Basketball (NBA, College, etc.)

Jav_sol wrote:Celts beat Chicago (& referees) 109-99. This was one of the best basketball series I can remember seeing. But it had some of the worst refereeing I've seen :shakehead: , these guys were plain terrible. I hope we don't get idiots in the second round.

:grumble: Not what I was hoping for.

Jav_sol wrote:Celts beat Chicago (& referees) 109-99.

Boo. :(

adub2adub wrote:Now that the NBA Playoffs have arrived .... time for some fearless predictions bound to go awry. :bonk: :doh:

East:
(1) Cleveland over (8) Detroit in 5
(4) Atlanta over (5) Miami in 7
(3) Orlando over (6) Philadelphia in 6
(2) Boston over (7) Chicago in 6
West:
(1) LA Lakers over (8) Utah in 5
(4) Portland over (5) Houston in 6
(6) Dallas over (3) San Antonio in 7
(7) New Orleans over (2) Denver in 6

If anyone cares ... I went 6-for-8 in my picks. I thought the Blazers would've actually played better at home, but I guess the Lakers don't have to worry about them now. :doh:

I'm still a bit shocked at what happened to the Hornets, but apparently they were either really hurt ... or just quit on their coach. :shakehead:

Now, on to the 2nd Round ... with some more predictions bound to go wrong. :fingerscrossed:

East:

(1) Cleveland over (4) Atlanta in 5

(3) Orlando over (2) Boston in 6


West:

(1) LA Lakers over (5) Houston in 4

(2) Denver over (6) Dallas in 6


Anyone with other predictions? :sweat:

I think those are about right. The only possible upset could be Dallas over Denver. But Dallas is such a schizo team, you never know who's going to show up. :crazy:

^ Wow, the Lakers in four??

I'd think five.

The Magic takes game one from the Celtics in Boston, 95-90. :victory:

No defense + Poor shooting = Laker loss, 100-92, to the Rockets. :shakehead:

bmwracer wrote:No defense + Poor shooting = Laker loss, 100-92, to the Rockets. :shakehead:

Yup, a team effort, except for Kobe, EVERYBODY sucked. [/list:u]

gaijinmark wrote: Yup, a team effort, except for Kobe, EVERYBODY sucked. [/list:u]

And Kobe was the one who was supposed to be sick: Seems like the rest of the team was. :shakehead:

Needless to say, it's a must win on Wednesday. :sweat:

For us more senior and in-the-know basketball fans:

NBA great Dave Bing wins race for Detroit mayor

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090506/ap_on_re_us/us_detroit_mayor_11

bmwracer wrote:

Needless to say, it's a must win on Wednesday. :sweat:

Needless to say, it's a must lose on Wednesday...

Greetings from Houston!

runpup wrote:Needless to say, it's a must lose on Wednesday...

The Rockets DID lose, 111-98. :P :P :P

It's nice that the Lakers won, but at this rate I expect Game 3 to be staged in a WWE ring. It's getting ugly, with Artest and Fisher being thrown out. I would not be surprised if Fisher was suspended for a game.

deseipher wrote:It's nice that the Lakers won, but at this rate I expect Game 3 to be staged in a WWE ring. It's getting ugly, with Artest and Fisher being thrown out. I would not be surprised if Fisher was suspended for a game.

Yeah, it was a pretty chippy game... Lakers better be prepared for more of this. :sweat:

The Magic routs the Celtics, 117-96, in Orlando. :victory:

bmwracer wrote:The Magic routs the Celtics, 117-96, in Orlando. :victory:

:applaud:

Lakers defeat the Rockets, 108-94, in Houston. :victory:

Lakers played a solid three quarters of defense, then let up in the fourth... Fortunately, so did the Rockets.

bmwracer wrote:The Magic routs the Celtics, 117-96, in Orlando. :victory:

Ya think the Celts could use and hope for a Willis Reed type return from Garnett sometime real soon .... :doh:

Lakers played a solid three quarters of defense, then let up in the fourth... Fortunately, so did the Rockets.

That's the problem with the Rockets... they NEED to play great D in order to win. The Lakers just need it occasionally since their offense carries them for the rest.

When Houston gives up 100+pts, they almost always lose. Lakers can often get away with that. :sweat:

NBA, Olympic Coach Chuck Daly Dies at 78DETROIT (AP)—Chuck Daly, who coached the Dream Team to the Olympic gold medal in 1992 after winning back-to-back NBA championships with the Detroit Pistons, has died. He was 78.

He died Saturday morning in Jupiter, Fla., with his family by his side, the team said. The Pistons announced in March the Hall of Fame coach was being treated for pancreatic cancer.

Daly was renowned for his ability to create harmony out of diverse personalities at all levels of the game, whether they were Ivy Leaguers at Pennsylvania, Dream Teamers Michael Jordan and Charles Barkley, or Pistons as dissimilar as Dennis Rodman and Joe Dumars.

gItfs a playersf league. They allow you to coach them or they donft,h Daly once said. gOnce they stop allowing you to coach, youfre on your way out.h

Daly was voted one of the 10 greatest coaches of the NBAfs first half-century in 1996, two years after being inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame. He was the first coach to win both NBA and Olympic titles.
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