bucksdiary.blogspot.com - 6/14/2008
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I did a Win Contribution analysis of every player on both teams for every game of the 2008 NBA Finals. From that work three clear MVP candidates emerged, but only one of them is eligible for the award. The three entities most responsible for the Celtics lock on a 17th World Championship are: Ray Allen, the Boston Celtics defense, and Phil Jackson. I'll deal with the latter two in ...
Heroes and Goats from Game 5 of the NBA Finals
bucksdiary.blogspot.com 6/16/2008 — The Lakers kept the 2007-08 season going, as I suspected they might. The absence of Kendrick Perkins, and Kevin Garnett's foul trouble, allowed Lamar Odom and Pau Gasol to totally dominate the game, while my premature MVP Ray Allen stunk up the ...
Boston Celtic's 2008 NBA Finals MVP —
andboo Sports
After an epic fail by the Los Angeles Lakers, the Boston Celtics are up 3-1 in the NBA Finals. With such a deficit, it is almost certain that the Celtics will win the series. The only question remaining is who on the Celtics team should get MVP honors.
The candidates are the Boston Three Party, otherwise known as Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett, and Ray Allen. All three players have been vital ...
NBA Finals 2008: Show Ray Allen the Love; Irony for Allen and Garnett —
The Hoop Doctors
June 13, 2008 – Dr. J-Water
When the NBA Finals began I stated that the key to this series was whether or not Kobe Bryant could defend Ray Allen. As Game 4 is now in the books and the Celtics are leading the Lakers 3-1, I guess the answer is no. I received multiple emails and messages from readers of The Hoop Doctors who thought I was focusing on the wrong Celtic player, as both Paul ...
NBA Finals 2008: Game 4 – Lakers have Stunning Collapse; Ray Allen is my MVP! —
The Hoop Doctors
June 12th, 2008 – Dr. Anklesnap
If someone told me this morning that the Los Angeles Lakers would be up by as many as 24 on the Boston Celtics in the first half of Game 4, I would laugh and say “quit playin”! If they then added to that statement that Kobe Bryant at half time would not have a field goal in that same game I would say “have you gone loco?” Yet somehow that was the case ...
Friday's Starting Five —
What Would Oakley Do?
1. Ray Allen. The prohibitive favorite (in my mind) to be the Finals MVP had another big game last night as the Boston Celtics overcame a 24-point deficit to push the Los Angeles Lakers to the brink of elimination in the 2008 NBA Finals. Jesus Shuttlesworth scored 19 points (the same as Kobe), grabbed 9 boards, pocketed three steals, dished two assists and returned one shot to sender. In ...
What Now, Kobe? —
Intentional Foul
Today, Kobe Bryant woke up to mountains of criticism and posts scoffing at the very idea of Bryant and Jordan being mentioned in the same sentence . This comes on the heels of what many thought was a redemptive season for Number 24. The MVP award was a considered a coronation of sorts and he generated some massive Internet buzz by jumping over cars and snakes .
Like I said in another ...
Boston takes NBA Title, Pierce MVP —
NBA Obsessed
NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Boston Celtics rule the world or at least the NBA World.
Paul Pierce is MVP and played fantastic.
Kevin Garnett reminds us that anything is possible.
Defense rules and the Lakers better get one.
Redlasso gives us this video from after the final seconds.
source RedLasso
Kevin Garnett was so emotional ...
Game 5 – Lakers alive; Not pretty but a win is a win… —
The Hoop Doctors
June 16th, 2008 – Dr. Browntorious
Well it wasn’t pretty now was it? But a win is still a win, and the season is still alive for the Lakers. Unfortunately for Lakers fans all of those questions regarding Kobe Bryant’s offensive performance thus far in this series have still not been answered. He did improve on his performance in Game 4, however Game 5 was definitely not a tape Kobe ...
Kobe Bryant’s Reputation on the Line Tonight —
The Hoop Doctors
June 15th, 2008 – Dr. Anklesnap
Tonight is the night, Kobe. This is the single biggest game in your career. You always tell us you live for these moments, well now it’s time to live up to the hype. Can Kobe Bryant perform when his team needs him most? So far this series Kobe Bryant has had only one good game, by “Kobe Standards.” Not exactly how most people, including Bryant, probably ...
NEW SHOW TONIGHT! LIVE AT 6 PM EASTERN (3 PM PACIFIC)!!! —
The Sports Buzz
Happy Father’s Day to all the Dads out there today!!! Great show to check out tonight! The NBA Finals go into Game 5 tonight. Is the series truly over? Not to 2008 MVP Kobe Bryant it’s not! Ken Griffey Jr. hits number 600 this past week, while MLB has hit Interleague play this weekend. Chad Johnson reports to Bengals camp, but makes a mockery of it, and what will fall out at ...
Ray Allen, finals MVP? —
The Arbitrarian
He certainly seems to have found his stroke in this series, and has been arguably the most consistent of the Big Six… here are the individual contributions to last night’s game:
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Player
MP
PTS
MEV
PVC
PtC
Credit
G/B
bos
Ray Allen
48.00
19
25.69
0.293
29.34
0.312
4.69
lal
Lamar Odom
39.00
19
24.86
0.301
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Kobe Bryant carries the day, Lakers take game 3 —
NBA Obsessed
NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Kobe Bryant walked off with a victory in game 3 of the NBA Finals
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Kobe was cool and calm and had an excellent game.
Los Angeles Lakers 87, Boston Celtics 81
Bryant scored 36 points with an MVP-worthy performance; Sasha ...
NBA Finals 2008: Game 3 Preview – ‘There’s No Place like Home’ —
The Hoop Doctors
June 10th, 2008 – Dr. Browntorious
The Staples Center will be an overwhelmingly welcome sight for the Los Angeles Lakers tonight. Everyone knows “there’s no place like home,” which is probably even truer during this epic playoff run than in most past years. During the 2008 NBA Playoffs we have seen the home team win a staggering 63 out of 82 games. 77% of the time the home team has ...
