EPTat any rate, knicks are owning the celtics right now, celtics look flat, no energy at all
NBA Playoffs (2010-2011) - Page 7
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KOFgokuon
United States14911 Posts
at any rate, knicks are owning the celtics right now, celtics look flat, no energy at all | ||
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cLutZ
United States19574 Posts
On April 18 2011 09:01 jmbthirteen wrote: Didn't Simmons recently comment on how he thought Paul's explosiveness was coming back? Even at his peak his athleticism paled compared to Rose's. Also, I'm just throwing this out there, but The Bulls/Heat (aka teams lacking championship experience) gutted out tough wins, while the Lakers/Spurs(and maybe Celtics) were upset by worse teams. I don't expect those teams to lose the series, but shouldn't the inexperienced teams be the ones coming out with jitters? Or is experience overrated? | ||
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igotmyown
United States4291 Posts
-Kobe Bryant is inefficient during crunch time situations. Small sample size validation: Kobe dribbles to the basket and throws up junk twice in a row, hoping for a call. Actually he was playing smarter than usual, usually he'll shoot a contested twenty footer. Eventually he kind of gave up with the game out of reach and just let Gasol and Odom shoot the ball (and they scored on the post and two threes...) -Supposedly Chris Paul is one of the few players who plays as well or better during crunch time situations. Why? Because he'd rather make a right play (meaning passing to the open man) rather than be the man/take over/hand down man down/hundreds of other stupid cliches. Small sample size validation: well he started taking on Pau Gasol one on one. But he did also thread some passes to the basket. The Lakers notoriously have a weak bench, so the way they win is by having their main 5-6 guys build up enough of a lead that it can survive runs by the other team, then protect their lead in crunch time while adding in some inefficient crunch time scoring. In theory, if the game is tied with say 2 or 5 minutes left, the Hornets should be more likely to win. However, it's very unlikely for the game to reach that point, which is what made game 1 so interesting. | ||
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TemplarCo.
Mexico2870 Posts
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Jibba
United States22883 Posts
SUCK IT CELTICS | ||
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igotmyown
United States4291 Posts
On April 18 2011 10:30 Jibba wrote: TONY DOUGLASSSSS SUCK IT CELTICS indeed | ||
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King K. Rool
Canada4408 Posts
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zulu_nation8
China26351 Posts
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XxForgexX
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On April 18 2011 10:30 Jibba wrote: TONY DOUGLASSSSS SUCK IT CELTICS Ray Allen. Suck it, Knicks. | ||
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Ashok
Australia339 Posts
On April 18 2011 10:30 Jibba wrote: TONY DOUGLASSSSS SUCK IT CELTICS In the words of the great CruNcher:  | ||
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Holcan
Canada2593 Posts
On April 18 2011 10:30 Jibba wrote: TONY DOUGLASSSSS SUCK IT CELTICS I agree, if it wasnt for you guarding Ray Allen he would not have got such a clean look ! :D :D RAYYYYY ALLLLLENNNN, FOR THREEEEEE ! | ||
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zeks
Canada1068 Posts
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zulu_nation8
China26351 Posts
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Ducci
United States588 Posts
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Dknight
United States5223 Posts
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igotmyown
United States4291 Posts
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SpeaKEaSY
United States1070 Posts
On April 18 2011 10:40 Holcan wrote: I agree, if it wasnt for you guarding Ray Allen he would not have got such a clean look ! :D :D RAYYYYY ALLLLLENNNN, FOR THREEEEEE ! You mean if KG didn't trip Toney Douglas, he wouldn't have had such a clean look | ||
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zulu_nation8
China26351 Posts
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SpeaKEaSY
United States1070 Posts
![[image loading]](http://img859.imageshack.us/img859/3907/contactf.jpg) Yeah, the constant switching was ridiculous, yes, Melo made a horrible decision to take that 3 when all they needed was a two, but you cannot act like that last call made no difference in the game. [edit] here, a closer look ![[image loading]](http://a.yfrog.com/img612/8333/h6qyg.jpg) But what can I say. That's the NBA. A championship team has to be able to win despite bad calls. The Knicks couldn't do it. | ||
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cLutZ
United States19574 Posts
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