April 21, 200719 yr My first round predictions: Warriors in 6 Suns in 4 Nuggets in 7 Rockets in 5 East Pistons in 5 Cavs in 6 Nets in 6 Heat in 7 Second Round: Rockets in 7 Suns in 5 Pistons in 4 Nets in 6 Conference Finals: Suns in 5 Pistons in 5 NBA Finals: Suns sweep
April 21, 200719 yr Dwade and Kobe should just battle it out in a one on one. Kobe would crush wade. i like Bulls in 7
April 21, 200719 yr Don't let stats get in the way of a good argument. I think the stats speak volumes, and I already listed them. Funny I haven't seen any counter statistics. Additionally, what their teams have done when they haven't played together speaks volumes as well. LOL Give Kobe Wade. And did you just completely miss Fox's post? Plenty of stats there. Speaking of Wade, I seem to remember him as a rookie taking the Heat to the 2nd round and pushing the Pacers a little bit with a very similar supporting cast to Kobe's the year after. How did Kobe do that year? A very similar supporting cast to Kobe? Umm. No. Plus, it's the east. oh, you mean the conference with 2 of the last 3 champions... Dwade and Kobe should just battle it out in a one on one. Kobe would crush wade. i like Bulls in 7 well yeah...kobe wouldnt have to pass...thats his style of game...last time i checked though, pro basketball is played 5 v. 5 NBA Finals: Suns sweep the suns dont have much depth...or at least...dont use much depth...they would have to win every playoff game they play in order to sweep the finals just on energy's sake alone
April 21, 200719 yr Dwade and Kobe should just battle it out in a one on one. Kobe would crush wade. i like Bulls in 7 well yeah...kobe wouldnt have to pass...thats his style of game...last time i checked though, pro basketball is played 5 v. 5 wow i was only making a joke in refrence to this back and forth bantering of whose better. But i hope you people can take your Homer Goggles off and realize that Kobe is on a diffrent level compared to Wade.
April 21, 200719 yr Dwade and Kobe should just battle it out in a one on one. Kobe would crush wade. i like Bulls in 7 well yeah...kobe wouldnt have to pass...thats his style of game...last time i checked though, pro basketball is played 5 v. 5 wow i was only making a joke in refrence to this back and forth bantering of whose better. But i hope you people can take your Homer Goggles off and realize that Kobe is on a diffrent level compared to Wade. which level is that? the takes more shots or misses more shots level? call me a homer all you want...but ive always thought kome was a selfish ballhog...yeah...he is a great scorer...so what? id rather take guys who want to win more than they want to score
April 21, 200719 yr how bout those two fake fouls from Shaq, wallace flopped on the first and shaq never touched him on the 2nd
April 21, 200719 yr I expect to see a lot of Tyrus Thomas and his fresh freak legs in the 2nd half. This is a strategy Skiles loves.
April 21, 200719 yr Author Pretty good first half. We're clearly better with Shaq in there right now. I mean, yeah, that usually goes without saying. But the difference in this game has been greater than usual. It's a shame he had his minutes limited. The Wallace flop was ridiculous. I said all throughout last year's playoffs and I'll say it again. They need to institute harsh penalties for flopping. I guarantee it will immediately make the refs jobs easier, and it will lead to better called games and less controversy. I cannot imagine for the life of me what is preventing the institution of that rule. That's a very tough call for the ref to have to make. Flop aside, though, Wallace does look a lot better than in last year's playoffs. He was abominable in the Miami/Detroit series.
April 21, 200719 yr Pretty good first half. We're clearly better with Shaq in there right now. I mean, yeah, that usually goes without saying. But the difference in this game has been greater than usual. It's a shame he had his minutes limited. The Wallace flop was ridiculous. I said all throughout last year's playoffs and I'll say it again. They need to institute harsh penalties for flopping. I guarantee it will immediately make the refs jobs easier, and it will lead to better called games and less controversy. I cannot imagine for the life of me what is preventing the institution of that rule. That's a very tough call for the ref to have to make. Flop aside, though, Wallace does look a lot better than in last year's playoffs. He was abominable in the Miami/Detroit series. Analysis of the century.
April 21, 200719 yr Closing games is where the lack of post offense really rears its ugly head for the Bulls
April 21, 200719 yr Meh, I'm not worried about it. Even with pretty much everything going against Miami they still somehow managed to keep it close 'til the last second. I could blame the refs, but I won't. Shaq shouldn't try to draw chargers, Riley shouldn't have taken out Walker, and Wade shouldn't have shot that 3. I've been saying since the Bulls got Wallace that they're the one team that could knock off Miami and today showed why. Everyone talks about how they'll die with outside shooting but so far it's gotten them 50 wins this year. The winner of this series will win the NBA Championship in my opinion.
April 21, 200719 yr Not to whine, but the officiating had some terrible moments today. They missed an obvious goaltend at the end of the half. Some of those fouls on Shaq were horrendous. Wallace flopped twice and got the call on Shaq. I agree with the announcer though that the NBA needs to find a way to cut down on the charge calls. It maybe technically the right call, but now all defenders do is stand in the way of anyone driving to the basket and wait to take the hit. It's a college play and it's ridiculous. Meh, I'm not worried about it. Even with pretty much everything going against Miami they still somehow managed to keep it close 'til the last second. I could blame the refs, but I won't. Shaq shouldn't try to draw chargers, Riley shouldn't have taken out Walker, and Wade shouldn't have shot that 3. I've been saying since the Bulls got Wallace that they're the one team that could knock off Miami and today showed why. Everyone talks about how they'll die with outside shooting but so far it's gotten them 50 wins this year. The winner of this series will win the NBA Championship in my opinion. I don't know that I would say that.
April 21, 200719 yr Not to whine, but the officiating had some terrible moments today. They missed an obvious goaltend at the end of the half. Some of those fouls on Shaq were horrendous. Wallace flopped twice and got the call on Shaq. I agree with the announcer though that the NBA needs to find a way to cut down on the charge calls. It maybe technically the right call, but now all defenders do is stand in the way of anyone driving to the basket and wait to take the hit. It's a college play and it's ridiculous. Meh, I'm not worried about it. Even with pretty much everything going against Miami they still somehow managed to keep it close 'til the last second. I could blame the refs, but I won't. Shaq shouldn't try to draw chargers, Riley shouldn't have taken out Walker, and Wade shouldn't have shot that 3. I've been saying since the Bulls got Wallace that they're the one team that could knock off Miami and today showed why. Everyone talks about how they'll die with outside shooting but so far it's gotten them 50 wins this year. The winner of this series will win the NBA Championship in my opinion. I don't know that I would say that. Could it be that's why I said "in my opinion"? MAYBE. JUST MAYBE. And the offensive foul calls are fine as they are. They happen to everyone. In a game earlier this year (Ironically against the Bulls), James Posey drew 6 offensive fouls and 4 on Hinrich. Sometimes you just get unlucky. The players should already know by now what to do and what not to do.
April 21, 200719 yr This game was horrible. That third quarter was atrocious, and they couldn't stop themselves with the offensive fouls. The reffs sucked, but still, the Heat should handle itself better than it did, knowning that they were calling charges easily. That said, Wallace is a p***y, flopping in those two calls. Also, we still kept close, and almost won the game, so I am looking for the Heat to come back with a vengeance next game and rape the Bulls. Heat in six/seven.
April 21, 200719 yr It's ironic that Heat fans are complaining about the officials. Wade had a chance to tie, but he just couldn't "shoulder" the load.
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