rd 1 done

[PacersGM]

well i am little surprised with my team game. lost 2 close games to the pistons while leading in both games at half time. LB is doing a great job with charles but brice is killing me at the moment. part 2 will be done in 12 hours.

[WizardsGM]

Won 2 close games, blown out once on my home floor. Glad we managed to go and take one back in San Antonio but we are in tough. They are playing Magic real well, he had a 9 turnover game. Rookie Joe Kleine has stepped up, with 8 blocks in 3 games off the bench. Hope we can keep it together for 2 more wins and not drag this out too long.

[BucksGM]

Nets won 2 of 3 decisively, though they lost Wooten in the process. 

[CelticsGM]

For some reason the Hawks managed to take game 1 in Boston by 1 in OT. Shooting 48% and 67% on threes.

But gladly we held them to 34% for the following two games. Celtics are averaging 66 rebounds and 12 steals per contest, which makes life a lot easier. If not for nearly 16 topg this could be over soon.


In other games, Pistons surprise even me. Nets looked too much for Bucks, but I'm not sure who should play Rex now. With Koncak, Martin, and Vice they still have good defenders, but neither has any offense, so the Bucks might switch Rex on Schmaltz to stop the Nets' offense ... but what if the Nets move Schmaltz back to C. Will be interesting to watch. Furthermore, I still have no explanation how the Heat could win game 4.

West is fun too, with Warriors nearly through, Jazz and Nuggets still with the upper hand. But don't count out the Spurs, hope this series isn't decided by injury. Mavs and Grizz will be a dogfight, since without Keogan nobody can stop Brooks. I still have the latter one advancing ...

[NetsGM]

Nets won 2 of 3 decisively, though they lost Wooten in the process. 

Yeah, that part is a shame. That Mehta is one dirty SOB.
Lost game one in MIL, choking up a 9pt lead in the 4th. Woot was great in that one, Hubbard killed in his matchup that wasn't Natt. The PG's as you might predict, went toe-to-toe.
Game two, Mehta was a  beast - though Woot gave it a good shot, Hubbard came alive and helped out, and Bradley did a nice job on Natt.
Game three, Koncak stepped up against Mehta, Milner exploded.
Happy with the series so far, but it's a long way from over. Good luck Bucks.
*Oh, Pacers: please change our defensive settings to "dirty" lol.
Just kidding - DC submitted.

Pacers-Pistons looks interesting. More evidence of the strength in the East. Heat stole one from Hornets, too.West is going pretty much according to Hoyle.

[NetsGM]

In other games, Pistons surprise even me. Nets looked too much for Bucks, but I'm not sure who should play Rex now. With Koncak, Martin, and Vice they still have good defenders, but neither has any offense, so the Bucks might switch Rex on Schmaltz to stop the Nets' offense ... but what if the Nets move Schmaltz back to C. Will be interesting to watch. Furthermore, I still have no explanation how the Heat could win game 4.

It's a 50/50 game - the C/PF rotation. I'm curious to see what Bucks does too. If he moves Mehta, he might miss Schmalz altogether  , and will have to work harder on D which might see him sacrifice some offence - since Shmalzy plays him pretty rugged with the size advantage.
The one thing I know is that Devin is playing his heart out against Hubbard, and winning that battle somewhat.
In any event, it'll be the first thing I check when I get home from work today.
Oh, and I'm also hoping Hawks take out the C's - though I'm not entirely sure how they'd go about it 

[HeatGM]

im also shocked to win one game i just got murdered the first two games...maybe newton just played great

[GoldenStateGM]

Barton and Collins are just playing great basketball...
Terry Teagle has been a very pleasant surprise, shooting very well from behind the arc.

Warriors are playing freat basketball, very happy so far...

[BucksGM]

It's a 50/50 game - the C/PF rotation. I'm curious to see what Bucks does too. If he moves Mehta, he might miss Schmalz altogether

Yeah, if I could make one change to FBB's settings, it would be to allow us to pick defensive matchups regardless of position.  Obviously I want Mehta to defend Schmaltz, but that requires guessing correctly as to which position Nets will put him in the depth chart.  Since I guessed wrong the first time around, Mehta's defense pretty much went to waste on Wooten while Schmaltz owned my lesser bigs. 

[NetsGM]

Yeah, if I could make one change to FBB's settings, it would be to allow us to pick defensive matchups regardless of position

Yup.  There's a lot i'd like to improve if I were good enough to.

[WizardsGM]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Won game 4 and preceeded to lose 3 straight and the Spurs advance in 7. I'm shocked, apalled and downright upset with this team right now.

[PacersGM]

PO rd 1 is finished. Spurs took care of the nuggets with a very suprising move. high risk high reward. My team didn?t play great but survived thanks to LB shooting 60% from 3 
Pistons really played great. brice was unstoppable at times but i could control blackman and with LB and Mark i had a small advantage at the wing position. A very small advantage. Have to take a deep look into my next matchup to avoid such a nail biter.

[SpursGM-old]

WOW!!!!

Lost game 4 at home to drop into a 1-3 hole.  Won game 5 in OT and game 7 in OT on the road.  Risky move alluded to by Pacers...I set my key player options to CPU control.  Woodson exploded against Magic's defense for 26, 31, 26 in the last 3 games shooting 46.4% from the floor.

Fat also finished strong out playing Evans in the final 2 games.  He finished with 25 pts, 7 assts and 8 reb in game 6 and with 26 pts, 18 dimes, 5 reb, 4 steals in the decisive game 7.

On to the Jazz...

[CelticsGM]

I have no idea how Bods could put Semionova, the weakest defender on his roster, on LeBron, who shot around 25% all seasons against every defender this side of B-. It's like he decided to give up on the series after game 3.


Of course the Pacers prevailed with winning three of the last four by a total of 10 points (two 1pt games, including game 7) with BronBron shooting better than 50% in any of them.

(before you ask: no, LeBron didn't shoot 50% in any of the first 3 games against Barkley)

Here's my list of people starting at SF which would have allowed the Pistons to win in 5:
1. Barkley
2. Gerstl
3. Wheat
4. heck, probably even Barner, who would have kept him from the boards.

[CelticsGM]

We beat the Hawks 4-2 ... and if the Celtics continue to play like this we won't stay within double digits after the first quarter against the Hornets. Pretty ugly series offensively, but at least the D was o.k.