09 playoffs thread

great game but holy shit the magic have to shoot over 60 percent to beat LA

alright i think all those worst series ever claims can be put to rest, both teams were shooting over 60 pct well into the third quarter, much better ball movement by orlando and (yes) they started to hit their shots. just glad this isnt going to be a sweep

it's hard to imagine orlando a)playing better than that or b)playing that well for three more games

it's hard to imagine orlando a)playing better than that or b)playing that well for three more games

Or the Lakers shooting that poorly from the line. Ugh. Kobe: Hit your f-ing shots, dude.

big shots man, kobe/rest of team switched mojo at the half, he was bobbling the ball and even missed a pretty easy layup for him. i like how you can just about tell whether or not rashard's shot is going in before he even brings it above his waist. and the only thing i like about an orl win is it means stan van gundy is 'on' during the press conference afterwards, dude got jokes

THE_REAL_SHAQ: By george I think we have a series 4 minutes ago from TwitterBerry

haha

Adam what are you doing on a b-ball thread? Are you a Lakers fan now?

I have been watching the playoffs because my boss is a Lakers fan. It's been good!

But I do not have tv =(

i've watched a couple of the playoff games on justintv, with mixed results. some of the feeds freeze up, as though medusa had appeared on the jumbotron; others have been quite fine.

"But I do not have tv =("

What happened to your TV?

It is here, it just plays DVDs and the occasional ps2 game. No cable

Can't you get the abc affiliate with the new digital connection thing that's mandanted by the Federal Government?

I don't know what that is, but I'm moving now to a new place where perhaps I can find this.

According to CNNSI's Ian Thomsen, "Shaquille O'Neal presides over this series like an eccentric god of ancient Greece, never seen and always felt."

hah

The Bigcentric God

kobe tell me how my tunic taste

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Aristotle_Altemps_Inv8575.jpg/448px-Aristotle_Altemps_Inv8575.jpg

He also received an uncomfortable phone call last weekend from Reebok, with whom he has a shoe contract. Representatives of the company were not happy to see a picture of him from Game 1 in a Polish newspaper that prominently displayed his Michael Jordan/Nike logo tattoo on his lower right leg.

Reebok asked him either to wear higher socks Tuesday night to cover up the tattoo, or to apply makeup so it will not be noticed through the rest of the NBA Finals.

"They called and said I had to do something about it, but that ain't going to happen,'' Gortat said after Tuesday morning's workout.

"I've been wearing it 4-5 years now, and it helped me get to the NBA," said Gortat. "They didn't say anything about it when I signed the contract, so it's not going anywhere. I don't think they are paying me enough to take it off.''

Gortat would not say how much his Reebok contract is worth beyond the shoes he is provided to wear, but he said it was minimal compared to what the stars of the league receive.

"I've heard from other people that even other players, if they don't know my name, they know I'm the big white guy with the Jordan tattoo,'' he said. "I like that. Reebok will have to get used to that.''

who doesn't want to be known as the big white guy with the jordan tattoo?

I like Gortat, but he looked pretty bad last night.

missed the game last night but i figured orlando would shoot much better at home.

good figuring... so far

howard has come out on a mission. great to see.

fuck i love coach van gundy's nebbish passion

11 boards in the first for howard!

skip to my lou with a sweet floater

turkogluuuuuuuuuuuuu

l.a. gettin a whiff o that glue

turkoglu is a baller

man orlando sure clunkin' on their free throws in the 4th.

THE_REAL_SHAQ: Geeeeeeez , this is so freaking exciting, who think gonna win baby, holla back dude, that's my white guy talk lol narly dude lol

hahaha

oh christ.

WTF

shaaaaaaaaaq

btw fisher hitting that 3 doesn't even come close to making up for the fact that he's the worst player on the floor always - watch nelson blow by him on this possession

well in game 2 they had the fake inbounds play, called timeout, and then ran that brilliant inbounds play for lee (which of course got screwed up, but anyways), so there could be something pretty crazy here, maybe.

guess not!

ugh

magic had this one

THE_REAL_SHAQ I got two because you fish, dam boy u cold, brrrrllllllll (that's the cold shiver sound)
3 minutes ago from TwitterBerry

THE_REAL_SHAQ In the words of dick vitale O my baby. Oooooo my hedo turkaglue is a p t p er, betta get a tee o baby Uh oooooh
12 minutes ago from TwitterBerry

shaq live tweeting the finals justifies the existence of twitter from now until forever

brrrrllllllll (that's the cold shiver sound)

i'm not relaxed

nice elbow there, kobels.

"that ain't all that gets knocked down" <<<< good line

derrick fisher you hot dog

oh i am filled with so much hate right now

where the fuck is rafer alston