Official 2012/2013 NBA Season

Originally posted by sideways99 ^ No one should EVER give himself a nickname, a nickname MUST come from someone else. WOW... Way of Wade?  Seriously Dwyane?  Even teammate King Lebron dismissed this, must have been a humbling experience for Dwyane.

^Not when he gave himself a nickname like that!

^It's odd, because overall, compared to other future hall of fame, multiple-ring superstar, flashy dressers, I find Wade to be generally humble.

Originally posted by humblerooster Originally posted by rurchan Kareem Abdul Jabbar put on twitter that Memphis would take the whole thing. I hope he's right cuz I don't want the Heat to win. Something about Wade rubs me the wrong way You're not the only one. I get the same feeling about Wade. I just think that he misses the spot light. Remember when he tried to make a "cool" nickname for himself. WOW didn't catch on at all.

 strong opener for the spurs but i still think memphis can take this series. spurs arent going to shoot like that every game and z bo is going to score more than 2 points...  

Originally posted by rurchan Kareem Abdul Jabbar put on twitter that Memphis would take the whole thing. I hope he's right cuz I don't want the Heat to win. Something about Wade rubs me the wrong way

You're not the only one. I get the same feeling about Wade. I just think that he misses the spot light. Remember when he tried to make a "cool" nickname for himself. WOW didn't catch on at all.

Originally posted by Von44 Can Melo be more of a hog? He's scored half of the teams points so far.

Pacers are really the only team in the east to compete with the Heat. But their FT% needs to improve if they're to have any chance.

Originally posted by Von44 Can Melo be more of a hog? He's scored half of the teams points so far.

Glad the Knicks lost. Pacers should've wore black suits in the beginning.

i think the grizz will take the next round.

knicks are going to have a hard time today back at indy. if hill still isnt cleared to play i think they could scrape through with another one but if hes in, i think its all over.

I think spurs/grizz will be better than knicks. Without melo, it seems like that team is dead also

The Warriors had a great run and had a better season than most people expected before it started. They have a bunch of young budding stars that can only get better with experience: Steph, Clay, and Harrison. With a healthy David Lee next season, they'll be interesting in the playoffs again.

Originally posted by 2zz I didn't expect the W's to beat the Spurs. Two wins against the playoff Spurs is plenty good. W's will have a great team going into next season.

I guess I didn't either but it just felt so promising after the first 2 games. We blew that first game and that would've been huge. but great season warriors, I'm excited for next year, come back stronger

Originally posted by rurchan Carl kept letting the Spurs rain 3's in the last 3 min. wtf, where is the defense?? I only saw the last 5 min of the game so this whole post is about the last 5 min. From what I saw, I totally blame Carl Landry's poor defense for the loss of this game. Giving up 3 three pointers in the last 1.5 min of the game without scoring is definitely not worthy of a trip to the next round

It seemed like GS switched to a bit of a zone in the waning minutes, as the Spurs had players open on both corners of 3-pt land. Parker had had a cruddy shooting day until they left him wide open, then he found his groove and despite only a 13-pt performance, was kinda the nail in the coffin. Every time the Warriors were battling back, BOOM, another 3 and the crowd was hushed.
Awesome display by the crowd showing support for their team after being defeated. They're a super young group, and have some key players that could really grow together quite nicely. Reminds me a bit of OKC a year ago, minus the salary cap issues.

Agreed - Curry was THE breakout star of the playoffs and Barnes and Thompson seemed to really find their niche.  If Lee heals well, they should have a nice team going forward.

that gs/sa game was close till the last 2 min. gs just fell apart with their defense playing really lazy like the game they lost with Manu's game winning shot. Curry and Clay threw up a 3 each and rimmed in and out. Bad luck? dunno. Too bad it didn't go 7 games. I liked watching gs

i hope youre right, they need them both to be on and although thompson has made some big time shots down the stretch in the last couple of games, he hasnt put up big numbers since that breakout game.

OKC didn't have enough scorers and made it easier for Mephis to play defense. Westbrook was out and they didn't have Hardin this year. Kevin Martin and others needed to step up, and they didn't. So the Grizzlies could just focus on Durant and not thave to worry too much about the other 4 people on the court. Derek Fisher showed his age...

I don't see pacer's making it.  But that might turn some more heads to watch and see who is the best team if it isn't the Heat.  

A lot of people are making the point that OKC with just Durant is a lot like Lebron when he was on the Cavs.  I think some of the OKC players played admirably, but the guys that needed to take it to the absolute next level (Ibaka and Martin) didn't provide enough help for Durant.  I was watching last night and Durant was getting triple teamed every time he took one dribble, then came down the other end and guarded Marc Gasol.  Tough matchups all the way around. 

they did a good job wrapping up durant, he was triple teamed a lot of the time so its no wonder he struggled shooting. westbrook was the missing piece however i think reggie jackson deserves some credit throughout these playoffs, hes played pretty well considering how much pressure he was under stepping into that point guard position.

thought it was going to be another game 2 blow out at the start there but they let it get away from them. solid 4th quarter to bring it home. cole going at both boozer and noah with the lefty slam was awesome. hopefully the knicks can drag out their series a while longer and bang each other up a bit in the process.

^ Agree on both points.  OKC will not go down without a fight, especially at home.

I don't know anything about spike lee, I just know he's always at their games. But I kinda enjoy the fact that he won't be happy when the Knicks dont make it out of this round. Maybe cuz I'm a Laker fan :-)

Arguable that the game last night still wasn't exciting for Spurs fans, just soothing to see them execute great and GS not shoot the lights out.