The Official NBA Week 14 Thread

[Hodges]

Theres nothing uncoordinated about that shot. Perfectly balanced, uses the off leg to create a buffer so his shot cant get blocked. Poetry in motion.

 

[stewie griffen]

It just looks horrible Normally he creates a lot of space using his off leg, but the defense was pretty tight and played him pretty well. It came out spinning sideways and just banked home. Just awesome

 

[stewie griffen]

Jazz and Sac goin down to the wire as well

 

[copthat]

How the **** did Crawford get that to go?

 

[workhorse]

Wow Portland's defence on Chris Paul was just terrible on that last play !

 

[peternorth]

J. Farmar DNP - Sore Right Groin

 

[September_Glory]

Yep, guaranteed top 4 for division leaders. It hasn't made a difference in either conference for a few years (i.e. division leaders had better records anyway) but it could be handy for the Atlantic division leader this year...

Absolutely. Philly might fall to 7 and a certain first round defeat vs. Heat.

Boston will do enough to win Atlantic + avoid Miami or Chicago in the first round.

 

[Scully2Folau]

Who is this JJ Hickson character? Lazy 29/13 from the waived King.

 

[Warsaw]

Absolutely. Philly might fall to 7 and a certain first round defeat vs. Heat.

Boston will do enough to win Atlantic + avoid Miami or Chicago in the first round.

Month of April is much kinder to Philly than Boston. We'd have to play like we played the Wizards every game to lose the Atlantic.

 

[stewie griffen]

Month of April is much kinder to Philly than Boston. We'd have to play like we played the Wizards every game to lose the Atlantic.

Is it ever....

C's have 3 games against sub-500 teams - Charlotte, NJ, Bucks, coupled with the Heat x3, Bulls and Spurs

Philly - Toronto x2, NJ x3, Detroit, Bucks and the Cavs and at the other end Miami and Orlando x2.

 

[peternorth]

expecting lakers spiral into meteor ocity to continue

 

[Primetime Pricey]

Lin out for the rest of the regular season at least.

 

[stewie griffen]

Kobe trying to build a house with all his bricks today... 3/21 Missed his first 18... scoreless for the first 3 quarters and hits 11 pts in the last and yet nails the go-ahead 3

Mind you they still got up, albeit at home over the Hornets

 

[Scully2Folau]

Lin out for the rest of the regular season at least.

4 weeks left in the regular season and I'm reading 6 week for Lin on Twitter, so he could be gone for the whole first round...

Just get Tebow to touch his knee.

 

[Primetime Pricey]

4 weeks left in the regular season and I'm reading 6 week for Lin on Twitter, so he could be gone for the whole first round...

Just get Tebow to touch his knee.

nah all good. Have faith in Davis...........

 

[jerry springer]

its just ridiculous how deep the spurs go now,one of the most complete "teams" Ive ever seen

jackson is starting to gel,diaw is still only 29,if he can be motivated he can be a important cog.Blair has been playing very well of late,Leanard one of the best rookies from this year

$15 for the championship is starting to look very juicy,we already own Oklahoma

 

[Warsaw]

Brand been massive against ATL. Need the win here, and he's stepping up big time.

 

[Scully2Folau]

its just ridiculous how deep the spurs go now,one of the most complete "teams" Ive ever seen

jackson is starting to gel,diaw is still only 29,if he can be motivated he can be a important cog.Blair has been playing very well of late,Leanard one of the best rookies from this year

$15 for the championship is starting to look very juicy,we already own Oklahoma

Trouble if they meet the Grizz again though...

 

[PP34]

Yes the Spurs are my favourite to win the West. People think I'm crazy but as long as they don't have to face Memphis they'll go all the way.

Heat @ Celtics tomorrow will be very interesting. We gave them a run for our money last time without Paul Pierce.

 

[jerry springer]

Trouble if they meet the Grizz again though...

possibly.Z-Bo did give us fits down low but a fit gino should level that disadvantage we had last play-offs,and just the amount of scorers we now have should spread the floor too much for their average defence

 

[workhorse]

possibly.Z-Bo did give us fits down low but a fit gino should level that disadvantage we had last play-offs,and just the amount of scorers we now have should spread the floor too much for their average defence

I wouldn't say average defence but certainly won't be as strong as last year. No Shane Battier will make a difference.
They will have Rudy Gay but who knows how that will affect them. Also last year I thought they seriously lacked depth in the front court. With Speights (who I assume will come off the bench once Randolph is back to normal) coming off the bench their depth is actually really impressive.

Looking at their depth chart, it looks pretty good if everyone is fit -

PG: Conley / Arenas / Selby
SG: Allen / Mayo
SF: Gay / Pondexter
PF: Randolph / Cunningham
C: Gasol / Speights

 

[Primetime Pricey]

Bloody Bucks lol. Cost me money but a game further back behind us at least

 

[peternorth]

bloody hey PP, does the fam know about your gambling exploits?

 

[peternorth]

kobe = clutch.

 

[Primetime Pricey]

bloody hey PP, does the fam know about your gambling exploits?

Me sleeping in the shed would mean yes