Author Topic: NBA 2011 (Read 488158 times)

Wiggum · « **Reply #1950 on:** Apr 16, 2011 at 09:03 AM »

Quote from: thebat on Apr 16, 2011 at 07:54 AM

Teka, kelan ba start ng playoffs pinas sched? Sunday ba or monday? Meron na bang sched sa BTV and/or studio23?

Here's the PH broadcast schedule from the NBA website:

http://www.nba.com/schedules/international_nba_tv_schedule.html?RID=26&cName=Philippines

There's an early 1 AM broadcast on BTV tomorrow for Game 1 of CHI vs. IND. Then Studio 23 will air Game 1 of ORL vs. ATL at 7 AM. Wondering why the MIA-PHI Game 1 is not going to be aired, even on NBA Premium.

Eto ang okay - Game 1 of NYK at BOS on Monday, 7 AM, Studio 23.

steelcrazy · « **Reply #1951 on:** Apr 16, 2011 at 09:22 AM »

extremely looking for the NYK vs BOSTON series.
i can sense an upset here.

kimpOy · « **Reply #1952 on:** Apr 16, 2011 at 09:25 AM »

Quote from: steelcrazy on Apr 16, 2011 at 09:22 AM

extremely looking for the NYK vs BOSTON series.
i can sense an upset here.

no matter how much the knicks scores still no D...

portland lang nakikita kong may chance na upset

jhelenz · « **Reply #1953 on:** Apr 16, 2011 at 10:07 AM »

as much as i hate the lakers and kobe,i have a feeling that they can go all way to the championship

steelcrazy · « **Reply #1954 on:** Apr 16, 2011 at 10:44 AM »

Quote from: kimpOy on Apr 16, 2011 at 09:25 AM

no matter how much the knicks scores still no D...

portland lang nakikita kong may chance na upset

i just feel they'll outrun and outgun the Celtics to the ground.

thebat · « **Reply #1955 on:** Apr 16, 2011 at 10:50 AM »

Wiggum, super thanks dito sa sched. Parang alam mong Boston Celtics ako ah

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Quote from: Wiggum on Apr 16, 2011 at 09:03 AM

Here's the PH broadcast schedule from the NBA website:

http://www.nba.com/schedules/international_nba_tv_schedule.html?RID=26&cName=Philippines

There's an early 1 AM broadcast on BTV tomorrow for Game 1 of CHI vs. IND. Then Studio 23 will air Game 1 of ORL vs. ATL at 7 AM. Wondering why the MIA-PHI Game 1 is not going to be aired, even on NBA Premium.

Eto ang okay - Game 1 of NYK at BOS on Monday, 7 AM, Studio 23.

kimpOy · « **Reply #1956 on:** Apr 16, 2011 at 11:14 AM »

Quote from: steelcrazy on Apr 16, 2011 at 10:44 AM

i just feel they'll outrun and outgun the Celtics to the ground.

in as much as Mike NO D'Antoni is there the knicks is not the run and gun, 6 secs or less team like the PHX before, Chauncey likes to slow things a bit, tapos sticky hands melo pa, pero malay natin iba atmosphere sa playoffs

steelcrazy · « **Reply #1957 on:** Apr 16, 2011 at 11:20 AM »

Quote from: kimpOy on Apr 16, 2011 at 11:14 AM

in as much as Mike NO D'Antoni is there the knicks is not the run and gun, 6 secs or less team like the PHX before, Chauncey likes to slow things a bit, tapos sticky hands melo pa, pero malay natin iba atmosphere sa playoffs

they must capitalize on their speed to wear down the Celtics.

Wiggum · « **Reply #1958 on:** Apr 16, 2011 at 11:23 AM »

@thebat, nagkataon lang.

I don't like Boston, but I'm interested in seeing how they fare against the Knicks. IMO, this is going to be the best series in the first round for the East. Pero palagay ko lulusot pa rin ang Boston. They won't miss Perkins here, but Rondo is the real key.

puffalan84 · « **Reply #1959 on:** Apr 16, 2011 at 08:11 PM »

no offense to celtics fans, but I think the player they'll miss this playoffs is Tony Allen.. Melo and Amare will be too much for them..

Texas teams, I like..

oweidah · « **Reply #1960 on:** Apr 16, 2011 at 11:50 PM »

btv now game1 bulls vs.pacers 1Q

XanderCage · « **Reply #1961 on:** Apr 17, 2011 at 01:13 AM »

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no offense to celtics fans, but I think the player they'll miss this playoffs is Tony Allen.. Melo and Amare will be too much for them..

yup! ewan ko bat pinakawalan nila si tony allen, galing na defender nun, kita mo ngayon laki ng impact nya sa grizzlies.

oweidah · « **Reply #1962 on:** Apr 17, 2011 at 02:01 AM »

napakasakit pacers! 104-99 14.8secs left bulls comefrombehind
47mins leading since tipoff
d.rose played an MJ passed to catchnshoot korver for 3
kudoz to pacers nice game but came up short

jhelenz · « **Reply #1963 on:** Apr 17, 2011 at 02:03 AM »

looks like the bulls will win game 1 of their series match up.the pacers were on the brink of stealing game 1 leading by as much as 10 pts late in the fourth quarter but derrick rose saved the game for the bulls.

anya618 · « **Reply #1964 on:** Apr 17, 2011 at 06:01 AM »

1-0 na rin ang miami vs 76ers

oweidah · « **Reply #1965 on:** Apr 17, 2011 at 06:20 AM »

new/old bulls

d.rose - mj- batman
luol deng- sana mag-ala scottie pippen/robin
boozer- charles oakley/horace grant/dennis rodman
kyle korver- john paxon/steve kerr/toni kukoc
? ? ? - ron harper/bj armstrong

needs more support from the bench

maganda ang role players ng indiana pacers kanina pero kinapos.

anya618 · « **Reply #1966 on:** Apr 17, 2011 at 07:45 AM »

mukhang makakaisa ang atlanta sa orlando

synchro_01 · « **Reply #1967 on:** Apr 17, 2011 at 08:21 AM »

Howard tallied 46 points and 19 rebounds...but they still lose to Atlanta.

Wiggum · « **Reply #1968 on:** Apr 17, 2011 at 08:44 AM »

^ Looks like Atlanta's plan is to let Howard have his usual game and challenge the rest of the Magic beat them. Only Jameer Nelson helped with 27. Guys like JRich, Arenas and Turkoglu need to show up.

jhelenz · « **Reply #1969 on:** Apr 17, 2011 at 10:37 AM »

the dallas mavericks won.way to go mavs!

leomarley · « **Reply #1970 on:** Apr 17, 2011 at 12:39 PM »

Quote from: synchro_01 on Apr 17, 2011 at 08:21 AM

Howard tallied 46 points and 19 rebounds...but they still lose to Atlanta.

monster stats pero don't forget that he also had 8 turnovers in the game.

synchro_01 · « **Reply #1971 on:** Apr 17, 2011 at 12:52 PM »

the playoff is the time that the coaching staff earns their pay. If they cannot contain a very good player they will just try to limit the supporting cast. One man cannot win the game all by himself. Such is the defensive scheme employed by Atlanta. They will just let Howard score a lot but limit Hedo, Jameer and the others and we will see results just like this again.

thebat · « **Reply #1972 on:** Apr 17, 2011 at 01:01 PM »

Tsk sayang Boston ko, dehado. Problema kse they used to be the best defensive team in the league, and that was the reason why they won banner 17th.

Problema lahat ng magagaling at nakatulong nila nung 2008 sa defense nawala, like, Posey, Powe, T Allen, and might beast Perkins. Tapos wala naman silang kinuhang defensive players. Not a single one. Puro malalambot kinuha nilang support (literally malambot kse injury prone!).

And I thought Boston believe about "defense wins championship" moto. Ayun, kasama nung moto na yan dala ni coach Tom Thibodeau kaya ang lakas ng Bulls!

Gob_Loves_Sony · « **Reply #1973 on:** Apr 17, 2011 at 03:40 PM »

biglang parang hindi number 1 seed ang pinakita ng bulls kanina...
un heat din...patawa din..

buti p un mavs..pumukpok talaga...
un hawk-magic..anlalaki nun hawks..

synchro_01 · « **Reply #1974 on:** Apr 17, 2011 at 04:33 PM »

I believe its payback time for Atlanta this year vs Orlando. Last year they were swept 4-0 by Orlando but the matchups are different this year. Orlando has to get production from Hedo, Agent Zero and JRich if they want to get back on track.

Onkyo606 · « **Reply #1975 on:** Apr 17, 2011 at 05:20 PM »

Quote from: Gob_Loves_Sony on Apr 17, 2011 at 03:40 PM

biglang parang hindi number 1 seed ang pinakita ng bulls kanina...
un heat din...patawa din..
buti p un mavs..pumukpok talaga...
un hawk-magic..anlalaki nun hawks..

i have always expected this, its playoff time and le bron james is only good during regular games.

leomarley · « **Reply #1976 on:** Apr 17, 2011 at 06:20 PM »

Quote from: Onkyo606 on Apr 17, 2011 at 05:20 PM

i have always expected this, its playoff time and le bron james is only good during regular games.

LBJ actually had a good enough game with 21 points, 14 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 blocks though he's not the only superstar player in the game with DWade bailing them out at crunch time with his spectacular 3-point play. Not to mention CBosh with 25 points and 12 rebounds.

also, an interesting take on the duo of DWade and LBJ:

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Game 1 proves Wade -- not LeBron -- is Heat's go-to guy
Posted Apr 16 2011 9:33PM

MIAMI -- A game in which the Sixers missed a chance to stun the Heat told us where this playoff series is headed, not to mention the basketball.

The not-so-big secret is out, and even if Dwyane Wade is laying bricks and handcuffed by fouls and checked by a human octopus, as was the case in Game 1, he's still a safer option than LeBron James with the game on the line. Erik Spoelstra made the "decision" if you will, and it was co-signed by the coach on the other bench.

"Wade was going to have the ball," Sixers coach Doug Collins said. "We had planned on that. When Miami took off this year is when they put the ball in Wade's hands. So we were going to have our best on-ball defender on him."

Imagine, a coach taking Andre Iguodala, who's long and quick, from guarding the winner of the last two MVP awards and assigning him to a guy who was 5-for-12 shooting Saturday and couldn't drive to the basket for fear of fouling out. Have you ever seen that happen before in the NBA? Well, Collins knew. The Sixers knew. Everybody knew. Wade was going to take matters, and the ball, in his own hands with two minutes left and the Heat up one point in the biggest game of the year.

And he delivered, isolating on Iguodala from the key, then floating to the lane after getting a pick, then dropping a running bank shot for a three-point play. He also added three more free throws in the final ticks to give Miami a 97-89 win over the pesky Sixers.

You can say Spoelstra did this because he has great faith in Wade, and that much is true.

But feel free to suspect Spoelstra had also seen enough of LeBron in that situation. Didn't LeBron own the ball a half-dozen times this season, game up for grabs, and blow them all? Either with missed shots, turnovers or getting swatted by Amar'e Stoudemire? In a playoff game, where there's no room for error, where the Heat blew a 13-point fourth-quarter lead, was LeBron too much of a risk? Wasn't it time for Miami to lean on a player with a history of clutchness, most famously in the 2006 NBA Finals?

If the Heat are falling from the sky and there's two parachute cords, one belonging to Wade and the other LeBron, which one is Spoelstra gonna pull to save his life, er, season?

I think we know.

Spoelstra wasn't having any of it after the game, getting huffy at the insinuation that this, when all's said and done, is Wade's team.

"That's so overstated," Spoelstra said dismissively. "The game will dictate (where the ball goes). That's just the way it turned out tonight."

Well, if that's the case, then we should expect Spoelstra to draw up a play for LeBron either later this series, if the Sixers ever get this close again, or the next, against a great defensive team like the Celtics. Or down the road against the Bulls. We should see the same faith shown to LeBron, and how about late in the fourth quarter of a Game 7? You know, as Spoelstra said, if the game dictates it?

What Spoelstra did was make a wise choice. There's no harm in admitting the obvious, that Wade is championship-tested in that situation. That's not to say LeBron can't make big shots; people tend to forget he made a few in Cleveland. It's just that the Cavaliers didn't have a better option. Miami does.

Spoelstra should've done exactly what he did: Let Wade isolate on his man, then break down the defense either off the dribble or freed by a screen, then allow Wade to either take the shot or pass to LeBron. Or Chris Bosh, who scored 25 points against the Sixers. That's it. Very simple, very reliable, and even if it's somewhat predictable, dare the other team to stop it.

Of course, there's some risk to hurting LeBron's feelings, although that's probably not too much of a gamble. LeBron came to Miami to be Wade's teammate. If Spoelstra asked LeBron to yield to Joel Anthony, OK, there might be a problem. But this is D-Wade, greatly respected by LeBron. This is a guy who has one more championship ring than LeBron. It's cool. And if it isn't, then that's LeBron's problem. Not Spoelstra's. Not Wade's.

As it turned out, the two main principals were fine with it.

"We can feature either guy at that moment," said Wade, ever the diplomat. "I was able to get to the basket. These guys have looked at me for big shots."

Wade laughed. "Most of the time I got the ball, I got it from LeBron."

So there. Even LeBron, through his actions, endorsed the gameplan.

"Hey," said Wade. "It's all about getting a win."

Yes. That's what matters. That's why LeBron came to Miami, not for the ego-gratifying role as a designated go-to guy, but to win a championship, something he lacks, something to help validate him as a winner. What's wrong with having someone to show him the way?

What LeBron needs is help in the final tense minutes of a close game. Not the ball.

I agree

DaSilva · « **Reply #1977 on:** Apr 17, 2011 at 07:29 PM »

Nah, that article's too shallow. Bosh was the difference in Game 1.

Wiggum · « **Reply #1978 on:** Apr 18, 2011 at 04:14 AM »

Lower seeds are playing great. Memphis won. Even the Hornets are dominating, unfortunately. Upset city.

XanderCage · « **Reply #1979 on:** Apr 18, 2011 at 04:29 AM »

pau gasol absent today! langya.