hardwoodparoxysm.blogspot.com - 6/4/2008
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We begin our NBA Finals Preview of the Los Angeles Lakers versus the Boston Celtics by getting the dirty work out of the way. Here are our predictions. ************************************************************************** Corndogg checks in via text message. Which is appropriate. Corndogg: Lakers sweep. Kg n pierce go down in flames. Kobe is the greatest person evah. ...
Simmons: 'Nobody Is Beating the Lakers'
sports.aol.com 5/31/2008 — ESPN.com's Bill Simmons , the artist formerly known as the Boston Sports Guy, sounds less than optimistic regarding his Celtics' chances against Los Angeles in the Finals. In a Friday column (published just after the Lakers iced the Spurs, but before ...
NBA Finals Prediction from Someone Who is Apparently Never Right
upsideandmotor.blogspot.com 6/3/2008 — I picked the Suns to beat the Spurs, and the Mavs to beat the Hornets. I picked the Jazz to beat the Lakers, and the Hornets to beat the Spurs. I picked the Spurs to beat the Lakers. I picked the Pistons to beat the Celtics. So I've come to the conclusion (and I'm comfortable with it at this point) that nothing I predict in these playoffs is going to happen...
2008 NBA Finals Prediction
completesports.blogspot.com 6/5/2008 — Time to give my prediction for the NBA Finals between the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers! While both teams are pretty evenly matched, I like Los Angeles to win this series based on the matchup advantages they have. First, Boston has nobody ...
NBA Finals 2008: Game 2 – Gasol attacks, but someone called the Powe Powe! —
The Hoop Doctors
June 9th, 2008 – Dr. J-Water
Pau Gasol, I must apologize to you. I am sorry Pau Gasol for calling you “soft.” I also apologize on behalf of the other writers at The Hoop Doctors who have ever called you soft. There is no way that anyone who throws down a dunk as nasty as we saw tonight in Game 2, right in the grill of “The Big Ticket” Kevin Garnett, can be called “soft” by anyone at ...
We'd Say These NBA Finals Are A Bit More Entertaining Than Last Year's [NBA Finals] —
Deadspin
We didn't get to make a pre-series prediction yesterday because we were being all wussy misty-eyed, but we would have gone with Lakers in five . Oops.
We actually thought Simmons' preview was excellent yesterday because it reminded us of just how crazy it is that Phil Jackson's anti-Kobe book was so recently written. (And brutally so; that line about Jackson not being surprised by the ...
NBA Finals Preview —
Mac Gs World
My NBA Finals preview and prediction will be brief because I have Nats/Cards game to attend. It is Ryan Zimmerman bobblehead night baby! He is on the DL like half the sorry ass Nats squad. Anyway, Lakers in 5. Kobe Dominates, the Zen Master gets his 10th ring, and Doc Rivers shows why he is an average NBA coach. HT: Bleacher Report for the Picture
Predictions —
The Globe and Mail - From Deep
I feel like I'm under some obligation – why I don't know – to make a prediction on this most amazing, incredible, potentially greatest series ever. At the very least it provides the opportunity to look silly, and I rarely pass those up.
As I wrote in Thursday's paper, it's kind of incredible - Follow link to read full post
NBA Finals Prediction... Finally —
The Association
By Craig Kwasniewski
The NBA Finals FINALLY get under way from Boston tonight. How very nice of ABC to completely kill any momentum from last week's Conference Finals by waiting a whole week. Are they planning on having Game 7 on the 4th of July? You're telling me they couldn't bump re-runs of ABC's crappy programming to push the start up a few days? I spent all weekend watching ...
Celtics Four-Point Play: Finals Preview —
Sports of Boston
In this edition of the Celtics Four-Point Play, I will talk about the NBA Finals. I’ll analyze the impact of Kendrick Perkins, the possibility of seeing Tony Allen, how Kobe Bryant ranks in among the top players in the NBA, and I’ll offer my full NBA Finals prediction.
1. Kendrick Perkins has averaged 7.2 points and 6.8 rebounds overall in 20 playoff games, but really picked ...
Lakers vs. Celtics —
NBA Rock
A Breakdown of the NBA Finals
So I didn’t even bother with the last round. I made my prediction, I was only half right and because of an unusually testy transition from being an insurance agent to being a journalism student, I never found time to actually explain why I’d be insane enough to have picked the Pistons in 6. Well, that is all water under a bridge somewhere ...
Prophecy —
Give Me The Rock
Here’s what I wrote for my prediction at With Malice , just so it’s on the record books. I’m sure Patrick is going to be a little more demonstrative in his prediction of how many games it will take for the Celtics to win.
The Celtics are older, but not so old that they’ll be outrun or out hustled by the Lakers. Just old enough to have enough at stake that they have ...
Former BC QB takes Celtics in three —
ESPN.com - NFL Nation Blog
Posted by ESPN.com's Mike Sando Seahawks quarterback Matt Hasselbeck grew up in the Boston area during and after his father 's playing career with the Patriots. He's a Boston College alum and Celtics fan, so there was little doubt about his pick in the Lakers-Celtics NBA Finals. "I'm making a prediction," Hasselbeck told reporters after practice today. "I'm thinking Celtics in three. That's ...
Ill-Advised NBA Finals Prediction —
Signal to Noise
The basic question surrounding the NBA Finals could be “Who will defend Kobe?” It could be “Will Paul Pierce be the one who dominates?” Or, it could be “Will the inexplicable coaching decisions that Doc Rivers makes catch up with him against Phil Jackson?” All of those are pretty good ones. Others receiving votes:
How will Rajon Rondo handle playing a ...
Lakers In Six. —
Basketball Exchange
Why do I make predictions? I think it’s because I just like pain. Another reason is, possibly, because I occasionally get it right . But primarily I think it’s just a fun thing to do. Obviously I analyze the hell out of every game I watch, and inspite of missing the last two (due to an unscheduled weekend vacation), I can’t help but think of the Celtics and the Lakers just ...
