NBA Playoffs

Grace B. · Posted: Apr 17, 2003 3:58 pm Post subject: NBA Playoffs

The first round starts on Saturday, what are everyone's picks? Remember its best of seven in the 1st round this year! Here are mine-
The West
Spurs vs. Suns...Spurs 4-3
Kings vs. Jazz...Kings 4-1
Dallas vs. Blazers...Blazers 4-2
T-Wolves vs. Lakers...Lakers 4-3

The East
Detroit vs. Magic...Detroit 4-2
Nets vs. Bucks...Nets 4-2
Pacers vs. Boston (I love the Celts, but I don't think they can pull it off)...Pacers 4-2
Philly vs. New Orleans...Philly 4-3

GO BLAZERS!!!
I hope the Lakers lose, but I think they can beat the T-Wolves so I had to pick them winning!

Jello John · Wakeboarder.Commie Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 1936

Yeah, I don't see my Timberwolves beating the Lakers, despite the homecourt advantage. I got free box seats to the game on Sunday though. Cool

It's gonna be a good Easter!

Grace - Damn your freakin' Blazers. Not only are they all a bunch of criminals, they also couldn't beat the CLIPPERS, and so now the T-Wolves won't make it out of the first round. The Blazers wouldn't have made it out any way. The Spurs will crush the Suns also and Philly will crush the Hornets. Those teams are just too good for the series to go to seven games.

Bill Y Bob · Posted: Apr 17, 2003 5:04 pm Post subject:

the jazz will beat the kings twice if not three times.give em some credit Evil or Very Mad

DRAGON88 · Posted: Apr 17, 2003 5:29 pm Post subject:

Grace, where do you live?? Go Blazers!! Twisted Evil

toothpick · Posted: Apr 17, 2003 5:57 pm Post subject:

Spurs over Suns 4-2
Lakers over Wolves 4-1
Blazers over Mavs 4-3
Kings over Jazz 4-2

Pistons over Magic 4-2
76ers over Hornets 4-1
Celtics over Pacers 4-3
Nets over Bucks 4-1

I'm a Blazer fan all the way too! Also a Pacer hater Twisted Evil

But, I'm calling Lakers 4-peat.

jumalian · Ladies Man Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 7625 City: san diego

Spurs over Suns 4-1
Lakers over Wolves 4-1
Mavs over Blazers 4-2
Kings over Jazz 4-1

Magic over Pistons 4-2 (if Ben Wallace is back, Pistons, 4-3)
76ers over Hornets 4-1
Pacers over Celtics 4-3
Nets over Bucks 4-1

Jello John · Wakeboarder.Commie Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 1936

Ok, here's my picks:

Spurs over Suns 4-1
Lakers over Wolves 4-3 (hopefully not!)
Mavs over Blazers 4-2
Kings over Jazz 4-0

Magic over Pistons 4-3 (with Ben Wallace, Pistons, 4-3)
76ers over Hornets 4-0
Pacers over Celtics 4-2
Nets over Bucks 4-1

Grace B. · Posted: Apr 17, 2003 7:27 pm Post subject:

Man, I totally for got that Ben Wallace may not play. But I still think the Pistons can win, unless T-Mac scores 40-50 every game.
Jello- I think the Blazers lost to the Clips on purpose, so they could play Dallas, because they played really well against Dallas in the regular season. I watched the game and the Blazers weren't trying very hard! I'm actually kinda glad they lost, I think they have a better chance of beating Dallas and the Lakers would of killed Dallas, now they at least have a little challenge with the T-Wolves.

SCBrips · Guest

I think the Spurs will have a tough time with Phoenix. The Suns lead the regular season series with the Spurs 3 to 1 (I think) and the one win that the Spurs got was in overtime. Marbury is tough.

Jello John · Wakeboarder.Commie Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 1936

toothpick · Posted: Apr 17, 2003 9:00 pm Post subject:

Yeah, the Suns took the season series pretty convicingly. A big reason is due to my pick for Rookie of the Year, Amare Stoudemire...not Yao.

Nor*Cal · Ladies Man Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 9479 City: Sac

Fitz- Are you serious???? There is no way the Jazz will steal 2 or 3 games from the Kings. The only reason I see the Kings losing a game to the Jazz is shear boredom.

Bill Y Bob · Posted: Apr 17, 2003 10:13 pm Post subject:

i think they'll pull it off. somehow Rolling Eyes

i dunno, maybe i'm just dreaming.

Nor*Cal · Ladies Man Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 9479 City: Sac

You're dreaming... Sorry I'm a Kings fan and honestly believe that LA and San Antonio are Sacramento's only competition.

jt09 · Ladies Man Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 22083 City: Austin

The Suns are a tough match up for the Spurs for sure. Marbury is too quick for Parker and has mo' ghetto in his game...Stoudamire also gives the Suns a very athletic match up for Duncan. Still think the Spurs win 4-2.

I like the Mavs, and hate the Blazers, but I hope the Blazers put a whuppin on th Mavs. My buds in Dallas run into Cuban a lot (at the gym, mostly) and I can't wait to see the meltdown! I like the way he runs the organization (as a fan) but I don't like the way they have built the team itself - too soft! Blazers in 6, if not 5.

Lakers are hitting their stride...damn them! Too much for KG to handle by himself. Lakers in 6.

Kings and Jazz in the battle of the teams that do things the "right" way. Utah isn't playing very well leading into the playoffs and are already outmatched...not a good sign. Kings in 5.

Who cares about the East? Ugly basketball all over! They need some teams to spend some cash and get more than one star player per team.

B-rad · Posted: Apr 18, 2003 8:03 am Post subject:

I'm all for the Texas teams, after that I'm rooting for the Kings. I agree with you Jt about Cuban. As a fan I think he is one of the best things for the NBA and Dallas as a whole. I love what he has done so far for the Mavs and I hope it continues to improve. I could care less about the east..... Seems like they just aren't up to calibre with the top teams in the west.

Bill Y Bob · Posted: Apr 18, 2003 9:49 am Post subject:

sacramento WILL NOT make it past the second round. the only competition will be LA and Dallas. sorry to burst your bubble

jt09 · Ladies Man Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 22083 City: Austin

fitz - are you crazy? You put Dallas ahead of San Antonio?

SA swept the Lakers, went 2-2 vs Dallas (likely would have been 3-1, but SA gave Dallas the last game of the season), 3-1 vs Sacto and 2-2 against Portland....11-5 vs the top teams in the West.

Dallas was 1-3 vs LA, 2-2 vs SA, 1-3 vs Sacto and 2-2 vs Portland....6-10 vs the top teams in the West.

Love Dallas, but they are S-O-F-T. They got that fat record vs the weak teams.

On the Sacto not making it past the 2nd round....you may be right there...1-3 vs the Blazers, but they can handle Utah and they just flat out have Dallas's number.

I think it is Sacramento vs. San Antonio in the West Finals.

Da MOOSE · Posted: Apr 18, 2003 11:46 am Post subject:

Can you all just say 4 TIME WORLD CHAMPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CAN YOU NAME THAT TEAM?

BW · Addict Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 602

Spurs over Suns 4-1
Lakers over Wolves 4-2
Mavs over Blazers 4-2
Jazz over Kings 4-3

Magic over Pistons 4-2
Hornets over 76ers 4-2
Celtics over Pacers 4-3
Nets over Bucks 4-0

Jello John · Wakeboarder.Commie Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 1936

Grace B. · Posted: Apr 18, 2003 2:05 pm Post subject:

I went to the Blazers vs. Suns game on Tuesday and I was expecting it to be a good, close game because the Suns have been playing well lately. But the Suns played like crap and the Blazers blew them out. Then I have seen the Suns play really well. I picked the series to go to all 7 games, but I think in the end the Spurs have the better players and team, JMO.

Bill Y Bob · Posted: Apr 18, 2003 2:28 pm Post subject:

sorry jt i meant san antonio but for some reason i accidentaly put dallas. my bad.
brad knows who will take the jazz-sacramento series. Twisted Evil

Slaytwebeling · Addict Joined: 05 Feb 2003 Posts: 892 City: Houston

Nets are winning it all

Nor*Cal · Ladies Man Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 9479 City: Sac

I'm stupified by people who think the Jazz will win against the Kings in the playoffs. It's going to be a 4-0 series starting with a severe beating tonight.

Jello John · Wakeboarder.Commie Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 1936

Grace B. · Posted: Apr 19, 2003 2:09 pm Post subject:

I'm so happy right now that Boston won, I didn't think they could do it. Paul Pierce is awesome!!! I'm really nervous for the Blazers game, 2 more hours, GO BLAZERS! They really need to win this first game.

jumalian · Ladies Man Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 7625 City: san diego

Spurs vs. Suns, Game 1...

WHAT A GAME!!!

Nor*Cal · Ladies Man Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 9479 City: Sac

Kings over the Jazz in game one. What a terrible game for both teams. Other than a few moments of good play it was just poor basketball all around.

Grace B. · Posted: Apr 19, 2003 9:24 pm Post subject:

The Spurs/Suns game was awesome, hopefully the rest of series will be that good. The Blazers sucked it up big time, they totally had the game in the 1st half, the refs also made some awful calls! Oh well its best of 4.

jumalian · Ladies Man Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 7625 City: san diego

Best of 4? Maybe you meant to say, "race to 4"? Refs make bad calls all the time. It's human nature. It's also, to some, human nature to use the refs as an excuse.

Dallas just outplayed them in the 2nd half...period!

The Spurs/Suns game was the game of the day!

Nor*Cal, yeah, that was an ugly game. But hey, a W is a W, right?

Grace B. · Posted: Apr 19, 2003 9:32 pm Post subject:

I'm not blaming the game on the refs, I just said they made horrible calls! I know that Dallas played better then the Blazers in the 2nd half, that was pretty obvious (sp?).

jumalian · Ladies Man Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 7625 City: san diego

Sorry for me to assume you were blaming it on the refs. The reason why I did was you gave 2 reasons as to why they lost; "The Blazers sucked it up" and "the refs also made some awful calls". You see why I assumed you blamed the refs?

Nor*Cal · Ladies Man Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 9479 City: Sac

W is a W... Hopefully the Kings heat up for the next round.

Grace B. · Posted: Apr 20, 2003 10:20 am Post subject:

Yeah I kinda worded it like I was blaming the refs, but I was just making a statement. Looks like this Magic/Detroit game is going to be a good one, even with Ben Wallace playing the Magic look good. But a lot can happen in the 2nd half.