Billup's conference finals streak comes to an end

[D2Procon]

7 straight conference finals appearances. Damn.....

[Giuseppe]

He fell in with a bad bunch there in CO., and let them corrupt him. The stupid ass.

[himat]

I had a feeling it would. I thought they were going to beat Utah, even when they were down 3-1, but the Lakers would have been a tough team to beat anyways.

[Mavs_man_41]

I had a feeling it would. I thought they were going to beat Utah, even when they were down 3-1, but the Lakers would have been a tough team to beat anyways.

living vicariously through the nuggets?

[Giuseppe]

I had a feeling it would. I thought they were going to beat Utah, even when they were down 3-1, but the Lakers would have been a tough team to beat anyways.

Tough yes, but, Denver would have been straightened out by then (beating Utah). We'd a been up to our asses in alligators vs the Nuggets.

We're much better off with Utah. No Lawson. No Okur. Kirilenko dinged and rusty.

[DJ Mbenga]

this is just like mcnabb and his streak of NFC conference streak. just tells you he didnt win when he should have.

[milkshakeballa]

I had a feeling it would. I thought they were going to beat Utah, even when they were down 3-1, but the Lakers would have been a tough team to beat anyways.

You probably still think Denver is going to beat Utah....


LULZ @ lack of bball IQ.

[MateoNeygro]

It was a good run while it lasted, I've always liked the guys game.

[Cane]

Overrated? :

52. Chauncey Billups
You might remember me making the "We need to stop calling Chauncey 'Mr. Big Shot'" case as he was disappearing from the 2007 Cleveland series (scroll down to No. 3). Since then, he struggled in the 2008 Pistons-Celts series (16.5 PPG 39 percent FG shooting), disappeared in the last two games of the 2009 Lakers-Nuggets series (12 points in Game 5, 10 points in Game 6) and was dominated by Deron Williams through four games until showing signs of life Wednesday night. In my playoff preview two weeks ago, I mentioned that Chauncey had done just enough to make the Hall of Fame Pyramid of the paperback of my book. After watching the 2010 Nuggets implode, and after watching Williams (28.2 PPG, 11.6 APG, 51 percent FG) have his way with Chauncey for two weeks ... I don't know. Tough one.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2...simmons/100429

[spursfan1000]

Dang, that sucks, an incredible streak though.

[Mavs_man_41]

You say this like we're not the ing champs already.

le bet that you don't win the championship?

[spursfan1000]

Depends on how you look at it. My winning nature tells me he came up short 6 of 7 times. I see nothing incredible about that. Maybe for you though.

Going to conference finals 7 years in a row is not good? Yes I guess I would rather get eliminated in 1st round

[himat]

You probably still think Denver is going to beat Utah....


LULZ @ lack of bball IQ.

Damn you're ignorant. I hate getting in arguments with people, but damn you're pissing me off.

Denver underperformed tremendously. It's like blaming someone picking the Mavs over the Warriors when Dallas lost to them (except not as extreme).

Here was the problem that I had with Utah, they lost Memo and Kirilenko. Basically they had Williams and Boozer and a bunch of role players. Denver never had any poise to stop them though, but who was going to know that before the series began?

And don't give me that BS that you knew they would implode. This is the same group of headcases who made it to the Conference Finals last year.

You'll see next series when LA faces Utah, that Utah isn't that good. Denver just got outplayed in every facet but at the start of each game they had better players on the floor. 9 times out of 10 that wins you a series.

And don't say I have a lack of bball IQ you don't have a single smart post on here. Just another dumb ass bandwagon Laker fan.

[himat]

Overrated? :

Yes, a little bit. For most of his career everybody called him underrated so much that now he's overrated.

Same thing happened with Joe Dumars. He defender MJ great, but even he said that "I was called underrated so much that I was actually overrated."

Or something along those lines.

Whatever he helped the Pistons win a championship. I'll take it. We're not spoiled like LA and can't have a NBA championship caliber team every other year, so I'm still a big Chauncey fan.

He has his shortcomings against quick PG's no doubt, but Denver as a whole had no defensive mentality. Especially when George Karl had to leave the sidelines. The whole team broke down on defense that series.

[bostonguy]

Damn you're ignorant. I hate getting in arguments with people, but damn you're pissing me off.

Denver underperformed tremendously. It's like blaming someone picking the Mavs over the Warriors when Dallas lost to them (except not as extreme).

Here was the problem that I had with Utah, they lost Memo and Kirilenko. Basically they had Williams and Boozer and a bunch of role players. Denver never had any poise to stop them though, but who was going to know that before the series began?

And don't give me that BS that you knew they would implode. This is the same group of headcases who made it to the Conference Finals last year.

You'll see next series when LA faces Utah, that Utah isn't that good. Denver just got outplayed in every facet but at the start of each game they had better players on the floor. 9 times out of 10 that wins you a series.

And don't say I have a lack of bball IQ you don't have a single smart post on here. Just another dumb ass bandwagon Laker fan.

On the bolded part, that run to the WCF last year was more of a fluke than anything else. Look at the teams they beat. Two non-athletic teams in New Orleans and Dallas. They then met their match in the WCF.

[mavsfan1000]

Age is catching up to him as happened to many other players. Coaches just gotta realize when history just won't repeat itself anymore.

[NuGGeTs-FaN]

The Nuggets played without their head coach, what did you expect?

How would any top team go without their head coach? Imagine the Jazz playing without Sloan

[mavsfan1000]

The Nuggets played without their head coach, what did you expect?

How would any top team go without their head coach? Imagine the Jazz playing without Sloan

We haven't had a real head coach in 2 years so I know what you mean.

[Muser]

Anybody who says "LULZ" and then insults someone's IQ is pretty ing stupid.

[Mavs_man_41]

, my le has become the talk of legendary status, you not worthy of this bet .

don't give me that bs, you're all talk and aren't really so confident in your team

[Frenzy]

mavs_man calling out lakaluv....oh snap. Who scuuurd?

[himat]

On the bolded part, that run to the WCF last year was more of a fluke than anything else. Look at the teams they beat. Two non-athletic teams in New Orleans and Dallas. They then met their match in the WCF.

Okay, but like I said before Utah had 2 starters injured. If Denver would have won people would have said the same thing about them getting another fluke win.

I'm not saying Denver is great. They are a bunch of idiots, but I still thought their talent level would allow them to beat an injured Jazz team.

[himat]

don't give me that bs, you're all talk and aren't really so confident in your team

Don't worry about him. First of all he's an idiot. Second of all he'd get curb stomped by 90% of this board in real life. And third, and worst of all for him, is that people found some interesting tweets by him to say the least.

[TheManFromAcme]

I've always liked CB's game. That is an impressive streak.

[Giuseppe]

But, hi, they had very little chance once Karl couldn't show up. He not only has solid credence with the officiating, but, he was able to keep at least Billups from acting out.