Rd 1 done

[SixersGM]

3-0. Hasn't really been close yet.

Kyle Macy is playing out of his mind with 40 ppg.

http://forums.ssbabasketball.com/index.php?topic=7589.0

And you wish you have this guy on your team.. That might have made the series close..

[PacersGM]

sorry guys for the delay. work and some illness caused me to need some sleep yesterday.
rd 1 is done. not a great series for my team tried a different lineup to get more defense but didn?t helped me at all until the last game. next up are bucks. i will change my lineup again to adjust to their guard rotation.
i will let you guys decide if we sim in 12 hours again or postpone it for 24 hours.

[CelticsGM]

Disappointing end to the Celtics season.

somehow we were up 2-1 and managed to shoot 39%, 34%, and 39% in the remaining games (after shooting 44%, 42%, and 46% in the first 3 games with the same settings). You won't win a lot that way and we didn't.

What's especially bugging me is that
- we came within a point of being up 3-1 (though i doubt it would have changed the outcome but you never know)
- Sidney let me down big time against someone called Greiner.
- And after failing to shoot 50% against Maxi in any of the first 5 games Brice explodes for 25/4/13 on 11-14 shooting (!!) in the decisive game 6. Some stuff is hard to explain ...


On a positive note, we did what we could. Nobody could stop, contain, or even slow down Sampson on a regular basis. I'm simply not built for that challenge. Rick Mahorn with 16/14/3blk in the final 3 games did what i expected from him. Heck, I might have lost 0-4 with Wedge.


Good luck against the Hornets, Bods, let's see who of you has the honor to end the Pacers title dreams.

[NetsGM]

Congrats, Bucks. Convincing series win.

[CelticsGM]

don'T worry todd, if feel like i'm the lousiest GM here by a landslide.

year after year my team has a decent season, only to fail in the playoffs. Over the past 8 seasons i was 2nd seed three times, the 4th seed twice and an 8th seed. 2 first round exits and 5 second round failures, that's what's my record (at least you got to the CF twice).

 

[PacersGM]

well after round 1 i am defintly not dreaming of a title. instead i have a lot to worry about the play of shultz and dwight both held under season avg.
bucks are already a tough matchup but at least i match up well against their guard attack.
hornets pistons should be a great series. hope sampson is ready for his former team

[BucksGM]

I'm shocked I won 2 games let alone the series.  Not a single game among the 6 were within 10 points.

I shifted my lineup a bit against the Nets, but it was more to get the turnover machine Gragg at 2 and start a real 1 in Marquez, relegating Harris to the bench.  And I moved Mehta to 4 just to be bigger up front by starting Lanier, something I didn't do all year.  I guess the moves worked out great (though of course Milner and Tobey still got theirs).

Mehta and Milner both had triple doubles in Game 5.  Mehta 15/14/13 blocks. 

Good series Nets. 

[WizardsGM]

Well after being blown out in game 3, we came back and beat them by 20 and 15 in games 4 and 5 to take the series. Happy with the way we bounced back from that loss, winning by 20 on the road. We have a much tougher opponent coming up in the Spurs, this should be one heck of a series. To win, we will need Magic to be able to shoot much better than the 39% he shot in round 1. We will need the regular season version of Evans as well.

Hornets-Pistons should be a battle. This should be the start of Manute Bol proving himself to be a smart move or not.

Stats from round 1:

Kleine - 7.6/7.0/1.4/0.6/1.2
Borgmann - 9.4/10.2/2.2/1.0/2.6
Collins - 24.2/5.6/1.2/2.6 (shot 51.7%)
Magic - 21.2/8.6/5.2/2.4
Evans - 16.7/5.7/7.7/3.7/1.0 (54%)
Zollner - 8.8/6.4/0.8/0.4/2.4
Fuqua - 3.6/3.6
Dampier - 8.0/2.2/7.2/1.6

[HornetsGM]

Yup, this should be interesting. Sampson definitely got his during the regular season. It'll be a tough matchup for Stockton as well. Glad I have homecourt in this one.

[NetsGM]

Bol actually held Sampson well below his season average during the regular season, but Sampson did double bol's production.  Macy absolutely destroyed me.  Brice actually outperformed Stockton, and I think that will be the key for the series. 

[CelticsGM]

Bol actually held Sampson well below his season average during the regular season, but Sampson did double bol's production.  Macy absolutely destroyed me.  Brice actually outperformed Stockton, and I think that will be the key for the series. 

Bods, how in the world could you win our series with that ease ? I'm really mad at you, especially after it would have been my first ever try to beat the Hornets with homecourt advantage (i fighted for all season).

[NetsGM]

I honestly have no idea.  I didn't make any chances for the second sim.  I just got stops and cleaned up on the glass.

[CelticsGM]

then i'm even more sad ...

WAAAAAAAHHHH, FBB, GIVE ME A BREAK !!!!!
(and not a break to my season)

[KnicksGM-old4]

Congrats Hornets. That was an epic beating. 

[HornetsGM]

Ah well, mark it up to playoff experience -- you've done a great job in getting an historically mediocre (to say the least) team to the playoffs two years in a row.