NBA Playoffs Thread

Oh my damn.

 

Yowza! 108 DBs?! DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMN, Oakland is rockin'

 

And the crowd looked like they were a factor in the game.

 

Thank god there back home.

 

Man that dunk by Davis needs to be like dunk of the year that was crazy.

 

Disappointed in Cleveland. If they intend to move on and have any shot against DET, they need to put away NJ as fast as possible. Great game by Kidd.

I enjoy ABC's coverage of the NBA playoffs. No play-by-play guy can match Marv on TNT, but Mike Breen is very, very good. Mark Jackson is so good it's incredible. I also really like Jon Barry a lot. The weak links in ABC's coverage - Mike Tirico and Mike Wilbon, IMO. Tirico's "over-calling" games is amateurish, and he makes sooo many mistakes that he either never addresses or else tries to rationalize away. There has to be someone else ABC/ESPN could throw in there. Wilbon certainly knows the sport and is quite competent in front of the camera, but there's something kind of 'meh' about his delivery and personality, IMO. Still, any network which gives you Hubie Brown, Mark Jackson and Mike Breen is ok by me.

Can't wait for this game between the Spurs and the Suns. If PHX could take this, they will take control of the series. Kurt Thomas on Duncan is critical. With all the 'dirty Bowen/Spurs' talk, the Suns dominant game 2 victory and the importance of this game and the quality of the two teams, this game should be a good one.

 

Following the Cavs as much as I could during the year, this game came as no surprise. Long-ish layoff, first game in NJ, riding a 2-game cushion. LeBron wasn't near 100%, and when he doesn't give 100, the rest of the Cavs seem to slack off too. There's no excuse for losing the battle on the boards or playing as bad defense as they did (from what I saw, didn't watch the whole thing) but, like I said, you could see this performance coming from a mile away. I do think they're saving themselves up for DET. That series should be amazing.

 

Man Bron needs to get a hold on things and take over the game early when he is on the road.

 

If they want to win, and have a chance at taking Detriot down.

 

I think we'll see a LeBron we haven't seen all year when the Detroit series rolls around.


Or maybe that just blind hope on my part.