Basketball Playoffs
I watched the Dallas - Golden State game last night and wow. What an amazing game. When I first starting watching the Suns with Steve Nash, it was a revelation in how much fun watching basketball could be. I got that same feeling last night.
Golden State runs and runs all the time. All five players run, are athletic and can shoot the ball. They push the ball as fast as possible, quite often making a half court pass to the lead man even if outnumbered. Everyone has a green light to shoot, and their offense is dependent on movement and quick passing. It makes for fun basketball to watch. Dallas looks scared and unprepared to play this way. I fully expect Golden State to close out Dallas at home, which would be a huge upset (8th vs 1st seed).
I have a feeling Dirk will be voted the MVP this year, an award he doesn't deserve. If he hadn't of shown up in the last 3 minutes last night, he would be the one to blame. Bill Simmon's really sums it up quite nicely.
One of the best parts of the series is the coaching matchup - the protege vs the mentor. The two have completely different styles as well. Nelson is laid back and Avery is not. Nelson looks like he's enjoying himself watching the game, while Avery looks like he's about to have a heart attack. Even the owner vs the ex-coach angle is interesting and like Steve Kerr says, they need to show more of Mark Cuban (and it'd be nice if he started blogging about basketball again).
TNT didn't put their best broadcasting team on the series. Reggie Miller and Dick Stockton were calling the game, and the best line was Reggie saying GS was "going to throw the whole kitchen book at Dirk".
Oh yeah, Raptors played last night too. Vince Carter has thin skin, and had a largely forgettable game, even though he scored 30 points. The Raptor's offense is based around PG penetration and posting up Bosh. With injured PGs and NJ defense on Bosh, we'll have nothing left for offense. If they can somehow miraculously win in NJ (1% chance), they should be able to win game 7. Also a short note about the announcers...apparently TNT has Marv Albert and Steve Kerr on the Raptor/Nets series, which is their #1 team, but we are stuck with fucking Leo Rautins and Swirsky, whom I hate. Sucks.
Last year's playoffs were amazing and hopefully this year's will be just as good. Next GS-Mavs game is Thursday, don't miss it!
Golden State runs and runs all the time. All five players run, are athletic and can shoot the ball. They push the ball as fast as possible, quite often making a half court pass to the lead man even if outnumbered. Everyone has a green light to shoot, and their offense is dependent on movement and quick passing. It makes for fun basketball to watch. Dallas looks scared and unprepared to play this way. I fully expect Golden State to close out Dallas at home, which would be a huge upset (8th vs 1st seed).
I have a feeling Dirk will be voted the MVP this year, an award he doesn't deserve. If he hadn't of shown up in the last 3 minutes last night, he would be the one to blame. Bill Simmon's really sums it up quite nicely.
One of the best parts of the series is the coaching matchup - the protege vs the mentor. The two have completely different styles as well. Nelson is laid back and Avery is not. Nelson looks like he's enjoying himself watching the game, while Avery looks like he's about to have a heart attack. Even the owner vs the ex-coach angle is interesting and like Steve Kerr says, they need to show more of Mark Cuban (and it'd be nice if he started blogging about basketball again).
TNT didn't put their best broadcasting team on the series. Reggie Miller and Dick Stockton were calling the game, and the best line was Reggie saying GS was "going to throw the whole kitchen book at Dirk".
Oh yeah, Raptors played last night too. Vince Carter has thin skin, and had a largely forgettable game, even though he scored 30 points. The Raptor's offense is based around PG penetration and posting up Bosh. With injured PGs and NJ defense on Bosh, we'll have nothing left for offense. If they can somehow miraculously win in NJ (1% chance), they should be able to win game 7. Also a short note about the announcers...apparently TNT has Marv Albert and Steve Kerr on the Raptor/Nets series, which is their #1 team, but we are stuck with fucking Leo Rautins and Swirsky, whom I hate. Sucks.
Last year's playoffs were amazing and hopefully this year's will be just as good. Next GS-Mavs game is Thursday, don't miss it!
posted by Nelson at 9:05 PM
5 Comments:
I too hate Rautins and Swirsky, although Swirsky A LOT more than Rautins.
"CB4 ARE YOU KIDDING ME!"
Oh man, I hate Swirsky so much. That voice haunts my nightmares.
I think the Raps are toast next game, sorry guys. Even if they manage to make it through, we have some serious injuries to contend with.
Too bad that second game of DOTA sucked so much, it was one of those games where you just end up feeling incredibly impotent against your opponents (who have unfortunately levelled up off you already...).
Yeah, it happens all the time...we're not very good players overall... Losing in DOTA doesn't bother me so much as losing in vanilla war3 does though...It think it's because they keep track of your stats.
You have cable TV in your house (Loo)? and TSN too? since when? :-P
Haha, no cable TV at the Inglis Falls house ...I go over to a friend's place to watch Basketball. NBA Playoffs are pretty much the only thing I need cable for. That and maybe Food Network.
So thanks Chris and Keith for letting me come over to watch Bball!
I know Swirsky is annoying but here in New Haven i only get TNT and i feel irked... i feel like Swirsky and Rautins know more about the raptors, they give them respect. US coverage is biased.
I agree about game 6 though... don't have a good feeling. Unless CB4 takes it up multiple levels, its over.
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