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Who'd you rather face in Finals(IF)? Celtics or Cavaliers?

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Who'd you rather face in the Finals? Boston or Cavaliers?

Boston Celtics (Revenge, Rivalry)
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Cavaliers (Take out 2 birds out with 1 stone)
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Re: Who'd you rather face in Finals(IF)? Celtics or Cavaliers? 

Post#41 » by dockingsched » Mon Aug 17, 2009 5:11 pm

TonyMontana wrote:I dont give a hoot who we play.
I think its a bit premature to sit here and say we are making it back to the finals. As you guys know Im about lets play the season out and lets hope were all healthy and we can make it past the W/C finals then we can talk about the finals. Until then we have a long road ahead of us.
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we dont play the season or stay healthy or make it past the w/c finals, the lakers do. we, the loyal fans, can look ahead all we want. if put some IF's in there, like IF we are fortunate enough to make it back to the finals, we're all good on the looking foolish part too :)
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Re: Who'd you rather face in Finals(IF)? Celtics or Cavaliers? 

Post#42 » by semi-sentient » Mon Aug 17, 2009 6:36 pm

I want the Celtics next year in the Finals.

Heck, I wanted a rematch this past year despite them not being the best match up for us (with a healthy Garnett).

I still believe we can take the Cavs with relative ease with or without Shaq, and with or without homecourt advantage, so I'd rather see a highly competitive series against the Celtics that has some historical meaning in addition to getting some good ole fashioned payback.

Maybe in 2011 I'll be more interested in seeing Lakers/Cavs match up as LeBron might just be good enough to lead his one man band to a title.
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Re: Who'd you rather face in Finals(IF)? Celtics or Cavaliers? 

Post#43 » by djericho » Mon Aug 17, 2009 9:27 pm

Celtics, I think that would be what makes this team hunger more than this last championship... to avenge the 08 finals
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Re: Who'd you rather face in Finals(IF)? Celtics or Cavaliers? 

Post#44 » by LA Warrior » Mon Aug 17, 2009 11:10 pm

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Re: Who'd you rather face in Finals(IF)? Celtics or Cavaliers? 

Post#45 » by TonyMontana » Mon Aug 17, 2009 11:55 pm

dcash4 wrote:
TonyMontana wrote:I dont give a hoot who we play.
I think its a bit premature to sit here and say we are making it back to the finals. As you guys know Im about lets play the season out and lets hope were all healthy and we can make it past the W/C finals then we can talk about the finals. Until then we have a long road ahead of us.
FTW and FTC


we dont play the season or stay healthy or make it past the w/c finals, the lakers do. we, the loyal fans, can look ahead all we want. if put some IF's in there, like IF we are fortunate enough to make it back to the finals, we're all good on the looking foolish part too :)

Ohhh Im sorry... :lol: Well, ME as a fan or as an individual hate too sit there and predicte anything that isnt for sure or uncertain. I like to base things on a daily bases one day at a time, whatever it maybe. But thats just ME... :wink:
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Re: Who'd you rather face in Finals(IF)? Celtics or Cavaliers? 

Post#46 » by Edrees » Tue Aug 18, 2009 12:55 am

I'd rather face the cavs in terms of making it easier for us to win the championship, but beating the celtics would be a better series and a lot more satisfying .
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Post#47 » by DubaLakers » Tue Aug 18, 2009 8:32 am

It would be fun to frustrate the shi* outta LBJ, after working harder on pregame intros than on their defense along with a guarantee from one trick pony three shooting Mo Williams.
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Re: Who'd you rather face in Finals(IF)? Celtics or Cavaliers? 

Post#48 » by Verbal » Tue Aug 18, 2009 1:17 pm

I agree with Tony on this one; it doesn't matter who wants to lose.
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Re: Who'd you rather face in Finals(IF)? Celtics or Cavaliers? 

Post#49 » by Maniac » Tue Aug 18, 2009 4:13 pm

Don't you guys know?? The Finals' drama has already been written. We just got to sit back and enjoy the ride. Celtics struck first by beating us when we were injured (minus Bynum and Ariza). Then the following year we won with a healthy team but the Celts were injured (without KG). Now in the third year, both teams meet for an Epic battle; Healthy. And we kill them in 5 games. Book it-Archive this Post! 8-)
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Re: Who'd you rather face in Finals(IF)? Celtics or Cavaliers? 

Post#50 » by Danny Darko » Tue Aug 18, 2009 6:10 pm

Hmmm the big LeCrabs or the Social Security Allstars.... I really can't make up my mind... as long as it's one of the two I'll be happy.
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Post#51 » by ronnymac2 » Wed Aug 19, 2009 9:06 am

I want Boston. I want Bynum to dunk on Perkins on the Finals stage to wipe the tough-guy look off his face. lol And I want revenge. Losing by 39 wasn't fun.
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Re: Who'd you rather face in Finals(IF)? Celtics or Cavaliers? 

Post#52 » by Dr Aki » Wed Aug 19, 2009 2:03 pm

ronnymac2 wrote:I want Boston. I want Bynum to dunk on Perkins on the Finals stage to wipe the tough-guy look off his face. lol And I want revenge. Losing by 39 wasn't fun.


u mean dunk on KG

and then have lamar prancing around, kobe's punching the air, gasol is screaming and there's purple and gold confetti and balloons falling from the ceilings...
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Post#53 » by ronnymac2 » Wed Aug 19, 2009 8:42 pm

Haha Nah, I want him to dunk on Perkins. He irks me. lol

The other parts....absolutely. I'd want to get it done in LA, too. Kick them out, back to Boston.......
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Post#54 » by Dexmor » Sat Aug 22, 2009 3:57 am

You got to go with the Cavs because of Perkins/Sheed/KG. Defensively those guys will give Gasol and Bynum a big problem. They are all 3 very good physical defenders. Plus our weakness is pg and they have Rondo.

The Cavs on the other hand have Lebron as everything and we have the best possible defense to throw at him. There pg is Delonte West. He is not gonna do anything compared to Rondo.

Matchup wise we matchup with the Cavs better then even the Magic-Celtics and even the Spurs.

Even fun wise I wanna take down Shaq and Lebron and make him put his shirt back on.
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Post#55 » by shobe_81 » Sat Aug 22, 2009 4:14 am

Danny Darko wrote:Social Security Allstars.



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Re: Who'd you rather face in Finals(IF)? Celtics or Cavaliers? 

Post#56 » by Dexmor » Sat Aug 22, 2009 5:31 am

Bite your tounge with the ss allstars. Our guys will be old soon

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