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不過第4節好緊張
最後一秒都咬住唔放
不過Lakers最後都係輸4分............

點解週日週一兩日假都冇 playoff 睇....

OK, we'll see Detriot in Conference Finals again (that's their consecutive 5 or 6 appearance)...

LA & Utah tied at 2-2
Boston & Cleveland tied at 2-2
NO & SA tied at 2-2 (and now the Hornets are having a comfortable lead of 14 after 3Q Game 5 at home)
home teams win it all......

while the rest are playing normal playoff scoring, LA & Utah are playing like regular season

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When I left the office for meetings the rest of the day, LA was trailing 18-19 points in 3rd quarter at home. I was thinking the experiencesd defending champion was rolling, Tim Duncan was dominating in the middle while Kobe got hold by Bruce Bowen strong defense, (these are the two keys in this match up for the Spurs to win).
However, when I returned home and check the score late night, it was Kobe and the Lakers managed a comeback and beat the Spurs!!! Wow.
That's why I love this game.  In the playoffs, a strong champion contender always able to make such turn around down the stretch.  MJ and the Bulls did it in their 2nd championship run while the face the Portland; Shaq & Kobe did something like that while they face Portland in 2000, and so on.  Only teams with such confidence and the heart of a champion can do it.


Now, the hope for this match-up, Lakers vs Celtics, Kobe vs Garnet, is going to be true....

Furthermore, what do I see the difference between the match up of Lakers, Celtics, Spurs and Pistons? Unlike the past, in the starting line-up of LA and SA, you see there are at least 5 nationalities: Gasol is a Spanish, Parker is a French, Ginobili is a Argentine and Radmanovic is a Serbian.  Even Duncan is from Virgen Island, not from the Continent and the bench.... Comparing the East powers, the major players of Boston and Detroit are US players



I am still a bit worry about this team of Celtics.  For the twenty years, all championship team has a star to count on and carry the team through tough playoff games.  In the 80s, LA had Jaber and Magic, Boston had Bird, and Detroit had Isiah Thomas; in the 90s, Bulls had MJ and the Rockets had Olajuwon; then it is Shaq for the Lakers and Duncan for the Spurs.  This year Kobe is carrying the Lakers, both Duncan, Ginobili and Parker are experienced to carry the Spurs to the win the games, Billups and Hamilton can do the same for Pistons, so do James for the Cavs.  However, after two series and 15 games, none of the Big 3 for the Celtics looks like that person. Pierce and Allen were very rusty, not just during the playoffs but also late of the regular season, (OK Pierce of the Game 7 against the Cavs was an exceptional), and Garnet is not the go to guy when the team need scoring and playmaking.....

and let's remember the traditional, Lakers vs Celtics, Magic vs Bird....

[ 本帖最後由 sunnycch 於 2008-5-23 10:51 AM 編輯 ]

多d交流下吖.
今年 playoff 係近年少有咁緊湊.
YEP, we'll see Spurs vs Lakes in action, LIVE tomorrow morning at PEARL

Wow~
your english is great~!
enjoy reading your comments~!!!
thanks~!!!


i also watched the game live from the web that morning. Spurs was leading all the way since 1st qtr and still having 10+ point lead at the start of 3rd qtr. and i notice Kobe only had 2 points carried to the 3rd qtr (only a couple of FG attemped)!! i guess it was bowen against him so he just tried to wear him out from the first half. I knew he is going to pick up shots on the second half.
I also noticed parker is having a upper hand against Fisher(Spurs killed I would define him!Remeber the 3 pointers of the Game 6?! Huh~~), but Parker just not being able to drive up the team and Gino also missed a lot on the second half....
I know it is going to be a tough game vs LAL. The sightly possibility to have a away advantage seems miserable to a team lead by Phil Jackson, right?

And at the end, I understand why it is always some game SA loses.... there are 6 Full time out leaving for Spurs at game end!
Popo is sometimes disappointing me a lot as his command works very strange. How can you stop the home team sparkling without calling a timeout!?
And I still remember a game where SA lost to Pistons in similar scenerio....

[ 本帖最後由 joey 於 2008-5-23 11:05 AM 編輯 ]

Thanks Bro Joey.

For all the 5 years I spent in the US for my Tertiary study, NBA was the only TV I kept following and following, I was watching it 5 days a week in my final year.
My writing, both Chinese and English, is sucks in most cases; but it's a flow when it comes to soccer and basketball :p

I like the Spurs, too!  They are a very reliable team when it comes to playoffsl  Don't forget the match up between the two coaches, the Zen Master, Phil Jackson, and the Disciplined, Greg Popovich (who served in US Air Force for years).  The high profiled exciting "showtime" Hollywood LA LA Land vs the boring but reliable San Antonio, even the characters of the players and the coaches fit with the Cities!!!

However, I am a all-time Lakers Fans!

Cheers!!!

琴日場波重有一點就係如果首戰主場輸波對士氣打擊會十分大...
我琴日出門口1時都睇緊lakers輸緊十幾分,返屋企睇時竟然贏左
希望聽日都會贏波啦~~

話時話,東岸o個邊celtics剛剛輸左主場畀pistons....
如果佢地作客重贏唔到波就玩完喇

真係好為 Celtics 擔心, 作為 Regular Season Best Record 既 Holder, 首兩圈竟然作客 0 得勝, 家陣對住更強更穩定更有經驗既 Pistons已輸掉一主場, 真是....

其實點計都係 lal 高少少
sa offense:
duncan <> gasol
gino <> kobe
parker <> fisher
bowen <> odom
------------------------------------
lal offense:
gasol <> duncan
kobe <> bowen
fisher <> parker
odom <> thomas

highlighted in red is advantage for LAL...and blue is for SA
i think gasol can somehow defense timmy very well
and the only weak point for sa is parker.....
so it really matter how gino perform against kobe's defense and in what extend timmy earn advantage from gasol
and dont forget there is odom who can both score and play well defense. and how is he going to follow? t is missed out from the match up!
and sa woudl find it hard to handle....

Celtis 實力是有，而且可以說比Pistons强，但弱點是初步成軍，一季的常規賽磨練並不足夠，季後塞經驗亦不足，這一季我相信東岸决賽已是他們的止步點，展望來季吧，我十分看好他們。

Don't forget when it comes to playoffs, it's all about defense and experience.  SA has this advantage over LA, Boston and CLE.
However, I'm also quite annoyed (evern though I love to see them win) that for the Lakers' first 2 rounds, 10 games in total, all the winners score much more than 100, only a couple of times that one of the teams scored below 100. This Lakers is a pretty good offensive team for sure, they have several players can shoot the 3, Kobe, Fisher, Walton, Ramdonovic, Vujacic and still have inside games, the beat them you have to slow down their scoring and make it a low scoring game.  
The Spurs can do it, and they did it yesterday, however, these young Lakers still manage to come back and win with both teams scored lower than 90!

Nobody expected they can play that strong and make big jump to the Championship the year 2000, with Phil Jackson newly joined the team as head coach and played Kobe at starter.
Kobe is playing very sophisticated game and with a lot of wisdom this season (he really deserves the MVP). He plays the same position as MJ, he can score like MJ, penetrations, jumpers, drawing fouls, free throws, low post game, defense, passing and etc;  even the mental behavior he copies a lot from MJ; he scores and plays great when he's ill or suffereing light injuries (like MJ too).  He can be silence for half of the game and trust his teamate to run it and explode in the 2nd half.  Just the only missing when compared to the Bulls in the 90's, the inside defense, which the Spurs have a definite advantage of.

I still think this is a long series, LA still might win the second game, but SA will win both at home.... it depends who has the hunger for the ring and who can play in 150% of concentration.

I am worry about the Celtics......

Paul Pierce is not the go to if Celtics want the ring or to build a dynasty...
一個大膽既假設, trade Pierce for LeBrone James or Dwayne Wade!!!

Honestly, if Pierce is good, Celtics wont just be that bad before Garnet and Allen arrive....

報到~~~

was goin for NOH as chris paul is on fire this season, i think he is a more deserving MVP than KB24, (no offence to KB for his brilliant season)

now that NOH is out tho, i dont know, maybe laker.....

PS, my team nuggets is out in first round, so upset..... how crap were they after the all star weekend.........

leborn是沒可能的了...wade卻還有機會
不過最少也1-2年後...要看看新秀給heats帶來的衝擊和跟wade的合拍程度

NOH was playing good this season, despite Boston, they deserved to be the most improved team.  CP3 was playing good, but why it is Koke because Kobe earn the advantage as a veteran, and he is really a different player when he was KB8.

Why Denver and Utah failed to challenge the LA?  Because they tried to out-score LA, which is not a successful strategy.  Look back how the Bad Boys Detroit Pistons hold up the upcoming MJ's Chicago Bulls -- Jordan's Rule!!!  Defense, slow down the game, foul MJ, disturb their offensive momentum.

Why the hotshot Steve Nash and the Suns kept failing in the playoffs, because Run&Gun never really work in NBA playoffs, except the "Showtime" Lakers in the 80's!!!

只是一個假設, 但 Trade 這種事往往出人以表...
如 Drexler to Houston, Shaq to LA etc etc...
you never know....