On Wed, 14 May 2008 14:15:23 GMT, Grey Matters
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>> I think I rather see the Celtics... the Cavs may be the lesser team to
>> the Celtics however that Lebron factor still makes me nervous. And I
>> don't want to see a third straight year that our team plays down to
>> the Cavs level.
>
>I think they'd be fine facing James -- he'd score, but I think they'd be
>capable of keeping him from dominating again.
>
>Cleveland could pull another surprise, of course. With guys like Ben
>Wallace and Varajao they have the ability to play the type of wild all
>over the court defense that Philly played, and James is a much better
>offensive threat than Iguodala. Add in the possibility that Billups
>could still be limited (or possibly out) and Cleveland might upset
>Detroit. I wouldn't expect it, though. I do think it would be a very,
>very ugly series.
>
>> The bad thing for Boston is what these road loses are doing to their
>> psyche... There could be some self doubt where there wasn't before.
>
>I don't buy this so much. If a team gets rattled by something like this,
>then they're not all that strong to begin with. I think there's a
>certain amount of projection backward -- if a team loses, then they're
>pegged as psychically wounded, if they win, then they're tough, when the
>reality may just come down to luck, or a key guy being hung over, or
>whatever.
>
>By this point I think it's reasonable to think Boston's finding itself
>struggling because teams are figuring out their basic schemes, and
>they're having trouble making adjustments to what their opponents are
>throwing at them.
>
>> ...But I want to play Boston. I hate Boston and anything except Tom
>> Brady(Michigan guy) and a couple comedians. lol
>
>I generally like the current players, but I'm not a big fan of the
>Celtics aura, the Tommy Heinsohnization/Johnny Mosticizing surrounding
>the club.
I don't want to see the Cavs for a third straight year either but
Pistons do have home court over them not that it helped them last
season. However, Pistons' are playing much, much better than they did
last season especially on the defense. They do need to shoot better
than the 38%% they shot against Orlando last night though.
Boston is a tough match up for Detroit but their games are very
similar. Detroit can win at least one in Boston and take care of home
court which would give them the EC Championship. I also think a
series against Boston would be more entertaining except that the
networks will play that Isaiah screw up against Boston time and time
again. I don't need to see that.
Condolences to Antonio McDyess who learned just before he suited up
last night that his grandmother, who raised him, had passed away.
McDyess had to be playing with a heavy heart but he had a magnificent
game.
Regards,
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