Anyone else watching??
Pistons vs Magic - Pistons are 2 up in the series
Cavaliers vs Wizards - Cavs are 1 up
Raptors vs Nets - series tied 1-1
Heat vs Bulls - Bulls are 2 up
Mavericks vs Warriors - Golden State are one up
Suns vs Lakers - Suns are 2 up
Spurs vs Nuggets - Denver are 1 up
Jazz vs Rockets - Rockets are 2 up
Watching Bulls cos I'll be over there for next round if they get through visiting my bro. Think he has tickets sorted if they go through.
Watching the Raptors is killing me
The east should see a Detriot Pistons V New Jersey Nets Final with the Chicago Bulls and Cleveland Cavaliers failing in the semis. In the west we should have a Dallas Mavericks V Pheonix Suns Final. The Pistons to overcome Dallas for the championship.
Dallas are looking very shaky at the minute
There was another Spaniard called Jose performing heroics last night apart from the guy at Anfield
Jose Calderon helped the Raptors live another day
Dallas were dam lucky last night as was Toronto Gab! Been impressed with Chicago but think the winners coming from the west! Phoenix would be my choice but would love to see Mc grady win it with Houston, hes a joy to watch :)
Have tickets for game 6 of Chicago/Pistons series should it go that far. Bulls looked good in the bits I saw of them on Sky. Fingers crossed.
The Warriors will close it out tomorrow night lads, Dallas have nothing on them 8)
Dallas do not match up well with GS, as far as I know they lost three out of four to them in the regular season. That was the one team they really wanted to avoid. Now the Suns have the west to lose as there seems no way back for Dallas.
Jaysus that was great stuff from the Warriors tonight.
If they get Houston in the semi's, you never know, they could find
themselves in the conference finals handy enough. Who'd a thunk 8)
Great game last night indeed! Warriors deserve to go through in one of the biggest playoff shocks ever :o
What bout the Raptors tonight Gabriel? I think they will force it to the seventh :)
About to start, the Nets by at least 10
Nets win 98 -97 win series and go on now to play Cleveland and Le Bron!
Well the Spurs win their 3rd title in 5 years - is it too early to call them a dynasty?
Quote from: Gabriel_Hurl on June 15, 2007, 01:33:27 PM
Well the Spurs win their 3rd title in 5 years - is it too early to call them a dynasty?
i'd say so gab-bulls team of the 90's were unreal.3 in a row and 6 altogether.they also had a fella jordan playin..he was alright ;)
Quote from: Gabriel_Hurl on June 15, 2007, 01:33:27 PM
Well the Spurs win their 3rd title in 5 years - is it too early to call them a dynasty?
I think you can call them a dynasty, the one constant has been Tim Duncan. He is the anti-Kobe Bryant, doesent care about stats or persoanl glory, just wants to win.
Probably the worst finals in living memory and the US viewing figures have been terrible. I'd imagine there'll be a major shake-up in the next couple of years (if not next year) to introduce a proper seeding system and try and get two decent teams in the Finals.
Quote from: SammyG on June 15, 2007, 01:50:27 PM
Probably the worst finals in living memory and the US viewing figures have been terrible. I'd imagine there'll be a major shake-up in the next couple of years (if not next year) to introduce a proper seeding system and try and get two decent teams in the Finals.
I think the problem is that the Western Conference is far superior to the East so im not sure how they can fix that. The Spurs were something like 1-5 to win the series with the bookies.
I'm not comparing Duncan to Jordan - but he's every bit as important to the Spurs winning those titles as Jordan was to the Bulls.
Good to see Tony Parker win the MVP - and it's hard to believe he's a French citizen who was born in Belgium.
And the lucky fecker marries Eva Longoria next month
Quote from: SammyG on June 15, 2007, 01:50:27 PM
Probably the worst finals in living memory and the US viewing figures have been terrible. I'd imagine there'll be a major shake-up in the next couple of years (if not next year) to introduce a proper seeding system and try and get two decent teams in the Finals.
There has been rumblings in the last week about ranking the teams 1 to 16 irrespective of conference
It seems to me that things like that are cyclical with US sports. When I first watched the NFL the NFC team would almost always win the Superbowl. Now its the other way around.
Quote from: Gabriel_Hurl on June 15, 2007, 02:00:59 PM
Quote from: SammyG on June 15, 2007, 01:50:27 PM
Probably the worst finals in living memory and the US viewing figures have been terrible. I'd imagine there'll be a major shake-up in the next couple of years (if not next year) to introduce a proper seeding system and try and get two decent teams in the Finals.
There has been rumblings in the last week about ranking the teams 1 to 16 irrespective of conference
Yep, I think that's the most likely outcome. They've got to do something, this years Finals were breaking records for some of the lowest viewing figures in history.
One thing you can say is the finals were a good advertisemnt for the NFL draft. Duncan and James were both No 1 picks and came in to help struggling teams.
Quote from: Syd on June 15, 2007, 01:57:09 PM
Quote from: SammyG on June 15, 2007, 01:50:27 PM
Probably the worst finals in living memory and the US viewing figures have been terrible. I'd imagine there'll be a major shake-up in the next couple of years (if not next year) to introduce a proper seeding system and try and get two decent teams in the Finals.
I think the problem is that the Western Conference is far superior to the East so im not sure how they can fix that. The Spurs were something like 1-5 to win the series with the bookies.
The East is so bad that the Knicks, with no chance of even approaching a 0.5 season, were in contention for a play-off spot until the last week or two of the regular season!
Quote from: magpie seanie on June 15, 2007, 02:01:56 PM
It seems to me that things like that are cyclical with US sports. When I first watched the NFL the NFC team would almost always win the Superbowl. Now its the other way around.
I remember that. It went on for well over a decade until Elway and the Broncos finally did it.
Quote from: J70 on June 15, 2007, 02:13:20 PM
Quote from: Syd on June 15, 2007, 01:57:09 PM
Quote from: SammyG on June 15, 2007, 01:50:27 PM
Probably the worst finals in living memory and the US viewing figures have been terrible. I'd imagine there'll be a major shake-up in the next couple of years (if not next year) to introduce a proper seeding system and try and get two decent teams in the Finals.
I think the problem is that the Western Conference is far superior to the East so im not sure how they can fix that. The Spurs were something like 1-5 to win the series with the bookies.
In fairness the Number 7/8 seeds are always around the 0.500 mark, Lakers & Warriors were both 42-40. And in the West this year the Number 8 seeds (Warriors) beat Number 1 seeds (Mavericks).
Quote from: Syd on June 15, 2007, 02:09:35 PM
One thing you can say is the finals were a good advertisemnt for the NFL draft. Duncan and James were both No 1 picks and came in to help struggling teams.
Em, I think maybe you are getting a bit confused the Sid ;)
Its Friday afternoon, you will give me a bye ball !
The funny thing is, as dominant as the Spurs were, the Cavs' defence played them tough, and if the Cavs' 3-point shooters, LeBron included, had even vaguely approached a modicum of respectability with wide-open shots (my daughter has a way better 3-point shooting percentage), then the series would be tied 2-2 going in to Game 5. But don't get me wrong, the Spurs are a much better team. Time to turn to the Indians and be disappointed again.