Can't decide who looked worse at the end of the game, Bulls or Hawks? Hate when games end with one of the team's falling apart. Rather a team step up to make a big play to win.

See what happens when u want to be an actor lol.


Dumb ass

Why the hell did Doc have Daniels on Horford?

The Celtics looked like complete shit, the Hawks were the Hawks.

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO go celtics

I have no idea I thought it was stupid myself. But it worked out sort of

Hawks get majorly ****ed.

The intentional foul rule in the NBA should just be thrown out since it never gets called. Daniels makes no play on the ball whatsoever on the 2nd ref **** up. The first should have been 2 shots on the foul before the inbounds.

NBA refs are the ****ing worst.

Just don't get how coaches who are paid millions of dollars and have assistants who get hundreds of thousands of dollars can make a decision like that when it matters most?

Agreed, although Al ended up with his free throws and blew it. Tough spot for a guy who hadn't been playing for much of the season. Bigger play to me was Josh settling for 21 footer (and we all thought he was past that) and then Joe Johnson being the mediocre player he is. Joe had his shoulder by old man Pierce and still got rejected. No way he shouldn't have at least drawn a foul there.

I knew that the ref wouldn't call that a shooting foul. Not in Boston.

No, its just a team with Tmac on it is destined for 1st round exit.

Getting past the first round is a huge year for them. Doesn't matter how it happens.

Yeah, hopefully they enjoy while they can. Boston will get rid of them.

For sure

Lol @ Chris Anderson


****ing weirdo

DENVER — Denver Nuggets reserve center Chris “Birdman” Andersen has been excused indefinitely from all team-related activities after Douglas County sheriff’s deputies searched his home Thursday as part of an investigation by the department’s Internet Crimes Against Children unit.
So, Andersen won’t be on the bench when the Nuggets face the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 6 of their playoff series Thursday night.
The team issued a statement saying Andersen has been “excused from all team-related activities indefinitely as he deals with the reported investigation” and declined further comment.
The 10th-year pro hasn’t played in the postseason after averaging 5.3 points and 4.6 rebounds during the regular season.
Sheriff’s spokesman Ron Hanavan confirmed that the search took place Thursday. Andersen has not been arrested and Hanavan said no arrest warrant has been issued.
The department began investigating Andersen in February after receiving information from a law enforcement agency in California. Hanavan declined to release details, including the nature of any pending charges, citing an ongoing investigation. He said they’re asking that the case be sealed.
Andersen answered the door at his Larkspur, Colo., home, about 40 miles south of Denver, and let deputies in, said Deborah Sherman, another sheriff’s spokesperson.
“He did cooperate. He spoke with deputies,” Sherman said.
The unit investigating Andersen investigates child porn, Internet luring and child predators.
The sheriff’s office said it recovered property from Andersen’s home that investigators believe is connected with the case. Sherman said items typically seized by the unit include computers, hard drives, and thumb drives, though she said she could not provide details on what items were seized from Andersen’s home, citing the ongoing investigation.
An arrest is not imminent, Sherman said, saying that it typically takes several weeks to a month for investigators to collect evidence from the seized items.
Deputies requested that the search warrant application filed in court be sealed because of the ongoing investigation.
Mark Bryant, who serves as Andersen’s agent and attorney, said: “At this time, I respect the process and I have no further comment to protect the integrity of everyone involved. We’ll proceed from there.”
A message left at Andersen’s home wasn’t immediately returned Thursday to The Associated Press.
Andersen is in his 10th year in the NBA and his seventh season in Denver, although his playing time dropped dramatically this season as young players gobbled up more minutes.


Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/ba...#ixzz1uWx5Eqe7

What's funny is that the Nuggets will take the Lakers to a game 7. Clearly a two team race in the West.

Yeah I agree. Home court is a huge advantage in basketball. Lakers will get it done in LA

Ive been pretty confident in OKC against these two teams all along. I think the Lakers would be more fun because our crowd gets so amped for them. If we have Perk we'll beat these teams in 5 games. If we don't, it will be tough, but we should still win in 6 or 7.
It's a much better matchup for us than the Clippers or Memphis would be. Don't mind seeing it go 7 so Perkins gets a couple more days. Although a game Saturday night sounds like fun :)

George Karl is schooling Mike Brown BTW. I think Denver has a chance in game 7.

Denver believes they can win now. Kobe is the only Laker playing with heart. The rest look like they want to go home.

Kobe was the only one who remembered that they had a game today.

Jordan Hill of all people is really playing hard.

Playing hard but making a lot of mistakes. I'm really referring to Gasol and Bynum. I would be pissed if I was a Lakers fan.

I thought close out games were easy dipshit? Lol

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bynum quote lol

I'm referring to Bynum's comment before game 5. He said close out games are actually easy. They just lost 2 in a row and he completely no showed.

Bynum is a thug. Dirty player, says idiotic things, doesn't always play hard. Complete loser.

Looking forward to watching some hoops. Anyone remember Golden State series in 07 or so. That was fun playoffs.

Can we just fast forward the season about a month to get to either Spurs Vs. Heat or Thunder Vs. Heat?


The rest is pointless.....

right just like we just should have fast forwarded and given the Heat the NBA title last season. :rolleyes:

Hey now, I've been enjoying watching the Clippers and Grizlies beat up on eachother, the lakers shit the bed, and the Spurs being their usual awesomelves. These playoffs have been great so far for a Spurs fan.

Anyone know how the NBA playoff TV ratings are looking this year? Was at the bar last Friday, out on the patio. 8 or so TVs and all but one had hockey or NFL draft or something other than NBA. Doesn't seem like you hear too much about it even on talk radio.

Heat/Knicks game on Sunday was the highest rated 1st round game ever.

Huh where did you see that? I looked but could only find game 1 ratings for that series:

The opener of the Knicks/Heat NBA playoff series did not earn blockbuster numbers on ABC Saturday, but still managed to eke out an increase over last year.

Game 1 of the Knicks/Heat first round NBA playoff series drew a 3.1 final rating and 4.752 million viewers on ABC, up a tick in ratings and 5% in viewership from Sixers/Heat Game 1 last year (3.0, 4.546M), and up 24% and 29%, respectively, from Bulls/Cavaliers Game 1 in 2010 (2.5, 3.679M).

This marks the most-viewed game on the first Saturday of the playoffs (on broadcast) since Supersonics/Spurs Game 1 on NBC in 2002 (4.946M).

With that said, significantly higher numbers could have been expected, considering the teams involved.

On Sunday, Game 1 of the Nuggets/Lakers series drew a 3.3 final rating and 4.882 million viewers — down 11% in ratings and 18% in viewership from Hornets/Lakers Game 1 last year (3.7, 5.950M), and flat in ratings and down 5% in viewership from Thunder/Lakers Game 1 in 2010 (3.3, 5.132M).

The game actually drew a lower rating and fewer viewers than the Thunder/Lakers regular season game in the same timeslot a week earlier (3.4, 5.095M).

http://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2012...tslakers-down/

And this explains why there weren't any NBA games on at the bar last Friday. You don't want to go head-to-head with the NFL draft. Or, apparently, the Kentucky Derby:



NBA Playoffs: Overnight Ratings Drop For All Five Games on ESPN
May 7, 2012 2:17 PM 1 Comment and 1 Reaction

It was a rough weekend for the NBA Playoffs on ESPN, as all five of the network’s telecast windows suffered double-digit declines compared to last year.

On Friday, Game 3 of the Lakers/Nuggets series drew a 2.6 overnight rating on ESPN, down 24% from Lakers/Hornets Game 3 in the same window a year earlier (3.4), but up 13% from Mavericks/Spurs Game 3 in 2010 (2.3).

Earlier in the night, Hawks/Celtics Game 3 drew a 2.0 overnight rating — down 29% from Celtics/Knicks Game 3 last year (2.8), but up 11% from Celtics/Heat Game 3 in 2010 (1.8).

Over on ESPN2, Bulls/Sixers Game 3 drew a 0.9 overnight, down a tick from Magic/Hawks Game 3 last year (1.0), and down 18% from Nuggets/Jazz Game 3 in a later timeslot in 2010 (1.1).

Keep in mind each of the 2010 games aired opposite second and third round coverage of the NFL Draft.

On Saturday, Game 4 of the Magic/Pacers series drew a 1.6 overnight rating, down 43% from Bulls/Pacers Game 4 on TNT in the comparable window last year (2.8), but up a tick from Magic/Bobcats Game 4 on TNT in 2010 (1.5).

Later in the day, Grizzlies/Clippers Game 3 drew a 2.2 overnight, down 19% from Mavericks/Trail Blazers Game 4 on TNT last year (2.7), but up 10% from Suns/Trail Blazers Game 4 on TNT in 2010 (2.0). The game faced hefty competition from the Kentucky Derby on NBC.

http://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2012...games-on-espn/

I guess the marks were highest ever for ABC's NBA playoff coverage, not the NBA playoffs.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/m...,5345387.story

Still a good showing to be highest rated in the New York market.

Read paragraph 3.

Yep. I edited.
Heat/Knicks making a decent showing in the ratings:

One of the bright spots in an otherwise slow postseason, the short-lived Heat/Knicks series concluded with another increase in viewership Wednesday night.

Game 5 of the Knicks/Heat first round NBA playoff series drew 4.102 million viewers on TNT, up 13% from Sixers/Heat Game 5 last year (3.623M), and up 43% from Bucks/Hawks Game 5 in 2010 (2.538M).

Of the 31* NBA playoff games on ABC, TNT, ESPN and ESPN2 this year, Wednesday’s Game 5 was just the ninth to have an increase in viewership compared to last year. Four of the nine increases were for Heat/Knicks games.

Later Wednesday night, Game 5 between the Clippers and Grizzlies drew 4.016 million viewers — down 6% from Nuggets/Thunder Game 5 last year (4.266M), but up 39% from Jazz/Nuggets Game 5 in 2010 (3.060M).

Despite the modest decline, the game ranks as the most-viewed playoff telecast this year to not involve the Heat, Thunder or Lakers.

* Does not include Sunday’s Bulls/Sixers Game 4 and Heat/Knicks Game 4 on ABC, as final viewership for those games was not immediately available.

http://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2012...rizzlies-down/

What happened to Big Daddy? He used to post in this thread.

Attacked by a pitbull on his way to the immunization clinic?

Fakers must have lost again eh? LMAO

Lakers are playing with Zero heart except for Kobe. I doubt they would have looked this bad under Jackson.

Oh, they did look this bad under Phil.

There were several series a while back where the Lakers got taken to game 7's by teams that they were superior against.

Do people still think the Lakers trading for Chris Paul would have been a bad trade?

The return for the Hornets would have been a far greater one than they received.

Yes.

Yep, but after last years Playoff meltdown_i figured they would be More focused.

Last years 4 game sweep was worse then this. Game 7 should be alot different, with Ron back. He will force some offense on the post and shot over 40 percent from 3 after the break. He's in shape, his back is better and it showed when KObe went down.

At least he can keep Miller and Danillo in Check.

Hornets would have gotten: Dragic, Scola, Martin and Odom. Dragic himself is probably the best player the Hornets would have gotten. Eric Gordon is a glass vag.

Scola is a damn good player as well. There is no question that was the better trade for the Hornets. At least NO had an owner now. After they did that Paul should have been locked down until they were sold.

Paul deserves to miss after that flop. JFC.

2 horrible calls in a row against the Clippers.

Lol after screwing the clippers twice they couldnt let a millimeter of foot go?

lol that ref ignored the travel and the clean block.. but boy he sure did have his eye on the line.

Who's this Smegma clown for the Celtics?

rondo with dat SEC speed to close out the game. No big deal. up a game.

Rondo another triple double and another win for the Celtics.

What happened to the Lakers D? It is pretty much non-existent so far.

huh? Game not over yet, but so far, Denver isnt getting many fast breaks or antyhing right now. Still alot of time left though

Metta coming up big. Great to see.

Except he should still be in street clothes for his cheap shot bullshit.

A little higher and he possibly ends a great players career. I can see how that's a feel good story. You're either a troll or a complete piece of shit.

I'm scared of what Westbrook could do to the Lakers next round.

You must be new around here (given your use of "or").

Metta did have a good game. Big difference with him

I'm just worried about reppin my hood.

I'd have a hard time being a Lakers fan with Artest and Bynum. They really don't deserve to wear the jersey. They should be playing for Broolyn reppin their hood and shit.

I've just never paid attention. I guess it should be and....

LAKERSSSSSSSSSSSSS



**** yeah all day, now the haters have nothing to say? Oh wait let me help you "Lakers won't get passed OKC" keep hating.



Lakeshow baby. Black mamba one of the best players to EVER play the game.

What?

OKC in 5

Cant wait until Lakers v Celtics finals again

That's what Artest said when they asked him about the elbow and how he would be greeted in OKC. He's just worried about reppin his hood.

Nope, just a fan of Artest and the Lakers. He more than served his time for the Harden incident and now he's back and doing what he does best for them. I know you don't like him, but that's no reason to lash out at me.

Don't you have some KU threads to troll?

Isn't Kendrick Perkins, aka the biggest douche in the NBA, on the Thunder? LMAO

shoulda coulda but it didnt happen. Its not about a feel good story for Ron, its about a feel good story for Lakers fans. He's a good player, he played how he's supposed too.

Lakers! i dont know if they can get passed OKC, but ill still be cheering for all the players on the Lakers team to do well.

Queens Represent! lol

Ron Artest is a great defender. But hes a low class human being.