Originally Posted by OLD SKOOL HQ

How do you guys even read one sentence past any of Lee's posts that start with BLALOCK. He's not even as good as MS Blalock, the nanny from 'The Omen". She coud at least go to her lef.

Excellent game on my Sharp HDTV. I'll think of an excuse to work late again Monday. I just cant drink nothing. I think Ive decided to watch home games in the office and road games at my place.

I thought we were as crisp as a Game 1 allows. Nice forms and follow thru on Sheed's jumpers. Hogg was right when he said Dyess was about 2 ft out more than he usually is on his J's. Billups will avg 22 to 25 PPG in this series, so dont expect Tay to be a big factor on O. He just needs to focus on Round 2 where he'll be big. In this series, we should work in Delfino and Max more to raise their confidence.

Backup points are so irrelevant in the playoffs. Cb will go 38MPG minimum except in blowouts, so someone tell my bro Lee to relax. If we jump out early and put Orlando away by the 6:00 mark in the 4th, if not earlier, rest wfor Cb will be irrelevant. I think as long as CB doesnt turn from his assist first-ways, we'll be fine.

WORRIES?: More Webber....that was it

GOODIES?: ITS PLAYOFF TIME! Im sorry but HEY ..A WIN IS A WIN.

we all year to groan. I just want to go 16-12! SHIP TIME!!!

Originally Posted by roscoe36

Hey guys, I meant to do it last night, but I forgot.

Darko wasn't poked in the eye. He faked it.

All through the call, Sheed keeps telling the ref, "I did not poke him in the eye."

So I watch it the replay a couple times this afternoon, and Darko is totally playing it up. On the replay, Sheed's hand never touches Darko's face, although I allowed for the possiblity that he may have got Darko's left eye (definitely did not get the right eye).

At the line, Darko is wincing both eyes, and even rubs them both (hamming it up), but as soon as he goes to shoot the second FT, suddenly both eyes are fine.

Just wanted to clear that up. Mind you, I liked the idea of poking Dwight in the eye.

Originally Posted by lazyberbs

I think Darko should poke himself in the eye before shooting FTs. He swished both of them without so much as touching the rim.

Maybe he should go over and poke Dwight in the eye, as well.

But, seriously, the announcers for ESPN, especially Hubie, had a ton of praise for Darko, which I liked to hear, but the Pistons still won.

No problem. Watch out, though, if Brian wakes up and starts actually doing some coaching !!

Originally Posted by Lee356

Noway. Brian Hill is a loser. His team should have made the playoffs last year, but he was too ignorant to start playing Ariza the day he got him. There is hardly an Orlando fan left who does not think Ariza should be starting over Turkoglu. Nelson is another guy the fans would have demoted by now, although they were part of the problem most of the year, believing in the guy despite the painfully obvious facts that he is not a point guard, and that he can't defend most opposing point guards.

Most of the year, it was charity to let Grant Hill start. Even now, he is really not that great a defender and should be coming off the bench. Better defenders such as Dooling and Bogans get way too little use while Grant plays his last season.

And Battie. Half the production per minute vs. Darko. And yet he starts, letting every team start the game off double teaming Howard without a fear in the world. Some coaches get one or two players wrong, Hill has 4 in his starting unit that do not belong there. Good thing for us, he will never change.

Originally Posted by Lee356

Mercury, I hate to break the news to you, but the all time worst ever shooting percentage in the playoffs belongs to Hunter. Meanwhile, then you have Flip Murray, who simply is not a point guard. Generally a poor decision maker, it does not matter if he can shoot or not. Flip has no clue as to what to do with any advantage he has from being able to shoot an outside shot. Please note, Flip Murray did not play last night. In case you missed it, his team does not want him to play. So who is really living in the fantasy world here. Hunter and Murray are not point guards and no amount of fanciful wishing is going to change that. Complicated sets-exactly why Murray is not playing, and Hunter should not be. Neither is a point guard, and neither can even begin to understand those complicated sets.

I will conclude the discussion for this thread with the fact we started out the 2nd and 4th quarters with a combined minus 10 with Hunter in at point. Just one game, but we can keep track from here. Meanwhile, we have an actual point guard, who is now back with the team, who in the 14 games he played in usually managed to keep us even in a game. (I have posted those stats in another thread). Onto game 2.

Originally Posted by roscoe36

Hey guys, I meant to do it last night, but I forgot.

Darko wasn't poked in the eye. He faked it.

All through the call, Sheed keeps telling the ref, "I did not poke him in the eye."

So I watch it the replay a couple times this afternoon, and Darko is totally playing it up. On the replay, Sheed's hand never touches Darko's face, although I allowed for the possiblity that he may have got Darko's left eye (definitely did not get the right eye).

At the line, Darko is wincing both eyes, and even rubs them both (hamming it up), but as soon as he goes to shoot the second FT, suddenly both eyes are fine.

Just wanted to clear that up. Mind you, I liked the idea of poking Dwight in the eye.