OKC has this one, Durant won't let them lose. Unless Westbrook doesn't give the ball up.

Westbrook is messing around a little bit today.

14 from Conley has Memphis down 5. Collison playing well for OKC and Westbrook rebs keeping them in the lead.

Game Over. OKC has taken complete control of this game. Westbrook is playing the point as its meant to be played and Durant is now hitting his shots. OKC vs Dallas in the western Conference Finals.

I think Dallas is going to win the whole thing. They are playing unbelievable basketball and I don't see any team with the amount of talent that they have.

september63;768829 wrote:Game Over. OKC has taken complete control of this game. Westbrook is playing the point as its meant to be played and Durant is now hitting his shots. OKC vs Dallas in the western Conference Finals.

Not looking good for Memphis right now.

sleeper;768836 wrote:I think Dallas is going to win the whole thing. They are playing unbelievable basketball and I don't see any team with the amount of talent that they have.

I think I agree. At some point the fact that Dallas HAS an inside game and no one else has as much inside game.

sleeper;768836 wrote:I think Dallas is going to win the whole thing. They are playing unbelievable basketball and I don't see any team with the amount of talent that they have.

The amount of talent they have? They play well as a team but Miami, OKC and Chicago are all more talented.

september63;768840 wrote:I think I agree. At some point the fact that Dallas HAS an inside game and no one else has as much inside game.

How do they have an inside game? Tyson Chandler is not a back to the basket player, neither is Haywood and Dirk rarely posts up.

Durant with his jersey number with 4mins left OKC up 13

If Westbrook plays like he played today OKC will be tough to stop from here on out.
Memphis has nothing to be ashamed of. Mayo has improved a ton Conley is getting good and they get Rudy Gay back and Randolph does his thing they could be a round better next year.

Everyone wants to say the C's were washed up after the Heat beat them but not the same about the Lakers after the Mavs beat them...interesting.

Heat and Thunder both have more talent than the Mavs. Not to mention, the Mavs WERE playing incredible basketball, but don't forget that they haven't played in a week. We've seen a big break like that have a negative impact on a team before in the playoffs.

I think the Grizz should shop Rudy Gay. Their chemistry isn't nearly as good on the court when he's in there. He makes them too much of a run and gun team and they're putting together a roster that can play well in a half court setting. And you need that in the playoffs, that's why they did so well as opposed to the regular season.

robj55;768842 wrote:The amount of talent they have? They play well as a team but Miami, OKC and Chicago are all more talented.

LOL no.

Miami only has James and Wade. I'm not buying that Bosh is anything special.

OKC is simply a bunch of young guys, Durant and Westbrook are really the only standouts.

The Bulls are probably the closest as far as talent goes, but really Rose is the only guy that's a standout, while Boozer, Deng, and Noah are nothing above and beyond what Dallas has.

Dallas is just stacked.

LOL

The Boss;768859 wrote:I think the Grizz should shop Rudy Gay. Their chemistry isn't nearly as good on the court when he's in there. He makes them too much of a run and gun team and they're putting together a roster that can play well in a half court setting. And you need that in the playoffs, that's why they did so well as opposed to the regular season.

Rudy Gay a good scorer though. After Randolph who ya going to for 30 a game? Mayo could be a legit threat but I think ya keep Gay plus he's been hurt so teams may not mess with him.

The Boss;768859 wrote:I think the Grizz should shop Rudy Gay..

I've heard this is very likely to happen.

OKC in WCF....that's pretty fun!

The Boss;768858 wrote:Everyone wants to say the C's were washed up after the Heat beat them but not the same about the Lakers after the Mavs beat them...interesting.

Heat and Thunder both have more talent than the Mavs. Not to mention, the Mavs WERE playing incredible basketball, but don't forget that they haven't played in a week. We've seen a big break like that have a negative impact on a team before in the playoffs.

The Heat are obviously a talented team. I'm not sure that I would say they are more talented than the Mavs. I'll take Wade and Judas over anybody on the Mavs rostr but outside of those two guys its all Mavs.

Debate this all you want. I regret to inform you I am siding with Sleeper here. The Mavs are the team to beat, especially with home court advantage and the way OKC lost 2/3 at Memphis.

2/3 losing gives you HC advantage

They don't need guys that can go for 30+. How many do the Bulls have? 1. How about the Mavs? 1. And those seem to be the OC consensus best teams (only because the haters will root for ANYONE to beat the Heat--the new favorite is whoever is left that isn't the Heat and that's how it's going to be...but I'm a frontrunner...). They have a bunch of guys who can get double digits, Gasol, Conley, Mayo, Young. They don't need Rudy Gay and they could find a better fit for the game they play with his value.

The Boss;768873 wrote:They don't need guys that can go for 30+. How many do the Bulls have? 1. How about the Mavs? 1. And those seem to be the OC consensus best teams (only because the haters will root for ANYONE to beat the Heat--the new favorite is whoever is left that isn't the Heat and that's how it's going to be...but I'm a frontrunner...). They have a bunch of guys who can get double digits, Gasol, Conley, Mayo, Young. They don't need Rudy Gay and they could find a better fit for the game they play with his value.

http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=310508006

Apparently, the Mavs have 2 players that can go for 30 LOL

Ironman92;768870 wrote:2/3 losing gives you HC advantage

OKC lost 2 of 3 at Memphis and Dallas has home court advantage. Ive said Dallas will win this series. What are you trying to infer?

KR1245;768868 wrote:The Heat are obviously a talented team. I'm not sure that I would say they are more talented than the Mavs. I'll take Wade and Judas over anybody on the Mavs rostr but outside of those two guys its all Mavs.

Best players in a potential Heat/Mavs series:

1. LeBron
2. DWade
3. Dirk
4. Bosh



5. J-Terry

And you can't EXPECT Jason Terry and Peja to shoot as well as they did against the Lakers. It was a statistical anomaly and probably won't happen again. Bench players are bench players, they're all talented and it's impossible to say on ANY night which ones are going to step up. James Jones and Mike Miller are every bit as capable of having big games as the Mavs bench. Chandler doesn't scare anyone on the Heat, he's good but not great. JKidd is a good matchup for the Heat because he isn't fast. The Heat play wayyyy better defense and Bosh and LeBron can guard Dirk as well as anyone in the league.

But, that's a potential series that is on deck, got one at the plate right now.