NBA Playoff Thread

Orlando's only down nine. They've missed all their 3s. They've held Boston to 41 points. They had a bad start, that's all. Boston surely doesn't have this one clinched. They may end up wishing they were ahead by much more than nine at the half.

 

The continuation rules in the NBA are quite laughable. Shown by that last play.

 

Wait, I leave to go to get some Diet Mountain Dew 1/2 a mile down the street, come back, and the lead has ballooned from 3 (or was it 6?) to 18?

 

Is it too early to start asking whether the young Magic can come back from losing home court advantage?

And if Orlando loses this series, does the media start a mass questioning of Dwight Howard's "Will to WIN!!!!!!!"?

 

Well, if you're gonna suck in a game, make it the first one.

 

Orlando did win game seven in Boston last year...

 

So basically if Dwight Howard had shown up offensively today, Orlando probably leads 1-0.

 

WTF is Dwight Howard wearing in his post game interview? If he spent as much time on his offense as he did picking out that outfit, maybe he'd be up 1-0.

 

Give Orlando this, they kept playing D throughout. They didn't turtle the way Cleveland did, just had two bad, bad spells, which was one too many. This should be (as if should has anything to do with it) a long series, as in seven games long.

 

Disclaimer: rooting hard for the Magic.

If they win Game 3, Orlando will be fine. I don't see the 2009-2010 Celtics as a dominant home team so not too worried now.

 

Why are we acting surprised at Howard's poor offensive ability? The man has nothing outside of a dunk and anything within 5-7 feet.

It'll be interesting to see how the Magic responds to this. But I agree with those who are saying that Boston is playing at such a high level right now.

 

The comments about today's game are a load of crap. We just watched Boston dominate the best team in the league, and it wasn't because the Cavs quit. They go in the road again and kick Orlando's ass beginning to end, yet people are making excuses for the Magic and saying how they'll be fine.

Let's see -- three straight road games where the Celtics have held a 19-point lead against presumably better teams. Guess it's just all luck abetted by quitters.