NBA Finals Prediction

[dickay]

Lakers vs. Celtics for the first time in 20 years and all I hear about is the referees????? Yeah.......i'm sure thats a good thing!


My money is on the Lakers to take game 3.

[koolzach1]

Lakers will take Game 4, 5, while the Celts take Game 6, and then the Lakers take Game 7.

[jcbarr]

I think that Boston will get one in LA, and then they will take game 6 for the series win.

[YEAH DAAAAWG]

I think that Boston will get one in LA, and then they will take game 6 for the series win.

They might get one in LA, but it sure as h*ll ain't gonna be this one!

[gRYFYN1]

They might get one in LA, but it sure as h*ll ain't gonna be this one!

orlly?

[YEAH DAAAAWG]

orlly?

I'm just gonna not post in this thread anymore unless the Celtics are playing bad and I need to jinx them into playing well .

[Swampdog]

Lol. Oh yea of little faith.

By Hater..."Boston aint getting a dam thing in LA and they prolly wont win 2 back home either"

By Yeah Daaaawg "They might get one in LA, but it sure as h*ll ain't gonna be this one!
"

What a great team.....Go Celtics.

[koolzach1]

The refs/David Stern are just making it interesting. The Lakers will win the next game, and then the next, and then game 7 will be called fair.

I have a hard time believing that the NBA isn't setup anymore...

[PotatoOfCouch13]

I swear, I don't see how the Lakers can show up on Sunday. The Celtics showed exactly why they play 48 minutes an not 24. The Lakers were embarrassed in the second half.

GO CELTICS!!! WIN IT ON SUNDAY!!! BANNER 17 ON THE WAY BABY!!!

[Swampdog]

Sorry, forgot to add another inane quote...

From "Koolzach'.....

"But with Kobe the assassin, the Lakers wouldn't be stopped at the end of the game (crunch time)."

Really? Did you mean, "Kobe the assistant"? Did Bryant not realize it was the end of the game tonight, when LA squandered a 24 point lead?

Huh.

[Swampdog]

It was indeed a total team choke...that combined with great effort, hustle, and defense on the part of the Celtics.

[Swampdog]

Of course, and as a disgruntled, embittered Pistons fan, you too have a right to your opinions.

[Swampdog]

I dont see how you can possibly make that statement, but OK.

[Swampdog]

Its comical to me that so many (who should know better) proclaim that the NBA (or the refs) will ensure that the series goes 7 games, so they wont lose out on TV revenue. This is based on...what, exactly? The fact that so many NBA finals go 7 games? Oh wait, they dont, do they?

Only 2 of the last 19 NBA finals have gone 7 games. In fact, if you look at the Finals by decade, seems like a lack of a 7'th game is more and more the norm. Seven game NBA Finals, by decade:

1950's---5
1960's---4
1970's---3
1980's---2
1990's---1
2000's---1 (of 8 so far)

Its a weird pattern, and I can't explain it. But 7 games is the exception in the Finals. So the conspiracy theories have no basis whatsoever.

[Arctic Blast]

Based on the overhyped marketing campaign for this final, though, it wouldn't surprise me. Past finals haven't pulled good ratings (the Spurs are a great team, but they bore the majority of the viewers out there), so who cared if it was over quickly? This year is an exception.