Western Playoff Picture.

houstonboy01 · Post #21 » by **houstonboy01** » Sun Mar 2, 2008 4:41 am

wow.. people forget easily... Rockets went 20-12 without Yao last season.... What makes them worse this year?

mistatwo mayn · Post #22 » by **mistatwo mayn** » Sun Mar 2, 2008 4:51 am

Duiz wrote:Utah can win playoff series against anyone easily but the San Antonio Spurs and the Los Angeles Lakers.

you forgot about dallas...

I really hope to see Dallas slip the the 8th spot and have them play the Lakers first round. I only see Dallas/San Antonio as the only teams to knock them out.

That is unless some other team pulls some Gasol bs like a trade of brent barry for a dwight howard type BS.

This would be the greatest 1st round ever:

1 v 8
LA v Dallas
2 v 7
San Antoino v Phx
3 v 6
NOR v Golden State
4 v 5
Utah vs. Den/Hou

Duiz · Post #23 » by **Duiz** » Sun Mar 2, 2008 4:58 am

mistatwo mayn wrote: you forgot about dallas...

Not really, when Utah plays in Dallas, it goes down to the wire, and usually Terry or Howard go off... Dallas get blown out by the Jazz at home whenever they come. Remember they have certain matchup problems playing with the Jazz. Mavs for the Jazz are as difficult to beat as Houston with Yao Ming is for utah.

Post #24 » by **bleu** » Sun Mar 2, 2008 5:39 am

Man, I'm gonna try to find and bump this thread right before the WCF and laugh at every damn one of you.

realfung · Post #25 » by **realfung** » Sun Mar 2, 2008 5:43 am

sad for the West, so many talents....

Post #26 » by **bleu** » Sun Mar 2, 2008 5:49 am

ss_maverick wrote:1. Lakers
2. Spurs
3. Hornets
4. Jazz
5. Mavericks
6. Suns
7. Nuggets
8. Warriors

First round:

LAL-GSW: LA in 5
SAS-DEN: SA in 7
NOH-PHX: NOH in 7
UTA-DAL: DAL in 6

Second round:

LAL-DAL: DAL in 7
SAS-NOH: SAS in 6

WCF:

DAL-SAS: DAL in 7

NBA Finals:

DAL-BOS: DAL in 7

You damn homer...

Ballings7 · Post #27 » by **Ballings7** » Sun Mar 2, 2008 6:04 am

Rasheeed!!! wrote:^maybe it's just me, but Phx just hasn't looked like a championship team anytime during the past few weeks and I struggle to see them out of the 2nd rnd, if they make it that "far"

It's not just you. And, I haven't bought them since 05. They don't have the make-up of a championship-caliber team. They haven't improved nearly enough on their weaker areas since 2005. Since 06-07, they've gotten lesser and lesser in one of their strengths in 3PT shooting. Being most evident this whole season.

Napoleon7 wrote:FWIW
Finals:

Detroit vs Phoenix (Phoenix in 6)

Detroit would beat Phoenix in 5 games.

Detroit's too tough, too balanced, too flexible, too experienced, too deep for Phoenix. Phoenix's defense hasn't, isn't, and won't be at a playoff level. Their offense isn't diverse enough for the playoffs. Unless Shaq amazingly returns to 2006 form

JES12 · Post #28 » by **JES12** » Sun Mar 2, 2008 8:16 am

JES12 wrote:1. Lakers
2. Spurs
3. Hornets
4. Jazz
5. Mavericks
6. Suns
7. Nuggets
8. Warriors

ss_maverick wrote:1. Lakers
2. Spurs
3. Hornets
4. Jazz
5. Mavericks
6. Suns
7. Nuggets
8. Warriors

OMFG, ss_maverick and I agree on something!

Oh, wait....

JES12 wrote:4-5 Jazz over Mavs

ss_maverick wrote:UTA-DAL: DAL in 6