namepeace said:

I remember Chuck Daly saying all those tough, long playoff series his Pistons were in every year eventually caught up with them. Same thing is happening to the Spurs.

Watching Brook Lopez torch my pathetic Knicks makes me MORE FURIOUS over the Gallinari pick. Leave it to the Knicks to draft a kid with back problems over cats like Lopez or Eric Gordon. Doesn't matter who's in charge, we haven't had a solid pick since Ewing in 1985. Fuck.....

uPtoWnNY said:

True. But I'd never bet against them in the Finals. Ever. They'd have a tougher time getting to the Finals than winning the Finals.
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7 in a row and counting for the Hawks. A good win against the Mavs. We do have to play Cleveland, San Antonio and Boston shortly though. A 50-win season is still possible, but tough.

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Portland lost an absolute heartbreaker in Cleveland. 4th game in 5 nights and without 2 starters (LaMarcus Aldridge and Nicolas Batum, our best defender), and we took it to OT.

Fauxie said:

I just noticed the Hawks season record. Not bad 4 Woodson who can't coach.

Graycap23 said:

I know, right? Imagine where we could be.

Moonbeam said:

They just lost in OT to my sixers on monday night. Good game. The
sixers are playing decent ball right now but still a little up and
down. Just like they will get a win against a good team like portland
and the lakers, they can follow it up with a bad loss to oklahoma city
or golden state.

Eight straight losing seasons - damn, it's rough being a Knicks fan these days.

Portland has won 2 consecutive home games by 20+ points. It seems that the playoffs are nearly a lock now, and that's great!

New Rankings:

1. Cleveland
2. L.A. Lakers
3. Orlando
4. Boston
5. Denver
6. Houston
7. San Antonio
8. Portland
9. Utah
10. New Orleans
11. Atlanta
12. Dallas
13. Phoenix
14. Chicago
15. Philadelphia
16. Miami
17. Detroit
18. Charlotte
19. Indiana
20. Toronto
21. Milwaukee
22. New Jersey
23. New York
24. Golden State
25. Oklahoma City
26. Minnesota
27. Memphis
28. L.A. Clippers
29. Washington
30. Sacramento

Mutha, how about those Bobcats!

Moonbeam said:

No sweat. My Lakers have LOCKED UP HCA THROUGHOUT THE WEST ALREADY! Now, YOU better be worried about your Jazz dropping a playoff spot tonight!

Moonbeam said:

Damn!! your boys got TORCHED tonight!!

...and the only reason I'm gloating is because my Hornets pulled one out of their collective asses, and as a result moved ahead of the "team from Utah" (I refuse to call them the Jazz...it's a New Orleans thing....)...the next couple of weeks are gonna be a blast in the Western conference....

reneGade20 said:

Yeah, the Hornets got hella lucky the Kings don't know the word "SWITCH!"

MuthaFunka said:

Portland is actually my favorite team, so it's all good. I'm just happy both Portland and Utah are heading to the playoffs.

MuthaFunka said:

So true! I was watching that game and cursed at the lame-ass Kings for leaving Butler WIDE OPEN for a buzzer-beating 3.

Moonbeam said:

Yeah, depending on who wins between the 2, huh?

Moonbeam said:

He was WIDEDAFUCKOPEN!

Moonbeam said:

Yeah i attended that game. Half the crowd were laker fans. The game
was tight until the final 3 minutes. The Bobcats played real
well. D.J Augustin came off the bench and played well for the bobcats.
What was funny is when the game was decided with just over a minute to go,
the laker fans started heading for the exits and hit the road jack started
blaring over the speakers. All the bobcat fans were standing and cheering.
My sixers come in next tuesday to take on the hornets. We suffered a big
loss tonight when thaddeus young went down with an ankle injury in a
win over the hawks tonight.

MuthaFunka said:

No, Portland's always been my favorite. My first avatar was a Blazers avatar. Utah's always been my 2nd favorite. Seattle was my 3rd, until they were stolen. Imagine my dismay when the league realigned and all 3 were in the same division!

phunkdaddy said:

I got Thad on my fantasy squad...any news on if he'll be out any time?

Moonbeam said:

See, ONLY chicks can have 3 and 4 favorite teams in the same damn sport!

MuthaFunka said:

They are doing an MRI today. X rays were negative last night.

phunkdaddy said:

Yeah, I just got word he may be out at least a week...I just dropped his ass .

MuthaFunka said:

Then lop off the privates and call me a chick!

Moonbeam said:

Wait! WHAT?!??!?! You're a DUDE? Aw dayum!

MuthaFunka said:

Yes! Hot diggity damn!

And I'm married to thisorger! That's us in the pic.

Moonbeam said:

Dayum, dawg! My bad for thinking you were an XX and not an XY! And ya did damn good with YOUR XX!

MuthaFunka said:

I suppose with a gender-ambiguous username like Moonbeam, there's bound to be some confusion!