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Xeris
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
Iran17695 Posts
April 21 2009 14:38 GMT
#201
i just had a dream last night that clevland overcame some huge defecit to win game 2 against detroit
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XaI)CyRiC
Profile Joined October 2002
United States4471 Posts
April 21 2009 18:03 GMT
#202
Leon Powe is out for rest of postseason with torn ACL
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/playoffs/2009/news/story?id=4086325

Even as a person who is cheering against the Celtics, I can't help but feel bad for them and a little disappointed that we're not seeing them at their full strength when it counts.
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Xeris
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
Iran17695 Posts
April 21 2009 18:09 GMT
#203
it's better for them, now they can make excuses as to why they are going to get knocked out.

if they were at full strength they still would have lost but wouldn't have been able to make excuses!
twitter.com/xerislight -- follow me~~
SK.Testie
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Canada11084 Posts
April 21 2009 18:09 GMT
#204
Yeah, injuries blow. It's especially bad just because they are the defending champs so they don't get to prove if they really could have taken it all again. (I'm writing them off because I don't think they are the same without KG or even Powe).
Social Justice is a fools errand. May all the adherents at its church be thwarted. Of all the religions I have come across, it is by far the most detestable.
bp1696
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
United States288 Posts
April 21 2009 18:10 GMT
#205
Yeah, even though I'm not a huge fan of the celtics, it kind of sucks seeing as how all of their starters improved from last year during the regular season when they were healthy. Both Rondo and Allen are significantly better this year than they were last year. Big Baby has improved, etc etc.
Sleep is for the fishes
KOFgokuon
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
United States14893 Posts
April 21 2009 18:25 GMT
#206
ahhh powe
son of a bitch ><
Dknight
Profile Blog Joined April 2005
United States5223 Posts
April 21 2009 18:43 GMT
#207
On April 22 2009 03:09 Xeris wrote:
it's better for them, now they can make excuses as to why they are going to get knocked out.

if they were at full strength they still would have lost but wouldn't have been able to make excuses!


I'll settle for an early knockout knowing we have 17 championships.
WGT<3. Former CL/NW head admin.
sixghost
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
United States2096 Posts
April 21 2009 18:59 GMT
#208
On April 21 2009 14:02 il0seonpurpose wrote:
Well how are coaches expected to know when and when not to call a timeout then? I'm not so sure it's Negro's fault, I think he called timeouts at the right time (except the last play of course)

They're expected to know because that's their job dude. The same exact situation happened twice in 2 games.

He's supposed to be the smartest guy on the court and he dropped the ball twice.
mG.sixghost @ iCCup || One ling, two ling, three ling, four... Camp four gas, then ultra-whore . -Saracen
tonight
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
United States11130 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-04-21 20:35:27
April 21 2009 20:35 GMT
#209
On April 22 2009 03:43 Dknight wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 22 2009 03:09 Xeris wrote:
it's better for them, now they can make excuses as to why they are going to get knocked out.

if they were at full strength they still would have lost but wouldn't have been able to make excuses!


I'll settle for an early knockout knowing we have 17 championships.

But that you, yourself, still suck.

I'm hoping DET will take ONE game from CLE. It would be great if it was on the road, but fuck, I'll take any ONE.
if I come without a thing, then I come with all I need @tonightsend
Ace
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
United States16096 Posts
April 21 2009 21:25 GMT
#210
On April 22 2009 03:09 Xeris wrote:
it's better for them, now they can make excuses as to why they are going to get knocked out.

if they were at full strength they still would have lost but wouldn't have been able to make excuses!


Don't think so

Boston-Cleveland-LA all at full strength was a combination of duels and exciting storylines everyone wanted to see.

Damn
Math me up, scumboi. - Acrofales
Roffles *
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
Pitcairn19291 Posts
April 21 2009 22:10 GMT
#211
Sucks for the Celtics. Any depth off the bench just got thrown out the door, as Powe really helps plug in the second unit off the bench. I do think they'll get past the Bulls, but they'll fall short in their quest to repeat. Just not enough firepower without KG.
God Bless
XaI)CyRiC
Profile Joined October 2002
United States4471 Posts
April 21 2009 22:25 GMT
#212
On April 22 2009 07:10 Roffles wrote:
Sucks for the Celtics. Any depth off the bench just got thrown out the door, as Powe really helps plug in the second unit off the bench. I do think they'll get past the Bulls, but they'll fall short in their quest to repeat. Just not enough firepower without KG.


I think losing Powe is a pretty big deal for them with the lack of frontcourt depth as bad as it was already. Fortunately, Chicago is not a very big team and they don't have the post players to punish the Cs. However, this is a team that's already won one game in BOS and barely lost the second, now heading to their homecourt. I think BOS has to be a bit concerned and nervous, particularly since Rondo is still not 100% either.
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Xeris
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
Iran17695 Posts
April 21 2009 22:53 GMT
#213
On April 22 2009 06:25 Ace wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 22 2009 03:09 Xeris wrote:
it's better for them, now they can make excuses as to why they are going to get knocked out.

if they were at full strength they still would have lost but wouldn't have been able to make excuses!


Don't think so

Boston-Cleveland-LA all at full strength was a combination of duels and exciting storylines everyone wanted to see.

Damn


Boston simply didn't have it, even with a full lineup. Their year was last year.
twitter.com/xerislight -- follow me~~
SK.Testie
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Canada11084 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-04-21 23:16:24
April 21 2009 23:16 GMT
#214
...
k I really don't think you're allowed to say that considering how amazingly they played last year.
If they had a full lineup you really don't know if they would have pulled it together again. Especially with the improvements in their other players.

Like they didn't look great early in the playoffs last year, but then they really stepped their game up. I think it really would have been between La/Bos/Cavs ;o
Social Justice is a fools errand. May all the adherents at its church be thwarted. Of all the religions I have come across, it is by far the most detestable.
igotmyown
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States4291 Posts
April 22 2009 00:13 GMT
#215
The Celtics got a lot better throughout the playoffs. The Lakers had lucked out with the Gasol and Ariza trades, had a >10 point differential since the Gasol trade, and were favored to win against the Celtics in 6. And they had the league MVP.
The Celtics couldn't win on the road until 17 games into the playoffs, Allen was misfiring because he had a sick child, Garnett was a jump shooting choker, Rondo wasn't worth covering, Perkins was unproven. Pierce, Rondo and Perkins were injured in the finals. Pierce was the only consistent player among a team of on and off players. And incompetent Doc Rivers vs GOAT Phil Jackson.

By the end of the finals, the Celtics were crushing the Lakers (who be guaranteed to crush any other team in the league) by 40, Phil Jackson was shamefully pretending to draw up plays while the entire new Garden was taunting the Lakers before the 4th quarter. After the game. analysts concluded that Kobe << Jordan. Whereas before he was happily laughing off the constant Jordan comparisons, and he knew that if he had won, he'd probably be bumped to one of the best 10 players of all time. And he had given up in the fricking finals by the 4th quarter.

Bottom line, the 2008 finals Celtics (not the 2008 playoff Celtics) and Lakers were in a different league than the other teams, and the Celtics had beaten the Lakers so badly that the Lakers couldn't say we had our chances or they got the calls, the Lakers could only conclude that the Celtics were a vastly superior team. The 2008 cavs basically had a Rocky moment and the transitivity arguments are bunk.

2009 Celtics are older, tony allen never replaced the next Posey, and Glen Davis while decent to good lacks the consistency, old school intimidation, and presence that PJ Brown had. The 2009 celtics have been riding Rondo 3.0, but the only way they could surpass the 2008 team is if Alonzo Mourning hopped on instead of Moore.
sung_moon
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States10110 Posts
April 22 2009 00:57 GMT
#216
lol did u see that lebron sandwich when he drove the lane? he just shakes 2 detriots guys off his back and causes a technical.... so baller
Forever Young
tonight
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
United States11130 Posts
April 22 2009 01:07 GMT
#217
I hate watching Detroit basketball now.
if I come without a thing, then I come with all I need @tonightsend
Jibba
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States22883 Posts
April 22 2009 01:15 GMT
#218
On April 22 2009 10:07 tonight wrote:
I hate watching Detroit basketball now.

That's why I'm watching the Wings game.
ModeratorNow I'm distant, dark in this anthrobeat
tonight
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
United States11130 Posts
April 22 2009 01:16 GMT
#219
I'm going back and forth;)
if I come without a thing, then I come with all I need @tonightsend
igotmyown
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States4291 Posts
April 22 2009 01:30 GMT
#220
Is that low-pitched Cavs defense chant lebron's recorded voice?
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