# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-never-ending-nba-playoffs/493295/81 "2009-05-01T14:22:06Z")
> [@Omniscient](#): > > These two teams have already played more playoff periods than any team has ever played in an entire postseason, and it’s still the first round. Let that marinade for a minute. That doesn’t sound right. I wouldn’t be surprised if Rondo was out for game seven after roughing up a Bulls player once again. A surprising and welcome win by Orlando without Howard, Lee, and Turkoglu in the fourth. ---
**Author:** ![borschevsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-never-ending-nba-playoffs/493295/82 "2009-05-01T14:33:36Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > That doesn’t sound right. I wouldn’t be surprised if Rondo was out for game seven after roughing up a Bulls player once again. A surprising and welcome win by Orlando without Howard, Lee, and Turkoglu in the fourth. It’s true. The previous record was 4 OTs, so they had already tied the record before last nights 3OT game. It actually makes sense if you think about it that teams would not play many OTs in the playoffs. A team that is good enough to go deep into the playoffs, like Cleveland or LA, is likely to easily win the first round or two, without many close games. A team that has to play several close games early in the playoffs is likely to lose in the next round. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-never-ending-nba-playoffs/493295/83 "2009-05-01T14:37:27Z")
> [@Ataraxy](#): > > The Boston-Chicago series is insane. What’s the over/under on number of overtimes for Game 7? Let’s set it at 5. This series is taking years off my life and hours out of my sleep, and I’m loving it. Last night was more exciting and had more ridiculous twists than any playoff game I can remember in years. The Bulls were up 10 and cruising, then Boston goes on at _18-0 run?_ And then somehow the Bulls shut them out to tie it. The layups from Salmons, the three and the FTs from Miller in extras. When Noah stole the ball and somehow outdribbled Pierce for the dunk and the foul I was shouting and laughing at the same time, and Rose’s block to seal it was perfect. Both teams have played great. If the Bulls can finish this off Saturday, it will just be amazing. The four OT games and seven OT periods are both records. ---
**Author:** ![DaphneBlack](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daphneblack/32/5389_2.png) [@DaphneBlack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaphneBlack)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-never-ending-nba-playoffs/493295/84 "2009-05-01T15:44:12Z")
Go Bulls! They are making my father’s non-existent hair fall out, though, wow. He’s really back into bball after years of post-Jordan despair. Rose is incredible, but most of the team has impressed me. ---
**Author:** ![Birdmonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71e660/32.png) [@Birdmonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Birdmonster)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-never-ending-nba-playoffs/493295/85 "2009-05-01T16:02:31Z")
It’s also worth noting that the Sixers’ own fans booed them last night after the third. That’s so Philly I can barely handle 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:** [May 1, 2009, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-never-ending-nba-playoffs/493295/86 "2009-05-01T16:26:06Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > That doesn’t sound right. I wouldn’t be surprised if Rondo was out for game seven after roughing up a Bulls player once again. A surprising and welcome win by Orlando without Howard, Lee, and Turkoglu in the fourth. I couldn’t believe they won, even after watching them leading by at least 10 pretty much the whole time. I just hope Van Gundy doesn’t try anything too stupid, like bringing Dwight off the bench in Round 2. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-never-ending-nba-playoffs/493295/87 "2009-05-01T16:38:39Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > I couldn’t believe they won, even after watching them leading by at least 10 pretty much the whole time. > > I just hope Van Gundy doesn’t try anything too stupid, like bringing Dwight off the bench in Round 2. With Lee out for at least a few weeks i was very very happy to see Redick find his shot finally. Huge game for Lewis and it was nice to see Alston and Gortat both step up their game. Im afraid we are going to lose Gortat next season, but he deserves to be a starter somewhere. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2009, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-never-ending-nba-playoffs/493295/88 "2009-05-01T16:57:24Z")
I’m not too concerned about that. I can’t look at him because I always think of _Coneheads_ and bust out laughing. ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-never-ending-nba-playoffs/493295/89 "2009-05-01T17:02:34Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > With Lee out for at least a few weeks i was very very happy to see Redick find his shot finally. Huge game for Lewis and it was nice to see Alston and Gortat both step up their game. Im afraid we are going to lose Gortat next season, but he deserves to be a starter somewhere. Gortat will be the next Jim McIlvaine. ---
**Author:** ![HeavyDuty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@HeavyDuty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeavyDuty)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2009, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-never-ending-nba-playoffs/493295/90 "2009-05-08T20:34:32Z")
Tonight’s game previews: [lakers/rockets](http://www.nba.com/video/channels/playoffs/2009/05/08/nba_20090507_lal_hou_lookahead_gm3.nba?cid=playoff1) [celtics/magic](http://www.nba.com/video/channels/playoffs/2009/05/08/nba_20090507_bos_orl_lookahead_gm3.nba?cid=playoff1) ---
**Author:** ![Birdmonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71e660/32.png) [@Birdmonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Birdmonster)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2009, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-never-ending-nba-playoffs/493295/91 "2009-05-08T22:22:31Z")
I’m pretty excited to see RonRon try and take it to Kobe tonight. I don’t know if he’ll be successful, per se, but I enjoy his particular brand of crazy. ---
**Author:** ![dgrdfd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@dgrdfd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dgrdfd)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2009, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-never-ending-nba-playoffs/493295/92 "2009-05-09T01:50:21Z")
Who the hell at ESPN thinks it’s a good idea to show a 20+ point blowout in Orlando instead of the Houston/LA game? ---
**Author:** ![dgrdfd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@dgrdfd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dgrdfd)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2009, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-never-ending-nba-playoffs/493295/93 "2009-05-09T01:52:30Z")
> [@Birdmonster](#): > > I’m pretty excited to see RonRon try and take it to Kobe tonight. I don’t know if he’ll be successful, per se, but I enjoy his particular brand of crazy. I agree. I loved Dan Patrick’s take of his post game interview when he said “Doesn’t he know he’s messing with Ron Artest?” It’s like Ron Artest was putting out a public service announcement that “hey, I am freaking crazy man. Don’t fuck with me.” ---
**Author:** ![Birdmonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71e660/32.png) [@Birdmonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Birdmonster)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2009, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-never-ending-nba-playoffs/493295/94 "2009-05-09T02:00:15Z")
> [@dgrdfd](#): > > Who the hell at ESPN thinks it’s a good idea to show a 20+ point blowout in Orlando instead of the Houston/LA game? I was thinking the same thing. Kobe’s looking mean right now. This bodes poorly for Lakers related schadenfreude. ---
**Author:** ![dgrdfd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@dgrdfd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dgrdfd)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2009, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-never-ending-nba-playoffs/493295/95 "2009-05-09T04:25:53Z")
You can’t throw Artest out for that. Come on! These are grown men. I can really see all of this crap coming to a head and boiling over once the Lakers finally have the Rockets down 3 to 1 late in the elimination game. What does Artest have to lose at that point? A few games on the front-end of a ridiculously long season anyways? ---
**Author:** ![Birdmonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71e660/32.png) [@Birdmonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Birdmonster)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2009, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-never-ending-nba-playoffs/493295/96 "2009-05-09T04:29:30Z")
As a Stephen Jackson afficianado, I’m very familiar with the NBA double standard. Kobe can throw elbows, blatantly, at people’s necks and heads and he loses a few thousand dollars. Artest complains or makes a foul where he’s actually making a basketball play, and he’s tossed. The NBA is so fucked sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![dgrdfd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@dgrdfd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dgrdfd)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2009, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-never-ending-nba-playoffs/493295/97 "2009-05-09T04:38:21Z")
> [@Birdmonster](#): > > As a Stephen Jackson afficianado, I’m very familiar with the NBA double standard. Kobe can throw elbows, blatantly, at people’s necks and heads and he loses a few thousand dollars. Artest complains or makes a foul where he’s actually making a basketball play, and he’s tossed. The NBA is so fucked sometimes. It’s a self fulfilling prophecy. Kobe doesn’t get called for it because he has no history. And he has no history because he is never called on it. [This guy certainly thinks he’s dirty, and I agree.](http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/steve_aschburner/05/08/kobe/index.html?eref=T1) But I am very biased because admittedly I don’t like Kobe and have a tendency to root for the outcast/troublemakers (ala, Oakland Raiders, Florida State, Ron Artest, Barry Bonds, Stephen Jackson, etc.) ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2009, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-never-ending-nba-playoffs/493295/98 "2009-05-09T04:55:29Z")
> [@dgrdfd](#): > > Who the hell at ESPN thinks it’s a good idea to show a 20+ point blowout in Orlando instead of the Houston/LA game? The way orlando has been losing leads it was actually a surprise that this ended as a blow out. it was down to 7 in the fourth at some point. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2009, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-never-ending-nba-playoffs/493295/99 "2009-05-09T05:10:06Z")
A stupid loss by the Rockets tonight. The Mavs need a win big time tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2009, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-never-ending-nba-playoffs/493295/100 "2009-05-09T05:16:57Z")
> [@dgrdfd](#): > > You can’t throw Artest out for that. Come on! These are grown men. I’m not sure why that was a flagrant-2 instead of just a flagrant. At least the ejection made no difference in the outcome of the game. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-never-ending-nba-playoffs/493295.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-never-ending-nba-playoffs/493295.md?page=6)