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Quote Originally Posted by HardCheddah:

I've had Clips +155 to win the series since the start and I'm sure that I will debate hedging all day but in the end I think I will probably let it ride. Would be nice to get a few more points on the spurs side live and then try to middle.

BB, I'm glad to see you're staying off this game. Every season there are teams that rub us the wrong way and though it's not always fun, the best thing is to just stay away from those teams. I have felt since the start of the season and play-offs that the spurs "have it coming" as you say. 

I know a lot of people are criticizing Pop for the hack a Deandre, but I think Pop knows this year that he does not have the mix of talent and DRIVE that he has had in previous years. He has been very open about the fact that they would not be where they are if not for Mills going nuts. It shouldn't be a secret to anyone at this point, the spurs cannot guard these freak PF athletes like Blake and AD. I think the press conference after game 6 was an act of desperation as you say to try and light a fire under his guys.

Call me crazy, but in a series where the LAC have struggled to hit from beyond the arc I could see Hedo hitting a big shot, or Hawes' range giving the spurs' bigs trouble. Realistically, we would only need a 3 from each of them and a few boards to supplement the production of Glen Davis and I wouldn't be surprised to see a bigger contributionthan that. Hedo has been on some deep runs and hit some big shots in his career and Doc has said for months that he thought Hedo still had that in him. We may find out tonight.

Despite the spurs being the defending champs and the rockets starring the "other" MVP with Harden, I still think the preferred match up in the western conference finals for the NBA is Warriors vs Clippers. Battle of the Baby Faces.

Similarily, I think we could see Washington upset Atlanta in the second round to get a Cleveland vs Washington Eastern Conference Finals. LBJ vs Pierce. Irving vs Wall. These two teams have a very strong budding rivalry but I'll leave that for later.

Good Luck to anyone and everyone who decides to make a play tonight. I urge you, play or not, to watch this game though because it should be one of the best of the year.

Good luck, tonight, HC. And yes, I can see Haws or the Turk coming out of nowhere to make contributions that tilt the game in LA's favor. It's always the guys who you didn't account for who can do that to you. Knowing Doc, though, he will stick with the starters for the most part, unless fouls etc force his hand. Although in Boston. the Celtics won some huge playoff games with bench guys who came out of nowhere. So Doc is more prone to trust his bench at home than on the road (as we saw in the last game), and it has payed dividends before. 
 
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scal and beginner on the spurs.

usually the long thread means fade. but this was two huge thread spaces.

clippers by double digits good night
 
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im not on the spurs you moron. learn how to read.
 
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ur not betting this game. my apologies 

that was a lot of writing for a no bet.

u went 0-6 on this series flip flopping teams. so who is the moron?
 
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I'm sticking with my large Spurs series bet because I refused to take the Clippers +375 after game 5.

I expect a huge game from either Manu or Green. If one of these two can start lighting it up from downtown, it will open up the Spurs offense a lot. I expect a Spurs offense with great ball movement and open shots tonight. They've been in these huge game situations and I believe Pop will have a good gameplan to slow Paul and Griffin. I just hope Pop doesn't start the hack-a-Jordan again when they have all momentum, no matter the score. Forget the percentages if they have the momentum.

I hope you're right, can't always be wrong right?

Thanks for the write-up,
 
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Good luck Scal. I got Spurs ML by itself, than have Spurs ML parlayed with Rangers ML (who just won) and Floyd. Should be a fun night
 
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Quote Originally Posted by kaboons:

ur not betting this game. my apologies 

that was a lot of writing for a no bet.

u went 0-6 on this series flip flopping teams. so who is the moron?

Again, a moronic statement. I was 1-2 for the series and Game 5 in LA, the Clippers got jobbed.
 
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Line up to Spurs +3 on 5dimes
 
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Vegas knows better
Clippers win
 
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Again, a moronic statement. I was 1-2 for the series and Game 5 in LA, the Clippers got jobbed.


okay. round 2 coming a whole new slate to start clean. less writing more winning no need to over analyze 

im rooting for u to turn it around fwiw.

 
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Quote Originally Posted by kaboons:

Again, a moronic statement. I was 1-2 for the series and Game 5 in LA, the Clippers got jobbed.


okay. round 2 coming a whole new slate to start clean. less writing more winning no need to over analyze 

im rooting for u to turn it around fwiw.


Alright Kaboons, good luck.
 
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You definitely have the refs in your favor. Capers and McCutchen somewhat anti-Clipper.
 
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Quote Originally Posted by Hoops1487:

I follow the clips and I believe they will win due to the adversity they faced last year. Can't do it 2 times in a row

What prevents them from failing two years in a row? Or three or 4? The Bills lost 4 straight Super Bowls, a team that was far more put together than the Clips in their respective sport.
 
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Yes, I noticed that. In fact, Capers was the ref in game 6 last year, when the Clippers got jobbed by OKC.
 
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@risk always a pleasure  @might
 
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jobbed by the refs against OKC^
 
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Quote Originally Posted by melossinglet:

hey scalabrine,great input as usual...honestly i mite sit this one out and just enjoy one hell of an intense,hi stakes series decider,gonna be wild i can just feel it!!!!....if i do decide to bet tho i definitely wud take the points on offer...as we've seen,this cud easily easily come down to one great play,one bone-headed play,one bad call...any damn thing,it cud rest on a knife edge so almost on principle ya gotta take the free possession with the better,deeper team.

now,onto more important matters.......i aint seen die hard(i barely watch films at all),but from wat i can gather that was his wife wasnt it??..and mary winstead played the daughter didnt she??..or am i mistaken??.....looked very silly as the dude still had the opportunity to get a shot off as he was falling..ya know,sumtimes i get the feeling that not everything we see in movies is totally legitimate and fact-based...

That was his wife! And that was her name. I suggest you see it. It's an all time great guy's movie. Once a get past the late 80's vibe, you'll really get into it.
 
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Quote Originally Posted by Biscuit:

Very entertaining read.       


The way I see it, the team that has better energy will win (and cover) tonight.    I think that'll be LA, the younger team, playing @ home.


BOL


They'll have more energy....but how long will it last??? 
 
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Quote Originally Posted by begginerboy:

Scal, great writeup, one of your best. The Die Hard reference was great but also ominous for Spurs backers. Why? Because the roles could be easily be reversed. The Spurs could be Hans Gruber (having used up all of their 9 lives) and the Clippers could be John McClane (putting the final nail in their coffin). Oh, and the movie takes place in LA, with the hometown heros (even if McClane is a NY cop) defeating the international bad guys (i.e., the Spurs). 

Frankly, I'm not betting this game because I have a very strong rooting interest. I want to see the Clippers tear the heart out of this spurs team and hold it up for everyone to see. I want to see them drive a stake through their heart and kill them, once and for all. This team, and their megalomaniac of a coach, have driven me to the point of insanity this year. They have been the epitome of a jekyll and hyde team and I'm through with them. Let's count all the ways they've choked away home court by losing games they had no business losing:

1) Losing to the Knicks on the road.

2) Losing to the Cavs at home. Up by 10 with 2 to play

3) Losing to the putrid Mavs at Dallas, near the end of the season.

4) Losing the the Pelicans in the final game of the season.

5) Losing to the Clippers in games 4 and 6 at home.

And yes, they have also been equally resilient, but when you are given so many chances to close the deal and you don't, there is something wrong with you. Exactly what that is, I don't know, but this team is no longer trustworthy.

I said in my game 6 write-up that the Spurs could not afford the give the Clippers a shot at redemption (at home) and I'm sticking by it. Pop has turned into a madman with his hack-a-Jordan and it backfired once and almost twice (game 2). His calling his team soft is an act of desperation because (as you put it) coaches don't resort to that unless their team got destroyed by an opponent. He is trying to get that extra juice out of his guys because he will need all the juice he can get to beat a team whose starters (overall) are much better and younger than his. 

Finally, the NBA is all about star power and I have not seen one commercial with Duncan, Manu or Parker on TV during the playoffs. The Clippers are the sexier team and I pray to god that the refs put a giant shaft up Pop's arse during this game. And since you started your writeup with an analogy from a film, let me end mine on that note. In Unforgiven, there is great scene where the young gunslinger tries to justify has act of murder by telling William Munny (played by Eastwood) that the bad guys had it coming to them. To which Munny replies by saying, "We all have it coming kid." Well, the Spurs, the old gunslingers from the West, also have it coming to them. 

Oh god, let it be tonight! 
 

Touché BB. All a write up on its own. 

The clips are just short of taking this one, and it's by a nose. A bounce here or there and they could take it but to lay what is now three points? No way.

Never saw unforgiven. Might do so now. 

And nice to see you know your stuff about Die Hard as well.

Spurs failed in all those spots. But they aren't quite done. This isn't  umbuntu doc is coaching.
 
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Didn't even read the write up. You are waaaay over thinking this. Clippers will win. Did you not see them out play the spurs last time in LA? That was a must win game for the spurs and clippers simply beat them. If it weren't for the refs handing it to the spurs clippers would of easily won that game. 

Another is the stats. Clippers never lose 3 games in a row at home. So they will win tonight.

That's my write up. That's how the true pros do it. They don't over think it. But go ahead, take the spurs if you want. Just saying, this one has clippers written all over it.

Also the spread move to -3 also gives it away to me in this situation.
 
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Quote Originally Posted by begginerboy:


And this:

"Rivers doesn’t break out the motivational tools as much as he used to, but before the series, each player was given a sheet of paper with 47 predictions from analysts around the country on the Clippers’ first-round series against the Spurs. Only one had the Clippers winning. He told them that if they kept “pulling the rope together” as a team and not letting go, they would put themselves in position to win the series and get to places they had never been before."



Pulling out the big gun quotes now Bb??? You're gonna scare this board far off my cap!
 
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Also the NBA doesn't want spurs to advance. Will be a much more exciting series with clippers and golden state. 

No reason to over think this, game will be handed to clippers tonight. And clippers obviously the better starting 5, and Turk is pretty good player. Better than Davis. Same with Hawes. This is a no brainer. I also think clippers win by 10+ here tonight
 
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Quote Originally Posted by HardCheddah:

I've had Clips +155 to win the series since the start and I'm sure that I will debate hedging all day but in the end I think I will probably let it ride. Would be nice to get a few more points on the spurs side live and then try to middle.

BB, I'm glad to see you're staying off this game. Every season there are teams that rub us the wrong way and though it's not always fun, the best thing is to just stay away from those teams. I have felt since the start of the season and play-offs that the spurs "have it coming" as you say. 

I know a lot of people are criticizing Pop for the hack a Deandre, but I think Pop knows this year that he does not have the mix of talent and DRIVE that he has had in previous years. He has been very open about the fact that they would not be where they are if not for Mills going nuts. It shouldn't be a secret to anyone at this point, the spurs cannot guard these freak PF athletes like Blake and AD. I think the press conference after game 6 was an act of desperation as you say to try and light a fire under his guys.

Call me crazy, but in a series where the LAC have struggled to hit from beyond the arc I could see Hedo hitting a big shot, or Hawes' range giving the spurs' bigs trouble. Realistically, we would only need a 3 from each of them and a few boards to supplement the production of Glen Davis and I wouldn't be surprised to see a bigger contributionthan that. Hedo has been on some deep runs and hit some big shots in his career and Doc has said for months that he thought Hedo still had that in him. We may find out tonight.

Despite the spurs being the defending champs and the rockets starring the "other" MVP with Harden, I still think the preferred match up in the western conference finals for the NBA is Warriors vs Clippers. Battle of the Baby Faces.

Similarily, I think we could see Washington upset Atlanta in the second round to get a Cleveland vs Washington Eastern Conference Finals. LBJ vs Pierce. Irving vs Wall. These two teams have a very strong budding rivalry but I'll leave that for later.

Good Luck to anyone and everyone who decides to make a play tonight. I urge you, play or not, to watch this game though because it should be one of the best of the year.

You're crazy. They COULD hit the big shot. I don't bet on COULD. I bet on far greater probabilities. You want to bank on Hedo and Davis on th clips bench, that is your right.
 
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Quote Originally Posted by begginerboy:

Yes, I noticed that. In fact, Capers was the ref in game 6 last year, when the Clippers got jobbed by OKC.

McCutchen also present in that game.

Would be a shame to see a team that pissed away the opportunity to close on their home floor, 'redeem' themselves in an away Game 7 via the refs.
 
 
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One should not be afforded such chances.
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