Showing posts with label NBA Playoffs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NBA Playoffs. Show all posts
Thursday, June 20, 2013
Monday, June 3, 2013
Eastern Conference Finals Game 7 Miami Vs Indiana
Game 7 Boys and Girls. No way in Hades did I think we'd be here tonight. On an off topic note Greg Brady was on Adam 12. His Mother's Boyfriend was drunk and holding her at gun point. Tell me that wouldn't make a bitching episode of The Brady Bunch.
LeBron had better decide to take this game over because LeBron the facilitator will be home tomorrow to fire up the hibachi.
Indiana better learn how to hold on to the damn basketball
Steve Kerr says Indiana has to keep their turnovers down to 15. They'll have more than that at halftime.
Glad they don't seem to be calling the flops but this game is getting away from Indiana.
Poop. Miami 52 Indiana 37 at half. Really disappointed in Indiana. Gonna go take a shower put on a T-shirt in Pajamas. If Second half doesn't improve I'll be heading out to have a smoke.
Miami 76 Indiana 55 after 3 quarters
Final Score Miami 99 Indiana 76. NBA Finals start Thursday. San Antonio Spurs Vs The Miami Heat.
LeBron had better decide to take this game over because LeBron the facilitator will be home tomorrow to fire up the hibachi.
Indiana better learn how to hold on to the damn basketball
Steve Kerr says Indiana has to keep their turnovers down to 15. They'll have more than that at halftime.
Glad they don't seem to be calling the flops but this game is getting away from Indiana.
Poop. Miami 52 Indiana 37 at half. Really disappointed in Indiana. Gonna go take a shower put on a T-shirt in Pajamas. If Second half doesn't improve I'll be heading out to have a smoke.
Miami 76 Indiana 55 after 3 quarters
Final Score Miami 99 Indiana 76. NBA Finals start Thursday. San Antonio Spurs Vs The Miami Heat.
Friday, June 15, 2012
NBA Finals Game 2. The Heat Rises
First of all God forgive me but this has been quite a ballsy playoff run for the Miami Heat.
Against Indiana down 2-1 and playing with out their 3rd best player they were getting eaten up and faced a large deficit in Indiana in a game that would have left them with a 3-1 deficit and a huge uphill climb to the Eastern Conference finals. Miami was left for dead. The old not 1...not 2...not 3...not 4 jokes had arisen from the ashes again. Miami not only came back and won game 4 to even the series they came to win the next two decisively and finish the Pacers 4 games to 2.
Against Boston they had lost 3 in a row and faced a 3-2 deficit and had to face Boston on the road to stave off elimination. Many in the media who had picked Miami to win the series in a decisive rout now change their tunes and decried Miami's lack of championship mettle. Again Miami arose from the dead. For maybe the first time in his career LeBron James was the all time, all-star in a clutch situation that he has long been sold to be. LeBron has often been good and sometimes great but he has rarely if ever had that MJ like true legend game. He did here. Quite simply he couldn't miss and he helped carry his team to a decisive game 6 victory at Boston. Game 7 in Miami had the look of a Boston victory until the final 8 minutes when LeBron along with Chris F'n Bosh carried the team over the hump and brought them home to the NBA finals.
So when Miami blew a lead in game 1 and fell apart down the stretch to fall behind 1-0 to the Oklahoma City Thunder perhaps It should come as no surprise that again many were quick to bury the Heat. It should also come as no surprise that the many were wrong. Miami won the all important game 2 100-96 tonight in Oklahoma City. Quite simply, though this was but the 2nd game of a series that could go 7. This was a must win game for Miami. Lose tonight and Now you have to win the next 3 games in Miami. A Herculean task at best. Now Miami can win the series in 5 though I would be shocked if they won the next three games even in Miami. However Miami has shocked us before though haven't they? What I believe is more likely to happen is Miami wins 2 of the 3 and sends the series back to Oklahoma City up 3-2. Then Oklahoma City will get game 6 and set up a fantastic winner take all game 7.
ABOUT THE OFFICIATING. First of all tonight's lead official Danny Crawford is terrible. He's one of those clowns who believes we are watching to watch him. He and his over-officious crew were blowing their whistles early and often and as a result The 3 officials got lots of TV time and most of the stars on both teams were in foul trouble sitting on the bench early in the contest. Another byproduct of this awful over-officating was that in the 4th quarter when they suddenly swallowed their whistles it looked...well silly. Players flopping, diving and just getting breathed on for 3 quarters and getting rewarded were now getting fouled legitimately but there were no calls. With the score 9896 and momentum teetering on the brink to Oklahoma City Thunder player Kevin Durant was clearly fouled Not once...not twice...OK Maybe just twice, by LeBron James and the same refs who called anything and everything for 3 quarters sat there and called nothing after Durant was obviously fouled. Game over drive home safely everybody.
After the game many people said the game was fixed and bemoaned a "fix" in favor of Miami. In My honest view the last no call aside the officiating was lousy tonight BUT it was lousy for both teams. It was lousy because there was too much of it. It was lousy because it was inconsistent. It was not lousy IMHO because they were fixing the game for the Heat.
So if you are the Thunder or a Thunder fan what can you do to get even? First of all stop falling behind by large margins early in the game. This was the third straight game the Thunder fell behind by at least 13 and had to fight from behind. It's hard to complain to hard about calls when you don't decide to start playing until the score is 18-2 against you. Faster starts are an absolute must for the Thunder from here on out if they want any chance at all to win this series. They can;t keep falling behind by large margins and relying on huge comebacks.
This game reminded me of the 2nd game of the Boston-Philadelphia series. Boston fiddle farted around for 3 quarters put on an embarrassing display of Basketball. In the 4th quarter they got series and made a huge run to get back in the game. Now with the lead down to 2 and the ball they had a chance to tie or win the contest. Kevin Garnett was called for a Godawful moving screen. The call was atrocious yet so was Boston's play for 3 quarters and that is what allowed a bad call by the Refs to ultimately play such a large roll in the game. Same thing could be said for Oklahoma City tonight. Don't fall behind 18-2 play 4 quarters instead of 1 and half and odds are that officials mistake doesn't matter a lick.
So the series is 1-1 after 2 games. It could be, should be a long fun series. After tonight Jonathan Holmes, you know the guy who can actually write, will be taking over the duties of writing about this series if he so chooses. By the time I am back to where I have net access the series will have ended. Of course for lovers of good quality writing this is as good as Danny Crawford officiating is bad.
Against Indiana down 2-1 and playing with out their 3rd best player they were getting eaten up and faced a large deficit in Indiana in a game that would have left them with a 3-1 deficit and a huge uphill climb to the Eastern Conference finals. Miami was left for dead. The old not 1...not 2...not 3...not 4 jokes had arisen from the ashes again. Miami not only came back and won game 4 to even the series they came to win the next two decisively and finish the Pacers 4 games to 2.
Against Boston they had lost 3 in a row and faced a 3-2 deficit and had to face Boston on the road to stave off elimination. Many in the media who had picked Miami to win the series in a decisive rout now change their tunes and decried Miami's lack of championship mettle. Again Miami arose from the dead. For maybe the first time in his career LeBron James was the all time, all-star in a clutch situation that he has long been sold to be. LeBron has often been good and sometimes great but he has rarely if ever had that MJ like true legend game. He did here. Quite simply he couldn't miss and he helped carry his team to a decisive game 6 victory at Boston. Game 7 in Miami had the look of a Boston victory until the final 8 minutes when LeBron along with Chris F'n Bosh carried the team over the hump and brought them home to the NBA finals.
So when Miami blew a lead in game 1 and fell apart down the stretch to fall behind 1-0 to the Oklahoma City Thunder perhaps It should come as no surprise that again many were quick to bury the Heat. It should also come as no surprise that the many were wrong. Miami won the all important game 2 100-96 tonight in Oklahoma City. Quite simply, though this was but the 2nd game of a series that could go 7. This was a must win game for Miami. Lose tonight and Now you have to win the next 3 games in Miami. A Herculean task at best. Now Miami can win the series in 5 though I would be shocked if they won the next three games even in Miami. However Miami has shocked us before though haven't they? What I believe is more likely to happen is Miami wins 2 of the 3 and sends the series back to Oklahoma City up 3-2. Then Oklahoma City will get game 6 and set up a fantastic winner take all game 7.
ABOUT THE OFFICIATING. First of all tonight's lead official Danny Crawford is terrible. He's one of those clowns who believes we are watching to watch him. He and his over-officious crew were blowing their whistles early and often and as a result The 3 officials got lots of TV time and most of the stars on both teams were in foul trouble sitting on the bench early in the contest. Another byproduct of this awful over-officating was that in the 4th quarter when they suddenly swallowed their whistles it looked...well silly. Players flopping, diving and just getting breathed on for 3 quarters and getting rewarded were now getting fouled legitimately but there were no calls. With the score 9896 and momentum teetering on the brink to Oklahoma City Thunder player Kevin Durant was clearly fouled Not once...not twice...OK Maybe just twice, by LeBron James and the same refs who called anything and everything for 3 quarters sat there and called nothing after Durant was obviously fouled. Game over drive home safely everybody.
After the game many people said the game was fixed and bemoaned a "fix" in favor of Miami. In My honest view the last no call aside the officiating was lousy tonight BUT it was lousy for both teams. It was lousy because there was too much of it. It was lousy because it was inconsistent. It was not lousy IMHO because they were fixing the game for the Heat.
So if you are the Thunder or a Thunder fan what can you do to get even? First of all stop falling behind by large margins early in the game. This was the third straight game the Thunder fell behind by at least 13 and had to fight from behind. It's hard to complain to hard about calls when you don't decide to start playing until the score is 18-2 against you. Faster starts are an absolute must for the Thunder from here on out if they want any chance at all to win this series. They can;t keep falling behind by large margins and relying on huge comebacks.
This game reminded me of the 2nd game of the Boston-Philadelphia series. Boston fiddle farted around for 3 quarters put on an embarrassing display of Basketball. In the 4th quarter they got series and made a huge run to get back in the game. Now with the lead down to 2 and the ball they had a chance to tie or win the contest. Kevin Garnett was called for a Godawful moving screen. The call was atrocious yet so was Boston's play for 3 quarters and that is what allowed a bad call by the Refs to ultimately play such a large roll in the game. Same thing could be said for Oklahoma City tonight. Don't fall behind 18-2 play 4 quarters instead of 1 and half and odds are that officials mistake doesn't matter a lick.
So the series is 1-1 after 2 games. It could be, should be a long fun series. After tonight Jonathan Holmes, you know the guy who can actually write, will be taking over the duties of writing about this series if he so chooses. By the time I am back to where I have net access the series will have ended. Of course for lovers of good quality writing this is as good as Danny Crawford officiating is bad.
Thursday, June 14, 2012
NBA Finals: Game 1 Thoughts.
All in all, Game 1 between the Thunder and the Heat was an exciting, thrilling match between two of the best athletes on the planet, their companions, and the bench. Some thoughts from Game 1 and what's in store for Game 2:
Durant rises; LeBron falters: As Skip Bayless would say, "the 'chosen one' became the 'frozen one'" at crunch time while Durant continues to make the case that he is he true MVP player of he year. Some stats for you: in the 4th Quarter, KD had 17 points compared to LeBron's 4. Nick Collison, an unknown bench player of all people, had two scores for 4 pts and essentially closed the book on Game 1. When a bench player looks more clutch in close games than an athlete who's won the MVP award thrice, then it's time that others in the media stop bragging how you've won the title 3 times.
The Dark Knight Struggles: Dwayne Wade, the "Caped Crusader" hasn't had a good couple of weeks in the postseason, and his performance in the Eastern Conference Finals wasn't any better. Tuesday night saw more of him struggling to be the dominant half of Miami's Dynamic Duo with 19 points, just shooting 7-19 from the field, and missing the only 2 shots he would take from 3-point range, and turned the ball over 3 times. Compare that with Shane Battier, who had 17 points, but went 4-6 from the field, had a couple of big 3's early in the 1st half (he went 4-6 from 3-point range), and didn't turn the ball over. Erik Spolstra is going to need Wade back in top form if they want to get back in the series tonight.
Giving credit where credit is due: I don't like the Heat (especially the sense of self-entitlement they think they have about winning it all) but Mario Chalmers has thusfar impressed me. Since Chris Bosh went down with the abdominal injury in Game 1 of the Eastern Semis vs Indiana, Miami's had to rely on Chalmers to help carry the slack. Since then, Chalmers' line looks roughly like this: 161 pts, 44.6 pct., 58% from the line, 59 reb. Granted, they're mediocre no's but I like how Chalmers has played through the playoffs and he's becoming a solid 3rd option for Miami with no Bosh to split the opposing side's defense.
What to look for in Game 2 tonight: I'm looking for a more aggressive Wade to come out (especially in later quarters) and be more of a dominant figure then he has been. James is going to be James, which is another way of saying, he's going to get his and he'll be great material for Sportcenter's highlight reel, but Oklahoma's yet to lose a game at home in the postseason so far, and I don't expect them to start tonight. Thunder win Game 2 in a closer game, with Durant and Westbrook closing the door.
The Dark Knight Struggles: Dwayne Wade, the "Caped Crusader" hasn't had a good couple of weeks in the postseason, and his performance in the Eastern Conference Finals wasn't any better. Tuesday night saw more of him struggling to be the dominant half of Miami's Dynamic Duo with 19 points, just shooting 7-19 from the field, and missing the only 2 shots he would take from 3-point range, and turned the ball over 3 times. Compare that with Shane Battier, who had 17 points, but went 4-6 from the field, had a couple of big 3's early in the 1st half (he went 4-6 from 3-point range), and didn't turn the ball over. Erik Spolstra is going to need Wade back in top form if they want to get back in the series tonight.
Giving credit where credit is due: I don't like the Heat (especially the sense of self-entitlement they think they have about winning it all) but Mario Chalmers has thusfar impressed me. Since Chris Bosh went down with the abdominal injury in Game 1 of the Eastern Semis vs Indiana, Miami's had to rely on Chalmers to help carry the slack. Since then, Chalmers' line looks roughly like this: 161 pts, 44.6 pct., 58% from the line, 59 reb. Granted, they're mediocre no's but I like how Chalmers has played through the playoffs and he's becoming a solid 3rd option for Miami with no Bosh to split the opposing side's defense.
What to look for in Game 2 tonight: I'm looking for a more aggressive Wade to come out (especially in later quarters) and be more of a dominant figure then he has been. James is going to be James, which is another way of saying, he's going to get his and he'll be great material for Sportcenter's highlight reel, but Oklahoma's yet to lose a game at home in the postseason so far, and I don't expect them to start tonight. Thunder win Game 2 in a closer game, with Durant and Westbrook closing the door.
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Miami 98 Boston 79
The game obviously sucked but this out pouring of love from Celtics fans at the end of the game was special
Series is tied 3-3 game 7 Saturday night in Miami.
Series is tied 3-3 game 7 Saturday night in Miami.
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Boston 94 Miami 90
Sunday, June 3, 2012
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Eastern Conference Finals Boston Vs Miami
Feel free to comment even if you aren't watching the game and don't know what you're talking about. Hell That's never stopped anybody before.
1st Quarter Thoughts by Jonathan: Celtics are getting out to a faster start: Rondo and Pierce leading the way with 8 pts. each. Rondo needs to finish with the layups, and Boston has to avoid giving fouls (4 in the 1st quarter alone?) Love how they're neutralizing D-Wade with double teams (0pts., only 2 assts.). Overall, a good quarter for Boston.
2nd quarter thoughts by Jonathan: This half would have finished perfectly for Boston, had Miami not gotten off and finished on a 7-0 run, thanks to Mario Chalmers battling to get the Heat back in it. And yet, there's so much to like: Rondo has 22 pts, 4 reb and 7 assists; Ray Allen's 3-3 from the field and Pierce has 10 pts. D-Wade has been a non-factor, thanks to double and triple penetration whenever he's had the Rock in his hands. Here's the big question: Now with D-Wade being neutralized, that bright spotlight now turns to "King" James. Can he lead this team when it becomes crunch time?
3rd Quarter Thoughts by Jonathan: Wow. Just a poor 12 minutes of basketball by Boston. To make matters worse: D-Wade woke up. Now we'll see how the Old Three and Rondo can stop the Dynamic Duo + Chalmers.
1st Quarter Thoughts by Jonathan: Celtics are getting out to a faster start: Rondo and Pierce leading the way with 8 pts. each. Rondo needs to finish with the layups, and Boston has to avoid giving fouls (4 in the 1st quarter alone?) Love how they're neutralizing D-Wade with double teams (0pts., only 2 assts.). Overall, a good quarter for Boston.
2nd quarter thoughts by Jonathan: This half would have finished perfectly for Boston, had Miami not gotten off and finished on a 7-0 run, thanks to Mario Chalmers battling to get the Heat back in it. And yet, there's so much to like: Rondo has 22 pts, 4 reb and 7 assists; Ray Allen's 3-3 from the field and Pierce has 10 pts. D-Wade has been a non-factor, thanks to double and triple penetration whenever he's had the Rock in his hands. Here's the big question: Now with D-Wade being neutralized, that bright spotlight now turns to "King" James. Can he lead this team when it becomes crunch time?
3rd Quarter Thoughts by Jonathan: Wow. Just a poor 12 minutes of basketball by Boston. To make matters worse: D-Wade woke up. Now we'll see how the Old Three and Rondo can stop the Dynamic Duo + Chalmers.
Monday, May 28, 2012
Eastern Conference Final Preview: Boston v. Miami
There was once a time were I had the Boston Celtics being the dark horse in the postseason. I thought Doc River's team was getting hot at the right time, and with a healthy Paul Pierce, Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett, I thought Boston had enough for one last run at the title before they would have to seriously re-tool, get younger Point Guards and wait a few years before coming back to the spotlight, and it looked like Boston was going to get that chance: they played great in Games 3, 4 and 6 to bounce out Atlanta in the Fist round of Eastern Conference play, Derick Rose tore his ACL and Joakin Noah left Game 3 with a sprained ankle, and with LeBron James and his well-documented history of choking in the postseason, I thought Boston would have a shot at making it to the Finals, maybe even winning it all.
That was until Boston faced Philly in the Semi-Conference Round, and San Antonio went off sweeping Utah and LAC in the first two rounds. Boston is too old, too banged up (I'm looking at you, Pierce and Brandon Bass), and suffers from a similar mentality the Lakers: the notion that they can "turn it on" whenever they damn-well feel like it, leading to sloppy, inconstent play by the starters, and dragging that series to a decisive and climatic Game 7, when in reality, the Celtics should have wrapped it up by Game 6. Sure, Miami's without Chris Bosh, and the bench is about as useful as the Lakers', but a hungry D-Wade and LeBron vs Boston's Old 3 + Rondo? Unless "King" James has one more glorious choke job left in him, Wade won't allow Doc and company to humiliate them like they blasted the team 2 years ago, and exposed LeBron in Game 5 back when he was a memeber of the Cavs.
My Prediction: Miami in 6. Also, this thread can be used for real-time thoughts and posts from Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals.
The Count: Boston had no chance of beating LA in 69, LA in 84, LA in 08, Cleveland and Orlando in 10, No chance of beating Miami in 2012 No none at all.
The Count: It looks like the NBA has decided to put the Heat in the finals no matter what. This has been the worst officiated game I have ever seen and that is saying a lot. Tell me Stern as a Boston fan is there a reason I should watch the rest of this series? Has it already been decided?
That was until Boston faced Philly in the Semi-Conference Round, and San Antonio went off sweeping Utah and LAC in the first two rounds. Boston is too old, too banged up (I'm looking at you, Pierce and Brandon Bass), and suffers from a similar mentality the Lakers: the notion that they can "turn it on" whenever they damn-well feel like it, leading to sloppy, inconstent play by the starters, and dragging that series to a decisive and climatic Game 7, when in reality, the Celtics should have wrapped it up by Game 6. Sure, Miami's without Chris Bosh, and the bench is about as useful as the Lakers', but a hungry D-Wade and LeBron vs Boston's Old 3 + Rondo? Unless "King" James has one more glorious choke job left in him, Wade won't allow Doc and company to humiliate them like they blasted the team 2 years ago, and exposed LeBron in Game 5 back when he was a memeber of the Cavs.
My Prediction: Miami in 6. Also, this thread can be used for real-time thoughts and posts from Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals.
The Count: Boston had no chance of beating LA in 69, LA in 84, LA in 08, Cleveland and Orlando in 10, No chance of beating Miami in 2012 No none at all.
The Count: It looks like the NBA has decided to put the Heat in the finals no matter what. This has been the worst officiated game I have ever seen and that is saying a lot. Tell me Stern as a Boston fan is there a reason I should watch the rest of this series? Has it already been decided?
Saturday, May 26, 2012
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Sunday, May 20, 2012
Ok Here's the play
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Monday, May 14, 2012
Philadelphia 82 Boston 81.
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Boston 92 Philadelphia 91
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
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