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Clips played their best on game 4, though. Spurs were this close to losing, so give props to both.

Did Blake watch his mouth this game? He should've been penalized for swearing at a ref. I wanted to watch, but... I didn't.

Also, I heard Clipper Darrell, their superfan from even back when they sucked harder, smoothed things out with the team in March.

edited 20th May '12 11:26:20 PM by wanderlustwarrior

Dwight's Judas moment paid off.

This makes me glad we're trying to get Javale McGee (for the PH national team). He may be goofy, has a limited skill set, requires a lot of polishing to be a force in the NBA, and joined the planking craze... but at least he's not a bloody prima donna.

edited 21st May '12 7:58:42 PM by Nitramy

And he's still looking to leave Orlando.

The Thunder have officially eliminated the Lakers. Western Finals will be between Spurs and Thunder on 8:30 PM Sunday. Watch as everybody picks Spurs over Thunder.

edited 21st May '12 11:21:57 PM by Serocco

I'm picking Spurs in 7... by the narrowest of margins. Every game will be a battle.

Also, 40 points and no assists? Come on, Kobe.

edited 22nd May '12 12:22:28 AM by Nitramy

I'm honestly pulling for the Thunder, but it's clear that the Spurs will not let up. This is the Spurs' best chance for a championship, unless injuries show up again.

If the Thunder don't win this year, you can bet your ass they will next year.

Indeed. If they can get past the Spurs, though, they've got very good chances of getting a ring this year.

And I will laugh out loud if they do so before LeBrick and Sweetcheeks.

edited 22nd May '12 1:33:58 AM by Nitramy

I don't insult your team, so cut the nicknames to the Heat, please.

Also, Garnett's playing with fire again. I don't care if he's earned the right to trash-talk Philly fans. Whenever you insult your opponent before winning the goddamn game, you will get your ass handed to you. It happened when the Hawks manager called Garnett the dirtiest player in the NBA, and Garnett personally won the game for the Celtics that time. It happened when James and Wade made fun of Dirk's sickness, and they lost the finals last year. It happened when Bynum bragged that closing out games is easy, and the Nuggets took them to a seven game series. Frank Vogel called the Heat flop-artists and he lost the first game. A random Pacer flashed the choke sign to James, and the Pacers lost the next game. Sensing a pattern here?

edited 22nd May '12 3:28:27 PM by Serocco

It's basketball. Keep it clean and rare, but some trash talk is to be expected.

Why "sweetcheeks"?

A safer-for-work variation of a nickname based on Wade's prominent cheeks.

Okay, Pittman. I know Stevenson is a troll, but you do not elbow the guy in the neck! He channeled Ron Artest (on Harden) and Andrew Bynum (on Barea last year) with that hit.

Also, Vogel just lost my respect for him as a coach. Granger was clearly egging Wade and James those three times, but Vogel claims that "Danny has done nothing to initiate any of that stuff." Are you kidding me?

edited 22nd May '12 8:46:09 PM by Serocco

Lebron started it. Forever. By going to the cHeat.

And he's not going to pay for it until his knee takes several arrows while Wade gets run over by a bus, steamroller, and marching band playing "Louie Louie".

As soon as you put steamroller, I thought of Dio Brando.

Jolyne: It's horrible. It's too horrible. My father went the same way.

If Stern wants to make sure no more of these fouls will be called, he'll offer Miami a two-game suspension for Pittman instead of, say, a thirty-game suspension in exchange for giving LeBron and Wade a two-game suspension.

Sounds fair to me.

edited 22nd May '12 11:25:24 PM by Nitramy

Enough with the needless jabs at the Heat. Wade and James did nothing that deserve a suspension.

Now, the same is not true for Haslem and Pittman, but I'm half-expecting Haslem to get fined.

edited 22nd May '12 11:42:19 PM by Serocco

Yeah. The heat already have enough jabs to go around!

Sorry, you walked into that one. And now, I sleep!

We Could Have Avoided All This but no, they had to rub their little victory in other people's faces.

Any respect I had for the Pacers organization vanished after game 5. Pittman doing the dirty work was foolproof though: he's typically not part of the rotation, so no key players would be affected.

Two classy organizations meeting in the West this time around. Plus, Durant is similar in demeanor to Duncan, Westbrook is as mercurial as Parker, Harden is a player cut from Ginobili's mold, and Sefolosha is a lot like Bowen.

To be honest I'm not used to how much media attention the Spurs are now getting.

A wild ranger appeared!

I wonder how the Spurs are doing in the ratings.

Apparently game 2 of the Spurs-Clippers series was the highest rated playoff game so far, ...Or So I Heard.

I was right - the Celtics did get karma after Garnett badmouthed the Sixer fans.

You mean the Heat organization?

Okay, why only three games for Pittman? Artest on Harden wasn't nearly as bad, yet they gave him a SEVEN game suspension. Is the NBA practicing guilt by association with Artest?

edited 24th May '12 3:13:03 PM by Serocco

Celtics take game 7.

I'm not too sure about their chances, but as long as Sweetcheeks doesn't break Rondo's arm like last year, this series will be a good one.

(If Wade gets his arm broken this time, I'm going to point and laugh. Loudly.)

edited 27th May '12 2:07:05 AM by Nitramy

With Artest, it wouldn't be guilt by Association. He has a history. Look up the "Malice at the Palace".

I don't find it funny when someone gets hurt, except when they do it to themselves through their own hubris. Like what happened to Wade the first time.

edited 27th May '12 11:35:46 AM by wanderlustwarrior