NBA Franchise of the Year: Passion. Pride. Pacers.

[CB4]

Great win. Grangers stepped up in the playoffs.

 

[mfbmike]

Heat Get "Rushed"; Pacers Upset Heat In High Scoring Affair To Advance

Starting Lineups:
T.J. Ford PG Mario Chalmers
Marquis Daniels SG Dwyane Wade
Danny Granger SF Shawn Marion
Chris Wilcox PF Michael Beasley
Chris Kaman C Udonis Haslem

(3-1) 125

@

117 (1-3)

Brandon Rush, who saw increased playing time in game 5 due to a Wally Sczerbiak injury, scored 24 points off the Pacers bench.

[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=30em"]|1|2|3|4|Final
IND|37|29|28|31|125
MIA|35|26|23|33|117[/table]

Top Performers:
[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=50em"]|Pts|Reb|Ast|Stl|Blk|FG-A|3PT-A|FT-A
D. Granger|34|5|5|0|0|12-23|8-17|2-2
B. Rush|24|2|3|0|0|9-13|6-8|0-0
T.J. Ford|19|0|1|2|0|5-13|1-3|8-9
C. Kaman|15|11|2|1|2|6-13|0-0|3-3
C. Wilcox|10|12|8|2|0|3-6|0-0|4-5[/table]

[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=50em"]|Pts|Reb|Ast|Stl|Blk|FG-A|3PT-A|FT-A
S. Marion|30|8|3|2|1|12-19|1-2|5-6
D. Wade|21|6|6|2|0|10-16|0-1|1-3
M. Chalmers|16|2|11|1|0|6-11|3-8|1-2
J. Jack|10|2|10|1|1|4-7|0-1|2-5
U. Haslem|10|8|2|2|2|5-6|0-0|0-0[/table]

Player Of The Game:

Danny Granger

Quote Of The Game:
"Brandon helped lead KU to that national championship last year and knows how to step up when there is a lot at stake. He was locked on tonight and was a big reason we were able to close out this series tonight." - Danny Granger

Next Game:

or

Winner of Celtics/Sixers Series​

 

[packersfan4eva]

damn, didn't expect that. good wins, you'll probably play the celtics next

 

[mfbmike]

Around The League Scores:

Suns 1 Game Away From Ending Clippers Season

108

88

PHX|25|25|33|25||108
LAC|19|28|19|22||88

A. Stoudemire | 24 pts , 5 reb , 3 blk
S. Nash | 19 pts , 3 ast
J. Richardson | 17 pts , 6 reb , 3 ast , 2 stl

B. Davis | 16 pts , 4 reb , 6 ast , 2 stl
Z. Randolph | 15 pts , 15 reb
E. Gordon | 13 pts , 4 ast , 2 stl

___________________________

T-Mac Finally Makes It Out Of First Round With Rockets Victory

109

80

HOU|24|23|24|38||109
DEN|15|13|20|32||80

R. Artest | 25 pts , 4 reb , 6 ast
L. Head | 19 pts , 2 ast , 2 stl
A. Brooks | 17 pts , 2 reb , 2 ast

C. Anthony | 22 pts , 9 reb , 3 stl
C. Billups | 14 pts , 4 reb , 12 ast

___________________________

Johnson Leads Hawks To Game 5 Win Over Pistons

87

64

ATL|18|27|13|29||87
DET|12|22|21|19||74

J. Johnson | 19 pts , 4 reb , 8 ast , 2 stl
A. Law | 14 pts, 3 ast
A. Horford | 13 pts , 8 reb

A. Iverson | 17 pts ,5 ast , 2 stl
R. Stuckey | 15 pts , 6 ast , 3 stl
R. Hamilton | 10 pts , 4 reb

___________________________

Manu Scores 27 As Spurs Eliminate Blazers, 4-1

88

94

POR|25|5|20|28||78
SAN|17|24|20|24||85

B. Roy | 25 pts , 4 reb , 10 ast , 2 stl
J. Bayless | 22 pts , 2 reb , 5 ast
T. Outlaw | 18 pts , 4 reb

M. Ginobli | 27 pts , 7 reb , 8 ast , 3 stl
T. Parker | 22 pts , 3 reb , 3 ast
T. Duncan | 16 pts , 14 reb , 2 stl

___________________________

Cavs Topple Magic Behind Lebron's 34; Lead Series 3-2

90

85

CLE|27|25|16|22||90
ORL|33|17|16|19||85

L. James | 34 pts , 9 reb , 3 ast , 3 stl , 2 blk
M. Williams| 13 pts , 2 reb , 5 ast
D. West | 10 pts , 2 reb , 5 ast

H. Turkoglu | 21 pts , 6 reb , 4 ast , 4 stl
J. Nelson | 12 pts , 2 reb , 10 ast
D. Howard | 10 pts , 19 reb , 3 blk


___________________________

Maggette's 23 Lifts Warriors To 3-2 Lead Over Lakers

109

121

LAL|37|22|27|23||109
GSW|28|20|28|45||121

S. Vujacic | 22 pts , 3 reb , 2 ast
J. Farmar | 21 pts , 2 reb , 4 ast
K. Bryant | 12 pts , 2 reb , 6 ast

C. Maggette | 23 pts , 6 reb , 3 ast
M. Ellis | 18 pts , 3 reb , 6 ast , 4 stl
S. Jackson | 17 pts , 4 reb , 4 ast

___________________________

Celtics Eliminated After Losing Game 5 To Sixers

103

115

BOS|23|32|21|27||103
PHI|28|31|29|27||115

R. Allen | 29 pts , 2 reb
K. Garnett | 16 pts , 7 reb , 3 ast , 3 blk
L. Powe | 13 pts , 4 reb

A. Iguodala | 27 pts , 6 reb , 7 ast
E. Brand | 22 pts , 3 reb
T. Young | 21 pts , 4 reb , 2 stl​

 

[mfbmike]

BANG!!!

:happy:

damn, didn't expect that. good wins, you'll probably play the celtics next

Neither did I. Rush hadn't exactly been putting up great numbers or connecting on his shots throughout the series. Came out knocking em down so I just kept jacking em up.

Celtics just got knocked out by the Sixers haha. That injury to Pierce doomed them from the start.

 

[mfbmike]

Around The League Scores:

Clippers Refuse To Lose Against Suns; Game 7 Awaits

96

100

PHX|29|27|11|29||96
LAC|33|16|30|21||100

S. Nash| 19 pts , 2 reb , 11 ast
L. Barbosa | 18 pts , 2 reb , 4 ast
J. Richardson | 16 pts , 5 rebl

B. Davis | 27 pts , 3 reb , 4 ast
E. Gordon | 24 pts , 7 reb
M. Dunleavy | 12 pts , 5 reb , 3 ast

___________________________


Pistons Ground The Hawks With 28 Point Win To Advance

63

91

ATL|11|19|9|24||63
DET|26|21|19|25||91

J. Johnson | 13 pts , 3 reb , 3 ast
M. Bibby | 12 pts, 5 ast
P.J. Brown | 11 pts , 12 reb

R. Wallace | 21 pts , 12 reb , 3 stl , 4 blk
A. Iverson | 21 pts
R. Hamilton | 10 pts

___________________________


Magic Force Game 7 With Victory Over Cavs

87

104

CLE|25|11|30|21||87
ORL|22|26|35|21||104

L. James | 22 pts , 10 reb , 3 ast
D. West | 14 pts , 2 reb , 5 ast
M. Williams | 12 pts

H. Turkoglu | 21 pts , 6 reb , 2 stl
R. Lewis | 21 pts , 3 reb , 2 ast
J. Nelson | 17 pts

___________________________

Lakers Shine In The Clutch; Force Game 7 Against Warriors

131

115

LAL|30|31|34|36||131
GSW|27|31|20|37||115

K. Bryant | 37 pts , 7 reb , 3 ast
P. Gasol | 15 pts , 16 reb , 11 ast , 2 blk
L. Odom | 15 pts , 9 reb , 6 ast , 3 blk

J. Crawford | 23 pts , 2 reb , 7 ast
S. Jackson | 19 pts , 2 reb
M. Ellis | 19 pts , 2 reb , 8 ast , 2 stl​

 

[mfbmike]

Around The League Scores:

Suns Finally Shake The 8th Seed Clippers To Advance

100

95

PHX|29|27|11|29||96
LAC|33|16|30|21||100

A. Stoudemire | 15 pts , 7 reb , 2 ast
S. Nash | 14 pts , 7 ast , 2 stl
L. Barbosa | 14 pts , 4 ast

Z. Randolph | 27 pts , 7 reb
B. Davis | 21 pts , 7 reb , 7 ast , 3 stl
M. Dunleavy | 15 pts , 6 reb

___________________________

Cavs Fend Off The Magic With Game 7 Victory

95

81

CLE|28|16|32|19||95
ORL|15|17|26|23||81

T. Murphy | 23 pts , 5 reb , 2 ast
Z. Ilgauskas | 18 pts . 5 reb , 3 blk
L. James | 10 pts , 2 reb , 6 ast

R. Lewis | 27 pts ,4 reb , 2 ast
H. Turkoglu | 11 pts , 4 reb , 3 ast
D. Howard | 10 pts , 17 reb , 3 stl , 2 blk

___________________________

Lakers Comeback From 3-2 Deficit To Advance Past Warriors

117

97

LAL|41|22|30|24||117
GSW|30|18|21|28||97

K. Bryant | 30 pts , 6 reb , 7 ast
J. Farmar | 18 pts
S. Vujacic | 18 pts , 5 reb , 2 ast

C. Maggette | 23 pts , 8 reb
J. Crawford | 21 pts , 3 ast
M. Ellis | 12 pts , 5 reb , 8 ast , 2 stl​

 

[mfbmike]

What happend to the Heat? Oh yea they got beat by the PACERS!!!!!!!! Nice Series win, now you gotta sweep the 76ers..

Tbh, it's kinda dumb how dominant the Heat are in most people's chises in terms of record. They really aren't that hard to beat in game and they aren't that good in real life either. This is coming from a Heat fan too. lol.

Whole lotta close upsets. Can't believe the Clippers and Warriors pushed their series to game 7's. Can't believe the Hawks lost to the Pistons either. rofl. Blazers got spanked.

Oh well.

Round 1 IN THE BOOKS! :bow:

 

[Skins2K9]

I want the Magic to beat the Cavs in game 7.Great game Mike

 

[Justo]

wow this chise is amazing i just read all 65 pages lol

 

[mfbmike]

wow this chise is amazing i just read all 65 pages lol

Whoa, that's insane. Glad you've liked it thus far.

 

[LC AAU]

Nice job winning the series. 2-3 defense rapes the 76ers because they have no shooters.

 

[mfbmike]

Yeah, I'm always able to sag off Andre Miller and clog passing lanes because he isn't a good outside shooter. Louis Williams always does well for them off the bench though.

 

[Maestro]

Congrats man.

 

[packersfan4eva]

Nice job winning the series. 2-3 defense rapes the 76ers because they have no shooters.

u think it's good? whenever i run it in my chise, every freakin team smokes all their 3's cuz the defense doesn't shift

 

[LC AAU]

Only against the 76ers, LOL.

 

[mfbmike]

Thanks guys. Miami was pretty easy to be honest because of the lack of size down low. With Magliore injured, Haslem/Beasley and Sene were running center for them. Once I figured out how to slow down Beasley from dominating my big men on offense, it was smooth sailing.

 

[mfbmike]

u think it's good? whenever i run it in my chise, every freakin team smokes all their 3's cuz the defense doesn't shift

Rofl, same here. I've never been successful using 2-3 on the cpu. Works really well in online play though lol.

 

[mfbmike]

2nd round breakdown coming up.

 

[mfbmike]

2009 NBA Playoffs 2nd Round Breakdown:

#1

vs

#5

The Suns are coming off a tough 7 game series against the Clippers while the Spurs managed to fend off a young Blazers team in only 5 games. Will fatigue slow down the Suns in this series or will they finally be able to get past the Spurs after being eliminated by them 2 years in a row?

Our Prediction: Suns in 6

#2

vs

#3

The Lakers look to be losing steam as they were actually down 3-2 at one point to the 7th seed Warriors in the 1st round. While they managed to escape the first round, we can't see them stopping a surging Rockets team who eliminated a very hot Nuggets team in the 1st round. When the dust settles, the Rockets should see themselves at the Western Conference Finals.

Our Prediction: Rockets in 7

_________________________________________

#5

vs

#8

The Pacers might've come into this years playoff as the 8th seed but with the way they manhandled a battered and bruised Heat team in the 1st round, who cares what seed they were? However, this Sixers team just knocked off the reigning NBA champs in the Celtics and look to be gaining momentum as well. This is going to be a series to watch.

Our Prediction: Pacers In 7

#2

vs

#6

We all remember what Lebron did to the Pistons 2 seasons ago in the Eastern Conference finals. Will he be able to duplicate his performance this year in the 2nd round against a Pistons team who surprised many by shutting down the young Hawks in the 1st round? A true Central Division rivalry is brewing.

Our Prediction: Cavs in 7​