The Official Redszone NBA Playoff Thread, now with more accuracy!

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Originally Posted by Jack Burton

Obviously it will be the Cavs/Lakers in the finals, it's what the NBA wants.

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Boston's making that a little tougher to agree with by stealing home court advantage tonight.

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Originally Posted by Jack Burton

Obviously it will be the Cavs/Lakers in the finals, it's what the NBA wants.

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People said the same thing last year.

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Originally Posted by Roy Tucker

I will never figure out why the Mavs let Nash go. Cuban has a lot of money.

Spurs look pretty darn dangerous. That ain't no #7 seed.

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i haven't watched a lot of NBA in the last few years. however, i have seen a few Suns playoff games. Nash is amazing. the entire Sun's offense flows around him whether in open court or in half court. he is one of the best point guards i have ever seen.

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Originally Posted by Unassisted

Boston's making that a little tougher to agree with by stealing home court advantage tonight.

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Cleveland is lucky not to be down 0-2.

Lebron looked flatter than a pancake last night for 3 1/2 quarters.

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Originally Posted by Unassisted

Boston's making that a little tougher to agree with by stealing home court advantage tonight.

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Keeps people interested, can't have a sweep in every round. Dangle that carrot.

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Originally Posted by Roy Tucker

Cleveland is lucky not to be down 0-2.

Lebron looked flatter than a pancake last night for 3 1/2 quarters.

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This looks exactly like the Orlando series last year. If you remember, the Cavs were outplayed in both of those games but LeBron bailed them out in game 2 with his buzzer beater.

Give me Celtics in 6.

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Originally Posted by Will M

i haven't watched a lot of NBA in the last few years. however, i have seen a few Suns playoff games. Nash is amazing. the entire Sun's offense flows around him whether in open court or in half court. he is one of the best point guards i have ever seen.

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Yeah, he's pretty incredible. I think he could have had 50 last night, but he just doesn't look for his shot that often and his team is probably better because of it.

That said, I'm still thinking the Spurs take this series. Wouldn't be surprised if it goes 7 though.

cavs in 5

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Originally Posted by Jack Burton

Keeps people interested, can't have a sweep in every round. Dangle that carrot.

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If the NBA had as much control as you think, the following teams would not have made the Finals in the past 10 years.

2000: Indiana Pacers
2002: New Jersey Nets
2003: New Jersey Nets, San Antonio Spurs
2004: Detroit Pistons
2005: San Antonio Spurs, Detroit Pistons
2007: San Antonio Spurs
2009: Orlando Magic

Quite honestly the NBA might do a better job getting the matchup it wants if it stops trying as hard as the conspiracy theorists give them credit for.

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Originally Posted by Hoosier Red

If the NBA had as much control as you think, the following teams would not have made the Finals in the past 10 years.

2000: Indiana Pacers
2002: New Jersey Nets
2003: New Jersey Nets, San Antonio Spurs
2004: Detroit Pistons
2005: San Antonio Spurs, Detroit Pistons
2007: San Antonio Spurs
2009: Orlando Magic

Quite honestly the NBA might do a better job getting the matchup it wants if it stops trying as hard as the conspiracy theorists give them credit for.

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Couldn't agree more.

Hopefully Fesenko has played his last NBA minute. Koufos is a lot better than Fesenko....and Koufos is horrible.

Time for the backups to suck again.

It's nice to see that the Magic got a 2nd round bye.

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Originally Posted by Razor Shines

It's nice to see that the Magic got a 2nd round bye.

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They may get to the ECF in 8 games.

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Originally Posted by reds44

They may get to the ECF in 8 games.

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It didn't work out too great for the Cavs last year. I wouldn't be surprised to see them drop one to ATL, just out of sheer boredom.