2009 NBA Playoffs

[Paul Wozniak]

you think the clippers will get the pick right this time?

I highly doubt it.

Those guys are the Lion's of the NBA. They've been picking high in the draft for the last 30 years, and manage to miss the playoffs almost every season.

 

[salsadancer7]

You haven't been paying much attention then. We added a traditional point guard in Mo Williams this year. For the most part, we try to run the offense through him while LeBron runs off screens without the ball.

Yeah....and the ball goes MORE through Lebron than MO.....ok...you say so.....it's YOUR team....how dare I argue something against YOUR team....

 

[anders5189]

Those guys are the Lion's of the NBA. They've been picking high in the draft for the last 30 years, and manage to miss the playoffs almost every season.

The Clippers get #1 picks like the Celtics win championships. If I were representing whoever they pick I'd seriously consider playing overseas for a year and re-entering the draft next year or signing just a one year deal and try to become a free agent next year. I'm not sure if that's possible, but the only thing the Clippers are good at is ruining careers.

 

[Rey]

Those guys are the Lion's of the NBA. They've been picking high in the draft for the last 30 years, and manage to miss the playoffs almost every season.

:up:up

 

[Paul Wozniak]

*Satellite Guys & Girls, may I please have your attention. This is a public service announcement:

Please have patience with me over these next few weeks and upcoming month. I am going to be an emotional wreck. This is your warning....

Skyhi, myself and other die-hard Cleveland Sports fans are about to enter the next stage in the NBA Playoffs. One step closer to achieving the ultimate goal of any team, fan-base or city.

Too long has this city been on the wrong end to the ultimate drama that is Sports. The Drive, The Shot, The Fumble, Red-Right 88, The Mesa, etc.... Yet, this year something seems different. Our Cleveland Cavaliers had the best regular season record in the NBA. Our team is led by the Coach of the Year and League MVP. We've swept the first 2 playoff opponents and are 1 series away from reaching the NBA Finals and are fighting for our ultimate goal of glory.

In this next round against Orlando, things will certainly get tougher and more intense. No one ever said it was going to be easy, and hot damn they were right! Over the course of the next week or so, I'll be diverting most of my attention and emotions towards my Cleveland Cavaliers. If I overreact with each win or loss, please understand. I've never seen a Championship in my city. It's hard for me to even think of the possibility actually. The last time this city has had a Championship was in 1964, before I was born.

We're close, but we aren't there yet. I know this far too well. All I ask is that for all who support the little guy and underdog, please root for this city to come out on top. This sleepy 'ol city needs every bit of support it can get.

Go Cavs! One Goal! Don't Stop Believing! Let's Get it On!!!!!!!

PS, where's the pepto? I'm getting queezy.

I'm hoping the best for you, Matt and Skyhi. Cleveland's fan have been kicked around enough already.

 

[anders5189]

I'm hoping the best for you, Matt and Skyhi. Cleveland's fan have been kicked around enough already.

I sort of hope Cleveland wins too. That way I won't feel guilty for laughing at the Browns when continue to stink.

 

[Paul Wozniak]

I sort of hope Cleveland wins too. That way I won't feel guilty for laughing at the Browns when continue to stink.

Me too! Except insert the Indians.

 

[HD MM]

T Minus 5 hours till tip-off!!!!!!!

I'm starting to get restless! Come on Cleveland!

 

[Skyhi]

*Satellite Guys & Girls, may I please have your attention. This is a public service announcement:

Please have patience with me over these next few weeks and upcoming month. I am going to be an emotional wreck. This is your warning....

Skyhi, myself and other die-hard Cleveland Sports fans are about to enter the next stage in the NBA Playoffs. One step closer to achieving the ultimate goal of any team, fan-base or city.

Too long has this city been on the wrong end to the ultimate drama that is Sports. The Drive, The Shot, The Fumble, Red-Right 88, The Mesa, etc.... Yet, this year something seems different. Our Cleveland Cavaliers had the best regular season record in the NBA. Our team is led by the Coach of the Year and League MVP. We've swept the first 2 playoff opponents and are 1 series away from reaching the NBA Finals and are fighting for our ultimate goal of glory.

In this next round against Orlando, things will certainly get tougher and more intense. No one ever said it was going to be easy, and hot damn they were right! Over the course of the next week or so, I'll be diverting most of my attention and emotions towards my Cleveland Cavaliers. If I overreact with each win or loss, please understand. I've never seen a Championship in my city. It's hard for me to even think of the possibility actually. The last time this city has had a Championship was in 1964, before I was born.

We're close, but we aren't there yet. I know this far too well. All I ask is that for all who support the little guy and underdog, please root for this city to come out on top. This sleepy 'ol city needs every bit of support it can get.

Go Cavs! One Goal! Don't Stop Believing! Let's Get it On!!!!!!!

PS, where's the pepto? I'm getting queezy.

I've had nerves in the pit of my stomach all day. It all just seems too good to be true, and as a lifelong Clevelander, I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop. I have to stay positive. We havn't had the best player in the sport on our team since Jim Brown....that's what I'm putting my faith in.

 

[Rey]

 

[BillD1984]

8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1

PARTY!!!!

 

[anders5189]

T Minus 5 hours till tip-off!!!!!!!

I'm starting to get restless! Come on Cleveland!

I know the feeling, but dude it's the first game of a best of 7. This isn't the NFL or college basketball where every game is do or die. Enjoy it.

 

[Rey]

8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1

PARTY!!!!

 

[JamesJ]

T Minus 5 hours till tip-off!!!!!!!

I'm starting to get restless! Come on Cleveland!

dang man restless dosent begin to say how I feel, luckily I got a honey do list when I get home because she knows after tipoff tonight she is dead to me

 

[HD MM]

I know the feeling, but dude it's the first game of a best of 7. This isn't the NFL or college basketball where every game is do or die. Enjoy it.

I know. Can you even begin to imagine my emotional state on a Game 7 to decide a Championship?!

 

[HD MM]

dang man restless dosent begin to say how I feel, luckily I got a honey do list when I get home because she knows after tipoff tonight she is dead to me

Love the passion Stu!

For the outsiders, Cleveland is a buzzing today! Let me try and paint a picture...

It's 84ºF, sunny and not a cloud in the sky. AM sports talk is filled with passionate Cavs fans calling in. Cavs signs are in people's windows, including local convenient stores and gas stations. I'm hearing constant Cavs chatter by the locals. I was just at the local liquor store purchasing a 6 of Cleveland's finest brew for tonight's game and talk of the Cavs/Magic game broke out amongst myself, the cashier and another customer. Before leaving, we high-fived eachother. Cavs fever is alive I tell ya! This city is buzzing!!!!

 

[SabresRule]

The fact that this series will be exclusively televised on TNT is a good omen for the Cavs- when they beat Detroit to make the NBA Finals in 2007, that year's East Finals were TNT-exclusive.

 

[JamesJ]

Love the passion Stu!

For the outsiders, Cleveland is a buzzing today! Let me try and paint a picture...

It's 84ºF, sunny and not a cloud in the sky. AM sports talk is filled with passionate Cavs fans calling in. Cavs signs are in people's windows, including local convenient stores and gas stations. I'm hearing constant Cavs chatter by the locals. I was just at the local liquor store purchasing a 6 of Cleveland's finest brew for tonight's game and talk of the Cavs/Magic game broke out amongst myself, the cashier and another customer. Before leaving, we high-fived eachother. Cavs fever is alive I tell ya! This city is buzzing!!!!

dont forget about "new" cavs flags on peoples cars....compared to the ratty one i fly in front of my house.....front runners!

 

[Mr Tony]

This rules....wonder how many pissed off fans in Colorado there are?

WWE cancels 3 Colo. events over 'Denver Debacle'


DENVER - World Wrestling Entertainment will move three wrestling events from various Colorado arenas to the STAPLES Center after a Denver Nuggets playoff game created a scheduling conflict at the Pepsi Center.

Dubbed the "Denver Debacle," a schedule conflict erupted after the Denver Nuggets advanced to the Western Conference Finals putting Game 4 of the seven game series on the same night, and location, as the WWE's Live Raw event: May 25 at the Pepsi Center.

WWE Chairman Vince McMahon, speaking live on 4 O'Clock at 9NEWS, said the WWE was cancelling the Pepsi Center event along with a May 24 event in Loveland and a May 26 show in Colorado Springs.

All three shows will move to the STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, home of the Denver Nuggets' current opponent, the LA Lakers.

McMahon said WWE would return to Colorado with an engagement at the Denver Coliseum on August 7. A spokeswoman for the Coliseum said the WWE would determine when tickets would go on sale for that event.

"We need to get back and make it right," said McMahon. "We're going to do the right thing by our audience for sure and that's why we're coming back in August."

McMahon stressed that his issue is not with fans in Colorado, but with Nuggets and Pepsi Center owner Stan Kroenke.

"I didn't create this controversy, it's Stan Kroenke's inept management which created this controversy and quite frankly Kroenke's management is driving us out of Denver. We don't want to leave Denver, they're driving us out," he said. "They wouldn't even make a deal unless there was a joint press release. You wouldn't believe the things they wanted me to say."

McMahon said he would not rule out bringing WWE back to the Pepsi Center at some point, but it was clear his frustration with Kroenke hadn't subsided.

"It's really unfortunate because if he were just a regular business man and picked up the phone and said, 'Vince, you know, we're throwing you out but I want to make it right, what can we do?' I never heard from Kroenke, I don't know if anyone else has either, by the way, he's somewhat of a Howard Hughes guy I understand," he said.

"I think our company has been damaged severely from a financial standpoint and from a psychological standpoint as well. You don't treat people the way Kroenke's management treated us," he said. "I'm not a litigious kind of guy, but quite frankly when we have a contract and we have over 10,000 tickets sold and you just say: we're out, and we're not going to do anything for you, you know we're not going to make any restitution. We may pay for your additional expenses, that's it. There could very well be a lawsuit down the road."

After the conflict was publicized, various arenas offered to host the WWE Raw event including Madison Square Garden in New York City and the STAPLES Center.

The Denver Nuggets, down one game in the series, are set to take on the Lakers at the Pepsi Center on both Saturday and Monday evening.

9NEWS has requested information on refunds from Kroenke Sports Enterprises, which owns the Pepsi Center and the Nuggets, and from Ticketmaster. Those calls were not immediately returned, but Ticketmaster did put up a statement on its Web site.

"The Pepsi Center regrets to announce the WWE scheduled on Monday, May 25, 2009 has been cancelled. All phone/Internet orders will be automatically credited back the ticket price + convenience charge. Tickets purchased via Ticketmaster Ticket Centers or the Pepsi Center Box Office will need to be returned to the point of purchase to obtain a refund," said the statement on Ticketmaster.com.

McMahon said rescheduling the events in Denver would take some time to work out and all three Colorado events were cancelled because the entire crew had to go to California.

"You know we're the second largest traveling show in the world, second only to Ringling Bros.," he said.

As for coming back to the Pepsi Center, "I never say never, quite frankly I think that's ridiculous for anyone to do," McMahon said.

 

[anders5189]

This rules....wonder how many pissed off fans in Colorado there are?

I don't know. Probably just a couple of 13 year old boys.