09 playoffs thread

anybody but the lakers out of the west.

too bad about yao.

the game flow chart: http://www.cbssports.com/nba/gamecenter/live/NBA_20090512_ORL@BOS

lol @ flatline in mid-4th qtr

someone needs to tell kevin harlen that every open jumper has not been "conceded" by the defense

if doug collins can learn to stop talking abt "swings" anything is possible

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ownd

Big Baby Davis is one of the best interviews in basketball

"nonbelievers create positive energy".

v likable guy indeed

"what does that mean?" asks Greg Dickerson

"think about it. think about it", says Baby.

positive energy activates constant elevation

haha yes

baby w/the psychological ups

scal has the roundest shoulders in pro sports

scal is teh fattay

“You know what, I’m a big guy,” Davis said at the Celtics’ morning shoot-around Tuesday. “And sometimes I can’t even feel when I’m sitting on the remote. So imagine if my emotions are going wild and I’m running by somebody and I don’t feel it. So if I’ve hurt anybody or if I’ve done any harm to anybody, please forgive me. Because my intentions were harmless.

“No, I didn’t see the kid. Like I say, I’m a big guy and I’m emotional and I didn’t see him. If I’d have seen I’d knocked him down, I’d have picked him up and rubbed his head and tried to make him feel better. Because I’m a big guy and I’m sorry if I hurt anyone at all.”

Poll: who was hurt more, the kid or Big Baby's remote

I'll take the remote, they don't make them like they used to

i think the celtics should turn this into a halftime promotion - what can big baby sit on without feeling it

I <3 the baby so much btw

I’m a big guy and I’m sorry if I hurt anyone at all

<3

The Magic's playoff hopes

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I’d have picked him up and rubbed his head and tried to make him feel better.

this guy.

how far would baby have gone? "and if that didn't work i was going to make silly faces until he laughed"

"i don't take any predisposition from the last shot i took...whether i made it, whether i didn't make it..."

^Ray postgame

lol xp

lol @ the inevitable media freakout today because marbury scored 12 points.

score when he entered the game in the 4th: 69-59 magic
score when he left the game in the 4th: 85-75 magic

he was -6 for the game. i guess some credit is due for keeping the second unit in it but turkoglu and tony battie (!) were doing similar damage to the c's over the same stretch.

Somewhere Shaq is laughing at SVG right now

Why would this be? Stan Van Gundy is in the playoffs.

I just checked the regular-season final standings. In fairness, The Suns were just two games out of the No. 8 spot in the West, and the difference between them and the team ranked below them (Golden State) was 17 games.(n.1) So The Suns were a pretty good team.

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(n.1) Not an apples-to-apples comparison, but The Suns were also 10 games better than the No. 9 team in the East (Indiana).

suns had they employed alvin gentry as coach all season and not gotten so injured wouldve been formidable

Why would this be? Stan Van Gundy is in the playoffs.

― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, May 13, 2009 8:10 PM (41 minutes ago) Bookmark

Just referencing the barbs Shaq threw at SVG earlier this year, calling him someone who panics easily and can't control his team. So far, the Magic have blown three leads in this series, and they've already let a Philly team take them to 6 games. Sure the Magic are a young team with not a lot of playoff experience between all the players, but you gotta think that they would have learned how to keep a lead by now. Their offense yesterday during the C's 4th quarter run was really quite atrocious - you have to think that if Pop or Jackson were coaching with that kind of a lead they would have been able to keep it.

"And one thing I really despise is a front-runner, so I know for a fact that he's a master of panic, and when it gets time for his team to go in the postseason and do certain things, he will let them down because of his panic. I've been there before, I've played for him."

Although the more I think about it, it may not entirely be SVG's fault. It's becoming obvious that the players have come to distrust SVG's decision making come crunch time, as evidenced by Dwight's "coach is nervous" comment after the game. If the players are already ready to throw the coach under the bus, then there's not much he can do.

svg does often seem panicky during games w/his insane screeching

in-fighting not a good look for a team trying to get to round 3

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/playoffs/2009/news/story?id=4162728

magic are looking at this series and thinking they shouldve already won - frustrating!

Cleveland is going to dismantle Boston, I think.

itd be almost better to lose a close series to the magic and not have to deal

fuck that, the magic don't deserve to beat the c's. if cleveland wrecks them i don't really care, i'll be rooting for the lebrons in the finals.

^^

well i mean almost - cavs series is going to be depressio

i will root for cavs ovr lakers but nuggs ovr cavs

magic/cavs would be boring. c's might at least make it interesting even if its a trainwreck blowout sweep series. ok that'd be boring too but BIG BABYYYYYYYY

i will root for cavs ovr lakers but nuggs ovr cavs

― ice cr?m, Wednesday, May 13, 2009 12:51 PM

same. i would love for billups/melo/birdman to take it all

yes totally

also not sure why but i really want to see lebron play w/new york for diantoni - not sure what outcome is best for that

haha seems like either one would work

if lebron does end up here im sure resurgent knicks fans will make me sry i ever wished for it

but still it would be kinda fun and absurd

basically i want to see the guy average a trip dub and make more funnay commercials

btw carmelo's gf O_O

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