Paul Pierce choked.

[paul_pierce_the_truth]

Pierce drew a foul with 12 seconds remaining, a three-point shot foul, with the Celtics losing 93-96, Pierce needed all three for a tie, he missed the first two and Boston lost 100-94. (He was 3-8 on FTs)

[Andrew]

Ouch, tough break for The Truth and the Celtics. On the subject of the Celtics, I noticed they are below .500, as are most of the East. The Atlantic Division in particular is having a tough time this year.

[bishibashiboy]

Ouch, tough break for The Truth and the Celtics. On the subject of the Celtics, I noticed they are below .500, as are most of the East. The Atlantic Division in particular is having a tough time this year.

Kinda scary that Philly at .500 right now LEADS the Atlantic division.

[paul_pierce_the_truth]

Ouch, tough break for The Truth and the Celtics. On the subject of the Celtics, I noticed they are below .500, as are most of the East. The Atlantic Division in particular is having a tough time this year.

Perhaps the East has been labeled the weaker conference for too long now, they could be on the rise. Teams with +60% winning percentage.

Indiana 14-2 .875
LA Lakers 13-3 .813
Sacramento 11-4 .733
Detroit 12-6 .667
New Orleans 11-6 .647
Dallas 11-6 .647
Denver 10-6 .625
Utah 9-6 .600

It's San Antonio, Portland, Minnesota and Houston who are hanging around .500 with Toronto, Philadelphia and Milwaukee.

I believe at this point the four strongest teams are listed above and Dallas and San Antonio have some improving to do.

Indiana has a very deep team, very athletic, some veterans from the NBA Finals and are well coached.

Detroit has a coach that has recently gone to the Finals with some overachievers, veterans, a defensive scheme and a talented backcourt.

Yes the Lakers look great, but that team can be Old at times, an 82 game season and it takes 16 wins to go all the way now, the road in the West should be pretty serious for them, facing a first round team like Houston or Phoenix or perhaps a Seattle team with Ray Allen, could prove a difficult road for older players like Karl Malone, Gary Payton, Byron Russell, Rick Fox and Horace Grant. Then onto the next rounds to play at least two of these temas: Dallas, San Antonio or the Kings. They have veterans, but no youth really at all, Kobe and George are both young and athletic, but Indiana can counter with Ron Artest, Al Harrington, Bender (when healthy) and Fred Jones.

Sacramento is quietly killing everyone, Peja Stojakovic is the most dangerous scorer in the NBA right now, including Allen Iverson, he has shot .521 FGs, .410 3s and .913 FTs, averaging 23.1 ppg, Bibby is shooting .460 from the arc and getting 17.3 and Brad Miller is playing an All-Around Center/Power Forward, shooting .497, getting 9.8 reb, 5.4 ast, 1.1 stl and 1.5 blks while averaging 13.9 ppg. (Remember soon this team will add Chris Webber)

Dallas added Antoine Walker and Antawn Jamison, but ditched Raef LaFrentz, this could prove to hurt a little if they run into Sacramento who will have Chris Webber for an entire series (I think) and the big bodies of Vlade Divac and Brad Miller. Plus which of these guys is going to be checking Peja? Michael Finley? That would be a roasting.

To say the West is better than the East, is not true this season, at least among the top teams.

By the way Sunday night Indiana at L.A. Lakers.

Footnote: It's still very early.
Footnote: This post went all over the league, sorry about that.
I started off by defending the East and ended up talking about the West

[Dan's Brain]

Ouch, tough break for The Truth and the Celtics. On the subject of the Celtics, I noticed they are below .500, as are most of the East. The Atlantic Division in particular is having a tough time this year.

Kinda scary that Philly at .500 right now LEADS the Atlantic division.

Just wait until next year. I think its the Southeast Division of Atlanta, Miami, Orlando, Washington and the Bobcats. .500 could win division title unless the Magic get their arses into gear.

[Vins15]

Ouch, tough break for The Truth and the Celtics. On the subject of the Celtics, I noticed they are below .500, as are most of the East. The Atlantic Division in particular is having a tough time this year.

Kinda scary that Philly at .500 right now LEADS the Atlantic division.

Just wait until next year. I think its the Southeast Division of Atlanta, Miami, Orlando, Washington and the Bobcats. .500 could win division title unless the Magic get their arses into gear.

lol agreed wut a pathetic division

i thought like most ppl think it was Central division taht was weak but now look only three teams are below .500... and best divison in the league right now overall is probably the Midwest.. almost all 6 teams in that division is around 9-11 wins right now...and only team there below .500 is the Memphis Grizzles....note: they're actually playing quite well this year...and the Jazz weren't dissapointing at all...not to mention Denver who is second in the division

[DipSetVC]

Wow, Mike James had a huge game! I still don't think they should've dealt Antoine. He had an amazing offseason and lost close to 30 lbs and how does Danny Ainge repay him? He deals him to Dallas.

[Jackal]

Vote for carter/williams and davis

Davis isn't a Raptor anymore dude.

[PoliceLineDoNotCross]

Wow, Mike James had a huge game! I still don't think they should've dealt Antoine. He had an amazing offseason and lost close to 30 lbs and how does Danny Ainge repay him? He deals him to Dallas.

that trade was good for antoine walker. since now he has more allstars around him, he has passed the ball more and actually contributes