sportsyenta.blogspot.com - 5/19/2008
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Detroit 91, Orlando 86: We now have yet another reason to never, ever listen when some joker makes a guarantee. Good one, Jameer. From now on there should be the following rule: You cannot make a guarantee unless you're actually important. It's quite simple. Nelson is a nice player. Sure, he's important to his team. But you know who should be making guarantees for the Magic? Dwight Howard, ...
NBA Playoffs: Home Teams Winning, Fouls Maybe A Reason Why
bustedplay.com 5/19/2008 — With the ridiculous 21-1 (is that what it’s at now?) home record in the second round of the playoffs, with only LA and Detroit winning road games, I wanted to go back and figure out why. Steve Czaban, host of the first team on XM’s Fox ...
Boston Versus Detroit Preview
20secondtimeout.blogspot.com 5/19/2008 — When these teams met in the playoffs in the 1980s it was the "Big Three" versus the "Bad Boys." Neither nickname works now--Ray Allen has hardly been "big" in the playoffs and the only "bad" thing about Detroit in recent postseasons has been the Pistons' losses to lower seeded teams in the Eastern Conference Finals.
Los Angeles Lakers: Hornets or Spurs?
laballtalk.com 5/19/2008 — Which team would the Lakers rather face. Check out this complete breakdown of the potential match ups the Lakers will face from both opponents.
Which Side Are You On?
waitingfornextyear.com 5/20/2008 — Rock’s excellent recap of yesterday’s action leads us all to the next question: Who will you be rooting for come the Eastern Conference Finals? Yes, we all think that Detroit will tear Boston apart, but hoping for that to happen is another thing. Each team has it’s pros and cons. Let’t take a quick look…
Weary Celtics to face rested Pistons (AP) —
Yahoo! Sports - NBA News 5/20/2008
Long after practice ended, Ray Allen was still on the court firing up jumpers. He was even making most of them. That overtime work Monday showed that, like his Celtics teammates, he had plenty of energy left after two intense seven-game series. And ...