The TB NBA Playoff thread

[jazzy grille]

If anything Magic fans should thank him, between his missed free throws and his epic fail turnover he won the game for you...

Quoted for it's sheer outrageousness.

 

[bwv1013]

5 points more and the Lakers win. no doubt the Magic played well, but as good as they were if Kobe hits his FT's it's 3-0.

 

[GregC]

5 points more and the Lakers win. no doubt the Magic played well, but as good as they were if Kobe hits his FT's it's 3-0.

And if Courtney Lee hits the shot at the end of Game 2 regulation while Gasol pulls on the rim, it's 2-1 Magic. That and a dollar will get you a cup of coffee (not at Starbucks, though).

 

[bwv1013]

all good points. i was responding to the post that disagreed with my view that kobe's performance down the stretch cost the Lakers a game 3 win. that and 5 dollars will buy me a beer after the Lakers championship parade.

 

[MakiSupaStar]

I heart Fisher

 

[elgecko]

I heart Fisher

WOW! I think he's possessed by the spirit of Robert Horry tonight!

 

[bwv1013]

Fisher for president!

 

[Eric Perry]

Missed free throws down the stretch and ridiculous turnovers... The Magic are waaay too psychologically young to belong in the Finals! I hate the Lakers but I almost want them to win now.

 

[bwv1013]

booyah. series over.

 

[bwv1013]

Missed free throws down the stretch and ridiculous turnovers... The Magic are waaay too psychologically young to belong in the Finals! I hate the Lakers but I almost want them to win now.

love 'em or hate 'em they deserved to win this one. EPIC game.

 

[Chris Fitzgerald]

Chokefest on the part of the Magic. Howard could have put it away at the line. Nope. Nelson could have actually guarded Fisher. Nope. Could have been 2-2 and a series. Nope.

 

[GregC]

Dwight Howard is not allowed to be that pathetic at shooting FTs unless he starts putting up Shaq-in-his-prime numbers. ****! That's another they could have had in regulation--easily this time, with one made free throw. And now it's ******* over.

I heart Fisher

Can't buy a three the whole game, then he makes two in crunch time. The ghost of John Starks, I'd say. Time to shop for the beer.

 

[elgecko]

Dwight Howard is not allowed to be that pathetic at shooting FTs unless he starts putting up Shaq-in-his-prime numbers.

And last time I checked, "Superman" was on vacation from Phoenix

 

[Jared Lash]

Like I said, Lakers in 5. And honestly, for all the Kobe vs LeBron hype I don't think the Cavs would have even gotten 1 game in the Finals.

 

[MakiSupaStar]

Who said Magic don't choke? *cough* Gard. *cough*.

 

[CBRStingray]

Looks like it's going to be Lakers in 5.

Magical.

HAha.

 

[MakiSupaStar]

WOW! I think he's possessed by the spirit of Robert Horry tonight!

Fisher has his own history of clutch threes without Horry.

 

[bwv1013]

Like I said, Lakers in 5. And honestly, for all the Kobe vs LeBron hype I don't think the Cavs would have even gotten 1 game in the Finals.

Agreed on both points. I had the same prediction before the series, and Cleveland would have folded easily. Enjoy the beer Maki!

 

[Eric Perry]

Who said Magic don't choke? *cough* Gard. *cough*.

They choked HARD tonight. Like a team of rookies they choked. Disgusting, and embarrassing for a Finals team, IMO.

If Howard made ONE of his two free throws down the stretch, the game could would have almost definitely been over. I hope that haunts him like the botched kick hold of Tony Romo during the offseason!

 

[Gard]

I'm not going to argue that the Magic FAILED to close out in regulation for about 10 reasons.

However, Kobe Bryant got away with assault and battery on Jameer Nelson at the end of overtime, the overt foul led to an open 3 for Fisher that would never have happened if the refs were actually oh...DOING THEIR ******* JOBS on the play. It changed the outcome, end of discussion.