Showing posts with label nba playoffs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nba playoffs. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Maybe Miami Fans Can't Stand The Heat, Either


NESN has this:
If you looked quickly at the beginning of Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semifinals between the Miami Heat and the Boston Celtics, you'd probably recognize the attempted "whiteout" going on. As teams often do, Heat fans were either encouraged to wear white to American Airlines Center or they were given white T-shirts upon arrival. Apparently, the fans aren't the only ones in on the action -- the actual seats were, too. It's a solid tactic when you think about it. Seats draped in white blend in pretty well when everyone else is wearing white, too. However, when cameras zoomed in, multiple shots showed empty seats draped in white sheets throughout the arena as the first quarter began. No empty seats were more obvious than those in the first row right next to the benches. Miami sports fans don't have the greatest reputation as it is, and it's likely this won't help dispel those notions anytime soon.

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Friday, May 28, 2010

The Magic Can't Handle The Truth.

96-84 Celtics.
Paul Pierce: 31/13/5.
Nate Robinson: Unconscious.

Back in the Finals.

Kind regards,

A Celtic fan in Laker Land...


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Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Didn't Alan Siegel Have A Picture Of Bill Russell Handy?

The NBA playoffs are in full swing, and Jerry Crowe of the Los Angeles Times confirms the oft-told Logo Story.

Jerry West claims he's not so presumptuous as to assume his image is depicted on one of the most recognizable emblems in sports: the NBA logo.
The NBA too is coy.
Alan Siegel is not.
"It's Jerry West," he says.
Siegel, 71, designed the familiar logo in 1969, taking a Wen Roberts photograph of the Lakers star and turning it into an iconic image.
In red, white and blue, it shows a player in silhouette purposefully dribbling the ball upcourt with his left hand.
Siegel, a branding expert and lifelong basketball fan, believes he knows why the NBA is reluctant to acknowledge the obvious.
"They want to institutionalize it rather than individualize it," he says during an interview over lunch near his office in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan. "It's become such a ubiquitous, classic symbol and focal point of their identity and their licensing program that they don't necessarily want to identify it with one player."

Well, Mr. Clutch did win one NBA title as a player (maybe he would have won more, but there was that team from Boston...)
West is still the only Finals MVP from a losing team, the Lakers having lost--again--to, um, that team from Boston...
But why was West chosen as the NBA's icon?
C'mon!

11 NBA championships in 13 years. A total team player. The league's first black coach, winning two titles in his three years as the Celtics' player-coach.
Bill Russell.
Icon.
'Nuff said.

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Saturday, April 17, 2010

NBA Playoffs: Race For The Ring.

More here. And let's go, Celtics!

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Saturday, May 30, 2009

Cheeeeese...

(Memo to Duuu-White Howard: Jesus probably doesn't give a shit.)
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Friday, May 29, 2009

"Inside The NBA" Gets The Treatment.


I posted Mike Polk's Cleveland tourism video last month.
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Thursday, May 28, 2009

Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting.)

Cavs 112, Magic 102.
King James: 37 points, 15 rebounds, 12 assists.
Holy s#!&.
Game 6 is Saturday night in the land of Amway, DisneyWorld and megachurches.
I hope LeBron's teammates can make the trip...  
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Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Cleveland Had Better Start Rockin'.


Magic take a 3-1 series lead with a 116-114 OT win.
Game 5 is Thursday in Cleveland.
And dear TNT: please either train Reggie Miller to stop talking over his fellow analysts or tell him to stay home. 
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Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Celtics Never Quit, Beat Orlando 92-88 For 3-2 Series Lead.


...and the TNT crew can think that Orlando is the better team and the ball didn't hit the rim all they want. They aren't and it did.
Game 6 is Thursday at Amway/Disneyworld.    
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Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Eddie's In Da House; Celtics/Magic Tied At One Game Each.


From the Boston Globe:

Rajon Rondo came close to a triple-double in the first half and finished with 15 points, 18 assists, and 11 rebounds as the Celtics steamrolled the Orlando Magic 112-94 in Game 2 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series Wednesday night. The series is now tied, 1-1.
The Celtics needed all they could get from Rondo because Paul Pierce picked up two early fouls, then a quick third foul, and played just five minutes in the first half. In contrast, reserve forward Brian Scalabrine played 21 first-half minutes. That could have been a nightmare scenario for the Celtics, but the play of Rondo, as well as Ray Allen (22 points) in the first half helped Boston avoid any such thing.
Rondo and Allen passed the torch to Eddie House in the second half, and the reserve guard ran with it. House had a spectacular shooting night, contributing 31 points on 11-of-14 shooting off the bench.
Game 3 is Friday night in Orlando.
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Thursday, April 30, 2009

Celtics Lose 128-127 To Bulls In Triple Overtime; Game 7 Saturday Night.


What a &%#@$*& series! May be hazardous to your health...
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Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Celtics 106-Bulls 104 In OT.

Celts up 3-2. This was the third game to go into OT in the series.
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Monday, April 20, 2009

Celtics Even Series 118-115 Over Bulls On Ray Allen Jumper With :02 On The Clock.

Sweet. 1-1.
And Rondo? 19 points, 16 assists and 12 rebounds. On a sprained ankle.
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