NBA Finals discussion

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[QUOTE="manningbowl135"]Great game. Wish the NBA wasn't so corrupted so I could actually enjoy games like these.manningbowl135

I really hope you are not still dwelling on game 2 or whats happening in with the corrupted clown donaghy because this was a well officiated game probably the best one this series.

There's too much suspicion over the NBA. Every bad call makes me think of cheating right now. I can't enjoy the game.

Do you feel that was about every HR you see in baseball?

[QUOTE="JCblueside"][QUOTE="gamergeek545"][QUOTE="JCblueside"][QUOTE="gamergeek545"][QUOTE="JCblueside"]

I'm feeling kinda numb right now which is good. :lol: But I bet I'm gonna be stressed out if Lakers indeed losses this game. Good thing there will be plenty of ways to relieve my stress today, I'll play MGS4 & watch Incredible Hulk. :) If the Lakes doesnt get the title there are also plenty of reasons not to be letdown, ofcourse I'll be very dissapointed but like I said plenty of resons not to be let down. Anyway it aint over yet, Celtics still needs to win 1 game.

gamergeek545

I think Hulk is a Celtics fan too cause he is green. :cry:

No, Snake isnt a fan of NBA cause he is a fan of the Patriots. :P

There are heroes... There are superheroes... and there are Hancock. :)

[QUOTE="JCblueside"][QUOTE="-Tish-"]

I like how Phil Jackson said they'd be all right before the fourth quarter started. He needs to get his head out of his ass and actually coach for a change.

gamergeek545

You dissing a coach who has 9 rings there buddy.

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I like how Phil Jackson said they'd be all right before the fourth quarter started. He needs to get his head out of his ass and actually coach for a change.

JCblueside

You dissing a coach who has 9 rings there buddy.

I agree, But Phil Jackson was always handed his players. Red drafted his great players. Which is why Red > Phil.

Plus Phils Zen BS is annoying.

Just_Osmo

IDK about that, before Phil came to the Bulls, MJ and Pippen and company always got bounced by the Pistons or Celtics, when he got there and taught his philosophies, they won championships. Same when he got to the Lakers, Kobe and Shaq were getting swept by Utah and the Spurs before Phil got there, once Phil got there 5 Finals appearances and 3 titles. Plus Phil and Red played in 2 completely different eras, so i think its unfair to say who was really the better coach.

[QUOTE="X360PS3AMD05"][QUOTE="-Renegade"][QUOTE="X360PS3AMD05"][QUOTE="JCblueside"]

[QUOTE="X360PS3AMD05"][QUOTE="JCblueside"]Am I the only Lakers fan here right now? gamergeek545

What kind a Lakers fan are you!?

Gasol doesn't do **** with the ball unless he's right under the rim. He's so weak. I hate when they pass him the ball if he isn't under the rim.

Seriously I didn't see him at all.Eman5805

Once Bynum comes back next season Pau will be in a more comfortable position which is PF.

im so happy right now...

[QUOTE="gamergeek545"][QUOTE="JCblueside"][QUOTE="-Tish-"]

I like how Phil Jackson said they'd be all right before the fourth quarter started. He needs to get his head out of his ass and actually coach for a change.

bl33kda58

You dissing a coach who has 9 rings there buddy.

And Phil Jackson created one of the most popular and successful offensive set - The Triangle Offense.

[QUOTE="manningbowl135"][QUOTE="xscrapzx"]

[QUOTE="manningbowl135"]Great game. Wish the NBA wasn't so corrupted so I could actually enjoy games like these.Just_Osmo

I really hope you are not still dwelling on game 2 or whats happening in with the corrupted clown donaghy because this was a well officiated game probably the best one this series.

There's too much suspicion over the NBA. Every bad call makes me think of cheating right now. I can't enjoy the game.

Do you feel that was about every HR you see in baseball?

Let's see. A cheating ref saying the league and owners help change outcomes of games isn't the same as individuals taking steroids. If the player is suspected of steroids, I think that. In the NBA's case, the league is suspected of cheating, so every game in the league I feel like that.

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I agree, But Phil Jackson was always handed his players. Red drafted his great players. Which is why Red > Phil.

Plus Phils Zen BS is annoying.

KoFoNiO

IDK about that, before Phil came to the Bulls, MJ and Pippen and company always got bounced by the Pistons or Celtics, when he got there and taught his philosophies, they won championships. Same when he got to the Lakers, Kobe and Shaq were getting swept by Utah and the Spurs before Phil got there, once Phil got there 5 Finals appearances and 3 titles. Plus Phil and Red played in 2 completely different eras, so i think its unfair to say who was really the better coach.

He also won rings as the GM drafting larry bird and such.

[QUOTE="Just_Osmo"]

I agree, But Phil Jackson was always handed his players. Red drafted his great players. Which is why Red > Phil.

Plus Phils Zen BS is annoying.

KoFoNiO

IDK about that, before Phil came to the Bulls, MJ and Pippen and company always got bounced by the Pistons or Celtics, when he got there and taught his philosophies, they won championships. Same when he got to the Lakers, Kobe and Shaq were getting swept by Utah and the Spurs before Phil got there, once Phil got there 5 Finals appearances and 3 titles. Plus Phil and Red played in 2 completely different eras, so i think its unfair to say who was really the better coach.

He also won rings as the GM drafting larry bird and such.

im so happy right now...

BeanTownBrown86

You should understand that there would be people who is opposite, meaning completely lonely. :( But hey this is sports, everyone has been in both the loney and the happy sides. Yay! :D

i love how optimistic phil is "this series is not over" in reality this series is over.-Renegade

It isnt over over. But I mean, we need 1 of 3 games 2 of which are at home. So its looking good.

i love how optimistic phil is "this series is not over" in reality this series is over.-Renegade

If he said that the sereis is over, you'd probably go critically nuts over him so no difference.

Ahh man, I watched like fifteen minutes of the first half and the half time show; nobody gave Bos a chance so I started playing football and now as I check my various articles on Wikipedia I almost fell off the couch. I'm more angry that I missed a second half that was obviously great than happy Bos won.blackngold29

Thats why as a fan you should never leave. DVR is great. If you get pissed you can pause it for 10 minutes and fast forward through the painful stuff.

[QUOTE="blackngold29"]Ahh man, I watched like fifteen minutes of the first half and the half time show; nobody gave Bos a chance so I started playing football and now as I check my various articles on Wikipedia I almost fell off the couch. I'm more angry that I missed a second half that was obviously great than happy Bos won.Just_Osmo

Thats why as a fan you should never leave. DVR is great. If you get pissed you can pause it for 10 minutes and fast forward through the painful stuff.

boston is one of the best shooting teams i have seen in my life. there is no way the lakers will win this series. boston will be back next year but lakers need to step it up. i doubt they will make it next year to the finals.-Renegade

If the Lakers will be a much healthier team next season they would be a better team than this year no doubt about that. Once Bynum comes back it will address the biggest problem of LAL which is their frontcourt. Bynum being there on the frontcourt with Gasol & Odom will turn the tide of the Lakers bigs from soft to strong and and really tall. Having two 7 footers and the other one almost 7 footer on the Lakers starting 5 next season will be intimidating enough. Not to mention the Lakers bench will be even deeper cause Radmanovic will be coming off the bench. So I dont know why your sounding off as if the Lakers ill be worst next year.

[QUOTE="-Renegade"]boston is one of the best shooting teams i have seen in my life. there is no way the lakers will win this series. boston will be back next year but lakers need to step it up. i doubt they will make it next year to the finals.JCblueside

If the Lakers will be a much healthier team next season they would be a better team than this year no doubt about that. Once Bynum comes back it will address the biggest problem of LAL which is their frontcourt. Bynum being there on the frontcourt with Gasol & Odom will turn the tide of the Lakers bigs from soft to strong and and really tall. Having two 7 footers and the other one almost 7 footer on the Lakers starting 5 next season will be intimidating enough. Not to mention the Lakers bench will be even deeper cause Radmanovic will be coming off the bench. So I dont know why your sounding off as if the Lakers ill be worst next year.

I am not saying they will be worst but they have to deal with too many good teams in the west. The Spurs, Utah, the Suns and now New Orleans. The west is stacked. It will be a hard road to the finals next season.

I didnt notice Ray Allen played 48 minutes. Jesus thankfgot for a few days to rest.Just_Osmo

Lol problem with copy and paste: the typing error stays.

[QUOTE="Just_Osmo"]I didnt notice Ray Allen played 48 minutes. Jesus thankfgot for a few days to rest.manningbowl135

Lol problem with copy and paste: the typing error stays.

lies. some mod did it. i swear.

wow...i don't know what to say. Blowing a 24 point lead at home in the finals is ridiculous. Series is definitely over. Judging by the way the lakers are playing in the finals, they sure as hell aren't gonna be the first to come back and win from a 3-1 deficit. Everyone else is playing soft on the lakers team other than kobe. Better luck next year when they get bynum back. Boston proved themselves to be the better team and garnett will finally get his well deserved ringsilky_smooth8

Um, and Ray Allen and Paul Pierce.

[QUOTE="silky_smooth8"]wow...i don't know what to say. Blowing a 24 point lead at home in the finals is ridiculous. Series is definitely over. Judging by the way the lakers are playing in the finals, they sure as hell aren't gonna be the first to come back and win from a 3-1 deficit. Everyone else is playing soft on the lakers team other than kobe. Better luck next year when they get bynum back. Boston proved themselves to be the better team and garnett will finally get his well deserved ringJust_Osmo

Um, and Ray Allen and Paul Pierce.

[QUOTE="bl33kda58"][QUOTE="gamergeek545"][QUOTE="JCblueside"][QUOTE="-Tish-"]

I like how Phil Jackson said they'd be all right before the fourth quarter started. He needs to get his head out of his ass and actually coach for a change.

JCblueside

You dissing a coach who has 9 rings there buddy.

And Phil Jackson created one of the most popular and successful offensive set - The Triangle Offense.

Phil Jackson didn't create the triangle offense..the basic ideas of the offense was established by Hall of Fame couch Sam Barry which was later refined by Tex Winters..Jackson's assistant coach, who should be in the hall of fame by the way.

definately all of them though this entire team deserves a ring...it was mostly just a team that came together from trades and free agency with one goal in mind...win a ring...this entire team is just historical...biggest turn around in NBA history...from worst to first...one of the biggest combacks in NBA playoffs history...number 1 defense this celtics team has it all and i they ALL very well deserve this ringfiercedeity901

lol hell yea i agree with you :D They all deserve this ring. They are all contributing to win the nba championship :D

and don't be surprised if we beat them on Sunday :lol: Damn the Celtics did a very good comeback :D

CONGRATULATIONS BOSTON!!!!

LAKERS FANS, SORRY :lol: but not even next year :lol:

[QUOTE="fiercedeity901"]

definately all of them though this entire team deserves a ring...it was mostly just a team that came together from trades and free agency with one goal in mind...win a ring...this entire team is just historical...biggest turn around in NBA history...from worst to first...one of the biggest combacks in NBA playoffs history...number 1 defense this celtics team has it all and i they ALL very well deserve this ringDeath_marshes

lol hell yea i agree with you :D They all deserve this ring. They are all contributing to win the nba championship :D

and don't be surprised if we beat them on Sunday :lol: Damn the Celtics did a very good comeback :D

CONGRATULATIONS BOSTON!!!!

LAKERS FANS, SORRY :lol: but not even next year :lol:

wowie wow I didn't even get to watch the game because I was at some freakin graduation but the people next to me were updating me on the score. first I heard we were up by 20 and like 30 minutes or an hour I hear that we're only up by 11, I got wtf to the guy next to me and he's like don't worry we got this game and I look at him and i tell him remember that lakers comeback on the celtics but he didn't pay attention to me. then I look at the highlights now and see all these mistakes in the third quarter and early 4th. Man now we have to win 3 straight, with 2 on the road. believe it or not I still believe lakers can still take it allandyboiii

Crazy finals game 4. What the heck happened? I seriously thought Lakers had this one.

But it's the NBA...that's all I'll say.

Not even next year? With Bynum?...X360PS3AMD05

Bynum got better before his injury.. But at the beginning of the season, he sucked. Idk, hes just an irregular player (hes not consistent) and teams like the Spurs will be stronger next season because of their horrible season this year. Phoenix fired Mike D'Antoini that was having good results with the Suns but they got tired of losing the playoffs so for next season, they want to win the nba championship.

Same with Detroit and Cleveland. Idk, Maybe what the Celtics made this season (buying KG and Allen) will inspire or motivate other teams to do the same with other players. Gilbert Arenas will be a free agent so will be Mr. Baron Davis and many other great stars. So everything can change.

Bynum did good before his injury. He helped a lot the team but idk using Gasol, Odom and Bynum can affect the team's performance (maybe that's just a guess) because remember Phil Jackson knows a lot about strategies

anyways, idc.. that's the future :P The present says BOSTON MADE A HUGE COMEBACK AND WON GAME 4!!!! :D

[QUOTE="X360PS3AMD05"]Not even next year? With Bynum?...Death_marshes

Bynum got better before his injury.. But at the beginning of the season, he sucked. Idk, hes just an irregular player (hes not consistent) and teams like the Spurs will be stronger next season because of their horrible season this year. Phoenix fired Mike D'Antoini that was having good results with the Suns but they got tired of losing the playoffs so for next season, they want to win the nba championship.

Same with Detroit and Cleveland. Idk, Maybe what the Celtics made this season (buying KG and Allen) will inspire or motivate other teams to do the same with other players. Gilbert Arenas will be a free agent so will be Mr. Baron Davis and many other great stars. So everything can change.

Bynum did good before his injury. He helped a lot the team but idk using Gasol, Odom and Bynum can affect the team's performance (maybe that's just a guess) because remember Phil Jackson knows a lot about strategies

anyways, idc.. that's the future :P The present says BOSTON MADE A HUGE COMEBACK AND WON GAME 4!!!! :D

I remember Doc Rivers showed clips of Muhammed Ali's fights, and made this statement over and over again: "It's not how many times you get hit and keep getting hit, it's whether or not you move forward and hit back."

I wonder if that went into their heads in this game?

I Also love all the Fake fans in the building being totally quiet!!!X360PS3AMD05

I almost feel sorry for them.

:|, i duno how my fellow celtic fans can claim this series being over, seeing as how the red sox have come back to win a series being down, twiceBeanTownBrown86

[QUOTE="BeanTownBrown86"]:|, i duno how my fellow celtic fans can claim this series being over, seeing as how the red sox have come back to win a series being down, twiceCube_of_MooN

lol you think this is a baseball game or what? The series is over.. DONE!! Boston Celtics the NBA CHAMPIONS tyvm :D

[QUOTE="Cube_of_MooN"][QUOTE="BeanTownBrown86"]:|, i duno how my fellow celtic fans can claim this series being over, seeing as how the red sox have come back to win a series being down, twiceDeath_marshes

lol you think this is a baseball game or what? The series is over.. DONE!! Boston Celtics the NBA CHAMPIONS tyvm :D

I think Boston will take this one. My reasons;

• Boston was not on fire on the second half, they just play like that. They were just slumping at the first half.
• Lakers can't possibly win 2 straight games at Boston, unless Pau shows some guts and Sasha stops acting like a superstar.
• Inconsistency on the line up of Lakers.
• Boston is hungry.

I hope this shows the youngins out there, that Kobe will never be as good as Jordan.

On topic though, I can't recall the last time I saw an NBA finals team blow such a big lead. Congrats to the City of Champions, the Pats may have choked but at least the Celtics won one for ya.

I hope this shows the youngins out there, that Kobe will never be as good as Jordan.

On topic though, I can't recall the last time I saw an NBA finals team blow such a big lead. Congrats to the City of Champions, the Pats may have choked but at least the Celtics won one for ya.

dru26

You beat me to it. It's amazing how all these kids come on here a month ago and proclaim Kobe as the best player ever (hell there was even a thread that said Kobe > Jordan), and now they are nowhere to be found. You gotta love the blind fans who were too young to even watch and appreciate Michael in his prime and swear Kobe is god. Well i hate to break it to you but your boy couldn't hold Jordan's you know what. I don't even care if the lakers somehow comeback to win the series, this just shows you how great a player like Jordan was. Anyone who still REALLY believe kobe is better than jordan should truly be banned from watching basketball ever again, cause i promise you, with your season on the line and a 25 point lead, Michael Jordan would have NEVER LET his team choke like that, NEVER.

[QUOTE="X360PS3AMD05"] I Also love all the Fake fans in the building being totally quiet!!!Yorro

I almost feel sorry for them.

[QUOTE="X360PS3AMD05"]Not even next year? With Bynum?...Death_marshes

Bynum got better before his injury.. But at the beginning of the season, he sucked. Idk, hes just an irregular player (hes not consistent) and teams like the Spurs will be stronger next season because of their horrible season this year. Phoenix fired Mike D'Antoini that was having good results with the Suns but they got tired of losing the playoffs so for next season, they want to win the nba championship.

Same with Detroit and Cleveland. Idk, Maybe what the Celtics made this season (buying KG and Allen) will inspire or motivate other teams to do the same with other players. Gilbert Arenas will be a free agent so will be Mr. Baron Davis and many other great stars. So everything can change.

Bynum did good before his injury. He helped a lot the team but idk using Gasol, Odom and Bynum can affect the team's performance (maybe that's just a guess) because remember Phil Jackson knows a lot about strategies

anyways, idc.. that's the future :P The present says BOSTON MADE A HUGE COMEBACK AND WON GAME 4!!!! :D

wowie wow I didn't even get to watch the game because I was at some freakin graduation but the people next to me were updating me on the score. first I heard we were up by 20 and like 30 minutes or an hour I hear that we're only up by 11, I got wtf to the guy next to me and he's like don't worry we got this game and I look at him and i tell him remember that lakers comeback on the celtics but he didn't pay attention to me. then I look at the highlights now and see all these mistakes in the third quarter and early 4th. Man now we have to win 3 straight, with 2 on the road. believe it or not I still believe lakers can still take it allandyboiii

[QUOTE="dru26"]

I hope this shows the youngins out there, that Kobe will never be as good as Jordan.

On topic though, I can't recall the last time I saw an NBA finals team blow such a big lead. Congrats to the City of Champions, the Pats may have choked but at least the Celtics won one for ya.

sixringz1

You beat me to it. It's amazing how all these kids come on here a month ago and proclaim Kobe as the best player ever (hell there was even a thread that said Kobe > Jordan), and now they are nowhere to be found. You gotta love the blind fans who were too young to even watch and appreciate Michael in his prime and swear Kobe is god. Well i hate to break it to you but your boy couldn't hold Jordan's you know what. I don't even care if the lakers somehow comeback to win the series, this just shows you how great a player like Jordan was. Anyone who still REALLY believe kobe is better than jordan should truly be banned from watching basketball ever again, cause i promise you, with your season on the line and a 25 point lead, Michael Jordan would have NEVER LET his team choke like that, NEVER.

I think Boston will take this one. My reasons;

• Boston was not on fire on the second half, they just play like that. They were just slumping at the first half.
• Lakers can't possibly win 2 straight games at Boston, unless Pau shows some guts and Sasha stops acting like a superstar.
• Inconsistency on the line up of Lakers.
• Boston is hungry.

Feel free to correct me.

Yorro

[QUOTE="JCblueside"]

[QUOTE="-Renegade"]boston is one of the best shooting teams i have seen in my life. there is no way the lakers will win this series. boston will be back next year but lakers need to step it up. i doubt they will make it next year to the finals.-Renegade

If the Lakers will be a much healthier team next season they would be a better team than this year no doubt about that. Once Bynum comes back it will address the biggest problem of LAL which is their frontcourt. Bynum being there on the frontcourt with Gasol & Odom will turn the tide of the Lakers bigs from soft to strong and and really tall. Having two 7 footers and the other one almost 7 footer on the Lakers starting 5 next season will be intimidating enough. Not to mention the Lakers bench will be even deeper cause Radmanovic will be coming off the bench. So I dont know why your sounding off as if the Lakers ill be worst next year.

I am not saying they will be worst but they have to deal with too many good teams in the west. The Spurs, Utah, the Suns and now New Orleans. The west is stacked. It will be a hard road to the finals next season.

The Lakers is better than anyone of those teams, the West was stacked up this season but the Lakers made it to the NBA Finals despite being incomplete.

[QUOTE="-Renegade"][QUOTE="JCblueside"]

[QUOTE="-Renegade"]boston is one of the best shooting teams i have seen in my life. there is no way the lakers will win this series. boston will be back next year but lakers need to step it up. i doubt they will make it next year to the finals.JCblueside

If the Lakers will be a much healthier team next season they would be a better team than this year no doubt about that. Once Bynum comes back it will address the biggest problem of LAL which is their frontcourt. Bynum being there on the frontcourt with Gasol & Odom will turn the tide of the Lakers bigs from soft to strong and and really tall. Having two 7 footers and the other one almost 7 footer on the Lakers starting 5 next season will be intimidating enough. Not to mention the Lakers bench will be even deeper cause Radmanovic will be coming off the bench. So I dont know why your sounding off as if the Lakers ill be worst next year.

I am not saying they will be worst but they have to deal with too many good teams in the west. The Spurs, Utah, the Suns and now New Orleans. The west is stacked. It will be a hard road to the finals next season.

The Lakers is better than anyone of those teams, the West was stacked up this season but the Lakers made it to the NBA Finals despite being incomplete.