NBA Playoffs Thread: March 3, 2011. A date which will live in infamy.

[Rhinox]

alright now that I've gotten my nfl fix time to turn our attention to the 2012 NBA playoffs otherwise known as the year the bulls won it all.


first round picks

Bulls over sixers in 5
Heat over Knicks in 5
Boston over ATL in 6
Pacers over ORL in 4

2nd round

Bulls over Celtics in 6
Heat over the Pacers in 5

Conference finals

Heat over bulls in 7



West

Spurs over the jazz in 5
Memphis over the clippers in 5
OKC over the Mavs in 4
Lakers over nuggets in 4.

2nd round

Grizzlies over the Spurs in 5
OKC over the lakers in 4

Conference finals

Grizzlies over the Thunder in 6


Finals

Grizzlies over the heat in 6

[Rhinox]

Wow Valisk your insults aren't even original.


This is from a thread over a year ago back before Valisked pussed out of the NFL threads

Contradiction! Going to start calling you Starburst.

This was 2 weeks ago

We should start calling Rhinox "Starburst". He's a walking contradiction.

[Rhinox]

Ripping terrible thread titles from terrible NFL thread posters? No bueno

You're exactly the type of trash my little web is suppose to attract. Please stay and make yourself at home.

[Rhinox]

Hey Bros heres a p cool story about probably the only player Point god doesn't like. Evan Turner

Derrick Rose began earning his reputation as an understated, humble basketball star back in high school. He’s carried it with him into college and the NBA.

But there was one opponent who seemed to get under his skin, and it’s someone he may be seeing a lot of very soon: Philadelphia’s Evan Turner, who played at St. Joseph.

The Rose/Turner rivalry heated up this week when Turner was asked about finishing eighth in the Eastern Conference and playing the Bulls instead of the Heat.

“That means we’re dodging the tougher team,” he told the Delaware County Times.

Rose shook off Turner’s comment, but there is little question that the rivalry is for real.

It started, at least publicly, in March of 2007. It was of one of the biggest games of the year, a showdown between Simeon and St. Joseph at Northwestern.

Rose was regarded as the top player in the state. Turner was challenging Rose for player of the year honors.

At halftime, standing near center court, Turner said “Derrick Rose ain’t [crap].”

Not everyone heard it, and it didn’t seem to be directed at anyone in particular, but it was unmistakable.

In the second half, Rose and Turner really went at it, jawing back-and-forth the entire time. Late in the game, Turner scored on a layup and was fouled. Before shooting the free throw, Turner turned around and said something to Rose. An official approached Turner at the line and defused the incident.

Turner scored 29 points, including 20 straight during one stretch, doing his best to back up his bold words. Rose scored 29 as well, and Simeon won 74-66.

After the game, Turner’s quotes raised plenty of eyebrows.

“I was better than Rose,” Turner said. “With me guarding him he didn’t do much. He knows that, and I know that.”

Simeon has a tight media policy, rarely allowing players to speak with the media during the season. Rose and the other Simeon players had not been available after the game.

I texted Turner’s quote to Simeon coach Robert Smith while I wrote the game story. Just as I was finishing up, Smith called and asked me to meet him behind a curtain just outside the locker room.

I hurried over, and waiting behind the curtain was Rose, his older brother Reggie and Smith.

“Read him the quote,” Smith said to me.

I did, and Rose’s response was one of the few times in his high school career where he showed some bravado.

“We both know who is better,” Rose said. “He’s just doing this to get a little bit of publicity. We’ll see who does more on the next level. They called a lot of soft fouls on us when he had the ball. It wasn’t like he did anything that impressive.”

Just a few weeks later, Rose and Simeon beat St. Joseph in the state playoffs, ending Turner’s prep career. It’s a safe bet Turner wouldn’t mind returning the favor in the NBA playoffs.

[Cleverness]

So am I the only one expecting the Knicks to either get swept or somehow win the series in 6 games thru the act of Bizarro Lebron appearing(not to be confused with Bizarro Larry Hughes, who is actually good)

[Chun Liroy]

if Knicks beat the heat it will be the ultimate troll.

[Kaslo]

I think this is the first year I actually feel like watching playoff games (other than Thunder games) in AWHILE.

[Azull]

1st Round
Spurs over Jazz in 6 - Jazz are hard to beat at home
Thunder over Mavs in 7 - The Thunder lose a game because they forget they shouldnt play Fisher outside of garbage time, Mavs take 2 others because of Dirk.
Grizz over Clippers in 5 - Ignore the CP3/Griffin hype, the Grizz are a better team
Lakers over Nuggets in 7 - Not because of no Artest. The Nuggets will fight the lakers every bit of a the way.
Heat over Knicks in 5 - Knicks win game 1 on a desperation 3 by Melo and all the Knicks fans that have came out of the woodwork this season declare they will go 16-0 to their first title in 45 years. The Knicks then get blown out the next 4 games.
Bulls over Sixers in 6 - Sixers hang around early but are out coached more and more each game, also.. Rose.
Boston over Hawks in 5 - Boston may be old but they know what they need to do to win in the playoffs.
Magic over Pacers in 6 - Late in game 6, while up by 15, SVG, along with the rest of the team, will turn to Howard and all flip him the bird.

[Tagus]

Bulls are gonna sweep Philly. It amazes me that people still haven't noticed how many games they won this year without Rose. They sat their starters for weeks at a time lol

[Dimmauk]

Nobody is beating zombie spurs this year.

[Azull]

If they face the lakers in the WCF and death finally comes to take Bynums knees for good.. what if he sees Duncan and saids "eh what the hell.."!?

[kisada]

kobesei lannister LOL

http://www.poundingtherock.com/2012/...es-and-the-nba

[Guyverarmor]

Spurs are going to stomp in the west. Was so damn good seeing Spurs stomp on the Lakers...I mean, TeamKobe

[Rhinox]

Wow the bulls playoff run didn't last long. Cya guys next year!

[Cleverness]

Well at least Rose got his mega contract before his injuries

[toqabowl]

well that sucks

Spoiler: show

time for Scalabrine to earn that finals MVP

[Rhinox]

This has the same feeling when cutler broke his thumb after a win.

[Andalusian girls]

poor bastard, hate to see that

[Chun Liroy]

NOOOO WHAT HAPPEN

[Chun Liroy]

Why is every team I root for destined to fail in the playoffs.

Fucking leroy curse.