Road to Glory II

[rise]

"Rajon, stop being a pussy out there, be aggresive and hit them hard"

shit...

[Martti.]

Can't imagine Deng behaving like that.

[George7]

Can't imagine Deng behaving like that.

Agreed. But that's why the stories are made!

[Lamrock]

Turner-Deng = KD/Tyson? Good luck in game 7. Judging by how these playoffs have gone, its not unreasonable to predict it going down to the wire.

[Valor]

I hope you win

Cheers

Nah the celts will lol

Who knows

i just can't realise who won...
Hopefully the Bulls....

You're not supposed to until the recap comes

Awesome story! Though I think Doc River's language towards Rondo is a little too harsh. Hope you win Game 7!

Rondo IS a little p**sy who didnt do crap in the past few games

"Rajon, stop being a pussy out there, be aggresive and hit them hard"

shit...

Can't imagine Deng behaving like that.

Look back in the previous chapters, the conflict between Turner and Deng goes wayyyy back

Can't imagine Deng behaving like that.

Agreed. But that's why the stories are made!

Yup

Turner-Deng = KD/Tyson? Good luck in game 7. Judging by how these playoffs have gone, its not unreasonable to predict it going down to the wire.

Na, Turner is much more of a dick than Ty and Deng is an egoistic lazy bastard
It was a reasonably tight game, good prediction

[kibaxx7]

Wow, Deng's angry. Hopefully you can win the series!

[Valor]

Howard, Bryant headline 2010-11 NBA All Defensive First Team
By Official Release
Posted May 15 2011 10:14AM

NEW YORK -- Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard, winner of the 2010-11 Defensive Player of the Year Award presented by Kia Motors, and guard Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers headline the NBA All-Defensive First Team, the NBA announced today. By totaling 55 points overall, including 27 First Team votes, Howard edged Bryant (53 points overall and 24 First Team votes) as the leading vote-getter.

Also selected to the All-Defensive First Team are forward Gerald Wallace of the Charlotte Bobcats (47 points), New Orleans Hornets guard Chris Paul (36 points) and San Antonio Spurs forward Tim Duncan (35 points).

Howard led the league in rebounds (14.1 rpg) and blocks (3.4 bpg), and is only the fifth player to lead the league in both categories in the same season (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, L.A. Lakers, 1975-76; Bill Walton, Portland 1976-77; Hakeem Olajuwon, Houston, 1989-90; Ben Wallace, Detroit, 2001-02). He accomplished this feat for the third consecutive season.

The NBA All-Defensive Second Team consists of last season's Defensive Player of the year, Josh Smith of the Chicago Bulls, guards Dwyane Wade of the Chicago Bulls and Jason Kidd of the Dallas Mavericks, forward Lebron James of the Sacramento Kings, as well as center of the Detroit Pistons Ben Wallace.

The voting panel consisted of the NBA's 30 head coaches, who were asked to select NBA All-Defensive First and Second Teams by position. Coaches were not permitted to vote for players from their own team. Two points were awarded for a First Team vote and one point was awarded for a Second Team vote.

2010-11 NBA All-Defensive First Team

Position	Player	Team	1st	2nd	Points
Center	Dwight Howard	Orlando Magic	27	1	55
Shooting Guard	Kobe Bryant	Los Angeles Lakers	24	5	53
Small Forward	Gerald Wallace	Charlotte Bobcats	22	3	47
Point Guard	Chris Paul	New Orleans	15	6	36
Power Forward	Tim Duncan	San Antonio Spurs	13	9	35

2010-11 NBA All-Defensive Second Team

Position	Player	Team	1st	2nd	Points
Power Forward	Josh Smith	Chicago Bulls	10	10	30
Shooting Guard	Dwyane Wade	Chicago Bulls	9	8	26
Point Guard	Jason Kidd	Dallas Mavericks	4	15	23
Small Forward	LeBron James	Sacramento Kings	5	12	22
Center	Ben Wallace	Detroit Pistons	6	10	22

[Valor]

Wow, Deng's angry. Hopefully you can win the series!

Cheers Thierry

[Martti.]

Nice job getting Josh and D-Wade on the second team!

[Valor]

Nice job getting Josh and D-Wade on the second team!

Josh should've been in the first team over Tim Duncan

[George7]

Great work getting two players in the 2nd All-Defensive 5!

When are you going to post the game??I can't wait!

[Valor]

Great work getting two players in the 2nd All-Defensive 5!

When are you going to post the game??I can't wait!

I will post within the next day, stay tuned!

[C-77]

When will you post the MVP of the season?

[Valor]

When will you post the MVP of the season?

Sometime during coverage of the Western Conference Finals

[George7]

When are you going to post the game 7!?!?!?!?!

[Valor]

When are you going to post the game 7!?!?!?!?!

haha sorry for the delay man, i'm graduating today so maybe tonight when it's all over

[George7]

Congratulations for your graduation Valor!!!

[Valor]

Congratulations for your graduation Valor!!!

Cheers man, It was unforgettable

[Valor]

Allen, Rondo powers Celtics past Bulls in Game 7


Chicago, IL - After yet another gruelling series between these two franchises, the outcome has appeared.

It was the same as last time.

Behind the efforts of Ray Allen and a brilliant game from Rajon Rondo, the Boston Celtics eliminate the Chicago Bulls in an epic game 7 showdown, 100-90.

Just so you know, the Celtics won by 10 in their previous game 7 matchup, 109-99.

"I don't believe in curses or fate or nothing like that." said Derrick Rose "We just didn't play good enough to win, it's disappointing"

Following a mediocre 16 point performance in their game 6 loss, Ray Allen bounced back and caught fire offensively. He scored 14 of the Celtics 20 first quarter points and proceeded to finish the game with a game high 34 points on 11 for 25 shooting. Allen was also 5 for 10 from three and 7 for 8 from the free throw line in his 33 minutes of play.

"It's a do or die game" said Allen "I ain't going to let my team down"

Speaking of redemption games, Rajon Rondo also bounced back from a 1 for 9 game 6 performance by dropping 23 points on 9 for 11 shooting from the field, by far his most efficient and best game offensively in this series. He also had 6 rebounds and 6 assists in the win.

"Coach told me to be aggresive and attack" said Rondo "So thats what i did and the shots were falling for me, what can I say"

Paul Pierce added 17 points while Kevin Garnett posted a 13 point, 14 rebound double double in the series winning victory.

For the Bulls, Dwyane Wade finally had an efficient night on the offensive end, going for a team-high 25 points on 10 for 20 shooting from the field. Joakim Noah had another big effort on the glass as he finished with a game high 16 boards alongside his 11 points.

Reserve center Brad Miller also chipped in with a double double while Anthony Morrow had 12 points in 8 minutes of play.

However, the rest of the Bulls struggled.

Derrick Rose was 7 for 17 from the field in his 18 point, 9 assist effort, Josh Smith was outright terrible as he went 1 for 9 for 5 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals and 1 block.

Kyle Korver struggled again with his outside shot, connecting on just 1 of 5 from three, and it was in this crucial game that the rookie Evan Turner turned into a brick layer.

Turner had 4 points on 2 for 7 shooting in 13 minutes off the bench and shot very questionable shots.

"I suspect the pressure was getting to him a bit" said coach Byron Scott "He is a rookie afterall"

The Celtics now move on to the Eastern Conference Finals as they will face off against Dwight Howard and his Orlando Magic squad.






Highlights

[Valor]

Game 7 Results

[kibaxx7]

Awwwww man that sucks... Korver struggled and also J-Smoove. But congrats on the graduation!

[Martti.]

You have done well during the regular season, but have struggled in the Playoffs. You're like James' Cavaliers the last 2 years.

Tough loss, Rondo finally stopped being a pussy. Korver going 1-6, sucks to see that.

Can't wait for your off-season coverage.

[George7]

Awwww!!!!!Damn!!That sucked!
Nevermind.Great job getting the team on semis!

[Axel The Great]

Next season maybe? Good to see Wade at least had a good game, but I'm sure if Rose had scored more too, you wouldn't be looking forward to the off-season yet.

[Lamrock]

Disappointing loss. More disappointing that Rondo's 23/6/6, 9-11 game didn't get him PotG. Should make things more interesting this off-season though.