Basketball (NBA, College, etc.)

bmwracer wrote:
It's the Curse of Shaq. :twisted:

He should be ready for the playoffs, but he'll have to play more than 5 minutes. :beaten:

^^ Question is do they really need him? :shakehead: Garnett, Pierce, Allen and Rondo all sat tonight as the Celts lose to Washington 95-94. May as well sit them the next game too as they're playing for nothing :bleh: because with the Heat winning they clinch the second seed, Celts will play the Knicks in round one which should work out in their favor.

hitomi #1 wrote:^^ Question is do they really need him? :shakehead:

Probably not...

Has he contributed much to the team, other than their food bill?

Lakers-Spurs tonight.

Wonder which Laker team will show up.... :fingerscrossed: :sweat:

hitomi #1 wrote:^^ Question is do they really need him? :shakehead:

I think they do. He's an extra six fouls. Also opens the court on the offensive end. On the defensive side, while he's slow, he is a big body, so players think twice before taking it to the rim.

bmwracer wrote:Lakers-Spurs tonight.

Wonder which Laker team will show up.... :fingerscrossed: :sweat:

It's a game which is big for both teams, Lakers have to win to keep pace with the Mavs and with the Bulls winning big tonight they move into a tie with the Spurs for best record, not sure how the tie breaker works.

Edit- Just checked, they've spilt the season series but the Bulls have outscored them by one point, think that's the second tie breaker.

Lakers beat the Spurs, 102-93, but Bynum and his glass knees gets hurt again. :shakehead: :sweat:

And the playoffs are just around the corner. :grumble:

bmwracer wrote:Lakers beat the Spurs, 102-93, but Bynum and his glass knees gets hurt again. :shakehead: :sweat:

And the playoffs are just around the corner. :grumble:

The good news is it isn't serious (just a bone bruise), and he should be able to play in the playoff opener.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ap-lakers-bynuminjured

mrsmith10 wrote:The good news is it isn't serious (just a bone bruise), and he should be able to play in the playoff opener.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ap-lakers-bynuminjured

Wow, Lakers catch a BIG break. :fingerscrossed:

hitomi #1 wrote:
Edit- Just checked, they've spilt the season series but the Bulls have outscored them by one point, think that's the second tie breaker.

The final tie-breaker is the two coaches playing each other, rock/paper/scissors, best 3-out-of-5.

gaijinmark wrote:

The final tie-breaker is the two coaches playing each other, rock/paper/scissors, best 3-out-of-5.

:hehe: "Jan Ken Pon!"

gaijinmark wrote:

The final tie-breaker is the two coaches playing each other, rock/paper/scissors, best 3-out-of-5.

My $$ would be on Pops to win that one. :hehe:
Celts end off with a win against their first round opponent in beating the Knicks tonight, sat all their starters who will hopefully be well rested now for the playoffs, should be an easy matchup for them in playing the Knicks. :fingerscrossed: Meanwhile both the Bulls and Mavs win their finales putting pressure on the Spurs and Lakers to also win. :sweat: New Orleans has fallen right off the map since losing West, if Memphis wins tonight they would drop N.O. to the 8th seed. :beaten:

Lakers blow a big lead and need OT to beat the Kings, 116-108, in the last game of the season.

Lakers have the exact record they had last season, 57-25, if I recall.

Yes they did, perhaps no other team can say they are that consistent. :nut: The Bulls improved by 21 games, the Nets by 14 games and the Spurs by 11 games, on the flip side the Cavs decreased by 42 wins, the Raptors by 18 and the Suns by 14. :bleh:

Grizzlies stun the Spurs, 101-98, in their playoff opener. :shocked:

Lakers trail the Hornets, 55-47, at the half. :sweat:

^^Not having Ginobili really hurt the Spurs, he seems to come up big in the playoffs, :bow: their starting backcourt shooting 6-23 will usually doom you. :beaten:

Lakers on the verge of losing their opener, 100-92, with 1:48 remaining. :shakehead:

Zero defense by the Lakers in the 4th and they can't stop Chris Paul. :bleh:

EDIT: Lakers lose to the Hornets, 109-100. :(

^^ Hornets only had 3 turnovers, :applaud: that's a number you don't see too often, plus the Lakers bench didn't too much, got outscored by 18 points. :doh:

hitomi #1 wrote:^^ Hornets only had 3 turnovers, :applaud: that's a number you don't see too often, plus the Lakers bench didn't too much, got outscored by 18 points. :doh:

Gasol pretty much got shut down as well.

But the key was Chris Paul lit them up.

^^ Figured with West out for the Hornets the Lakers big men could have some big games, didn't turn out that way though they did out rebound them.
Celts came back against the Knicks after trailing by 12 at the half to win 87-85 over the Knicks. :sweat: Big 4th quarter for Allen who hit some key 3's :applaud: but it was mostly the defense except against Stoudemire, who had a big game and 4th quarter too though Anthony only thinks of himself and doesn't give his team a chance to even tie it at the end. :rofl: