NBA playoffs thread

[SoxAce]

A. Lima and Marko Jaric

 

Don't even bring that up... that is just not right.

[WilliamTell]

Vujacic

 

Good I can dislike her even more now since I can't stand Vujacic. And to think she used to be in my signiture a few years back!

Edited June 18, 2010 by WilliamTell

[SoxAce]

Sheed was pissed.

 

espnforsberg twitter-

 

Rasheed Wallace got into the officials locker room after the game before being forced out by security. Was asking to talk with referees.

 

NBA and arena security arrived and forced him out. Wallace waited a few minutes before leaving for the bus.

[Quin]

Sheed was pissed.

 

espnforsberg twitter-

 

Holy ****.

 

I can't disagree with him being mad, but that is scary.

 

Also, LeBron needs to sign with Bulls now so he can defeat Kobe in next years Finals.

[Kalapse]

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010...ntrol-fans.html

The Los Angeles Lakers’ victory against the Boston Celtics in the NBA final brought boisterous celebrations across Los Angeles -- mostly peaceful but with some tense moments.

 

Crowds smashed windows at Pico Boulevard and Figueroa Street.

 

At 9th and Flower streets, a crowd bashed in the windows at the condo loft tower and ripped down the barriers that had been set up at the street. Then they swarmed a pickup truck at the intersection. Ten men hopped on top of it.

 

Police were also responding to a report of shots fired near Staples Center.

 

A standoff has ensued between Lakers fans and a phalanx of more than two dozen police wearing riot gear and wielding batons. The scene began when fans tore down a traffic sign and then started tearing down two newspaper stands and lighting the papers on fire. When the police marched up Figueroa Street, about two dozen abreast, the crowd slowly receded.

 

Some people are throwing Monster Energy drinks at the crowd (they were given out after the win). Others are posing for photographs in front of the line of police.

 

Some people kicked a Honda car parked on Figueroa Street, shattering its windows. But others tried to protect the car. One in that group said: "You ain’t from L.A. This is L.A.. No burning."

 

At least nine people were arrested by the LAPD.

 

The Sheriff's Department closed Whittier Boulevard in East L.A., but no incidents were reported there.

[SoxFan1]

Kobe was damn close to having about the biggest turnover in NBA history.

[Steve9347]

Sorry Slav, I'll go with Larry Legend on that one...

 

[whitesoxfan101]

Refs have played a huge role in this game. Terrible job by them.

 

I'm not sure how you came to this conclusion. The Lakers absolutely assaulted the Celtics on the glass all night, and the Celtics seemed to get tired in the 4th quarter as a result. The 4th quarter was basically a back and forth between Celtics long jump shots missing, the Lakers getting the ball inside whenever they wanted, and the Lakers continuing to dominate on the glass. Between that and the Lakers leading late, how is there not going to be a huge free throw difference?

 

As for the game itself, the Celtics have to feel absolutely sick today because they win that game without a doubt if Perkins isn't injured, and they probably win it pretty comfortably. Even with that in mind though, they had a 13 point lead in the 3rd quarter and still should have won it. Fatigue seemed to play a huge role down the stretch as I mentioned, but you have to play through that in a game 7, and had the Celtics done that and got the ball towards the basket offensively a little more in the 4th, the result is different.

 

Additionally, Kobe Bryant did get his 5th ring last night, but he showed why he's not Michael Jordan even despite it. He probably shouldn't have got the NBA Finals MVP, and he was absolutely awful last night, outside of dominating on the glass like all of the other Lakers also did. His teammates really saved him all kinds of hell last night by stepping up and helping the Lakers win, because Kobe would have never heard the end of it losing a game 7 in The Finals at home to an aging team without it's starting center.