Playoffs Discussion

[BlazersGM]

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[CelticsGM]

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Dunleavy is shooting 34.2 ppg (once again, 5.6 boards, 4 assists, 3.3 steals are nice, but need more).
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bods, you're a greedy bitch, asking more than 34.2ppg from Dunleavy !!!
 

[NetsGM]

lol, I obviously meant %

Unfortunately me being behind in a finals is kinda commonplace.

[CelticsGM]

Damn, this is the first finals series in ages REALLY lasting two days. And the drama is developping.

Could it be the year of the Clippers, who were maybe the only team staying with their roster for what seems like forever. I doubt they looked that much different when i first joined here,and they were good then, also young but already good.

There were no panic moves, no wholesales, just keeping the team together and letting it develop. This has to be admired, and after the Nets won last year i doubt there would be a more deserving winner now than the Clippers.


This series has the perfect day 2 setup: the underdog took home court from the fav and has two more home games to finish it at the Staples. I don't think anyone believes they really will as the Nets have shown over and over again it doesn't matter to them WHERE they play, road or home.

So my guess is this will go 7 games with the winner decided in a blowout finale. The Clips already did it once, but can they do it to a much deeper team too?

Editor's choice: Clippers in 7
 

[ClippersGM-old]

Could it be the year of the Clippers, who were maybe the only team staying with their roster for what seems like forever. I doubt they looked that much different when i first joined here,and they were good then, also young but already good.

There were no panic moves, no wholesales, just keeping the team together and letting it develop. This has to be admired, and after the Nets won last year i doubt there would be a more deserving winner now than the Clippers.

I am glad you noticed this. It is exactly what my plan was all along. I could not explain it any better!

[NetsGM]

I don't know what's more depressing.  The fact that I just simmed my SECOND 7 game of the finals that I've been on the losing end, the fact that I've committed to breaking up my team after only 1 championship, or the fact that I have to now process all those friggin FA extension



I blew another halftime lead in game 7 of the finals.

[NetsGM]

Ok, this game needs to be brought up for review:
http://ssba.phillyarena.net/boxes/162-1.html

lost by 4, FT's:
Nets: 6-10
Clippers: 29-36

Ah well, congrats Clips, you deserved it.

Maybe it's a good thing to break my team up just for all the heartbreak.

[ClippersGM-old]

Damn... I have a hard time believing it. I kept this team together for so long and it finally pays off. I was fearing that this would be one of the greatest teams without winning a championship. But here it is. I am very happy it!!!

   

Honestly... this Finals series was a thriller. Nets could have won as well.
Congratulations to the Nets on a very impressing season, a great playoff run, and a very interesting Finals (which they as well deserved to win)!


What I did change for this series was my pf and c lineup. I moved Chandler to pf to (try to) guard Okafor, and Brown to c.
Also I moved Gordon to 2nd option and Maggette down to 3rd option. Because I knew that Gordon would have a better time against Boykins. Maggette had a hard time against Pettit, but he did ok.
I was thinking to put Childress at starting sg to try and guard Pettit, but I chose for Maggette's scoring instead.  

Congratulations to Brand as the playoff MVP!

[NetsGM]

There were two roster moves I was considering.

First, I was thinking of switching Dunleavy to the 3rd option over Boykins, seeing Boykins ineffectiveness against Gordon.  I wanted Dunleavy to force Brand to defend him out on the perimeter.  In the end I had faith that Boykins would pick it up.

Second, I should have changed my pace to Fast from slow.  Frankly, I don't have one logistical reason for having a slow pace at all in this finals.  With Brand, you should exploit him at SF.  I have no idea why this didn't even occur to me until now  

[BlazersGM]

Congratulations to both of You, and especially to Clipps for winning their first ring.

[CelticsGM]

big BRAVO to the Clippers.
Well deserved.

on a side note: EUROPE 1 - USA 0

[BlazersGM]

you mean Europe - USA 1 : 6 now, i hope we europeans can come close or beat that in some 1-2 years....there's few big teams now, Clippers, Pacers, Kings, emerging Blazers    and always suprising Celtics

[GoldenStateGM]

Congratulations Clippers...  Well done, the team finally came together...

[CelticsGM]

you mean Europe - USA 1 : 6 now, i hope we europeans can come close or beat that in some 1-2 years....there's few big teams now, Clippers, Pacers, Kings, emerging Blazers    and always suprising Celtics

No, it's 1-0 in favor of europe, only the direct matchups count. And i can't recall any non-US team in the finals for some time.

ok, i looked that up. It's actually
USA 1 - Rest of the world 2
since the Heat (Asia Pacific) won once and the Pacers lost once in the finals - which was before my time - so in detail it's
USA 1 - EUROPE 1
USA 0 - ASIA 1


Forget about those intercontinental finals, that's like Milan and Juve playing for the european championship. Nice, but hardly the flair of a Juve/Barcelona matchup ...
 

[MagicGM]

congratulations.