1st rd Playoff prediction thread.... for playoff prediction superiority guys.
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Miami turned the switch, could probably even give SA a game if they can maintain this level of aggression.
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That's the thing, Miami has an on and off switch. Due to the Pacers playing like shit going into the playoffs they obviously underestimated them in game one despite what they say.
In game two and game three you saw Miami dialed in. They don't always shoot well when dialed in but you can tell when Miami is dialed in by their defense.
They have brought their defense. Stephenson awoke Wade too with those comments. Just like I said whenever people question Wade he always erupts. Remember heading into game 4 vs the Spurs there was actual talk about how Miami should bench Wade? Same with game 7? Those were his two best games last year.
Today Lebron looked like Lebron of last year. He brought his defense after the first quarter and was that shutdown defender. He was setting up his teammates and took over the game.
Vogel also froze like he usually does in these games, after Allen hits his second three you gotta pull Hibbert and make an adjustment. He didn't and the game got away from him. I feel like Spoelstra is always one step ahead of him. -
Tequilla and APAG silence in this thread speaks volumes....
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Lance Stephenson needs to learn to shut his trap. He just said he's in Lebron's head.
I love Chris Bosh response "if averaging 27 a game is in somebodies head please stay there". -
I'm surprised race never resurrected himself for playoff hot talk. Guess the full blown AIDs really has won. RIP. Go Heat!
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Race should have laid off rolling fags ($75k) in the villageGulagDawg said:I'm surprised race never resurrected himself for playoff hot talk. Guess the full blown AIDs really has won. RIP. Go Heat!
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Tequilla said:
No question that Hibbert has been jekyl and hyde a bit against the Heat this year ...
Funny that you mention that I read the articles by Zach Lowe - I will agree that I thought that he wrote a very good article highlighting how Indiana gives Miami trouble. But I picked Indiana a long time ago to beat Miami considering that I have a Vegas slip sitting on my counter for them to win the NBA Title.
There are a lot of teams that like to think that they match up well with Miami by making them do things that they don't like to do. Few can actually do it.
Miami is a very new age team that doesn't really care about scoring in the paint in the traditional sense of using bigs and post ups. They want the paint as open as possible because that allows LBJ and Wade to drive to the hoop at all times without obstacles.
Few teams can offer up a rim obstacle like Hibbert. Few teams can offer up a PF option like David West in tandem. Few teams have an option to guard LBJ like Paul George. Few teams have an option to stay with Wade in Mr. Irrational Confidence.
I do agree with the assessment that Indiana's got to clean up their rebounding to win this series. It would also help them out a bunch if they can find an option or two off the bench that can rise to the occasion at some point in the series.
Miami is favored by many and rightfully so. But they look very old to me and have been relying way too much on LBJ (which they have been able to get away with so far). Too many of their key contributors seem on their last legs to me. Battier looks done. Jesus Shuttlesworth can still hit the open shot but I don't see a lot more out of him at this point. I never feel like you're going to get any kind of consistency out of Chalmers or Cole. They've been resorting to using James Jones and Rashard Lewis to try to stretch the floor - both would be abused in this series.
Maybe LBJ is up to it to have another massive series and put his team on his back. But I see Wade as being more old than rested. And Bosh normally doesn't play particularly well against Indiana and is never confused with being a dominant rebounder.
This series is a lot closer than I think a lot are giving credit for. I think most think that Miami will win 1 of the first 2 in Indiana, then take 2 at home, lose game 5, and then clinch in game 6. My expectation is that we'll be 2-2 after 4 games. I do think that Miami's best chance to win the series is in 6. I also would like to see how Indiana handles having game 7 at home if it gets to that point. They've played all year working to have THAT game on their home court - can they capitalize on it?
I'd be very surprised if either series didn't go the distance. Even with the Ibaka injury, OKC is a bad matchup for the Spurs. These should be great conference finals.
The bolded parts are just fucking gold.
This team does not suck.
5 reasons the Huskies win. Say 34-17?
Mariners will win 85-90 games.
Congrats Tequilla you own half of those fucktarded at the time statements that continues to be hilarious in retrospect. -
My guess is that they'll get out of April 3-5 games above .500 ...He_Needs_More_Time said:Tequilla said:No question that Hibbert has been jekyl and hyde a bit against the Heat this year ...
Funny that you mention that I read the articles by Zach Lowe - I will agree that I thought that he wrote a very good article highlighting how Indiana gives Miami trouble. But I picked Indiana a long time ago to beat Miami considering that I have a Vegas slip sitting on my counter for them to win the NBA Title.
There are a lot of teams that like to think that they match up well with Miami by making them do things that they don't like to do. Few can actually do it.
Miami is a very new age team that doesn't really care about scoring in the paint in the traditional sense of using bigs and post ups. They want the paint as open as possible because that allows LBJ and Wade to drive to the hoop at all times without obstacles.
Few teams can offer up a rim obstacle like Hibbert. Few teams can offer up a PF option like David West in tandem. Few teams have an option to guard LBJ like Paul George. Few teams have an option to stay with Wade in Mr. Irrational Confidence.
I do agree with the assessment that Indiana's got to clean up their rebounding to win this series. It would also help them out a bunch if they can find an option or two off the bench that can rise to the occasion at some point in the series.
Miami is favored by many and rightfully so. But they look very old to me and have been relying way too much on LBJ (which they have been able to get away with so far). Too many of their key contributors seem on their last legs to me. Battier looks done. Jesus Shuttlesworth can still hit the open shot but I don't see a lot more out of him at this point. I never feel like you're going to get any kind of consistency out of Chalmers or Cole. They've been resorting to using James Jones and Rashard Lewis to try to stretch the floor - both would be abused in this series.
Maybe LBJ is up to it to have another massive series and put his team on his back. But I see Wade as being more old than rested. And Bosh normally doesn't play particularly well against Indiana and is never confused with being a dominant rebounder.
This series is a lot closer than I think a lot are giving credit for. I think most think that Miami will win 1 of the first 2 in Indiana, then take 2 at home, lose game 5, and then clinch in game 6. My expectation is that we'll be 2-2 after 4 games. I do think that Miami's best chance to win the series is in 6. I also would like to see how Indiana handles having game 7 at home if it gets to that point. They've played all year working to have THAT game on their home court - can they capitalize on it?
I'd be very surprised if either series didn't go the distance. Even with the Ibaka injury, OKC is a bad matchup for the Spurs. These should be great conference finals.
The bolded parts are just fucking gold.
This team does not suck.
5 reasons the Huskies win. Say 34-17?
Mariners will win 85-90 games.
Congrats Tequilla you own half of those fucktarded at the time statements that continues to be hilarious in retrospect.
Oakland is probably good enough to still win 90+ and win the division. But with the way the rest of the division is looking, the Mariners could very easily stumble into 85-90 wins this year if the rotation gets back healthy. The pen is still a giant question mark though. The offense is young, will have ups and downs, but in general, is a massive improvement over what has been here for most of the last 5-10 years.
You should really stop with your Kent Griswold twisting impression. I've NEVER said that the Mariners WOULD win 85-90 games. What I've said is that the Mariners COULD stumble into 85-90 wins with a healthy rotation and that 88-90 wins COULD win the Wild Card in the AL this year.
The Mariners are 25-25 after 50 games and only recently got Iwakuma back and Paxton/Walker are getting closer. The Angels and Yankees lead the Wild Card right now at 28-22 and 27-23. The AL as a whole is more or less a mediocre dreckfest.
So I'd recommend that you either quote me correctly, take away your comment saying that I've said something that I haven't, or be prepared to meet me at a Circle K, take the gloves off, and roll. -
You said the Mariners could easily stumble into 85-90 wins. That, plus your answer of September for when the Mariner talk will be over sure seems like a prediction of 85 wins to me.Tequilla said:
My guess is that they'll get out of April 3-5 games above .500 ...He_Needs_More_Time said:Tequilla said:No question that Hibbert has been jekyl and hyde a bit against the Heat this year ...
Funny that you mention that I read the articles by Zach Lowe - I will agree that I thought that he wrote a very good article highlighting how Indiana gives Miami trouble. But I picked Indiana a long time ago to beat Miami considering that I have a Vegas slip sitting on my counter for them to win the NBA Title.
There are a lot of teams that like to think that they match up well with Miami by making them do things that they don't like to do. Few can actually do it.
Miami is a very new age team that doesn't really care about scoring in the paint in the traditional sense of using bigs and post ups. They want the paint as open as possible because that allows LBJ and Wade to drive to the hoop at all times without obstacles.
Few teams can offer up a rim obstacle like Hibbert. Few teams can offer up a PF option like David West in tandem. Few teams have an option to guard LBJ like Paul George. Few teams have an option to stay with Wade in Mr. Irrational Confidence.
I do agree with the assessment that Indiana's got to clean up their rebounding to win this series. It would also help them out a bunch if they can find an option or two off the bench that can rise to the occasion at some point in the series.
Miami is favored by many and rightfully so. But they look very old to me and have been relying way too much on LBJ (which they have been able to get away with so far). Too many of their key contributors seem on their last legs to me. Battier looks done. Jesus Shuttlesworth can still hit the open shot but I don't see a lot more out of him at this point. I never feel like you're going to get any kind of consistency out of Chalmers or Cole. They've been resorting to using James Jones and Rashard Lewis to try to stretch the floor - both would be abused in this series.
Maybe LBJ is up to it to have another massive series and put his team on his back. But I see Wade as being more old than rested. And Bosh normally doesn't play particularly well against Indiana and is never confused with being a dominant rebounder.
This series is a lot closer than I think a lot are giving credit for. I think most think that Miami will win 1 of the first 2 in Indiana, then take 2 at home, lose game 5, and then clinch in game 6. My expectation is that we'll be 2-2 after 4 games. I do think that Miami's best chance to win the series is in 6. I also would like to see how Indiana handles having game 7 at home if it gets to that point. They've played all year working to have THAT game on their home court - can they capitalize on it?
I'd be very surprised if either series didn't go the distance. Even with the Ibaka injury, OKC is a bad matchup for the Spurs. These should be great conference finals.
The bolded parts are just fucking gold.
This team does not suck.
5 reasons the Huskies win. Say 34-17?
Mariners will win 85-90 games.
Congrats Tequilla you own half of those fucktarded at the time statements that continues to be hilarious in retrospect.
Oakland is probably good enough to still win 90+ and win the division. But with the way the rest of the division is looking, the Mariners could very easily stumble into 85-90 wins this year if the rotation gets back healthy. The pen is still a giant question mark though. The offense is young, will have ups and downs, but in general, is a massive improvement over what has been here for most of the last 5-10 years.
You should really stop with your Kent Griswold twisting impression. I've NEVER said that the Mariners WOULD win 85-90 games. What I've said is that the Mariners COULD stumble into 85-90 wins with a healthy rotation and that 88-90 wins COULD win the Wild Card in the AL this year.
The Mariners are 25-25 after 50 games and only recently got Iwakuma back and Paxton/Walker are getting closer. The Angels and Yankees lead the Wild Card right now at 28-22 and 27-23. The AL as a whole is more or less a mediocre dreckfest.
So I'd recommend that you either quote me correctly, take away your comment saying that I've said something that I haven't, or be prepared to meet me at a Circle K, take the gloves off, and roll.
Your NBA playoff predictions have been Kim like as well.
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Yes, they could stumble into 85 wins. .500 after 50 games tells me that if they can get any kind of pickup throughout the rest of the season that they could be right at that number. After 50 games, do you feel that they are outperforming their abilities?
The reason I said that the talk will be over in September is because I don't see any team in the AL pulling away with a Wild Card to make it so a team is out of it early (other than the Astros and quite possibly the Twins). With the Mariners rotation, they will give themselves a chance most nights and at least keep them around .500 long enough to never be more than a 5-6 game winning streak away from being on the fringe of a race.
I think I've missed 3 series through the first 2 rounds and will miss on the ECF. I've been far from brutal.
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