Real Deal

Not trying to disrespect the Pacers or Sixers, but there's no way they should be winning any games in the first round. Indiana has produced probably the closest series I've seen in a long time, a #1 against a #8, without winning the series (just going to assume they aren't going to take it). And, with the exception of one game, the Sixers have been taking early leads, and sustaining them for a while, against a team that was looking to blow teams out from the start of games, and doing it all season long. Shockingly, Iguodala is playing more like a bench player. The one guy I thought would need to be effective for the Sixers to have a chance in ANY of these games...he's basically a no-show, for the most part, and he's really not defending that well, either. It only gets more difficult as the playoffs progress.

Wade is arguably the best shot-blocking guard since Jordan...but it's not clear. You're forgetting Reggie Lewis. He played a lot of two-guard (primary position), but he was also around 6'6" or so. He would block a lot of shots...too lazy to look it up (takes forever on my iPhone), but he was one of the best at that position. Vince wasn't half bad in his younger days (blocking shots), when he was actually trying to dominate the NBA and show that he could defend, but he fell off so much (defensively) that people don't remember those first few seasons. And I read that Wade finishes better at the rim (maybe a couple of people said that). I don't know about that.

I can't believe how badly the Pacers crumbled at the end of this game. Chicago locked down on defense, took some really smart shots, and nearly pulled off an upset. Sad that they left that three for Boozer, though...Korver had a better shot at it, even if it would've been contested.

Why doesn't the opponent fall to pieces (as in, cubes)? I don't really understand the fatality.

TIME: 1:00 PM ET TV: ABC

TIME: 10:00 PM ET TV: ESPN

TIME: 7:30 PM ET TV: ESPN

TIME: 5:00 PM ET TV: TNT

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TIME: 9:30 PM ET TV: ESPN

Scorpion's fatality is awesome.

Hit both. Suddenly, the missed call doesn't matter all that much...still a two-possession game for Dallas. Of course, if they drop in another three, well...

Wow, that second angle showed a three.

Let me know what size you need it, and I'll shoot it your direction.

Barea is on that D-Wade shit right now.

LOL...did anyone else notice they had "Armon Johnson" (the name) up on the TV when they were talking Chris Johnson? That was funny.

I hate Jason Terry. Someone needs to punch him in his neck. He needs to be more like Dirk and Kidd, dealing with a hostile crowd.

Man, I really feel for Roy. I know exactly what it's like to have someone tell you you're probably not going to be able to play basketball ever again, and that you're going to have to change the way you play. Dude is on my list of people I'm going to support.

Oh damn, that was a nice move. :o

Roy's layup had me cracking up. He was wide open, nobody there to do a damn thing about it, and you could tell the dude was nervous. Not only that, but the ball bounced off his head...which should never happen on an uncontested layup. And now, Roy is going to try and enter that beast mode.

New decade.

Damn man, NBATV is hurting our gameday discussion. Why can't all of these games be available to everyone?

Yeah, a lot of what Ariza did last night was against Fisher and Ron, but that's fine as long as CP3 isn't dropping 30s.

I doubt that's it. There are a couple of posters who didn't know how to act properly, one banned multiple times on multiple accounts, another for baiting, and they took off and went to HN. Swish isn't a problem. He's actually doing better as a poster, and he hasn't been spamming the PM system. And, guys, chill out. It's just a site. Clutch doesn't promote spamming, doesn't tell guys to come over here and mess around. We've had to drop a few of our guys for the way they were acting outside of OTR + how they were on the forums, something I really couldn't control at one point. Good luck with the magazine. It's going to be tough, but that's just an opinion.

Stop crying wimp. Thread closed.