~*~*~*~ 2014 NBA Playoffs: Road to the Championship ~*~*~*~

[TrevorM3]

so the pacers are playing the wizards? predictions?

[ybbiz34]

Originally Posted by TrevorM3

so the pacers are playing the wizards? predictions?

The Pacers had trouble with Atlanta during the regular season. This was not really the case with the Wizards.

In fact, the Pacers have won 11 of the last 13 games against the Wizards. It's just a favorable match-up for Indiana.

Regular season results against Wizards (2-1):

Nov. 29: Washington 73 Indiana 93

Jan. 10: Washington 66 Indiana 93

Mar. 28: Indiana 78 Washington 91

I think the Pacers have the potential to sweep the Wizards, particularly if they play like they did against the Hawks in Game 7.

However, I think it's more likely that the Pacers win the first two at home, split in Washington, and then close it out at home.

[TXSTYLE]

I am over here really pulling for RAPTORS and all of Canada!

BUT the fact is so is MIAMI lol!!!

Let's face it though, Miami does NOT want to see Brooklyn, KG, Pierce and Co.

[TXSTYLE]

*Breaking* Lebron James reacts to final of Nets / Raptors game 7...

[TrevorM3]

Brooklyn won??? holy shit. i wanted toronto



I have a feeling Lebron is going to play with a chip on his shoulder this series, just because it's BK

[TXSTYLE]

Well... My MAVS are apparently still a-foking-sleep!!!

[JohnSprm69]

time for lebron and co to give KG/PP their yearly playoff nightmares



this will be a tough matchup for miami, i say we close the series in 6 but preferably in 5

[JohnSprm69]

Originally Posted by TrevorM3

so the pacers are playing the wizards? predictions?

indiana must be riding high right now after being able to overcome a possible upset, but the wizards are taking this one home. sorry ybbiz but somehow the basketball gods don't want you to embarrass yourself for loosing to the heat

[tinman831]

Originally Posted by TXSTYLE

Well... My MAVS are apparently still a-foking-sleep!!!

Anyone could have played better sleepwalking. Mavs just didn't show up mentally today. =(

[TrevorM3]

Originally Posted by JohnSprm69

time for lebron and co to give KG/PP their yearly playoff nightmares



this will be a tough matchup for miami, i say we close the series in 6 but preferably in 5

I will be rooting for the heat, i HATE Kevin Garnett.


Too bad the Mavs lost

[ybbiz34]

Originally Posted by JohnSprm69

indiana must be riding high right now after being able to overcome a possible upset, but the wizards are taking this one home. sorry ybbiz but somehow the basketball gods don't want you to embarrass yourself for loosing to the heat

Pacers own the Wizards. We're 11-2 against them the last 13 games.

Here are some of the things that have happened in the Pacers locker room since March:

- Roy and Paul double teamed a random chick and accidentally "crossed swords" (not my words)

- Roy found out Paul banged his (Roy's) fiancee.

Looks like they've gotten over the weirdness now.

[JohnSprm69]

Originally Posted by ybbiz34

- Roy and Paul double teamed a random chick and accidentally "crossed swords" (not my words)

- Roy found out Paul banged his (Roy's) fiancee.

is this shit made up or real???

if real, then that some drama fo yo momma right there…...

[TrevorM3]

lmao.. crossed swords? lmaooo

[ny325]

Get ready for Lebron to start flopping, and whining to the refferees. I hope Brooklyn takes them out.

[ny325]

Hopefully the refferees let these boys play, and not call a million fouls.

[TrevorM3]

Originally Posted by ny325

Get ready for Lebron to start flopping, and whining to the refferees. I hope Brooklyn takes them out.

Get ready for lebron to own them.

[ybbiz34]

Originally Posted by JohnSprm69

is this shit made up or real???

if real, then that some drama fo yo momma right there…...

It's as real as it gets.

Originally Posted by TrevorM3

lmao.. crossed swords? lmaooo

I got a kick out of the way my buddy phrased it. Like a middle school student.

[sensi09]

Originally Posted by SSW

Only reason Lillard was SO open was because McHale (in his wisdom) decided to bench Lin and put Parsons on him w/only 0.9 secs to go in the game.

Nothing against Parsons who is a very good & underpaid small forward, but he is not THAT quick. In fact, he performed so badly that Lillard was at the top of the key w/the ball before Parsons even knew he was there. SWISH!!!

Would the result have been different if Lin was given the assignment. Who knows? Lillard was locked in shooting 3's all night and he was blowing by Bev every time Bev was on him; supposedly because Bev had a fever, but Lillard has done that to Bev many times when he did not have the excuse of an illness. However, Lin was on Lilliard all night like stink on sh*t. He didn't stop him every time -- no one can -- but he stopped him several times and made him alter his shot when he didn't.

It was also mentioned by the ESPN announcer said that the Rockets had 1 foul to give and the coaching instruction should have been to foul Lilliard immediately BEFORE he even put up that shot. Lin certainly could have done that and, if that was done, the result may very well have been different.

The upside for Lin is that he cannot be blamed for this loss. If Lilliard had made the winning shot over him, everyone would shouting "off with his head" and repeating the nonsense that Lin can't defend and has no business playing in the NBA. However I don't hear anyone asking for Parsons' head, even though he clearly blew the assignment.

Oh well . . .

My only hope now is that Lin is traded to another team with a coach & system that will allow him to actually play PG and make use of the skills he has demonstrated on the court whenever McHale hasn't benched him (or told him to just give the ball to Harden and not to do too much) in order to prevent it.

Harden should have switched or tried to disrupt Lillard. Harden could see the whole play to develop and he doesn't do anything.

Parsons and beverly switch before the play starts from the direction of either Harden or the coaches. Lillard lulled Parsons to sleep, but parsons was 2 steps behind at least and didn't even get screened.

[finaloption]

Heat in 5
Pacers in 7
Thunder in 7
Spurs in 7

[fatpanda]

Originally Posted by sensi09

Harden should have switched or tried to disrupt Lillard. Harden could see the whole play to develop and he doesn't do anything.

defensive breakdown. it looked like harden told parsons to switch to lillard...

[MicrophoneMic]

With all the mention of how historic this year's first round NBA Playoffs have been with an unprecedented five games 7's, a record 8 overtime games, all those games with a margin of victory of less than 3 points, crazy number of 4 point plays, etc.., blah blah blah blahhh... ultimately there were really no upsets and the teams that were supposed to win ending up winning and closing out at the end.

The only series that could be considered an "upset" was Brooklyn over Toronto (6 vs 3), but with all the playoff experience with Pierce, Garnett, and even Deron Williams (Dallas product ) under their belt, I wouldn't call that exactly an upset since dudes like Lowry, Demar Derozan, Johnson, and Valanciunas have barely any.

Anyways, looks like my original picks of Indiana and San Antone in the Finals are still good. However, Indiana is still giving me pause. Washington is playing great as a team and WTF is up with Roy Hibbert? This dude is 7'2" with a max contract and has been basically invisible throughout the postseason. He should be grabbing more rebounds on size alone.

But as long as Miami or OKC don't win it all this year, that's all I want. I still think the Spurs are just too hungry and will exact revenge. But I am looking forward to the second round match-ups. All of them look really good on paper.

But the freakin Mavs... Had a real legitimate shot to win the series against the Spurs going up 2 games to 1 with a lead late in the 4th in game 4. That flagrant foul/ejection on Blair sealed their fate. Pretty wack.

[IndotagSwizz]

Originally Posted by ny325

Hopefully the refferees let these boys play, and not call a million fouls.

..and the fear slowly starts to creep in.. lol

I'm glad we got Brooklyn to play, it's better competition. Funny thing about the Heat is that is the smallest teams that gives them the most trouble, not the big teams. Brooklyn got a lot of different line-ups they can throw at the Heat, and it has been establish now that Johnson is their go to guy and he has been pretty good lately in the 4rth quarter. However to me all this means is that the games will be fairly close but I don't expect Brooklyn to win more than a game, in fact I actually expect Brooklyn to take the first game and then the Heat to sweep and take the next 4.
Heat 4-1 IMO feel free to disagree
#GOHEAT