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The get you in the right mood for the postseason check out the 2-part playoff preview in the Articles section:

Part 1: Eastern Conference Preview (http://phillyarena.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3378)

Part 2: Western Conference Preview (http://phillyarena.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3379)

and good luck to all the teams ...
 8)

Celtics face the Cavs, should make a nice series with lots of scoring.

Guess i'm considered favourite here but with Chauncey out for a few more games another injury here or there could end this series pretty soon too.

So have fun, my guys, and show some Celtic pride !!  :lol:

Well, it all depends on how well Gasol can defend Carter. Oops...

 :wink:

great articles, all 3 Celtics

I just want Kings to lose in round 1  :D

shut the **** up! i'll beat your ass

Well, VC plays C ? Now that's a move i didn't see coming ...

Big Z at pg?

Catch me if you can  :D

Haha, I like to mix it up. You gotta expect anything and everything... 8)

Just an FYI, this one won't be up until late.  Like 9-10 pm.

Sounds good.

Results are up.

gonna be a hard road to the finals.  And Jazz over TWolves in 7 is like a lock.  I think Jazz have knocked the wolves out 3 years in a row.

4-1 over the grizz.

The SSBA-best 19-game playoff win streak is snapped.  Drat.

I lost the 1st game of the series against the Magic, but took the next 4. The last two games were very close. Game 4 went into OT and game 5 was a come from behind victory in the 4th quarter. Not exactly a dominant performance, but still, I can't be upset with a 4-1 series win.
Good series Magic.

Well, it was a sweep, just like you predicted, Celtics. In the ONLY sweep of the first round, I took it to the Bulls, who had no answer for the big china man.

Won game 1 by 24. Yao had 41, 12 and 8 blocks. Wright had 16 and 10. Pietrus had 14,  Prince had 13. Max had 9 points, 10 rebounds and 15 assists - showing that he really can do it in big games. Best production I have ever got from this group of starters.

Won game 2 by 21. Yao had 36, 23 and 3 blocks. Max had 15 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists. Pietrus had 13, Prince had 12...again an all around effort. First two games on the road is just money in the bank.

Won game 3 by 24. Yao had 38 and 10 with 5 assists. Wright had 13 and 13. Max had 6 points, 3 rebounds, 13 assists. Prince had 18, Pietrus had 12. Damn, another all around beautiful win.

Won game 4 by 13. Yao had 45 and 18 with 8 blocks, Wright had 10 and 10, Perry chipped in 10 off the bench...but everyone else was weak. Still, a win is a win is a win.

Held the Bulls to 35.1%, 37.8%, 41.9% and 37.6%.....easily the best defense played all year.


No, looking forward....Damn. I get the Nets. Season series was 3-1 Nets. If I can win a game, I'll be content with this run from this young group.

you too. good luck on the next round

Just a quick take:

Pretty disappointing performance from the Celtics. Playing defense for only one game doesn't cut it. Giving up 113ppg apart form game2 is a slap in the face for my self-proclaimed top-defenders.

But there might have been a different ending to this series if not for a strange incident in game 4. Chauncey Billups was supposed to be back for game 4 (after missing 5 days), yet he was nowhere to be seen (and consequently i enjoyed a narrow defeat with PG Chamberlain going off).


Weel, good luck Cavs, if you take apart the Hornets defense like you did it to me you've got every chance to advance.

Still ...  :?

Celtics that has to hurt. After doing all the trades to make a serious run in the post season... :x

4-2 W. Nice, nothing special. Mcgrady was a lil non constant but it's understandble since Kobe is a pretty good defender. And Danny Fosrtson is the man, had a pretty awesome serie.

Congrats to Warriors on a good round.


Up next THE WESTERN SHOWDOWN: KINGS VS CLIPS.....  :twisted:



(shit)

Celtics, Billups was definitely listed as being out for 6 days, not 5. But a well played series on your part regardless. You came relatively close each game, but my team just showed what they are truly made of offensively against a very good defense. Now, going up against the Hornets, the best defense in the league, will be an extremely difficult challenge. I'm certainly not expecting to win, but anything can happen...

Hmm...so many choices this sim. I can go crazy and try to completely fuck up Bods, or not.

I'll probably try to fuck with him.

So, here's more in-depth analysis:

Am I shocked? No. Disappointed, yes, as a pretty fine season went down the drain in an injury-riddled finish, but it was hardly a surprise to me. I knew of the Cavs firepower - and as I can confess now I NEVER understood why they moved away from the Vince&Vince setup putting Keogan as backup (sure it would kill them sometimes, but overall this is a great offensive 1-2 punch to cause any opponent trouble) - and I knew that my defense alone might not be enough to succeed.

And that's exactly what happened. I couldn't contain the Cavs on defense - with Ginobili overmatched helping out Lenard AND Kidd - and Parker Kidd - who gave all he could - too inexperienced to run my offense with the necessary fluidity as well as no offensive thread himself at all. Chauncey came back and got 31ppg/8apg in 2 games, Parker got 11ppg/6apg in the games he started. That's 20ppg and better defense i was missing sorely.


Would i make something different now?
What? Mihm might be a tad better shooting but no playmaker either. I made a risky move before the deadline, giving up my backup PGs (both) for some swingmen depth, so Chauncey going down left me with a black hole at about the only position where i was pretty much zero deep. And the most important position at that too.

Call that an bad investment as things developed now, but i'd do it again. So we'll look ahead to next year ...
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Here's a recap...

Game One: Sonics win by 22
Dirk: 41 points, 9 rebounds / Lo: 22 points off the bench / Held the Grizz to 39% from the floor.

Game Two: Sonics win by 30
Dirk: 28 points, 21 rebounds / English: 24 points, 10 assists / Held the Grizz to 30% from the floor

Game Three: Sonics win by 11
Dirk: 39 points, 11 rebounds / English: 22 points, 11 assists

Game Four: Sonics lose by 4
Snaps a record string of playoff victories (19)

Game Five: Sonics win by 32
Dirk: 42 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists / Posey: 23 points, 10 rebounds

 :bash:  This is what the Clippers will do to the Kings, but after the series is over we will  :cheers:  together on the Clippers' championship run!


A man can dream right?!    Let's go Clippers!!! :bounce:

Is that Elton Brand under that hammer as coach beat the hell out of him cause Hoffa crushed him?

 :)

If it looks like a rat, smells like a rat, my golly it's a rat.  TO. :lol:

Back to the topic, won two games at home against clips, couldn't stop Brand.

HAHAHA.

Actually, decided to just keep my roster the same...what am I s'posed to do, move Yao to PG? We'll see if I cna steal a game or two.

wow....wow.

congrats raptors.  Sorry for being on the wrong end of a 1 pt game 7 loss.  I know how it feels.

Talk about a near collapse.  I had a 9 pt lead heading into the 4th quarter.  I won by 1.

Ultimately, I think the two far and away best eastern conference teams throughout the season are in the ecf.

I'm prepared to get obliterated.

Well, I'm happy that my team was able to take 1 game. It's alright knowing that I lost to a team that is far superior. Now, draft time...

Great series Bods. I cannot belive how well my tem played throught the playoffs. I'm really not mad at all - wasn't even expecting to make the playoffs.

Yao was phenomenal - he played out of his mind. Gonna have this team back next year with the addition of 2 lotto picks.

Congrats Raps.  I should have put Anderson on Yao, don't know what I was thinking leaving Griffat center

Another sweep!

Sonics have won 24 of their last 25 playoff games!

Well all I can say is that Dirk bent Kirilenko over and that was that.

As am I. It's really a coin toss I think.

This might sound cheesey, but I am just hoping for a good series that's not marred by an injury. Losing a tight conference finals would not be a huge disappointment, getting blown out would though.

just great.

i didn't even send my DC cause i have no idea the sim will be Sunday night, no one said anything and i was working the whole weekend. great....

not that it would have mattered ...
 :wink:

I don't think there were too many options the Kings had for their DC but on the other hand the timetable is the same for some seasons now. Daily sims during the playoffs.

Congratulatrions to the Nets on a tight one and the Hornets (who handled the Cavs exactly like I believed i would - with Billups, letting the Vince's go off on occasions but clamping down defensively on the rest otherwise). Will be a great series of the best teams in the East.

And also props to Clips and Sonics, the leaders out west. Will be interesting to see if the Clippers learned anything from last years debacle. They are entering as top seed with home court again but sure will look for a different ending ...

how bout the player extensions?

Trust me.  Getting blown out is easier to take.



It's not like the schedule hasn't been up since October 7th.  Do you want a pm before every sim  :roll:



Coming within the next 24 hours.

Wow, what an excelelnt playoffs so far.

First, congrats to the Kings on a good series.  I was glad to just win a couple games against you, McGrady and that incredible team rebounding of yours are really tough.

Sonics are making their late run (shades of the Jazz championship runs), and facing the West's most domiannt team for years, the Clippers.

Hornets and Nets, a great, great series.  Great offense and great defense on both teams.  Pettit vs Marion and Emeka vs Wallace are primetime matchups, as well as little Boykins vs too-tall Livingston.

I really think my lineup changes (I made Battier my backup SG to try to get size on Marion) really helped.  I was considering putting Pettit at SF and Battier at SG so Pettit would have been on a bad defender, but I thought that was too drastic.  Outside of 1 game Marion was held in managable form, and that helped.  

Okafor was comparatively dreadful though.  That Ben Wallace guy isn't bad.

And...um...shoot.  Had to be the sonics.  I swear I would have rather lost in the playoffs than lose another finals.  2nd straight year of Nets/Sonics.  Hope it's better than last.

Well, Marion simply couldn't contain Petit, and Petit held Marion in check. I really thought the two would neutralize eachother. It was Okafor that I was really worried about, but that turned out to be unfounded. The game 6 blowout stung quite a bit, I must say  :( . I think homecourt was pretty big in the series.

Well, good luck in the finals Nets, I think this is your year :)

Nice series Clips....


The rematch.  Good luck Nets!

?? If you really made battier your backup SG - he never played there. I checked the mins and he played all at SF with jamison taking the rest. Salmons took all the backup mins at pg and SG. Your injury to Brad Miller really was a no factor maybe even a plus since jamison had some solid games at pf.

Where do you see a minute by minute positional breakdown?

If you're simply talking about the position listed in the boxscore, all that shows is the position he was at the FIRST time he entered the game.  Which makes sense, since he started the game at SF.

My DC looked like this:
SF: Battier, Jamison, Jamison
SG: Pettit, Battier, Pettit
PG: Boykins, Salmons, Boykins.

I agree with Pacers:
in game 1 Boykins played 37, Pettit 39 and Salmons 21 minutes. there are no minutes at PG and SG left for anyone else ... exactly the same goes for the other games

but of course it can mean Pettit played some SF (for whatever reason FBB puts him there) and Battier some SG ... but that's pure speculation since Pettit wasn't listed at SF.
 :wink:

wow if your lineup was like that FBB is making a lot of fun. you will never know who will enter the court. if you count the mins everyone played at PG,SG and SF there is no way that battier played a single min at SG but maybe TOm is right and pettit played some SF also...

i can only guess why it was salmons who played at SG but it could have been snow or someone else who was on the aktive list but not on the depth chart.

If Pettit played 39 minutes at sg then Battier played 9.

He's listed as a SF because that was the position he started the game at.

Bods, please, use some maths !

Again i take just game 1 vs. Hornets as example:
Earl played 37 minutes, we can assume all at PG
Pettit played 39 minutes, all at SG
-> that leaves a whopping 11 minutes for someone else at PG and 9 minutes at SG, a grant total of 20 minutes.

now Salmons played 21 minutes

unless Salmons, listed as backup PG on the DC played SF, ther isn't a single minute left for Battier to move down to the 2 spot.
and this is valid for all 6 games.

Logical conclusion: Battier stayed at SF all the time
 8)

So you're saying Salmons played at a position he wasn't listed at (SG), but couldn't have played at a position he wasn't listed at (SF)?

I'm not following your logic on how you guys KNOW you're right.

Maybe here's what happened.  Battier played first string SF.  Then came in from 2nd string SG.  His stamina wouldn't let him play any more SF, so his starting shifts got cut short.  So that means Salmons had to shift over and play some SF (Since Jamison's minutes didn't drastically increase, and he was already slated for 2 SF shifts).

Point being, Pacers made a fairly declarative statement like he KNEW what happened.  When in fact the scenario I layed out (Salmons picking up SF minutes because Battier's shift was cut short because he was first string sf and 2nd string sg) is more than feasible.  Certainly not infeasible enough for a declarative statement made like the one pacers did.

Personally, I think my scenario (which goes in line with the DC I submitted) is a little more viable than yours and the Pacers scenario (which arbitrarily played players at positions I didn't list them at).

Congrats Nets. Thought it was only days 1-3 tonight.

Way to go Nets. A well deserved championship after many great seasons.

Sonics asked me to go ahead and sim all 7 games, barring any injuries.  So I went ahead and did that, since I had no changes to my roster.

I must say, I'm kinda relieved.  I thought for sure I'd choke away another game 7.  Pretty even series, no team won 2 straight, and only one blowout (and boy was it a blowout).

I just saw Champion - Nets, and was like, he won it in 3 games??? :O


But seriously, well done. It's about time. If it were me, I would be having a party right now.

Great series Bods....since I won it last year, I am happy to see you take it home.  Although, it would have been nice to bring the title back to Seattle.

I figured that there was no need to do the finals over the course of two days (especially since I hadn't changed my roster in over a month!) so Bods simmed it all tonight.

Once again...congrats.

at the moment i see two faults in your logic. The first one is that salmons played SG proven at game 5 even if he wasn´t listed there. If battier took also some mins that would mean that you had 3 guys playing at SG without any injuries or foul troubles. Normally FBB use only 2 for the same position. The second one is imo why should FBB put him at SF where he was also not listed more than at SG? You had already two guys playing at SF. so i guess that battier never had the time to play SG since he was more needed at SF.

I honestly didn't question who was the best team this year (and last year for that matter). I don't care what team you are, the Nets are gonna gouge you. The only thing I am upset about is that I didn't take the series to 7 games. CONGRATS NETS!

(and yes, it hurt to put the exclamation point on that last sentence)

Congrats NETS and shane! I am really shocked that a guy like shane had 20 in the most important win of hsi career. His career best is 23 :shock:
Sonics did a nice job handling pettit and okafor but had troubles to findsome who could score next to dirk.

:hail:  HAIL TO THE NEW CHAMP !  :hail:

and has there ever been a team more deserving, dominating the regular season over the last three seasons now.

I must admit, after game 2 i thought it's over, since the Sonics hadn't lost on their home court in the playoffs for 2 seasons until game 4 came around. And must it have been sweet for them, going the distance with a dramatic game 7 victory (well, dramatic in it was a game 7, the game itself was over after 20 minutes or so) to bring home the first title.

Now break up those Nets and Sonics ...
... and let anyone else have some finals appearances ...
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and being an IT guy, isn't it sweet that this is my kilobyte post ...

Congrats Nets...  Nice to see the Eastern conference finally win a championship, after so long of a draught  :wink:

A great, great series, and a very good playoffs all around.

Congrats :hotbounce:  :bounce:  :cheers:  :bods:

What?! Nets won the title before me?!?!

 :)

After this outcome, it is so amazingly painful to look back at my series with the Nets.

He won game 1 by 18, but we were tied going into the 4th Q.

I won game 2 by 5.

He won game 3 in overtime.

He won game 4 by 2, I was up by 2 going into the 4th Q.

I won game 5 in overtime.

I won game 6 by 10.

He won game 7 by 1.

So his wins were 18 (whe we were tied to start the 4th), 1, 3 and 4. My wins were 10, 4 and 5.

Probably the closet series I have ever seen. Bottom line is I had a great chance to win everyone of the games that Bods did.

You know what's better than winning?

Having wednesday and thursday off from simming  :D

Nice championship present.

This now means i'll be too scared to make any moves this year.  Which isn't much different than every other year.

You are so boring. hahah.

But seriously, enjoy the time off, you earned it :tup:

Congratz on the title. :tup:  :cheers:

Got some time to sit down and crunch the stats, so here they are:

C: Yao Ming -  Vs. Bulls - 40ppg, 15.75rpg, 2.5apg, 5.5bpg, 1spg, 2.25topg, (17.25FGMpg, 28FGApg = 61.6%) , (5.5FTMpg, 7FTApg = 78.6%)                    
                             
                              Vs. Nets - 42.3ppg, 13.7rpg, 2.6apg, 2.4bpg, 1.4spg, 3topg, (16.4FGMpg, 31.7FGApg = 51.7%) , (9.4FTMpg, 12.4FTApg = 75.8%)

--Yao played incredible in both series. Averaging over 40 points against Emeka and Sammy is amazing. He has hit the peak of his career, for sure. At least I have been able to put a solid core around him for now, and they are kids that are young enough that they can take over when he leaves.

PF: Lorenzo Wright - Vs. Bulls - 11.25ppg, 10.5rpg, 1.25apg, 1bpg, 1.25spg, 1.75topg, (4.75FGMpg, 10.25FGApg = 46.3%) , (1.75FTMpg, 2.75FTMpg = 63.6%)

Vs. Nets - 7.1ppg, 9.6rpg, 0.9apg, 0.6bpg, 1.3topg, (2.9FGMpg, 10.4FGApg = 27.9%) , (1.4FTMpg, 2.1FTApg = 66.7%)

--Well, he played like a stater against the Bulls, and he played like an IR reserve against the Nets. He did an ok job guarding Emeka though, I will give him that. You think it would be common sense not to take the 13th shot if you had only made 1 of the first 12 though.

SF: Tayshaun Prince - Vs. Bulls - 12.25ppg, 7rpg, 4.5apg, 0.5bpg, 0.75spg, 1topg, (5FGMpg, 7.75FGApg = 64.5%) , (1.75FTMpg, 2.25FTApg = 77.8%) , (0.5 3'spg, 1.0 3'sapg = 50%)

Vs. Nets - 8.9ppg, 6.3rpg, 2.1apg, 0.4bpg, 0.9spg, 0.3topg, (3.9FGMpg, 7.1FGApg = 54.9%) , (0.4FTMpg, 0.6FTApg = 66.7%) , (0.6 3'spg, 1.7 3'sapg = 35.3%)

--Maybe I should have made him an option with those kinda shooting numbers. A significant drop in his numbers when he had to play against Battier, but that's no suprise. If he was to out up numbers all year like those against the Bulls, he'd be a starter next year. However, he doesn't, so he won't be. My new starting SG should be here on Friday.

SG: Mike Pietrus - Vs. Bulls - 10.25ppg, 4.5rpg, 2.25apg, 0.5bpg, 1.25spg, 1.75topg, (3.75FGMpg, 11FGApg = 34.1%) , (1.75FTApg, 2.5FTMpg = 70%) , (1.0 3'spg, 3.25 3'sapg = 30.8%)

Vs. Nets - 11.3ppg, 5.4rpg, 1.6apg, 0.6bpg, 1spg, 3topg, (4.6FGMpg, 8.9FGApg = 51.7%) , (1FTMpg, 1.7FTApg = 58.8%) , (1.0 3'spg, 1.7 3'sapg = 58.8%)

--Well, Mike really turned it on against Petit, something he was unable to do against Drew, which speaks wonders to Drew's defense. Loving thise numbers against the Nets, sans turnovers. He will likely be moved back to his natural position of SF next year, where his speed could create some matchup problems.


PG: Max Guiterrez - Vs. Bulls - 9ppg, 5.5rpg, 10.5apg, 0bpg, 0.25spg, 2.25topg, (3.5FGMpg, 9FGApg = 38.9%) , (1FTMpg, 1.25FTApg = 80%) , (1.0 3'spg, 3.5 3'sapg = 28.6%)

Vs. Nets - 12.6ppg, 3.3rpg, 10.3apg, 0.1bpg, 0.9spg, 1.4topg, (5.1FGMpg, 11.1FGApg = 45.9%) , (1.4FTMpg, 2FTApg = 70%) , (0.9 3'spg, 2.9 3'sapg = 31%)

--I'm proud of my guy. Still with A potential too. He's gonna be really, really good. Book it. I forsee him as a 20 and 10 pg. How do you like them apples?

Overall, I'm proud of my guys. They made my Hoffa trade look pretty damn good, especially with 3 firsts coming my way. I can't wait to get 2 lotto picks on this team, and let the kids wrong wild around Yao next year.

Bods, congrats on the title. You DESERVED it!  :D

Ah, after 10 FBB seasons it does feel nice to finally win.


But if I win again next year, I think I'm going to blow the team up and trade my entire starting lineup for draft picks.  I like playing with a piss poor team more, I think.

Of course, it's been so long since I've had a poor team maybe I just don't remember ;)

can´t wait to see bods making a trade  :lol:

Yeah, its more exciting. Look at my team. :D

Yeah I went through like 3 major seasons without making a major trade...yawn.

On problem is I realy like how my team is now, so many no other trades on the horizon either.

congrats to nets and sonics (west champ)!!

I as well have not made any major trades in a long long time... that is how I felt I needed to build a contender. and I have been one for many seasons and still am, though havent gotten to the finals yet.

Congratulations on winning the title Nets, our favourites were Sonics after impressive 2 year run in PO, but this was the best matchup ever, amazing series for both, and congratulations to both.

Blazers Managment

Congrats Bods. After all of the tough losses you took you definitely deserved this one.