09 playoffs thread

it really reminds me of the mavs-warriors series

this is otm. don't think the magic would have a chance in hell against either la or denver.

the "matchup problem" boils down to dwight howard imo

nah it's really the turkoglu/pietrus/lewis combo - dwight had some huge games in the sixers series and the magic lost both

regular season might not count for much but orlando handed the lakers a couple of loses. i'd rather see cleveland

yeah there aren't a lot of guys in the league who have the combo of speed, size and shooting ability of turkoglu and lewis. to have two of those guys on the floor at the same time presumably drives opposing defenses a little wacky.

O_O

orlando was 17-38 from 3

O_O

if i stop doubting orlando they'll blow it, never mind.

lol i hadn't read that dwyer piece on doin work before i commented upthread, hope no one thought i was dignifying it. have you heard --- simmons and hollinger give kobe thumbs down! sheeeeeeit

I think Cleveland is now officially in really big trouble.

Nuggets in 6
Orlando in 7

:)

― Can't stop the dancing chickens (dyao), Wednesday, May 20, 2009 9:46 AM (1 week ago) Bookmark

Guess I was being pessimistic about the Magic

(Though by posting this I've probably jinxed them)

Yeah don't get all Tracy McGrady now. Orlando's blown a few of these things ya know.

BTW I will totally eat crow now cuz Ben Wallace and Szerbiak (amongst others) are completely freakin' useless. Cleveland would be so better off with Antawn Jamison right now it's not even funny. They should have taken the payroll hit and pulled the trigger, team chem be damned.

the cavs need more bodies to throw at howard. z can't guard him. for some reason joe smith only played 4 minutes. varejao does his best but he's just one guy. too bad j.j. hickson is hurt--he's at least big and young.

Cleveland would be so better off with Antawn Jamison right now it's not even funny.

Maybe, but who guards Howard?

More importantly, who will score points when Lebron is off his game

But more bodies isn't really the problem. I mean it's not like any of them can guard him one-on-one and once they collapse on him Orlando is just killing them from the wings. Maybe another dude to match up with Turk or Lewis who wasn't a waste of space offensively.

Er wait, I guess that's the point of getting Jamison, doh

I mean you can't guard Howard. The only lucky thing for the rest of the league is that Howard hasn't yet figured out how to have a more complete offensive game. Once that happens dude could end up being pretty close to O'Neal good for the next ten or so years.

Howard picked up his 6th technical, 1 more and he's suspended for a game. David Stern conspiracy theory: T him up next game, Cavs win, Howard suspended for Game 6, Cavs win, setting up a Game 7 in Cleveland. Bring back Donaghy to make sure it happens

i think you can make some headway against howard with the right guys. philly had tons of young big guys to throw at him. perk did an admirable job. this is a problem unique to cleveland--Z is useless on both ends of the floor right now and has no chance of stopping howard, and wallace isn't much better. bringing help plays right into orlando's hands, so you have to have somebody, anybody, who can hang with him one on one more than half the time.

My palms kinda get sweaty when I think about what Dwight could be with Hakeem as his personal coach, instead of that sweaty paper bag of a man Ewing

xp

xxp Howard really needs to learn to shut the fuck up btw.

"i think you can make some headway against howard with the right guys."

Cleveland doesn't have those guys.

alex it helps when you read the rest of the post--we agree on this point :)

I know, I know. I'm just saying that's why it doesn't matter if you play Joe Smith more on the defensive end cuz Joe Smith is not going to do any better than these other guys (well maybe than Wallace who looks just plain awful.)

yeah i mean joe smith just for the sake of getting a fresh body in there maybe.....who is darnell jackson? is he good for anything? the fatal flaw i didn't see in cleveland's front line is that it's made up of old motherfuckers who are too slow to guard howard.

I'm thinking Lakers in 6. Or 7. I don't think the Nuggz can pull 2 out of 3.

Magic in 6, and I believe this will be the final motivation for LeBron to assume his highest power level, and just DECIMATE the league like no other next year. I predict he avgs 33+ next year.

league rescinded that sixth tech on howard

it's just so they can give him a double tech next game. conspiracies!

note to jvg: never ever stop making birdman jokes

nuggets in self-destructive mode, after being on the verge of a double digit lead

that said, the lakers D is starting to suffocate denver

It is hard to not get excited when Odom has 11 boards.

Oh, and I love Shannon Brown.

LA on a roll

the 6th on nene was BS

lmao at fisher's shot

Yeah.

39% FG shooting

this is a huge win for LA, and for odom in particular. infuses confidence throughout the team.

super lols @ "mama there goes that birdman" <<<<3333 u jvg

Seriously. Jeff Van Gundy, Charles Barkley, and Marv Albert would be my NBA Dream Announcing Team.

Gotta get mutombo in there somehow.

Nah...you'd be ruining the speakers in any homes that don't have a subwoofer.

man fell asleep just as la was making their run last night - nuggz in a tough spot no doubt

Yeah Denver's in big trouble. Still rather be them than the Cavs though.

I still feel the Cavs are more likely to make the Finals than Denver.

yea xp i went from thinking the cavs were basically a sure thing to like wtf?!?! after the last two games. don't wanna say it won't happen but it's pretty unlikely. bummer, i totally thought this was our year, was looking soo good. tho i can at least still happily say that they still have a chance

xp on paper maybe, but watching the games it seems hard to believe that the Cavs can win three straight against an Orlando team that has been basically owning them for the entire series (albeit not by a huge margin), year, last couple of years.

yeah id give the nuggz a better shot say:

den 20%
clev 12%