*NBA playoffs*

[kitaki]

i agree on seven games.
i just wish sheed would stop gaurenteeing games cause he's going to eat those words one of these days.

[ucusty]

indy looked god awful today, gave home court and the momentium back to the pistons...  we'll see what happens on tuesday,  miami looks way too tough and shaq isnt 100%

[VA $l!m]

damn, this year's playoffs is all over the freakin' place!
esp. w/ all the injuries /players not at 100% health.

round 2: all the series now even at two a piece!
---except the heat of course, which with shaq's health in question , i guess will know after he gets ~ 2 weeks rest if he's going to be able to make an impact when he starts the next round...
if he was 100%-i would put my money on them, but considering he's probably going to be 75% at BEST... that evens the playing field out a bit... i'm also really supprised at the scrappyness of the sonics taking two games from san antonio, esp. with all the injuries in their (seatle's)lineup.
fun playoffs though, really wide open, a gambler's nightmare...any of the remaining teams could beat the others on a given night!

[ucusty]

stick a fork in indy they are done.  reggie had a sick career!
hats off to detroit! maybe the pacers have one more win in them!
detroit vs miami is gonna be a war!

[VA $l!m]

-it ain't over... ...until spike lee does his imitation of reggie miller choking himself!! :wink:

[VA $l!m]

goodbye reggie!
see ya!!

detroit vs. miami:
gonna be a great series...all depends on how healthy shaq is.

sonics go down, but not w/out a fight!--take san anton through a tough series , and played hard w/out their 2nd and 3rd leading scorers!

suns/dallas?-going 7?...good series...stackhouse keeping dallas in it...steve nash playing incredible.

STILL, no clear cut fav.!; espec. if suns make it to play SA, killer final four!

[VA $l!m]

round 2 over.
pheonix comes back from 16 down w/4 min left and beats dallas in ot...nash just put together one of the best 3 consecutive playoff game stretches ever.
1 and 2 seeds in both conferences in conf finals--nice
should be a killer final four.
no predictions,; too many variables ,; four solid teams.
can't wait!- personally.

[VA $l!m]

today's thoughts:
trying to decide which team has the most dysfunctionally displaced nomenclature...
la lakers (fr.-minnesota)
utah jazz (fr.-new orleans)
...

[jedifunk]

ooh, tough one.  but being that i live in MN now, i'd like to ask that the LA Bryants send us back our namesake.

by the way, i think i like the suns... vs. detroit

[VA $l!m]

conference finals , game 1:
shaq was shakey...detroit looked like they were on a mission...
phoenix is going to have to bring it to beat san anton...

[kitaki]

pistons are playing again tonite. i hope they come home two and o.
i'd love to see them play san antonio in the finals.

[VA $l!m]

damn sanantonio is looking tough...
i mean there team has only gotten better since they won two years ago...w/ adding players like b. barry , big dog robinson,; and w/ ginobli turning into one incredible player after leading argentina to the gold medal...and w/ a healthy t. duncan(& t. parker)...sh-- , if they play up to their potential , they're roster is loaded!

detroit better not waste much energy beating miami if they want a chance; plus i think SA gets home court over them if they play.

[ucusty]

yea the only team that could beat the spurs is the heat.

[VA $l!m]

gutsy effort by phoenix tonite!!
if you saw the game the last few minutes were classic nba>>
amare blocking duncan's shot was one of the best plays i've ever seen.
too bad joe johnson didnt plat the 1st two games of this series, i think his absence really hurt the depth of their rotation and their confidence early on , but ever since the red sox last year , i'll never completely count out a team down three -0 in a 7 game series again.

shaq looked much healthier yesterday, --he sats his hip is~75% healed now; looks like we got ouselves a series in the east!!

[VA $l!m]

FINALS are set.
It took injuries to the entire starting lineup of miami , but Detroit is back to defend the title>
Rasheed-YESindeed!!...did anyone else see him on the post game w/ the wrestling champion belt , LOL!

Detroit better buckle down if they want a chance; and need to look to steal one early in san antonio , who has the killer home court record.
we'll see... detroit is healthy ; no predictions , i'm backing detroit 100% though.
i think it will be to detroit's advantage if they play bad boy style rough w/ the pretty boys of the spurs>>i hope prince knocks ginobli on his ass a few times; same w/ billups vs. parker.