Upon Request, here it is, NBA Playoffs

[Pauulzcappin]

Yea, good hit man, congrats.

I like Lakers for game 5 so far, already pmed pac about it.

[paco]

Good hit pal.

[lakerboy]

Congrats Goat. Great call

[WalkingLuckCharm]

props.

[bluegg]

greatest of all time milk? lolwut

[btraband]

like the under and the lakers

[JR007]

Okay, NBA, now you've got some real juice in these NBA Finals!
Thanks mostly to the Boston bench bunch, this best-of-seven series is all knotted up at two games apiece with last night's oft-ugly 96-89 Celtics win over the Los Angeles Lakers just the latest example of how unpredictable this set has been - if you thought beforehand that Glen "Big Baby" Davis (18 points and 5 rebounds in 22 minutes) and Nate Robinson (12 points in 17 minutes) were gonna be the players interviewed on the floor right after the game by ABC's Doris Burke than you were crazy but you also were right.
As we've pointed out all throughout this post-season, these here-and-now Celtics generally get the job done while coming off a loss - they're now 6-1 SU (straightup) and 6-1 ATS (against the spread) after getting beaten - but this one didn't follow a script that saw the veteran starters and/or point guard Rajon Rondo shine: It was the bench that won it and saved Boston's bacon ...yes, even on a night when the Lakers' Kobe Bryant (game-high 33 points) had a couple of magnificent runs while often making acrobatic shots.
Boston got angry - and then it got even.

[Goat Milk]

JR don't post this garbage in here you can do it in LBs place. These writers don't know what they are talking about.

[JR007]

THE NBA FINALS - Series tied 2-2
BOSTON 96, LOS ANGELES LAKERS 89
Let's give a proverbial tip-of-the-cap to both Celtics head coach Doc Rivers and ABC analyst Jeff Van Gundy ...and here's why:
Rivers had the fortitude to put four bench players - that's Davis, Robinson, Tony Allen and Rasheed Wallace - on the floor along with struggling starter Ray Allen for most of the fourth quarter here and he rode the hot hand to perfection.
Meanwhile, Van Gundy - just moments into the fourth quarter - made the brilliant comment that Rivers must have faith in his bench to put 'em out there down 62-60 after three quarters and the old coach hinted that Boston could get a real energy lift from this group.
Bingo!
Davis registered nine points in the fourth quarter and pounded in the points from in-close - the very same type shots the Celtics couldn't hit for the first three quarters when a bevy of "bunnies" were missed even without any Lakers covering them in many instances.
Heck, Boston's Kevin Garnett (5-of-13 FG shooting for 13 points) missed four point-blank jumpers in the final quarter and was doing his best to shoot the Celtics right out of these Finals and there was Allen clanging more jumpers en route to a shabby 4-of-11 FG shooting game. Davis brought energy, muscle and - okay - a little drool too here and the enthusiasm quickly spread and that's where Robinson came in.
The former New York Knicks three-time slam-dunk champ not only hit important shots but he recorded a key steal in the final quarter and - better yet - committed only one turnover while Rondo got R&R for much of the last frame.
Sure, Celtics star Paul Pierce wound up with 19 points - thanks to a hot start and quick-fire finish but he was MIA for much of the middle two quarters - and the Lakers resorted to their tired old game plan of asking Bryant to do way too much at crunch time while never getting the ball into the hands of big man Pau Gasol (21 points but a total non-factor in the fourth quarter) in the game's final 10 minutes. Maybe Gasol's got to take some of the blame here too as he never did shake free from Wallace's long-armed defense.
No doubt that Lakers head coach Phil Jackson was seething after this game - Boston's 16 offensive rebounds probably bothered the Zen Master more than anything else - and LA now is banking on nearly three full days of rest for a tired Bryant and a banged-up Andrew Bynum (played just 12 minutes in all and was a DNP after halftime here).
P.S., for anyone out there wondering, in the past 10 years there has been only one NBA Finals that has "gone the distance" with San Antonio topping Detroit in 7 games back in 2005. Otherwise, there have been four NBA Finals series that have gone 6 games, three NBA Finals that have gone just 5 games and there's been a pair of sweeps while dating back to the 2000 NBA Playoffs.

Here's a game-by-game look at this year's NBA Finals (note all home teams are in CAPS):
DATE
FAV
SPREAD
DOG
RESULT
6-3
LAKERS
- 6
Celtics
LAKERS 102-89
6-6
LAKERS
- 5½
Celtics
Celtics 103-94
6-8
CELTICS
- 3
Lakers
Lakers 91-84
6-10
CELTICS
- 4
Lakers
CELTICS 96-89

Pointspread Note: The NBA Finals Betting Favorites now are 2-2 ATS (against the spread) and note that playoff chalk sides are a resounding 46-32-1 ATS overall this year for a .590 winning rate.
The Boston Celtics are 14-7 spreadwise overall in this year's post-season action (a .667 winning rate) while the Los Angeles Lakers exited Thursday's Game 4 with an 11-9 spread log (that's a .550 winning percentage).

[Goat Milk]

P.Pierce points/ Over 19½ -120* for 2x

Lakers +4 -110 (local line) for 2x

will make a live in game later. I can't drop 10x on anything right now til I see how sharp Phil and Rivers are comin out.

[paco]

les get that Lakers ML bro!~

[lakerboy]

Good luck. I wish my local offered +4. I would of pounded it for 2-3 k.

[paco]

Good luck. I wish my local offered +4. I would of pounded it for 2-3 k.

ditto. Goat, can u introduce me to ur guy. U can vouch for me right? i can leave a deposit if he wishes.

[Goat Milk]

ditto. Goat, can u introduce me to ur guy. U can vouch for me right? i can leave a deposit if he wishes.

fasho. i will let you know what his lines are game 6, then if you like them we can meet up and i'll introduce you

[paco]

fasho. i will let you know what his lines are game 6, then if you like them we can meet up and i'll introduce you

[Rubbz]

Let's go Celtics, let's go!

[sweethook]

boston looks good well ok at half , i sure need them win

[Pick'nParlays]

boston looks good well ok at half , i sure need them win

huh?

[Goat Milk]

P.Pierce points/ Over 19½ -120* for 2x

Lakers +4 -110 (local line) for 2x

Lakers +10.5 -115 (live in game posted in LakerBoy thread) for 4x

will make a live in game later. I can't drop 10x on anything right now til I see how sharp Phil and Rivers are comin out.

+4x

[SoV]

Goat Milk, told you about Ze Germans.

Want to start a soccer thread, because I need a thread where I regularly pop-in, instead of talking all over the forum.

[t-wizzle]

You still going with the "Celtics will win Game 6" theory?

I'm taking them. If they lose, they won't panic because they've proven they can win big games on the road and they know how to beat L.A. Having said that, nobody in Boston's position wants a Game 7 on the road when you have the opportunity to put a team away in Game 6. They will come out and put it all on the line again and stick to their same gameplan that has worked.

[tealish]

thanks dude. i might've held back a little if i saw how cautious you were to go on LA tonight, but maybe not. I really thought LA would come back in the 2H.

The play i am most pissed off about: Artest going scared on a clearpath breakaway. Slowed down, took a peek behind him, got fouled. Should've been an easy dunk cutting the lead to 3 with 1:30 left. And you know at that point the C's are scared and Kobe will close that thingout.
Mr queensbridge's D isn't good enough anymore to make up for ish like that.

[paco]

Artest is a bitch. All muscle, no heart.

[tealish]

Artest is a bitch. All muscle, no heart.

i dont care if he can't knock down a wide open 3 to save his life. At this point, the least i ask outta the man from queensbridge is to finish a breakaway strong. but he cant even do that

[No coincidences]

thanks dude. i might've held back a little if i saw how cautious you were to go on LA tonight, but maybe not. I really thought LA would come back in the 2H.

The play i am most pissed off about: Artest going scared on a clearpath breakaway. Slowed down, took a peek behind him, got fouled. Should've been an easy dunk cutting the lead to 3 with 1:30 left. And you know at that point the C's are scared and Kobe will close that thingout.
Mr queensbridge's D isn't good enough anymore to make up for ish like that.

He couldn't have looked worse during that sequence if he was throwing the game.

[Goat Milk]

You still going with the "Celtics will win Game 6" theory?

I'm taking them. If they lose, they won't panic because they've proven they can win big games on the road and they know how to beat L.A. Having said that, nobody in Boston's position wants a Game 7 on the road when you have the opportunity to put a team away in Game 6. They will come out and put it all on the line again and stick to their same gameplan that has worked.

Yeah I'm not taking them ML though only ATS probably because I will still be cheering for Kobe. But I think the Celts will give it their all in game 6. Lakers will put them away in a game 7 with ease. Boston will use the rest of their gas in game 6.

thanks dude. i might've held back a little if i saw how cautious you were to go on LA tonight, but maybe not. I really thought LA would come back in the 2H.

The play i am most pissed off about: Artest going scared on a clearpath breakaway. Slowed down, took a peek behind him, got fouled. Should've been an easy dunk cutting the lead to 3 with 1:30 left. And you know at that point the C's are scared and Kobe will close that thingout.
Mr queensbridge's D isn't good enough anymore to make up for ish like that.

Yeah I put $5 on LA ML at +8000 when they were down like 13 w 6 minutes left. I was confident that if they could get within 3-4, Kobe would put the game away. Those missed FTs by Artest were ubelievably huge. Kobe really got fouled when he snatched that rebound. Pierce fouled him right there, a critical call that was missed.

Too much 1 on 1 ball, no playsets/offensive gaemplan. Phil Jackson is gonna blow this for Kobe.

Artest is a bitch. All muscle, no heart.

Fukk artest

[tealish]

Yeah I'm not taking them ML though only ATS probably because I will still be cheering for Kobe. But I think the Celts will give it their all in game 6. Lakers will put them away in a game 7 with ease. Boston will use the rest of their gas in game 6. Yeah I put $5 on LA ML at +8000 when they were down like 13 w 6 minutes left. I was confident that if they could get within 3-4, Kobe would put the game away. Those missed FTs by Artest were ubelievably huge. Kobe really got fouled when he snatched that rebound. Pierce fouled him right there, a critical call that was missed. Too much 1 on 1 ball, no playsets/offensive gaemplan. Phil Jackson is gonna blow this for Kobe. Fukk artest

There was some contact, but i wouldn't have called a foul there. too critical for a looseball foul. IMO, should've been a jumpball. they held it together long enough. jump it up. but that sucked.
I knew Artest was going to miss at least 1 FT. Still cannot believe the guy went up scared.

[jnickell100]

Goat you got any tennis winners??

[Goat Milk]

There was some contact, but i wouldn't have called a foul there. too critical for a looseball foul. IMO, should've been a jumpball. they held it together long enough. jump it up. but that sucked.
I knew Artest was going to miss at least 1 FT. Still cannot believe the guy went up scared.

Phil is gonna blow it for Kobe

[No coincidences]

Phil is gonna blow it for Kobe

How can you look at the effort -- or lack thereof -- of Kobe's supporting cast tonight and pin this solely on Phil?

[Goat Milk]

How can you look at the effort -- or lack thereof -- of Kobe's supporting cast tonight and pin this solely on Phil?

Phil made no adjustments. Had no gameplan coming into this game. Thats why I refused to bet big on it before. I knew Phil would be a retard and he continued his dumbass ways.

No ball movement. All 1 on 1 ball. Faded the triangle again for the most part. Relunctant to play vujacic over artest down the stretch, and put Bryant on Pierce.

[paco]

Bryant played pierce well. But it was too Late then and Kobe took it on his own late to say " I want pierce",

[No coincidences]

Phil made no adjustments. Had no gameplan coming into this game. Thats why I refused to bet big on it before. I knew Phil would be a retard and he continued his dumbass ways.

No ball movement. All 1 on 1 ball. Faded the triangle again for the most part. Relunctant to play vujacic over artest down the stretch, and put Bryant on Pierce.

I agree with this, but the lack of effort from Kobe's teammates was equally disconcerting as far as I'm concerned.

[Shifty107]

I agree with this, but the lack of effort from Kobe's teammates was equally disconcerting as far as I'm concerned.

Their lack of effort and willingness to take an open shot will be their downfall.

[hoopster42]

goat what is your overall record and units won this playoffs? i imagine its pretty good