NBA finals prediction thread!!!

[AlphaBean]

Originally Posted by BCWWF Boykins did what a typical reserve does on a good night, hits about 5 shots in a row and then is unheard of the rest of the time. That isn't trying to be a diss on Boykins, but typically reserve players don't stay hot for the whole game.

He rocks the Wolves.

Anyway...

See the new quotes?

"Friday will be the big game for us," he said. "They might have to bring a lot of security to that game. There'll be some punches thrown." --Carmelo





Elson and Wolves star Kevin Garnett were involved in a dustup early in Tuesday's game during which the two traded blows, with Elson taking the first jab, to Garnett's hip. Garnett countered with one to Elson's groin.

"It's a cheap shot by a low-class player," Elson said. "We were right there, the referee saw it. He didn't do anything. . . . There's no respect for Nuggets players at all. No respect for me at all. We're going to retaliate."

Wait... didn't he throw the first punch?




Nuggets backup guard Jon Barry, meanwhile, chided the Wolves for what he saw as excessive celebration.

"I thought it was kind of funny," Barry said. "The No. 1 seed acting like they won a championship. . . . I don't know why they would feel they should have to pound their chests after winning a ballgame."

But didn't the Nuggets pound their chest and scream every time they made a shot? I think so!






Said Barry: "They came out in Game 4 and they didn't beat us, we beat ourselves. I don't give them any credit for anything that happened in that game."

Well technically, if Spree had made the free throws, he would have beaten the Nuggets no matter what... and if Miller OR Lenard had made their shots at the end, well, the missed free throws would be responsible for us "beating ourselves," so uh... Dunno. Good teams win close games, and the Wolves won, not the Nuggets. They need to stfu.

And then the fans throwing beer at the 'Wolves. You know Minnesota fans are going to retaliate.

[Ninti the Mad]

Nuggets suck. It's that simple.

Let's see how they do against the Kings or Spurs.

[Ninti the Mad]

Rockets

[The Outlaw]

Originally Posted by Ninti the Mad Nuggets suck. It's that simple. Let's see how they do against the Kings or Spurs.

Barry brings up a good point. Good teams that have been there wouldn't have been celebrating that hardcore with a win against the Nugs.

[The Dub]

Minnesota may finally get what they've been working so hard for the past eight years-- a trip to the second round and another long streak of second round exits. A 1-seed is supposed to beat an 8-seed. They shouldn't be celebrating any victories against Denver. It makes them look weak going into Scaramento and the Kings will beat them in five games even with homecourt.

[The Dub]

Originally Posted by Ninti the Mad Rockets

As soon as the game was over, I played "Life Goes On" by 2Pac and dedicated it to the Rockets.

[PureHatred]

Originally Posted by rabidwolverine Minnesota may finally get what they've been working so hard for the past eight years-- a trip to the second round and another long streak of second round exits. A 1-seed is supposed to beat an 8-seed. They shouldn't be celebrating any victories against Denver. It makes them look weak going into Scaramento and the Kings will beat them in five games even with homecourt.

Yeah, because the Kings have such a strong record of winning tight games when it counts.

[BCWWF]

Elson, hahahaha.

The Star Tribune had like 10 stories on T-Wolves/Nuggets today, and I want to get to that game tomorrow night SOOOOOO bad! It would be so intense and so much fun just to kill Jon Barry and Elson. Damn I want in.

As for the celebration, I think that it would have been a better statement for everybody to just get up and walk out, not casually, just intently leave, just saying "Business is over." But I can't complain, it was such an intense game that to win all of the emotion just comes out. According to Sid Hartman, the Wolves will win by 20 tomorrow night because the Nuggets just aren't good enough, and I don't disagree.

As for the Kings, bring them on cowboy. They aren't as good on the road, we have home court, Arco is one of the hardest places to win, we won there twice already this season. So all I have to say is bring it.

[AlphaBean]

An 8th seed will probably win when they can break a guy's back and not get called. That's a pretty good indication of who's going to win, you know?

I dunno, it's a hunch.

Wolves got lazy because everyone picked them to win. Teams tend to lose games they're not supposed to lose, because they think it's fate, rather than hard work. Don't criticize the Wolves, because lots of 8th seeds give up 1-2 losses.

Remember, it doesn't matter if it's by an inch or a mile. Just so long as you get there.

[BCWWF]

If anyone is trying to say that going 4-1 against a team like Denver is a bad thing, you are stupid.

[The Outlaw]

Originally Posted by AlphaBean An 8th seed will probably win when they can break a guy's back and not get called. That's a pretty good indication of who's going to win, you know? I dunno, it's a hunch.

rofl

And to think what you would be saying if calls were going AGAINST you.

[BCWWF]

We would probably not say anything, like Lakers fans always do. We wouldn't defend it, just like the Nuggets fans aren't defending this, sucka.

[The Outlaw]

Sucka?

hahaha settle down junior I was just pointing out a fact

[BCWWF]

Haha, I didn't mean to offend

[AlphaBean]

Originally Posted by The Outlaw rofl And to think what you would be saying if calls were going AGAINST you.

Wolves have been getting called for touch fouls -- they ended up with as many fouls as the Nugs, and the Nugs were trying to foul the Wolves. If you watched closely, you'd notice that the Wolves pulled back whenever there was a breakaway etc. 1) They weren't trying to hurt anybody and 2) They didn't want to get into foul trouble. Why? Because they knew they'd be called for everything, like Cassell getting pushed down by Miller.

But it's hilarious... Anderson injures Wally, and Nene tries to injure KG. When KG comes up uninjured, the crowd boos. But the Wolves aren't going to go out to hurt anybody, but 'Melo falls on Camby and gets hurt. I gotta laugh at that. It's Karma. You hurt others, you end up hurting yourself, too.

And here's the sad thing: The Nuggets know they won't win the series, so they're going to hurt the Wolves as much as possible so that the Wolves won't win it all. They're trying to soften us up, hence the "happy to be here" thing. They aren't trying to advance, because they know they'd never make it all the way, so they want to make sure the team that eliminates them doesn't advance far either.

[The Outlaw]

Ok, BCWWF Im not really sure where I was offended but if it makes you feel better, then thats cool.

I dunno I saw that foul Nene had on KG. Personally I didnt think he was trying to injure him. Hard foul? Yes. I thought it was a very good playoff foul. You dont want the other team to have a breakaway dunk, thats just a momentum killer/gainer. There's been a lot of those fouls in the playoffs, in fact I've seen 3 or 4 of those and I've not been watching every game.

Going off topic a little, but did anyone catch last nights Kings-Mavs game?

6 seconds left, Mavs with the ball, Dirk gets it and gets fouled intentionally by Peja twice because Peja was trying to get a foul called since they had one left, and nothing is called. In my mind that's worse than the ref calling Nene's a normal foul.

[AlphaBean]

I thought it was Nene, it was Elson.

Yeah, see, Anderson and Elson are nobodies -- scrubs, so they're sent out to take themselves out of the game by Flagrant fouling. They're "taking one for the team," because they know what they're doing.

The way you USED to foul on a breakaway, was to chop the arm. That way, he can't shoot, and you save the breakaway... but both times it was body-on-body. When a player is prone in the dunk position, running your body into them without them seeing and being FULL SPEED you know full-well what you're doing. They're not stupid, so I know they know that they're going to hurt the Wolves doing that.

What Nene did was ran a shoulder into someone. He crossed his arms and just lowered his shoulder, knocking the guy flat on his ass.

Like the Wolves said, they're letting their game speak for itself. They're playing clean and not talking shit. Spree got a little excited but for the most part, it's the Nuggets who are trying to play headgames with the Wolves. :foc: You can't psych KG out. And I hope that Spree and Sam are good enough to not let it get to them.

[The Outlaw]

Oh, I didnt see that one then. I saw the one where KG stole it (I think?) and was on a breakaway with Nene trailing, and Nene fouled him hard and KG went "flying" into the camera people and stayed down for a few seconds. Thats the one I was commenting on.

LOL I dont even know who Elson is?

Anderson is the man though I like his hair and the fact that he knows hes there for energy so he provides it.

Well, I just think both teams need to look at Dallas and Sacramento and learn from those guys. Respect all around in that series.

[The Outlaw]

But I have to admit, guys who don't like each other = entertaining

[BCWWF]

I find it funny how Elson one of the guys doing a lot of talking, when his line from the last game looked like this:

11 minutes, 0-3 shooting, 3 rebounds, 0 assists, 0 steels, 3 personal fouls


"A cheap shot by a low-class player" Elson.

Anyway, Denvers hard fouls were something that mainly had to be kept to Denver, because hard fouls in Minnesota get the crowd going against them. Denver's chances of winning = slim. I am a little worried though, everyone here, including myself, is pretty much just expecting a win and not even thinking that we wont.

[The Outlaw]

Didn't he say Garnett was gay and was grabbing his groin area?

He then apologized to the gay and lesbian community, haha

Anyway, minute and a half and they are still shooting free throws, I'm going to have to take a look at the box score, the Nugs have shot maybe 6 free throws.

Not saying that the calling is bad but normally they shoot more free throws than their opponents, very rarely do they get outshot 30 something to 6 or 8.

LOL after tonight I have to say, Jon Barry is the man

[BCWWF]

What did Jon Berry do? I only watched the beginning and the end.


Oh yeah, by the way the monkey is off our back, here we come Sacramento.

[The Outlaw]

He's just the man.

The crowd was all over him and he would hit a shot and then put his finger to his lips.

Then the crowd chanted "Barry sucks dick" (classy) while he was shooting free throws, and he turned to them and acted like he was crying

Haha he is the man

[BCWWF]

At least he backed up his talk...or wait

[The Outlaw]

lol I see what you did there

[The Outlaw]

Are people really dancing in Minnesota?

Are there really riots?

[BCWWF]

What?

[BCWWF]

Hey CNM, feel free to comment

[The Outlaw]

I dunno one of the announcers said that there were going to be riots and such in MN

Just kinda thought that was silly. Plus KG kept saying "ITS GOING TO BE A RIOT IN HERRE" the other day

[BCWWF]

Lol, I dunno I don't have the news on. There were riots after the U of M hockey national championship, but the Gopher fans are probably a little more rowdy than the yuppies who can afford T-Wolves tix. Anyway, that is kind of funny if people riot after a first round, wait until we win it baby!

If we had Troy Hudson I would say that our chances would be much higher, but just because the only guy who can handle the ball behind Sam is Derrick Martin, that could hurt us in the thick of things. Damn.

[The Outlaw]

But, before I head to bed seeing as I have an exam at 8 tomorrow, it was an exciting series, even if certain parts about it pissed me off.

Also, Ervin Johnson is the man.

Thought it was closer than a 4-1 series, but oh well. The Nuggets arent quitters, they proved that. Are the T'Wolves for real? I'll get back to you after the Kings series.

[The Outlaw]

Yeah Troy Hudson could provide a huge spark if he wasnt out.

He was the man that almost broke our backs last year.

Ight, Im out. Im awaiting Bean's response.

[CNM]

LOL, congratulations T'Wolves. You did what you were supposed to do. You beat the #8 seed. I'm impressed. No really, I truly am. The Wolves are gonna get worked over by the Kings. Just watch.

[BCWWF]

On an unrelated note, I believe Dave Wadding was holding a quote of mine, saying the Wolves would win first round, to use against me at a later time. I demand an apology from Dave, how could you ever doubt my judgement?

[BCWWF]

One thing, please nobody blame this game/series on Carmelo being injured, we all know it didn't matter.

On the Nuggets: They are definately a good team and some good young players, now they just have to build around that a little bit more. I don't think Carmelo will turn out to be a Kobe Bryant, but more like a Latrell Sprewell, probably a bit better though. So if Denver slowly drops some of their weak links and adds other solid players, this could definately be a good team in the upcoming years, unfortunately I don't see a drastic improvement for at least 2-3 years, mainly because the top of the West doesn't seem to be dying quite yet.

[AlphaBean]

Originally Posted by BCWWF One thing, please nobody blame this game/series on Carmelo being injured, we all know it didn't matter. On the Nuggets: They are definately a good team and some good young players, now they just have to build around that a little bit more. I don't think Carmelo will turn out to be a Kobe Bryant, but more like a Latrell Sprewell, probably a bit better though. So if Denver slowly drops some of their weak links and adds other solid players, this could definately be a good team in the upcoming years, unfortunately I don't see a drastic improvement for at least 2-3 years, mainly because the top of the West doesn't seem to be dying quite yet.

If Melo keeps improving, then the Nugs are to be feared. They DO need the Vet experience though. Lenard was the biggest threat, then Boykins, then Milller/Camby/Boykins. Need that experience.


I'll reply to the issue tomorrow.

[PureHatred]

The Nugs are nasty. Carmelo and Nene are nightmares one on one. And they'll have Andre Miller and Camby around for a while. They need a couple of nasty vets with size to do the dirty work and develop some kind of half court offense, but that's going to be a vey good team. They win more games than Dallas next year, I'm sure.

[BCWWF]

It looks like Dallas will still have Dirk and Finley next year, but Nash and the Antoine/Antwan connection are up in the air. Dirk sucks, so if he is the only guy they keep they're screwed.

[Ninti the Mad]

I'm sorry but Minnesota will fall.

[BCWWF]

I don't think we have great chances of winning the league, but beating Sacramento isn't a longshot by any means