tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549089718489651445.post7163467982264471772..comments2008-06-25T13:17:56.405-05:00DCScraphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06109944563728433069noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549089718489651445.post-32602550841572067252008-06-25T13:17:00.000-05:002008-06-25T13:17:00.000-05:00I never said that the Hawks were better than the Lakers, nor did I say that a Hawks/Lakers finals would be a good series. What I said was that the Hawks offered more resistence than the Lakers did, and that is inarguable. <BR/><BR/>I know there are different matchups and whatever, but the fact is the constant was the Celtics, and the variable was their opponent, and they had a tougher time going through the east than they did going through the Lakers. I was merely pointing out that the ease with which the Lakers won 2 of their 3 playoff series in conference, plus the difficulty with which the Celtics won their playoff series, combined with the complete domination of the Celtics over the Lakers led me to the conclusion that the West is no longer dominant over the East, as has been the case for the last few years.WCThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10875199427544235300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549089718489651445.post-84197360420511547102008-06-25T00:09:00.000-05:002008-06-25T00:09:00.000-05:00Sheesh... correction:<BR/>"...then you haven't been paying attention to the entire series." <BR/>should read as:<BR/>"...then you haven't been paying attention to the entire season."<BR/><BR/>Apologies!Don (With Malice...)http://with-malice.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549089718489651445.post-27428029278659304212008-06-25T00:07:00.000-05:002008-06-25T00:07:00.000-05:00Don't take this the wrong way WCT, but do you watch much basketball?<BR/><BR/>It'd be a mistake for the Lakers to base their future plans based entirely on their performance in the Finals against the Celtics.<BR/>Likewise, it would be a mistake for us to assume that the Celtics played the same way against both the Lakers and the Hawks.<BR/>If the Hawks/Lakers were to match up, it's not a series.<BR/><BR/>The Celtics team that played in the finals were a totally different team to the team that played the Hawks, despite having the exact same roster.<BR/><BR/>In the Finals, once they got there, Boston came to play. LA, after promising so much throughout the playoffs, barely showed up at all.<BR/>If you can honestly assert that the East is better than the West based on the back of two games (other than games 4 & 6, what are you basing your 'dominance' on?), then you haven't been paying attention to the entire series.<BR/><BR/>Sorry, this wasn't intended as a rant on you WCT... but there's some pretty fallacious thinking going on in this post.<BR/><BR/>Regards...Don (With Malice...)http://with-malice.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549089718489651445.post-11058452626085884312008-06-20T17:46:00.000-05:002008-06-20T17:46:00.000-05:00The Celtics may be the best team in the NBA but the Eastern Conference is NO WHERE NEAR the western conference. The Celtics went to 7 against the hawks because they didn't play well, but played tremendous against the Lakers. C'mon dude you've got to be kidding me just because the Celts had a harder time with the hawks doesn't mean the EC is better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com