NBA 2008-09 Season

[SabresRule]

This is absolutely stunning and shocking.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/recap;_ylt=AiFj.6_z6U9JPcPb5P.P3EM5nYcB?gid=2009011625

Wozniak may not be able to brag about his Pistons for a while!

 

[HD MM]

This is absolutely stunning and shocking.

Thunder down Pistons 89-79 for consecutive wins - NBA - Yahoo! Sports

Wozniak may not be able to brag about his Pistons for a while!

It's -30ºF here in Cleveland, but apparently Hell really has frozen over. At least in Detroit that is.

 

[SabresRule]

There's an old expression I hear sometimes- when a team wins a big game, they can be a bit exhausted in their next game.

Consider:

After their huge win against the Lakers, San Antonio went out to Philly and got BLASTED.

Spurs are a schizophrenic team- one minute, everyone says they aren't dead, and then they lay an absolute egg.

 

[HD MM]

Anyone watching the second part to ESPN's double feature? Lakers vs. Magic.


I'm scouting the Lakers for our epic showdown on Monday.

 

[Paul Wozniak]

This is absolutely stunning and shocking.

Thunder down Pistons 89-79 for consecutive wins - NBA - Yahoo! Sports

Wozniak may not be able to brag about his Pistons for a while!

Ain't exactly been bragging about them for quite a while already. Hit a low point last night, no question. I'm not impressed with the coaching this season. i think Curry may be a "one and out" guy. Dumars has never hesitated in firing coaches, and if Curry doesn't get this team on track, he may not survive the season. Curry could become my new "punching bag"!

 

[SabresRule]

The Golden State Warriors are not looking good this season; 12-29, 11th in the West, but 12 games behind the Suns for the last playoff spot.

I ask this:

Was the playoff upset over Dallas was a fluke/one-hit wonder?

I say YES. That was their 15 minutes of fame.

 

[HD MM]

Ain't exactly been bragging about them for quite a while already. Hit a low point last night, no question. I'm not impressed with the coaching this season. i think Curry may be a "one and out" guy. Dumars has never hesitated in firing coaches, and if Curry doesn't get this team on track, he may not survive the season. Curry could become my new "punching bag"!

I guess Flip Saunders wasn't so bad after all, eh?

 

[Paul Wozniak]

Wasn't impressed with him either. He was supposed to be an offensive guru. Didn't see it. I've been calling for changes for 2 seasons. Iverson was just the start, more to come after this season.

 

[HD MM]

Tonight: A Showdown for the Ages

Cavaliers at Lakers

Tipoff: 10:30 p.m. at Staples Center, Los Angeles.

TV/radio: TNT; WTAM AM/1100.

Notable: Cavs start a four-game trip to the West Coast. . . . LeBron James, who bumped his right arm on the court in Friday's win over New Orleans, and Ben Wallace, just back from the flu, were held out of practice Sunday to get extra rest. . . . The Cavs are without starters Delonte West and Zydrunas Ilgauskas, the Lakers have been missing guards Jordan Farmar and Sasha Vujacic and just got core players Lamar Odom and Luke Walton back from injuries. Cavs have won five straight against the Lakers, including two straight in Los Angeles. Their most recent loss in L.A. was Jan. 12, 2006. . . . In his past two road games against the Lakers, James has averaged 39.5 points, 6.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 2.5 steals while shooting 54.2 percent (26-of-48). . . . Cavs are 12-1 against Western Conference teams this season. . . . Lakers are 10-5 against the East and 20-3 at home. They have lost their past two games.

 

[SandraC]

Cavaliers at Lakers

Tipoff: 10:30 p.m. at Staples Center, Los Angeles.

TV/radio: TNT; WTAM AM/1100.

Notable: Cavs start a four-game trip to the West Coast. . . . LeBron James, who bumped his right arm on the court in Friday's win over New Orleans, and Ben Wallace, just back from the flu, were held out of practice Sunday to get extra rest. . . . The Cavs are without starters Delonte West and Zydrunas Ilgauskas, the Lakers have been missing guards Jordan Farmar and Sasha Vujacic and just got core players Lamar Odom and Luke Walton back from injuries. Cavs have won five straight against the Lakers, including two straight in Los Angeles. Their most recent loss in L.A. was Jan. 12, 2006. . . . In his past two road games against the Lakers, James has averaged 39.5 points, 6.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 2.5 steals while shooting 54.2 percent (26-of-48). . . . Cavs are 12-1 against Western Conference teams this season. . . . Lakers are 10-5 against the East and 20-3 at home. They have lost their past two games.

HD, where did you get this preview from?


Sandra

 

[HD MM]

HD, where did you get this preview from?


Sandra

The Cleveland Plain Dealer.

http://www.cleveland.com/cavs/index.ssf/2009/01/kobe_lebron_wont_acknowledge_r.html

 

[SabresRule]

THOSE DAMN SPURS KEEP SURVIVING!

 

[salsadancer7]

Well....last night, that was a clinic! Damn I HATE KOBE, but he showed why he IS the best player in the world....tape it up and let's go. Though the shooting was about even, Kobe and his team outplayed Lebron and his. Truth be told, it was more like out coached. Jackson made the proper adjustments, Brown didn't.

BUT, it was the 1st time I saw a COMPLETE Cavs game and I was impressed. Their weakest link, the head coach...and I think he is decent. Reminds of a Doug Collins when he took over the Chicago Bulls with a buddy star in a young Michael Jordan.

 

[HD MM]

Well....last night, that was a clinic! Damn I HATE KOBE, but he showed why he IS the best player in the world....tape it up and let's go. Though the shooting was about even, Kobe and his team outplayed Lebron and his. Truth be told, it was more like out coached. Jackson made the proper adjustments, Brown didn't.

BUT, it was the 1st time I saw a COMPLETE Cavs game and I was impressed. Their weakest link, the head coach...and I think he is decent. Reminds of a Doug Collins when he took over the Chicago Bulls with a buddy star in a young Michael Jordan.

If you were impressed by last nights performance, you should've seen them 1 month ago when we were healthy and firing on all cylinders. Last night the Cavs were a shell of what what they're capable of.

I've stated before my concerns when Big Z and Delonte West went down. The Lakers exposed our hole at the Center position last night. We got dominated in the inside.

Hats off to the Lakers though. They took advantage of the situation.

 

[salsadancer7]

If you were impressed by last nights performance, you should've seen them 1 month ago when we were healthy and firing on all cylinders. I've stated before my concerns when Big Z and Delonte West went down. The Lakers exposed our hole at the Center position last night. We got dominated in the inside.

Hats off to the Lakers though. They took advantage of the situation.

Well...I am taking NOTHING away from the AMAZING start the Cavs kicked off their season with, they really didn't play alot of the better teams. Notice how their games have been closer. When they started to play the Celtics, Hawks, Magic, Heat, Pistons....those games were alot closer. The 2nd half of the season, they will not surprise alot of people like I think they did early. The Bad teams will still be bad, but they will play better and tougher...the mediocre teams will be decent and the good teams, barring any injuries, they will be better. League has realize they must use the same approached the EARLY Bulls teams with Michael Jordan....Let Michael get his points and stop everyone else because that will be easier to do that try to stop Lebron.

 

[Ramy]

When they interviewed Kobe he said he has never had that much pain and that he isn't going to have surgery. He will just play through the pain and go on.

 

[salsadancer7]

When they interviewed Kobe he said he has never had that much pain and that he isn't going to have surgery. He will just play through the pain and go on.

I really dislike the guy, but gott give him his props!

Here is something I read from Andande's recent piece for ESPN to continue the debate of Kobe vs. Lebron:

I thought I had a definitive answer last week after a former NBA player with championship rings explained why he gave the edge to Kobe. He looked at what happened when they were Olympic teammates and pointed to the gold-medal game in Beijing. The United States wouldn't have won it without Bryant. The U.S. assembled a roster of stars, and whom did it need when it mattered most? Kobe.

Both have benefited from taking on each other's qualities. LeBron needed more of Kobe's ruthlessness, the desire -- the need -- to take over games when the situation called for it. Kobe flourished when he adopted LeBron's willingness to involve his teammates. Could it be we have chosen the wrong measurement, that instead of sizing them up to determine the worthiest heir to Michael Jordan, we really should be assessing them as Magic Johnson and Larry Bird, the two parallel players who gave the league its juice in the 1980s?

The player said the reason you're seeing a better LeBron this season, especially at the defensive end, is that he spent the summer practicing and playing with Kobe and saw Kobe's commitment to be the best.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/columns/story?columnist=adande_ja&page=KobeLeBron-090119

 

[Paul Wozniak]

]If you were impressed by last nights performance,[/B] you should've seen them 1 month ago when we were healthy and firing on all cylinders. Last night the Cavs were a shell of what what they're capable of.

I've stated before my concerns when Big Z and Delonte West went down. The Lakers exposed our hole at the Center position last night. We got dominated in the inside.

Hats off to the Lakers though. They took advantage of the situation.

I wasn't.

 

[Skyhi]

I wasn't.

I wasn't impressed with the Cavs last night either. Too many stretches of sloppy possessions and missed jumpers.

 

[HD MM]

That's what I was saying guys. I was not impressed with the Cavs either.

To an outsider (Salsa) though, this goes to show you how much we've improved since last year. Plus, we're without Z and Delonte. If everyone can stay healthy and get back to the type of game they were playing in early December, we're gonna scare a lot of teams come playoff time....