"Playoffs" West: Round 1

Post #1 » by **Hawk Eye** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 11:23 am

Welcome to the first round of the playoffs for the western conference!

First to 5 votes wins

100 Word Max

Keep it clean. Keep it fun. Keep it real.

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Thunder (1)

C: Al Jefferson / Amare Stoudemire / Kaman
PF: Taj Gibson / David West / Tolliver
SF: Kevin Durant / Chris Douglas-Roberts
SG: Klay Thompson / Ray Allen / Anthony Morrow
PG: Russell Westbrook / Nate Robinson / Stuckey / Nash

VS

Suns (8)

PG: Bledsoe/Thomas/Goodwin
SG: Dragic/Ennis/Jenkins/Bazemore
SF: Markeiff/Green/Anderson
PF: MIlsap/Warren
C: Pekovic/Steisma

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Blazers (2)

PG: Damian Lillard|Patty Mills|Jannero Pargo
SG: Aaron Aaflalo|Danny Green|Will Barton
SF: Nicolas Batum|DeMarre Carroll
PF: Al Horford|Carlos Boozer|Glen Davis
C: DeAndre Jordan|Pero Antic|Andrew Bynum

VS

Mavericks (7)

PG: Jameer Nelson / Devin Harris
SG: Bradley Beal / Iman Shumpert / Ricky Ledo / Gal Mekel
SF: Chadler Parson / Al-Farouq Aminu / Richard Jefferson / Jae Crowder
PF: Ryan Anderson / Brandan Wright / Charlie Villanueva
CC: Tyson Chandler / Tyler Zeller

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Clippers (3)

PG: Steph Curry | Jamal Crawford | Jordan Farmar
SG: Wesley Matthews | Marco Belinelli
SF: Luol Deng | Draymond Green | Reggie Bullock
PF: Blake Griffin | Amir Johnson | Hedu Turkoglu
C: Robin Lopez | Mareese Speights | Ekpe Udoh

VS

Rockets (6)

C: Dwight Howard/ Greg Oden
PF: Carl Landry/ Ronny Turiaf/ Clint Capela
SF: Trevor Ariza/ Kostas Papanikolaou/ Francisco Garcia
SG: James Harden/ Kevin Martin/ Nick Johnson/ Troy Daniels
PG: Ricky Rubio/ Patrick Beverley/ Isaiah Canaan

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Spurs (4)

PG: Tony Parker | Bo McCalebb | Roger Mason
SG: Lance Stevenson | Kirk Hinrich | Alan Anderson
SF: Joe Johnson | Andrei Kirilenko | Stephen Jackson
PF: Kenneth Faried | Mirza Teletovic | Luis Scola
C: Tim Duncan | Tiago Splitter | Kenyon Martin

VS

Jazz (5)

PG: Conley/Calderon/Douglas
SG: Allen/Lee/Barbosa/Wilcox
SF: Pierce/Dudley/Dahatany Jones
PF: LaMarcus Aldridge/Kris Humphries/Rashaad Lewis
C: Gasol/Blatche
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***PLEASE GET YOUR VOTES IN ASAP GM'S***

goober · Post #2 » by **goober** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 12:05 pm

Write up: My team is the most well rounded in this game. We have the perfect blend of offense and defense. Conley can stop Parker (he always goes toe to toe with other star PG's during the Playoffs) Allen can guard Joe Johnson and Pierce can guard Lance. My front court has the superior advantage, and my bench is a lot better than theirs.

All in all, Jazz win in 6

HornetJail · Post #3 » by **HornetJail** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 3:11 pm

Thunder Rotation:
Al Jefferson (30) / Amare Stoudemire (9) / Chris Kaman (9)
Taj Gibson (28) / David West (20) / Anthony Tolliver (reserve)
Kevin Durant (32) / Chris Douglas-Roberts (8) / Anthony Morrow (8)
Klay Thompson (32) / Ray Allen (16)
Russell Westbrook (32) / Nate Robinson (16) / Rodney Stuckey (reserve) / Steve Nash (IR)

Thunder write-up
I have to say that Phoenix looks like a pretty good team, but we're going to be a mismatch at every position. As we will throughout the playoffs, we'll make sure that two of our starters are on the floor at all times for defensive purposes, while shooters off the bench bomb away from all angles. If STAT or Kaman gets hurt, Gibson plays more backup center, Durant plays more 4, then the wing shooters (CDR, Morrow, Allen, Robinson) will get extra PT. The talent on the roster and Clifford's defensive schemes speak for themselves. OKC in 4.

DerrickNoah · Post #4 » by **DerrickNoah** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 5:27 pm

OKC in 6
PDX in 6
HOU in 7
SAS in 7

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ak7 · Post #5 » by **ak7** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 5:36 pm

OKC in 4
PDX in 4
HOU in 6
UTAH in 7

-Kees- · Post #6 » by **-Kees-** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 5:38 pm

Thunder in 6
Blazers in 5
Clippers in 7
Spurs in 6

Zion Wembanyama · Post #7 » by **Zion Wembanyama** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 6:05 pm

OKC in 4
POR in 4
LAC in 6
SA in 7

Post #8 » by **Timmaytime** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 6:11 pm

Clippers writeup:
My team is more talented, much deeper and more balanced. Steph and Blake were both top 5 players last year and should improve even more. Not to mention excellent role players filling in the gaps, an elite coach, and HCA.

Clippers in 5.

Post #9 » by **Timmaytime** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 6:13 pm

OKC in 6

POR in 5

UTA in 7

HornetJail · Post #10 » by **HornetJail** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 6:16 pm

Blazers, Clippers, and Spurs all in 5. Portland's entire starting five is better, and the bench is deeper, no contest. I like the Mavs, but they'll struggle hard without Dirk. Clippers look amazing. Steph, Griffin, and the perfect utility guys around them is a recipe for success. My brain exploded trying to imagine Lance+Popovich, but that Spurs team looks great as well.

Post #11 » by **Hawk Eye** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 6:23 pm

Im going to be a little busy today. Will someone please email me when all teams have been decided and earned the 5 votes in order to advance? As soon as someone emails me the specific teams that have advanced I will get the next round of the playoffs up and ready to go. Good luck fellas!

Prokorov · Post #12 » by **Prokorov** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 6:43 pm

Spurs write-up

Spurs are SHOCKED that they ended up as low as a 4 seed after adding Joe Johnson, Lance Stephenson, and Kenneth Faried to the 5-time championship core of Popvich, Parker, and Duncan. Adding versatility, scoring depth, and most of all athleticism to an already outstanding core. Depth is as good as it has ever been. This team has passers, scorers, floor spacers, rebounders, and clutch performers.

Dont see how the jazz can match up. Were better 1-8 and 1-15. As far as the notion that pierce can check joe johnson, i'll rest with this:

spurs in 4.

Prokorov · Post #13 » by **Prokorov** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 6:44 pm

OKC in 5
Blazers in 6
Clippers in 7
Spurs in 4

CBFAlex · Post #14 » by **CBFAlex** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 7:07 pm

Thunder in 6 (not really sure how suns only got the 8 seed they're much better than Dallas
Blazers in 4
Clippers in 6 (I was gonna give it to the rockets because rubio a great fit but then I looked again and clippers bench is loaded.
Spurs in 5

Post #15 » by **Timmaytime** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 7:36 pm

Portland and OKC advance unanimously, San Antonio and Los Angeles also advance

Blazer50 · Post #16 » by **Blazer50** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 7:50 pm

OKC in 5
Blazers in 6
Clippers in 5
Spurs in 4

Post #17 » by **Ralnor** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 7:51 pm

Thunder in 4
Clippers in 5
Jazz in 6

damecurry · Post #18 » by **damecurry** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 10:51 pm

Prokorov wrote:OKC in 5
Blazers in 6
Clippers in 7
Spurs in 4

for future reference you can put a "prediction" in your writeup, that's fine, but we don't actually vote for ourselves in anything in this game.