For those keeping score at home, THIS is the guy who had the Bulls' season on the line. (Photo courtesy Dan B. from the 11/24/2010 edition of Bawful After Dark)
So the Orlando Magic, they of the missed playoff free throw variety, have been done for a few days.
Never fear, for our fill of free throw fail was provided by...
lacktion artist Omer Asik...
and...
nearly-hero Al Horford of the Hawks, whose momentary lapse of concentration (seen at 2:44 of the above clip) bailed Marquis Daniels and the Celtics out! Woops.
The Association: where charity stripe hijinks deciding not one, but TWO playoff series happens!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Labels: 2012 NBA Playoffs, Al Horford, Atlanta Hawks, Boston Celtics, Chicago Bulls, free throws, Omer Asik, oops baby, Philadelphia 76ers
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But whatevers. T-Mac was on that team so it would be physically impossible to advance anyways
Isn't the crab dribble legal these days?
Tracy McGrady in playoffs this year: PER 6.9, WS -0.1
I nominate the mail-it-in cousins as the most Bawful act of the first round! And given the close margin of every Dallas game, can we agree that InVinceable cost the Mavs at least a couple of games? It is also a joy to a bawful fan to see how puffy and out of shape each of them looked.
And hats off to a Denver team playing a clearly superior but mostly sleepwalking Lakers team. The Lakers woke up last night. And can we note how dominant the Lakers bigs were when Kobe and the good sense to create instead of being a black hole?
What the fuck's happened to this once great place?!
ahahahahaha oh man
The Lakers upcoming sweep aside, Lebron wins his 3rd MVP award. :)
I couldn't take the Lakers smugness for another round. I like to imagine how I would like them without Kobe there, but the balance is still negative with Artest, Barnes and Bynum there.
Thought #1:
I, too, am praying for a Zombies sweep of the Deserts here. Sadly, two factors make that unlikely. 1) Lakers have their twin towers, and those guys going off will win one or two games against anybody, provided that Kobe doesn't hog the ball and keep it from them. 2) The NBA is REALLY afraid of small market teams and the consequent ratings hit. OKC-SA WCF, anybody? I predict a strong officiating advantage for the Lakers, like that 1st round game where Bynum was allowed to do a lane zone for the entire game, and thus get a record number of blocks. Still, the Zombies are far better and will prevail in 6 or 7.
Thought #2:
Rondo at his best:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKbPZx7MJf8
Look, I know the guy is a bit of a dick. But frankly I players to have swagger and not pander to fans and lickspittle interviewers. This trait is exactly what LeBron and his BFFs lack, and why they didn't win a title last year. Rondo has that chip on his shoulder that many champions have. I like it a lot. Now if the guy could only shoot the ball.
No disrespect to anybody trying to keep this site alive - Raza, Chris, ET, etc - but this is not what it used to be and it depresses me.
J. Harp
writer @ http://www.stubbletrimmer.net/category/stubble-trimmer/
Anon, I totally feel you. I do wish Bawful would at least announce what his plans are, even if to say that he's done with this site. I know he's still updating his other blog from time to time so it's not like he's completely off the grid. Like you said, he doesn't owe us anything, but it'd be nice to know what's up.
I have been in between jobs lately and had some stuff to deal with that didn't allow for me to do the posts on a more consistent basis like we were doing a week ago.
The site is still alive, and hopefully will be for a long time to come.
So my apologies once again, as I know how frustrating it can be to only get 1-2 new posts a week, especially during the playoffs.
As always, we appreciate everyone's support and will ramp up the number of news posts moving forward.
Thanks guys.
Also, the combined 2 of 8 shooting from the charity stripe during crunch time was quite bawful.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/jpmoore/the-nba-playoffs-in-memes
It temporarily quieted my gnawing hunger for the next fix of bawful, whenever it comes. It is like less satisfying bawful. Substitute bawful. Bawful tofu. Baw-fu.
On a different note:
http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/post/_/id/39096/the-2012-all-flop-teams
And some Bawful officiating in the 2nd quarter, an incredible stretch of bad foul calling and non-calls.
"I always respected Cleveland"
LeCrab
"I share the ball"
Masked Mamba
"I try hard every game"
Vince "the mailman" Carter
"Worked out this summer, best shape ever"
Tracy McGreedy
"Guys, I promise you that starting tomorrow you will have daily updates."
...
** just a joke **
Dude is crazier than I thought, and that's saying something. Look, I get that people make shots. But a guy with Kobe's experience gunning like that when Gasol and Bynum are on the court? The run those four plays for bigs, with only one succeeding, and they win the game.
I've long been critical of Kobe, but HOLY SHIT. This was absolutely abysmal. Basketbawful, in fact.
How can Spoelstra put Pittman in the starting lineup? According to 82games.com that formation had played together for 9 minutes in the regular season spread over three games. It was Pittman's first playoff game ever. And he was up against an all star center. After the first 3 minutes and 29 seconds, the Heat were down by five, Pittman had been blocke by Hibbert two times, and he never got back in the game.
Don't get me going about Wade...
None of us deserve anything, it's just a bummer. Checking Bawful at my desk was the best start of my morning when I should have actually been working.