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[ame=http://youtu.be/YPSLmwuQbAU]Paul Pierce 41 pts vs Lebron James 45 pts, playoffs 2008 celtics vs cavs game 7 - YouTube[/ame]
 

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Dirk 7 Games in 06 against SA- 11 FTA per game/Dirk 6 Games in 06 Against Miami- 9 FTA per game

2 FT difference, WTF are you talking about:beli:

As for wade 97 Free Throws in 6 Games-16 a Game:comeon:

Dirk's shot just wasnt falling like it was in the previous series

23 and 11 is a flame out? :usure: He didn't beast like he had in the previous 3series but he it wasn't a flame out. The next year against GS was a flameout. Dirk was getting ridiculous whistles against SA how could anyone deny that? :mindblown: The one game, a Dallas W, he scored 27 pts and went 3 of 9 from the field. Think about that for a minute. He was getting every ticky tack call and even fouled Duncan out of one game on a weak ass call. The whistles flipped on his ass in the Finals. Still wasn't a flameout. D.Wade, plus all those clutch vets, plus the refs just wanted in more than Dirk's teammates.
 

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23 and 11 is a flame out? :usure: He didn't beast like he had in the previous 3series but he it wasn't a flame out. The next year against GS was a flameout. Dirk was getting ridiculous whistles against SA how could anyone deny that? :mindblown: The one game, a Dallas W, he scored 27 pts and went 3 of 9 from the field. Think about that for a minute. He was getting every ticky tack call and even fouled Duncan out of one game on a weak ass call. The whistles flipped on his ass in the Finals. Still wasn't a flameout. D.Wade, plus all those clutch vets, plus the refs just wanted in more than Dirk's teammates.

Overall he did not play well against Miami In the Finals, especially In Miami. Plus his numbers fell of across the Board in comparison to the Spurs series. He played the exact same way, his shots just werent falling like usual

You made it seem like it was a huge FT disparity in both series but I debunked that myth
 

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Overall he did not play well against Miami In the Finals, especially In Miami. Plus his his numbers fell of across the Board in comparison to the Spurs series. He played the exact same way, his shots just werent falling like usual

You made it seem like it was a huge FT disparity in both series but I debunked that myth

:laugh: at you debunking myths. Him flaming out is a much bigger myth than the whistles flipping on him. I didn't make anything seem like anything, I called it how it was. He played the exact same way he just didn't have the luxury of going to the line 15, 16, or 24 times in any given game like he did in 3 of DAL 4 victories over SA. He wasn't able to get D.Wade in foul trouble in numerous games. :laugh: at you just looking at some series totals and making a piss poor assumption.
 

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:laugh: at you debunking myths. Him flaming out is a much bigger myth than the whistles flipping on him. I didn't make anything seem like anything, I called it how it was. He played the exact same way he just didn't have the luxury of going to the line 15, 16, or 24 times in any given game like he did in 3 of DAL 4 victories over SA. He wasn't able to get D.Wade in foul trouble in numerous games. :laugh: at you just looking at some series totals and making a piss poor assumption.


No, you made it seem like there was a huge difference in free throws in the spurs series, then there was in Miami, but that wasnt even close to being true as I proved with the facts(11 FTA to 9 FTA). Yes I used the "series totals", that's what actually happened... AKA the Facts:russ:
 

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No, you made it seem like there was a huge difference in free throws in the spurs series, then there was in Miami, but that wasnt even close to being true as I proved with the facts(11 FTA to 9 FTA). Yes I used the "series totals", that's what actually happened... AKA the Facts:russ:

Facts don't really help if you only pick and chose which ones you want to acknowledge or just blatantly create your own. :ld:

When I said that whistles weren't going his way in the Heat series I wasn't just talking about his FTA I was referencing the other side and key calls as well. On top of the fact that Dirk didn't have any 15, 16, or 24 FTA games in the Finals like he did in 3 of Dallas' 4 wins over SA he had an opponent living at the line. Wade, a perimeter player, attempted more FT in 6 games than Duncan, a post player, did in 6. Duncan and Dirk were pretty close 13 to 11. Wade damn near doubled Dirk in the Finals 16 to 9. So not only do you have Dirk attempting two fewer FT you also got his opponent attempting 3 more. That's a 5 FT swing and you may not think that's big but it's pretty big when you are talking about a bunch of close ass games. In game 6 and 7 of the SA series Duncan shot 33 FT and Dirk shot 24. Dirk's team went 1-1. In game 5 and 6 of the MIA series Wade shot 46 and Dirk shot 13. Surprisingly Dirk's team lost both games and the series. :russ:


So many of these games were close and came down to a key call here or key call there. The Mavs got the key calls against SA. They didn't get them against MIA. It's hilarious how nikkas can go on for years about Wade getting all those calls and then turn around now and act like they had no impact. :mindblown:

Now you tell me which is more factual...Wade getting all those calls + Dirk not getting as many= the whistles not going his way aka what I said. Or 23 and 11= a flameout aka what you said. :usure:
 

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Tim Duncan's close out game in the Finals against the Nets. He damn near had a quadruple double and that never gets talked about as one of the greatest performances ever.
 

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:wow: This was Bean at his peak as an all around player. The thing people never talk about was that Shaq was struggling a bit in road games, but Kobe picked up the slack on the road in that 2001 playoff run and Shaq would just go completely ham at home. :whoo: How the fukk are you supposed to beat the Lakers with Shaq and Kobe going off like this, its practically impossible. Just look at there stats for the 2002 Finals vs. the Nets:
:shaq: 36 ppg, 12 rpg, 2 bpg, .595 FG%, and .662 FT%
:childplease: 26 ppg, 5 rpg, 5 apg, 1.5 spg, .514 FG%, .545 3P%, & 806 FT%
 
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