NBA Playoffs

[Gilly]

I just don't think The Bulls have that second guy after Rose to lead them out of the 1st round. A lot of people had New Orleans as a sleeper this year but all they have is Paul and some pretty good players. You need a lot more than that to even make the conference finals in the NBA.

[jbissell]

Triple OT? Sure, why not.

[nec13]

What a finish! What can you say about Derrick Rose?

[jbissell]

What a finish! What can you say about Derrick Rose?

He's been pretty sloppy the last few games, but I absolutely love watching him play.  He is going to be an absolute monster.

[nec13]

That finish reminded me of last year's Memphis-Kansas National Championship game when Rose missed both free throws and cost Memphis the game. A much better outcome tonight, however.

[buffcoat]

That finish reminded me of last year's Memphis-Kansas National Championship game when Rose missed both free throws and cost Memphis the game. A much better outcome tonight, however.

All those misses at the end also cost me $500 in the pool.  Thanks, Calipari, for your unbelievable dedication to free throw shooting.

[Jack from Arkansas]

Wasn't it bizarre how Miller got fouled in the last minute of overtime in both Game five and six?  His facial expressions are pitiful like you're watching a sad old hobo character. 

[chrisfoll577]

I'm about to kidnap Tony Allen 'Celtic Pride'-style so Doc Rivers doesn't sub him for Davis and fuck up Game 7 like Game 6.

oh, and:

@scharpling To everybody who rubbed how much better college basketball was than pro ball during March Madness, I give you the Bulls versus the Celtics.

No truer words were ever spoken.  March Madness is fun but a great pro matchup like all but one of the games in this series beats a great college game every time.

[dave from knoxville]

I'm about to kidnap Tony Allen 'Celtic Pride'-style so Doc Rivers doesn't sub him for Davis and fuck up Game 7 like Game 6.

oh, and:

@scharpling To everybody who rubbed how much better college basketball was than pro ball during March Madness, I give you the Bulls versus the Celtics.

No truer words were ever spoken.  March Madness is fun but a great pro matchup like all but one of the games in this series beats a great college game every time.

Different strokes. I find the 24 second clock to render an otherwise beautiful game tedious. Hell, why not just have a 10-second clock!

[buffcoat]

Wow.  The Cleveland-Detroit series and the Denver-New Orleans series were so compelling - who WOULDN'T want to watch that for 4 mind-numbing games?  Or Lakers-Utah for five - did you think Utah was on the comeback trail after their lone win?

Best-of-seven is way too many games for the first round.  The idea that the first round of the NBA Playoffs is better than the first round of the NCAA Tournament - 32 single elimination games in 2 days, wall-to-wall from noon to past midnight, with 2 to 4 games going on at a time - is laughable.

Laughable, I say!



In the spring, it goes like this: NCAA > NHL Playoffs > Masters > Triple Crown > NBA Playoffs > Spring baseball.

I was really rooting for another Pistons-Spurs Classic.

[Gilly]

Best of 7 is ok for the NHL though? NHL playoffs are the worst, it just comes down to who has a hot goalie at the time.

[chrisfoll577]

It's not all bad news Chicago fans, the Blackhawks won tonight.

[nec13]

And they still have the Cubs too.

[chrisfoll577]

And they still have the Cubs too.

And that's a good thing?

[Amplituden]

Is there any intriguing second round match ups?

Dallas / Denver might be good.

Whaddayouseguys think?