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  • No Big Surprises in the Playoffs...

    No big surprises after the first couple of games in the playoffs. The "Contenders" - San Antonio, Detroit, Miami, and Dallas - all hold 2-0 leads. Some people pegged the Bulls or Grizz as the surprise teams, and while 2-0 isn't the same as 4-0, I can't fathom any of the "Contenders" dropping four of...
    Posted to Lakers News and Commentary (Weblog) by Scott on 04-26-2006
  • 2005-2006 Playoff Predictions

    Time for this year's insanely inaccurate playoff predictions! But before we begin, let's review my oracle skills from last season, when I made my 2004-2005 playoff predictions . My Eastern Conference picks were nearly perfect. I ended up picking all of the first round winners and did predict the Pistons...
    Posted to Lakers News and Commentary (Weblog) by Scott on 04-20-2006
  • Is It a Five Horse Race This Year?

    We're nearing in on that magical time of year again - NBA playoff time - and the question on my mind is are there any real contenders other than San Antonio and Detroit? If anyone can topple either the Pistons or Spurs, I envision it will be one of the following three teams: Miami Phoenix Dallas And...
    Posted to Lakers News and Commentary (Weblog) by Scott on 03-29-2006
  • Stomach Punch Loses?

    Bill Simmon 's latest article, Houston, We Have a Problem , talks about the effect of Game 5's NLCS to the Astros team psyche. The 'Stros were up 3-1 in the bottom of the ninth with two outs, no one on, and their best closer on the mound. And then it happened. They gave up a base hit. Then a walk. And...
    Posted to Lakers News and Commentary (Weblog) by Scott on 10-19-2005
  • 2004-2005 NBA Finals - San Antonio Wins 3rd Championship since 1999

    This year's NBA Finals came down to which team played better defense down the stretch and who actually wanted the championship more. In this case, San Antonio escaped Game 7 with the victory and the trophy. Detroit did a great job taking the series to a Game 7, but the Spurs weren't going to lose 2 games...
  • Game 5 - One for the Ages

    Let's face it, Games 1 through 4 of these Finals were a bit lackluster, as chowell kindly pointed out . However, Game 5 was the exact opposite of those first four games - exciting, tight the entire way , an overtime, a big, huge, monumental three from Bob Horry to win the game... in other words, exciting...
    Posted to Lakers News and Commentary (Weblog) by Scott on 06-20-2005
  • San Antonio / Detroit NBA Finals, Game 2 recap

    Wow, San Antonio almost scored 100 points in a game against Detroit ... wouldn't this have been great if Detroit had actually reached 90 themselves? I've written about this horrible NBA Playoff series in a prior article (read more). I'm not the only one with this opinion though, checkout Mike Kahn's...
  • 2005 NBA Finals... Yawn

    The matchup for the 2005 NBA Finals is set and I couldn't be more disappointed. San Antonio versus Detroit - wow, what a barn-burner this series is going to be. I've been complaining about how ABC isn't airing the playoffs during the week (or weekends for that matter), but with these two teams playing...
  • Phoenix Suns Win

    Despite the San Antonio Spurs best effort, the Phoenix Suns simply could not be denied tonight. Leading after the 1st quarter (1st of the series), the Suns kept up with the Spurs all the way until the end and came out victorious. Play of the game - Amare Stoudemire blocks Tim Duncan 's dunk attempt with...
  • Spurs vs.... ???

    With last night's W against Phoenix, the Spurs essentially took the best of seven series, going up 3-0. As I had blogged about earlier , I called this particular series “too close to call.” Never had I imagined that it would be so lop-sided, instead expecting a much closer series. Yes, the Suns weren...
    Posted to Lakers News and Commentary (Weblog) by Scott on 05-29-2005
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