Official NBA 2012-2013 Season Thread

[iamjusayn]

What do I mean? Have you not watched them play? They've been playing horrible and Tony Parker does not look healthy. I'd be worried.

Spurs have not been tanking games since March. We'll see, I mean I'll still pick them but they've def looked weak as of late.

Qft!

Maybe I hv been watching a different spurs team. Basically all you guys saying they will demolish the lakers believe they will transform into a completely diff team in like 4 days.

Riddle me this.

That spurs team n effort last Sunday against the lakers. What was that? Was that some ole "we not trippin. Lets just go through the motions" type game or were they really playing to win n got beat!?

The game I saw, the spurs cld not escape them. Lakers countered every move n the game was back n forth. The spurs launched all night and the lakers boarded, then the spurs folded.

When the playoffs start, the spurs are going to play the opposite of all that n crush the lakers, huh?

I doubt it. You don't just turn your game, momentum, and chemistry on like that. Lakers have all the momentum. They feel confident they can beat the spurs esp because they just did! Lol that does not bode well for the spurs.

I would like an advocate for the spurs whipping up on the lakers to explain exactly how they will execute this? Lastly, why didn't Pop out coach dantoni last Sunday? He rested too?

 

[00david00]

The problem with the Lakers is we barely won any away games against the better teams

series should be though

 

[antidope]

I feel like a kid again. Spurs vs Lakers is the biggest deal in my house, because of the fact that I live with this guy

Growing up in a Laker fan household and being the only Spurs fan as always set the table for drama and fun all around. Cant wait to just sit there and watch the games with my brothers and get hyped over every play like we always do. 

 

[goldmember]

I hate the fact that every team in the west are basically going ape **** on each other while MIA awaits for the easy kill

 

[mister friendly]

What do I mean? Have you not watched them play? They've been playing horrible and Tony Parker does not look healthy. I'd be worried.

Spurs have not been tanking games since March. We'll see, I mean I'll still pick them but they've def looked weak as of late.

Qft!

Maybe I hv been watching a different spurs team. Basically all you guys saying they will demolish the lakers believe they will transform into a completely diff team in like 4 days.

Riddle me this.

That spurs team n effort last Sunday against the lakers. What was that? Was that some ole "we not trippin. Lets just go through the motions" type game or were they really playing to win n got beat!?

The game I saw, the spurs cld not escape them. Lakers countered every move n the game was back n forth. The spurs launched all night and the lakers boarded, then the spurs folded.

When the playoffs start, the spurs are going to play the opposite of all that n crush the lakers, huh?

I doubt it. You don't just turn your game, momentum, and chemistry on like that. Lakers have all the momentum. They feel confident they can beat the spurs esp because they just did! Lol that does not bode well for the spurs.

I would like an advocate for the spurs whipping up on the lakers to explain exactly how they will execute this? Lastly, why didn't Pop out coach dantoni last Sunday? He rested too?

Did you see the guys that were playing against the Lakers? Out of their stars only Duncan was playing

They are a veteran team.

 

[iamjusayn]

Did you see the guys that were playing against the Lakers? Out of their stars only Duncan was playing

They are a veteran team.

I saw them playing their usual guys. Tonight they did what you are alluding to.

Duncan didn't even play the most minutes last Sunday and their usual starters played the bulk of the minutes like normal. They just got beat and they were really trying to win. Dwight will be the X factor and gasol n Tim will even out. They cannot stop gasol n howard n they will get out rebounded each game. Spurs will get desperate n start to launch more threes n end up getting beat bad at least one game.

Veteran teams handle their biz n beat down a team who lost their superstar and don't allow them to gain any hope going into the post season. All that veteran, away games, home games stuff is overrated anyway or else they would hv gotten out of the wcf's last year against a non veteran team but they didn't because that veteran stuff is overrated. It's who wants it the most. Okc wanted it more.

 

[airjordan jb23]

Tough to see Sheed go out like that... I would've liked to see him involved in the playoffs before calling it quits again, especially after he had such a good start to the season.

 

[memphisboi55]

Grizz winning the title.

Nothing to see here folks.

 

[sohoguy]

I swear the nba makes it tough for me to keep watching with this WWF crap! Stop cheating so much. Goodness

I've been saying this a lot and in that Kobe thread, It's disgusting to watch it happen every game like they don't even care about it being obvious anymore

 

[mronegative]

[h2]WESTERN CONFERENCE[/h2]

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(1) Oklahoma City vs. ( Houston

Game 1 – Sun April 21, Houston at Oklahoma City, 9:30 p.m. ET, TNT

Game 2 – Wed April 24, Houston at Oklahoma City, 7 PM, TNT

Game 3 – Sat April 27, Oklahoma City at Houston, 9:30 PM, ESPN/R

Game 4 – Mon April 29, Oklahoma City at Houston, TBD, TBD

Game 5 * Wed May 1, Houston at Oklahoma City, TBD, TBD

Game 6 * Fri May 3, Oklahoma City at Houston, TBD, TBD

Game 7 * Sun May 5, Houston at Oklahoma City, TBD, TBD


(4) L.A. Clippers vs. (5) Memphis

Game 1 – Sat April 20 Memphis at L.A. Clippers, 10:30PM, ESPN

Game 2 – Mon April 22 Memphis at L.A. Clippers, 10:30PM, TNT

Game 3 – Thu April 25 L.A. Clippers at Memphis, 9:30PM, TNT

Game 4 – Sat April 27 L.A. Clippers at Memphis, 4:30PM, TNT

Game 5 * Tue April 30 Memphis at L.A. Clippers, TBD, TBD

Game 6 * Fri May 3 L.A. Clippers at Memphis, TBD, TBD

Game 7 * Sun May 5 Memphis at L.A. Clippers, TBD, TBD


(3) Denver vs. (6) Golden State

Game 1 – Sat April 20 Golden State at Denver, 5:30PM, ESPN

Game 2 – Tue April 23 Golden State at Denver, 10:30PM, TNT

Game 3 – Fri April 26 Denver at Golden State, 10:30PM, ESPN2

Game 4 – Sun April 28 Denver at Golden State, 9:30PM, TNT

Game 5 * Tue April 30 Golden State at Denver, TBD, TBD

Game 6 * Thu May 2 Denver at Golden State, TBD, TBD

Game 7 * Sat May 4 Golden State at Denver, TBD, TNT


(2) San Antonio vs. (7) L.A. Lakers

Game 1 – Sun April 21 L.A. Lakers at San Antonio, 3:30PM, ABC/R

Game 2 – Wed April 24 L.A. Lakers at San Antonio, 9:30PM, TNT

Game 3 – Fri April 26 San Antonio at L.A. Lakers, 10:30PM, ESPN

Game 4 – Sun April 28 San Antonio at L.A. Lakers, 7:00PM, TNT

Game 5 * Tue April 30 L.A. Lakers at San Antonio, TBD, TBD

Game 6 * Thu May 2 San Antonio at L.A. Lakers, TBD, TBD

Game 7 * Sat May 4 L.A. Lakers at San Antonio, TBD, TNT

[h2]EASTERN CONFERENCE[/h2]

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(1) Miami vs. ( Milwaukee

Game 1 – Sun April 21 Milwaukee at Miami, 7:00PM, TNT

Game 2 – Tue April 23 Milwaukee at Miami, 7:30PM, NBA TV

Game 3 – Thu April 25 Miami at Milwaukee, 7:00PM, TNT

Game 4 – Sun April 28 Miami at Milwaukee, 3:30PM, ABC

Game 5 * Tue April 30 Milwaukee at Miami, TBD, TBD

Game 6 * Thu May 2 Miami at Milwaukee, TBD, TBD

Game 7 * Sat May 4 Milwaukee at Miami, TBD, TNT


(4) Brooklyn vs. (5) Chicago

Game 1 – Sat April 20 Chicago at Brooklyn, 8:00PM, ESPN

Game 2 – Mon April 22 Chicago at Brooklyn, 8:00PM, TNT

Game 3 – Thu April 25 Brooklyn at Chicago, 8:30PM, NBA TV

Game 4 – Sat April 27 Brooklyn at Chicago, 2:00PM, TNT

Game 5 * Mon April 29 Chicago at Brooklyn, TBD, TBD

Game 6 * Thu May 2 Brooklyn at Chicago, TBD, TBD

Game 7 * Sat May 4 Chicago at Brooklyn, TBD, TNT


(3) Indiana vs. (6) Atlanta

Game 1 – Sun April 21 Atlanta at Indiana, 1:00PM, TNT

Game 2 – Wed April 24 Atlanta at Indiana, 7:30PM, NBA TV

Game 3 – Sat April 27 Indiana at Atlanta, 7:00PM, ESPN

Game 4 – Mon April 29 Indiana at Atlanta, TBD, TBD

Game 5 * Wed May 1 Atlanta at Indiana, TBD, TBD

Game 6 * Fri May 3 Indiana at Atlanta, TBD, TBD

Game 7 * Sun May 5 Atlanta at Indiana, TBD, TBD


(2) New York vs. (7) Boston

Game 1 – Sat April 20 Boston at New York, 3:00PM, ABC/R

Game 2 – Tue April 23 Boston at New York, 8:00PM, TNT

Game 3 – Fri April 26 New York at Boston, 8:00PM, ESPN

Game 4 – Sun April 28 New York at Boston, 1:00PM, ABC/R

Game 5 * Wed May 1 Boston at New York, TBD, TBD

Game 6 * Fri May 3 New York at Boston, TBD, TBD

Game 7 * Sun May 5 Boston at New York, TBD, TBD

 

[antidope]

So NBA.com is not doing the playoff bracket challenge this year?

 I hate having to do this myself

I've been trying to find a website to set this up on all week I'm so annoyed

 

[markangelo]

OKC/HOU 

We win 1 game at most, *sigh*, I still believe...An upset over the thunder, and my life is complete lol

 

[Mound Raised]

Clippers going to lose. Z-Bo going to abuse Griffin all series long.

People said this last year too & we seen how that turned out

Refs

 

[franchise3]

Hou vs OKC .... will be entertaining. The Rockets will steal a game somewhere.

 

[finallyfamous]

Feels good to not worry and just chill watching the playoffs.. Sucks at the same time though.

Where my lotto dawgs at??

 

[bhzmafia14]

This Clippers/Grizz series is about to be a complete blood bath.















Just how we like it

 

[suberzat1]

I remember some months back some Houston fans was high on their success saying harden is the best sg and make a playoff push. Told u that with ten games left that when the veteran step up. Congrats on that 8th seed Na really congratulations

 

[bhzmafia14]

When the Clippers have beaten the Grizz, they've done it primarily with their bench outperforming the Grizzlies' bench. For the Grizz to win, Bayless, Davis, Arthur and even Daye are going to have to produce on the offensive end when they're in the game.

Grizz also will have to find out how to limit Bledsoe and Crawford. Paul is not going to beat us by himself, so I'm more worried about stopping those two players than stopping Paul.

 

[franchise3]

^ Lets go Memphis

 

[finallyfamous]

How man bans will be administered this post season?

 

[datznasty]

OKC/HOU 
We win 1 game at most, *sigh*, I still believe...An upset over the thunder, and my life is complete lol

I don't care as long as Harden averages 40 and/or KMart averages 12. The Harden slander on the Thunder boards is unbearable

 

[proshares]

I know everybody is already chalking that Heat-Bucks series up as a sweep, but I won't be entirely suprised if the Bucks give them some tough battles and win a game or two in that series. I think the Bucks will be much better in a 7 game series than what they were during this regular season. They kind of remind me of last year's Pacers team in the sense of them being a deep, scrappy defensive team. Larry Sanders has really came on and become a force this year for them, and Jennings and Monta have been playing great basketball. They've got a ton of physical, defensive-minded big men that they can use to send a message to LeBron and Wade too.

Care to put a friendly $20 paypal on this? I'll go with the sweep.

 

[franchise3]

Playoff scheduling so wack. Sun - Wed - Sat Games 1-3 for the OKC/HOU series.

 

[Coupé It]

Antidope hurry up man, get an official NBA Playoffs/Predictions thread going!!! You're slacking man

 

[suberzat1]

I know everybody is already chalking that Heat-Bucks series up as a sweep, but I won't be entirely suprised if the Bucks give them some tough battles and win a game or two in that series. I think the Bucks will be much better in a 7 game series than what they were during this regular season. They kind of remind me of last year's Pacers team in the sense of them being a deep, scrappy defensive team. Larry Sanders has really came on and become a force this year for them, and Jennings and Monta have been playing great basketball. They've got a ton of physical, defensive-minded big men that they can use to send a message to LeBron and Wade too.

The bucks remind me of the 09 bull vs Celtics game..... The bucks got heart someone on the team has something to prove. Deep down I just have that feeling the bucks are going to get swept