Spurs v Grizz
My prediction? Pain. Spurs in six.
Lakers v Hornets
No, they don't hate the Hornets. They pity the fools, and will destroy any team that tries to take what they got. Lakers in five.
Mavs v Blazers
What did they say, paper champions? They'll beat them like a dog, a dog you fools. Blaze in six.
Thunder v Nuggets
Don't you turn your back on them! Nuggets in seven.
Bulls v Pacers
Hey Pacers. Hey, Pacers! Listen here. Since your old man ain't got no heart, maybe you like to see a real man. I bet you stay up every night dreamin' you had a real team, don't ya? Bulls in four.
Magic v Hawks
They gonna bust them up. Magic in five.
Heat v Sixers
Get out of my face! I don't need no has-beens in my corner. And you better wipe that look off your face before they knock it off. YOU WANNA JUMP? JUMP! Come on! Come on, Heat! Come on! Sixers in seven!
Celtics v Knicks
Shut up old men! They ain't going nowhere. Knicks in seven.
Not bad, but I have a soft spot for Clubber so you had me with the thread le. clubber and Sho 'nuff were the 80's best trash talkers. But you missed some of his best lines:
"Don't give this sucker no statue, give him some guts!!"
"The little man don't wanna come to me. Then I'll come to you people to lay out the truth. I am ranked Number One. ONE! That means I'm the best!
"I'm gonna torture him. I'm gonna crucify him. Real bad."
Stallone always gives the American people what they want, and as much as they want.
It don't get better than that.
got the west pretty good. East, you really messed that one up.
I see you're a Sixers fan.
West:
SA v MEM: Spurs in 5
LA v LMAONO: LA in 4
DAL v POR: DAL in 7
OKC v DEN: OKC in 5
East.
CHI v IND: CHI in 4
MIA v PHI: MIA in 5
BOS v NY: BOS in 5
ORL v ATL: ORL in 6
He's also put out some real pieces of too. But yeah, when he gets it right it's awesome.
I think that OKC will take it from the Nuggs and Celts will beat the Knicks.
They all stumble at times.
But, Stallone isn't pompous or selfish like say Eastwood is. Eastwood will give you what {he} wants, whether {we} want it, or, not. Until Eastwood "made it" though he gave us what we wanted, and as much as we wanted. Alas, it was a means to an end:::so he could make what he wanted, unfettered, like Coppola after his Godfather cash cow.
Stallone and the circle of people he operates within are mercenary yes, but, they don't deviate from our needs, our wants. Rocky/Karate Kid/Rambo are true to us and they never end:::Part 1,2,3,....on & on...the quality wanes as the line extends, yes, but, the heartbeat is without end....parts, moments, seconds on film even at the poorest of the above franchises lodge in our minds & gladden our American hearts.
classic .......
Though less artsy dramatic I think Rocky III is better than II ...Im all for story ...but too much "Adrian and self-loathing" to me the best part of II is appollo calling our Rocky and his trainer having genuine fear as he watches the footage from the fight in Rocky I ...
... and when he says (paraphrase from memory) "I watched you beat this man within an inch of his life ...and HE KEPT COMING! We dont want this man ... you dont need this man. "
So many moments & parts:::in Pt 2:::Tony Burton in Creed's plush office, Creed behind the desk, seated, Burton in front, standing, behind him a distance away "the suits" seated on a couch. They're discussing the rematch. Pedestrian give & take, until Burton changes the tone:::he glances nervously back at the "strangers" before once again sealing them off & addressing "his son" Creed in the most intimate of verbiage...."we don't need a man like that in our lives....let...it...go."
In 3 the sheer animal wailings of Stallone in Mickey's crypt.
In 4, the mistake of the meticulously coiffed Stallone as the principal at Creed's grave site. That's Burton's place there. He's Creed's "father".
In 5, the cascade of blood gushing in the monochrome flashback of Stallone.
Yes, that was it ...let it go. But Creed can't. Sure the boxing scenes are soooo unrealistic. But those movies captured most of the boxing archetypes"
The hometown hero
The underdog
The showboat (creed)
The represented the bedrocks of boxing: Philly (rock) Detroit (creed) and Chicago (clubber) ...
The boxing wife (though annoying)
Two great trainers Mick and Creed's
the hangers on ... Paulie ...
The declining champ (Creed)
The champ who comes out of retirement to tragic results (Creed)
Going soft after reaching the top (Rocky)
As Eddie Murphy would say : "alright rocko! Great ing movie ...I dont want to spoil it for yall but Rocky wins this one ... " classic shiznit.
West:
SA v MEM: Spurs in 4.
LA v NO: LA in 4.
DAL v POR: Could go either way, but I'm picking DAL in 7.
OKC v DEN: Denver's really becoming a favorite of mine, but OKC in 7.
East:
CHI v IND: CHI in 4
MIA v PHI: Just so they can stay on the front page, MIA in 6.
BOS v NY: BOS in 6. KG will average 3 chest pounds per game.
ORL v ATL: ORL in 7. Most irrelevant matchup, neither will do damage in the second round.
I don't see how someone can predict an upset. If it was predictable, it wouldn't be an upset.
I'm sure I've cited it here before, but, I love this part so:::
4:::Creed gets pulverized by Drago in round 1, comes to the corner, and is seated. Stallone (not Rocky), but, Stallone the creator, producer, writer and director of this franchise takes us home now...Rocky beseeches him to throw towel. Creed is intractable, the debate continues, finally Creed ends the debate with the his final words:::"no matter what." He rises to his feet, body broken, he leans back into the corner buckle and waits his final round....now here Stallone remembers what we hoped he would remember, but, we foolishly/mistakenly thought he forgot. No, uh, uh, not this time. Not this Stallone.....Creed scans the crowd, and finds his wife. The woman who would rather read children's books to their children than read hate mail with Creed. The woman who stoicly sat in his dressing room moments before her husband would lose his Champioship in 2 as he went thru his pre fight protocol for the umpteenth time in her presence as she neared the breaking point....
...Creed finds her....she's risen, her eyes brimming, their gaze meet, she gives the slightest of hints of reproach (don't go out there), he nods, near imperceptibly,,,then turns forward to face his destiny.
That, that moment is pure Stallone. I know it just as sure as I'm sittin' here.
Thunder vs. Nuggets …Those two teams are playing great ball & could take just about any team in a seven game series…I was kind of hoping they would wreak some havoc on other teams…
SA v MEM: Spurs in 6
LA v NOLA: Lakers in 5
DAL v POR: Blazers in 6
OKC v DEN: Thunder in 6
CHI v IND: Bulls in 4
MIA v PHI: Heat in 6
BOS v NY: Celtics in 6
ORL v ATL: Magic in 6
SA v OKC: Spurs in 7
LAL v POR: Lakers in 6
CHI v ORL: Bulls in 6
MIA v BOS: Celtics in 7
SA v LAL: Lakers in 6
CHI v BOS: Bulls in 7
CHI v LAL: Lakers in 7
Ooh...I wonder when Drago will make his picks!
Wow...great analysis...I came...
I must break you...
WEST
1 San Antonio over 8 Memphis 4-2
2 Los Angeles over 7 New Orleans 4-1
6 Portland over 3 Dallas 4-2
4 Oklahoma City over 5 Denver 4-2
4 Oklahoma City over 1 San Antonio 4-2
2 Los Angeles over 6 Portland 4-2
2 Los Angeles over 4 Oklahoma City 4-3
EAST
1 Chicago over 8 Indiana 4-0
2 Miami over 7 Philadelphia 4-2
3 Boston over 7 New York 4-1
4 Orlando over 5 Atlanta 4-2
1 Chicago over 4 Orlando 4-2
2 Miami over 3 Boston 4-3
1 Chicago over 2 Miami 4-2
FINALS
1 Chicago over 2 Los Angeles 4-3
Even as late as "Rocky Balboa" Stallone delivers the goods:::In the beginning we hear a steady monotone of Rocky, as owner/Maitre D/Heavy Weight Champ reciting the tale of his triumph over Creed (in 2)....just a voice, to a table of "suits." We don't see him at first, just the sound of it. {{{it's the beauty of film that not everything has to be for the viewer on the initial sight}}} That the movie maker can put his heart and dreams onto celluloid and we will at our own speed & desire find it.
We know as witnesses to 1 & 2 what it took for that victory. If you suspend yourself and immerse into the story as Stallone the man must suspend and immerse himself into the role as actor/Rocky you can take the memory with you forever. Rocky cannot tell the tale to these people as it happened because he cannot share that with another human being aside from Creed whom is now dead, but, who shared that intimacy with Rocky in bits & pieces in 1,2,3. We as "believers" can get closer than anyone to have the right to hear it, because we lived it. We are en led whereas "the suits",,,and the restaurant's patron's (all of them) are not, and never will be.
Stallone excludes them, but, we, we have never been excluded. When he went, he took us with him, every step of the way, and we heard every word he ever spoke.
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