Official 2011-2012 Playoff thread
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FabFiveFan
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PACER DOMINATION!!! Hibbert too good down low for whoever they hope will defend him in the paint, and then defensively 5 blocks! Great shooting night for George Hill. Wade was shut down by Paul George and the even balance of scoring for the Pacers again showed that Larry Bird's TEAM culture is really starting to gain momentum in Indiana. Bring on 2 home games in front of the fanatical Pacer faithful, for a 3-1 series lead 
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Some Clipper Observations:
Griffin is unfairly being advertised as not being ready for playoffs, but in reality, the Clippers as a whole aren't ready for the playoffs. Almost the whole team is getting frustrated under pressure and only 1 of them has impressed me so far this series - Caron Butler (besides his flops) - who happens to be a reigning champion.
The commentators are calling the battle between Parker and Paul as being won by Parker so far - WRONG. It is being fought by Danny Green and Eric Bledsoe! Both Paul and Parker are unable to defend each other so they are BOTH swapping opponents on the defensive end. Green is doing a better job than Bledsoe, just, and only because Bledsoe is taking some unnecessary risks and getting silly fouls!
It is now 100% obvious to me that the 'FLOP' is being taught in Cliptown. The amount of them and the lack of conviction in them is just terrible!The idea of a flop is to accentuate an ACTUAL contact, not to make it look like there was one where there wasn't!!! I blame Vinny!
Priorities! This is the point I have argued with MANY people on other sites about the Spurs. They all claim the Spurs are boring, but there has to be a balance of priorities if you want your team to win. Clips have got theirs WAY out of balance. They celebrate a steal or a dunk like it was a game winner. Get the lead first THEN celebrate morons! Yeah, I'm talking about Reggie Jackson! Steals the ball from Timmy and then slowly runs the court doing a celebration while the rest of the team have to make a start on a play with Timmy as a loose defender!!
Shame really, they are able to be a real quality team with their roster, but just lack common sense in the group!!
Griffin is unfairly being advertised as not being ready for playoffs, but in reality, the Clippers as a whole aren't ready for the playoffs. Almost the whole team is getting frustrated under pressure and only 1 of them has impressed me so far this series - Caron Butler (besides his flops) - who happens to be a reigning champion.
The commentators are calling the battle between Parker and Paul as being won by Parker so far - WRONG. It is being fought by Danny Green and Eric Bledsoe! Both Paul and Parker are unable to defend each other so they are BOTH swapping opponents on the defensive end. Green is doing a better job than Bledsoe, just, and only because Bledsoe is taking some unnecessary risks and getting silly fouls!
It is now 100% obvious to me that the 'FLOP' is being taught in Cliptown. The amount of them and the lack of conviction in them is just terrible!The idea of a flop is to accentuate an ACTUAL contact, not to make it look like there was one where there wasn't!!! I blame Vinny!
Priorities! This is the point I have argued with MANY people on other sites about the Spurs. They all claim the Spurs are boring, but there has to be a balance of priorities if you want your team to win. Clips have got theirs WAY out of balance. They celebrate a steal or a dunk like it was a game winner. Get the lead first THEN celebrate morons! Yeah, I'm talking about Reggie Jackson! Steals the ball from Timmy and then slowly runs the court doing a celebration while the rest of the team have to make a start on a play with Timmy as a loose defender!!
Shame really, they are able to be a real quality team with their roster, but just lack common sense in the group!!
FabFiveFan
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Agree 100%. The crowd looked awesome. Reminded me of the '07 Warriors.
I'm not gonna get too carried away, but WOW, loved those results today.
I HATE the Miami attitude. I hope they keep on losing, they have no class at all. Please Indy, keep it up. Indy were $13 to win the east after winning the other day. They are now $4. Missed the boat there. I think they may do it. They are looking tough.
And of course, I'm very happy to see the Spurs with another solid win
I HATE the Miami attitude. I hope they keep on losing, they have no class at all. Please Indy, keep it up. Indy were $13 to win the east after winning the other day. They are now $4. Missed the boat there. I think they may do it. They are looking tough.
And of course, I'm very happy to see the Spurs with another solid win
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Anyone notice how Miami's attitude, and the way they went about things with the Big 3, or Fail 3 signing, is rubbing off on Ignorant supporters/fans/followers/fanboys? It's actually starting to make me mad! Especially when Lebron gets spoken about in the same breath as MJ and, as much as I really dislike him, Kobe!! I actually start to rage over it and have to control myself from spewing abuse and stupid comments at people! When will people realize that you need more then 3 stars to win? When will people realize it starts from the GM and works down through the coaches and then the players before you can have a championship caliber team!?!?!?
I would TRULY be overcome with Joy if Indiana knock them out! I may even get on the Indy bandwagon for a while! hahahah!!
Either way I do not see anyway that they could possibly get past OKC or SA in the finals IF THEY make it that far!!!!!!
Being a diehard Chicago fan since I was around 5 or 6 (had a few close American family friends so learnt a lot about the USA and sport abroad very, very early on) so since around '87 - '88 and obviously being a Massive Jordan fan, I can not fathom how people support or ride or just simply bandwagon teams so ridiculously hard because their favorite players go to that team!!!! It actually drive me mental, bar Matt aka GF4L, because he actually has some clue about basketball in general!!
Oh, if anyone is friends with Terry aka A1 on FB then this rant probably makes more sense! hahaha
I would TRULY be overcome with Joy if Indiana knock them out! I may even get on the Indy bandwagon for a while! hahahah!!
Either way I do not see anyway that they could possibly get past OKC or SA in the finals IF THEY make it that far!!!!!!
Being a diehard Chicago fan since I was around 5 or 6 (had a few close American family friends so learnt a lot about the USA and sport abroad very, very early on) so since around '87 - '88 and obviously being a Massive Jordan fan, I can not fathom how people support or ride or just simply bandwagon teams so ridiculously hard because their favorite players go to that team!!!! It actually drive me mental, bar Matt aka GF4L, because he actually has some clue about basketball in general!!
Oh, if anyone is friends with Terry aka A1 on FB then this rant probably makes more sense! hahaha
Mate anyone who understands bball knows that lebro is not even in the same league as mj. mj has and always will be on his own pedestal, as i keep saying you are judged on success not numbers and awards. Great and i mean great players take it to a new level come the pointy end, and lebro has never done that. Maybe one game winnig prayer but thats about it. There is only so many excuses one man can dish up.
It's all about jealousy, ask a teams fans if they want to be on SC's Top 10 night in and out or winning rings with a style that may be seen as more effective then exciting and any fan would take the rings... It's just easy to knock the spurs by calling them "boring" or whatever. It's amusing actually.... At the end of the day, a gravity defying dunk that makes #1 on the Sport Center Top 10 is still worth the same amount of points as a standard lay-up..... Shocking, I know..... Just let the haters hate, they're the ones who have prob never seen their team win a ring in the last 15 years if at all and may never see one again... Knick fans are the best.... No matter what they say or think their organisation is prob the worst big market marquee team on and off the court in the history of pro sports, and all the whinging about other teams cant change that
couldnt agree more. was watching Mike & Mike before and Greenberg said that Lebron may be the most skillfull player of all time and I'm thinking "what about MJ?" seriously I don't hate Lebron and he is an amazingly gifted player but to me MJ is #1 and 2nd is daylight.
FabFiveFan
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Firstly, I agree with everything you say about the Lebron vs Jordan debate, coz really there is no debate, as the only idiots leading the charge are pop-culture-influenced twenty somethings who didnt see Jordan play and win in his prime, and therefore have no real ability to compare the two objectively. And really it all comes down to winning. Now I am not a Jordan lover (as a Pacers fan, I could not bring myself to support the guy that caused my team so many down years in the Central Division), but I cannot help but acknowledge his greatness in all facets of the game. Sure he could dunk (duh) but he could get and hit a jump shot and make huge shots when needed. Cannot say the same for Lebron, and last time I checked 0 did not equal 6, so discussion over.
Secondly, there is still plenty of room on the Indy bandwagon, but hurry, seats are filling up quick lol. Could you imagine a Boston-Indiana Conference Final?
And yes this years champion is going to come from the West, whether it be OKC or SA remains to be seen, but whoever wins West will win 'chip.
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