08 NBA Playoff Thread
06-17-2008 | 10:43 PM
#886
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From: 808
the celtics deserved the title. Lakers were out played in almost every game (first quarters notwithstanding)
I wonder if cassell or brown will be back next season.
I think the Lakers and the CLIPPERS! will be back next year. I'd love to see this matchup again, and really renew the rivalry
I wonder if cassell or brown will be back next season.
I think the Lakers and the CLIPPERS! will be back next year. I'd love to see this matchup again, and really renew the rivalry
@ KB's line so far 7-22 shooting...
06-17-2008 | 10:43 PM
#888
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From: Colorado Springs
Originally Posted by KaMLuNg
i would laugh if kobe comes back and scores like 40 points in the last 2 mins...
and 
about needing to be traded to Chicago or whatever...? 
06-17-2008 | 10:45 PM
#892
What Would Don Draper Do?
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From: Houston
Originally Posted by goose25
Kobe seems completely disinterested in this game, no passion, no attempts to do anything after the first quarter. Odom seems to be the only one from the Lakers who seems interested in closing out the game hard.
like game 5, he was off to a blazing start.
credit the defense with getting the ball out of his hands, but you'd have expected more in a do or die situation.
06-17-2008 | 10:46 PM
#895
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Originally Posted by UNeeKLiNG
wow...what a way to lose....think kobe's going to ask for a trade? 
BTW WNBA commercials suck, who wants to watch lesbians running up and down the floor wearing shorts and sports bras?
06-17-2008 | 10:46 PM
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Originally Posted by JediMindTricks
ok, what's more annoying?
the denali commercials or the wnba promos?
the denali commercials or the wnba promos?
06-17-2008 | 10:46 PM
#898
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From: Houston
Originally Posted by Yumchah
And somewhere...in Phoenix. Shaquille O'Neal just 
-ed at what he just saw for the last 2+ hours...
-ed at what he just saw for the last 2+ hours... at what he saw in phoenix.
06-17-2008 | 10:48 PM
#904
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Originally Posted by JediMindTricks
ok, what's more annoying?
the denali commercials or the wnba promos?
the denali commercials or the wnba promos?
is it wrong that I agree with everything she is saying, even though I think she is trying to be sarcastic?
and at least get someone without a lisp and can talk normal. Who is that anyways?
06-17-2008 | 10:48 PM
#906
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Originally Posted by Yumchah
Neither. KB vs. MJ comparisons when we all know that MJ with both arms and legs chopped off >>> KB...
perhaps my favorite MJ moment:
he said he would have died to win that game.
06-17-2008 | 10:49 PM
#909
Originally Posted by JediMindTricks
not trying to flame the MJ comparisons, but MJ did EVERYTHING he could to win a game.
perhaps my favorite MJ moment:
he said he would have died to win that game.
perhaps my favorite MJ moment:
he said he would have died to win that game.
06-17-2008 | 10:49 PM
#910
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Originally Posted by Osamu
is it wrong that I agree with everything she is saying, even though I think she is trying to be sarcastic?
and at least get someone without a lisp and can talk normal. Who is that anyways?
i thought the same thing.and no it's not wrong. i feel the same way.
06-17-2008 | 10:49 PM
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Originally Posted by JediMindTricks
not trying to flame the MJ comparisons, but MJ did EVERYTHING he could to win a game.
perhaps my favorite MJ moment:
he said he would have died to win that game.
perhaps my favorite MJ moment:
he said he would have died to win that game.
Just like all the greats...Payton (aka Sweetness) was another one.
06-17-2008 | 10:50 PM
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Originally Posted by JediMindTricks
not trying to flame the MJ comparisons, but MJ did EVERYTHING he could to win a game.
perhaps my favorite MJ moment:
he said he would have died to win that game.
perhaps my favorite MJ moment:
he said he would have died to win that game.
06-17-2008 | 10:51 PM
#915
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Originally Posted by KaMLuNg
which game was that???
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997_NB...:_The_Flu_Game
Game 5: The Flu Game
Wednesday, June 11, at the Delta Center
Game 5, often referred to as "The Flu Game", was one of Michael Jordan's most memorable. Just 24 hours earlier, on June 10, 1997, Michael Jordan woke up nauseated and sweating profusely. He hardly had the strength to sit up in bed and was diagnosed with a stomach virus or food poisoning. The Bulls trainers told Jordan that there was no way he could play in the game. The Jazz had just won two in a row to tie the series, and Chicago needed their leader in this critical swing game. Against all odds, Jordan rose from bed at 3:00 p.m., just in time for the 6:00 tip-off at the Delta Center.
Jordan was visibly weak and pale as he stepped onto the court for Game Five. At first, he displayed no energy whatsoever, and John Stockton, along with reigning MVP Karl Malone, quickly led the Jazz to a 16-point lead. But in the second quarter, Jordan started to sink shots despite lacking his usual explosive speed and hardly being able to concentrate. He scored 17 points in the quarter as the Bulls hit the front with a furious rally before halftime. The Jazz though reclaimed their lead and pushed it to 8 points early in the fourth quarter. But the Bulls went on a 10-0 run to take the lead again and the game would remain tight the rest of the way.
Luc Longley and Scottie Pippen did their best to keep the Bulls in the game while Jordan was fatigued again in the third. But Jordan turned it on again, scoring 15 points in the fourth quarter. With less than a minute to go he was at the free throw line, he made the first but missed the second. But the Bulls got the offensive rebound and Jordan swished a three-point shot to put the Bulls up by three points with under a minute left. Chicago then withstood a late Utah push and held on for a narrow victory when John Stockton missed the first of two free throws in front of the stunned crowd with an exhausted sweat-soaked Jordan briefly throwing two fists into the air as the buzzer sound.
Jordan finished the game with 38 points, seven rebounds, five assists, three steals and one block. Malone was the highest-scoring Jazz player with 19 points but suffered from some dreadful shooting, throwing up an off balance airball on the possession prior to Jordan's big 3. Malone would finish the second half 1 for 6 from the field. Jordan stayed on the court for 44 minutes, resting for only four minutes while being perpetually at the brink of fainting. With only a few seconds remaining and the game finally at hand, Jordan collapsed into Scottie Pippen's arms.
Wednesday, June 11, at the Delta Center
Game 5, often referred to as "The Flu Game", was one of Michael Jordan's most memorable. Just 24 hours earlier, on June 10, 1997, Michael Jordan woke up nauseated and sweating profusely. He hardly had the strength to sit up in bed and was diagnosed with a stomach virus or food poisoning. The Bulls trainers told Jordan that there was no way he could play in the game. The Jazz had just won two in a row to tie the series, and Chicago needed their leader in this critical swing game. Against all odds, Jordan rose from bed at 3:00 p.m., just in time for the 6:00 tip-off at the Delta Center.
Jordan was visibly weak and pale as he stepped onto the court for Game Five. At first, he displayed no energy whatsoever, and John Stockton, along with reigning MVP Karl Malone, quickly led the Jazz to a 16-point lead. But in the second quarter, Jordan started to sink shots despite lacking his usual explosive speed and hardly being able to concentrate. He scored 17 points in the quarter as the Bulls hit the front with a furious rally before halftime. The Jazz though reclaimed their lead and pushed it to 8 points early in the fourth quarter. But the Bulls went on a 10-0 run to take the lead again and the game would remain tight the rest of the way.
Luc Longley and Scottie Pippen did their best to keep the Bulls in the game while Jordan was fatigued again in the third. But Jordan turned it on again, scoring 15 points in the fourth quarter. With less than a minute to go he was at the free throw line, he made the first but missed the second. But the Bulls got the offensive rebound and Jordan swished a three-point shot to put the Bulls up by three points with under a minute left. Chicago then withstood a late Utah push and held on for a narrow victory when John Stockton missed the first of two free throws in front of the stunned crowd with an exhausted sweat-soaked Jordan briefly throwing two fists into the air as the buzzer sound.
Jordan finished the game with 38 points, seven rebounds, five assists, three steals and one block. Malone was the highest-scoring Jazz player with 19 points but suffered from some dreadful shooting, throwing up an off balance airball on the possession prior to Jordan's big 3. Malone would finish the second half 1 for 6 from the field. Jordan stayed on the court for 44 minutes, resting for only four minutes while being perpetually at the brink of fainting. With only a few seconds remaining and the game finally at hand, Jordan collapsed into Scottie Pippen's arms.
