I am very excited. Portland has been beating some contending teams. They may be the x-factor this year. Can not wait. :!:

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i certainly hope so :)

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They can definitely give the Lakers fits, who seem to be the team to beat.

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playoff time baby. go go go!

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My Celtics are limping into the playoffs, didn't exactly shine in Cleveland yesterday. And the Bulls always play them tough so first round is no gimmie.

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Cheering for the Rockets here!

Just look at what they did after McGrady closed shop with his injury. If the Rockets get past the first round, McGrady's image as a first round choker will forever be cemented.

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my poor Pistons are fucked unless they can pull a rabbit out of a hat.

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[quote=bananapeel;735490]Cheering for the Rockets here!

Just look at what they did after McGrady closed shop with his injury. If the Rockets get past the first round, McGrady's image as a first round choker will forever be cemented.[/quote]

you're my new favorite MSer. Go Rockets!

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really pulling for the magic, they have lost their last 3 though [img]http://www.anchoredbygrace.com/smileys/mgirked.gif[/img]

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[QUOTE=floridaorange;735834]but f*ck me [/QUOTE]

careful what you wish for chief. :Anal:

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[quote=Garrick;735556]you're my new favorite MSer. Go Rockets![/quote]

Garrick, glad to hear someone on [ms] also cheering for the Rockets. I used to live in Houston and followed them since I was 6 or 7 years old. The best times were of course those B2B championship runs.

They're well on there way this year with a commanding win in Game 1 against Portland.

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I love the hornets, but they are in some serious trouble playing denver in the first round. NO seems to fall apart during some games and that shit won't cut it in the playoffs. I hope they step it up. Chandler will be back and we have a much better game with him on board and Chris Paul is the fucking man and in my opinion MVP, win or loose.

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Celtics and Bulls played an amazing game last night. Ben Gordon was unstoppable.

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between him & Allen it was UConn redux...but Allen got the last shot

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I'm for the rockets as well. I have been there for the B2B championship.

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ma lakers are going all the way. gg.

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is anyone else annoyed at the number of jagoffs already talking like it's a forgone conclusion that it is going to be LA v Cleveland in the finals?

for that reason alone i hope one or both of those teams dont make it, lol

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looks like the magic are going to take the series against philly...we'll know on Thursday!

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[quote=Steve Graham;742145]is anyone else annoyed at the number of jagoffs already talking like it's a forgone conclusion that it is going to be LA v Cleveland in the finals?

for that reason alone i hope one or both of those teams dont make it, lol[/quote]

yes but it is going to happen. going to the nuggs game tonight!

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[quote=floridaorange;742159]looks like the magic are going to take the series against philly...we'll know on Thursday![/quote]

D Howard needs to watch his elbows, clumsy son of a bitch got suspended and took out one of his own players, lol

i really doubt both Cleveland and LA will make the finals.. LA, though they won in 5, looked very beatable in two of those games that they won, that series could easily be 3-2 the other way

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^f*ck! I wonder what was said or done to provoke howard...well done philly, you've pretty much got game 6 in the bag.

[url]http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/playoffs/2009/news/story?id=4112203[/url]

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What a great series between the Celtics & the Bulls. 3 out of 5 games have gone to OT so far. Can anyone on the Celtics stop Ben Gordon?? He's been unstoppable. I went to last nights game. The Celtics seemed to be sluggish & out of it for most of the game.Thought they weren't gonna pull it out but they did.Pierce almost blew it again for the Celtics but managed to come through in the clutch.

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Finally my Nugs have made it past the first round in the playoffs holy hell. I'm sure we can take Dallas as well... Billups FTMFW!

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I thought Rondo should have received a game for that foul on Miller at the end of Game 5... he did not play the ball... at least a flagarant, I hope someone lays him out tonight...

Go Bulls!I cant stand watching the Celtics and Paul Pierce anymore... although he gets it done in the clutch a lot of the time I just cant stand his game...

But really, although this series is dynamite, the Cavs and Lakers look rested and poised to meet one another in the Finals... I hope the Nuggets can give the Lakers a run... maybe ATL can give the Cavs a run because I dont see anyone athletic enough to beat the Cavs in a 7 game series in the East...

Cheers

:Cheerz:

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UP BY 20, what an embarresment for philadelphia fans, especially given that Orlando's 2 leading players are not in the game.

[B][SIZE="4"][COLOR="Silver"]GO[/COLOR] [COLOR="Blue"]MAGIC![/COLOR][/SIZE][/B]

[IMG]http://assets.espn.go.com/photo/2008/0923/nba_g_howard_580.jpg[/IMG]

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glad to see the magic win without Howard

but what about this chicago series!! how can they even let ray allen shoot anymore, lmao!

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^wow triple overtime, what a game! Game 7 is going to be excellent! Pretty sure the magic would take the bulls if they end up beating the celtics, what do u think?

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nice! lots of rockets fans in the house!!!

watch out kobe!

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LOL, Kobe will dominate artest again! and fuck abbatier!. Laekrs take houstin in 5 too!

only problem i see is Bynum being reliable vs Yao! but aht's it!

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Good to see the Rockets get past the first round (it only took them 12 years!)

Those two remaining Eastern Conference series going to game 7's couldn't be any polar opposites: the Celtics-Bulls have been close, compelling games (the only first round series that featured any overtime games, let alone 4 games - two with 1OT, one with 2OT & one with 3OT) while the Hawks-Heat have all been blowouts!

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celtics will win at home i think.

hawks will also win at home (i hope!)...

would the hawks play the celtics again if they both win? would love to see that rematch after last year! that series was phenominal a year ago. without KG, i'd almost say atlanta would have a chance given they get thru d wade on sunday.

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I'm seriously rooting for anyone to beat LA and Cleveland, jsut because I want all the braodcasters and "experts" to be wrong

I really hope Chicago pulls of a game 7 win against Boston, but either way we can bet KG's fuckin grill will be all over the telly no matter what, lol

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it was a good year Portland. They accomplished a lot for 2008-2009 year. Houston was our worst match up for the series. For such a young team, you can see the potential. Congrats to Houston for a very emotional series. I wish we brought it to 7, but the bigger heart won that day.

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bring on the celtics! should be a great series!

[IMG]http://i.a.cnn.net/si/2008/writers/ian_thomsen/01/09/all.star.race/p1.stars.jpg[/IMG]

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[quote=asdf_admin;743665]it was a good year Portland. They accomplished a lot for 2008-2009 year. Houston was our worst match up for the series. For such a young team, you can see the potential. Congrats to Houston for a very emotional series. I wish we brought it to 7, but the bigger heart won that day.[/quote]

not that i play for them, but appreciate it dom. it has been ages since the rockets have made it past the first round. portland took houston to the limits. hopefully the rockets can do justice and take care of kobe and la. 8)

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[URL="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/basketball/nba/04/16/playoff.schedule/index.html"]Complete schedule for the 2009 NBA playoffs semifinals[/URL]

(All times Eastern; *If necessary) EASTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS:

No. 1 Cleveland vs. No. 4 Atlanta:

Game 1: Tuesday, May 5: Atlanta at Cleveland, 8 p.m., TNT Game 2: Thursday, May 7: Atlanta at Cleveland, 8 p.m.,ESPN Game 3: Saturday, May 9: Cleveland at Atlanta, 8 p.m., ABC Game 4: Monday, May 11: Cleveland at Atlanta, 7 p.m., ESPN Game 5: *Wednesday, May 13: Atlanta at Cleveland, TBA, TNT Game 6: *Friday, May 15: Cleveland at Atlanta, TBA, ESPN Game 7: *Monday, May 18: Atlanta at Cleveland, 8 p.m., TNT

No. 2 Boston vs. No. 3 Orlando:

Game 1: Monday, May 4, Orlando at Boston, 8 p.m., TNT Game 2: Wednesday, May 6, Orlando at Boston, 8 p.m., TNT Game 3: Friday, May 8, Boston at Orlando, 7 p.m, ESPN Game 4: Sunday, May 10, Boston at Orlando, 8 p.m., TNT Game 5: *Tuesday, May 12, Orlando at Boston, TBD, TNT Game 6: *Thursday, May 14, Boston at Orlando, TBD, ESPN Game 7: *Sunday, May 17, Orlando at Boston, TBD, TNT

WESTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS:

No. 1 L.A. Lakers vs. No. 5 Houston:

Game 1: Monday May 4, Houston at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m., TNT Game 2: Wednesday May 6, Houston at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m., TNT Game 3: Friday May 8, Los Angeles at Houston, 9:30 p.m., ESPN Game 4: Sunday May 10, Los Angeles at Houston, 3:30 p.m., ABC Game 5: *Tuesday May 12, Houston at Los Angeles, TBD, TNT Game 6: *Thursday May 14 Los Angeles at Houston, TBD, ESPN Game 7: *Sunday May 17 Houston at Los Angeles, TBD, TBD

No. 2 Denver vs. No. 6 Dallas:

Game 1: Nuggets 109, Mavericks 95 (RECAP | BOX) Game 2: Tuesday May 5, Dallas at Denver, 10:30 p.m., TNT Game 3: Saturday May 9, Denver at Dallas, 5 p.m., ESPN Game 4: Monday May 11, Denver at Dallas, 9:30 p.m., TNT Game 5: *Wednesday May 13, Dallas at Denver, TBD, TNT Game 6: *Friday May 15, Denver at Dallas, TBD, ESPN Game 7: *Sunday May 17, Dallas at Denver, TBD, TBD • Denver leads series 1-0

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[quote=floridaorange;743989]bring on the celtics! Should be a great series!

[img]http://i.a.cnn.net/si/2008/writers/ian_thomsen/01/09/all.star.race/p1.stars.jpg[/img][/quote]

^ +12

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Up by 18 at the half, not a bad start Magic :!::!::!:

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F the lakers! Go Rockets

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woot!!

houston up 1-0 orlando up 1-0

:)

come on ATL!