The 2005-2006 NBA Season Discussion Thread

T-Mac is injured, again. 5 weeks. This may 'cause the Rockets to be out of the playoffs unless Yao and everyone else can pull it together without him.

As for the Rockets, I was surprised Bob Sura wasn't playing, but then I found out he underwent surgery.

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Surprise surprise...Rockets lose again. It is the Spurs, but still, I think they've lost their last three or so straight. They play the Clippers Monday, maybe they can rebound from their losing streak.

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Originally Posted by nazpyro

Haha, nice. Cavs won. It's always fun to watch the Lakers lose, especially when it comes down to Kobe missing a final shot. It's great.

Dang, I want Air Jordans, but I'd probably never use them. If I had the money, I'd just go for the collection, like the complete signed collection sold on eBay recently: http://cgi.ebay.com/Michael-Jordan-S...QQcmdZViewItem

I was in awe the first time I saw that. I remain envious.

Damn. That's a pretty sweet collection, especially since they're all signed and everything - and they include every single one of the Air Jordan series.

Plus the purpose of the auction was the benefit a non-profit organization. Pretty sweet, too bad I would never have that amount of money to spend on shoes. *Shrugs*

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Originally Posted by Timberwolf

That's not basketball.

O_O

What the hell was that!? Was that real? 'Cause I think that's a technical...lol.


Anyways. Rockets are 30-40. Something like 3-29 without McGrady. I think they're 5 and 1/2 behind Sacremento.

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Originally Posted by Timberwolf

Okay, this is funny.



One. Two. Three. The Fourth one got him.

Dude, LMAO.



Anyways, some news:

Originally Posted by ESPN.com

Former NBA stars Charles Barkley, Joe Dumars and Dominique Wilkins, University of Connecticut Women's Coach Geno Auriemma, former Big East Commissioner David Gavitt and Italian National Team Coach Sandro Gamba were elected to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame on Monday.

So yeah, congrats to them...when is Jordan eligible for the HOF?

I was speaking idiomatically.

79-61?

Geez.


Lots of freethrows from when I watched (2nd quarter) - overall it wasn't a great 7th game. I wanted more excited but it ended up a lop-sided victory.

I miss buzzer-beater victories in the 7th game...

How ya doing, buddy?

Heat in Five, if I'm still allowed to make predictions.

Great game today - Heat vs. Pistons - Wade did great as always. Shooting percentage for the pistons (something like 38%) was horrible.

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Originally Posted by Timberwolf

I wish I could make $16 million playing 13.8 minutes a game in the Playoffs while averaging 5.6 points, 2.0 rebounds, 0.4 assists, 3.4 fouls, and shooting 34.5% from the field.

I do too. Wow.



And yay. Heat win, they're up 2-1 now. Shaq showed up hard in this game: 27 points, 2 steals and 12 rebounds.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

OMG.

Amazing layup by Wade - great pics Timberwolf. I like the expressions on everyones' faces, priceless.


3-1 in favor of the Heat, looks like my prediction of the Heat taking it in five may be possible.

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Originally Posted by nazpyro

Just saw on SportsCenter on some poll that 45 of the 48 mainland whatever states think that Miami will win. The other 3 are Texas (ok), Oklahoma (alright), and... Michigan. Lollin'.

Yeah I saw that too, though it's expected since the Pistons and all of Detroit thought they were going to take the series.


As for the finals, I'll watch the first game and maybe one or two after that due to a constriction of time.

As for my prediction - Heat in 6.

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Shaq was contained. 5 points and only 6 rebounds? Not exactly his best game.

Miami needs to learn how to make free throws. Shaq is 2-16 at the FT line and that won't help you win games. They did better this game in that they made like 60% on the line compared to the 40% in game one but when your opponent has a FT percentage consistantly in the 80s you gotta make the shots.

Mavericks outrebounded the Heat 46 total rebounds to 32 which is not good at all for the Heat.

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Originally Posted by DragoonKain

I'm sticking with Miami to win this series. I can't pick against them just because they went down 2-0. 3 straight home games is exactly what they need.

Yeah, that's what I'm hoping.

3 Straight games at home will probably spark something. If they can take all three then the momentum should carry over into Dallas for Game Six which would get the franchise's first championship.

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Great comeback by the Heat but it shouldn't have been such a game in the first place. Heat were up at the half and lost it in the third quarter.

They also outrebounded the Mavs 49 to 34 and ONLY beat them by 2 at the end. In Game 2 the Mavs outrebounded the Heat by a similar amount and won by a large margin.

Heat really need to work hard to win this series, cause the Mavs seem to be doing everything right (besides the horrible job in the fourth quarter of Game 3).

I was speaking idiomatically.

Sucks for the Mavs but Stackhouse really shoved 300 lbs. Shaq for that flagrant foul.


Either way, great play by the Heat. Dirk was like 2-14 FG, so good job by the Heat in keeping him in check (but he still scored like 16 due to free throws).

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by Timberwolf

I almost cracked up when Gary Payton was dribbling the ball at the top of the key, mouthing off to the referee. Then he passed the ball, extended both his arms, gesturing and still talking to the referee.

And then the pass suddenly came back to him, and his panicked reaction was like, "Oh my god, it's the ball."

I laughed. The commentators were like: "What the hell is he doing?"


But yeah, Heat win in 6, I believe that was what I said so woohoo on predictions. Mavs could have easily won this series, but something sparked in the Heat and they came back to win 4 games straight.


It's disappointing that the Heat had to win in Dallas though. There is no cheers of joy from the fans when you win in your opponent's arena. I was pleased with Cuban's sportsmanship after they lost - he stood and clapped for the Heat. Still, the stands evaporated after the game was over.

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