To be clear, the regular season matters for seeding but some teams feast at the trough of not just weaker opposition but also against squads who are resting players or versus guys who are coasting during the dog days of January and February.
The Cs would be three championships ahead of the Lakers instead of just one. :smithicide:mandro ramtinez said:Man, it would have been nice if Ray could've hit the 2 he needed to tie the record in game 7 in 2010.
I forgot about Eddie House. He was my favorite non-star on that team.Devizier said:Ray Allen gets a lifetime pass from me:
Warriors wasting a chance to build a really big lead though.LuckyBen said:I tuned in for 5 seconds and Houston looks awful
They gave the Warriors all they wanted in the two games at Oracle though.BigSoxFan said:Now I really wish the Clippers had won. What a shit performance from Houston.
They'll put on a run.BigSoxFan said:And that was clearly all they had. First 2 games were acceptable. This has been a disaster.
No.BigSoxFan said:Could we have 2 conference finals sweeps? Has that ever happened?
Followed by a finals sweep? LeBron doesn't stand a chance on his own against these guys. A fully healthy finals between these teams would have been awesome.BigSoxFan said:Could we have 2 conference finals sweeps? Has that ever happened?
Dropping 20 a game while playing good sometimes great defense. I'd say he's doing ok.LuckyBen said:I've watched minimal these playoffs, but has Thompson done much int the playoffs?
I don't think anyone is saying that the regular season doesn't matter. Even so, for some teams, the regular season doesn't mean very much. For example - post 07 big three Celts, the late Duncan Spurs (champs in 07 as a 3rd seed) or to go way back the 6th seeded 95 RocketsKliq said:The regular season matters. The Hawks won 60 games in the regular season but that was mostly because they got out to a huge lead off a great start. After the All-Star break they went just 16-11 against mostly bad competition. The Cavs went the other way, going 20-8 after the All-Star break. Even without Love these were two teams that were trending in different directions and the regular season indicated as much. The Hawks were awarded the number one seed because the league rewards team's who have success at all parts of the regular season, but if we were just going by the last 30 games of the regular season (and those are what really matter in the scope of the playoffs) than it is very unsurprising to see Cleveland well ahead of Atlanta.
I'm in agreement that it is technically the correct call. Having said that we always talk about officials and favoritism of stars.....if it were borderline I can see them cutting Horford the benefit of ANY doubt but that was pretty clearly an intentional elbow above the neck. You can't ignore that.jmm57 said:I think the flagarent 2 may have been technically the correct call, but I would much rather see the flagerent 1 in that situation (falling near knee/conference finals/mostly missed Della's head). That was a pretty nasty elbow that could have done a lot of damage. Real ugly scene if that connects.
I believe it is discretion of the league.jon abbey said:So Horford is suspended for game 4 now also?
You are probably right, as a fan its just tough to see a teams best player out in that situation.HomeRunBaker said:I'm in agreement that it is technically the correct call. Having said that we always talk about officials and favoritism of stars.....if it were borderline I can see them cutting Horford the benefit of ANY doubt but that was pretty clearly an intentional elbow above the neck. You can't ignore that.
As I was writing response it's reported that Mauer told Bud that "I had to do that" which coincides what I felt too. They got it right.