LOL.

p.s. - can we go ahead and FF this game 7 to overtime already?

Wow turning a 1st quarter 2 into a 3 in the 4th qtr of a huge game 7 weird - never seen that before

There was like a 5 minute stretch after he made that shot before a dead ball forced a timeout, so I'm guessing they didn't have time to see it then. At least they got it right.

Ugh, a lot of bad calls against the bulls I think. Kinda anti climactic game.

Cleveland would steamroll the Hawks. I think it is a lot more likely they get Miami though who will probably find a way to steal at least one maybe two (they play Cleveland relatively well). But Cleveland is winning the East barring something weird (injury to Lebron).

Not surprised that Boston outlasted Chicago....but the Bulls are going to be dangerous next year. They need to do some thing in the offseason though. Sign and trade with Ben Gordon? His value will never be higher....

Agree, although if Chi-town could have traded Gorden directly after dropping 43, that would have been absolute peak.

Miami and the Hawks could both give the Cavs a series.. I think stretching it to 6 games would be realistic, but hey, stranger things have happened.

I would *not* count Boston out against the Cavs. I think that one definitely goes 6...

Orlando hasn't played that well but the Magic are definitely a good bunch. I think that last win without Dwight could really fire them up. I expect a better looking team in Round 2.

GO NUGGETS!

GO MAVERICKS

well I look dumb. Hope the Heat youngsters grow up in the offseason.

Beasley forgot how to handle the ball and the reffing in that game was atrocious. Almost every single block/charge call was wrong and when Joey Crawford is getting more screen time than the players it makes for horrible basketball. Every game that series whatever team got ahead was protected by the refs when the other team was making a run, it was ugly to watch. So much happier with the Bulls/Celtics series.

Cavs should beat Atlanta is 6 at worst, same for Lakers over the Rockets though if it gets past 5 I'd be shocked.
I have no idea whats going to happen between Boston and Orlando.
Nuggets are going to roll the Mavericks, now that they are actually putting in effort on the defensive end that team is scary.

The Nuggets will give the Lakers a good series. They wont win but it will be very entertaining. Yeah, the reffing was bad but Miami's offense was worse. They should have taken care of business in Game 4.

If Atlanta wins more than one game against Cleveland, I will be stunned.

I wasn't just talking about game 7, even the games where Miami was winning if Atlanta started to make a run a call would go against them that was iffy at best and they would melt. Probably because they are both relatively young teams and you could see the calls affect them so much that I noticed the impact it had on the series.

Their defensive efforts this year have far exceeded any expectations. Dahntay Jones is a headache, K-Mart is just a bruiser (right, Dirk?), and Chris Andersen has been one of the best risk/reward value signings in a long time.

But the thing that was really encouraging yesterday was how the team responded without Melo. Yes, Chauncey and their improved D have made a huge difference, but it was a little nerve wracking to see Melo pick up four fouls with 6 minutes left in the first half. Nene took over, though, and Melo came out in the second half on a mission.

I wouldn't say they're over the hump yet, but this team is certainly playing a more mature, team-oriented game than they ever have since Melo was drafted. It's certainly fun right now.

Brick Brick Brick one team needs some additional rest

Wow could the magic blow this? If they do they should just concede the series

Stupid refs. You can't have an 8-second call if the shot clock is still at 16.

24-23 1
23-22 2
22-21 3
21-20 4
20-19 5
19-18 6
18-17 7
17-16 8

Actually, they are supposed to call it exactly when it first hits 16. If you count down from 24 to 16 you will see why.

edit: keith beat me.

I so hope Orlando wins so I can bet on Cleveland to annihilate them in the conference finals.

Why? They'd win the series anyway.

The shot clock starts at 24.0. 15.9 is a violation.

it depends on whether the rule says 8 seconds is a violation or over 8 seconds is a violation - i'm sure it's probably the former

No it doesn't. 8 seconds have to have elapsed. Listen, pretend the clock starts at 8.0; 0.6 (the equivalent to 16.6) is not a violation is it, no bc only 7.4 seconds has elapsed.

79-77 Rockets 8:05 4th

the clock didn't say 16.6 it said 16

Anyone catch Craig Sager's interview with Phil Jackson before the start of the fourth? It was great: He and asked Jackson what the Lakers had to do to continue dominating fourth quarters as they had against Houston all year. Jackson's response was pretty much:

"We have to keep you and your Bozo the Clown suit away from our bench, you're scaring my people. I mean, look at this thing."

I laughed a lot.

Go Houston.

the clock does not change from 17 to 16 until it is at 16.0 24.0-16.0 = 8.0

You are wrong on this one it is ok happens to the best of us. let it go.

I have questions...

Exactly how much time is on the shot clock when it's reset?

After one-tenth of a second has elapsed, how much time is left on the shot clock?

I will wait for your answer, and follow-up with another question.

The shot clock should show 24 until a full second has elapsed. Therefore, after one tenth of a second, the shot clock should still say 24. Personally, I think they should have the shot clock configured to show tenths of a second. We have.....the technology.

When it is reset, the shot clock should have 24.0 seconds on it.

I have the Nuggets at 5-1 to win the west, also the under (208) tonight.

Houston (+9.5) and Orlando (+4) look good for tomorrow.

lol Hawks were 30-1 to win this series before tonight

You gave the answers I was looking for, but I forgot what my follow-up question was. I won't forget about this...



Get JJ Barea off the floor please, and/or quit pretending he's Chris Paul. This is so goddamn annoying.

What did Dirk say, I missed it? At halftime they're talking about how Kobe, Jordan, Lebron would have never said it.

79-77 Nuggets 2:41 3rd

I'm telling you, it's like every other game.

maybe joe dumars figured the best way to beat cleveland and LA was to send Chauncey Billups to Denver

I didn't watch much of the halftime stuff, but I'm guessing they were talking about how much credit Dirk gave Martin, Andersen, and Nene for their defense on him in Game 1. They discussed it in the pregame stuff, too. Their point was that elite players shouldn't praise other players that much, but instead should have more of a "they can make me work, but they can't stop me" attitude.

I'm loving watching Denver close out games right now. That was something they struggled with pretty much all year.

I'm just shocked Dirk's name was mentioned alongside that group...




That club will be getting new members.

ROFL

Barkley: No disrespect to Wally but why would you double team Wally Szczerbiak?

the reason the Hawks will lose

they decide to go showtime and Lebron draws the charge and then shows them exactly what showtime is

I was thinking the same thing last night.

come on get off lebrons nuts already, he drew a charge woopty freakin do. everyone knows if that happens on the other end they call a block

that's.....generous.

Atlanta shot 56% in the first half last night (to Cleveland's 43%) AND THEY WERE STILL LOSING BY FIVE AT THE HALF.

Cleveland is in another world right now (especially the way they clamp down on defense).

I will be surprised if Cleveland does not sweep.

It would not shock me if Cleveland went through the east 12-0.

God damn it I am getting hammered in the Celtics game so far.

I talked to a college official today about this, and he said, "huh, I've never thought about it before, but it makes sense." He's going to find out, and get back to me next Tuesday, well this Tuesday I guess, the Tuesday next week.

"Huh" wasn't a confused "huh", but a thoughtful "huh."

49-48 Rockets.

They took the inevitable early Lakers run and fought back easily with Yao on the bench.

Houston is not screwing around with this upset business......I still like the Lakers in the end but I would be super-concerned if I was a Lake-show fan right now.

every time I see Carl Landry play, I say to myself.....that guy finds a way to get stuff done.

i saw a visual the lakers have lost the last 4 or 5 series where they lost game 1

they really need to get serious they just seem to relaxed too euro except for kobe

I was concerned when they bullshat their way into the 4/5 spot. Only team I cared about avoiding in the West.

Checkout the all defensive team. Wouldn't this be sick to have on your roster.

Dwight Howard, Orlando
Kobe Bryant, LA Lakers
LeBron James, Cleveland
Chris Paul, New Orleans
Kevin Garnett, Boston

that's what happens when you start bustin peoples ass

That interview was hilarious.

Artest's throat clearly hit Kobe's elbow on purpose

I thought Artest was going for a reach around while he crawled further up Kobe's ass.

I think I saw Kobe's wife getting jealous.