NBA 2008 Playoffs thread

[ocelot]

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oh i thought the NBA already had a rule on fouling a player off the ball (hack-a-shaq)?

abi nako twice ra na pwede buhaton. kung more than that, free throw + ball possesion na sa opposing team.

I agree with Doug Collins, the NBA should impose a new rule against this.

AFAIK you cannot do the "hack-a-shaq" on the final two minutes of the 4th quarter. otherwise you'd award a free throw and ball possesion to the other team.

[magnifique]

:mrgreen:

[The Good$!!!]

duty napud bro>? ehehe, super man D.Howard.,.

Mulang! heheheh pero kita ko sa duwa...

Tumba si Diaw pag coast-to-coast ni Duncan hehehehe... Play of the day to pra nako...

CP3 for MVP!!! 32 points 17 assists Monster performance!

Grabeh Dwight Howard oi! 29pts 20 rebs!!! Consecutive 20-20...

Best Center in the league O mas maau pa c Yao? ^^


Check this out: Saw this in Oprah saona... My brother told me it was Chris Paul when he entered the draft... Indeed it was him...



Hoops Player Scores 61 for Slain Grandfather

Dec. 30


A high school basketball player in Winston-Salem, N.C., who was grieving over his grandfather's murder scored 61 points in his honor — one for each year that the man was alive.

As the star point guard and senior class president at West Forsyth High School, Chris Paul had plenty of people in his corner, but none meant more to him than his grandfather, 61-year-old service station owner Nathaniel Jones.

"He's been running the service station for years, and he'd let his customers know, if I had a game, 'I'm closing up early to go see my grandson play,'" said Paul.

For Paul and his family, Nov. 14 was one of the happiest days of their lives. It was the day Paul accepted a full basketball scholarship to nearby Wake Forest University. The very next day, Paul was at a high school football game when a cousin gave him some shocking news: His grandfather had been found slain.

"Everyone has to die, but I just thought my granddad was one of those people who never would," Paul said.

One Point for Each Year

Five juveniles have been charged with the murder. Jones was beaten and left to die in a carport just outside his home in Winston-Salem, police said. His wallet was missing.

Still grieving, Paul seized on a plan to honor his grandfather in his next game — by scoring one point for every year of his grandfather's life. All 61 of them.

After returning to the basketball court, his first thought was "How can I go out there on that court knowing my grandfather's not there?" Paul said. "And my aunt mentioned before I went to the Parkland game, she said, 'How about 61 points for your granddad?' And I just thought to myself, 'That would be lovely' and I just thought to myself, 'Ain't no way I can do that.'"

But he did.

Staying within the flow of the game — and without his parents knowing what he had planned — Paul scored 24 points in the second quarter alone. By the end of the third quarter, West Forsyth had the game wrapped up, and word began to spread through the crowd about Paul's remarkable tribute

"I think I heard some of the children talk about it but I didn't believe them," said the teen's mother, Robin Paul. "I mean 61 points, come on. That's just almost unreal, so I didn't believe it."

‘It Just Tore Me Up …’

With less than two minutes to go in the game, Paul had scored 59 points. Then he drove to the hoop, took a hard foul and the shot dropped. He had his 61.

"And I laid it up and I got fouled and it went in," he said. "And I lay there for a second and was just overwhelmed because I knew that at this moment in time, this is something I'd never forget. Ever. It just felt like I could have died and went to heaven right there."

His total left him just six points away from the state record for most points in a game. But as he walked to the foul line, that didn't matter. But the number 61 did.

"I walked to the free throw line, he gave me the ball and I shot an air ball right out of bounds," Paul said. "And my coach took me out. I just looked at my dad and started crying."

His father had been watching, stunned.

"It was just like everything came out of him," Charles Paul said. "He just walked over to me and gave me a hug. He just fell in to my arms. It just tore me up because of what he had just done."

Chris Paul said the incredible moment on the court helped with the pain.

"I believe it makes me stronger but it's so hard because … we're still getting through it," he said. "My granddad did so much for our family that it's unreal. It's hard to go on right now … I'm thankful for my granddad and I'll never forget him. Ever."

ESPN's Chris Connelly reported this story for Good Morning America



YouTube:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ci7uWy-bG-U

[JeffCee]

bang! taasa ana bro uie,., ehehe,., CP3 double2x,., triple double ta 2... hehe,., new orleans Go! dallas pahuway! ehehe,.,

[lunateec22]

I think the lakers will win the championship this year...

If Bynum is back and the good plays of Odom and Gasol , plus Kobe and the bench.. sure they will get it

There is no Andrew Bynum for the Lakers in today's playoffs.

Coach Phil Jackson acknowledged Monday for the first time that injured center Andrew Bynum's chances of playing again this season were "remote." Jackson was asked a question about the difficulty of hurriedly pairing Bynum with Pau Gasol and possibly messing up the Lakers' chemistry when he said Bynum might not be able to return from a left kneecap injury. "I think without a doubt that Andrew would come off the bench and we would play him a little bit off the bench if there was any chance that he could come back and play again, but it's such a remote thing," he said. "We're not seriously thinking about it." - LA Times

[JeffCee]

really? no bynum sa playoffs? oh MY~!!

[fish]

really? no bynum sa playoffs? oh MY~!!

its not that he's not really returning... for the playoffs... he might be, but phil would be hesitant to insert him in the starting line up, since he has never played with gasol before... and that could disrupt the team's chemistry... klaro man gisulti ni phil, nga kung mobalik man gani si bynum, he will be coming off the bench...

one thing is definite though, no bynum in the first round...

[The Good$!!!]

Well from the looks of things, I think the Lakers are doin' a hell of a fine job without Bynum...

If Bynum do plays; I think Gasol, being a former all-star, would not have difficulties going back to his natural position at 4... Odom too is a natural SF...

If anyone can do it, Phil Jackson can...

Best if they would let Bynum sit out the playoffs and not mess up their momentum and chemistry as of the moment...

[thinkrich]

Chris Paul is simply UNBELIEVABLE this season! I think he's clearly outperforming LBJ minus the media hype and all! You dont hear much from him..he is simply letting his game speak for itself..esp the way he's scoring within the flow of the game and yet assisting just as much! i think he's responisble for more than 50% of their team's points! Grabe...truly IMPRESSIVE, esp nga this is his first taste of the playoffs!

[The Good$!!!]

Chris Paul is simply UNBELIEVABLE this season! I think he's clearly outperforming LBJ minus the media hype and all! You dont hear much from him..he is simply letting his game speak for itself..esp the way he's scoring within the flow of the game and yet assisting just as much! i think he's responisble for more than 50% of their team's points! Grabe...truly IMPRESSIVE, esp nga this is his first taste of the playoffs!

Ayymmhhen bruduhh'...

Now go out and preach the greatness of CP3 at 22... hehehehe ^^


I pity JKidd... The old fool think he has a bigger chance of winning a title in the West...

I would really like JKidd to win a title though... Adored him in NJ...


CP3's only Kryptonite DERON WILLIAMS... Outplayed CP3 in all of their games in the regular season...[br]Posted on: April 24, 2008, 12:03:25 AM_________________________________________________


Check this out:

Game 1
http://youtube.com/watch?v=oeH-QCz_098&feature=related

Game 2
http://youtube.com/watch?v=mjbM3A2RBwI&feature=related

God I wish I was 6 foot 9 260lbs and move like a 2 guard even if I have to look like that... DAMN!!!


LeBron actually has grown to 6'9 and 260... PF ug lawas...