****OFFICIAL 2013 NBA PLAYOFFS THREAD****

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2012-2013 NBA Champions:

[Pitt Gorilla]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

It's not a slight on Memphis. They're a good team and they'd have deserved to have gone. But let's be real. They beat a pretty immature Clippers team, a banged up Thunder team, and an old Spurs team. It's actually somewhat a commentary about how bad teams in the NBA have been this year... in general. This has to be one of the least talented group of NBA teams I've seen in a while.

With what years are you comparing this? I don't get your point at all.

[ARROW2]

Originally Posted by AdumbGuy

As much as people like to hate on the guy - Iverson was a once in a generation legit superstar. Aaron Mckie and Eric snow were probably the two best players he played with in his prime and still went deep into the playoffs every year.

Melo to me is like a slightly crappier older kobe bryant - gifted scorer that doesn't really make anybody around him better.

Melo is nowhere as skilled as Kobe. That's an insult, Kobe has 5 rings (TWO WITHOUT SHAQ BACK TO BACK!!!!) and is the 4th ALL TIME LEADING SCORER IN NBA HISTORY. Show some ****in respect to the Black Mamba!!!!

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by MIAdragon

Pacers in 6.

If LeBron wasn't playing, that would make some sense, sure.

[KevB]

Missed the game today, life gets in the way sometimes. Only one thing to say ---- Spurs suck.

[AdumbGuy]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

I don't see LeBron ever pulling an MJ. It's just not his nature. He might go on a tear because he's good at basketball, but not because he was motivated by comments from a guy like Vogel.

If you made that comment to MJ, he would demand the ball, dominate the game, then glare at Vogel. That's not what LeBron does and I don't think he develops that this late in his career.

Nothing to see here, really. LeBron isn't going to play any different, better or worse, because of comments Vogel made. I do agree it was stupid to say it, though. Possibly because Vogel knows LeBron isn't going to up his game based on comments, but he has at times pressed too hard to try to prove himself.

There's definitely such a thing as angry lebron. He's making increasingly fewer appearances, but angry lebron exists and holy shit, is it a sight to behold (for reference, please watch Lebron's original return to cleveland, lebron vs. boston, lebron vs. the detroit pistons, or oddly enough lebron vs. richard jefferson)

[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by Pitt Gorilla

With what years are you comparing this? I don't get your point at all.

Memphis is a good team. They are not a team that dominated as OKC did last year or Miami this year. They are a decent team to make it to the Finals. I am just pointing out that given the strength of teams Miami had to plow through to get there, it's a very underwhelming finals opponent. I think they are a reasonable team to play if you had a challenging run to get there.

[DaKCMan AP]

Beat the Heat Four Times? Good Luck With That... .

The Miami Heat are eight wins away from repeating as NBA champions, so there's plenty of time to debate whether LeBron James could beat the "Space Jam" Monstars by himself. In the meantime, here's a simple reason why it's ridiculous to expect anything other than a Heat romp: Miami would have to lose four times in seven games. This is a problem for the rest of the NBA because the Heat have just three losses in their last 48 games—the longest run without four losses in league history, according to Stats LLC.

Miami entered the playoffs having won 37 of 39, including 27 straight at one point, and is 8-1 so far in the postseason. Chicago beat the Heat twice in that span, once in the playoffs, but Miami rolled off four straight to eliminate the Bulls last week. The Knicks also beat the Heat on April 2—except James and Wade didn't play.

The Heat's streak is just as outrageous in the context of other sports. Hockey is most comparable to basketball in terms of playoff structure, and Miami's run is longer than any NHL team's in more than 30 years. The 1906 Chicago Cubs' stretch of 42 games without four losses is MLB's best since 1900.

This Heat wave has even topped Michael Jordan's run with the Bulls in 1996, when Chicago finished with a 72-10 record. That team went only 44 games without losing four times.

—Ben Cohen

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...?mod=djemITP_h

[ChiefsCountry]

Originally Posted by DaKCMan AP

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...?mod=djemITP_h

Back to Back for Bron and #3 for Wade.

[lcarus]

Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry

Back to Back for Bron and #3 for Wade.

Oh. Great.....

[KC native]

Originally Posted by DaKCMan AP

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...?mod=djemITP_h

Reversion to the mean

Trends don't carry on in perpetuity. Your salty tears will be awesome.

[KC native]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

Memphis is a good team. They are not a team that dominated as OKC did last year or Miami this year. They are a decent team to make it to the Finals. I am just pointing out that given the strength of teams Miami had to plow through to get there, it's a very underwhelming finals opponent. I think they are a reasonable team to play if you had a challenging run to get there.

Are you serious? The East is garbage outside of the Pacers and Miami.

The West had at least 3 teams capable of making the finals (OKC, Memphis, and SA).

[DaKCMan AP]

Originally Posted by KC native

Are you serious? The East is garbage outside of the Pacers and Miami.

The West had at least 3 teams capable of losing the finals (OKC, Memphis, and SA).

FYP

[GoChargers]

Vinny Del Dumbass finally got fired.

[DaKCMan AP]

Originally Posted by GoChargers

Vinny Del Dumbass finally got fired.

Technically, his contract didn't get renewed.

[Deberg_1990]

NBA draft lottery!