Member of the Month

KilaTsunami
October, 2024

Online

Welcome to the Newschoolers forums! You may read the forums as a guest, however you must be a registered member to post. Register to become a member today!

Official NBA Playoffs Thread

profile picture
PopsicleStand
Posts: 6890 - Karma: 147
Now that things have started to shake out, I want to get some banter and speculation in here.

Topics to start with:

-Knicks won a game to force the series to 5 games with the Heat.
-Boston blew out the Hawks and now lead the series 3-1
-Rose-less Bulls hanging on at 1 game to the 76'ers 3
-Lakers in the same spot as always
-Thunder sweeping the Mavs
-And others...

I'll start. Its bittersweet, but mostly sweet as a Boston fan right now. You get the sense that each game might be the last you see the big 4 together. Its a beautiful thing that they are putting together another run for us.

In honor

Click for larger image
May 7 2012 11:45AM
0 2
profile picture
sneezin
Posts: 632 - Karma: 430
i was at the game last night, 3rd row. NBD. behind John Stewart. NBD. Also got a picture with mamma allen. NBD

Anyways, there were a few ridiculous calls by the refs... KG's travel and Dwayne's mugging of pierce come to mind. At the same time there were a few shitty calls that benefited the celtics. Definitely felt like the refs were leaning towards the heat though. My .02
Jun 4 2012 5:02PM
0 0
profile picture
Z-Juice
Posts: 3151 - Karma: 1,504
I don't foul out
Jun 4 2012 5:07PM
0 0
profile picture
Bakeshow
Posts: 585 - Karma: 197
The Heat consists of a bunch of pussies. Fuck them. Celtics and Thunder!!!!
Jun 4 2012 5:12PM
0 0
profile picture
585.
Posts: 4059 - Karma: 77
finals is heat vs thunder
Jun 4 2012 6:04PM
0 0
profile picture
bakedpow
Posts: 8770 - Karma: 10,467
Lets go OKC.
Jun 4 2012 11:07PM
0 0
profile picture
hellomynameisjef
Posts: 5794 - Karma: 167
shit is getting real in these playoffs right now. these series and the finals are going to be fucking crazy




Click for larger image


celtics baby
Jun 5 2012 12:21AM
0 0
profile picture
icon1234
Posts: 3081 - Karma: 1,475
lol you seriously thought the refs were for the heat that game? That's pretty funny.

Jun 5 2012 1:26AM
0 0
profile picture
BMB
Posts: 3138 - Karma: 232
Well they sure weren't for the Celtics!
Jun 5 2012 10:16PM
0 0
profile picture
bakedpow
Posts: 8770 - Karma: 10,467
Soccer wouldnt take him.

send him to womens water polo.
Jun 5 2012 10:37PM
0 0
profile picture
bakedpow
Posts: 8770 - Karma: 10,467
Thats the truth.
Jun 5 2012 11:13PM
0 0
profile picture
bakedpow
Posts: 8770 - Karma: 10,467
OKC vs CELTS final. gona be good.
Jun 5 2012 11:23PM
0 0
profile picture
BMB
Posts: 3138 - Karma: 232
CELTICS
Jun 5 2012 11:24PM
0 0
profile picture
baaangthat
Posts: 2245 - Karma: 2,587
FUCK.YES.



Jun 5 2012 11:26PM
0 0
profile picture
steep
Posts: 6063 - Karma: 298
YES CELTICS
Jun 5 2012 11:26PM
0 0
profile picture
SkierPT
Posts: 2177 - Karma: 4,720
Being a die hard cavs fan going to multiple cavs playoff games it does my heart good seeing lebron failing so often
Jun 5 2012 11:45PM
0 0
profile picture
icon1234
Posts: 3081 - Karma: 1,475
Rondo such a hypocrite. Says the Heat are crybabies when he complains more than anyone, not to mention can be seen flopping all over the place. If Heat could make FT's this series would of ended tonight. Instead now Boston will prob end it in game 6.
Jun 5 2012 11:47PM
0 0
profile picture
icon1234
Posts: 3081 - Karma: 1,475
Yea hate the guy who let you even attend a playoff game.
Jun 5 2012 11:50PM
0 0
profile picture
baaangthat
Posts: 2245 - Karma: 2,587
yeah, they didnt.
Jun 5 2012 11:52PM
0 0
profile picture
bakedpow
Posts: 8770 - Karma: 10,467
Obvious heat fan is obvious.
Jun 5 2012 11:54PM
0 0
profile picture
icon1234
Posts: 3081 - Karma: 1,475
Duh, doesn't make what I said not true though... No question Boston is outplaying the Heat in this series, I am not denying that. Boston is clutch, Miami is not, unless Miami is winning the game by a constant 10 point margin the entire game they are not going to win. But I seriously cannot believe how poorly they are shooting at the line, the entire series would be completely different if they could make a FT.
Jun 6 2012 12:08AM
0 0
profile picture
white+wolf
Posts: 874 - Karma: 492
Jun 6 2012 12:17AM
0 0
profile picture
easiestEC
Posts: 2471 - Karma: 489
CELTICS
Jun 6 2012 12:44AM
0 0
profile picture
Ski_the_east01
Posts: 5203 - Karma: 2,306
Click for larger image
Jun 6 2012 9:00AM
0 0
profile picture
grown-ninja
Posts: 3031 - Karma: 175
OKC's one of the best basketball teams ever assembled: leagues leading scorer, leagues leading blocker, leagues leading 6th man, thats not to mention westbrook who will litterly throw his body on the line if he need to, KP, Sef, cook, the veteran presence of d. fish....you get the pt, comming from NY i get a lot of shit for liking OKC but ive been with them from the beginning when they won 20 and 30 games a season.  Crazy right now hopefully they can ice it in Oklahoma tonight with the home town energy and Scotty brooks at the helm, no other home teams gets as into games it seems as they do.  They are going to run Boston into the floor, if they play them in a final.  Look whats happening with SA they just cant physically compete.
Jun 6 2012 9:15AM
0 0
profile picture
Ski_the_east01
Posts: 5203 - Karma: 2,306
Why being a sports analysts is one of the biggest joke jobs in the world...right along side with weathermen

you can be wrong 80% of the time and still get paid

Click for larger image
Jun 6 2012 9:36AM
0 0
profile picture
Ski_the_east01
Posts: 5203 - Karma: 2,306
I can't get enough of these pictures..fuck the heat
Click for larger image
Jun 6 2012 9:41AM
0 0
profile picture
hey-dude-its-me
Posts: 4238 - Karma: 412
spoelstra still cant cash in his 2 year old lottery ticket, that guy has got to go
Jun 6 2012 10:34AM
0 0
profile picture
Puzzled
Posts: 4267 - Karma: 4,448
FUCK YEAH CELTICS

Pierce clutch 3pt shot near the end was sheer beauty.
Jun 6 2012 10:47AM
0 0
profile picture
*TURBONERD*
Posts: 15081 - Karma: 9,158
Celts in 6. No question. Seeing Pierce drain that 3 right over LeBron, the feeling I get from that, nothing tops it.
Jun 6 2012 10:59AM
0 0
profile picture
Ski_the_east01
Posts: 5203 - Karma: 2,306
Celtics are 1.5 point underdogs after winning 3 straight. If I was a betting man I would put my money on the Heat. You know the NBA wants to see a game 7 of this series very badly

The feeling you got after seeing pierce rub one out right in lebrons face? I got the same feeling watching KG's post game interview



I also peed down my leg a little when he looked into the camera. Michael Gearon crapped his pants.
Jun 6 2012 11:12AM
0 0
profile picture
bakedpow
Posts: 8770 - Karma: 10,467
Lol iv been with them from the beginning.

Super sonics were the beginning, gary payton, slick watts, ray allen etc.

And i want my team back.
Jun 6 2012 12:05PM
0 0
profile picture
*TURBONERD*
Posts: 15081 - Karma: 9,158
'THE OWNERS WHO TALK TOO MUCH', calling out Cuban like a champ.
I guess I should qualify my statement. The Celts should win in 6 if the refs don't throw the game.
Jun 6 2012 12:20PM
0 0
profile picture
PopsicleStand
Posts: 6890 - Karma: 147
I agree that OKC is good... But I think you got a little worked up writing all that.
Jun 6 2012 12:32PM
0 0
profile picture
PopsicleStand
Posts: 6890 - Karma: 147
Also, anyone see dwade elbow Garnett during his last free throws? What a dirty douchebag
Jun 6 2012 12:34PM
0 0
profile picture
Peter.
Posts: 23796 - Karma: 13,014
the celtics are going to win it all. garnett is a boss, and rondo has unreal amounts of swag
Jun 6 2012 12:34PM
0 0
profile picture
Ski_the_east01
Posts: 5203 - Karma: 2,306
I think KG was actually calling out Michael Gearon the Hawks coach. Grearon said during the first series that KG was the dirtiest player in the league blah blah blah

I dont think he has any beef with cuban but im definitely not 100% sure on that

By all means the celtics should win game 6. But they have a TERRIBLE close out record. I think since the big 3 they are like 10-12 in close out games. Which is vastly different from their game 5 record when the series is tied 2-2. They are an amazing 8-0
Jun 6 2012 12:44PM
0 0
profile picture
TheDers
Posts: 788 - Karma: 164
honestly i just want the heat to lose so i can rub it in my room mates face. ive been an okc fan since they were still the super sonics when they drafted KD. They are the most athletic team in the league and their team chemistry is what sets them apart from the other teams. You know that durant will put up 25 a game even if hes struggling and harden is just a freak of nature that can get to the hole in two steps from the 3 point line and with Ibaka continuing to hit the mid range shots and westbrook playing efficiently they look like a team that cant be beat.
Jun 6 2012 12:53PM
0 0
profile picture
PopsicleStand
Posts: 6890 - Karma: 147
Weren't Westbrook and durant fighting? or some sort of drama happened at the beginning of the season. And the celts don't have chemistry like the thunder, or better?
Jun 6 2012 12:58PM
0 0
profile picture
TheDers
Posts: 788 - Karma: 164
they had an argument in like one game in the very beggining of the season but what team doesnt. and im not saying the celtics dont have good team chemistry cuz they do. they thinder just seem to mesh well as a team they always know where each other is at on the court and they know what each other is going to do. they are young and hungry to win the championship and i dont think they are going to be stopped.
Jun 6 2012 1:07PM
0 0
profile picture
DeSena
Posts: 4126 - Karma: 1,352
Celtics.
Jun 6 2012 1:13PM
0 0
profile picture
Peter.
Posts: 23796 - Karma: 13,014
if the celts can keep up with the heat, i can't see how they wouldn't keep up with the spurs or the thunder
Jun 6 2012 1:20PM
0 0
profile picture
PopsicleStand
Posts: 6890 - Karma: 147
call me crazy but I thought it had legs all the way from last season into this one...not just the one argument from early this season. I distinctly remember pundits on ESPN wondering if one of them should be traded if they kept fighting. whatever.

I too, believe that game 6 will be thrown by the refs for a game 7. Man oh man though, how sweet would it be for the celtics to beat the heat. I could lose graciously to either the spurs or the thunder, just not the heat.
Jun 6 2012 1:38PM
0 0
profile picture
Ski_the_east01
Posts: 5203 - Karma: 2,306
This.

Click for larger image
Jun 6 2012 2:08PM
0 0
profile picture
grown-ninja
Posts: 3031 - Karma: 175

haha maybe, ive always been a huge sports fan and never liked a team more, regardless of what sport more than OKC

Jun 6 2012 2:17PM
0 0
profile picture
Ben.
Posts: 21463 - Karma: 683
Arent you a Heat fan? You cant really talk about fining for flops...
Jun 6 2012 9:34PM
0 0
profile picture
Ben.
Posts: 21463 - Karma: 683
Haha as long as you are in favor of all of it, fine.


Id rather see it count as a foul against the flopper hahaha. In general its gotten out of hand in the NBA.
Jun 6 2012 9:37PM
0 0
profile picture
Gator
Posts: 35 - Karma: 11
Hahaha i was just about to make a post about this
Jun 6 2012 9:38PM
0 0
profile picture
zflink
Posts: 309 - Karma: 283
Celtics can't lose; they got Lil Wayne

Click for larger image

Jun 6 2012 9:41PM
0 0
profile picture
TooTanked
Posts: 171 - Karma: 9
This is going to be a good finish
Jun 6 2012 10:56PM
0 0
profile picture
bakedpow
Posts: 8770 - Karma: 10,467
OKC.

Props to the spurs though, they played well for most the game. OKC just ran them out of the gym.
Jun 6 2012 11:30PM
0 0
All times are Eastern (-5)