did anyone else watch the Dream Team documentary? It makes me so sad to think that I missed it all..

[RandA lThor]

I am one of the few people in my area who does not hate Lebron and is fine with winning. I actually want him to win, I feel he deserves it. Thunder in 7 though, Durant is a beast.

[Tiinker]

Heat have been the only team to ever beat Thunder at home and they did it in Finals territory. Think that shocked them hard. Hope they win tonight!

[RandA lThor]

Me too, I want Heat to think they are winning and then Thunder to come back, and then Heat to come back for one more game, and then game 7 for OKC to win, will still be happy if Miami wins though. Basically O-H-H-O-O-H-O

[John E. Kelley]

I honestly never saw this coming, but I have to admit, I'm happy it went down this way. LeBron, whether you like him or not, is one of the ten best players ever to play the game. And those who disregarded that fact because he had never won a title, now don't have that to fall back on.

 

But don't feel bad for Durant, he will have multiple titles before his career is through.

[RandA lThor]

Yeah, I agree with you, I felt that Lebron deserved this. i would have been fine with either team winning. The only reason i was mad was because I wanted this to be a 7 game series and this game was not interesting. Too much of a blowout.

[RandA lThor]

I mean how do two top teams face off and have one do that badly. it was a disgrace. I hope they can win next year, which they probably will. Unless, Bulls make it into the playoffs and Rose recovers.

[John E. Kelley]

Badly? DuRant still scored 32 tonight. The only difference tonight was that the Heat's secondary players showed up tonight, while the Thunder's didn't. Miller was a beast tonight....

[RandA lThor]

Durant is always a beast, but if we look at some of the Thunder's other players, Perkins had 2 points, Sefolosha had none, and so on.

[Az]

Did you see that defense the Heat was putting on them? Kinda tough to score when all your shots are highly contested.

[RandA lThor]

Well, yeah, but they still should not have been doing that bad, I am not saying that the Heat are not a good team, I am saying that the Thunder should be able to beat them because their offense should be good enough to get past the Heat's defense.