Does this even feel like the NBA Finals? [Archive]

21_Blessings

06-04-2009, 11:16 PM

Honestly I agree with house here. This did not have the vibe of a finals game. It was even worse than the 2007 finals.

2007 were boring as shit because both teams played slow tempo ugly basketball. At least the viewers got to watch Kobe go into video game mode in the 3rd. Ratings will be much stronger than 2007.

Ghazi

06-04-2009, 11:18 PM

I prefer a game of this flow to the '06 Finals tainted by whistles and the boring uncompetitive '07 Finals.

I think this will be a competitive series.

DUNCANownsKOBE2

06-04-2009, 11:19 PM

2007 were boring as shit because both teams played slow tempo ugly basketball. At least the viewers got to watch Kobe go into video game mode in the 3rd. Ratings will be much stronger than 2007.

I agree there just saying it doesn't seem to have the competitiveness or swagger of a finals game.

Ghazi

06-04-2009, 11:19 PM

Neither did the first 4 games of the Pistons/Spurs series FWIW and that ended up being a good series!!

ace3g

06-04-2009, 11:23 PM

I agree there just saying it doesn't seem to have the competitiveness or swagger of a finals game.

sad thing is it did in the first half prior to SVG benching Alston for Nelson.

j-money24

06-04-2009, 11:24 PM

No it didn't feel like it in game 1, i wanted to see a close game with a Lakers win.

ace3g

06-04-2009, 11:25 PM

hell the Magic even increased their lead in the 1st quarter into the 2nd quarter when Howard picked up his 2nd foul, Gortat did a great job. Right after that is when Nelson checked in and the Lakers made their run the rest of the game.

DUNCANownsKOBE2

06-04-2009, 11:28 PM

No it didn't feel like it in game 1, i wanted to see a close game with a Lakers win.

This is where me and most fans differ. I personally want the easiest opponent that matches up the best that my team can sweep and win every game by 25 points :lol

tlongII

06-04-2009, 11:30 PM

The Finals won't be entertaining until we're in it in 2010.

TheMACHINE

06-04-2009, 11:33 PM

The Finals won't be entertaining until we're in it in 2010.

Hey Tlong...does it make you feel better if i tell you that this year portland would have beaten the Lakers in the WCF if they met. ;)

David Bowie

06-04-2009, 11:52 PM

This feels like San Antonio vs. Cleavland of 2007 right now.

cobbler

06-04-2009, 11:57 PM

I dont care if its the snooooozer series off all time as long as the Lakers win!

Cant_Be_Faded

06-05-2009, 12:05 AM

Like I said. The refs will make this go at least 5 games, favoring the Magic.

Lakers in 5.

Spursfan092120

06-05-2009, 12:15 AM

Jacob1983

06-05-2009, 12:18 AM

The Magic came out flat against the Lakers. I know it's only 1 game but if they play this the rest of the series, they will get swept. And Howard needs to take advantage from the love he's getting from the refs. Make your free throws, son.

KSeal

06-05-2009, 12:19 AM

I enjoyed the fuck out of this game. As long as the Lakers bring this intensity every game I'm happy. Orlando had a few open looks but for the most part the Lakers put the clamps on. Impressive for a team that has been said to not play any defense, and that it will be their downfall...

ChrisRichards

06-05-2009, 12:20 AM

We were so geared towards playing Boston, and then the Cavs, and now we get the ugly chic in the Magic. There seems to be no threat.
Id like to see you open your mouth after game 2

DrHouse

06-05-2009, 12:22 AM

It's one fucking game...Lakers lost to Houston in Game 1..give it a rest...If Orlando takes game 2, all of a sudden they can win all their games at home and take it. 3 games in a row in Orlando is going to hurt LA IMO

What did you see in this game that makes you think ORL will defeat a hungry and focused Laker team in Game 2?

Soul

06-05-2009, 12:27 AM

First game you faggots.

Spursfan092120

06-05-2009, 12:31 AM

What did you see in this game that makes you think ORL will defeat a hungry and focused Laker team in Game 2?
Um..the fact that LA has been incredibly inconsistent, and Orlando has bounced back and won difficult games on the road against Cleveland and Boston...they don't let a loss affect them...Besides..they know they need to win Game 2...if Orlando loses Game 2, it just may be over.

DrHouse

06-05-2009, 12:34 AM

Um..the fact that LA has been incredibly inconsistent, and Orlando has bounced back and won difficult games on the road against Cleveland and Boston...they don't let a loss affect them...Besides..they know they need to win Game 2...if Orlando loses Game 2, it just may be over.

This is the NBA Finals. There will not be another game where the Laker's effort is inconsistent.

And you did not answer my original question. What specifically did you see in Game 1 that gives you confidence that the Magic will come out and defeat the Lakers on their home floor in Game 2?

Spursfan092120

06-05-2009, 12:35 AM

This is the NBA Finals. There will not be another game where the Laker's effort is inconsistent.

And you did not answer my original question. What specifically did you see in Game 1 that gives you confidence that the Magic will come out and defeat the Lakers on their home floor in Game 2?
I saw nothing in Game 1 that would make me think that..but that's the beauty..it's not about Game 1...it's about Game 2...We'll see you after that one..if you win that one, it's pretty much over.

KidCongo

06-05-2009, 12:36 AM

Orlando's finals were beating the Cavs.

Cavs Lakers what could have been.

21_Blessings

06-05-2009, 12:38 AM

Fuck that scrubby Cavs team. The Lakers want Boston next year in the finals. Getting revenge for 08 en route to a back to back will be fuckin sweeet.

ace3g

06-05-2009, 12:39 AM

Um..the fact that LA has been incredibly inconsistent, and Orlando has bounced back and won difficult games on the road against Cleveland and Boston...they don't let a loss affect them...Besides..they know they need to win Game 2...if Orlando loses Game 2, it just may be over.

that was the Magic led by Alston, these Magic will be inconsistent the rest of the series because of Nelson, it sucks because this could have been a competitive series.

One of the Magic need to literally re injure Nelson's shoulder

DrHouse

06-05-2009, 12:39 AM

The Cavs never belonged in the NBA Finals to begin with. Way too immature and arrogant for a team that has accomplished absolutely nothing.

I want to see BOS in next year's Finals. The Lakers have some retribution to deliver.

Ghazi

06-05-2009, 12:41 AM

Premature ejaculatiiiiiiion

21_Blessings

06-05-2009, 12:46 AM

Premature ejaculatiiiiiiion

And that would be Lebron's load right in your mouth all year long. Yeah the King of the Bronze Medal sure face fucked the Lakers in the finals dude!

Championship rings

Sun Yue: 1

Dirk: 0

Ghazi

06-05-2009, 12:48 AM

And that would be Lebron's load right in your mouth all year long. Yeah the King of the Bronze Medal sure face fucked the Lakers in the finals dude!

Championship rings

Sun Yue: 1

Dirk: 0

:sleep

iggypop123

06-05-2009, 01:15 AM

:sleep

hey i thought you were rooting for Mbenga's second title

DUNCANownsKOBE2

06-05-2009, 01:28 AM

I'm not gonna lie it's pretty unrealistic to still think Orlando has a decent shot. Once again we see a team to reliant on three pointers fall apart.

ginobili's bald spot

06-05-2009, 01:33 AM

:sleep

He does have a point. You shouldn't be talking about premature ejaculation when you had LeBron and the cavs nuts on your chin all year long talking about how they were gonna win a championship and were unstoppable. At least wait til that callus on your chin wears off before you start talking about OTHER peoples premature ejaculation.

Ghazi

06-05-2009, 01:51 AM

Word I was lookin for was knee jerk. big DEAL if I got a prediction wrong :lol

series isn't over. magic are a schizo team. reason they lost by 25 tonight is "sorta" the same reason they fell behind by 20+ twice to Cavs, blew 18 pt lead v Sixers, blew 14 pt lead v Celtics, almost blew 28 pt lead v Celtics, etc I think it'll cost them this series along with unfavorable matchups but here we have Dr House who thought lakers would lose to nugs, then claimed anti-jinx, talking about next years finals as if this years finals are already decided.

its just KNEE jerkage dammit.

as for my rooting preference i am indifferent although i would be happy for 2006 NBA champions powell/mbenga if they get their 2nd ring.

21_Blessings

06-05-2009, 02:03 AM

Word I was lookin for was knee jerk. big DEAL if I got a prediction wrong :lol

It's one thing to make a prediction and then there's you, fellating Lebron as a true witness all season like his cock was permanently wedged in your throat.

Someone should compile all the dick sucking you did and archive it into one thread.

IronMexican

06-05-2009, 02:30 AM

2003, 2004, and now, 2009. The years Hedo completely shrinks vs LA.

bostonguy

06-05-2009, 03:01 AM

I dont care how many 3's the Magic made or missed. That shit isnt going to cut it against a team like the Lakers. If Howard continues to struggle and if Hedo/Lewis etc cant drive to the basket, Orlando is fucked. You arent going to beat LA by shooting three pointers regardless of if you are open or not. You better have success at driving to the hoop against LA, or you arent beating them 4 times.

BUMP

06-05-2009, 03:14 AM

as much as i dislike the Lakers i do get a small consolation in watching douchebag Van Gundy meltdown when he's denied a ring.

spurscenter

06-05-2009, 04:32 AM

The whole game felt like it was another regular season game on a Saturday afternoon on ABC.

It was without any excitement.

Have you seen ABC try to do back stories on the Magic? Nope.

NBA Junkie

06-05-2009, 04:49 AM

There's not a player on the Magic roster that's appeared in an NBA finals contest and it showed.

Game 2 will be much closer. Historically, teams that play poorly come out and play much much better in the next game.

The Magic will not repeat 29% shooting coupled with just one Dwight Howard basket in game 2.

DeadlyDynasty

06-05-2009, 05:55 AM

The whole game felt like it was another regular season game on a Saturday afternoon on ABC.

It was without any excitement.

Have you seen ABC try to do back stories on the Magic? Nope.
you're right...it's a conspiracy. blame stern and the refs for the Magic shooting 29% from the field while getting 11 more FTAs and getting blown out by 25...yup, it's a conspiracy.

you gotta be the dumbest m'fer on these boards

Extra Stout

06-05-2009, 08:05 AM

The Magic will not play as badly as they did in Game 1.

However, their chances are not good to make this much of a series because they simply don't match up well with the Lakers. None of the matchup advantages they could exploit against Cleveland are available in this series.

Extra Stout

06-05-2009, 08:05 AM

The hockey game was vastly more entertaining.

baseline bum

06-05-2009, 08:26 AM

This series is already starting to look like the 02 Finals.

BUMP

06-05-2009, 09:28 AM

IMO this series is still gonna be marginally competitive. There was a stretch in the 3rd where Orlando just fell completly apart, but other than that they were right in the game. They didn't look overmatched, i think they underestimated Bryant, not expecting him to catch fire.

All championship teams have one thing in common and that is that they play defense when it matters, whoever plays better defense will always win. The Magic didn't play any but they can still turn it around, this series is not over.

This whole board has a problem with premature ejaculation.

TampaDude

06-05-2009, 09:36 AM

This feels like San Antonio vs. Cleveland of 2007 right now.

Yup...that series was basically over as soon as it started...I was happy the Spurs won the title, but it was way too easy. I didn't even bother buying a shirt. :lol

Unless Orlando comes out in Game 2 and proves that Game 1 was a fluke, this series is over. It's likely the Lakers will sweep. I'm not happy about it, but it is what it is. :toast

TampaDude

06-05-2009, 09:47 AM

Neither did the first 4 games of the Pistons/Spurs series FWIW and that ended up being a good series!!

Yeah, the 2005 Finals was EPIC...one of the best Finals ever...but this one feels more like 2007 so far...a total mismatch. We'll see what happens in Game 2.

Darrin

06-05-2009, 09:48 AM

This is the most anti-climatic NBA Finals (because Cleveland lost) since the New Jersey Nets were trounced by the Lakers 8 years ago.

TampaDude

06-05-2009, 09:51 AM

This is the most anti-climatic NBA Finals (because Cleveland lost) since the New Jersey Nets were trounced by the Lakers 8 years ago.

Yeah...too bad they can't all be like the Bulls-Celtics series...now THAT was one for the ages. :toast

TJastal

06-05-2009, 11:30 AM

Orlando's chances of winning this series will largely depended on how much leeway the refs are gonna give Howard to muscle lakers out of his way in the paint.

It seems to depend on who's guarding Howard. Against CLE's Joe Smith for instance, I noticed Howard was not allowed to use aggressive tactics, and they rung him up for offensive fouls when he tried. Oddly, after the 1st game or 2, Brown stopped playing Smith, and instead used Varejao and Illguaskas the rest of the way, and both of those guys did not get the same type of calls. Against these two, Howard was allowed to use his shoulder to bump and push Varejao out of his way, and he used alot of force in doing so, without drawing fouls. Couple times he nearly took Big Z's head off, and still they swallowed (the refs).

If this first game against the lakers was any indication, its gonna be a long series for Howard, as they absolutely did not allow him to do the same to the laker's interior defenders as he did to the cavs. Gasol in particular seems to be good at flopping and fooling the refs into thinking he was hammered when in reality he was barely touched. If the refs are going to call Howard every time a laker spazzes out over being bumped the magic will not be able to get their inside-out game going and it will be a short series.

Gino

06-05-2009, 11:36 AM

Honestly I agree with house here. This did not have the vibe of a finals game. It was even worse than the 2007 finals.

Not possible. :lol

spurscenter

06-06-2009, 08:30 AM

you're right...it's a conspiracy. blame stern and the refs for the Magic shooting 29% from the field while getting 11 more FTAs and getting blown out by 25...yup, it's a conspiracy.

you gotta be the dumbest m'fer on these boards

LOL

Laker fans.

It's boring, its a fact. Its Nets vs Lakers 2002 boring

Its Cleveland vs. Spurs boring

its just a boring regular season best of 7 series

ShoogarBear

06-06-2009, 08:38 AM

2003, 2004, and now, 2009. The years Hedo completely shrinks vs LA.

Hell, game one might have been Hedo's best-ever playoff game against the Lakers.

Laker-fan-in-SanAnto

06-06-2009, 09:03 AM

The Finals won't be entertaining until we're in it in 2010.

:lmao

jacobdrj

06-06-2009, 09:20 AM

Absolutely! I haven't been this pumped up for the Finals since 2005. The Lakers finally look like adults (looked like kids last season) and Orlando, sans van gundy, looks primed for some mean-ness.

pauls931

06-06-2009, 11:42 AM

I think Orlando needs to win a game or two, then the ratings will go through the roof. If LA continues to stomp them then no one will care. We need a competitive finals.

kamikazi_player

06-06-2009, 01:03 PM

Bukefal

06-06-2009, 01:32 PM

No it does not. But what would you expect with 2 shitty teams in the finals. :sleep Cant wait for next season to start

21_Blessings

06-06-2009, 01:47 PM

SORRY to burst your bubble Laker fans, but this is just game one. Too bad it's not a one game series, or else we woulda crowned you already. Hey, Orlando can come back, remember Heat 06? down 2 games and won 4 straight.

That team had Wade and a bunch of gambling hungry officials trying to make money. Plus a bunch of experienced veterans. Orlando has no one capable of playing like that. Lmao, Hedo is their number 1 option in crunch time. Come on now.

Ghazi

06-06-2009, 01:52 PM

Most anti climactic series since... uhhh 2007. That series was a very predictable sweep due to the Bowen factor.

Oh, Gee!!

06-06-2009, 02:38 PM

I'm calling a sweep right now. magic are happy just to get there while kobe smells blood in the water. it's all over except for the crying

JoeTait75

06-06-2009, 03:02 PM

No way Orlando wins this series. Every advantage they had against Cleveland- size on the perimeter, Dewey getting whatever he wanted down low- is negated against Los Angeles. They MIGHT get a game or two in Orlando, but that's it.

DUNCANownsKOBE2

06-06-2009, 03:11 PM

The hockey game was vastly more entertaining.

Using the word "entertaining" to describe the activity of hockey watching should be a felony.

SpursDynasty

06-06-2009, 05:51 PM

The Lakers are a boring team

Phonzie20

06-07-2009, 04:59 PM

No it does not. But what would you expect with 2 shitty teams in the finals. :sleep Cant wait for next season to start

Are you saying the Spurs would be more exciting to watch?

Banzai

06-07-2009, 05:11 PM

The Lakers are an exciting team

fixed.

Phonzie20

06-07-2009, 05:19 PM

fixed.

Lakers actually aren't that exciting.

They have the ability and length to kick a team while they are down thanks to that Pau trade.

Lakers aren't really any more exciting from a Spurs squad.

Banzai

06-07-2009, 05:28 PM

Lakers are exciting.

They have the ability and length to kick a team while they are down thanks to that amazing trade for Pau Gasol.

Lakers are definitely more exciting than a Spurs squad.

fixed.:rollin

IronMexican

06-07-2009, 05:29 PM

This Laker team bores me to death. I wish we could have another Pistons/Spurs NBA Finals.

DeadlyDynasty

06-07-2009, 05:32 PM

This Laker team bores me to death. I wish we could have another Pistons/Spurs NBA Finals.

+1...who doesn't enjoy scores like 79-75?

Phonzie20

06-07-2009, 05:46 PM

This Laker team bores me to death. I wish we could have another Pistons/Spurs NBA Finals.

You can't be objective as you are ... well... biased.

Lakers aren't that exciting. I'm sure the Lake show is going to take the Title this year. Orlando can't shoot as bad as they did in game 1 but it's a pipe dream still.

Would have been better if it was a Nuggs/Magic Finals ;)