NBA Playoffs

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by dalakhani

\ a respected JOURNALIST for one of the oldest newspapers in the country. I think this trumps your "blog" cannon. You will have to find a column or article to trump this

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/wiz...wizardsinsider

He was handed the chance to force overtime on a very suspect call with 0.5 seconds remaining, when he tripped and charged head first into Mickael Pietrus, who tried everything in his power to back out of his way. After James made the free throws to tie the game, I got several text messages from friends who thought the fix was in. I was scratching my head, too. The call was terrible, but I understand superstars get borderline calls in the final seconds. My first thought, however, was: When was James going to shoot the ball, actually? He fell down with less than a second left and had yet to look at the rim. If Cleveland won the game after that call, you would have seen conspiracy theorists going berserk for a long time.

Ok a Wizards blog is sure to be the final unbiased place to settle the matter.

[SniperSB23]

So tonight I'm thinking Lebron goes off for 50, the rest of the Cavs get hot from 3, Orlando goes cold and the Cavs cruise to a 120-95 win. The media goes nuts for Cleveland tomorrow saying they've solved Orlando and they go back to Orlando Saturday and lay an egg.

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by SniperSB23

So tonight I'm thinking Lebron goes off for 50, the rest of the Cavs get hot from 3, Orlando goes cold and the Cavs cruise to a 120-95 win. The media goes nuts for Cleveland tomorrow saying they've solved Orlando and they go back to Orlando Saturday and lay an egg.

I don't know. Though I fully expect it to be 8-on-5 tonight (I wish I didn't), I was sure the Cavs would murder the Magic in Game 2 also. The only way tonight's game is a blowout is if Howard either gets called for bogus fouls or goes back to being passive. He was exposed for his flaws in the Celtics series but he's showing his strengths in this series. The Cavs' bigs can't guard him.

[horseofcourse]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

I don't know. Though I fully expect it to be 8-on-5 tonight (I wish I didn't), I was sure the Cavs would murder the Magic in Game 2 also. The only way tonight's game is a blowout is if Howard either gets called for bogus fouls or goes back to being passive. He was exposed for his flaws in the Celtics series but he's showing his strengths in this series. The Cavs' bigs can't guard him.

They will have 13 refs present this game to make it 18 against 5.

You guys are clowns. all of you. Complete and total clowns. There aren't enough circus' on the planet to house all of you.

[horseofcourse]

Honest to God. For a die hard...37 year Cleveland fan to read this thread is beyond hysterical. It is like I have arrived on bizzaro opposite day planet. The sheer hysterionics going on in this thread are platinum. The pure and unadulterated disdain and hatred that the City of Cleveland actually got a good player is reallly sad to me. They aren't good enough to win the title this year, obviously, are down 3-1 and still people are non-stop that the singular reason Cleveland ever wins a game is refs. They are down 3-1 and people are still non stop that there is simply no way they can win a game without referee assistance. IT is sick to me. It is beyond sick. There really are no words in the English language to describe the mentatlity on this thread. There are simply no words to describe it. It really is pathetic. OF course we are now getting the obligatory "this series is the end of LeBron in Cleveland" national articles popping up of course. So fear not. Really, don't worry so much. Cleveland coming back 3-1...please people. Even the refs can't do that. You want a team down 3-1 to win a series...PLAY against Cleveland (2007 ALCS).

Good lord, just shoot me people.

[dalakhani]

Originally Posted by horseofcourse

Honest to God. For a die hard...37 year Cleveland fan to read this thread is beyond hysterical. It is like I have arrived on bizzaro opposite day planet. The sheer hysterionics going on in this thread are platinum. The pure and unadulterated disdain and hatred that the City of Cleveland actually got a good player is reallly sad to me. They aren't good enough to win the title this year, obviously, are down 3-1 and still people are non-stop that the singular reason Cleveland ever wins a game is refs. They are down 3-1 and people are still non stop that there is simply no way they can win a game without referee assistance. IT is sick to me. It is beyond sick. There really are no words in the English language to describe the mentatlity on this thread. There are simply no words to describe it. It really is pathetic. OF course we are now getting the obligatory "this series is the end of LeBron in Cleveland" national articles popping up of course. So fear not. Really, don't worry so much. Cleveland coming back 3-1...please people. Even the refs can't do that. You want a team down 3-1 to win a series...PLAY against Cleveland (2007 ALCS).

Good lord, just shoot me people.

You need some serious therapy my friend...or like 20 mg of xanax.

Get a grip...its just basketball and we are all just having fun. Lebron is great and cleveland isnt a crappy city. Okay... Lebron is great.

[horseofcourse]

Originally Posted by dalakhani

You need some serious therapy my friend...or like 20 mg of xanax.

Get a grip...its just basketball and we are all just having fun. Lebron is great and cleveland isnt a crappy city. Okay... Lebron is great.

I'm not the one who needs therapy. I'm not the one who cries, cries, cries about the refs every stinking game. You guys need therapy. By the way the refs are jobbing Cleveland again this game....Turkoglu clears out the world every single drive worse than LeBron, and Van Gundy played into the refs favor Cleveland thing big time with the technical on the most recent Turk clear out the world drive. Classic stuff.

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by horseofcourse

They will have 13 refs present this game to make it 18 against 5.

You guys are clowns. all of you. Complete and total clowns. There aren't enough circus' on the planet to house all of you.

So get the fu ck out of here and stop reading then. Why the hell would you want to read 600+ posts of clown chat? Your tired and boring old "poor Cleveland could never get any breaks ever, it's impossible" routine won't be missed, that's for sure.

Like I said, I think these playoffs have been called surprisingly evenly, but if you think LeBron isn't treated like a diva, you're just a homer. The guy was freaking called for one foul per game this season. Even Kobe gets whistled more.

For the record, I think the foul on Pietrus was the right call, and the only reason I think Game 5's whistles will be one-sided is because it's the NBA's modus operandi and has been for a while. We can't have short series and we can't have superstars looking human and losing on their home courts. Just like I expect the Nuggets to get the calls in Game 6, then the Lakers to get every whistle in Game 7. The NBA wants two things: long series and big markets/names in the finals.

I hope I'm wrong about tonight and the rest of the playoffs, and I thought Game 2 of this series was remarkably fair, I've just seen this story one too many times.

[SCUDSBROTHER]

.."Complete and total"..

Good names for a pair of lesser animals (rabbits,cats, hamsters etc.)