2011-2012 NBA Playoffs Thread

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  1. JohnR Member+

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    Predictions

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  2. dark knight Super Moderator

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    Re: 2011-2012 NBA Regular Season Thread [R]

    Is Davis thought to be a Center in the pros cause I'd think he might be a Garnett type tweener that can play forward no?


    Yeah - that round is easy - what happens next? :)

    Spurs Grizz makes me nervous.
  3. Belgian guy Member+

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    Re: 2011-2012 NBA Regular Season Thread [R]

    Round 1:


    Spurs over Jazz in six
    Grizzlies over Clippers in six
    Thunder over Mavs in seven
    Lakers over Nuggets in six

    Bulls over Sixers in five
    Celtics over Hawks in six
    Knicks over Heat in six (screw it! :p)
    Pacers over Magic in five

    Round 2:

    Grizzlies over Spurs in seven
    Thunder over Lakers in seven

    Bulls over Celtics in seven
    Knicks over Pacers in six

    Conference Finals

    Grizzlies over Thunder in seven

    Knicks over Bulls in seven

    Finals

    Grizzlies over Knicks in six

    Your 2012 NBA champions: the Memphis Grizzlies :p
  4. Belgian guy Member+

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    Having the Knicks upset the Heat might be a bit far-fetched at first glance, but when was the last time when we didn't at least have a minor upset in the first round? Memphis knocked off the Spurs as an 8-seed last year. And for some reason, everyone tipped Portland to upset the Mavs, but the opposite happened there.

    In short, at least one first-round series will not go according to the script.
  5. JohnR Member+

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    Yep Noah would be a fine #4.

    Sorry no I'm not picking all the rounds at once. Because my predicted champ will probably get knocked out in Round 1, and then nothing will make sense.
  6. HardHatMike Where's Your Star?

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    I hate you. :mad: We'll lose in the first round now.
  7. JohnR Member+

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    The front office deserves some credit too.

    I am absolutely convinced that the Bulls would wipe the NBA if you got rid of stars, if winning titles meant assembling & coaching role players. They are absolutely fabulous at that.

    Let's look at yesterday's game vs. Cleveland. Here were the leading players for the Bulls by minutes played -

    Noah early draft pick
    Gibson late draft pick
    Butler late draft pick
    Lucas D league
    Brewer mid draft pick
    James D league

    Four scrubs out of six. Cleveland played their scrubs too (no Kylie). And the Bulls won by 32. Not because they had the fancier players, or more talent. But because they have been taught to play much much better basketball.

    Of course, the NBA has stars and the Bulls have only one of those, so they might not win the title. But if so, it won't be because they get beaten by coaching.
  8. Playboy Red Devil Member

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    Re: 2011-2012 NBA Regular Season Thread [R]

    Round 1:


    Spurs over Jazz in five
    Grizzlies over Clippers in seven (this is sex series - me loves 4-5 seeds)
    Thunder over Mavs in six
    Lakers over Nuggets in six

    Bulls over Sixers in five
    Celtics over Hawks in six
    Miami over Knicks in six
    Pacers over Magic in five

    Round 2:

    Spurs over Grizz in seven (I am iffy on this)
    Lakers over Thunder in seven

    Bulls over Celtics in six
    Miami over Pacers in six

    Conference Finals

    Lakers over Spurs in six

    Bulls over Miami in six (sexy!)

    Finals

    Lakers over Bulls in six

    Your 2012 NBA champions: Lakers (hopefully :()

    DK - yo dude thank you and BS staff for rescheduling the upgrade :) We really, really appreciate it.
  9. dark knight Super Moderator

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    We'll see if you want to be anywhere near bigsoccer on Monday :)

    I'm going to move these prediction posts to a new playoff thread unless y'all want to just rename this and keep this thread going through playoffs.
  10. Playboy Red Devil Member

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    I am open to having a whole new playoff thread and closing this. That is what he have been doing in the past and it seems to move things to be more organized.

    DK - lol we could have our brief mini Real Madrid board meltdown (haha Shay :D), but actually the best, most active, and productive post and convo happens when we do lose. I cannot wait to see the new BS after the upgrade. Kudos for that and good luck.
  11. TheRossonero23 Member+

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    kinda nervous about the jazz...i have no idea why.
  12. Henchag Member+

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    LETS GO HEAT! LETS GO HEAT!

    Kinda nervous today, the whole world against us.We need to shut them up, and make them cry!
  13. StiltonFC The clone replacing you

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    i've never been a Knicks fan, but seeing the Knicks beat the Heat would be sweet. :eek:
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    Re: 2011-2012 NBA Regular Season Thread [R]

    Spurs over Jazz
    Clippers over Grizzlies
    Thunder over Mavs
    Lakers over Nuggets

    Bulls over Sixers
    Celtics over Hawks
    Heat over Knicks
    Pacers over Magic

    If this is a contest and someone needs the number of games, lemme know
  15. GiuseppeSignori Member

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    Spurs
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    Bulls
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    Pacers
  16. Henchag Member+

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    Man, my obsession with LBJ has no limits. What a stellar performance vs the knicks.he completly torched them in game 1

    Its 20 point difference for heat now, at one point they were leading by 31
  17. Henchag Member+

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    what a enjoyable game. Heat & Lebron completly destroyed the knicks and carmelo anthony
  18. dark knight Super Moderator

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    Re: 2011-2012 NBA Regular Season Thread [R]

    Rose torn Acl what a ********ing bummer.
  19. Playboy Red Devil Member

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    What?!?! Sorry I am doing an event and out of the loop. That sucks.

    Forget all this Gibson or record without Rose notion, this is playoffs... it is over.

    I think they might get past Philly (only watched the first two quarters and then had to leave for work at the half) and Philly is still shit anyways, but I do not see them getting past Boston.

    Edit - wow just saw the NY Miami score on my app. gheezuz.
  20. JohnR Member+

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    The nonRose Bulls are playing fantastic. Good chance they will beat Boston/Atlanta. The Bulls beat Boston twice this year without Rose. Miami, ummm nope, Bulls beat them twice without Rose as well but Miami will be different in playoffs. Not happening.

    But hard to care, to be honest.

    For next year, Steve Nash needs a ring ...
  21. Playboy Red Devil Member

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    It sure will not happen in Phoenix. Time to part ways if he wants a ring.
  22. JohnR Member+

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    Seriously ...

    1) Turf toe
    2) Back
    3) Groin
    4) Ankle
    5) Foot
    6) ACL

    Plagues and locusts come next, or maybe it's the river turning into blood.
  23. dark knight Super Moderator

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    I'm not sure about Chicago beating Boston but worst part is Miami became shoe in for finals unless Boston can stop them.

    The other terrible news is the same thing I said when Rossi went down - acl's come in pairs.
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  25. Belgian guy Member+

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    Not wanting to kick poor D-Rose when he's down, but his injury troubles just highlight how incredibly durable AI's body was.

    Also, is it too late to re-neg on my Knicks prediction? :eek:
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