New Album & The Beginning of Basketball Season

[jadis]

And what do you know, my early 'prediction' of a Spurs-Mavs Western Finals has gone down the drain.

My Eastern Finals bets were Cavs and Bulls but it seems one of them will be eliminated too. I'm feeling it will be the Cavs. Bulls core has stayed on, and Thibs system has always been there with or without D Rose. And they are hungry.

 

[jadis]

I hope so Bob. I just don't see it happening. Short of the game 6 blowout they had a tough time with Milwaukee

That's true, Steve. But the sight of LeBron will turn the eyes of the Bulls bloody red, like a cloth of a matador.

 

[jadis]

Reports: It's Curry!

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-b...ry-to-be-named-2014-15-nba-mvp-000716191.html

 

[Steve Williams]

Reports: It's Curry!

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-b...ry-to-be-named-2014-15-nba-mvp-000716191.html

Best choice IMHO. I watched him beat up on the Grizz today and he can easily become the series MVP as well.

 

[jadis]

Best choice IMHO. I watched him beat up on the Grizz today and he can easily become the series MVP as well.

Yeah Steve. And it looks like no one can stop him in these playoff games now that Kahwi is on vacation.

 

[WLVCA]

I think Curry deserved the MVP award. If he's not the best 3 point shooter in the history of the NBA, he's got to be close.

One game doesn't tell the story but I thought the Grizzlies would give the Warriors a better game than they did today. Losing Conley didn't help Memphis.

 

[jadis]

One guy I'm impressed with is Draymond Green of GS. 2nd round 5th pick in 2012 has increased his average from 3 ppg in his first year to 12ppg this season. And he connects at crunch time too. Does 8 boards a game too.

 

[Steve Williams]

I was surprised to see that Washington beat Atlanta. I turned it off half way through as Atlanta was running all over Washington. This promises to be a good series

 

[rblnr]

I hope so Bob. I just don't see it happening. Short of the game 6 blowout they had a tough time with Milwaukee

Yep, we'll see. Bulls have a lot more depth and I think between Butler and Gibson, two guys who can really make Lebron work. Rose usually outplays Kyrie in head to head. Wouldn't bet the house, but I think they'll do it. More weapons than in years past.

 

[rblnr]

Yeah Steve. And it looks like no one can stop him in these playoff games now that Kahwi is on vacation.

Grizz are dead w/o Conley who at least could make Curry work a little harder.

 

[Steve Williams]

Grizz are dead w/o Conley who at least could make Curry work a little harder.

they showed a replay of Curry dribbling the ball down the court and once he was defended with his right handed dribbled the ball back through his open legs to his left hand which caught the ball and without looking immediately passed it backwards to his team mate who caught the ball and scored on a jumper

 

[rblnr]

they showed a replay of Curry dribbling the ball down the court and once he was defended with his right handed dribbled the ball back through his open legs to his left hand which caught the ball and without looking immediately passed it backwards to his team mate who caught the ball and scored on a jumper

Saw that -- he's a magician.

 

[WLVCA]

Rockets and Clippers....if CP3 wasn't hurt I was going to pick the Clippers in 6 games. Hard to tell which way it will go now. Patrick Beverly is out for the rest of the playoffs for the Rockets, too.

These teams split four games during the regular season. Dwight Coward missed all four of those games and BG32 missed two of the four game.

Clippers usually play James Harden tough...they held him to the lowest shooting percentage among all teams this year, around 35%.

I'm thinking Doc tries to holds Chris out tonight to let him rest the hamstring and hopes for the best in the first game. You know Chris Paul will try to play if at all possible.

Hopefully neither team employs the Hack-a-Shaq. Would be strange to see it employed since neither Howard nor D'Andre Jordan can hit their free throws.

 

[jadis]

Rockets and Clippers....if CP3 wasn't hurt I was going to pick the Clippers in 6 games. Hard to tell which way it will go now. Patrick Beverly is out for the rest of the playoffs for the Rockets, too.

These teams split four games during the regular season. Dwight Coward missed all four of those games and BG32 missed two of the four game.

Clippers usually play James Harden tough...they held him to the lowest shooting percentage among all teams this year, around 35%.

I'm thinking Doc tries to holds Chris out tonight to let him rest the hamstring and hopes for the best in the first game. You know Chris Paul will try to play if at all possible.

Hopefully neither team employs the Hack-a-Shaq. Would be strange to see it employed since neither Howard nor D'Andre Jordan can hit their free throws.

I never would have thought the Clippers would take the series from the Spurs. And as I was watching each game, I still couldn't believe the poise and composure the Clippers showed when they were down 5 with a few minutes to go, those times I thought they'd lost the game but they came back and actually won them. That said, I would give the edge to the Clippers in this series and I really hope we get to see CP3 back even if he has to miss game 1. Rockets are solid too, and just like I was impressed with Draymond Green of the Warriors, I'm equally impressed with Terence Jones of the Rockets. These 2 players are not big name stars but are very effective. Rockets are like a well oiled machine, specially since they have Harden, whose confidence is throwing up shots is boosted by the fact that Dwight will be there for the rebounds, assuming he does not get into early foul trouble. I sure hope there is no 'hack-fest' here. Should be another thrilling series.

 

[JackD201]

Bulls and Cavs going at it. Go Bulls!

 

[jadis]

Bulls and Cavs going at it. Go Bulls!

And Cavs is also missing JR Smith for the first 2 games for the wild elbow flagrant 2 foul against a Celtics player in the last series. As such, they have been called 'short-handed'. But the Chris Weber said that a team with James and Kyrie can never be called short-handed.

 

[jadis]

Looks like short-handed is short-handed.

Bulls put up a solid game. Gasol, Butler, Rose, Dunleavy played well. They didn't even have to play Mirotic.

 

[WLVCA]

Doc announced Chris Paul is not playing tonight.

Wonder who takes the point - Jamal Crawford, Austin Rivers or Lester Hudson.

Hudson played in China this year and his team won the championship there. He hasn't played much here though.

Will take a miracle for the Clips to take game one in Houston tonight.

Clippers should have held on to Nate Robinson.

 

[WLVCA]

Austin is off to a poor start.

 

[jadis]

When I saw McHale and Doc chatting before the game, I can only imagine McHale telling Doc: Hey, weren't you a Hawk when we last met in the playoffs?

Clippers sorely miss Paul. What a time...