tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1811049478445966496Fri, 13 Sep 2024 20:15:43 +0000Reports and Commentary on What´s Happening in the National Basketball Associationhttp://paulyssportsblog.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Blogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1811049478445966496.post-1415797553314618553Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:56:00 +00002008-06-18T07:21:58.729-07:00Tuesday, June 17Game 6, Boston. Congratulations to the Boston Celtics on their 17th World Championship. They came out to win game six and win they did 131-92! They beat a Hall of Fame Coach (Phil Jackson) and player (Kobe Bryant) who many thought, including myself, were unbeatable. The Celtics beat the Lakers in all phases of the game tonight. Besides winning each quarter of the game, they forcedhttp://paulyssportsblog.blogspot.com/2008/06/nba-finals-celtics-are-champions-again.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1811049478445966496.post-6657529044048672423Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:43:00 +00002008-06-16T07:16:08.554-07:00Sunday, May 15Game 5, Los Angeles. The Boston Celtics have played great defense against Kobe Bryant in this series, but last night they couldn't make the shots they needed down-the-stretch to win game five and the series. Kobe scored 25 and four other Lakers scored in double figures to beat Boston 103-98. Bryant made 8-21 field goal attempts and the Celtics made him work hard for the ones he did http://paulyssportsblog.blogspot.com/2008/06/nba-finals-lakers-find-way-to-win.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1811049478445966496.post-949020568410152137Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:33:00 +00002008-06-16T06:34:36.498-07:00Thursday, June 12Final Score: Celtics 97, Lakers 91Game 4, Los Angeles. With Boston winning game four, it´s looking gloomy for Los Angeles. It´s not just that the Lakers lost the game, but how they lost it. They seemed in control at first with a big lead, but you can´t get too confident in basketball, as momentums can shift and leads can disappear quickly. This is one game that got away from L.A.http://paulyssportsblog.blogspot.com/2008/06/nba-finals-celtics-make-classic.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1811049478445966496.post-3689313973500776316Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:47:00 +00002008-06-11T07:31:31.994-07:00Tuesday, June 10Game 3, Los Angeles. It's not how you win, but that you win. Even though it wasn't their best game, the Lakers played well enough to win game three 87-81. L.A.'s defense did a good job of shutting down two of Boston's big three- Pierce and Garnett. Combined, they only made 8 of 35 shots, incredible. The Celtics, however, were able to shut down the Lakers' Odom and Gasol. They madehttp://paulyssportsblog.blogspot.com/2008/06/nba-finals-lakers-win-at-end-cut.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1811049478445966496.post-7060937687710031152Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:57:00 +00002008-06-09T07:52:25.796-07:00Sunday, June 8Final Score: Celtics 108, Lakers 102Game 2, Boston. After leading Los Angeles by big margins most of the game, the Boston Celtics put their guard down and the Lakers came roaring back to almost win game two. Some clutch free throws by Boston at the end saved them. The Celtics were lucky to win. Boston, in winning game two, now has a good chance to win the NBA title, but so does L.A.http://paulyssportsblog.blogspot.com/2008/06/nba-finals-celtics-hang-on-to-beat.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1811049478445966496.post-3363523111333564933Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:42:00 +00002008-06-06T07:28:33.824-07:00Thursday, June 5Final score: Boston 98, Los Angeles 88Game 1, Boston. Winning game one gives the Boston Celtics a chance to win the NBA Championship this year. Winning game two will ensure that they return to Boston for game 6, if the Lakers win games 3-5  in Los Angeles, where they play well. So, tonight's win by Boston was huge, but they have to win game two on Sunday, if they want to win it http://paulyssportsblog.blogspot.com/2008/06/nba-finals-celtics-control-lakerstake-1.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1811049478445966496.post-1110351281592875086Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:01:00 +00002008-06-05T07:08:38.947-07:00What a finals series this is going to be, with the Lakers and Celtics going head-to-head, starting tonight in Boston. The two number-one seeds from their respective conferences, trying to win it all. Both teams have players with NBA Finals experience and championships. Kobe Bryant and Derek Fisher of the Lakers and Sam Cassell and James Posey of the Celtics. Bryant and Fisher have earned three http://paulyssportsblog.blogspot.com/2008/06/nba-playoffs-some-great-match-ups-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1811049478445966496.post-4134466639431160084Tue, 03 Jun 2008 13:19:00 +00002008-06-03T06:47:08.955-07:00To win a tough Western Conference championship was a great accomplishment for the Los Angeles Lakers. All the playoff teams in the west had at least 50 wins during the regular season, so the competition was fierce. The Lakers blew out Denver in the first round, they beat Utah in the conference semi-finals and then beat the defending NBA Champs, the San Antonio Spurs, in the conference finals. Thehttp://paulyssportsblog.blogspot.com/2008/06/looking-ahead-to-lakers-celtics-series.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1811049478445966496.post-8007937600611291624Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:25:00 +00002008-06-02T07:55:02.589-07:00UCLA had some great basketball teams as I was growing up in El Paso, Texas. Gail Goodrich, number 25, was one of my favorite players and I wanted to be just like him. But there was another player for the Bruins that also impressed me, Steve Patterson, a 6-foot-9 center. UCLA had just finished the Lew Alcindor (Kareem Abdul Jabbar) era and Patterson was now the starting center for the Bruins. In http://paulyssportsblog.blogspot.com/2008/06/steve-patterson-principle.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1811049478445966496.post-6596623394166596409Sat, 31 May 2008 04:13:00 +00002008-05-30T21:39:40.040-07:00Friday, May 30Game 6, Detroit. It was valiant come-from-behind effort for the Celtics, who survived the Detroit Pistons 89-81 to win the series 4-2. Network television (ABC) now gets its wish of a Celtics-Lakers NBA Finals. This should be one of the NBA's greatest match ups ever. I think the ratings will go through the roof. But back to the game. The Celtics played tough defense and made the http://paulyssportsblog.blogspot.com/2008/05/nba-playoffs-celtics-overcome-pistons.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1811049478445966496.post-7116841341797154062Fri, 30 May 2008 14:03:00 +00002008-05-30T07:49:07.965-07:00Thursday, May 29Game 5, Los Angeles. Kobe Bryant's ability to score as many points as two or three regular players combined, was the difference in this game. Kobe scored 39 points last night to lead L.A. in closing out San Antonio 100-92. The Lakers win the series 4-1 and now play either Boston or Detroit for the NBA crown. San Antonio gave them a good competitive series despite the final outcomehttp://paulyssportsblog.blogspot.com/2008/05/nba-playoffs-lakers-win-west-oust-spurs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1811049478445966496.post-6909390772135014685Thu, 29 May 2008 13:28:00 +00002008-05-29T07:00:27.029-07:00Wednesday, May 28Game 5, Boston. Boston's big three played well, but it was Kendrick Perkin's game that made it possible for the Celtics to win game five. All he did was score 18 points and grab 16 rebounds to pace Boston to a 106-102 victory over Detroit. Sure, Kevin Garnett had 33 points, Ray Allen 29 and Paul Pierce 16, but Perkin's performance was out of this world! Rajon Rondo issued 13 http://paulyssportsblog.blogspot.com/2008/05/nba-playoffs-celtics-get-by-pistons-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1811049478445966496.post-786642797799120614Wed, 28 May 2008 13:33:00 +00002008-05-28T07:27:44.455-07:00Tuesday, May 27Game 4, San Antonio. I don't think any of us saw this coming. The Los Angeles Lakers win on the road against the Spurs (93-91)! The Spurs had a chance to win it at the end with :02 left but Brent Barry couldn't get off his three-point shot. It also looked like he was fouled by Derek Fisher but no foul was called. That's how close it was to having a tied series. Instead the Lakers http://paulyssportsblog.blogspot.com/2008/05/nba-playoffs-lakers-edge-spurs-to-take.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1811049478445966496.post-4557816740076969352Tue, 27 May 2008 14:34:00 +00002008-05-27T08:05:10.022-07:00Monday, May 26Game 4, Detroit. I guess in the playoffs, all games are must-win situations. The Detroit Pistons won their must-win game tonight over Boston 94-75. The Pistons, however, won the game without the usual players stepping up. Antonio McDyess had a huge game with 21 points and 16 rebounds. Seven of those rebounds came off the offensive glass, which was an incredible personal performance.http://paulyssportsblog.blogspot.com/2008/05/nba-playoffs-mcdyess-and-pistons-whack.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1811049478445966496.post-2064580510461320776Mon, 26 May 2008 14:16:00 +00002008-05-26T07:51:09.158-07:00Sunday, May 25Game 3, San Antonio. This was another must-win game for the Spurs who did so in fine fashion. S.A. rode their three stars to a 103-84 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers. As I have said before, the Spurs need to score more inside and hit their threes to be successful. Rather than doing one of those things, they did both in this game. San Antonio hit 51% of their shots, but more http://paulyssportsblog.blogspot.com/2008/05/nba-playoffs-spurs-dominate-lakers-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1811049478445966496.post-5371346891723151313Mon, 26 May 2008 14:00:00 +00002008-05-26T07:03:12.640-07:00http://paulyssportsblog.blogspot.com/2008/05/espn-top-story.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1811049478445966496.post-520095835784270038Sun, 25 May 2008 21:05:00 +00002008-05-25T14:39:16.010-07:00Saturday, May 24Game 3, Detroit. This was a game Boston had to win after losing to the Pistons at home in game two. And they did 94-80! It was an impressive win because many, including myself, felt that the Celtics had regressed by losing game two and were already in danger of losing the series. Boston clearly out-played the Pistons from the start to put those fears to rest. Last night they had http://paulyssportsblog.blogspot.com/2008/05/nba-playoffs-celtics-stomp-pistons-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1811049478445966496.post-2961898574811829135Sat, 24 May 2008 18:59:00 +00002008-05-24T12:16:54.820-07:00Friday, May 23Game 2, Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Lakers truly shut down the San Antonio offense. The Spurs shot only 34% from the field. Tim Duncan was 6-14 (12 points, 16 rebounds), Tony Parker 6-15 (13 points) and Manu Ginobili 2-8 (seven points). These guys are great shooters so the Laker defense had to account for those numbers. Kobe Bryant for L.A. led all scorers with 22 points, and had http://paulyssportsblog.blogspot.com/2008/05/nba-playoffs-lakers-shut-down-san.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1811049478445966496.post-2062591394806843191Fri, 23 May 2008 13:43:00 +00002008-05-23T07:29:53.100-07:00Thursday, May 22Game 2, Boston. I think a lot of us thought the Celtics would win this one. Even though Ray Allen found his shot, scoring 25 points, it wasn't enough as the Detroit Pistons knocked out the Celtics 103-97. Statistically, both teams played pretty even. As Rick Hamilton said in the post game press conference, the Pistons had a lot of motion in their offense and scored well. They http://paulyssportsblog.blogspot.com/2008/05/nba-playoffs-pistons-even-series-1-1.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1811049478445966496.post-2039287636570477040Thu, 22 May 2008 13:36:00 +00002008-05-22T07:08:57.974-07:00Wednesday, May 21Game 1, Los Angeles. After falling behind by 20 points in the third quarter, not many of us felt the Los Angeles Lakers could come back to make it a close game, let alone win it. The Laker players, however, somehow found their groove and came back in miraculous fashion to beat the San Antonio Spurs in game one of the Western Conference Finals 89-85. How did they do it? By playinghttp://paulyssportsblog.blogspot.com/2008/05/nba-playoffs-kobe-and-lakers-win-second.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1811049478445966496.post-3232263640667676319Wed, 21 May 2008 14:01:00 +00002008-05-21T07:27:00.507-07:00Tuesday, May 20 Game 1, Boston. The Boston Celtics used their defense to slow down the Detroit Pistons and take game one of the Eastern Conference Finals 88-79. On the other end, the Celtics made 8 more field goals than Detroit and out-shot them 52%-42%. Boston's threes weren't falling, however, and they spent much of the game driving to the basket, where they outscored the Pistons in the paint http://paulyssportsblog.blogspot.com/2008/05/nba-playoffs-celtics-smother-pistons-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1811049478445966496.post-5472827794888593954Tue, 20 May 2008 14:12:00 +00002008-05-20T08:09:34.446-07:00Monday, May 19Game 7, New Orleans. The home court advantage could not win game seven for the Hornets. The San Antonio Spurs, faced with a do-or-die situation, chose to do, and came away with a victory 91-82. They won the game and a tough series over a young and up-and-coming New Orleans team. The veteran Spurs showed that they still have what it takes to go all the way in the playoffs. Both teamshttp://paulyssportsblog.blogspot.com/2008/05/nba-playoffs-spurs-end-hornets-season.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1811049478445966496.post-7207098800588910215Mon, 19 May 2008 13:43:00 +00002008-05-19T07:00:17.784-07:00Sunday, May 18Game 7, Boston. Paul Pierce out-played LeBron James and the Boston Celtics out-played the Cleveland Cavaliers 97-92 to win their hard-fought series 4-3. Boston excelled the Cavs in every way, but still had to hang-on to beat them. LeBron played a much better game statistically, making 14-29 shots for 45 points, but Pierce did one better by making 13-23 field goals, 4-6 threes and http://paulyssportsblog.blogspot.com/2008/05/nba-playoffs-celtics-subdue-cleveland.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1811049478445966496.post-5109711354756718908Sat, 17 May 2008 15:33:00 +00002008-05-17T09:18:27.752-07:00Friday, May 16Game 6, Cleveland. Despite shooting very poorly from the field, the Cleveland Cavaliers had enough to beat Boston 74-69 and take game six of their series, which is now tied at 3-3. Boston shot a little better (39% to 32%) and made three more field goals, but the Cavaliers made 21-25 free throws to overcome the Celtics. It's been a tough, defensive series and not many high scores http://paulyssportsblog.blogspot.com/2008/05/nba-playoffs-cleveland-forces-game-7_17.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1811049478445966496.post-5340242514653436914Fri, 16 May 2008 13:41:00 +00002008-05-16T07:25:07.827-07:00Thursday, May 15Game 6, San Antonio. Not winning on the road continues to be the trend in this year's Western Conference semi-finals. New Orleans lost for the third time in the Alamo city last night and their series with San Antonio is now tied at 3-3. It was a must-win situation for the Spurs, who still have a chance to advance to the finals with a win in New Orleans on Monday. S.A. clearly http://paulyssportsblog.blogspot.com/2008/05/nba-playoffs-spurs-blast-hornets-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0