NBA Playoffs 2010

[Ridders]

LA vs OKC heating up nicely. Lakers up 75-74 at the end of the 3rd.

 

[Ridders]

Lakers struggling atm. Durant's doin work

 

[Ridders]

Thunder win 101-96.

Kobe really struggled with his shooting. Lakers looked so much better in the 4th when he was creating as opposed to taking shots.

 

[Ridders]

Massive FT discrepancies don't help either..

 

[andrew057]

Thunder started slow, but were aggressive and got to the basket and eventually found their rhythm. Lakers were firing on all cylinders in the first half, shots were falling and Goasl/Bynum were causing havoc. Lakers seemed content to throw up jumpers instead of using Gasol and Bynum in the 2nd half and it was their downfall.

Durant really did a number on Kobe in the 4th quarter, really struggled with his length. Will be interesting to see when and how often Brooks plays Durant on him in the remaining games.

 

[Tipster]

I was kind of expecting the Thunder to win but not the Bulls.

Suns did a number on the Blazers, completely outmatched. Richardson with his best game as a Suns player couldn't miss

 

[abpanther]

Spurs take a 2-1 lead

 

[Ridders]

Duncan's been logging some heavy minutes so far in the playoffs, although Pop did a good job of limiting his minutes towards the end off the regular season. Hopefully he can keep it up.

Utah also take a 2-1 lead over Denver. Gotta say that I didn't see this coming.

 

[andrew057]

Wow Thunder doing it easy here in the first half. Now I say that Lakers will probably steam roll them in the 2nd half.

LOL @ Durants mum in the crowd wearing an Ibaka jersey.

 

[andrew057]

Gotta love Westbrooks game.

 

[Ridders]

We've been getting killed by FT disparities in the last two games.

 

[andrew057]

No doubt, Durant and more importantly Westbrook have been real aggressive at home. Fisher has been in a world of hurt trying to guard Russell, especially on the fast break. Kobe needs to step it up, theres only so much Pau and Bynum can do.

 

[Ridders]

Yeah we don't have an answer for Westbrook. The only other option would be to have Kobe checking him, but given how he is struggling with his offensive game atm, I don't think giving him more defensive responsibilities is the answer. Even though Kobe only had 12 points, I wasn't too disapointed with him given that he only took 10 shots.

What was really telling in Game 4 were the two benches. Farmar and Brown were both aweful while Maynor, Harden and Ibaka all produced for the Thunder.

Despite the problems, I'm confident for Game 5. There's no way OKC are going to get so many FT's at the Staples Centre.

 

[Ridders]

Wade is putting on a show atm. 41 points so far with 6 to go in the 4th. Scored 17 of Miami's last 20 points. Trying to avoide the sweep

 

[Ridders]

Utah up 3-1 over Denver. Spurs up 3-1 over Dallas.

The lower seeds certainly are bringing it in the West.

 

[Tom155]

go thunder!

 

[Nth-Qld-Raider]

Magic beat the Bobcats 99-90 in game 4, and sweep the series 4-0.

 

[Ridders]

Good signs from Jameer Nelson. Nice to see him being aggressive on offense.

Another playoff surprise with the Hawks vs Bucks series now tied 2-2. Tbh with the Bogut injury I thought Atlanta would roll through them.

 

[Nth-Qld-Raider]

Yeah Jameer really stepped up against Charlotte, Mickael Pietrus is giving alot of impact off the bench, he comes on and hits clutch 3's.

The best sign was Dwight Howard didn't have much impact in the scoring department, he was in foul trouble in all the games.

I thought the same thing, Atlanta to win easy, but the Bucks showing some fight, as a Magic fan i hope it goes to 7 games.

 

[Tiger Hawk]

There was a major adjustment made by the Bucks between games 2 & 3 - instead of having Delfino matching up on Smith, they switched Luc Richard onto him, who's keeping him out of the paint and staying in front of him. He's also long enough to bother Smith's iffy jump shot. Hawks will need to adjust back at ATL, shouldn't need 7 games to get past a Bogut-less Bucks squad.