Dwight Suspension

Will he get suspended?

Should he?

Where will amazing happen?

Sometimes NBA has very good marketing campaigns. I guess (this years slogan) 'Where Will Amazing Happen' is not terrible. But considering last year was 'Where amazing happens' makes this year's retarded. Last year's is practically an answer to this years questions.

Where will amazing happen? Here. Where amazing happens. The NBA.

As the comedically challenged Carlos Mencia would say, "Derrr."
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The first round is always so tough to follow. Usually i can't check out the board cause i am still watching the prior night's games while new games are going on. I'm actually watching the houston portland game now (monday). I would be more behind but i didn't watch detroit, adn there were a couple blowouts.

Chi-Phi?

Just for fun. What are your picks in this series, since both these teams lead 1-0; and, none of us picked these teams.

Noh-Den

Anyone watch this game?

Chauncey is the man, man. Too bad the game was such a route; Chauncey had a good chance of tying or breaking the playoff 3-point record. He had 8, record is 9.

I really enjoyed watching chauncey kick tail. Makes up a little for what will happen to Detroit.

Hou-Por

Game 1: Houston dominates

I really think this win goes to Mr. Mutumbo. Sure, they were dominating before he came in, but Houston was beating the Mavs in the 3rd quarter too. This game, Yao went out and they kept the lead through really tough defense. Battier, Mutumbo, and Artest? Not to mention Lowery, who is a pretty good defender at PG.

JVG has called out the brooms. That would be awesome.

Det-Cle

Well, no surprises in this game. Detroit played an okay game for them. Their offense was decent; but their defense wasn't too hot.

Mo Williams listens to In the Air Tonight by Phil Collins to get pumped before games. How crazy is that!

I think, at this point, Will Bynum is a better point guard than Stuckey. But, Stuckey has a much much higher ceiling. So we gotta go with stuckey to get him better faster.

Chi-Bos

Man, that was a sweet first game for the playoffs. Too bad my tivo stopped with 35 seconds left. Rose was a ton of fun to watch. Seems like he is really good at tough runners.

And the first game was an upset to boot. Happy Joy!

NBA Playoff Bracket

If you guys are interested Jake, Patrick and I are doing an NBA playoff bracket.

Just send me your picks (after the match ups are set) for each series and then for the finals how many games it will go.

Points will be awarded as follows:

First round winner picked = 1pt (per series)
Second round winner picked = 2pts (per series)
Conference Finals winner picked = 4pts (per series)
Finals winner picked = 8pts

If two people end up with the same points at the end we'll use the number of games you said the finals will go as the tiebreaker.

Good luck!

Tie-Tie-Tie-Tie (Tie-Tie-Tie?)!!!

Ok... there's a number of 'ifs' in this scenario (which usually means that it ain't gonna happen) but tomorrow's games could yield a lot of fun.  Current standings:

If HOU, SAN, & POR all win tomorrow (also meaning DAL, NOH, & DEN lose) there will be a 4-way tie for 2nd-5th place, giving one team home court to all but the Lakers and another a road trip in the first round... Two look to be tied in each division (for the lead).  I also heard that if HOU & SAN both win tomorrow, their tiebreaker would go all the way to the 5th one!  I may be dumb... but even armed with this knowledge, I'm not even sure where to start with a 4-way tie.  do you compare the record of all 3 opponents?  

Further, though LAL is favored, if UTA wins tonight against them, there will be a 3-way tie for 6th-8th.  Again, I'm lost on the head-to-head comparison but UTA has a better Division & Conference record than NOH & DAL which, if it comes to those, would get them away from playing LAL in round 1.  So... coupled with the fact that LAL could rest some players, maybe a win tonight by UTA isn't hugely unlikely.

Riddle

I came up with a riddle a while ago, and just realized I should put it here.

How do you score two points while standing at half court?

If you know the answer, tell us you know it but don't say what it is.

Yao Vs Howard

Come on, Yao is a better center than Howard. I know no one wants to agree with me, but Yao has owned Howard every time they play each other.

	pos	min	fgm-a	3pm-a	ftm-a	+/-	off	def	tot	ast	pf	st	to	bs	ba	pts

D.Howard

C

38:10

5-11

0-1

3-9

-1

2

8

10

1

3

1

3

3

3

13

M.Yao

C

38:33

8-13

0-0

4-5

+15

4

12

16

1

5

1

0

2

0

20

Dwight has no post moves. His only plus side is that he can jump 15 feet in the air and he's built like a horse. Look at those free throws: 5-11. Thats terrible.

Now look at Yao's line: 8-13, 20 pts and 16 reb. I thought Dwight was suppose to be good at rebounding.

He scored 20 pts on 13 shots and he should be getting 20 shots, but the Rockets (Artest) is terrible at getting him the ball.

I dunno, I'd take Yao any day.