Official - 2010 NBA Playoffs Thread.

[Nowak008]

Why does Bogut own the Cs so thoroughly and Dwight is totally hemmed in? Bogut's face up game ftw? Dwight's lack of ball handling ftl?

Regular season vs playoffs.

[AussieBuck]

Everybody talks about Odom. But another key factor is Bynum. In this Finals, he'll actually be on the court unlike last time. I know he's hurt but he's still a body on the floor. And Bynum still has more post moves than Dwight Howard has shown. You start to wonder what did Kareem do to Bynum that Ewing has been unable to do with Howard. Also the Lakers now have Artest, who to me will neutralize Pierce completely. Pierce still plays soft nowadays its just Orlando also has soft players trying to defend him.

Bynum paying helps the Celtics IMO. It means that they don't have to change their defensive matchups, Perkins can hold Bynum while Garnett smothers Gasol.

[Nebula1]

Lake Show.

[Newz]

Suns are letting the Lakers shoot 58% so far this series...

This is why it is impossible to win a ring when your best two players are awful defensive players and your 'lock down' guy is Grant Hill.

[Nebula1]

Energetic start from Phoenix... They really should be able to get a couple games in this series.

[Nebula1]

Kobe is good. 15 after 1Q. What a great hookup with Gasol to finish out the quarter.

Liked the block from Shannon Brown after the turnover.

[paul]

Te he he, Robin Lopez thinks he's Bill Lambier out there, I like it.

[Nebula1]

Tight game with some stupid fouls by both teams to close 3Q.

I don't think the zone will hold much longer though. The Lakers are finding some open spots.

[Nebula1]

OT, but good news. Maybe get something done on the Yuan.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142 ... sNewsThird

Geithner Seeks Fair China Trade

By IAN TALLEY


BEIJING -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Monday urged China to create a more open and fair trade policy, calling for Beijing to develop a "level playing field" for foreign investments, including for U.S. businesses.

Mr. Geithner and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are leading one of the largest delegations in U.S. history to Beijing -- with over 200 officials and more than a dozen agency chiefs and cabinet executives -- in the annual Strategic and Economic Dialogue with China.

"Our common interests lie in a stronger and more resilient world economy where growth is more balanced, both within and among nations," Mr. Geithner said in prepared remarks to open the two-day summit at the Great Hall of the People. The treasury secretary said while Washington reforms the U.S. economy to promote savings and investment, he called for China to reform its growth model to promote domestic demand and consumption.

Although earlier in the year, the secretary said he would use the forum to push Beijing to revalue its currency to reflect market forces-- the yuan has been effectively pegged to the dollar since the outbreak of the financial crisis – Mr. Geithner made no mention of the issue in the opening remarks.

In Washington, lawmakers and some in industry had pressed the administration to take advantage of the summit, but U.S. officials said the weakness of the euro and the likely political backlash of the U.S. scolding Chinese officials meant Mr. Geithner would only encourage his counterparts in private.

As urged by U.S. industry seeking to take advantage of one of the largest and fastest growing economies in the world, the secretary did push Beijing to cultivate a friendlier environment for foreign investment.

He said "supporting a more open global trading system, with a fair balance of benefits and responsibilities in which countries are able to compete on a level playing field" is in the interests of both countries.

[Nebula1]

Suns looking good. You knew that Richardson shot was buckets.

Robin Lopez with a career game tonight.

[Nebula1]

Don't think it's happening for the Lakers tonight. Suns zone was strong all night and Lopez was tough. Amare with a statement game.

Boston looks like the overall favorite right now.

[bigkurty]

Just heard some inside info but unsure of it yet. Nash broke his nose in the 4th quarter. I guess time will tell if this rumor is true.

[MilBucksBackOnTop06]

I just got up to go to work and tuned into the INSIDE THE NBA Show tonite....On TNT!

They brought it tonight


THIS WAS ABSOLUTELY THE BEST SHOW IN ITS HISTORY SOME OF THE POINTS THAT WERE MADE TONITE.

Outstanding job by Reggie Miller, kenny Smith and Charles Barkley! I hope Brandon Jennings and Bogut and the entire Bucks organization were tuning in to hear what they had to say about the playoffs and how to have success in it...

Just exemplary commentary on what it takes to compete and win in the playoffs and how it is played...
I gotta get dressed and will touch on this later... but GREAT JOB BY INSIDE THE NBA!

I had to go out of my way to come online and give them props for tonite...outstanding. I will post it here later. Did anyone else hear or see it?

Wow ....look at Craig Sager's suit and tie! Nice...

Dwight has to get more then one go to move
You can get away with 3 things you do well says Reggie in regular season.
Kenny values Toughness...and talks about taking a teams heart.

Sometimes points hit home after you can see it. I know what they said was said before somewhere but they hit home because you actually see it in action.

Nice stuff.

[bigkurty]

Just heard some inside info but unsure of it yet. Nash broke his nose in the 4th quarter. I guess time will tell if this rumor is true.

Haha, guess it was good info. Damn. Hopefully it doesnt affect him.

[Wiscfan92]

I doubt Nash will even wear a protective mask in game 4. That crazy Canadain

[MikeIsGood]

This has been a great game. I hope Orlando can pull it out and at least make this mildly interesting. Boston is going to win eventually, but maybe if Orlando wins this one they can go back home and win another.

[MikeIsGood]

Glen Davis is **** weird.

[Turk Nowitzki]

I get the feeling Boston's gonna pull this one out and finish the series at home.

[MikeIsGood]

Yea, I unfortunately agree.

[Nebula1]

Go Magic.