NBA Playoffs 2012

padraig_f · 28-04-2012 1:40pm #1

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slick89 · 28-04-2012 3:09pm

How does everyone think its going to go in East 1st round?

For me:

Bulls in 4/5
Heat in 6
Pacers in 4
Celtics in 7

Lafortezza · 28-04-2012 4:37pm

East
Bulls in 4/5
Heat in 5
Pacers in 5
Celtics in 6

West
Spurs in 4
Thunder in 5
Lakers in 6
MEM vs LAC, dunno about this one, I hope the Grizzlies win, but it''l be a 6 or 7 game series.

Paully D · 28-04-2012 6:07pm

Decent stream here for Bulls V Philly:

http://www.firstrowsports.eu/watch/121533/1/watch-chicago-bulls-vs-philadelphia-76ers.html

padraig_f · 28-04-2012 6:11pm

If the Bulls are healthy, I think the should take care of the 76ers in 4 or 5 games, so I'm mainly hoping they stay healthy for the series. The 76ers to me are like the Bulls without Derrick Rose, well coached, defensively very well organised and disciplined, but they lack an elite scorer. The Bulls should be able to match them defensively, and have the edge on them in scoring.

Borisss · 28-04-2012 6:21pm

Am I the only one that finds Chicago a very boring team to watch?

Paully D · 28-04-2012 6:24pm

NOAH!

padraig_f · 28-04-2012 7:14pm

- Good start, Rose looking a bit rusty early on, but Rip playing well.
- The 76ers' second unit is really good, looks nearly as good as their starting unit.
- The 76ers looking to get out and run a lot, so they don't have to play the Bulls' half-court defense, but Bulls' transition defense is pretty good as well.

Paully D · 28-04-2012 8:49pm

Oh **** D Rose's injury better not to too serious.

Oat23 · 28-04-2012 8:52pm

I f**king hate Thibs right now.

All season I've been bitching about him leaving players in the game when the game is over. Now look what happens!

padraig_f · 28-04-2012 9:08pm

Disaster. The injury looked really bad. Always an element of bad luck with injuries but I was thinking a minute or two before 'why is Rose still in there?', the game was won, up 14 points with under 3 mins to go. He's played very little in the last 6 weeks & players are more vulnerable returning from injury.

Borisss · 28-04-2012 9:40pm

Flagrant?

GTFO.

Borisss · 28-04-2012 9:47pm

Flops aside, Lebron is beasting.

Heat are intense. Trolling the last few weeks of the regular season it would appear.

Unsurprising.

Paully D · 28-04-2012 9:52pm

LeBron:

killwill · 28-04-2012 10:21pm

Stuck in work so links for games would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

Paully D · 28-04-2012 11:29pm

Rose is done for the season. Torn ACL.

Absolutely devastated

Oat23 · 28-04-2012 11:32pm

I feel sick. Could have easily been avoided too.

Ugh

slick89 · 28-04-2012 11:32pm

Gutted. Just gutted.

killwill · 29-04-2012 12:02am

Torn ACL? Lousy.
Not a Bulls fan but was looking forward to seeing him shine in the playoffs.
You cannot blame the coach for the injury but at the same time, he should have been benched by then

Turkoglu for the Magic is spending more time fixing his face mask than concentrating on his game.
Missed layups, poor secondary help on D.
Very frustrating.

RMDrive · 29-04-2012 12:33am

Sad to see Rose out. Dunno what all this rubbish about it being prevented is about though. He just elevated for a shot and it went. It was obviously going to go anway.

Enjoying my Pacers getting things started against the Magic

killwill · 29-04-2012 12:40am

RMDrive wrote: »

Sad to see Rose out. Dunno what all this rubbish about it being prevented is about though. He just elevated for a shot and it went. It was obviously going to go anway.

Enjoying my Pacers getting things started against the Magic

The point is the Bulls had the game wrapped up. He should have been on the bench.
Look at the Knicks v Heat game. Lebron, Wade, Bosh all sitting out the last 5mins.

Anyways, Orlando are keeping it close after the first quarter, 21-22 to Pacers.
How long will it take the Pacers to pull away?

RMDrive · 29-04-2012 12:47am

killwill wrote: »

The point is the Bulls had the game wrapped up. He should have been on the bench.
Look at the Knicks v Heat game. Lebron, Wade, Bosh all sitting out the last 5mins.

Anyways, Orlando are keeping it close after the first quarter, 21-22 to Pacers.
How long will it take the Pacers to pull away?

What I'm getting at is that whether it happened at that point or in the first quarter of the next game was irrevelant. His knee was obviously weak. There was little or no twisting involved in the injury - he just planted and elevated. Shame to see - great players and a good guy.

Pacers letting the Magic hang around. Pacers bench have been poor for the last few games andn the same again so far. Would hope they can enter the 4th with the job done.

Borisss · 29-04-2012 1:26am

RMDrive wrote: »

What I'm getting at is that whether it happened at that point or in the first quarter of the next game was irrevelant. His knee was obviously weak. There was little or no twisting involved in the injury - he just planted and elevated.

Indeed.

No f**k you Thibs etc is needed.

killwill · 29-04-2012 1:43am

Borisss wrote: »

Indeed.

No f**k you Thibs etc is needed.

I just said he should have been rested come the end of the game as it was already won. What is that statement about?

Anyways back on topic, huge, huge win for Orlando on the road. Jameer Nelson having a good game.
Now for Dallas V OKC. I think Westwood and Durant will have too much for Dallas in this one.

RMDrive · 29-04-2012 2:45am

Well that was horrible from the Pacers. Granger in particular was terrible down the stretch. It's certainly a series now.

killwill · 29-04-2012 3:23am

RMDrive wrote: »

Well that was horrible from the Pacers. Granger in particular was terrible down the stretch. It's certainly a series now.

Yeah it just makes it alittle more interesting but you still have to fancy the Pacers for the series.

killwill · 29-04-2012 5:21am

What a finish to the Dallas V OKC game.
Fricking love this time of the season!!!

Da GOAT · 29-04-2012 10:48am

Thibs mentioned why he wanted Rose still out there. Rose needed the practice time anyway.

Good enough news for my Celtics though. Hopefully now get to the conference finals vs the heat now.

Paully D · 29-04-2012 3:31pm

The thing I'm hoping happens now is other sides start to underestimate the Bulls without D Rose. That would be a very dangerous thing to do.

CJ Watson is a baller and the Bulls full roster is better than any other in the NBA and a starting lineup of Watson, Rip, Deng, Boozer and Noah is still excellent, especially with Rip's record in the playoffs. Personally I think we'll have enough to dispatch of the 76ers and we're a deeper team than either ATL or the Celtics. The season is not over yet. Believe!

On a related note, nothing sums up the difference between LeBron and Wade more than their reaction to D Rose's injury:

LeBron: “It’s unfortunate that injuries happened for him and that team. But I’m worried about the Knicks. I’m not worried about the Bulls.”

Dwyane Wade: "It's very unfortunate. When I heard about it during the game I actually said a prayer for him and his family. You never want to see anyone get injured, especially a player of his caliber. Very unfortunate. D-Rose will do his best to rehab and get back to being D-Rose."

Borisss · 29-04-2012 4:45pm

Completely agree.

Its Lebron's focus and drive that make him the standout best player in the League.

He's also right to not worry about Chicago, I wouldn't worry about the Bulls either.

/trollface

killwill · 29-04-2012 8:02pm

Borisss wrote: »

Completely agree.

Its Lebron's focus and drive that make him the standout best player in the League.

He's also right to not worry about Chicago, I wouldn't worry about the Bulls either.

/trollface

Yeah, Lebron is 100% focused on the job in hand. That showed last night hitting 32pts against the Knicks.
Obviously the Bulls are still one of the favourites but you can only be concerned about what is rght infront of you, not what is around the corner.

NBA Playoffs 2012

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