2005 NBA Playoffs Topic

[Karizma]

haha, I thought Isiah was bad, Paxson's terrible, but atleast he doesn't bring in shit contracts...well, ones that aren't that bad.

Anyone else see Dallas prossibly sneaking into the WCF, if Phoenix has a long series with Memphis?And by the way, Sacremento are fucking geniuses, dropping a game to the Jazz so now they face the Sonics...that just seemed a little too planned IMO.

[D-Extreme]

Damn..and here I was prayin there would be Kings vs Mavs round 4 early in the first round of the playoffs

Oh well, Seattle vs Sacramento would be ok I guess.

[Green Demon]

Well for the Eight spot in the East it comes down to tonight. An Nets win or a Cavs loss secure a spot for the Nets and if the Cavs win and the Nets lose the secure a spot for the Cavs. I will be paying attention to both games.

[Guest Brady_3for3]

The Pistons will repeat in the East. The only team that has a shot against them is Miami and that's why Joe D got Big Elden Campbell back to bang him with Wallace X 2 and Antonio McDyess. Tayshaun Prince will shut down Dwyane Wade like he's done to LeBron, T-Mac, Kobe, etc etc etc. Then what for Miami? Damon "3D" Jones? A Piston cast-off who just shoots threes and cannot handle the ball? Chauncey Billups will eat him up. The Artist Formerly Known as Eddie Jones? Does his jersey come with the fork in his back? Rip Hamilton will run him rabbid by constantly going off screen after screen after screen. Udonis Haslem? Please.

San Antonio comes out of the West, Phoenix cannot keep up that stuff in the playoffs.\

Detroit over SA in 6

[Karizma]

Phoenix may not be able to do that but they can move into halfcourt and dump the ball into Amare and work from there, they have the shooters to get them by playing halfcourt.

AnTayshaun won't guard Wade, because Wade is much quicker than Kobe etc, and Tayshaun will probably get lost, they'll leave Rip on him to tire him out.They haven't put Tayshaun on Wade all year, and doubt they would.But Tayshaun will be more of a handful on offence that defence, he's gonna shine this year, IMO.

Playoff predictions!

West:

Phoenix

Memphis

Phoenix in 6

San Antonio

Denver

San Antonio in 7

Seattle

Sacremento

Seattle in 7

Dallas

Houston

Dallas in 6

Miami Heat

New Jersey Nets

Heat in 7

Detriot Pistons

76ers

Pistons in 5

Boston

Indiana

Indiana in 6

Washington

Chicago

Washington in 7

Second Round:

Dallas

Phoenix

Dallas in 6

San Antonio

Seattle

San Antonio in 5

Miami Heat

Washington

Heat in 5

Detroit

Indiana

Detroit in 7

WCF & ECF

Dallas

San Antonio

San Antonio in 7

Heat

Pistons

Pistons in 6

NBA Finals:

Spurs

Pistons

San Antonio in 6 in a fucking boring Finals.

[Assy]

Playoff Predictions for 2004. I didn't do that great last year so we'll see if this works out better

Eastern Conference

First Round

Miami over New Jersey 4-1

Chicago over Washington 4-3

Indiana over Boston 4-2

Detroit over Philadelphia 4-0

Semi-Finals

Miami over Chicago 4-0

Indiana over Detroit 4-2

Finals

Detroit over Miami 4-3

Eastern Conference Champions: Detroit Pistons

Western Conference

First Round

Phoenix over Memphis 4-1

Dallas over Houston 4-3

Sacramento over Seattle 4-3

San Antonio over Denver 4-2

Semi-Finals

Dallas over Phoenix 4-3

San Antonio over Sacramento 4-0

Finals

Dallas over San Antonio 4-2

Western Conference Champions: Dallas Mavericks

Finals

Dallas over Detroit 4-2

[Blitz]

Eastern Conference

Miami Heat def. New Jersey Nets in 5 games.

Washington Wizards def. Chicago Bulls in 6 games.

Indiana Pacers def. Boston Celtics in 7 games.

Detroit Pistons def. Philadelphia 76er's in 4 games.

Western Conference

Phoenix Suns def. Memphis Grizzlies in 5 games.

Dallas Mavericks def. Houston Rockets in 6 games.

Sacramento Kings def. Seattle Supersonics in 7 games.

San Antonio Spurs def. Denver Nuggets in 5 games.

Miami Heat def. Washington Wizards in 5 games.

Detroit Pistons def. Indiana Pacers in 6 games.

Phoenix Suns def. Dallas Mavericks in 7 games.

San Antonio Spurs def. Sacramento Kings in 5 games.

Detroit Pistons def. Miami Heat in 4 games.

San Antonio Spurs def. Phoenix Suns in 5 games

San Antonio Spurs def. Detroit Pistons in 7 games.

My reasoning for the Pistons beating the Miami Heat in four games? If the Pistons could beat the Lakers [shaquille O'Neal, Kobe Bryant, Karl Malone, and Gary Payton] last year in five games, what will stop them from beating the Heat [shaquille O'Neal and Dwyane Wade]?

[Karizma]

An injured Karl Malone...if the Mailman was alright, that series could have been different.

And the Heat roleplayers > Lakers roleplayers, I'd take the Joneses, Haslem, Doleac, Zo and Laetner over Medvendenko, Rush and a couple rooks in Cook and Walton and Geogre & Fox.

I'd agree with the 5 games, if Tayshaun could keep up with Wade, but because he most likely can't, it means Wade will have an easier time, but the Pistons are still gonna win, but the Heat have great chemistry, don't underrate Udonis Haslem, he's better than people think he is...

It's going 6, maybe 7 depending on how much Wade dominates, but hey, don't forget earlier this month, the Heat lost by 8 I think to the Pistons, and they had no Shaq, and Wade held to 8 points due to foul trouble...

[sahyder1]

Eastern Conference

Nets over Heat in 6

Bulls over Wizards in 5

Indiana Pacers def. Boston Celtics in 6 games.

76ers over Pistons in 7 (only if Iverson averages 40+)

Western Conference

Suns over Grizzles in 7

Rockets over Mavs in 7

Sacramento Kings def. Seattle Supersonics in 6 games.

Nuggets over Spurs in 6

Edited April 23, 2005 by sahyder1

[Franchise]

I only have one thing to say. The Boston Celtics will win the 2005 NBA Championship. Thus making Boston the home of the NBA, NFL, and MLB champions.

[Guest Bluesman]

An injured Karl Malone...if the Mailman was alright, that series could have been different.

[The King]

Pistons beat Philly 106-85. I watched the whole game and damn that was good. Big Ben had 7 blocks!

[Karizma]

So your saying that having Medvendenko is much better than an over the hill Malone?And if they stayed competitive with the Pistons who knows what could have happened.

Houston beat Dallas too.

[Blitz]

Dallas played a horrible game, missing open shots and not getting to the basket enough. Things will probably change in game two... if the Mavericks don't choke again.

[D-Extreme]

Hey, I think that they would not be that horrible for Game 2. The Hou-Dal series seems to be good one IMO.

Man did Boston kicked Reggie and the Pacers hard. If the Pacers dont pick themselves together, it might be a sweep. Ironically, it was the Pacers who swept Boston last year.

Tomorrow will showcase the remaining game 1 games for the first round...I cant wait to watch the Nets take on the heat. I dunno why, maybe cause I am just curious if Jefferson would be on the floor at some point of the game.

[Karizma]

who the fuck saw the Heat backcourt outplaying the Nets?!

3D and Wade combined for 62 points...damn...

[Guest Brady_3for3]

That Chicago/Washington game was incredibly sloppy. Worst playoff game in a while.

[D-Extreme]

I dunno, it was ok but it wasnt sloppy. Maybe cause I might be just a bulls fan and all so I aint too sure and I'm not that much of an expert in these basketball type of games that features very green teams who havent seen the playoffs for about 7 or 6 seasons.

Yeah, man did Miami kicked some NJ ass. I guess they have to step up on Game 2 if they dont wanna sweep like Miami did during the regular season.

[Hajjhowe]

Eastern Conference

Miami Heat def. New Jersey Nets in 4 Games.

Yeah, Nets aren't anywhere near good enough yet.

Chicago Bulls def. Washington Wizards in 6 games.

One has to win, I think the Bulls are a bit better.

Boston Celtics def. Indiana Pacers in 7 games.

Sorry Reggie.

Detroit Pistons def. Philadelphia 76er's in 6 games.

"Valiant" effort, but the Pistons are no pushover.

Western Conference

Phoenix Suns def. Memphis Grizzlies in 5 games.

Grizz get one upset, that is it.

Dallas Mavericks def. Houston Rockets in 7 games.

I think ti could go either way really.

Seattle Supersonics def. Sacramento Kings in 6 games.

Kings are blah.

San Antonio Spurs def. Denver Nuggets in 5 games.

Nuggets are too young.

Miami Heat def. Chicago Bulls in 7 games.

Big fight, but not enough.

Boston Celtics def. Detroit Pistons in 6 games.

Upset!~

Phoenix Suns def. Dallas Mavericks in 7 games.

Hard, hard game.

San Antonio Spurs def. Seattle Supersonics in 6 games.

Close match, but Spurs have the edge.

Miami Heat def. Detroit Pistons in 6 games.

Heat finally make the finals...

Phoenix Suns def. San Antonio Spurs in 7 games.

Hard, hard match.

Flip a coin, because either could win. As long as it's a "new" champion, I will be happy though.

[naiwf]

My two least favorite teams in the playoffs are San Antonio & Detroit, so I'm fairly excited about TIMMAY not looking like himself at all last night. I'd LOVE for them to get bumped by Denver here so the West would be completely wide open. I'm somewhat resigned to the Pistons winning the East, so at least this way I could be interested in the other half of the playoffs. The consensus pick of Pistons/Spurs could quite possibly be the worst championship series in the history of American sports, so I'm up for any combination but that one.