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Post by gk on Mar 25, 2012 20:42:25 GMT -6
And by the way, watching the NBA's two best teams the evening after watching college basketball is almost unfair. At least college football sorta looks like NFL football. Pro basketball is pretty much a different sport.
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Post by fatmenace on Mar 25, 2012 23:04:41 GMT -6
Spurs sweep their first back-to-back-to-back, while resting one of the Big Three each night. I like it.
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Post by fatmenace on Mar 25, 2012 23:05:02 GMT -6
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Post by fatmenace on Mar 26, 2012 12:13:30 GMT -6
And by the way, watching the NBA's two best teams the evening after watching college basketball is almost unfair. At least college football sorta looks like NFL football. Pro basketball is pretty much a different sport. People around me for years have been saying college basketball is unwatchable, and I've vehemently defended it. But I can't anymore. As much as I love it, I have to agree it's bad basketball.
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Post by gk on Apr 1, 2012 15:42:46 GMT -6
Watching Rondo carve up the Heat like this is basketball porn. If they do this in the playoffs it'll pretty much be just like regular porn.
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Post by fatmenace on Apr 2, 2012 10:18:08 GMT -6
This was in the Oklahoman after the Thunder game.
Manu Ginobili didn't even suit up for the Spurs, and just-acquired Stephen Jackson didn't even show up at Chesapeake Arena.And with 3½ minutes left in the first half of a game with all kinds of playoff implications, the Thunder trailed by 27 points Friday night.Suddenly, the Western Conference seedings didn't seem so important anymore. The Thunder had a new playoff assignment: avoid San Antonio. Avoid the Spurs at all cost. Bring on the Grizzlies. Bring on the Lakers or the Clippers or a combined LA all-star team. Bring on the Heat or the Bulls. Bring on the Jordan Bulls. Anything but a series against these surgeons dressed in black, who carved up the Thunder before holding on for a 114-105 victory This was the kind of game that can plant doubt and confusion. Doubt that the Thunder could beat the Spurs in a seven-game series, even if Oklahoma City gets homecourt advantage.
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Post by fatmenace on Apr 2, 2012 10:19:50 GMT -6
The Spurs are the deepest team right now. Leonard is just a stud and there's no way he should be playing like this as a rookie. Jacks is doing alright and Neal has been on fire.
Spurs just won five of six and most of them were on the road.
Even Shaq said Spurs are team to beat in the West. There is NO WAY Thunder can beat them in the playoffs. This isn't the OLD Spurs, they have plenty of good youth, plus Manu and Parker are playing lights out.
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Post by gk on Apr 2, 2012 11:55:28 GMT -6
Popovich: Coach of the Year/Decade, no doubt.
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Post by fatmenace on Apr 2, 2012 13:28:01 GMT -6
And yes, I'm REALLY regretting not picking them in our pick em thing.
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Post by gk on Apr 2, 2012 14:33:56 GMT -6
Ha ha. There's a pretty good chance we're looking at a Thunder/San Antonio, Bulls/Heat final 4. So we'd each have two horses in the race at that point. Although, man, the Celtics looks reeeeal good yesterday. If the Heat have to go through the Sixers, Celtics, and Bulls (like last year), before they get to the finals, they could be in rough shape by the finals.
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Post by gk on Apr 6, 2012 18:52:09 GMT -6
Holy crap I just got around to watching this. This is the most awkward thing I've ever seen.
Holy jeez that's uncomfortable.
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Post by gk on Apr 7, 2012 7:54:24 GMT -6
From the recap of last night's Cavs-Raptors game:
"[Manny] Harris, along with fellow guard Donald Sloan and Raptors teammates Alan Anderson and Ben Uzoh, was one of four starters from both squads who began the year in the NBA Development League. In all, Cleveland and Toronto featured seven players who have spent time in the D-League this season, including Hudson, who also played in China."
It's faaaaantastic!
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Post by fatmenace on Apr 7, 2012 16:51:09 GMT -6
Spurs are now the 1 seed in the west and have won ten in a row.
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Post by fatmenace on Apr 7, 2012 17:13:29 GMT -6
Holy crap I just got around to watching this. This is the most awkward thing I've ever seen. Holy jeez that's uncomfortable. That was brutal. Howard is such a punk.
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Post by fatmenace on Apr 8, 2012 18:08:44 GMT -6
From the recap of last night's Cavs-Raptors game: "[Manny] Harris, along with fellow guard Donald Sloan and Raptors teammates Alan Anderson and Ben Uzoh, was one of four starters from both squads who began the year in the NBA Development League. In all, Cleveland and Toronto featured seven players who have spent time in the D-League this season, including Hudson, who also played in China." It's faaaaantastic! That's hilarious. Spurs up 17 at half against the Jazz. Will most likely win their 11th in a row.
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