NBA SEASON STARTS NOW!!!

Skate4RnR · Post by **Skate4RnR** » Sun May 15, 2011 7:30 pm

The teams I wanted to win won today.

grishnak boss · Post by **grishnak boss** » Sun May 15, 2011 9:12 pm

THE FUCK, CHICAGO PLAYED VERY WELL...

We’ve never seen anything like the pairing of James and Wade. It’s better than Jordan and Pippen.

We’ve also never seen anything like James, Wade and Bo’s supporting cast. Mario Chalmers, Mike Bibby, Joel Anthony, Juwan Howard, James Jones, Eddie House, Mike Miller, Zydrunas Ilgauskas and coach Erik Spoelstra might be a nine seed in the NCAA tournament.

johnk5150 · Post by **johnk5150** » Mon May 16, 2011 5:40 am

Bosh had the quietest 30 points in conference championship history.

LAglamrocker · Post by **LAglamrocker** » Mon May 16, 2011 8:33 am

Bulls do the NBA a huge favor, beat Miami 3 more times please

looking forward to cryng Queen James to cap off another NBA season

would love to see OKC vs Bulls. OKC would get beat in 5. At least watching the games would be entertaining.

Like the Bulls in every finals with 23, i was for the other team!

grishnak boss · Post by **grishnak boss** » Mon May 16, 2011 2:05 pm

THE REASON WHY GASOL WAS DISTRACTED AND PLAYED BELOW PAR

Machado · Post by **Machado** » Mon May 16, 2011 2:06 pm

the man is soft on the court.
he let his team down and the laker fans.

aceshigh · Post by **aceshigh** » Mon May 16, 2011 2:54 pm

Let's go BULLS!!!

Make Miami cry again.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=A ... me1_051611

johnk5150 · Post by **johnk5150** » Tue May 17, 2011 3:54 am

grishnak boss wrote:

THE REASON WHY GASOL WAS DISTRACTED AND PLAYED BELOW PAR

It is a nice Range Rover

Subhuman Yeti · Post by **Subhuman Yeti** » Tue May 17, 2011 1:06 pm

The fact he's now infamously fucking only 1 broad proves he really didn't deserve to be a champion again.

His season and post season defense was still lazy losing fucking stupid bullshit.

I'd send his fucking lazy ass to a shitty team in a city back east that fucking sucks. It's definitely not hard to find one...

LAglamrocker · Post by **LAglamrocker** » Tue May 17, 2011 3:28 pm

thats a type of gal you get when you lose in the 2nd round

not a big deal, next season he will have a 10, to be with..3rd ring for him in 2012

johnk5150 · Post by **johnk5150** » Wed May 18, 2011 5:35 am

In 91 other games LeBro/Wade both failed to score 20 points once before Sunday. Odds are that won't happen again.

johnk5150 · Post by **johnk5150** » Wed May 18, 2011 7:57 am

The 3 cities with the highest rating for Bulls/Miami on Sunday in order?

Chicago
Miami
Cleveland

I wonder why.

Subhuman Yeti · Post by **Subhuman Yeti** » Thu May 19, 2011 3:53 pm

Cleveland

I wonder why.

STUPIDITY

Skate4RnR · Post by **Skate4RnR** » Thu May 19, 2011 4:12 pm

AIDS-ness.

Skate4RnR · Post by **Skate4RnR** » Thu May 19, 2011 8:05 pm

LAglamrocker wrote:thats a type of gal you get when you lose in the 2nd round

not a big deal, next season he will have a 10, to be with..3rd ring for him in 2012

TRUE! Because you've been right about everything else.

Start watching NBA basketball, it'll help shitlip.

johnk5150 · Post by **johnk5150** » Sat May 21, 2011 4:33 am

If Dirk winds up with a ring does he jump into top ten all-time? There's never been a player like him.

Skate4RnR · Post by **Skate4RnR** » Sat May 21, 2011 7:49 am

johnk5150 wrote:If Dirk winds up with a ring does he jump into top ten all-time? There's never been a player like him.

It should definitely be discussed. I think he's really not talked about as much as he should be strictly because his shots lack any aesthetic beauty. He looks jerky out of control but that's not the way it really is.

johnk5150 · Post by **johnk5150** » Mon May 23, 2011 5:56 am

Can someone please ask Thibodeau in the next press conference why Boozer played so much in crunch time in game 2 and 3 when removing him for Gibson worked so fucking well in game 1?

Boozer is nothing more than a fucking turnstile with a really nice beard.

grishnak boss · Post by **grishnak boss** » Mon May 23, 2011 6:10 am

grishnak boss · Post by **grishnak boss** » Mon May 23, 2011 6:18 am

THE BULLS ARE PLAYING WITH FEAR OF LEBRON

johnk5150 · Post by **johnk5150** » Mon May 23, 2011 6:53 am

grishnak boss wrote:THE BULLS ARE PLAYING WITH FEAR OF LEBRON

In order of importance why the Bulls clammed up and went away at the end of games one and two,

1) Their MVP isn't playing like an MVP

I hate Kyle Korver.

Rev.Sweetchops · Post by **Rev.Sweetchops** » Mon May 23, 2011 9:47 am

Rose needs a "Pippen"...he can't do it all by himself.

johnk5150 · Post by **johnk5150** » Mon May 23, 2011 9:50 am

Rev.Sweetchops wrote:Rose needs a "Pippen"...he can't do it all by himself.

Jordan had a Pippen for years before they won. It's a team effort and they ain't gettin' it from anyone at this point.

grishnak boss · Post by **grishnak boss** » Mon May 23, 2011 1:23 pm

After two consecutive wins over the Chicago Bulls, not only have the Miami Heat proven that they are capable of beating the Bulls after losing to them three times in the regular season, but they are also only six wins away from winning their second championship in franchise history and finally putting the constant criticism to bed once and for all.

LeBron James led the charge in Game 2 with 29 points, but it was Chris Bosh once again with a big game to help the Heat pull out a win. Bosh finished with a near-career postseason high of 34 points in Game 3 only two games after he scored 30 in a Game 1 loss. These impressive numbers coincidentally came after the Bulls' Carlos Boozer claimed that the Heat only had two great players prior to the start of the series.

Miami has this conference finals series going exactly to plan after stealing a game on the road and then winning the first of consecutive home games. The Heat improved to 7-0 at home after the 96-85 Game 3 victory and are now only two more home wins away from advancing to the Finals, where they would take on either Kevin Durant and the upstart Oklahoma City Thunder or Dirk Nowitzki and the multidimensional Dallas Mavericks.

Nearly every member of the team has been getting in on the act of helping this team pull out victories in its past two playoff games, with the big three getting support from players that they didn't expect to step up this deep into the postseason.

After his first game back, where he scored 13 points in Game 2, Udonis Haslem finished with eight points and four rebounds in Game 3 off the bench. Those are consistent numbers that the Heat have been waiting for all season to come off the pine, and it only makes the team more well rounded now that it can look forward to some production off the bench to go along with the big three's already inflated numbers.

Speaking of those big numbers, Miami has been getting solid production from its big three all postseason long. Bosh is beginning to pick up the pace after two of his best postseason games, Dwyane Wade is having another solid campaign on both sides of the ball as a team leader, and LeBron James is leading the Heat in nearly every statistical category at 25 points, nine rebounds and five assists.

Without a doubt, James deserves plenty of credit for the Heat's playoff run. He was huge against the Boston Celtics in Games 4 and 5 with clutch baskets to secure a series win and also helped lead the Heat to a victory in Game 2 in Chicago, where the Bulls had only lost five out of 41 games during the regular season.

LeBron is going harder than ever at a championship, and this is the best team he's ever been a part of, making the chances of winning it all the better. James' sole purpose for departing Cleveland over the past offseason and joining Miami was to secure his first title, and game after game he is proving why he deserves it and how no one can seemingly step in his path of completing this objective.

Andre Iguodala wasn't able to stop him.

Paul Pierce's effort was hardly noticeable.

Luol Deng and the MVP? They'll need to put some more pressure on James and the rest of this Heat team if they want to make this series a bit more competitive.

LeBron isn't having his usual postseason averages of over 29 points, eight rebounds and seven assists per game, but he is doing something much more important: willing his team to victories. Over the past few games, James has been able to lift the Heat during clutch moments late in games, where he has usually wilted in the past. His late-game play is far different from the regular season, where he was criticized in nearly every close loss for not being able to lead the team to a win.

Apparently he was saving it all for the postseason. I'm not sure if it was the best plan, but it's working now, and I'm certainly not going to argue over it.

James is as close to the title as he's been since 2007, when he made it that far for the first and only time in his career. He went six games with the Orlando Magic in the 2009 Eastern Conference finals but was never in control of the series like he is now against the Bulls. He didn't even make it past the conference semis last year, falling in six games to the same Celtics team he just beat in five games.

LeBron joined Miami for the purpose of those failures. He wanted to take his talents to South Beach to have teammates that would help support him in his endeavors of solidifying his spot in the Hall of Fame and helping him to his first championship. That dream that he envisioned during the Heat's summer celebration is now nearly becoming a reality, as only six wins separate James from the title.

How would we look at James if he actually did win a title in his first season with Miami? Would we love him or hate him more? Would we begin to give him the respect that he's deserved throughout the season? James has warranted enough criticism over the course of the regular season and even in this postseason and is now only a few wins away from an easy, quiet summer.

People already claim James to be not only one of the best players in the league, but also one of the best in the history of the game. His unheralded athleticism is unmatched by any other player that has played the game, and the progress he has made in only eight years, and only at 26 years old, is the type of progress you see from only the greatest of players.

LeBron already has two MVPs, made it onto seven All-Star teams, five All-NBA first teams, one All-NBA second team and three All-Defensive teams and has led the league in scoring for one season. James also led the Cavaliers to back-to-back 60-plus-win seasons and also led the team to its first championship appearance in franchise history in 2007.

With a résumé like this, all James is missing is a title. LeBron certainly has the accolades and the overall game to be considered one of the best players in league history but would only reassure himself a spot near the top with a title. The championship has been the only accolade eluding James over the past eight seasons, and it could be a guarantee if he and the rest of this Heat team can keep up at the pace they're going.

Say LeBron were to have a ring on his finger by the end of June. Put aside all your hatred for the guy and your overall disdain for him leaving Cleveland, no matter how badly you think it was the wrong move, and try to consider if James is truly qualified to be recognized as one of the greatest. He certainly has the accolades and the game, so why can't he be?

He would still only have one ring if he does secure it this season, but he would have that one ring and break the ice. With that one championship in tow and the possibility of an improved and healthy roster for next season, we could look forward to James and the Heat performing the feat of winning multiple titles.

If James can fulfill his words and win those five-plus titles, there is no doubt that LeBron would be recognized as one of the best to play the game. He has the stats, the awards and possibly the ring(s) to solidify himself as one of the greatest. With a title this year, LeBron's legacy at the top of the NBA has only begun.

Maybe throw in a few more MVPs, and then it really wouldn't be fair.

Rainbow Bright · Post by **Rainbow Bright** » Mon May 23, 2011 2:53 pm

johnk5150 wrote:
grishnak boss wrote:THE BULLS ARE PLAYING WITH FEAR OF LEBRON
In order of importance why the Bulls clammed up and went away at the end of games one and two,

1) Their MVP isn't playing like an MVP

I hate Kyle Korver.

His Fairy defense is about as bad as the Ole! D you see on occasion.
Game 4 they even the series...at least I hope.

Rainbow Bright · Post by **Rainbow Bright** » Mon May 23, 2011 4:00 pm

Oh shit. We just fired Rich Cho. Rumor is because he wanted to suspend and possibly unload Brandon Roy.

Subhuman Yeti · Post by **Subhuman Yeti** » Mon May 23, 2011 4:36 pm

James deserves some shit for the Heat's playoff run, because he's still a fucking asshole.

grishnak boss · Post by **grishnak boss** » Wed May 25, 2011 6:24 am

America’s worst sporting nightmare is coming true. Deal with it, haters, doubters, Clevelanders and others.

The Miami Heat is as good as most of the rest of the country feared it might be last summer when LeBron James and Chris Bosh teamed with Dwyane Wade.

The Heat is as good as South Florida hoped it would be during that arena welcome for the Big 3 – the bombastic night that apparently proved so off-putting to many of you but felt so damned right and wonderful to us.

You know what that celebration is turning out to be, by the way?

Justified.

Premature, sure, but also prescient.

That is how it all looks now.

That is how it all looks after Tuesday night.

The Heat met a Chicago Bulls team that could not have been any more desperate to win, but Miami said no as the downtown bayside arena ultimately rocked and swayed.

Chicago, playing ferocious defense, starving to win, led entering the fourth quarter. It still wasn’t enough.

Miami would win, 101-93 in overtime, and the result hugely turned these Eastern Conference finals for a Heat team now up 3-1. The result crushed Bulls fans’ realistic hopes while lifting Heat fans closer than ever to the championship team they have imagined since last summer.

That the game was taut, tense and so, so nerve-wrackingly close made the Heat’s tenacious triumph all the more impressive, and the loss devastating to the Bulls. For Miami the game was huge. For Chicago it was bigger. Much. It was all but must-win.

LeBron stood tallest with 35 points and suffocating late defense that wilted Chicago’s Derrick Rose. Chris Bosh added 22 points and Mike Miller came alive with 12 important points. Dwyane Wade, struggling with his shot all night, would score only 14, but six came in overtime.

Miami in seasons past would not have survived a 14-point playoff game by Wade, but James and Bosh have helped rewrite the survival guide.

James, seemingly impervious to fatigue, played almost 50 minutes and still seemed fresh late when the Bulls were sagging.

Does James ever show fatigue?

“If he does show it to me, I ignore him,” kidded coach Erik Spoelstra.

James deflected the spotlight, simply calling Tuesday, “A great win. A great defensive team win.”

The Bulls, the team with the best regular-season record in the NBA, were fighting for their playoff lives.

The Heat said no. Not here came the statement, not where Miami is now 8-0 in this postseason, the only unbeaten home team in these playoffs.

Bosh was asked earlier this week if he could recall the last home loss.

“No I can’t,” he replied after a pause.

Miami has not lost at the bayside arena since April 6. And an end to that streak Tuesday would have been, to paraphrase TNT’s Charles Barkley, “turrrible” timing. All at once, Heat fans who expected to be howling, “Oh yeah!” would have been left to mutter, “Uh oh” had Miami lost this game.

grishnak boss · Post by **grishnak boss** » Wed May 25, 2011 6:28 am

The Chicago Bulls hadn’t lost three consecutive games all season, so after dropping two straight to the Miami Heat it wasn’t a surprise that they held a five-point lead heading into the fourth quarter of Game 4. The Bulls, however, couldn’t handle the Heat or their defensive pressure when it counted and now face a 3-1 deficit in the Eastern Conference Finals.

After outscoring the Bulls by 13 points in the fourth quarter and overtime, the Heat improved to 5-0 all-time in overtime playoff games.

LeBron James led all scorers with 35 points, including 23 after halftime. James shifted roles from a facilitator in Game 3 (13 field goal attempts, 11 assists) to an aggressive scorer in Game 4. He attempted a field goal or drew a shooting foul on 43 percent of the possessions in which he had a touch on Tuesday, after shooting or drawing a shooting foul on just 25 percent of the possessions that he had a touch in Game 3.

James’ 35 points were a big reason for the Heat’s success, but it was his defensive pressure against Bulls star Derrick Rose that may have been the key to victory.

Derrick Rose In 4th Quarter & OT
This Postseason
PPG FG Pct 3-pt FG pct
vs IND 7.2 45.0 16.7
vs ATL 9.3 53.5 42.9
vs MIA 4.0 21.1<< 0.0<<
>>1-8 FG, 0-3 3-pt FG in Game 4
Without a true point guard on the floor for most of the fourth quarter and overtime, James took over as Miami’s primary defender on Rose despite guarding him on just two plays in the first three games of the series. Over the final 10 minutes of play, Rose was 0-for-4 against James, including misses on Chicago’s final two shots in regulation with the score tied.

Rose is now 1-for-11 when guarded by James this season including the playoffs.

Rose has actually struggled late against the entire Heat team. The 2011 MVP has not made a 3-pointer after the third quarter in this series and is shooting just 21 percent in the fourth and overtime this series.

In pressure situations like when the shot clock shows four seconds or fewer, Rose is 0-for-13 this series including 0-for-6 in Game 4.

The series now shifts back to Chicago, where the Bulls are 6-2 this postseason. However, history is not on the Bulls side. Teams up 3-1 in best-of-seven series have gone on to win the series 96 percent of the time. The last team to come back from down 3-1 in a Conference Finals series was the Boston Celtics in 1981 against the Philadelphia 76ers.

johnk5150 · Post by **johnk5150** » Wed May 25, 2011 7:42 am

grishnak boss wrote:The Chicago Bulls hadn’t lost three consecutive games all season, so after dropping two straight to the Miami Heat it wasn’t a surprise that they held a five-point lead heading into the fourth quarter of Game 4.

If I see Korver and Boozer on the court at the same time tomorrow night I'm going to find out where Thibodeau lives.

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