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Down to the wire a dozen times

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Down to the wire a dozen times 

Post#1 » by Fencer reregistered » Fri May 1, 2009 7:22 am

There have been 7 overtime periods in the series so far. So 7 times, a fourth quarter or earlier overtime period has ended in an exact tie.

When the 6 games were finally decided, in 5 of the cases the final point differential was 3 or less. If memory serves, in every one of those 5 cases the game was tied with well less than a minute remaining, often less than 10 seconds.

That's several postseason's worth of nail-biters combined into a single incredible series. There has never been a series like this before, in all the history of the NBA. We may never see its like again.
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Re: Down to the wire a dozen times 

Post#2 » by Triple M » Fri May 1, 2009 7:58 am

what confuses me is we have won one of those 7 OT's. A team with Pierce and Ray needs to find a better way to close out these games/ot's they have been given ample opportunities as well.
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Re: Down to the wire a dozen times 

Post#3 » by Fencer reregistered » Fri May 1, 2009 10:22 am

Triple M wrote:what confuses me is we have won one of those 7 OT's. A team with Pierce and Ray needs to find a better way to close out these games/ot's they have been given ample opportunities as well.


The Celtics are 2-3-7 in the "decisive" periods. The Bulls are 3-2-7. Not a lot of difference ...
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Re: Down to the wire a dozen times 

Post#4 » by Triple M » Fri May 1, 2009 5:23 pm

Fencer reregistered wrote:
Triple M wrote:what confuses me is we have won one of those 7 OT's. A team with Pierce and Ray needs to find a better way to close out these games/ot's they have been given ample opportunities as well.


The Celtics are 2-3-7 in the "decisive" periods. The Bulls are 3-2-7. Not a lot of difference ...


I believe we have 2 of the top 5 clutches players in the league that should be enough to close out these decisive periods hopefully they are enough for game 7.
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Re: Down to the wire a dozen times 

Post#5 » by Dogen » Fri May 1, 2009 5:53 pm

Triple M wrote:
Fencer reregistered wrote:
Triple M wrote:what confuses me is we have won one of those 7 OT's. A team with Pierce and Ray needs to find a better way to close out these games/ot's they have been given ample opportunities as well.


The Celtics are 2-3-7 in the "decisive" periods. The Bulls are 3-2-7. Not a lot of difference ...


I believe we have 2 of the top 5 clutches players in the league that should be enough to close out these decisive periods hopefully they are enough for game 7.


Right now it looks like the other 3 clutch players are on the Bulls.

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