NBA Basketball

[AnthonyCinder]

Scalabrine for 3!!!!!!!

The Bulls are inching ever so close to the #1 slot in the East! I love it.

[AnthonyCinder]

http://www.negativedunkalectics.com/201 ... akers.html

Did someone go inside my brain and write an article of what crops up most in the "thinks is cool" lobe? Crazy.

[Bill Flaig]

So I went to the Clippers/Grizzles game last night in LA. Blake is really something to see in person. Just wild.

This was a great regular season, but let's bring on the playoffs!

[Into the Void]

Playoff predictions? I'm going with Lakers vs. Miami, though my backup (and hopeful) Finals would be OKC vs. Chicago.

[Matthew Taylor]

Spurs in 5
Blazers in 6
Nuggets in 7
Lakers in 6

Celtics in 6
Bulls in 5
Magic in 5
Heat in 7

Spurs in 6
Lakers in 7

Celtics in 7
Magic in 7

Spurs in 7
Magic in 6

Spurs in 6

[AnthonyCinder]

What I want: Lakers v. Boston.

What I would bet on: Lakers v. Chicago. I think....

Miami can't get past the Bulls. I just don't see it happening. If things stack up to where another team takes the Bulls out, maybe Miami goes farther than I think they will, but I'm just not seeing it.

As a Laker fan, the concerns are obviously OKC and the Spurs. I'd still take the purple and gold in a seven game series over any team in this league.

In the end, ABM all the way. (Anybody But Miami). Seriously, fuck Miami.

[AnthonyCinder]

What I want: Lakers v. Boston.

What I would bet on: Lakers v. Chicago. I think....

Miami can't get past the Bulls. I just don't see it happening. If things stack up to where another team takes the Bulls out, maybe Miami goes farther than I think they will, but I'm just not seeing it.

As a Laker fan, the concerns are obviously OKC and the Spurs. I'd still take the purple and gold in a seven game series over any team in this league.

In the end, ABM all the way. (Anybody But Miami). Seriously, fuck Miami.

What am I saying? How could I want Boston to get farther than a team I actually like (the Bulls)? I want Lakers v. Bulls in the finals.

But still, ABM.

[eephour]

The Knicks'll beat Boston, they're due.

[iembalm]

Spurs in 5
Blazers in 6
Nuggets in 7
Lakers in 6

Celtics in 6
Bulls in 5
Magic in 5
Heat in 7

Spurs in 6
Lakers in 7

Celtics in 7
Magic in 7

Spurs in 7
Magic in 6

Spurs in 6

I heard this in my head like the "White mother, black father, black baby" voice from Fear of a Black Planet.

[MWilke]

This is weird because you have way the best team in the East going down in the 2nd round.

[MartinD]

Have you guys seen the Bulls play? D. Rose gets all the credit for good reason, but it's a damn good team. A refreshing lack of ego too. Don't give a shit about the west, but I hope to not have to play OKC in the finals.

[AnthonyCinder]

You guys are high.

[Dovey]

Dream final would be Bulls vs Spurs, but I'd settle for the Celtics in the East, too. Really anyone but the Lakers would be nice.

EDIT: Or the Heat. Anyone but the Lakers and Heat.

[AnthonyCinder]

Dream final would be Bulls vs Spurs, but I'd settle for the Celtics in the East, too. Really anyone but the Lakers would be nice.

EDIT: Or the Heat. Anyone but the Lakers and Heat.

I get that you guys hate the Lakers. Please don't lump us in the same category as the Heat, though.

[Luzwei]

I have never hated Jackson coached teams. Those are hard working, well balanced, fundamental basketball teams. And hating/not liking KB is soooooo 2004. Get over it.

With Bynum going down and surely affecting his game I don't see Lakers beating the Spurs. Spurs match up really nicely with Bynum in, way better with Bynum out.

And Also, I have always been fond of hated teams so I don't hate the Heat that much. I see them playing Bulls in East Finals.

Lakers in five in the finals against Chi or Mia.

[AnthonyCinder]

I have never hated Jackson coached teams. Those are hard working, well balanced, fundamental basketball teams. And hating/not liking KB is soooooo 2004. Get over it.

With Bynum going down and surely affecting his game I don't see Lakers beating the Spurs. Spurs match up really nicely with Bynum in, way better with Bynum out.

And Also, I have always been fond of hated teams so I don't hate the Heat that much. I see them playing Bulls in East Finals.

Lakers in five in the finals against Chi or Mia.

Bynum's going to be fine. Unless you know something I don't.
The 2010 Celtics were better than the current Spurs, and we beat them with a dilapidated Bynum.

It's by no means a slam dunk--if the Lakers play the Spurs, I see it going to 7 games and getting nasty. Could go either way, really.

However, if I had to pick an upset out of the West in the first round, I could see Memphis pulling it off.

[Matthew Taylor]

Great basketball day for haters.

Have you guys seen
the Bulls play? D. Rose gets all the credit for good reason, but it's a damn good team. A refreshing lack of ego too. Don't give a shit about the west, but I hope to not have to play OKC in the finals.

I have, love the Bulls, but their record is inflated by playing the worst division in the league. The same can be said for the Lakers to a degree.

[Bill Flaig]

GREAT day for the haters. I love it. Killer 3 by Ray-Ray and a monster game by Chris Paul. These things make me happy.

[AnthonyCinder]

Ha ha ha, fuck haters.

[Luzwei]

This is going to be one exciting playoffs.