that was a great game, glad celtics pulled it out for me... that series could be 2-0 either way.

Have to admit Carmelo played awesome, you gotta wonder where that mentality is every game.

Also, why is he hitting so many threes in New York? Overall his numbers are down a little across the board except 3 pointers he's shooting lights out since the trade.

4/19/2011 9:55:02 PM

This is his first time playing with a dominant big man.

4/19/2011 9:56:35 PM

yeah but Amare didnt even play in the 2nd half

4/19/2011 9:58:54 PM

pullin' for Gerald Wallace and the Blazers

4/19/2011 10:39:24 PM

^

4/19/2011 10:40:26 PM

pullin' for Nate McMillan and the Blazers

[Edited on April 19, 2011 at 10:44 PM. Reason : Wallace is fun to watch, though. I hate the Bobcats' front office.]

4/19/2011 10:42:54 PM

correct answer:

pullin for Gerald Wallace and Nate McMillan and the Blazers

4/19/2011 10:47:36 PM

^

[Edited on April 19, 2011 at 10:49 PM. Reason : no love for Tyson Chandler? ha]

4/19/2011 10:48:44 PM

What did I do to deserve this?

4/19/2011 11:32:37 PM

win an NCAA tournament?

4/19/2011 11:33:18 PM

Yeah, true. But my pro teams know nothing but NC State shit.

4/19/2011 11:34:38 PM

if i were you i'd look at the silver lining...you nearly won the game on the road @Boston with 2 of your big 3 players out for part or all of the game...this isnt going to be some 4-0 sweep even though i still think the Celtics are the best team in the east

4/19/2011 11:37:43 PM

Yeah, well Knicks fans have been waiting a decade for a chance to really believe. Stealing one of those would have been huge for the NYC fans. Hoping we can pull game 3 to make this a series but the Celts are just cold blooded.

4/19/2011 11:39:56 PM

at least Melo showed up

4/19/2011 11:41:02 PM

Matt Devlin continues to do his best Gus Johnson

4/19/2011 11:55:15 PM

Jason Kidd is going to vomit all over the court

4/19/2011 11:57:37 PM

David Wesley needs to bust out of the stands and headbutt him

4/19/2011 11:58:44 PM

or challenge him to a race down Tyvola Rd.

4/20/2011 12:02:15 AM

Celtics are the 5th best team in the east and I'm not even one of those haters that thinks they are too old...

4/20/2011 12:02:43 AM

But they are too old also

4/20/2011 12:15:30 AM

i think Boston is the best team in the East

4/20/2011 12:16:23 AM

They aren't too old. Having three great old players and a really good young player is sitll a strong lineup. Their problem is the loss of perkins. His big body was a key to not only their defense but their offense with big screens.

[Edited on April 20, 2011 at 1:21 AM. Reason : also the backup pg delonte west is nto as good as having nate robinson and daniels]

4/20/2011 1:00:50 AM

I bet Matt Devlin tries to get Kevin McHale to hang out with him between games



Hey, wanna get some grub? Red Lobster, my treat!

4/20/2011 9:13:56 AM

I feel sorry for New York. Second game in a row they had the game in their hands.

4/20/2011 9:49:09 AM

i dont

4/20/2011 9:59:36 AM

Rondo can't do that every game.

Boston needs to bring back Cassell and his legendary personal stretcher.

4/20/2011 11:10:51 AM

State players in the NBA thread was old, but ouch

From Hollinger

Quote :

"First, Josh Powell came in, after he mystifyingly was left activated while Etan Thomas didn't dress. (True story: I was talking to two NBA front-office types before a game this month and we were trying to come up with the worst player in the league. Without any prodding from me, both of them nominated Powell.)"

4/20/2011 2:36:21 PM

Part of me wants to know what that guy's left hand is stretching, but most of me doesn't

4/20/2011 2:37:08 PM

^^ Damn that seems a little far fetched, but brutal none the less.

4/20/2011 3:41:29 PM

gets my vote as worst player in the NBA

4/20/2011 3:48:11 PM

yeah powell really fell off last year. He was never productive at all really, but after last season the Lakers had to get rid of him even though he was butt buddies with Kobe.

This was likely his last season in the league unless he works his ass off during the lockout and hopes everyone else shows up looking like Shawn Kemp did last time.


Who ate Shawn Kemp?


[Edited on April 20, 2011 at 6:25 PM. Reason : I ate my ten babies out of wedlock]

4/20/2011 6:22:53 PM

I think LA shows up pissed off tonight and wins by 15+

4/20/2011 10:02:52 PM

Chris Paul will be distracted because he wants to play for the Bobcats

4/20/2011 11:00:52 PM

how long until Harden is a starter?

or will he have to find a new team?

4/20/2011 11:13:39 PM

the answer lies in his beard, behind the lost curly fries

4/20/2011 11:17:37 PM

I heard on the radio the other day that Blake has the Chicken Pox and three other Lakers have never had them, including Kobe and Bynum

kinda surprised to see him playing or near Kobe and Bynum

4/20/2011 11:30:19 PM

is Okafor's job just to take up space and draw fouls? seems like that's all he does these days

4/21/2011 12:02:53 AM

that last play was kind of like a weak version of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3X274lz3wY

4/21/2011 12:12:47 AM

lol "unless Miami's busdriver runs off the road"

also the fact that Bernie Bickerstaff is Nate McMillan's top assistant coach is just one more reason to jump on the Blazers bandwagon

[Edited on April 21, 2011 at 10:52 PM. Reason : Coach Bickerstaff?]

4/21/2011 10:41:13 PM

does the nba use a wider net than college? it seems like it's frozen in time on 90% of made shots

4/22/2011 12:17:50 AM

they just shoot well enough to miss the net more

4/22/2011 12:22:05 AM

bodog's live sports betting is wildly addictive for the playoffs.

4/22/2011 1:23:54 AM

NBA's best "I didn't foul" faces:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/1104/nba.foul.face/content.1.html?eref=sihp

4/23/2011 12:05:27 AM

4/23/2011 12:13:58 AM

The E Man

Quote :

"Celtics are the 5th best team in the east and I'm not even one of those haters that thinks they are too old..."

Can you please tell me the 4 teams in the East that are better than they are?

Because right now, I am seeing a veteran group of guys that knows how to win close games. I am also watching a team that is 7-1 in playoff series with the "Big 3" healthy, which they are (and they could very well be 8-0).

I can see how people could put the Bulls and Heat in front of the Celtics, but who the fuck else are you arguing? The Knicks?? The Hawks?? The Magic?? Really??

[Edited on April 23, 2011 at 1:03 AM. Reason : 4]

4/23/2011 1:03:35 AM

Quote :

"I am also watching a team that is 7-1 in playoff series with the "Big 3" healthy, which they are (and they could very well be 8-0). "

No they aren't. That was a different team. Perkins is gone and the bench is weaker. They have been an average team since the trade.

Quote :

"Can you please tell me the 4 teams in the East that are better than they are?"

-locks
Chicago
Miami
-probably
atlanta
orlando
new york with amare and chauncey.

This celtics team barely beat the knicks without their 2nd and 3rd best players. You're going to rely on some bullshit calls to beat a team with no pg and no post presence at the last second at home? Heat in 5.

4/23/2011 1:19:43 AM

Quote :

"-locks Chicago Miami -probably atlanta orlando new york with amare and chauncey. "

Celtics record this year:

- vs. Heat: 3-1
- vs. Bulls: 2-2
- vs. Knicks: 4-0 (7-0 if you count the playoffs lol)
- vs. Hawks: 2-1
- vs. Magic: 2-1

in summary, you are retarded

in fact, you deserve a 1 week ban from Sports Talk for even suggesting a team who is 0-7 against Boston this year is better than Boston

4/23/2011 3:30:52 AM

God damnit TreeTwista10, there you go again letting actual facts get in the way of The E Man's twisted reality.

It's no secret that their supporting cast isn't the same as it was in their championship or runner-up years. But I doubt, in the history of the entire NBA, that a team has has the same playoff line-up in consecutive years. It's a pretty solid argument that the bench was better in previous years, but that doesn't mean this years Celtics aren't also a great team.

This reminds me so much of last year. Everyone wrote off the Celtics in the playoffs because of a poor finish to the regular season, but they came within one game of a championship, and in all actuality, should have won it. It is very possible that they won't repeat that feat, but to suggest that they are #5 in their conference is about the dumbest thing I have seen in Sports Talk in a while.

[Edited on April 23, 2011 at 8:05 AM. Reason : q]

4/23/2011 8:05:06 AM

Celtics went 15-11 after the trade. You obviously are not using logic counting games against the knicks with two of their top players out as reasons they are better than the knicks. How many NBA teams can muster 3 point wins against a team with no pg, no post presence and 1 scorer on the court? AT HOME

I did not write the celtics off last year because they were clearly the best team in the east. This year they are the big 4 and thats it. They don't have the same defense either. KG was getting absolutely abused inside game 1 before the injuries. The celtics are a great team. Too bad the heat are greater(and the heat aren't even THAT great.)

If you're going to call me stupid for not taking into the account the probability of billups and amare going out after game one then fine, you win.

4/23/2011 9:53:46 AM

So what you're saying is, that a team takes some time to adjust to its new players after a big trade. That's interesting.

It's almost like the exact same thing happened to the Heat earlier in the season.

4/23/2011 1:09:43 PM