2010 NBA Playoffs First Round Thread

[MapleLeaf]

Ugh these refs are starting to decide the Dallas game

 

[MapleLeaf]

Hard to win a game when the only people who show up are Barea and Dirk.

It's funny how people call Dirk a choker in the playoffs...<Censored>ing joke and one of the biggest misconceptions in the NBA right now. Dirk is the farthest thing from a choker.

Quite frankly calling Dirk a choker is ignorant and stupid to say. It's like saying Kobe's a rapist

 

[MIKEAIRS]

prediction:: Bulls take Cavs to game 7.

 

[The Young One]

Dang Pierce hit a game winner. Good luck in the future miami lol

He's one of the greatest shooters of all time...what did you expect

 

[elcheato]

Brandon Roy is playing, wow. Tough kid

 

[The Young One]

Yeah...he's definitely tough. Gotta respect him for that.

 

[elcheato]

Aldridge is beasting. Portland should be running their offense through him more often..

 

[elcheato]

But the end of the game was messed up, horrible call on that flagrant.

 

[Rios15]

Mavericks owner Mark Cuban said on Tuesday that his team's rivalry with the Spurs is as rabid as ever.

"No, I mean I hate the Spurs. I have a hard time being civil to [Spurs owner] Peter Holt at the board of governors meetings and he has a hard time being civil to me even though we both like each other. It's what it represents," Cuban said.

"We can both be 0-80 and if those last two games are Spurs-Mavs, it's going to be like a playoff game because we dislike each other that much."

Dallas and San Antonio have faced off in the postseason in three of the last five years.

The Mavericks won last year's series 4-1 and they lead the current series 1-0 heading into Wednesday's Game 2.

"Both teams play basketball the right way, both really have a lot of respect for the other side," Cuban said. "The beauty of the first game and every game we play them is every possession counts. There's not like, 'OK, we'll put in the second unit.'

"Well, I take that back -- unless Pop says he's going for the best record and then rests everybody. But beyond that, every possession just feels like it's a punch in a heavyweight title fight. This doesn't feel like the first round of the playoffs, I guess is what I'm saying."

RealGM

 

[cruzg24]

Thats old, I saw what Mark Cuban said like a week ago. On the other hand, man the Mavericks need to win game 4 or this series is over. Duncan is playing out of his mind.

 

[Mexi]

^How can you say that about TD?

he's the best PF of all-time
25/10 is great, but it's not like we dont expect it

who's guarding him again? Dirk?

 

[elcheato]

TD was saving it for the playoffs.

 

[Mexi]

Spurs got that series too

but why didnt Caron play yesterday?
15 minutes?
um?

 

[elcheato]

They went to that small lineup with Kidd at SF. Barea was playing well so they just kept him in lol

and the bucks are slaughtering the hawks wow

 

[Mexi]

this might another horrible prolonging the inevitable type series

Hawks know they'll win simply because they have home court

 

[Mexi]

whoa BRoy played?

 

[Mexi]

i swear if the 3 stooges are calling the Laker game, im going to have to watch local coverage

 

[sheed]

I love the Thunder, this game is so exciting and its only 6 minutes into it. Let's go Thunder!

 

[Mexi]

i really just want this series to freakin end

 

[VC15]

When's the last time that the #1 and #2 seeds lost in the first round in the same year? Because it's looking pretty possible that it could happen in the West this year.