General game-day thoughts/comments

[Andrew]

The lowly Cavs stun L.A.

Not a bad prediction by a Laker fan

Bold prediction but it certainly paid off.

[Dan's Brain]

RuPaul: 1-18.

That is all.

[Andrew]

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Professional wrestling does a better job of making itself look real than that flop. On some angles it's questionable as to whether there was any contact at all, certainly not enough to cause that very delayed reaction. Still, 1/18 and they lost...what was it that LeBron said about karma?

[JaoSming]

Fuck, the sniper missed LeBron.....I knew I shouldn't have paid up front....


Was it called a foul on Boozer?

[Andrew]

Yep, offensive foul on that play.

[JaoSming]

[NovU]

Nuggets win against shorthanded BOS. Both teams looked out of sync offensively especially early, but still very much enjoyable game.

Gallo and Felton were struggling but Wilson definitely shined. X-Factor was Kenyon Martin. He bullied against BOS bigs. He actually threw KG down to the floor. I thought it deserved either flagrant or a technical. JR Smith was also awesome.

[Martti.]

The HEAT can't put together a solid effort from all 4 parts - big three and the bench. Against Boston, Wade has struggled, now the bench and Bosh - 1-18?

At least the Celtics lost too so they didn't fell down from them in the Standings, Chicago did come closer and they also have the easiest schedule remaining in the league and with Noah back, the Top 3 is up for grabs.

[Kenny]

Just saw that flop for the first time... disgraceful! The league really needs to crack down on that. And every time I see a Heat game, LeBron bitches about every single call that goes against him. Gah! I liked the Heat when they were a mediocre team!

Anyway, great win by the Nuggets today. Some good signs there, hopefully more to come.

[The X]

Agree with more or less everything badreligion said.

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Professional wrestling does a better job of making itself look real than that flop. On some angles it's questionable as to whether there was any contact at all, certainly not enough to cause that very delayed reaction. Still, 1/18 and they lost...what was it that LeBron said about karma?

Honestly Chris Bosh needs to be fined & suspended a game for that. He's bringing the game into disrepute. Disgusting.

[Andrew]

I think at least a fine is in order. Watching it again I'd have to say I'm pretty certain that there was no contact; obviously I'm not the one on the floor guarding Boozer but there appeared to be air between his elbows and Bosh's face and with a reaction that delayed...as you guys said, disgusting and disgraceful. Flopping is bad at the best of times and it seems way too easy to draw charges these days, but that's taking things to a new low.

On a different note, Mario Chalmers was called for an offensive foul for kicking his leg out on a jumpshot, trying to draw a shooting foul. It was funny to hear Reggie Miller saying things like "You can't do that" and opining that it was a good call when he was one of the best in the game at getting that call as a shooter.

[Mandich]

I immediately hate Chris Bosh after that

[shadowgrin]

Leave Bosh alone, his menstrual cycle started yesterday!

What Bosh did was so pathetic, it's not even remotely funny compared to what Bell and Ginobili did with the flop.

[The X]

On a different note, Mario Chalmers was called for an offensive foul for kicking his leg out on a jumpshot, trying to draw a shooting foul. It was funny to hear Reggie Miller saying things like "You can't do that" and opining that it was a good call when he was one of the best in the game at getting that call as a shooter.

That's the main thing I hated about Reggie. He had a good enough shot to make it, but would kick out his legs. Horrible play.

[Phil89]

He could of at least tried this:

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[Andrew]

What Bosh did was so pathetic, it's not even remotely funny compared to what Bell and Ginobili did with the flop.

That was a pretty sorry flop on both their parts but at least there was contact and I agree, it was so ridiculous it was kind of funny. Not so much when a player is rewarded for what Bosh did.

[Martti.]

That was disgraceful by Bosh.

On a brighter note, Wade has 10 points in 2 minutes in the 2nd quarter against WAS.

EDIT : make it 16 in 3 minutes.

[Phil89]

Cole Aldrich goes from rarely used to guarding Dwight Howard in the space of a few days.

The commentators said that Perkins is still about a week away.

[john26]

Go pistons

[Alpha_]

Cleveland Upsets New York Behind Jamison's 28 Points and 13 Boards and Hicksons's 24 Points and 15 Boards! HAHA!

[NovU]

NYK's big 3 actually played well too. No help from supporting players tho.

[The X]

NYK's big 3 actually played well too. No help from supporting players tho.

What supporting players? They traded them all away

[Lamrock]

Roy's done being a good player, but today's game put a smile on my face and made me dig out the old Roy Rip City jersey.

Meanwhile, my hypothesis that the Nuggets totally jobbed the Knicks is looking good so far, with Denver being 2-1 (facing all +.500 teams and with their only loss being by 1, in OT, on the road) and the Knicks 1-1 (both against bad teams).

[deihatein]

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Cleveland Upsets New York Behind Jamison's 28 Points and 13 Boards and Hicksons's 24 Points and 15 Boards! HAHA!

Scary for NYK, wonder if they realized they gave up too much for Melo?