Posted by McK1:

or Shaq's ability to dominate a 7 game series? Running with the Bulls is exposing the lack of conditioning.

Krstic beating him down court is going to put Miami in a precarios position. He can turn and shoot over Haslem or Walker with ease.

Who said what about Shaq dominating anything? I know I haven't evaluated Shaq's performance anywhere so far.

Posted by ultknicks524:

Posted by codeunknown:

Posted by oohah:

Codeunknown,

Do you feel any different about the ranges of possible performance from Carter and Krstic than you did before?

oohah

Not quite. You should remember that I commented on ranges of production specific to matchups against Detroit. NJ-Ind was going to come down to the wire - without Stojakovic and Foster, its not surprising they lost game 5.

Even against Indy, Carter and Krstic's performances were on the high end but nothing unexpected. Again, its much easier when Stojakovic is injured. Clearly, doubling O' Neal is that much more effective.

What does Peja's injury or doubling O'Neal have to do with Carter and Krstic' production? If Peja were healthy, would he stop Carter from averaging 30 points a game? When did he become Ron Artest?

Posted by ultknicks524:

Thats obvious. I thought we were talking about Carter and Krstic's production. My mistake.

Posted by oohah:

Right, its also well worth mentioning because our predictions were made on the assumption of somewhat healthy rosters.

As a recap, Carter has gotten 34 and 28 in the past 2 games on 13 for 24 and 9 for 15. He got 33 on 12 of 20 in game 2. In games 1 and 3 he shot a combined 37 % and got 31 and 25. That is well within what you have to expect as an opposing team.

Peja's and Foster's injury has hurt the Pacers worse without a doubt, but they have been getting some great performances too. Johnson has been playing much better than they could hope for from Tinsley.

My point is that the Nets are playing well, even though they were shaky at the begining of the playoffs, and that they are still improving!

I think they will close out Indiana tonight, and they will win the series even if they don't win tonight.

Miami is another story, and it's an interesting one:

Kidd/Vaughn Vs. Payton/Williams
Vince Vs. Wade
RJ Vs. Walker
Shaq/Mourning Vs. Krstic/Collins

It's anybody's guess who will win, and that's going to be an entertaining series!

oohah

Posted by McK1:

code weren't you scouting Shaq and his ability to "mash opposing defenders under the rim" prior to seasons end?

Right. Thats different from dominating Chicago in a 7 game series. Foul trouble has been his problem in the past 3 games.

I agree with the Indiana statement.