2009 NBA Playoffs Thread (Money Gripp Blog Thread)

jamrage · Post by **jamrage** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 11:50 pm

Just miss the second free throw.

somebody cool · Post by **somebody cool** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 11:50 pm

nm collins just said no timeouts 4 blaerss, game over

jamrage · Post by **jamrage** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 11:51 pm

SERIES OVER

Money Gripp · Post by **Money Gripp** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 11:51 pm

That was a well-executed missed free-throw.

jamrage · Post by **jamrage** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 11:56 pm

Battier is a huge reason the Rockets won this game tonight, he's been great.

A nice comeback for the Rockets without even taking it to overtime.

I hope the Jazz can extend the Lakers series by another game.

daedal · Post by **daedal** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 11:58 pm

Damn, Blazers couldn't grab a rebound to save their lives.

And, definately were affected being on the road, good playoff experience. Here's to pushing it to 6 games at least.

Reason · Post by **Reason** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 11:58 pm

jamrage wrote:Battier is a huge reason the Rockets won this game tonight, he's been great.

A nice comeback for the Rockets without even taking it to overtime.

I hope the Jazz can extend the Lakers series by another game.

as a basketball purist (meaning i actually like watching good basketball regardless of whether or not the team has any chance of winning the title), i dig the rockets a lot

except for ron artest on offense when he decides he's going to shoot 27 foot three pointers, etc.

Tired & Broke · Post by **Tired & Broke** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 12:05 am

HOU @ POR Game 5 on NBA TV = :fail:

jamrage · Post by **jamrage** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 12:06 am

Reason wrote:
jamrage wrote:Battier is a huge reason the Rockets won this game tonight, he's been great.

A nice comeback for the Rockets without even taking it to overtime.

I hope the Jazz can extend the Lakers series by another game.
as a basketball purist (meaning i actually like watching good basketball regardless of whether or not the team has any chance of winning the title), i dig the rockets a lot

except for ron artest on offense when he decides he's going to shoot 27 foot three pointers, etc.

Man, when Artest just focuses on defense and hitting spot jumpers he's such a better player. He really can't create off the dribble anymore, but he thinks he can. I was really glad to see him reign it in last game.

Money Gripp · Post by **Money Gripp** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 12:11 am

LMAO @ Barkley saying Cassell has a bright future as Golem from Lord of the Rings

an-also · Post by **an-also** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 12:34 am

eternalreflection wrote: Andre Miller has a flawless strategy, flail out of control and pray you get a foul call

the sad part is this strategy is used by the games best players like Lebron, kobe and wade and it pisses me off to no end. Nowdays all you have to do is drive and initiate contact, then proceed to yell real loud and just throw the ball towards the hoop. The league is in shambles

Gregg Popabitch1 · Post by **Gregg Popabitch1** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 12:36 am

Reason wrote:
jamrage wrote:Battier is a huge reason the Rockets won this game tonight, he's been great.

A nice comeback for the Rockets without even taking it to overtime.

I hope the Jazz can extend the Lakers series by another game.
as a basketball purist (meaning i actually like watching good basketball regardless of whether or not the team has any chance of winning the title), i dig the rockets a lot

I love watching the Rockets. mainly cause i love watching Artest and Battier play defense.

still beyond me how Adelman didn't win coach of the year.

hustler · Post by **hustler** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 4:14 am

so if/when the rockets make it to the second round, does this mean the tmac curse is over...technically hes still a rocket

Reason · Post by **Reason** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 9:52 am

an-also wrote:
eternalreflection wrote: Andre Miller has a flawless strategy, flail out of control and pray you get a foul call
the sad part is this strategy is used by the games best players like Lebron, kobe and wade and it pisses me off to no end. Nowdays all you have to do is drive and initiate contact, then proceed to yell real loud and just throw the ball towards the hoop. The league is in shambles

naturalborn103 · Post by **naturalborn103** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 10:22 am

Tired & Broke wrote:I watch hella b ball, and these playoffs more than the recent past ones have had several situations that came down to the last possesion where teams are out of timeouts. but in most of the coaches defense, if it had not been for alot of those timeouts during those situations then the games prolly would not have been that close in the end anyway.

..The don't have timeoute because of wasted ones earlier in the game.. You save them so you CAN move the ball and set up a play in the last two minutes of a game..

Gregg Popabitch wrote:
naturalborn103 wrote: Damn, the refs hate the C's and especially pierce. He gets hacked like crazy and hardly ever gets the calls. The scal 'blocking' call was horrible, and the pierce steal should not have been called a foul. Also Perks 6th foul was a horrible call...
the refs missed as many calls for the bulls as they had for the C's.

That perkins foul out call was not terrible. THAT IS A FUCKING FOUL. when van gundy complained about that call during the game, i wanted to muzzle his ass right there. and he's one of my favorite coaches and analysts so that should tell you something.

the scalabrine block wasn't a foul? really?

jesus man. you are complaining about the right calls imo. if you complain about the wrong calls, i'll co sign that shit.

The perkins one could be called a foul, but with less then 2 minutes to go in the game and they have been calling the game real loose the whole time... I think it should of easily been a no call... Also the Scal blocking call?? He was there before, had his feet set, and was outside the circle.. how was it a block?

Chuck Earns Cheese wrote:
stupidregister wrote:
naturalborn103 wrote:Damn, the refs hate the C's and especially pierce. He gets hacked like crazy and hardly ever gets the calls.
!

hacked? dude just throws his arms in the air whenever someone goes for the ball...paul pierce is a bitch

Do you see the replays of his drives?? Noah hacked the shit out of him every time he was in the paint and there were no calls..

Either way, C's had there chances.. Peirce missing free throws is getting out of hand, and the last possessions of both OT and double OT for the Cs where horrible... I am enjoying this series and its the most exciting I have been in a while about a sports event though. Gordon vs. Allen is turning into something legendary...

and eternal.. still think they should have only 8 teams in the playoffs?????

*edit*
Rondo avg for playoffs so far:
23.3 points 10 assists 10.8 rebound 3.5 steals and 1.8 turnovers

Hayzoos · Post by **Hayzoos** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 11:00 am

Reason wrote:
jamrage wrote:Battier is a huge reason the Rockets won this game tonight, he's been great.

A nice comeback for the Rockets without even taking it to overtime.

I hope the Jazz can extend the Lakers series by another game.
as a basketball purist (meaning i actually like watching good basketball regardless of whether or not the team has any chance of winning the title), i dig the rockets a lot

Req · Post by **Req** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 11:36 am

naturalborn103 wrote: Damn, the refs hate the C's and especially pierce. He gets hacked like crazy and hardly ever gets the calls. The scal 'blocking' call was horrible, and the pierce steal should not have been called a foul. Also Perks 6th foul was a horrible call...

http://basketball.realgm.com/src_wireta ... or_game_4/

Bulls Had Hometown Referees For Game 4

Apr 27, 2009 10:47 AM EST

The NBA assigned two Chicago natives, Bill Kennedy and Dan Crawford, to referee Game 4 of the first round series between the Bulls and Celtics.

Kennedy was controversially involved in an incident with Doc Rivers during a March win by Chicago in which both were fined by the league for jawing. The source also said that after the game family members of both referees departed wearing Bulls gear.

an-also · Post by **an-also** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 11:56 am

Reason wrote:
an-also wrote:
eternalreflection wrote: Andre Miller has a flawless strategy, flail out of control and pray you get a foul call
the sad part is this strategy is used by the games best players like Lebron, kobe and wade and it pisses me off to no end. Nowdays all you have to do is drive and initiate contact, then proceed to yell real loud and just throw the ball towards the hoop. The league is in shambles

you in denial or what

stupidregister · Post by **stupidregister** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 12:15 pm

Req wrote:
naturalborn103 wrote: Damn, the refs hate the C's and especially pierce. He gets hacked like crazy and hardly ever gets the calls. The scal 'blocking' call was horrible, and the pierce steal should not have been called a foul. Also Perks 6th foul was a horrible call...
http://basketball.realgm.com/src_wireta ... or_game_4/

Bulls Had Hometown Referees For Game 4

Apr 27, 2009 10:47 AM EST

The NBA assigned two Chicago natives, Bill Kennedy and Dan Crawford, to referee Game 4 of the first round series between the Bulls and Celtics.

Kennedy was controversially involved in an incident with Doc Rivers during a March win by Chicago in which both were fined by the league for jawing. The source also said that after the game family members of both referees departed wearing Bulls gear.

Is this any surprise? It's Chicago, homey. We do it big.

Money Gripp · Post by **Money Gripp** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 1:05 pm

Req wrote:
naturalborn103 wrote: Damn, the refs hate the C's and especially pierce. He gets hacked like crazy and hardly ever gets the calls. The scal 'blocking' call was horrible, and the pierce steal should not have been called a foul. Also Perks 6th foul was a horrible call...
http://basketball.realgm.com/src_wireta ... or_game_4/

Bulls Had Hometown Referees For Game 4

Apr 27, 2009 10:47 AM EST

The NBA assigned two Chicago natives, Bill Kennedy and Dan Crawford, to referee Game 4 of the first round series between the Bulls and Celtics.

Kennedy was controversially involved in an incident with Doc Rivers during a March win by Chicago in which both were fined by the league for jawing. The source also said that after the game family members of both referees departed wearing Bulls gear.

The NBA is really doing a good job of repairing their image in the wake of the Donaghy scandal.

HomeSkillet · Post by **HomeSkillet** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 2:18 pm

I LOVE THIS GAME

an-also · Post by **an-also** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 2:23 pm

Req wrote:The source also said that after the game family members of both referees departed wearing Bulls gear.

an-also · Post by **an-also** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 2:48 pm

Money Gripp wrote:LMAO @ Barkley saying Cassell has a bright future as Golem from Lord of the Rings

He always been hatin on cassell

blessingindisguise · Post by **blessingindisguise** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 8:24 pm

Ron artest need to shoot less and try to create less. Thank god Battier was on point. Roy and Aldridge and the occasional role player like Fernandez the only reason it's been so close on the offensive end.

Psychosis · Post by **Psychosis** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 8:53 pm

djjeffresh · Post by **djjeffresh** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 9:04 pm

Money Gripp · Post by **Money Gripp** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 9:09 pm

Tired & Broke · Post by **Tired & Broke** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 9:29 pm

If Mo Evans plans on gettin in somebody's ass

during halftime he might want to throw some base in his voice first.

Money Gripp · Post by **Money Gripp** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 9:37 pm

The Nuggets are putting the smack down.

Money Gripp · Post by **Money Gripp** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 9:57 pm

1. Smooth
2. Rondo
3. D-Will
4. Mr. Eva Longoria
5. CP3