The Official 2015 NBA Playoffs Discussion Thread; Round 2 Begins

[simmytbone]

Hey guys,

I am opening this thread b/c the playoffs have already started, however, we still have 8 teams that have moved on to the 2nd Round of the NBA Playoffs

In the Western Conference, the #1 Golden State Warriors SWEPT the #8 New Orleans Pelicans

#2 Houston Rockets def. the #7 Dallas Mavericks in a TEXAS Showdown 4-1

#5 Memphis Grizzlies def. #4 Portland Trailblazers 4-1

and in THE Biggest Showdown of the Western Conference, #3 Los Angeles Clippers def. #6 San Antonio Spurs 4-3

In the Eastern Conference, #1 Atlanta Hawks def. #8 Brooklyn Nets 4-2

#2 Cleveland Cavaliers SWEPT the Boston Celtics

#5 Washington Wizards SWEPT #4 Toronto Raptors

and in THE Bigggest DOGFIGHT of the Central Division, #3 Chicago Bulls def. their longtime Division Rival Milwaukee Bucks which includes a 120-66 victory in Milwaukee Territory by 54 points

also, Kevin Love is out for the remainder of the playoffs and J.R. Smith is suspended for the 1st 2 games of the Next Round

Starting the 1st FULL WEEK of May, you will see 8 teams

In the Western Conference, it's another Double Feature of Pacific vs. Southwestern as Steph Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green and the Golden State Warriors do battle with Zach Randolph, Marc Gasol, Vince Carter and the Memphis Grizzlies and James Harden, Dwight Howard, Jason Terry and the Houston Rockets will take on Chris Paul, Blake Griffin, Jamal Crawford and the Los Angeles Clippers and it will feature 2 Former Celtics

Kevin McHale who won 3 NBA Titles as a player with the Celtics and Doc Rivers who lead the Celtics to another NBA Title in 2008 as a Coach

and in the Eastern Conference

GET READY for 2 BIG DOGFIGHTS

The Atlanta Hawks will do battle with John Wall, Bradley Beal, Nene and the Washington Wizards in a Southeastern Division DOGFIGHT

and Lebron James, Kyrie Irving and the Cleveland Cavaliers will do battle against Derrick Rose, Joakim Noah, Taj Gibson, Pau Gasol, Jimmy Butler and the Chicago Bulls in THE BIGGEST DOGFIGHT IN THE CENTRAL DIVISION

Zach Randolph & Steph Curry


James Harden & Chris Paul


Former Celtics Coach Doc Rivers & Former Celtics Player Kevin McHale


Nene & Jeff Teague


Derrick Rose & Lebron James do battle in another BIG TIME CENTRAL DIVISION DOGFIGHT


Spud Webb & Mugsy Bogues - A Little Big Rival


Bernard King & Dominique Wilkins - another BIG TIME Rival


Michael Jordan & Mark Price - A BIG TIME Central Division Rival

[MrCleveland]

The Cavs/Bulls Game will go up to 6 games...Cavs or Bulls.

The Cavs can squeak-out of this round, but without Kevin Love...It's iffy....

[simmytbone]

Originally Posted by MrCleveland

The Cavs/Bulls Game will go up to 6 games...Cavs or Bulls.

The Cavs can squeak-out of this round, but without Kevin Love...It's iffy....

Well I'm gonna stick with the Bulls, they finally got D-Rose back and if he can stay healthy, they'll give Lebron and Irving Hell, plus they got all the weapons in Noah, Gibson, Gasol (who is the veteran of the team) and Butler along with Dunlevy, Jr. and Moore

They also have a better bench than the Cavs

also, I would like to see the Hawks vs. Bulls just like the days of Michael Jordan and Dominique Wilkins and also, in the Western Conference if the Rockets take on the Grizzlies, it will be a BIG TIME Rival there and a DOGFIGHT, but personally, I would like to see the Warriors vs. the Clippers for the Western Conference Championship and IMO, THAT is gonna be one helluva DOGFIGHT

[isiahthomas]

LOL@MrCleveland hahahahahahahahahahahaha. The Cavs lost yesterday and I didn't like coach David Blatt starting Mike Miller in Kevin Love's place. He should've started Tristan Thompson in Kevin's place. If the Cavs don't win the next game, they might lose the series because it's gonna be tough for them to win in Chicago. Chicago does have a better bench than Cleveland. Cleveland is also gonna have a problem matching up against Chicago's big men Gasol, Noah, Mirotic and Gibson. I see David didn't play Kendrick Perkins and Brendan Haywood yesterday and he needs to play them against Chicago's big men. If he doesn't play them, Cleveland will lose. JR Smith will be back for Cleveland for game 3. I hope Cleveland can win this next game Wednesday. Nice pictures of Michael Jordan and Craig Ehlo, Dominique Wilkins and Bernard King, Muggsy Bouges and Spud Webb, Chris Paul and James Harden, Doc Rivers and Kevin McHale. I was surprised the Clippers won yesterday because I picked Houston to win. It was impressive that they won without Chris Paul. Golden State is gonna beat Memphis.

[MrCleveland]

The Cavs WILL be out of the playoffs and NOT win a title!

There's NEVER Next Year!

[simmytbone]

Hey guys, after 3 games, all 4 teams have won at home and those 4 are the #3 and #5 Seeds whom def. the #1 & #2 Seeds

In the Western Conference, the Memphis Grizzlies BLEW OUT the #1 West Seeded Golden State Warriors 99-89 while the Los Angeles Clippers BLEW OUT the Houston Rockets 124-99

Meanwhile....

In the Eastern Conference, we witnessed 2 BIG TIME Buzzer Beaters

The Washington Wizards def. the #1 East Seeded Atlanta Hawks with a score of 103-101 when Paul Pierce hit the Buzzer Beater

and THE Biggest Story of all was Derrick Rose hitting a Buzzer Beater in Chi-Town to def. the Cleveland Cavaliers 99-96 and Derrick Rose became THE 1st Bulls Players to make a Playoff Buzzer Beater since Michael Jordan back in 1989

#GOBULLS

[simmytbone]

Hey guys,

after 4 games in the NBA Playoffs Quarterfinals, 6 teams are even, but only 1 team has made a statement

In the Eastern Conference, the Atlanta Hawks, the Washington Wizards, the Cleveland Cavaliers and of course, the Chicago Bulls are now tied at 2 a piece

They each won a game on their home court and a game on the road

They are all 2-2 each

In the Western Conference, the Golden State Warriors become ROAD Warriors once again as they even the series with the Memphis Grizzlies and they, too are 2-2

But as for the team that has made a statement, well that team happens to be the Los Angeles Clippers as they go 3-1 against the Houston Rockets and right now, James Harden, Dwight Howard, Jason Terry and Coach Kevin McHale all have the backs up against the wall

Can they SURVIVE?

That's the Question!

Find out beginning tomorrow night on TNT

The Hawks, the Cavs, the Warriors and the Rockets all head back home for Game #5 and in Game #6, the Grizzlies, the Wizards and the Bulls all head back to their home court and if the Rockets win tomorrow night, then the Clippers will head back home to their Home Court