Why for is this board so dead? ITS THE PLAYOFFS

It's a loose bunch. After Mickael Pietrus missed two free throws that probably would have won Game 2, he refused to shoot free throws the next day at practice.

"If I practice free throws today, I will think about it tomorrow,' he explained. 'I'm going to go home, play with my puppy, take him to Golden Gate Park and make him happy."

there's always a chance for cleveland, with detroit's history of braeking heart all time in the playoffs. though i can't see them winning a finals against s.a.

i cant see pistons or cavs taking more than 1 game offa spurs

awww goin' to ot and i can't watch! i knew this was a bad week to skip bars!

grrrrrrrrr

omg that was as good a basketball game as i've ever seen

before these last two games i thought the pistons would've had a GRATE shot against the spurs, and i still think they would - they're better than they were in 05 imo and they took san antone to game 7 last time round.

otoh i don't think the cavs could take 1 out of 50 against the spurs. i dont like the way this looks!!!!!!!!

also; jesus christ @ lebron

cankles otm. Seriously LeBron was totally whoa.

LEBRON = GOD

wow that game.

Lebron was so great I had chills

speechless at that GODlike performance

That was amazing. Instant classic. Lebron finally realizing he is unstoppable. A few days ago, someone on the ESPN radio was wondering aloud if maybe this would be James' version of Jordan's series against the Cavs, a moment you can look back on after a player's been canonized and point to and say "there. that's the beginning of the Legend."

all of bron bron's 29 of 30 on this nice clip:

http://broadband.nba.com/cc/playa.php?content=video&url=http://boss.streamos.com/wmedia/nba/nbacom/news/james_zoning_070531.asx

Man, it sad to watch Tayshaun run away from Bron at 00:30 of that clip. yikes. look at that fear, i've never seen that from Prince. crazy.

on the other hand, my guy is playing amazing D at 01:30 of the clip ... and James just hits a fantastic shot. (Chauncey gets right in his face on the very next clip ... and James once again just goes inhuman)

no prince always looks frightened, even when he delivers!

Well, I'm good and surprised by this turn of events. From 0-2 to four in a row and a CLEVELAND finals? So weird.
But can they win more than one against San Antonio? I think i have to keep hating.

What the hell, the Pistons looked horrible last night.

Cavs swept the season series against the Spurs so I'm confident they can win at least one game.

i was just about to say... they managed to win 2 during the regular season, though most people will completely ignore this because the cavs always take a drubbing in the court of public opinion.

anyway.

if i were a pistons fan, i would be irate. wallace showed his true colors, the trademark billups smirk didn't make up for uneven play, and saunders seemed to have abandoned the ship. hamilton and weber were in there fighting, and i ended up feeling quite bad for them by the end.

i only got to see bits and pieces as i was bar hopping and watching a show, but i did see the end and was very upset, but i was already upset with them as soon as they let cleveland win their first game. that just should not be happening and i really hope someday (ideally next season?) they will get it together and stop losing so stupidly in the playoffs every year.

huge mistake to think that this was going to be a rout/sweep. pistons won the first two by the skin of their teeth, and they didn't quite seem to realize that.

Coming off four in a row will give the Cavs a tremendous push into the Finals. On the strength of this alone I think they will pick up two wins and could conceivably win the title, depending on the psychological ebb and flow of the series. The Spurs are a tough nut to crack, but when you have a player playing like Superman, you have a pretty good hammer to crack nuts with.

i can't see the cav's winning a single game. spur's fans, get out the brooms. blech

The Cav kiss of death: Dickie V picked the Cavs in 7.

6335, the Jazz took one from the Spurs, so don't be too quick to yell sweep just yet.

imo the pistons are one of those teams, like the Rockets, that could go pretty far if they had a real coach~

Rockets just got a real coach: Rick Adelman.

Cavs getting humiliated

As expected, of course.

:-\

so torn! i hate spurs! i hate cavs! who to hate more!??

That was almost like NOT watching a basketball game.
Not with a bang, but a whimper.

Can the Cavs sign Tie Domi or Mike Tyson or Chuck Lidell to a 10-day contract so Bowen & Ginobli exit this series shitting through a twisty straw?

David I've been researching your question and the answer appears to be "no".

Anyway, the Cavs have been denied a sweep but they'll still win in 5.

more time for gibson, please.

if last nites game doesnt answer the question posed in this thread title then nothing will

DEATH TO TIM DUNCAN * DEATH TO DAVID STERN

Whatever the question, Gibson is the answer. Also, put Snow on Parker.

no there is no answer to that - also snow is so so awful

Who's this Gibson? I only know of BOOBIE.

you know too well, young leee

"Young"?

http://growabrain.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/young_at_heart.jpg

This Finals will at the very least give Lebron a good excuse for quoting from Shakespeare's Anthony and Cleopatra. For example: "I have immortal longings in me" or perhaps, "I am dying, Egypt! Dying!"

Cavs have got to win one for christ's sake. I think Snow did a good job on Parker last night when he was in but apparently Hughes is playing no matter what.

I thought the Cavs were going to get swept; guess I just had the wrong series.