Basketball (NBA, College, etc.)

dochira wrote:Baron Davis is great....when he's healthy.

i am not sure if he has played a full season, the past 4 to 5 years.

a strong competitor, and a good point/shooting guard for the warriors. But Warriors need to mix it up for next year. :headscratch:

qilver wrote:
i am not sure if he has played a full season, the past 4 to 5 years.

I don't believe he has.

qilver wrote:
a strong competitor, and a good point/shooting guard for the warriors. But Warriors need to mix it up for next year. :headscratch:

They were a competitor early in the season. I don't know what happened. And they didn't mix anything up this year because of the last season's late "run". And it looked like all was good, until someone told them the season was longer than one month. Then they freaked out.

dochira wrote:
They were a competitor early in the season. I don't know what happened. And they didn't mix anything up this year because of the last season's late "run". And it looked like all was good, until someone told them the season was longer than one month. Then they freaked out.

I think they played good for the early parts of the season...
injury and high expectation for the warriors....

what i think is they lack the toughness inside, like an alonzo mourning, ron artest (obviously these players are unattainable), but basically they lack that toughness inside, the inyourface defense and they tend to play too soft shooting three's. I think another NEW coach might help....and they need to trade some of their players, but keep J-rich and B.Davis, and maybe Dunleavy.

Warriors break their 9 game losing streak and whip the Mavericks in Oakland, 114-102. too bad the victories are a rare thing for the warriors, better luck next season.

watching the Warriors-PHX game, and Lakers-Portland games...

Warriors(home game) beat Phoenix 110-102, and Phx rested Nash, Radja Bell for the playoffs.

Lakers beat Portland 110-99, as Kobe scores 50!

Clippers win 101-97 over Seattle.

in other news,

Chicago reclaims the eighth spot in the east overtaking Philly again, as they win 103-101, and more amazing is Ben Gordon hits all 9 of his 3pt shots to tie an NBA record, he finished with 32 points for the game.

The New Jersey Nets defeated the Boston Celtics 95-93 :woot: .

Lakers whip the Suns, 109-89 and clinch a playoff spot... :woot:

qilver wrote:Lakers whip the Suns, 109-89 and clinch a playoff spot... :woot:

Good for them :thumbsup: . Now all they have to do is to win at least 1 of the 2 remaining games to secure the 7th seed and avoid a matchup with the Spurs. Being at the 7th seed, they will be pitted against the 2nd seeded Suns. And seeing the result of this game, it shows that they have a pretty good chance of winning the series and advancing to the 2nd round :fingerscrossed: :mrgreen: .

Saito_Hajime wrote:

it shows that they have a pretty good chance of winning the series and advancing to the 2nd round .

I don't know, , , the Suns rested a lot of their starters. They say Kwame will be starting center for the rest of year, even if Mihm comes back. Hmmm, Kwame against Tim Duncan, Spurs fans must be drooling over that matchup

gaijin mark wrote:Saito_Hajime wrote:

it shows that they have a pretty good chance of winning the series and advancing to the 2nd round .

I don't know, , , the Suns rested a lot of their starters. They say Kwame will be starting center for the rest of year, even if Mihm comes back. Hmmm, Kwame against Tim Duncan, Spurs fans must be drooling over that matchup

i think Duncan's not a 100%, but has played better in recent games...imagine him at full power...he will dust kwame...
Lakers still have a chance, as long as Kobe is doing what he is doing.

Clippers hopefully can play the Nuggets, they will have a chance. :say_yes:

gaijin mark wrote: I don't know, , , the Suns rested a lot of their starters.

Yeah, I noticed that alot of playoff-bound teams have been doing that for their last few games. Not good for NBA fantasy players :grumble: . The Detroit Pistons rested their starters as well and got beaten by the Milwaukee Bucks 113-93 :mwahaha: .

qilver wrote: Clippers hopefully can play the Nuggets, they will have a chance. :say_yes:

Looking at the win-loss record of both teams, The Clippers do have an edge against the Nuggets. The only reason why the Nuggets are the 3rd seed is because they are the northwest division leader :shakehead: .

Seems like the New Jersey Nets doesn't want to reach the 50 wins mark, losing to the Philadelpia 76ers 88-91 :shakehead: . Their last opportunity is against the Celtics, and I hope they win in that game and set another franchise history this time :fingerscrossed: .

Clippers lose to Memphis, but they actually ended up winning :crazy: because they get Denver in the first round of the playoffs and Memphis has to play Dallas. Both teams rested a lot of their starters, but Memphis bench screwed it up for them by winning :shakehead:

gaijin mark wrote:Clippers lose to Memphis, but they actually ended up winning :crazy: because they get Denver in the first round of the playoffs and Memphis has to play Dallas. Both teams rested a lot of their starters, but Memphis bench screwed it up for them by winning :shakehead:

yeah....but better they play Denver than Mav's in the first round.

btw: they are beating the Mav's...in a meaningless last game of the season, as they prepare for the first round, by resting Cassell and E. Brand, and Mav's resting Dirk. They'll be ready for playoff time.

Clips win 85-71 against the Mav's.

Pacers grab the sixth seed spot as they win 89-83 against Orlando in their final game of the season.

qilver wrote:
Pacers grab the sixth seed spot as they win 89-83 against Orlando in their final game of the season.

Damn, then it will be a Nets-Pacers for the 3rd vs 6th seed in the first round of the Eastern Conference. It's gonna be a tough series for the Nets :sweat: .

The New Jersey Nets proved that they really aren't aiming at making a franchise record, losing their last game and ending their season just 1 game shy of reaching the 50 win mark :shakehead: :grumble: .

Denver is headed to the playoffs, and lose a meaningless game to the Sonics in Seattle 98-109. Ray Allen hit's 7-13 THREES and hits the record book with 3pt's attempts made in a season. He scored 27 points.

Lakers wrap up 7th spot, playing Phoenix in the 1st round. Nash vs. Kobe, this could get interesting :dancing:

gaijin mark wrote:Lakers wrap up 7th spot, playing Phoenix in the 1st round. Nash vs. Kobe, this could get interesting :dancing:

even though the Suns lack Interior defense and a post up presense, I'd say they will take Lakers in this series. Sun's are just too deep with their bench, and have a lot of scorers, plus there is of course Nash, the game's ultimate playmaker currently.
Still with Kobe, lakers always have a chance.