09 playoffs thread

hahaha new dramatic chipmunk
tough loss, i missed the 1st half great 4th quarter though. phil should have went bigger (bynum? box score looks ok where was he) and kept shannon out there, probably concerned about turnovers. i can see the lakers taking 2 in denver here

bynum looked spry in the first half, didn't get any run down the stretch tho. shannon brown is fearless and competitive, no way should sasha be out there instead of him.

lakers win saturday and get beat bad on monday.

superman dat bynum
http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2009-05/47064424.jpg

NENED
http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2009-05/47064723.jpg

what's with the cameltoes? xp

harris fouled wade w/the body there

I like how billups is bouncing inbounds passes off kobe's back like a week after the publication of an article which takes billups bouncing inbounds passes off dudes' backs as its central metaphor.

I mentioned this last night. Just seething with rage over it, and barely able to explain it in comprehensible terms.

cavs huge today

z in the post

Rapper Trina’s camp is vehemently refuting rumors of any romantic involvement with LA Lakers star Kobe Bryant.

In a written statement released to AllHipHop.com Friday (May 22), Trina’s publicist called out popular urban gossip site MediaTakeOut.com for two items published about her client this week that insinuate the Miami rapper was previously romantically involved with Bryant.

On Thursday (May 21), the website reported an alleged fight broke out between Trina, who has been dating Denver Nuggets forward Kenyon Martin, and Bryant’s wife Vanessa at the first game of the Western Conference Final between their men’s teams.

While there was no physical altercation, the site’s sources allege that the two women engaged in a heated war of words.

Today, MediaTakeOut.com sited lyrics from one of Trina’s songs as the cause of the confrontation.

In the song “Heated,” released in 2004, Trina rapped “I was the first b***h Kobe cheated on his wife with.”

“Trina does not know NBA player Kobe Bryant in neither a personal or business manner,” her publicist Krystle Coleman told AllHipHop.com. "Please note, the 2004 Trina song entitled 'Heated' was for 'entertainment purposes' ONLY! As (with) other rapper/raptresses in today’s society, Trina’s rap lyrics are a result of entertainment and a fabricated 'image' and not real life experiences or (subject) matters.

“Trina is a creative artist and has always used the names of high profile celebs in her songs such as Shaq, D Wade, as well as Kobe,” Coleman added. “It’s entertainment and music, not personal. Any basketball or NBA sports event Trina is seen at, she is there in full support of her boyfriend and for no other reason; especially (not) to engage in fights, arguments or any other vulgar behavior.”

This is not the first time Trina has been drawn into her boyfriend’s professional rivalries this season.

On May 11, during game 5 of the Nuggets’ Conference Semi-Finals series against the Dallas Mavericks, Trina was the target of obscenities from an agitated Dallas home crowd which had gone so far as to pour beer on Martin’s mother.

The Lakers and Nuggets are currently tied at one game a piece in their quest for the Western Conference Championship.

Game three of the series will be played at 6:30pm on Saturday (May 23) in Denver.

sasha the serbian assassin

thx u krystle

I'm still loling at Trina being a 'raptress' - what's next, http://www.barcade.com/media/images/2160_JurassicPark.jpg ?

If Gortat and Ilgauskas switched teams a half time, would anybody notice?

that's 8 chuck

Lol cavs folding again

so it's definitive then the magic are the way better team and the cavs just have lebron

LBJ finally gets called for traveling - bout time

Two things:

1) Lebron looks very tired at the end of these games.

2) Turk's uh uh I rock face is very funny.

Turk oh wau

TURKOGLU!!!!!!

jeez cavs wtf

OMG

WAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU LEBRONNNNNNN

O_O

Sick

!!!!!!!

lol at the confetti stuck to LBJ's head

Unbelievable.

omfg

AMAZING HAPPENED

lebron to sager: "man, that's just a great shot man."

CLUUUUUUUUUTCH

So the narratives for both these series parallel each other but are reversed: Lakers steal one at home in Game 1, Cavs steal one at home in Game 2

:OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

shiiiit

feel bad for my bro turkoglu tho

:OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

HOW can you give Lebron an open look three? Seriously, how does this happen???

snrub are you on fucking crack (rhetorical)? that shot was not an open look! he was fading away form two ft behind the line! AND they were running an alley oop for him, he improvised the whole thing

i lost my voice screaming

i lol'd

it was even more incredible considering mike brown for some reason had mo williams inbounding the ball even tho he was the only player on the cavs besides lebron to make a shot in the fourth quarter - they had no hope on that play except for lebron to take that shot cuz there was no way delonte west was doing anything

is anyone watching tnt? is reggie miller mr snrub? is he posting form an iphone?

did tnt put reggie miller on the set to troll barkley and kenny to keep them on their toes? only explanation

If I'm Orlando I'm feeling pretty good - Dwight only had 10 points but they still managed to almost win the game, and they lost only because LBJ is a machine sent from the future to save mankind

Yeah Orlando can't feel bad about these first two games. Sometimes when the best player in the world beats you. That's why he's the best player in the world.

all the magic players are like exactly the same - pietrus, turkoglu, lewis, lee (<-- this guy is so dope) - they can all drain threes and finish on anybody at the bucket - the cavs need to go small as hell - i think they need to dump ilgauskus and go with 1. williams 2. west 3. pavlovic 4. lebron 5. varejao and see if that will do anything - i still think they need to let dwight get his points and let them shoot threes and just not allow them to get to the hoop - idk man, magic are really good