The 2006 NBA Playoffs thread

[Pratters]

First games are tomorrow. Anyone getting coverage outside USA?

ESPN-Star cover them in India.

 

[GotSpin]

What was it like, 115 Degrees ? Seriously only indian girl that can be called hot is 'Aishwarya Rai' and she aint cheerleading for the miami boys.

Those chicks in them Indian movies are preety hot..

 

[Dravid]

Anyone wanna take a guess on who will be MVP this year?

I think the award will go to Kobe. He single handed took the Lakers to the playoffs, scoring the leading points in every single game for the Lakers. I wouldn't have given the award to Kobe if he didn't get Lakers to the playoffs, but not that he did..he deserves it.

 

[pinchy81]

i will go for garrnett cause he's my fav and i'll go for kobe for the reasons you said

 

[Buddhmaster]

It'll be Kobe. He's been averaging maybe 30 points a game, and has put in a fair few match winning efforts, most notably the 81 point game. Iverson and Lebron would be up there.

 

[Dravid]

Todays Game:


Washington at Cleveland
Sacremento at San Antonio
Chicago at Miami
Dever at Clippers

 

[Sanz]

Those chicks in them Indian movies are preety hot..

So they may be, but I was talking about Indian girls, not 'Chickens'.

 

[Sanz]

Todays Game:


Washington at Cleveland
Sacremento at San Antonio
Chicago at Miami
Dever at Clippers

My picks for today's games :-

a. Cleavland
b. Sacramento
c. Chicago
d. Denver

 

[PY]

I used to be Indiana Pacers in NBA Jam because they had the best 3-point ratings out of all of them.

That is all I have to say about basketball.

 

[Dravid]

Sacramento just got their butt kicked...they lost by 34 points!!!

 

[pinchy81]

Todays Game:


Washington at Cleveland
Sacremento at San Antonio
Chicago at Miami
Dever at Clippers

my picks:

Wizards
Miami
Denver

 

[pinchy81]

Sacramento just got their butt kicked...they lost by 34 points!!!

good

 

[pinchy81]

other results were heat, clippers and the cavs won

 

[Dravid]

Todays games:

Pacers at Nets
Lakers at Suns
Bucks at Pistons
Grizzlies at Mavericks

my picks
Nets
Lakers
Pistons
Mavericks

 

[Goughy]

Also anyone else fancy Lakers chances to get past Suns in the first round due to no Amare? I think it should be a very close contest

Well they have already lost the 1st game as I write this, but I would have given them no hope to start with.

Suns in 5 games.

BTW Im supporting Dallas. Dirk is on fire and potentially the most difficult player to guard in the league. Matchup problems for everyone and Avery is doing a great coaching job.

 

[Anil]

lakers lose to the suns no surprise there...nets lose to the pacers definite surprise....

 

[pinchy81]

Todays games:

Pacers at Nets
Lakers at Suns
Bucks at Pistons
Grizzlies at Mavericks

my picks
Nets
Lakers
Pistons
Mavericks

my picks:
Pacers
Suns
Pistons
Mavericks

 

[Dravid]

Carter didn't have that good of a nit..neither did the nets...nd kobe didnt either..nd neither did the lakers

 

[Anil]

Carter didn't have that good of a nit..neither did the nets...nd kobe didnt either..nd neither did the lakers

the difference between carter having a big night and kobe having a big night is significant....even if carter has a big night, kidd will still spread the ball around and make sure that jefferson and krstic and robinson and some of the others will get their shots and so it will still be an all-round effort and the nets will beat you big...while when kobe has a monster night(35-40 shots), more often than not, with the possible exception of odom, it means that the other lakers are ice-cold(parker, brown, mimh, george et al) and their opponents especially a strong team like the suns can still beat them handily....to some extent odom fulfils the role of a nash or a kidd in distributing the ball to his teammates but not nearly enough and kobe as the guard has the ability but is just not doing it enough...

 

[Hoggy31]

Good to see Detriot and the Clippers get up.