# The Never-ending NBA Playoffs **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 16, 2009, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-never-ending-nba-playoffs/493295 "2009-04-16T15:45:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 18
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-never-ending-nba-playoffs/493295/341 "2009-06-05T13:15:02Z")
I’m thinking that it was a great idea to put Jameer out there- he more or less gave us our first lead single-handedly- but he should not have been playing significant minutes. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-never-ending-nba-playoffs/493295/342 "2009-06-05T13:33:38Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > I’m thinking that it was a great idea to put Jameer out there- he more or less gave us our first lead single-handedly- but he should not have been playing significant minutes. He should have definitely come out when he took a shot in the nuts and could barely move for several minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Birdmonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71e660/32.png) [@Birdmonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Birdmonster)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-never-ending-nba-playoffs/493295/343 "2009-06-05T20:54:55Z")
Watched this in a bar. By the second quarter, I was playing darts. Hideous game. Watching Kobe stick out his lower jaw in a misguided attempt at looking hard is about my least favorite thing going right now. Not to take away from his game (it was ridiculous and all I saw was the first half), but please, please, please stop doing that Kobe. We know you’re good. Pietrus reverted back to the Pietrus I knew on the Warriors, i.e. a guy who sucks with reckless abandon. Here’s to hoping Game 2 is actually, you know, a game. ---
**Author:** ![Mangosteen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2009, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-never-ending-nba-playoffs/493295/344 "2009-06-06T00:33:54Z")
Any one still think Orlando is going to win the series? ---
**Author:** ![Birdmonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71e660/32.png) [@Birdmonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Birdmonster)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2009, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-never-ending-nba-playoffs/493295/345 "2009-06-06T00:36:07Z")
> [@Mangosteen](#): > > Any one still think Orlando is going to win the series? If Orlando looks that bad in Game 2, no. But it’s one game. Not a big issue yet. They win Game 2, they steal homecourt advantage. I think people often overreact after a single loss and I’m sticking with Magic in 6. Still though, that was a drubbing. No other way to spin it. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2009, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-never-ending-nba-playoffs/493295/346 "2009-06-06T02:03:23Z")
I’ll go with that. Winner of Game 2 takes the series. ---
**Author:** ![Mangosteen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2009, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-never-ending-nba-playoffs/493295/347 "2009-06-06T02:37:37Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > I’ll go with that. Winner of Game 2 takes the series. So are you saying the Magic take 3 straight from Kobe and the Lakers in Orlando after winning game 2? Three straight??? Or are you saying they come back to LA and win it? Both scenarios seem rather implausible even if they do win game 2. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2009, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-never-ending-nba-playoffs/493295/348 "2009-06-06T02:43:03Z")
> [@Mangosteen](#): > > So are you saying the Magic take 3 straight from Kobe and the Lakers in Orlando after winning game 2? Three straight??? > > Or are you saying they come back to LA and win it? > > Both scenarios seem rather implausible even if they do win game 2. Not as implausible as the Magic continuing to shoot 29%. When the magic were up 5 in the second they were shooting 44%, which is about their average, they shot 22% the rest of the way which is simply one of the worst displays of shooting ever. On a night when Orlando shoots average and Kobe isn’t making every single impossible shot he takes (i felt we actually played good defense on him, he just made EVERYTHING) they should win. ---
**Author:** ![Mangosteen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2009, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-never-ending-nba-playoffs/493295/349 "2009-06-06T03:06:50Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > Not as implausible as the Magic continuing to shoot 29%. When the magic were up 5 in the second they were shooting 44%, which is about their average, they shot 22% the rest of the way which is simply one of the worst displays of shooting ever. On a night when Orlando shoots average and Kobe isn’t making every single impossible shot he takes (i felt we actually played good defense on him, he just made EVERYTHING) they should win. No credit should go to the Laker defence? They shot 22% because they ALL had a bad shooting night? ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2009, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-never-ending-nba-playoffs/493295/350 "2009-06-06T03:12:51Z")
> [@Mangosteen](#): > > No credit should go to the Laker defence? They shot 22% because they ALL had a bad shooting night? Did you see the game? the magic was missing wide open shots, not even just three pointers but short range jumpers. Hell they were 16 out of 24 on shots right at the damn basket. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2009, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-never-ending-nba-playoffs/493295/351 "2009-06-06T03:13:59Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > Did you see the game? the magic was missing wide open shots, not even just three pointers but short range jumpers. Hell they were 16 out of 24 on shots right at the damn basket. The Lakers certainly did a much better job of contesting shots than the Cavaliers, but certainly not a good enough job to account for 29% team shooting. The Magic missed dozens of wide open jumpers. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2009, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-never-ending-nba-playoffs/493295/352 "2009-06-06T03:26:05Z")
It wasn’t dozens. A few were wide open, but most of them were challenged. The real key for the Lakers’ defense was stifling Howard down low. They took away the paint and made Orlando kick it outside all night. You can’t survive on three point shooting alone, even if you’re hitting them. I don’t think I’d count on Kobe cooling off either. He’s capable of being that good for the whole series. I think the Hedgehog seemed a little flustered in his post-game press conference. Don’t underestimate that coaching mismatch. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2009, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-never-ending-nba-playoffs/493295/353 "2009-06-06T03:44:20Z")
He made a bad call keeping Jameer in for so long, but admitting that would be putting too much blame on Jameer for the loss. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2009, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-never-ending-nba-playoffs/493295/354 "2009-06-08T00:23:40Z")
Nobody’s eaxctly shooting the lights out in this first quarter. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2009, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-never-ending-nba-playoffs/493295/355 "2009-06-08T02:29:38Z")
I like SVGs approach of benching both his pointguards because neither was playing well. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2009, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-never-ending-nba-playoffs/493295/356 "2009-06-08T02:56:15Z")
I could have made that layup Courtney! ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2009, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-never-ending-nba-playoffs/493295/357 "2009-06-08T03:12:39Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > I could have made that layup Courtney! Ah, the rookie blows the last two shots in regulation to force the overtime and get spanked… ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2009, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-never-ending-nba-playoffs/493295/358 "2009-06-08T03:23:56Z")
That was probably the series. I think that was Orlando’s chance to steal one in LA and turn the series. The Lakers walked through a lot of the game and let the Magic hang around enough to get to overtime. Kobe had a mediocre game (for him), and that’s probably the best chance Orlando is going to get at the Staples center. Orlando should be favored in Game 3, especially since the Magic will be desperate and LA will be relaxed, but if the Lakers get even one in Orlando, Big Chief Triangle is going to get his 10th ring. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2009, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-never-ending-nba-playoffs/493295/359 "2009-06-08T15:02:29Z")
Latest Detroit rumor, Rasheed Wallace to Cleveland. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2009, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-never-ending-nba-playoffs/493295/360 "2009-06-08T18:50:44Z")
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