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2012 NBA Playoffs |OT| Tanks for the Memories

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Ultratech

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Predections:

San Antonio vs. Utah Spurs in 4
Oklahoma City vs. Dallas Hard to determine; could go either way. Winner in 6.
L.A. Lakers vs. Denver Lakers in 5
Memphis vs. L.A. Clippers Clippers in 5

Chicago vs. Philadelphia Chicago in 5
Miami vs. New York Interested in how this turns out. Winner in 5.
Indiana vs. Orlando Magic in 4.
Boston vs. Atlanta Boston in 6.
 
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Fox318

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h3ro said:
LET'S. GO.

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It's ok, heatles-age, lebronze said a chip-less season wouldn't be a disappointment!
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seattle6418

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Oh, playoffs, what a great time of the year.

Screw the world this year. I´ve always picked safe and every time the playoffs come around there´s an upset few people are predicting.

Bulls in 4
Boston in 6
Knicks in 6
Indiana in 5

Spurs in 4
Clippers in 6
Dallas in 7
Lakers in 6

Four upsets might be too much, but what the hell, i think this short season it´s gonna be very interesting in the playoffs.
 
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reilo

learning some important life lessons from magical Negroes
Ninja Scooter said:
Also I learned from Bill Simmons today that Scotty Brooks is now trying to go by Scott Brooks because there is a male porn star named Scottie Brooks.
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I mentioned this a couple of years ago. Scott Brooks did something stupid during a game once and I went to google image "Scotty Brooks", with SafeSearch Off, and my world was shattered.
 
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Emwitus

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captmcblack said:
Bulls in 6
Knicks in 6
Indy in 7
Boston in 6

Spurs in 5
OKC in 5
Lakers in 6
Clippers in 7

Knicks are going to punch Miami in the mouth. They are too undersized; Chandler will cover Bosh primarily/act as a floater in the paint to deter casual drives, Shump and JR will make life difficult for Wade, STAT and the other bigs will neutralize the Heat "bigs", and we'll dare LBJ to win by himself, ala Kobe v. the Pistons in 2004.

Then, Lin will rise like Lazarus in the second round to stabilize our PG play and we'll make a crazy 1999 run to the Finals. This is all scientific fact, by the way.
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If there was ever a player that could win a game by himself if he had his head in it, that would be lebron. I have the heat beating the knicks just coz of lebron. Did y'all see the heat play last year pre-finals? Now since lebron has something to prove while having the best statistical year of his career.I wouldn't want to face the heat if i was anyone. I predict this is his year.
 
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reilo

learning some important life lessons from magical Negroes
Awww, I see you Gaby promoting Electric Guest's "Mondo". Good shit, yo.
 
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BobLoblaw

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Bulls in 5.
Pacers in 5 (likely 4, but meh).
Celtics in 6.
Heat in 6.

Spurs in 7 (lol 4)
Thunder in 6 (assuming Harden's back to 100%).
Lakers in 5.
Grizzlies in 6.

Not expecting many sweeps this year at all, which I guess is pretty cool.
 
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BobLoblaw

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dIEHARD said:
if you arent a Jazz fan and said Spurs in 4 then fuck you, buddy.
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Why so salty? I respect the Jazz and what they've done, but they kinda backed into the playoffs and they don't have enough offense to compete evenly with the Spurs at all. Their defense is good enough to compete with a lot of teams in the WC playoffs, but not the Spurs. Not even close. I hate the Spurts, but I'm not blind to what I've seen when these two teams have played.
 
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MorisUkunRasik

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Bulls In 5
Heat in 4 or Knicks in 6 (This is not what I think will happen but what I'd like to see happen. Either outcome would please me. Heat proobably win in 5 despite not having HCA.)
Pacers in 4
Hawks in 6

Spurs in 5
OKC in 6
Lakers in 6
Memphis in 5
 
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ryutaro's mama

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Ultratech said:
Predections:

San Antonio vs. Utah Spurs in 4
Oklahoma City vs. Dallas Hard to determine; could go either way. Winner in 6.
L.A. Lakers vs. Denver Lakers in 5
Memphis vs. L.A. Clippers Clippers in 5

Chicago vs. Philadelphia Chicago in 5
Miami vs. New York Interested in how this turns out. Winner in 5.
Indiana vs. Orlando Magic in 4.
Boston vs. Atlanta Boston in 6.
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Please explain to us how you think the bolded will happen.
 
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ItWasMeantToBe19

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BobLoblaw said:
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Why so salty? I respect the Jazz and what they've done, but they kinda backed into the playoffs and they don't have enough offense to compete evenly with the Spurs at all. Their defense is good enough to compete with a lot of teams in the WC playoffs, but not the Spurs. Not even close. I hate the Spurts, but I'm not blind to what I've seen when these two teams have played.
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Jazz are 6th in offense, 19th in defense, and on a 5 game winning streak, wtf?
 
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captmcblack

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Emwitus said:
If there was ever a player that could win a game by himself if he had his head in it, that would be lebron. I have the heat beating the knicks just coz of lebron. Did y'all see the heat play last year pre-finals? Now since lebron has something to prove while having the best statistical year of his career.I wouldn't want to face the heat if i was anyone. I predict this is his year.
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You can never win by yourself in basketball.
Even Michael Jordan, the greatest basketball player to ever exist, needed help to win. I don't care how motivated/desperate you are; no one player is more powerful than the game.
LBJ can score 50 points a game in each of these games, but he's going to need the rest of his team to get him 40 or so more AND defend well in order to win.

The Knicks are supposed to lose this series - but they've got a puncher's chance because they have the personnel to fuck the Heat's game up. The Knicks have to limit turnovers, and beat them with size/physical play. If they do that, and defend logically (again, Chandler v Bosh, bigs v Heat "bigs", JR/Shump v Wade, ignore LBJ since no one can really lock him out), they can pull this out.
 
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T Dollarz

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PHIvsCHI - Bulls in 5
NYvsMIA - Heat in 6
ORLvsIND - Pacers in 4
DALvsOKC - Thunder in 5
UTAHvsSA - Spurs in 5
DENvsLAL - Lakers in 6
BOSvsATL - Celtics in 6
LACvsMEM - Grizz in 7
 
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Sho_Nuff82

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Spurs in 4
OKC in 6
Lakers in 5
Clippers in 6

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

I really hope nobody is gassing this Nuggets team, early season fraud status really inflated their record. Magic break the record for worst margin of victory in a sweep. Knicks and Clips steal game 1.
 
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Emwitus

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captmcblack said:
You can never win by yourself in basketball.
Even Michael Jordan, the greatest basketball player to ever exist, needed help to win. I don't care how motivated/desperate you are; no one player is more powerful than the game.
LBJ can score 50 points a game in each of these games, but he's going to need the rest of his team to get him 40 or so more AND defend well in order to win.

The Knicks are supposed to lose this series - but they've got a puncher's chance because they have the personnel to fuck the Heat's game up. The Knicks have to limit turnovers, and beat them with size/physical play. If they do that, and defend logically (again, Chandler v Bosh, bigs v Heat "bigs", JR/Shump v Wade, ignore LBJ since no one can really lock him out), they can pull this out.
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This is true to a point. You're telling me jordan never had games in the playoffs where he didn't have to carry his team single handedly, heck even kobe has had those kind of games only now Lebron doesn't have to do it for a full game let alone seven... all lebron has to do is carry his team through a single quarter and wade and bosh with the rest of his supporting cast can pick up the slack later.

Again, No other team this season has a "wade-like" player so lebron does not have to do it for the whole game. Do you think wade alone can't score 30 against the knicks? And you're kidding yourself if you think shumpert can gaurd wade for seven games........


EDIT: And btw, the last 3 games against the knicks, wade had 28,22 and 28 all above 50% shooting.
 
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BobLoblaw

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ItWasMeantToBe19 said:
Jazz are 6th in offense, 19th in defense, and on a 5 game winning streak, wtf?
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Where do the Spurs ranks offensively and defensively? And streaks mean nothing once the playoffs start as I'm sure you know. Think Miami or San Antonio care about their current streak? Fact is, the Jazz barely managed to nab the 8th seed (despite how they rank offensively/defensively), have no success in beating the Spurs when the big three play this season and lack depth off the bench in comparison.
 
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ItWasMeantToBe19

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BobLoblaw said:
Where do the Spurs ranks offensively and defensively? And streaks mean nothing once the playoffs start as I'm sure you know. Think Miami or San Antonio care about their current streak? Fact is, the Jazz barely managed to nab the 8th seed (despite how they rank offensively/defensively), have no success in beating the Spurs when the big three play this season and lack depth off the bench in comparison.
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I think the Spurs will win the series pretty easily most likely, but none of your original reasons made any sense.
 
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