The Perpetual NBA Thread

[oliver1013]

Celtics seemd invincible in the regular season, kaso parang dallas sila, dinadaga sa playoffs, as long as di maging over confident(nanaman) ang detroit they'll be eaten alive by the pistons.

[vito corleone]

Pistons ito, max 6 games.

i agree. . .i don't foresee a need for a game 7 to decide this series. . .kung sa one-man show ni lbj nahirapan na ang celtics, paano pa kaya against a very team-solid pistons squad?


lakers-spurs. . .i can't predict the outcome, kung andito lang sana si bynum to man the inside. . .although, of course, i am very much hoping for a lakers-pistons finals to have a chance to get back at detroit for ending the 3peat in 2004 and the back-to-back in 1989

[Altis6453]

Let's keep things real.

Sure, the C's had a difficult series in disposing of the Cavs. But, then again, so did the Pistons who, I may add, lost last year's ECF. Using the same logic as an argument, it could be said that if the Pistons lost to LBJ and a couple of NBDL players from last year's Cavs squad, I'd like to see what kind of strategy they'll put forth in containing 3 all-stars.

Honestly, with the exception of the PG position, I don't see the Pistons having any decided advantage to this series. The Pistons have a young bench in Stuckey, Maxiell and Afflalo while the C's have experience in Cassel, PJ Brown and House. I have a strong feeling this series will go the distance.

[oliver1013]

Sarap ng laban bukas Detroit celtics...Ungas kasi minsan ang detroit pa easy easy, basta seryosohin nila tong series i won t be surprised if they sweep this star studded celtics team..

[thebat]

Altlanta Hawks and the Cavs really played hard and did their homework to earn a seven game series with the Celtics. But mind you that was when Allen was almost invisible in those games!

In my opinion, it was a tactic by Doc Rivers not to utilize Allen much (there was no clear designed plays for Allen) so Detroit and the west champions will have a hard time figuring out what plays Boston will gonna use for them. Allen will be working full time come Detroit and the finals and he'll be great (again)!

They'll get better with the Detroit series. I think Celitcs will win in 6 games. Boston is built right and designed to beat Detroit, San Antonio and The Lakers from day 1. On the other hand, Detroit, San Antonio and The Lakers will still be figuring out how to beat The Celtics!

[[archie]]

^^ agree... the celtics did not use allen in both series... given that allen is a formidable 3 point shooter... inside out ang laro nila. mahihirapan din yung detroit to guard 3 all stars especially if all of them are contributing.

though detroit team is solid, parang celtics pa din in papasok sa finals IMO.

[Eismann]

I love the Celtics but I don't agree that Ray Allen was not used in the first 2 playoff series, truth is he did not deliver. He will have to deliver in the Detroit series if the C's want to advance. If not, the Pistons will stretch this to a 7 game series.

Aside from veteran advantage in the starting 5, the Pistons have a veteran bench too to match up with them. Lindsey Hunter and Theo Ratliff, remember?
Eddie House and Leon Powe bench play will probably decide whether the C's can close out the Pistons in 5 or 6 games.

[cyrusblutrooper]

^^^^Masama talaga ang nilalaro ni allen lately kaya di sya masyado ginigamit.

[empy]

Ray Allen was outplayed in the Cleveland series by one of the players he was traded for, Wally Szcerbiak :rofl01:

[cyrusblutrooper]

ECF game 1
celtics 88-79
still R. Allen not that productive 3/10 FG%
hope he's in the zone come game 2, if not detroit might still 1 game in boston

[flakez]

is there such thing as you wont utilize a star player para sa next series, lalo na pag sobra dikitan ng mga laro. allen was shooting blanks kaya hindi siya ginagamit. hehehe.

[[archie]]

i stand corrected... allen was given plays at the game one ECF... wala lang talaga siya maproduce... sa game 2, he must make some shots to make detroit guard him more.

btw rondo rocks!!! :thumbup:

[oliver1013]

Parang ninakawan ng skills ng little aliens sa space jam si Allen, tumira kanina ng 3 pointer pero air ball..

[[archie]]

^^ hahaha :bwahaha: oo nga

[Altis6453]

Allen needs to break out of his shooting slump. He's simply too good a player to keep tossing bricks. Sheesh, even Eddie House is having a better series than him.

Expect the Pistons to do the requisite adjustments in Game 2. They'll double Kevin Garnett try to swarm The Truth so he can't get to the rim. Offensively, they'll probably do more post-ups with Sheed since they were badly outscored in the paint.

[thebat]

everybody's wondering about Ray Allen! Well here's some tsimis I got from the celtic nation forum (totoo kaya to?):

Could this be Ray-Rays problem??
I read elsewhere that on Jim Rome is burning they reported that Ray Allen's family is and has been dealing with some dissasterous family issue's. He wont use it as an excuse and he wont talk about it publically. Greg Anthony who did the report didn't even get into what the issues were but just said it is some serious stuff involving his mother and step father, an attempted murder of his step dad and them being in the witness protection program or something of that sort. This could have alot to do with his struggles. Family is more important then basketball. If you have something like this hanging over your loved ones it is easy to understand why you might be unable to fully concentrate on basketball

Maybe we should get off of his back alittle bit.

Anybody got any information on this? I had a hard time finding anything other then rumors.

[oliver1013]

^ hmmm...could be, i hope his issues could be resolved. Baka i trade siya ng celtics next season..

[vito corleone]

lakers-spurs: 43-51 at halftime

kobe has only 2 pts in the 1st half. . .delikado spurs

[Eismann]

Watta win by LA! Whew....amazing!

[glenngj]

Lakers won in game 1 against the Spurs, kahit tambak ng 20pts sa third quarter. good job kobe and the rest of the gang. sana tuloy-tuloy na..

final score:
LAL - 89
SAS - 85