WHERE WAS THIS 3 MONTHS AGO! WHAT THE HELL!!!

Way to show up in the second half Dallas. The Cavs matched your second half total in the fourth quarter alone and then had an extra 30 leftover from the third.

The Suns are pissing me off.

We're screwed; cleveland has home court for sure now, and they are a machine there.

it was like they thought the game ended after 2 quarters.

blow up the team, Cuban. just blow it up.

And there's a chance KG doesn't even play in the playoffs. I don't think that's going to happen, but they need him at 100% for them to even have a shot. And not even against Cleveland, but against Orlando.

Detroit was full strength for the first time in months today, and gave Cleveland a pretty good scare on their home court. I don't think Detroit will get out of the first round, but I'd have a tough time believing that either Cleveland, Boston, or Orlando wants to see them there.

5 game winning streak, RAPTORS ARE LEGIT Y'ALL

You can leave your thank you wine at the door, Boston

Mavs are completely going to hell in a handbasket and should be smashed by Kobe and Gasol in the first round. Dirk should get traded until it's too late.

Dreams do come true... Dumars announced that the Pistons have yanked Iverson for the rest of the season (including playoffs) due to his sore back (yeah, suuuure...)!!!!

Iverson's career suicide is just about complete now. He's looking at a small paycheck on a bad team next year, if he can get one at all.

Now Cleveland's deciding to lose? Great.

That Cleveland loss wasn't just a loss... that was an ass whooping. It really should count as 2 losses.

I thought it was kind of goofy that Cleveland still had Lebron in there when they were down 41 points late in the 3rd quarter. Seems like bad coaching there.

yep....the cavs once again show me that i'm in for yet another playoff disappointment. after an absolutely pathetic showing like that, i think they should be disqualified from the playoffs. way to prepare your team for a big game mike brown! that game was just an utter disgrace. well, now they're well on their way to tanking home court advantage...only 1 up on LA and 3.5 on Orlando. Gotta love being a fan of cleveland teams.....nothing but misery year after year. just when i think that this may be the year....BAM something like this happens and tells me that it'll be another letdown.

One game on the road to a great team on a back to back after a twelve game winning streak. Plenty of excuses in that one sentence.

I actually do fear Orlando more than Boston though.

Phx can get within 2 if they beat Dallas tomorrow. Then should go 4-1 over the final 5.

6 straight

All we need is for Detroit to lose all their remaining games while we go undefeated. Yes. We. Can!

I wish the Iverson deal happened before the season started, that 4-0 start will end up saving their ass. (well from the Bobcats beating them at least)

Maybe if their weren't so many red L's on this page...

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/teams/schedule?team=tor

Phoenix's defense makes babies cry

Kidd = 16 assists at half

Fucking Suns Fucking Suck.

Why do I even watch basketball? Good lord.

Raptors officially eliminated



Vicious day overall. Suns, Bobcats also pretty much done.

Bad News for the Spurs

SAN ANTONIO -- The San Antonio Spurs' Big Three is down to two.

Manu Ginobili will miss the rest of the season and playoffs for the Spurs after tests Monday revealed that his troubled right ankle has gotten worse.



Ginobili

It was the news San Antonio dreaded after Ginobili sat out the fourth quarter in Sunday's blowout loss at Cleveland, and leaves the Spurs limping toward the postseason in search of a fifth NBA title since 1999.

Ginobili missed 19 games after the All-Star break to heal a stress reaction in his right distal fibula. He returned March 25, but tests showed the stubborn injury is now a fracture.

The Spurs said Ginobili wasn't expected to need surgery. But either way, Ginobili is out and the Spurs are hobbling with less than two weeks before the playoffs begin.

Tim Duncan is bothered by sore knees and has been sitting out the second game in back-to-backs down the stretch this season. Tony Parker carried the Spurs after Ginobili first went out in February and Duncan's knees began aching, and the weight figures to fall on the 26-year-old's shoulders again.

The Spurs lead the Southwest Division by a half-game but have fallen two games behind Denver for the No. 2 seed in the West, a spot San Antonio had held for most of the season. Their final six games begin Tuesday at Oklahoma City.

Ginobili scored four points before his ankle stiffened toward the end of Sunday's 101-81 loss to the Cavaliers. A CT scan and MRI on Monday showed that he had a stress fracture in the ankle and an increased narrow edema.

Ginobili also missed the start of this season while recovering from surgery to his left ankle. He's played in 44 games this season. He averaged 15.5 points and had recently been installed in the starting lineup -- a different role for the NBA's reigning sixth man of the year.

Injuries have forced Spurs coach Gregg Popovich to tinker with his lineup and rotations much later in the season than is custom in San Antonio. Popovich has been doing his best to keep his veteran team healthy down the stretch, resting Duncan in back-to-back games over last month to keep him fresh for the postseason.

Now the Spurs will likely need even more from All-Stars Duncan and Parker to make a long playoff run.

The 31-year-old Ginobili has played in seven NBA seasons, all with Spurs, and teamed with Duncan and Parker to build a nucleus that has won three NBA titles since 2003.

Last season, Ginobili's sore left ankle made his signature explosiveness visibly absent in the playoffs, particularly in the Western Conference finals against the Los Angeles Lakers. Later that summer in the Olympics while playing for Argentina, he hobbled off the court during a loss to United States and eventual got surgery to repair a ligament in the ankle.

Looks like the NBA's wet dream Finals matchup is looking more and more likely (that's if KG isn't healthy of course).

Can the Nuggets get to the Western Conference Finals?!?! I'd be more than satisfied with this season if they can make it there.

Can they get past the 1st round 1st. I'm more worried about that then them going to the WCF.

WOOOOHOOOOOOOOOO! Mavs blew away the Jazz by 29 tonight.
Clinch the playoffs for 9th straight year and tied with Jazz for 8th seed......for now.