**2014 Official NBA Playoffs Thread**
Round 1:
EAST: #8 Hawks @ #1 Pacers #7 Bobcats @ #2 Heat #6 Nets @ #3 Raptors #5 Wizards @ #4 Bulls WEST: #8 Mavericks @ #1 Spurs #7 Grizzlies @ #2 Thunder #6 Warriors @ #3 Clippers #5 Blazers @ #4 Rockets |
My Round 1 predictions:
Pacers over Hawks in 5 Heat over Bobcats in 4 Nets over Raptors in 5 Bulls over Wiz in 5 Spurs over Mavs in 5 Thunder over Grizzlies in 6 Clippers over Warriors in 5 Rockets over Blazers in 6 Round 2: Pacers over Bulls in 6 Heat over Nets in 7 Spurs over Rockets in 6 Thunder over Clippers in 7 Conference Finals: Heat over Pacers in 7 Spurs over Thunder in 7 Finals: Spurs over Heat in 7 |
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Someone explain to me playoff matchups. I kind of talked about this in the last thread. Why doesn't the highest seeds play the lowest seed possible after the 1st round?
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I always thought the NHL does it right with the re-seeding (or at least they used to do it right, they've bastardized their format now).
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Go Wizards!
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http://espn.go.com/blog/statsinfo/po...n-nba-playoffs
Clutchest are LeBron, Harden, Parker, and Conley. Least clutch are DeRozan, Wall, Aldridge, and Johnson. |
DeRozan as soft as expected in his first playoff game. Raptors will have to rely on Lowry and Valanciunas to even keep these games close.
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The Nets somehow weren't called for a foul in the 4th quarter, but that can't be any surprise considering who their players are. And really, calls or not, Nets were the better team on the day and got the win they deserved. Raptors have to play much better than that.
Lowry was fine and Valanciunas played great for his first playoff game (17 and 18), but the rest were far too soft (as I expected they might be). They'll be in tough to pick up 2 games now in this series, especially as the refereeing won't get any better going forward. |
Two terrible charge calls. Come on, refs
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Fun game
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CP3
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I can't stand every NBA player whining about not getting a foul called when they drive to the hoop.
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Clippers may end up winning this game and this series, but I don't see them beating a Spurs or a Thunder team without better defense than this.
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Had the Suns made the playoffs I might have jumped on their bandwagon because of the Twins. |
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That looked like it went off Curry's leg on the above angle.
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lol, GO Warriors. **** the Clippers!
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attention Al Bundy
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if the NBA had any balls they should fine/suspend him a game for that. That's basically how the malice in the palace started but reverse, the fan actually had the balls to face Artest when he threw it. (though Artest targeted the wrong fan back)
but since the Malice I thought the NBA took a strong stance against fan/player interaction like this, and he shouldnt get off free for that. |
George and Hibbert didn't even bother showing up for this one.
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Has a #1 ever lost in the first round? Because I could see the Pacers losing this series fairly easy. Not enough offense, their elite defense is pretty much non-existent, and they have some problems inside that locker room.
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They got the #1 seed but they are far from a contender. I guess it is time for the 50th team meeting this season. |
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That was just a hilarious. Calm down, sir. |
The mighty Atlanta Hawks go 38-44 and make the playoffs in the East. The Phoenix Suns go 48-34 in the West and miss playoffs in the West. Know who else is 48-34? The 3 and 4 seeds in the East, Toronto & Chicago. The East is a flippin joke.
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OKC dominating early
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KD (MVP) with the breakaway dunk
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I guess any contest of a Thunder outside shot is an automatic foul now, Jfc
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Refs trying to prevent the comeback.
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He's still fun to watch, but Gasol just isn't quite at the level he was last year right now. Still probably dealing the knee.
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Tony Allen was giving it to Durant that quarter. When he's locked in on defense, he gives Durant as much trouble as anyone. KD is going to get his, but fun to watch that battle.
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That was clearly off Collison's foot. LMAO
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"Foul" on ZBO LMAO
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How in the **** do you call that on Zbo?
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I hate complaining about officials but this is getting ridiculous.
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Foul on Miller? OK, then.
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Comeback looks to be petering out with the help of the refs.
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KCnative will be along shortly to tell you refs never favor certain teams or players.
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So I looked and Houston takes more FT's at 31\game. That is probably due to Harden driving to the lane flopping and hack-a-Dwight
Durant took more FT's than anyone in the league and wasn't close, 805 and 674 was second place. |
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Pacers weren't ready to play like Champs through a whole season. Didn't know how to pace themselves.
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Let's do it, Mavs!!!
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A perfect example is Jordan's blatant "push off" against Utah in the NBA Finals to win it all in the in the last seconds of the game. That gets called an offensive foul if any other player, other than Jordan, does it. One if the absolute worst non-calls in NBA Finals history. Jordan literally pushed the Utah player out of the way, then shoots an uncontested jump shot to win the game and series. It was a good shot, but it doesn't happen if the proper call was made. No way Utah ever gets that call... |
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**** the Spurs. Dirk's back, bitches.
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Stay down, bitch.
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Los Anus.
**** you, Spurs. |
Two lucky ass shots by Timmy
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If you can't stop Tim Duncan, you are a terrible team
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Spurs!
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**** the Mavs. Turning off this series. Epic choke. Terrible jump shots.
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shit piss blargh ass |
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