What happened to the times when no one could beat Boston in the Garden. Ben Gordon is currently torching Boston with 12 fourth quarter points. Chicago is up 3 with 1 minute to go. No one can stop him.
There are several Duke Alumni in the playoffs this year.
Shane Battier, Carlos Boozer, Shavlik Randolph, Demarcus Nelson, JJ Redick, Dahntay Jones, and others I might be forgetting will be in the playoffs this year
I just saw Demarcus Nelson jumping up and down, going crazy on the Bulls bench. What a great sight. His first year in the NBA and he gets to be in the playoffs. Very cool.
... please put your NBA playoff related thoughts on this thread.
What happened to the times when no one could beat Boston in the Garden. Ben Gordon is currently torching Boston with 12 fourth quarter points. Chicago is up 3 with 1 minute to go. No one can stop him.
You can't blame them completely. KG is hurt. Now, Ray Allen being completely silent, that you can blame on them.
What a point guard battle though.
Derek Rose - 36 points, 9 assists
Rajon Rondo - 29 points, 7 assists, 9 rebounds
Wow. Boston and Chicago was a game!
King James banks in a long distance 3 at the halftime buzzer!
Rose will be the best PG in the NBA in 5 years. It is really hard not to like him too. When he is being interviewed he says "Yes Ma'am... Yes Sir"... and thanks anybody interviewing him for every compliment. He is soft spoken and polite, and has amazing ability. Very likeable.
I agree 100%. He is a phenomenal talent. I can't believe how calm he was on that big of a stage. He is very quick and seems pretty strong. Almost like a combination of Chris Paul and Deron Williams. I still think if Boston can get Ray Allen shooting like, well, Ray Allen, they will win.
http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=290418022
Not impressive "stats" by any means, he shot poorly, etc...
but has the best +/- on the team. It's rare you ever see that.
lebron looks focused...could be a rough ride for the pistons...
Actually, it's not very rare at all for Shane (Rockets fan here). Shane rarely has impressive stats, but very very often has the best or second best +/- on the team (See- that NY Times article from last month). It's like he is magic or something. Nobody quite understands how he does it, but he does it.
Shane played 37 minutes in a blowout. What the hell is Coach K thin... oh wait, never mind
P.S. Go Rockets!
P.P.S. Yao Ming Yao Ming Yao Ming Yao Ming! Yao Ming, Yao Ming!
So if this is Lakers vs Cavs who wins? I'll go with the Lakers but it could be tight.
Dahntay Jones and Chris Paul are really getting into it. Paul is playing dirty and flopping and Jones is having none of it. Technicals on both so far...
haha. Dahntay is one of the quietest guys on the Nuggets. This may be surprising to some Duke fans, but Jones got a heavy dose of humility in the NBA and is now quiet as a mouse on the floor from what I hear.
It is conceivable that Paul brings out the worst in him and he is talking a lot of mess, but my guess is that every time he talks trash, it is in response since Paul is one of the mouthiest guys in the entire league.
Paul was also voted the dirtiest players in the league two years running now according to a SI poll of players.