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I posted earlier in the Boston-Orlando series how happy I was not to be an actual fan of the Magic. I've enjoyed watching them struggle to beat the defending champs (but ultimately prevailing), and I enjoyed the King's coronation being delayed at least another year (I generally enjoy cheering...

In addition to that portion of the story quoted above, the story also talked about Billups not being able to find anyone on an inbounds pass in high school, so he threw it off of the back of the defender who was facing away from him (because the play broke down) and scored a basket to help his...

I agree that Hedo played Lebron properly by not letting him make a cut to get closer to the basket, and maybe an other-wordly defender like Dennis Rodman or someone of similar size and athletic ability could've contested Lebron's 3-point attempt more closely than Hedo, but I don't know if the...

I agree that at some point there's nothing a team can do to prevent a superstar from making a play to win the game, but Rashard was not blocking Mo Williams view at all, at least not from making the pass he made to Lebron (which Mo made in an overhand soccer-style throw-in manner). Rashard was...

Which is a worse coaching decision: having Anthony Carter inbound the basketball with Lamar Odom defending, or not telling Rashard Lewis to immediately sprint toward Lebron as soon as Mo Williams received the ball? Could Cleveland have actually passed the ball to anyone else on the floor at...

Kobe was complaining like a spoiled little brat on the court last night. Hopping around after Ariza turned the ball over, yelling at Odom to step up on a billups transition 3 (when Kobe could've just as easily actually made a move toward billups), etc. I don't recall past generation greats...

There shouldn't have been a pass to West to hit that go ahead 3. Lebron traveled before he threw it. Unless the Nuggets are going to take out the Lakers, I'm cheering for Lebron because I think he's got the best shot of keeping Kobe from winning a title. But I still enjoy the underdog...

I'm hoping for a number of King James/Superman collisions at the rim in the ECF.

Big ups to Hedo for his game 7 performance tonight (9-12 from the floor are old Peja-esque #s, albeit probably not in a game 7 that I can think of off the top of my head). Sure didn't hurt that Pietrus shot lights out as well. I'd have preferred to see the Rockets knock out the Lakers, but I'm...

I'm just glad that my rooting interest is only in the Celtics losing. If I were actually a Magic fan, I'd have wanted to jump off a building more times than I can count the last two games. One thing I find frustrating - when the Magic were running the pick and roll with Howard at the top of...

I'd like to see the Bulls win this game to knock the Celtics off the perch they've been sitting on all season since winning last year, and presuming KG doesn't play I think they have a shot, but I don't think Pierce will shoot as poorly in Boston as he did in Chicago in Game 6, and unless VDN...

That was awesome. I'm not a huge Ray Allen fan, but I was for that play as I'm not a fan of the Machine. And imho it seemed as if the Machine wanted to blame someone for Allen getting that easy layup, but he knew there was no one to blame but himself (especially for letting Ray go right and...

Qualified imho by the fact that for 3 of those trips he was coaching in the "leastern" and coaching a team coming off of 2 consecutive Finals appearances. EDIT: I guess at least one of those 4 years (and potentially 2) he lost to a team that won the title. Tough burden to bear for Saunders...

I agree with Tim Legler's ESPN analysis. This may have already been discussed, but why didn't Barry jump into Fisher and create contact? Why take a dribble sort of into Fisher before shooting? Once Fisher was up in the air, Barry had the opportunity to draw the foul, but he passed on it by...

I'd prefer none of the 4 remaining teams win the NBA title, so I'm a little torn. I'm leaning a bit toward the Spurs since most pundits seem to be counting them out for potentially the 3rd straight series. But I really don't want to watch another NBA Finals with the Spurs, mainly because I...

With a few seconds left it appears the Celtics will advance. Their series with the Pistons will hopefully be more entertaining than the first 6 games of this series, and it will be interesting to see if the Celtics can win a road game in the playoffs. One scheduling question: Why did the...

I didn't see the play, but if it was anything like the Tyson Chandler/Tony Parker play from Game 5 where Tony got knocked down just b/c he didn't know Chandler was setting a pick, and foul was called on the Chandler, then a foul being called on Horry would be the consistent call. Also, imho...

The only "great" team which I'd give a good chance of pulling off a game 7 road win would be the Spurs this year. Neither the Jazz or Cavs have shown the ability to win a road playoff game in this round, much less a game 7 on the road.

Spot on. I had forgotten about those two plays in particular (although I was more frustrated that Boozer had actually challenged Lamar 25 feet from the basket to set up an easy give and go with Gasol that lead to Odom's jam). I'm glad I'm not a Utah die hard, or I'd be infuriated with...

I'd much prefer to say the Lakers got a real break on the no call, but that is really Okur's fault for not holding his position at the top of the lane where he met Gasol to block him out. Okur doesn't really provide any resistance to letting Gasol move him down the lane. And, that was the...