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05-28-2009, 09:48 PM
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05-28-2009, 11:23 PM
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Ah, Skip. Thanks for playing.
1-for-10, 3 points, 4 fouls, 3 turnovers, -20 +/-, clear path foul, letting the ball be thrown off your leg out of bounds, etc. The fact that he had a -20 +/- in a game that saw a 30-point turnaround by the Magic says something. No one else on the Magic had worse than -11 and Anthony Johnson was +15. Maybe next time in the postgame you'll stop bragging about how you "burned" the Celtics and Cavs when they left you alone and instead worry about shooting worth a sh it more than once per series. Chuck, still think the loss of Jameer Nelson doesn't hurt much? Holy crap is Alston useless. You go from an All-NBA guard to an And1 dribbler. No major complaints about the refs tonight from me. The clear path foul was bullshit and the Cavs got a few more calls overall, but it didn't make the difference in the game. Last edited by ateamstupid : 05-28-2009 at 11:49 PM.
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05-28-2009, 11:58 PM
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Did he really say going from jameer nelson to rafer alston doesnt hurt much? Thats just a horribly bad opinion.
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05-29-2009, 12:04 AM
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I'm not even trying to call out Chuck, that was secondary. I'm just mad that Skip was talking like king sh it after his one good game in Game 4. I bet he'll be real quiet about his performance tonight. With Jameer Nelson this series would've been a sweep and with an AVERAGE point guard, it would've been 4-1.
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05-29-2009, 12:58 AM
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Sorry Chuck. This is from Bill Simmons, the sports guy. I would say he is my little trump card here. He is about as well known a sports columnist as you will find. Game over
 http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2...8&sportCat=nba In that respect, Jordan was both the best and worst thing ever to happen to the league. You know the good things he did, but he also paved the way for a generation of one-on-one players who careen toward the basket in big moments, create some form of contact and hope officials will bail them out. With four seconds to play in Game 4 and his team trailing by 2, LeBron put his head down, dribbled as fast as he could and prayed Michael Pietrus would either bump him or trip him. If you watch the clip, he's moving so fast that it would have been humanly impossible for him to make a shot. That wasn't his goal. He wanted a call. And he got one. Their feet got tangled, LeBron lurched forward, and the refs bailed him out. Dwyane Wade won an NBA Finals for Miami that way. Three years later, LeBron nearly saved Cleveland's season that same way. It's a reprehensibly effective strategy that has nothing in common with anything we would ever see on a playground, an intramural game or a one-on-one battle in someone's backyard. I have been writing this column for 12 years dating back to my old Web site. Never have I received as many "I hate the referees" and "I hate watching these guys drive to the basket and get bailed out" and "Why can't they just let these guys play basketball and act like human beings?" e-mails as I did this spring.
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05-29-2009, 09:19 AM
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It was impressive watching LeBron attack the basket instead of settling for jumpers. Also getting his teammates involved was pretty cool too. Now if he can only do that consistently.
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