***The Official NBA Thread***

[sharkman121]

BIGG BIGG WIN BOSTON

[Morpheus]

Well done Boston. They are in the driver's seat now with 3 straight games in Boston. In the Finals it it CRITICAL to win the first 2 home games at all costs!

But.... it's the Lakers. They can win on the road.

Ah yes.The finals the way it should be. TOUGH! I predicted 7 games. We'll see....

[a.joe]

lakers gonna take the title again ...........celtics fellas need to recuperate .........celtics looking burn and knocked up.................

[jusme]

As i said before, Celtics in 6!!!!!!

[cornfused]

Ray wow , good win but Bostons defensive rebounding was not good in the 1st and 2nd quarter

[noshownogo]

Last night was the first home court defeat for the LA Lakers in the post season.

[GReddy23]

ray made some history last nite yo
gonna be lakers in 7

[Kinday]

Luv d Lakers....but Celtics all the way this year!!!

[Morpheus]

Great game 3 in Boston. Close game down to the wire.

Bad shooting?= Kobe,Ray & Pierce. Yikes!

[Morpheus]

LoL. Ray Allen just cancelled out his game 2 performance! Dat's not coming back down to earth. He hit so hard they have to dig him out the ground! Sad.

[Cjruckus]

Again.. Celtics in 6.

We've seen this all before....

[Morpheus]

^^Yeah............right......

[Cjruckus]

Celtics in 6..

This is the same way the last series played out.

[sharkman121]

Ray allen save we d last game...an absolutely killed us in this game

[Morpheus]

Last series u say??

............OK

[Morpheus]

AHAHAHA. On NBA gametime they were talking about Ray Allen's shooting performance. "Ray Allen 0 for 13.The record is 0 for 14"........Charles Barkley says..."By who Stevie Wonder?" AHAHAHAHA

[noshownogo]

Yunno i not blaming Allen alone but considerable blame has to be taken by him considering his performance in the previous game.

KG showed up tho, long time I ain't see him play ball like that. Still hoping for a Celtics series win.

Kobe made some very difficult shots despite solid defensive showings by Tony Allen and Pierce.

Allen seems to be the man to give Kobe the most trouble defensively on Celtics and I would entertain having him split defensive assignment against Bryant in the next match Thursday. Reducing Pierce's chance of being in foul trouble giving him more minutes on the court.

[sharkman121]

Have no problem with allen missing, but if u realise ur shot isnt falling for u, (cuz fisher admittedly marked him excellent) drive to the hole, cut in the paint for an easy layup or pullup jumper, get points otherwise to help ur team.

KG played excellent and showed great resolve to answer his critics from the first 2 games.

I was really impressed with the reserve center "Big baby Davis" who showed an array of post moves complimented by jumo shot with range extending just inside the arc.

Boston played well all in all but we needed that extra 10 points or so from allen (doesnt have to be big numbers or 3pt shooting streaks) and that would have helped tremendously toward winning a pivotal game 3.

Great series so far IMO.....awaits game 4

[Sneaky Pete]

Besides the players, I'm really enjoying the coaching and the adjustments they are making. Phil Jackson is truly the zen master, cool and calm under pressure. The decision to take the 1st time out in the game when the green goblins started scoring was one of the 1st TO I've seen so early. Good call too because it got them back in the game.

I've only been to one Laker game and more Clipper games, due to the price. Not one of those die hard fans they have here in southern cal, but I HATE everything Boston, Celtics, Red Sox, Patriots...

This is a good series and do hope it goes all the way to seven games and whoop their butts.

[Country_Bookie]

Kobe is taking way too many bad shots in this series. I'd prefer to see him pass a lil more to Gasol and Bynum. Garnett was almost unplayable on the offensive end....but Gasol and Bynum never really put too much pressure on him on the defensive end by being more aggressive. KG is a dirty player, as we saw when he push dong Gasol at the end and cost his team a possession when RayRay was free for a layup. If you attack him enough he'll likely get in foul trouble and be less of a factor on the offensive end.
Big Baby is all heart but he really can't guard either Gasol or Bynum. So that just leaves Perkins.
On another note Artest always doing sheit on the offensive end but I suppose his defense on The Truth is really what he's there for.

[sharkman121]

u talkin bout kg is a dirty player wen u have man like Artest on alyuh side

[GReddy23]

KG does just play hard always liked him for that
still gonna lose but say what the lakers ]] dat good, D. fisher won thAT game for LA

[Morpheus]

Yeah Kobe was having a bad shooting game. But he definately made an adjustment in the 4th. Passing and setting screecn while being a decoy. Good adjustment by Kobe/Phil Jackson. Also Fisher was just...clutch. No other answer.

And DAMn Ray Ray could hyave at least scored ONE tip-in. Sad performance. Who would expect the rim to close on them like that at home.

Piere also needs a larger presence for the C's to win. Rondo needo to be more "RONDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!"

[sharkman121]

As anybody get a live feed for d game link meh nah.... i in wuk

[wagon r]

BOSTON....!

[sharkman121]

Weee peee in d lake

[noshownogo]

Bench really saved Boston in the Gardens last night and i thought the coaching decision by Doc to swap the bench out after gaining the lead was a great decision as emotion and possibly inexperience was leading to technical fouls and other unnecessary trips to the line for the Lakers.

The bench deserves more play time once the starters fail to impact, that's for sure.

Kobe was once again unstoppable! You just can't seem to guard him, what looks like an impossible shot due to great defense is simply countered by greater offense.

[Greypatch]

kobe better come good for game 5 esp in Q4 lakers need to leave boston leading 3- 2

[jusme]

series on. didnt see the game but boston also needs to win game 5 for sure.

[cornfused]

the absence of Bynum coupled with the great play of nate and big baby (no bynum) were responsible for that win