NBA Playoffs Thread 2007

[Hopeunited]

I simply cannot contain the excitement.


EASTERN CONFERENCE: (home team in front)

[1] Detroit Pistons vs Orlando Magic [8]
[2] Cleveland Cavaliers vs Washington Wizards [7]
[3] Toronto Raptors vs New Jersey Nets [6]
[5] Chicago Bulls vs Miami Heat [4]

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WESTERN CONFERENCE: (home team in front)

[1] Dallas Mavericks vs Golden State Warriors [8]
[2] Phoenix Suns vs Los Angeles Lakers [7]
[3] San Antonio Spurs vs Denver Nuggets [6]
[5] Houston Rockets vs Utah Jazz [4]

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Lots of interesting first-round match-ups, with the Nets visiting Toronto, the Suns and Lakers' rematch, and Don Nelson going back to Dallas. Party begins on Saturday April the 21st.

 

[Hopeunited]

Prediction time!


EASTERN CONFERENCE:

Detroit Pistons 4-0 Orlando Magic
Cleveland Cavaliers 4-0 Washington Wizards
Toronto Raptors 4-3 New Jersey Nets
Chicago Bulls 2-4 Miami Heat

Detroit Pistons 4-3 Miami Heat
Cleveland Cavaliers 3-4 Toronto Raptors

Detroit Pistons 4-2 Toronto Raptors

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WESTERN CONFERENCE:

Dallas Mavericks 4-1 Golden State Warriors
Phoenix Suns 4-3 Los Angeles Lakers
San Antonio Spurs 4-3 Denver Nuggets
Houston Rockets 4-3 Utah Jazz

Dallas Mavericks 4-1 Houston Rockets
Phoenix Suns 4-2 San Antonio Spurs

Dallas Mavericks 4-3 Phoenix Suns

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I'm being a little biased and optimistic picking the Raptors to go to the Eastern final. I think being the dominant team they have been this season, it should be time that the Mavs will be taking it.

 

[Lonestarr022]

I'm going Cavs vs Mavs in the finals

Dallas is going to win it all in my opinion

 

[$teauA]

 

[Chacarita Juniors]

Cav's/Suns, I hope.

 

[yoyo913]

Predictions:

EASTERN CONFERENCE:

Detroit Pistons 4 - 0 Orlando Magic
Cleveland Cavaliers 4 - 1 Washington Wizards
Toronto Raptors 4 - 3 New Jersey Nets
Chicago Bulls 2 - 4 Miami Heat

Detroit Pistons 4 - 2 Miami Heat
Cleveland Cavaliers 3 - 4 Toronto Raptors

Detroit Pistons 4 - 3 Toronto Raptors

WESTERN CONFERENCE:

Dallas Mavericks 4 - 0 Golden State Warriors
Phoenix Suns 4 - 2 Los Angeles Lakers
San Antonio Spurs 4 - 1 Denver Nuggets
Houston Rockets 3 - 4 Utah Jazz

Dallas Mavericks 4 - 1 Utah
Pheonix Suns 3 - 4 San Antonio Spurs

Dallas Mavericks 4 - 2 San Antonio Spurs

FINALS:

Dallas Mevericks 4 - 2 Detroit Pistons

 

[Áļéאָ]

ah... playoffs. finally about time for some serious action. (unlike the dull and uninteresting regular season)

EAST (Round 1)

1 - Detroit Pistons (53-29) - 4
8 - Orlando Magic (40-42) - 1

4 to nothing looks more reasonable but I think Howard will manage to do something really good in at least one game. Thus 1 mighty win
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2 - Cleveland Cavaliers (50-32) - 4
7 - Washington Wizards (41-41) - 0

Do I need to even make a comment? Washington without Arenas is nothing. They dont stand a chance against any playoff team.
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3 - Toronto Raptors (47-35) - 3
6 - New Jersey Nets (41-41) - 4

Very interesting series. Ill go for experience here. The only thing that makes me have doubts is VC. Is he gonna be able to deliver playing away with the Raptors fans putting pressure on him? Maybe I'm wrong but i have this feeling the fans there are preparing some kind of "special" treatment for him..
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4 - Miami Heat (44-38) - 4
5 - Chicago Bulls (49-33) - 2
Ill go for the champs, just because they are the champs. As long as Shaq and Wade stay away from injuries this time...
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WEST (Round 1)

1 - Dallas Mavericks (67-15) - 4
8 - Golden State Warriors (42-40) - 0

Should be easy this one... Dont think GS can grab a win from Dallas in a playoff series.
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2 - Phoenix Suns (61-21) - 4
7 - Los Angeles Lakers (42-40) - 1

I wanna see the Suns win this year. All they gotta do is outscore every opponent. And they are good at that, arent they
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3 - San Antonio Spurs (58-24) - 3
6 - Denver Nuggets (45-37) - 4

The Answer ftw!!
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4 - Utah Jazz (51-31) - 3
5 - Houston Rockets (52-30) - 4

Ive been watching the Rockets more than any other team this season. The feeling I got tho, is that T-mac cant really push as much. Maybe all those injuries av gotten to him. Dunno if he's only just afraid to push or what. Hope he was just saving him self for the playoffs, and based on that I vote for them. Another + is that this is the best season record the Rockets have had in ages... whatever that means...
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EAST (Round 2)

Detroit Pistons - 3
Miami Heat - 4

Heart of the champ. Im really biased here coz Shaq is my fav. Stay away from injuries!!!
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Cleveland Cavaliers - 4
New Jersey Nets - 3

Thats as far as I can see the Nets going this year...
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WEST (Round 2)

Dallas Mavericks - 4
Houston Rockets - 2
Honestly.. I cant see how they can stop the Mavs...
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Phoenix Suns - 4
Denver Nuggets - 2
...
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EAST (Finals)

Miami Heat - 4
Cleveland Cavaliers - 3
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WEST (Finals)

Dallas Mavericks - 3
Phoenix Suns - 4
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Finals

Phoenix Suns 4
Miami Heat 2

 

[$teauA]

Great start to the Raps - Nets game. The fans are letting VC have it big time, it's great, he's 1-7 so far but Kidd is playing amazing. He already has 8 assists with like 2 minutes to go in the first.

 

[Deisler]

Boy did that croud go blank when VC hit that 3 a minute ago.

Great game so far. Bosh is on the bench with 2 fouls since the first quarter.

 

[Rocky]

YES! We take game one baby.

Jefferson 28 points.

 

[Jacky]

nets 1-0.... it was a weird game.... not very raptor-like.. it's probably that experience factor that those 'experts' are saying...

bargnani looked really nervous out there... he looked lost at times today...

game 2... I hope the raptors will settle themselves

 

[rony31]

that was the best sporting experience ever, so amazing, too bad we lost though, we came back to within 1 point so many times and just couldn't take the lead but ya, we DESTROYED Vince, everytime he got booed he felt the need to take the shot and missed and when he went to the line, it was PRICELESS

Everyone: VC SUCKS! VC SUCKS!
*misses free throw*
Everyone: YAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! VC SUCKS! VC SUCKS!
*makes 2nd free throw*
Me (while its dead silent): YOU STILL SUCK! YOU STILL SUCK!

got a few laughs from my section haha I got some amazing pictures, and just for you Hope, I GOT ONE WITH THE SWIRSK!!! I was standing RIGHT there in front of the Raptors TV table talk thingy, we were absolutely killing it with random chants (VC SUCKS, lets go raptors, Sherminator, "Hello!!" ala Carlos Armstrong, and randomly "JYD" !)

it was so amazing except for the loss though

oh, and I made it onto Yahoo Sports:

haha my shirt ruled, I'm so creative... and evil looking

 

[ShiftyPowers]

Which one are you, and can you hook me up with the girl holding the sign in the front row?

 

[Áļéאָ]

Think its the guy with the vc suck Stewie thing

 

[Rocky]

that was the best sporting experience ever, so amazing, too bad we lost though, we came back to within 1 point so many times and just couldn't take the lead but ya, we DESTROYED Vince, everytime he got booed he felt the need to take the shot and missed and when he went to the line, it was PRICELESS

Everyone: VC SUCKS! VC SUCKS!
*misses free throw*
Everyone: YAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! VC SUCKS! VC SUCKS!
*makes 2nd free throw*
Me (while its dead silent): YOU STILL SUCK! YOU STILL SUCK!

got a few laughs from my section haha I got some amazing pictures, and just for you Hope, I GOT ONE WITH THE SWIRSK!!! I was standing RIGHT there in front of the Raptors TV table talk thingy, we were absolutely killing it with random chants (VC SUCKS, lets go raptors, Sherminator, "Hello!!" ala Carlos Armstrong, and randomly "JYD" !)

it was so amazing except for the loss though

oh, and I made it onto Yahoo Sports:

haha my shirt ruled, I'm so creative... and evil looking

Wow, all that to watch your team lose, that's awesome.

 

[$teauA]

Tough loss for the Raps today. When they made that run deep in the 4th I thought for sure they were gonna take it but the lack of playoff experience showed.

Deng with 33

 

[rony31]

yup, exactly what I said... if it was the regular season, I guarantee we would've won it. but everytime we made a run and made it close, the Nets went on a run of their own and just drained the crowd of all its energy, it was so nerve racking

and Rocky, recede back into whatever swamp you crawled out of.

 

[$teauA]

yup, exactly what I said... if it was the regular season, I guarantee we would've won it. but everytime we made a run and made it close, the Nets went on a run of their own and just drained the crowd of all its energy, it was so nerve racking

and Rocky, recede back into whatever swamp you crawled out of.

btw kudos to the crowd, it was AMAZING

Toronto has some of the best fans in the NBA, no doubt about it. The energy in that building was higher than the other 3 games put together.

 

[rony31]

ya, the whole Red Sea thing was great, except that the Nets were ******* wearing red and I think the Vince factor attributed to the intensity of the crowd for sure... it would still be intense otherwise, but not THAT intense. our fans deserve playoff basketball for what we've gone through the past few seasons and still managing around 18,000 a game

 

[$teauA]

ya, the whole Red Sea thing was great, except that the Nets were ******* wearing red and I think the Vince factor attributed to the intensity of the crowd for sure... it would still be intense otherwise, but not THAT intense. our fans deserve playoff basketball for what we've gone through the past few seasons and still managing around 18,000 a game

I actually hate when teams decide to do that. It was fun for a while but it needs to stop. I enjoy looking at a more colorful diverse crown, I don't want to see everyone dressed exactly the same . It does look better in HD though but in standard definition it can even look like seats sometimes...