Who do you want to face in the 1st round.....

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Who do you want to face in the 1st round?

  1. Phoenix

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    58.3%

  2. Jazz

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    8.3%

  3. Mavs

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    33.3%
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  1. THE HCP

    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    And why?
     
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  2. THE HCP

    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    I'm saying the Suns. Nash and Stat scare me, but they don't play D!
     
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  3. Natebishop3

    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    I like the Suns. I would take Dallas. Utah is my last choice of the three. I think we match up well with Phoenix.
     
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    in order of my own preference:


    Utah (with Boozer hurt, I think we beat them)

    Dallas (they're tough, but we "know we can beat them")

    Suns (simply playing too hot right now! THIS fact scares me)


    ....and too bad Denver fell too far. Mid-year I would have hated to play Denver, but I wouldn't mind right now. Batum could have shut down Melo, and with Camby on the roster, I think we would have done well against the Nuggets.


    My bet: We'll wind up playing the Suns.
     
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  5. BoomChakaLaka

    BoomChakaLaka Well-Known Member

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    Question I have is "what bracket do we want to be in?"

    If we finish in 7th, does this mean we avoid the Lakers until the WCF?

    If we finish 6th, do we face them in the second round?


    Anyone know?
     
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  6. illmatic99

    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    winner of 1-8 faces winner of 4-5 in the semis.
    winner of 2-7 faces winner of 3-6 in the semis.

    we're out of the #1 seed's bracket until the WCFs regardless of where we fall.
     
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    Here's the deal. We have to open the series on the road. So which team has the worst home record? Dallas by a mile. That's probably where we should want to start our series. They've lost their 13 times and two of those times were to us. That said, for some reason, I'm favoring Phoenix. They're extremely weak in the middle after Amare Stoudremire. They start Jarron Collins for the love of God. Camby may average 20 rebounds a game in this series. And Steve Nash can't guard Miller or Bayless who scored a then career high 29 against Phoenix earlier in the season. We're very good at controlling tempo against teams that want to run. In our last game against the Suns, we did a fantastic job of forcing a slow down game and we would've won easily if we had hit shots in the third quarter. I DEFINITELY don't want to start the series in Salt Lake City. It's a tough building to win in and they have tons of confidence against us. So I vote for Dallas or Phoenix with a leaning towards Phoenix. I don't care if Phoenix is hot right now because we're pretty hot too.
     
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    The Suns because they have less overall talent on both sides of the ball.
     
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    With the way this season has gone, we'll probably end up with Utah. And, who knows, with our team, I like our chances against anyone, esp. after we were written off against Chobe and the Midwest Moses and managed to come out on top...
     
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  10. THE HCP

    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    I think for the first time ever, I might actually agree with you on something! Go Suns!
     
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    Suns

    No strong Physical Presence (same could be said for Dallas as well i guess)
     
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    Definitely the Suns. We are amazing at making them play at our pace, and they struggle when they don't get up and down.

    And Carlisle has been hiding this guy from us until now, but Beaubois could be a serious factor in the playoffs, and I don't want any part of it.
     
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  13. THE HCP

    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    True, but Dallas has a lot of weapons. Seems like they have 3 or 4 real threats.
     
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    Where is the Minnesota Timberwolves option?
     
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  16. Natebishop3

    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    Right next to the "David Stern hates me" option ;)
     
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  17. Nikolokolus

    Nikolokolus There's always next year

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    I voted Utah ... I want revenge for the regular season and without Boozer fully healthy I think there's a chance here to steal a series.
     
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    BlazerBenner Let them play, Nate.

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    Phoenix has played the poorest all season against the Western Conference playoff teams of the three teams in the poll. (10-13) versus (12-12) for Dallas and (15-11) for Utah. They aren't as good as the other two. With Roy out, Andre Miller will have to be one of the top-3 scorers for the team, and he can score at will against Steve Nash (he can against Dallas, too). Jarryd Bayless matches up well with Phoenix, and we'll need Bayless to step up for the Bench. Our weakness of letting some teams have a dunkfest on us, isn't an issue with Phoenix. We've already beaten Phoenix on the road without Roy (we did in Dallas, too)
     
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    I think R. Lopez being out is a bigger deal than many--he's the energy guy/rebounder/toughness in the paint that normally give us fits. So since he'd probably be back in Round Two, I'd rather face PHX first, and then either DAL with a round under our belts or SAS with HCA.
     
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    I don't see the nets on that list!!
     
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