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[quote=SmootSmack;700890][B]Never liked the Celtics[/B] (even less so now that I'm up in New England) and I know a lot of people inside the NBA don't care for them either. [/quote]:tongue And the smiley is in Celtic green.

Go Celtics!!!!! I enjoyed every minute, especially the last two when Cleveland quit. LeBron wouldn't look bad in green in the Gah-den next year......great coach, great PG, veteran cast, what's not to like.

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[quote=Bushead;700919]I did not understand the anti-Lebron statements after game 5; I thought it was stupid and just the media making up a story. Let's be honest, there hasn't been much excitement for the playoffs until this "Lebron might be a failure" angle. I thought that was a poor way to treat a guy who is such a talent.

But, after tonight's game, I'm not sure what to think. I felt like the coaching decisions were horrible. I thought Jamison didn't fit in with what they were trying to do. O'Niel was playing so many minutes when it has been years since he could play on that level for 30+ minutes a game.

It looks like it might just be a repeat of last year's finals. This offseason for the NBA is the one that everyone has been talking about; let's see if it lives up to its hype.[/quote]


agree. granted he certainly layed an egg in game 5. and sure, stars have bad games but that was just the worst spot for it and he didn't seem to do things to help himself get thru a bad game (take more than 4 shots in the first half, keep driving the lane cuz he WAS getting to the line). and yes, you get the glory so it's on you when you lose.

but agree about the overkill on "lebron's a failure/choker/whatever!"

their coach SUCKS. JJ Hickson started 70 games and then fell completely out of the rotation in the playoffs. the whole rotation got yanked around. giving Shaq and Z big minutes just played into Boston's hands. Jamison wasn't used right, beside the fact that he cant defend KG. Mo Williams is overrated and was a marginal signing at best. sadly Varajao is still their 2nd best player.

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[quote=Slingin Sammy 33;700930]:tongue And the smiley is in Celtic green.

Go Celtics!!!!! I enjoyed every minute, especially the last two when Cleveland quit. LeBron wouldn't look bad in green in the Gah-den next year......great coach, great PG, veteran cast, what's not to like.[/quote]


Go Celtics!!!!! They pushed Orlando to 7 last year without KG. IT should be a good series. Big Baby needs to bring it again like he did last year against Orlando.

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This just proves what I've always said: When you cheat-win by traveling against the Wiz, and aren't humble about winning by cheating, and then follow that up the next year by getting yours and everyone's favorite rapper to make a song dissing the D.C. team that you only beat the previous year by traveling, you are only playing yourself by cursing yourself.....4 life. Lebron, Deshawn Stevenson's ghost will follow you to hell! Wizards mutha*****!

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[COLOR="green"]Celtics Pride!!![/COLOR]

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[quote=djnemo65;700980]This just proves what I've always said: When you cheat-win by traveling against the Wiz, and aren't humble about winning by cheating, and then follow that up the next year by getting yours and everyone's favorite rapper to make a song dissing the D.C. team that you only beat the previous year by traveling, you are only playing yourself by cursing yourself.....4 life. [B]Lebron, Deshawn Stevenson's ghost will follow you to hell! Wizards mutha*****![/B][/quote]

I LOL'd.

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Hopefully the Celtics don't blow a 3-0 lead like the Bruins. Sadly this is looking a lot like the Bruins collapse, game 4 goes to OT...lose on a nail biter. I totally see this happening it would be Boston folk lore for years to come. 2 Boston teams in the same year eliminated from the playoffs after holding 3-0 leads.

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[quote=mredskins;703060]Hopefully the Celtics don't blow a 3-0 lead like the Bruins. Sadly this is looking a lot like the Bruins collapse, game 4 goes to OT...lose on a nail biter. I totally see this happening it would be Boston folk lore for years to come. 2 Boston teams in the same year eliminated from the playoffs after holding 3-0 leads.[/quote]Not gonna happen, the Magic played with intensity because they were listening to all the talk about them bitching out. Here's a quote from D. Howard, "Look I may need a rest earlier than usual tonight," he told the man who (he) likes to call "Stanley. I’m going to go as hard as I can..." Shouldn't you be going as hard as you can every night????

The Celts played bad, poor ball movement, too much standing around watching 1-on-1s, shot poorly from 3pt land (piss-poorly not counting Allen's 3s late in the 4th & OT) and it still took OT for the Magic to win. No cause for alarm, watch for a refocused Cs on Wed. and a closeout in Orlando.

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[quote=Slingin Sammy 33;703064]Not gonna happen, the Magic played with intensity because they were listening to all the talk about them bitching out. Here's a quote from D. Howard, "Look I may need a rest earlier than usual tonight," he told the man who (he) likes to call "Stanley. I’m going to go as hard as I can..." Shouldn't you be going as hard as you can every night????

The Celts played bad, poor ball movement, too much standing around watching 1-on-1s, shot poorly from 3pt land (piss-poorly not counting Allen's 3s late in the 4th & OT) and it still took OT for the Magic to win. No cause for alarm, watch for a refocused Cs on Wed. and a closeout in Orlando.[/quote]


I pray you are right! I hate nail biters and I hate staying up to midnight and then they lose so I go to bed pissed off and don't sleep well.

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[quote=mredskins;703069]I pray you are right! I hate nail biters and[B] I hate staying up to midnight and then they lose so I go to bed pissed off and don't sleep well[/B].[/quote]Ditto.

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[quote=mredskins;703060]Hopefully the Celtics don't blow a 3-0 lead like the Bruins. Sadly this is looking a lot like the Bruins collapse, game 4 goes to OT...lose on a nail biter. I totally see this happening it would be Boston folk lore for years to come. 2 Boston teams in the same year eliminated from the playoffs after holding 3-0 leads.[/quote]

I'd love it.

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F Joey Crawford!!!!!!!!!!!

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phx and orl trying to come back.. good stuff

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[quote=Slingin Sammy 33;703454]F Joey Crawford!!!!!!!!!!![/quote]


Seriously!!!! That is some serious BS, if they hold out Perk on those Techs this league is complete bull shit and not even worth watching, it like WWE material.

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[quote=mredskins;703504]Seriously!!!! That is some serious BS, if they hold out Perk on those Techs this league is complete bull shit and not even worth watching, it like WWE material.[/quote]Same old, same old from the World Wide Basketball Entertaintment Association. Ticky-tack garbage calls against the Cs. Yet, Howard throws people to the floor...no call. Then Howard locks up someone's arm and flails like someone hit him in the back with a bat and he gets the call. Howard lowers his shoulder and charges into Perkins/Davis repeatedly, no call. Rondo brushes against Nelson....early foul. Perkins gets soemwhat frustrated with being $hit on by the "refs" and it's a "T". All we need is for Stan Van Gundy to pick-up a megaphone, pull a chair out, and chase someone around the court with it.

Oh well, I guess it's better for business for 6 & 7 game series. The one thing we have going for us in Game 6 is that a Cs & Lakers Finals is the best ratings match-up for the NBA.

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[quote=celts32;700993][COLOR=green]Celtics Pride!!![/COLOR][/quote]

What were you saying...they're looking like the Bruins now. :D

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[quote=mredskins;703504]Seriously!!!! That is some serious BS, if they hold out Perk on those Techs this league is complete bull shit and not even worth watching, it like WWE material.[/quote]

Tough to defend a player who had 7 technicals in 5 games though.

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[quote=Buster;703546]Tough to defend a player who had 7 technicals in 5 games though.[/quote]Two of them came last night and both were "questionable" to say the least. We are talking about Joey Crawford here. The NBA is reviewing and will likely rescind both Ts.

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some good news.

[url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/basketball/nba/05/27/perkins.technical.ap/index.html?eref=sihp]NBA rescinds technical, Kendrick Perkins eligible for Game 6 - NBA - SI.com[/url]

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Man these close games are doing a number on my stomach. Artest redeeming himself was a nice finish though!

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[quote=Buster;703544]What were you saying...they're looking like the Bruins now. :D[/quote]Go CELTICS !!!! :tongue

I wasn't worried at all.

:yeahright

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Getting ready for another parade here in LA! Kobe won't let us lose, Lakers in 7.

F THE CELTICS!

GO LAKERS!!!

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[quote=Slingin Sammy 33;704011]Go CELTICS !!!! :tongue

I wasn't worried at all.

:yeahright[/quote]


x2, i felt the same

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Welp, it all starts tonight.

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guess nobody is watching or they're watching too closely to comment

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Yes the all important game one win is in the books!! A great swarming defensive effort won the game for the Lakers and now for game 2 on Sunday.

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CHALK IT UP! Phil is 47-0 in series in which he wins the first game. ANOTHER PARADE IN LA BABY!

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The series is 1-0, a long way from being over. A lot of Lakers, mainly the bench played out of their ass. Even down 0-2 the Celtics are still in it with the weird 2-3-2 series schedule.

To lay your hopes on historical facts like Phil wins every series that he wins game one of is lame. The big three have never lost a series does that make me confident they will win this series no it is just some dumb stat that ABC/ESPN keep throwing out to hype the series.

My predication:

Game one: Lakers
Two: Lakers
Three: Celtics
Four: Celtics
Five: Lakers
Six: Lakers

Unless Garnet starts showing up this series is over but I enjoyed the run! Probably the last run for the Celtics for many years. =(

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It's Game 1. The naysayers were out when Lebron exploded in Game 3 of the Celtics/Cavs series. They came out again when the Magic won a couple. Let's see what happens Sunday and hopefully the refs let them play. A tightly officiated series favors a finesse team.

Phil 47-0, Big 3 never lost a series, that all means squat right now.

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[quote=Slingin Sammy 33;704856]It's Game 1. The naysayers were out when Lebron exploded in Game 3 of the Celtics/Cavs series. They came out again when the Magic won a couple. Let's see what happens Sunday and hopefully the refs let them play. A tightly officiated series favors a finesse team.

Phil 47-0, Big 3 never lost a series, that all means squat right now.[/quote]
I remember seeing a stat during a MNF game in 2005 that read someting like " A Parcell's coached team has never lost a game when leading by 13 points or more at the end of the 3rd qtr" .... how did that night end [url=http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/200509190dal.htm]Washington Redskins at Dallas Cowboys - September 19th, 2005 | Pro-Football-Reference.com[/url]. I have not watched Basketball < or baseball > in years , but love the hockey < playoff/Stanley Cup > this year .

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[quote=budw38;704860]I remember seeing a stat during a MNF game in 2005 that read someting like " A Parcell's coached team has never lost a game when leading by 13 points or more at the end of the 3rd qtr" .... how did that night end [URL="http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/200509190dal.htm"]Washington Redskins at Dallas Cowboys - September 19th, 2005 | Pro-Football-Reference.com[/URL]. I have not watched Basketball < or baseball > in years , but love the hockey < playoff/Stanley Cup > this year .[/quote]


Actually I hate when annoucers say stuff like that especially with FT. X player has not missed a FT in 600 tries, clunk! thanks dick head!

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lol so is the series over after 1 game? Lakers fans sure seem convinced it is.

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[quote=Mattyk;704879]lol so is the series over after 1 game? Lakers fans sure seem convinced it is.[/quote]


I will tell you why it is not over because the WWE/NBA won't allow a sweep they need a big series here to keep interest level up on the WWE/NBA. Even when the Celtics won it in 2008 I was excited but my excitement was tapered by the fact that there seems to be a very unreal feeling about this league.

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1 - 1, homecourt advantage....Boston :tongue

Keep the faith Cs fans.

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A tough loss and my hats off to an insane game by Allen. now it goes to Boston but I'm confident the lakers can get 2 out of the 3 there. I just hope the refs start letting the 2 teams actually play without calling a foul on either team on what feels like every other possesion. There have been over 110 fouls called against the 2 teams combined which means a bit more than one called for every minute of play so far. That's ridiculous and is keeping us from seeing the best players on the court as much as we should be.

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You can't rely on that shooting from Allen or anyone every game. This was only the speedbump expected on the way to the game 6 win.

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The Celtics looked very good last night and I think Rondo was more of a dagger then Allen to the Lakers.

The fouls are just plain ruining this series IMO.

Anywho, GO CELTICS!!!!

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hard to say if the celtics will win another one before this is over

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[quote=tryfuhl;705438]hard to say if the celtics will win another one before this is over[/quote]


I be happy to bet you that the Lakers will not win 3 straight in Boston. This series will go seven games, not saying the Celtics are going to win it but to think last nights performance sealed the deal for the Lakers is foolish.


Let me also point again Kobe didn't show up in crunch time. You can thank Fischer for last nights win.