[ms] · Est. May 2002
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Re: 2009 NBA Playoffs.
The Cavs may win 1 more, but they definitely will not win 3 more. That being said with the Magic being the bigger and stronger team physically with a far superior bench of players, I think the Magic will win the next game out of principle.
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[quote=Steve Graham;753350]you think he's going to leave? I've not heard either way tbh, just wondering I thought he was under contract for a while? :what[/quote]
no he is a free agent after next year i beleive....and pretty much every is saying he wants to play at the garden for ny.
why would he stay in ctown with such a poor supporting cast.
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ny isn't a much better option right now.... but i can certainly understand wanting to play in ny more than cleveland.
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If I'm Cleveland I let Howard get his points down low and stop double-teaming him. The 3 is killing them. Cleveland's defense is what got them to this point of the season but they don't match up well with the Magic and you can tell they're feeling the pressure. Their role players who were so good all season have not played well so now it's a one man show just like Jordan early in his career.
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some good news!
[B]NBA rescinds technical foul on Magic's Dwight Howard from Game 4 of Eastern Conference finals.[/B]
ORLANDO, Fla. - Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard had his technical foul from Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals rescinded by the NBA.
Howard was given his sixth technical of the playoffs for taunting Anderson Varejao after a layup in the third quarter of the Magic's 116-114 overtime victory Tuesday night. Cleveland's forward had draped his arms around Howard in a failed attempt to stop him from scoring.
The NBA announced it was rescinding the foul Wednesday. Under league rules, Howard would have been automatically suspended for one game if he received a seventh technical during the playoffs.
The Magic lead the Cavaliers 3-1 in the best-of-seven series. Game 5 is Thursday night in Cleveland.
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^ That technical controversy, has Cleveland fans LIVID; they think it's a cons.
BTW. Lake show baby. Lake show.
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^I'm no more pleased with the officiating during this series any more than the cavs fans are, my team just happens to be up 3 games to 1.
And boy did your lakes earn that win last night! Kobe showed a lot of professionalism by not overreacting to fouls/calls I thought.
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^ yeah. Magic are just way overpowering atm. this series is so theirs.
well said chief, i like how Kobe played more as a decoy, and how Bynum performed.
tonight and tomorrow night will be nuts!
:)
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The Cavs earned it tonight, oh well. Better get some rest Labron you'll need it for game 6 in Orlando.
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if lebron pulls another game like that one ... ufff
imagine a game 7 !!!!!!!!
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they need Howard to play some D... he hasn't looked like the defensive player of the year at all in this series..
The officiating is horrible as well.. All LeBron has to do is go to the hole and gets a call everytime.
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got mad respect for teh Denver Nuggets and thier whole organization. gg and epic series, no doubt.
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I just wanna give a shout-out to all my dawgs in denva, carmello & chan-say, ya'll stay up, big ups to the real mutha-f'n g's :lol:
srsly that was a pretty fun series to watch, looking fwd to a lakers/magic series, will be huge.
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[quote=floridaorange;754740]I just wanna give a shout-out to all my dawgs in denva, carmello & chan-say, ya'll stay up, big ups to the real mutha-f'n g's :lol:
srsly that was a pretty fun series to watch, looking fwd to a lakers/magic series, will be huge.[/quote]
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:roflmao:
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YES! ;) i think we are in for a very good final series here.. even though I'm sure everyone wanted the "dream" match up, lol
we have the TRUE mvp vs. the defencive playver of the year
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I put my money on the magic in 6.If they can beat the best team in the nba, there should be no reason they can't handle the lakers.
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The magic beat the nuggs and the lakes both 2 times in the post season,I really think this is our year!
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[I]gg guise, where will i play next season?[/I] [URL]http://www.nba.com/2009/playoffs2009/05/31/cavs.lebron.ap/index.html[/URL]
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[I]"The league MVP, who also did not shake hands with Olympic teammate Dwight Howard or congratulate any Orlando players as he left the floor, said Sunday that he's happy in Cleveland and feels the Cavs made major progress this season."
"It doesn't make sense for me to go over and shake somebody's hand."[/I]
wtf?
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^^Not to mention Lebron wearing a New York Yankees hat during his "explanation" interview kind of a jab.
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hell be in NY
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wow, so thats how the league mvp acts after his team gets outplayed by another team? and his explanation was great, lol as i have said before, he has a lot of growing up to do.. and hmm, mj won his first ring 7 years in, next year is year 7 for prince james
hey doosh james, noone "wants" to shake hands and acknowledge you just got beat down, especially after all the media hype in basically handing you the Eastern conference crown... but its the right thing to do, its also the grown up thing, the professional thing and the MANLY thing to do.. come back next season with less of a chip, less of an ego, and lose the fuckin NY hats, lol
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^ i lost alotta respect for him when he did that... poor sport is poor, for the time being.
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I think he was irate because the officiating wasn't so one-sided this time, which really highlighted the Cav's weaknesses.
Either that or he was physically in pain and had to go take care of his injury before collapsing.
Something had to have occurred because walking off like that seems really out of character for James. Or a simple case of immaturity as already mentioned above.
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^^^ if you heard his interview, he basically said he didnt want to shake hands because he's a winner and it doesnt make sense to him to shake someones hand who just beat you.. no injury, nothing about officiating, it was poor sportsmanship end of.
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2009 NBA Finals Schedule
No. 1 Los Angeles Lakers vs. No. 3 Orlando Magic
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Kobe Bryant > Le[I]brat[/I] James
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yeah right... kobe is a conceited asshole.
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^True but still the best player in the league imo. Saying that, he still needs to win some hardware without Shaq. Odom is the X factor and if he plays hard and defends the perimeter well magic will be in trouble.
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^I agree the Lakers could win, but the Magic love being the underdogs, and while the Lakers are busy stroking their egos the Magic are going to quietly whittle away at them from behind the 3 point line and down low. As long as Howard can play his game without fouling early on we are hitting our shots, I think the Magic will come out on top (which would be awesome!!!:lol:) Our bench is also stronger, which is the overall x-factor. We've all already seen how the Magic stack up against teams with 1 super star player.
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Damn it Lebron, all you had to do was apologize and explain you were caught up in the moment being dejected and all would be easily forgiven. Nope, he had to go all offensive saying it doesn't make sense to shake hands. :roll:
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LA doesn't have an answer to Howard.. I see 20 board games for him with many blocks.
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the logic says lakers in 5 i would be a nice surprise to see more games
starts tonite
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logic said the celtics were the favorites to win against the magic and so was clevaland. throw logic out the window!! i hope the finals are everything they're supposed to be!
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[QUOTE=Miguel;756558]the logic says lakers in 5 [/QUOTE]
Lakers in 5? Even though hey lost to the Magic twice in the post season? Dunno about that one.
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i want to see this final go to game 7 forsures
killer 1st game so far tho.
mvp mvp mvp mvp mvp
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we got'm right were we want'm...feel'n like they can't be beat...i hope:lol:
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ugly game, but not surprising. lakers have been in this spot before. magic, not so much. magic better get it together quick!
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what do you espect ? is howard alone in the post against 3 and every guard just kept missing and missing and missing