EASTERN CONFERENCE SEMI-FINALS THREAD

[Boltman]

Chuck saying "man, this game should have been on NBATV".

[ProfessaPackMan]

All I can say is...about ****ing time they called that on KG.

[phenom1990]

Passion. Intense. Proud.

I'm so happy with this win. I want a 7 game war lol. Iguodala and Allen defense on Pierce and Garnett. Lavoy has been great this series hitting the occasional jumper, playing great team defense and containing Garnett.When I saw Hawes in at the beginning of the 4th quarter, I yelled at my TV to get him out and put Lavoy back in.

Thad didn't play great tonight, he needed to close out on Pietrus on that 2nd 3. Brand played well in the 3rd, I can't really be mad at Brand for anything, that guy plays through injuries. But Lou Williams has not played well at all.

Sixers got a chance in this series, this has 7 games written all over it.

[Moses Shuttlesworth]

lol that's about as ugly as you'll seem 'em play.

Hopefully Pierce can stop worrying about the knee and go up strong next game.

[phenom1990]

Quote: Originally Posted by Moses Shuttlesworth

lol that's about as ugly as you'll seem 'em play. Hopefully Pierce can stop worrying about the knee and go up strong next game.

I don't think this is a Pierce series, Iguodala is a great defender. This is a Garnett series, he needs to average between 20 to 25 in this series.

[BleacherBum2310]

Quote: Originally Posted by phenom1990

I don't think this is a Pierce series, Iguodala is a great defender. This is a Garnett series, he needs to average between 20 to 25 in this series.

Agreed. But Pierce isn't 5-20(Combined from 1st 2 games) bad. Offense needs to go through KG.

[phenom1990]

Quote: Originally Posted by BleacherBum2310

Agreed. But Pierce isn't 5-20 bad. Offense needs to go through KG.

True, I don't know that he got many good looks though and the refs called a physical game. I didn't know he took 20 shots either, I haven't really looked at a box score besides what Lavoy did.

[Moses Shuttlesworth]

Pierce is not playing the way he did in the ATL series, that's for sure. The knee is clearly bothering him.

Iggy's doing a good job no doubt, but Pierce seldom struggles against Iguodala's defense.

[JerzeyReign]

Quote: Originally Posted by Moses Shuttlesworth

Pierce is not playing the way he did in the ATL series, that's for sure. The knee is clearly bothering him. Iggy's doing a good job no doubt, but Pierce seldom struggles against Iguodala's defense.

You may wanna check the stats on that -- Pierce doesn't get off on us as much as some would think. Pretty sure we shut him down a lot over the past couple seasons.

Since 2010, his high when facing our Sixer team with Iggy on the floor, has been 20 points (just looked that up).

Just throwing that out there bruh.

[jmood88]

I hate the "you don't call that this late into a game" nonsense. People constantly whine and complain about NBA refs but when they actually get a call right, they want to throw out the rules because of the stage of the game. Garnett knew what he was doing was illegal but did it anyway, he shouldn't get bailed out because there's a minute left.