2013 NBA Playoffs Thread

[Ghermez Agha]

Amazing moment as a Knicks fan, first time since 2000 we actually make some noise in the play offs. Second round is going to be tough though, should be an interesting/tight series vs Indiana.

[Ghormeh Sabzi]

NOAH MVP BAYBAY!!!! FTW great win boys... maybe lamers should learn a thing or two from Bulls :P that big vagina howard is worthless.. look at Noah, he's a fighter (notelaying while injured)

^ I've lived in Boston my whole life, lol.
I like OKC though and hope they make it from the west, although I doubt it now they lost Westbrook. But the Celtics are my #1 for sure.

Speaking of the Celtics, we are losing by 20 and the 3rd quarter is almost over.
Congrats New York.

LMAO i apologize, my mistake. i thought you were the other masoud

[FeLFeL]

Houston Rockets! If we still had Dragic instead of J. Lin we woulda beat OKC with WB out! But anywho, I am picking of course Miami Heat to win it all. It's almost a certainty unless Lebron gets injured. If D-Wade gets injured I believe Lebron can still do it by himself if he had to for a couple of games or even a series, he would still have Bosh, Allen, Rashard Lewis and Chalmers. That's a hell of a lot more than he had in Cleveland when he reached the finals plus he has matured a lot since then so I think he is even better than he was back then.


Steph Curry, now that's a bad ass Basketball player! hell of a shooter! I like the Golden State team a lot, I am rooting for them since the Rockets got knocked out.

[Messy]

I am a Clippers fan, and I am still sad. If Chris Paul doesn't resign with the Clippers, the Clippers will be the Clippers again, if you know what I mean

Anyways, I told everyone and my Mom that Brooklyn is soft and they won't beat Chicago in game 7. I was right.

Indiana may have beaten the Knicks today, but I still favor the latter to win it in 7 games.

I will not be surprised if OKC beats Memphis without Westbrook. Memphis got every single foul call they wanted against the Clippers (They shot 64 more FTs in 6 games!). This won't happen vs OKC.

Stephen Curry is awesome, but Mark Jackson isn't. I choose San Antonio in 6 games.

Miami already won the title this year, but Chicago is tough. That series can go to 7 games, but I'll take it for 6 games.

[Ghermez Agha]

i like golden state's chances of making it pretty far, i mean if steph curry keeps this up sky is the limit for him....

[radin119]

Stephen A. Smith of ESPN reports that the Los Angeles Clippers and Boston Celticscould execute a trade of Blake Griffin Eric Bledsoe and Caron Butler for Paul Pierceand Kevin Garnett

Smith also reports that Doc Rivers could go with Pierce and Garnett to the Clippers.

"It is already being talked about in NBA circles," said Smith.
Smith wouldn't answer definitively if it is actually being discussed between the two teams.

[Messy]

Stephen A. Smith of ESPN reports that the Los Angeles Clippers and Boston Celticscould execute a trade of Blake Griffin Eric Bledsoe and Caron Butler for Paul Pierceand Kevin Garnett

Smith also reports that Doc Rivers could go with Pierce and Garnett to the Clippers.

"It is already being talked about in NBA circles," said Smith.
Smith wouldn't answer definitively if it is actually being discussed between the two teams.

My sources from the Clipper forum claim that Smith came up with this idea on his own and Boston is very upset. Notice how he wouldn't clarify if it was actually being discussed. The Boston media already ripped on Smith for it.

[PouriaAkaBarut]

I was stunned when I got home and saw that The Bulls pulled an upset against the Heat.

Then after what an amazing match between Spurs and The Warriors. Honestly I didn't not watch 1 game of The Warriors in the playoff when they were facing the Nuggets but last night wow wow wow wow. Stephen Curry man this guy is unbelievable, if it wasn't for the lack of experience of his team they would've closed the game. Take nothing away from the Spurs they pulled an amazing comeback. Ginobli with an huge clutch 3point shot in the 2nd OT.

[EKBATAN]

Stephen A. Smith of ESPN reports that the Los Angeles Clippers and Boston Celticscould execute a trade of Blake Griffin Eric Bledsoe and Caron Butler for Paul Pierceand Kevin Garnett

Smith also reports that Doc Rivers could go with Pierce and Garnett to the Clippers.

"It is already being talked about in NBA circles," said Smith.
Smith wouldn't answer definitively if it is actually being discussed between the two teams.

oh my god....the WORST trade in NBA history! get rid of young players for 2 players at the end of their careers?

just when clippers were starting to get good, they wanna ruin it like this. I hope its not true.

[Messy]

There are rumors circulating that the Nets are heavily interested in hiring Phil Jackson as a coach. Jackson is currently working for the Detriot Pistons front office as a consultant.

Stan Van Gundy has turned down the Milwaukee Bucks offer. They say he only wants to work for a contender. Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Clippers have Stan Van Gundy near the top of their wishlist. It is almost certain that Vinny Del Negro will not return to Lob City.

I have the Knicks beating the Pacers tonight in a close one. And Memphis will win tonight in another nail biter. Take a close look at how many FT's Memphis earns. Then realize that in 6 games vs the Clippers in the last round, Memphis went to the line 64 MORE TIMES than the Clippers! If Memphis is such a physical team, shouldn't that stat be the other way around?

[Darvish11]

I have the Knicks beating the Pacers tonight in a close one. And Memphis will win tonight in another nail biter. Take a close look at how many FT's Memphis earns. Then realize that in 6 games vs the Clippers in the last round, Memphis went to the line 64 MORE TIMES than the Clippers! If Memphis is such a physical team, shouldn't that stat be the other way around?

I doubt there would be any kind of bias or conspiracy towards memphis in order to get a Los Angeles team with cp3 and blake griffin out of the playoffs. And post players get a ton of free throws, grizzlies have two elite ones

[Messy]

Conley+Allen had a combined 82 free throw attempts in 392 combined minutes

Gasol and Randolph had a combined 77 free throw attempts in 436 combined minutes. Looks even to me, front court and back.

And Randolph didn't get ejected for choking Griffin in game 6 (a tech was issued), but CP3 got ejected for... why did he get ejected again because I still don't know why?

Oh and I never said there was any conspirancy against the Clippers. For all I know, the referees hate the Clippers, probably because Barnes and Griffin won't shut their mouths about getting fouls when they should.

I don't believe in conspiracies anyway, especially this almost obvious one:

[Ghermez Agha]

muchhhhhh needed win for the knicks, prigioni and melo turned up nicely in the 4th....JR has totally fallen apart though i give masoud the credit for calling it, i dont think he'll continue to struggle this much though....at least i hope not or else we are doomed.

[Ghormeh Sabzi]

Fck fake miami fans!!! and their flopping team... THANK YOU NAZR MOHAMMAD TO FINALLY STEPPING UP TO Leb!tch

[Messy]

Fck fake miami fans!!! and their flopping team... THANK YOU NAZR MOHAMMAD TO FINALLY STEPPING UP TO Leb!tch

That was a really funny game. I knew it was gonna get off the hook when I learned Joey Crawford was the ref.

I hope you're a Bulls fan btw I mean, I'm not a Heat fan, but I'm just sayin...