2021 NBA Playoffs PH TV schedule

This is it! 16 wins for the Larry O'Brien Trophy. Can LeBron tie Kobe for 5 titles, or will someone else win? Does the NBA want the Knicks to do well? Is "Washington Wizards" the worst name in sports since the "Washington Redskins"?

May 23, Sunday

• 8:00 AM: Boston vs Brooklyn LIVE @ TV5
• 10:30 AM: Portland vs. Denver LIVE @ NBA TV Philippines

May 24, Monday

• 7:00 AM: Atlanta vs New York LIVE @ NBA TV Philippines

2021 NBA Play-in Tournament TV schedule

First, the blog is back! The last post was when the president was an Aquino. So I've been wondering what to do with this blog. For the meantime, let's have all of your sports TV listings for Filipino sports fans. If you want to know where and when can you catch your favorite team, this is the blog for you.

Second, it's the Play-in Tournament! 101: #7 vs. #8, with the winner getting the #7 seed. The loser will play the winner of the #9 and #10 game, to be the #8 team. Sounds complicated? Just think of it this way: The #7 and #8 teams can lose once and still make it to the playoffs proper. The #9 and #10 teams have to win twice, with the second game on the road.

May 19, Wednesday

• 6:30 AM: Charlotte vs. Indiana
• 9:00 AM: Washington vs. Boston

May 20, Thursday

• 7:30 AM: San Antonio vs. Memphis LIVE @ NBA TV Philippines
• 10:00 AM: Golden State vs. LA Lakers LIVE @ NBA TV Philippines

May 21, Friday

• 8:00 AM: Indiana vs. Washington LIVE @ One Sports

May 22, Saturday

• 9:00 AM: Memphis vs. Golden State LIVE @ TV5 and NBA TV Philippines

2013 NBA Playoffs Philippine TV schedule

It's that time of the year where we are all waiting for "REAL" college basketball to start. In other words, it's the NBA Playoffs! On this space, you can find the TV schedules of all playoff matchups in Philippine TV.

Conference Semifinals

Game	#1 MIA vs #5 CHI	#2 NY vs #3 IND	#1 OKC vs #5 MEM	#2 SA vs #6 GS
1	May 7, 7AM at NBA Premium	May 6, 330AM at NBA Premium/Studio 23	May 6, 1AM at NBA Premium/BTV	May 7, 930AM at NBA Premium
2	May 9, 7AM at NBA Premium	May 8, 7AM at NBA Premium	May 8, 930AM at NBA Premium	May 9, 930AM at NBA Premium/BTV
3	May 11, 8AM at NBA Premium	May 12, 8AM at NBA Premium/ABS-CBN	May 12, 5AM at NBA Premium	May 11, 1030AM at NBA Premium/Studio 23
4	May 14, 7AM at NBA Premium	May 15	May 14, 930AM at NBA Premium/BTV	May 13, 330AM at NBA Premium
5	May 16	May 17, 8AM	May 16	May 15, 930AM
6		May 19, 8AM at NBA Premium/ABS-CBN
7		May 21, 8AM

Eastern Conference First Round

Game	#1 MIA vs #8 MIL	#2 NY vs #7 BOS	#3 IND vs #6 ATL	#4 BKN vs #5 CHI
1	April 22, 7AM at NBA Premium	April 21, 3AM at NBA Premium	April 22, 1AM at BTV	April 21, 8AM at NBA Premium
2	April 24, 730AM at BTV	April 24, 8AM at NBA Premium	April 25, 730AM at BTV	April 23, 8AM at NBA Premium
3	April 26, 7AM at NBA Premium	April 27, 8AM at Fox Sports	April 28, 955 at ABS-CBN (delayed)	April 26, 830AM at BTV
4	April 29, 330AM at NBA Premium	April 29, 1AM at NBA Premium	April 30, 730AM at BTV	April 28, 2AM at NBA Premium
5	MIA won series 4-0.	May 2. 7AM at NBA Premium	May 2, 8AM at BTV	April 30, 7AM at NBA Premium
6		May 4, 7AM at Fox Sports	May 4, 7AM at BTV, NBA Premium	May 3. 8AM at NBA Premium
7		NY won series 4-2	IND won series 4-2	May 5, 8AM at NBA Premium

Western Conference First Round

Game	#1 OKC vs #8 HOU	#2 SA vs #7 LAL	#3 DEN vs #6 GS	#4 LAC vs #5 MEM
1	April 22, 930AM at NBA Premium	April 22, 9AM at Studio 23 (delayed)	April 21, 530AM at BTV	April 21, 103AM at Studio 23
2	April 25, 7AM at Fox Sports	April 25, 930AM at NBA Premium	April 24, 1030AM at NBA Premium	April 23, 1030AM at BTV & NBA Premium
3	April 28, 930AM at BTV & NBA Premium	April 27, 1030AM at Studio 23	April 27, 1030 at BTV	April 26, 930AM at NBA Premium
4	April 30, 930AM at NBA Premium	April 29, 7AM at NBA Premium	April 29, 930AM at Studio 23	April 28, 430AM at BTV
5	May 2, 930AM at Fox Sports	SA won series 4-0.	May 1, 8AM at NBA Premium	May 1, 1030AM at NBA Premium
6	May 4, 930AM at NBA Premium		May 3, 1030 at NBA Premium	May 4, 930 AM
7	OKC won series 4-2		GS won series 4-2.	MEM won series 4-2

Date, time and channels are subject to change.

2012 NBA Playoffs Philippine TV schedule

It's that time of the year again! Sorta. This year's NBA Playoffs started about a week late. No worries we'd still have the schedules faster that you can say "Unibrow for London 2012 US team."

Some notes on last-minute reschedulings:
1. ABS-CBN and Studio 23 typically air games on Saturdays, Sundays, and Mondays (these are highlighted below). ABS-CBN usually airs games that start on the mid-morning as long as it does not preempt It's Showtime.
2. BTV is bound to have at least one playoff game whenever there are playoff games played on a day.

Eastern Conference Finals:
(2) Miami Heat vs. (4) Boston Celtics 
Game 1: May 29, 830AM @Studio 23, NBA Premium
Game 2: May 31, 830AM @Studio 23, NBA Premium
Game 3: June 2, 830AM @Studio 23, NBA Premium
Game 4: June 4, 830AM @Studio 23, NBA Premium
Game 5: June 6, 830AM @Studio 23, NBA Premium
Game 6: June 8, 830AM @Studio 23, NBA Premium

Western Conference Finals:
(1) San Antonio Spurs vs. (2) Oklahoma City Thunder
Game 1: May 28, 830AM @BTV, NBA Premium
Game 2: May 30, 9AM @NBA Premium
Game 3: June 1, 9AM @Studio 23, NBA Premium Game 4: June 3, 830AM @Studio 23, NBA Premium
Game 5: June 5, 9AM @Studio 23, NBA Premium
Game 6: June 7, 9AM @Studio 23, NBA Premium

Eastern Conference Semifinals:
(4) Boston Celtics vs. (8) Philadelphia 76ers
Game 1: May 13, 8AM @ABS-CBN (Delayed)
Game 2: May 15, 7AM @BTV, NBA Premium
Game 3: May 17, 7AM @NBA Premium
Game 4: May 19, 330AM @NBA Premium
Game 5: May 22, 7AM @BTV, NBA Premium
Game 6: May 24, 8AM @NBA Premium
Game 7: May 27, 8AM @Studio 23, NBA Premium

(2) Miami Heat vs. (3) Indiana Pacers
Game 1: May 14, 330AM @NBA Premium
Game 2: May 16, 7AM @NBA Premium
Game 3: May 18, 7AM @NBA Premium
Game 4: May 21, 330AM @NBA Premium, Studio 23
Game 5: May 23, 8AM @NBA Premium
Game 6: May 25, 8AM @NBA Premium

Western Conference Semifinals:
(1) San Antonio Spurs vs. (5) Los Angeles Clippers
Game 1: May 16, 8AM @NBA Premium
Game 2: May 18, 7AM @NBA Premium, BTV
Game 3: May 20, 7AM @NBA Premium
Game 4: May 21, 330AM @NBA Premium, BTV

(2) Oklahoma City Thunder vs. (3) Los Angeles Lakers
Game 1: May 15, 930AM @NBA Premium
Game 2: May 17, 930AM @NBA Premium, BTV
Game 3: May 19, 1030AM @NBA Premium, Studio 23
Game 4: May 20, 1030AM @ABS-CBN, NBA Premium
Game 5: May 22, 930AM @Studio 23, NBA Premium

Eastern Conference First Round:
(1) Chicago Bulls vs. (8) Philadelphia 76ers
Game 1: April 29, 1AM @BTV Game 2: May 2, 8AM @NBA Premium
Game 3: May 5, 8AM @NBA Premium & Studio 23
Game 4: May 7, 1AM @NBA Premium
Game 5: May 9, 930AM @BTV
Game 6: May 11, 7AM @NBA Premium

(2) Miami Heat vs. (7) New York Knicks
Game 1: April 29, 330AM @NBA Premium
Game 2: May 1, 7AM @NBA Premium
Game 3: May 4, 7AM @NBA Premium & BTV
Game 4: May 7, 330AM @NBA Premium
Game 5: May 10, 7AM @ESPN

(3) Indiana Pacers vs. (6) Orlando Magic
Game 1: April 29, 7AM @Studio 23
Game 2: May 1, 730AM @NBA Premium & BTV
Game 3: May 3, 730AM @NBA Premium & BTV
Game 4: May 6, 2AM @BTV
Game 5: May 9, 7AM @NBA Premum & BTV

(4) Boston Celtics vs. (5) Atlanta Hawks
Game 1: April 30, 7AM @Studio 23
Game 2: May 2, 730AM @NBA Premium & BTV
Game 3: May 5, 730AM @NBA Premium
Game 4: May 7, 7AM @ BTV
Game 5: May 9, 8AM @NBA Premium
Game 6: May 11, 8AM @BTV

Western Conference First Round:
(1) San Antonio Spurs vs. (8) Utah Jazz
Game 1: April 30, 1AM @NBA Premium
Game 2: May 3, 7AM @NBA Premium
Game 3: May 6, 10AM @NBA Premium & Studio 23
Game 4: May 8, 8AM @NBA Premium, BTV

(2) Oklahoma City Thunder vs. (7) Dallas Mavericks
Game 1: April 29, 930AM @NBA Premium
Game 2: May 1, 930AM @NBA Premium
Game 3: May 4, 930AM @NBA Premium
Game 4: May 6, 730AM @Studio 23

(3) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (6) Denver Nuggets
Game 1: April 30, 330AM @NBA Premium
Game 2: May 2, 1030AM @NBA Premium
Game 3: May 5, 1030AM @ESPN
Game 4: May 7, 930AM @BTV, Studio 23
Game 5: May 9, 1030AM @NBA Premium
Game 6: May 11, 1030AM @NBA Premium
Game 7: May 13, 1030AM @NBA Premium, BTV

(4) Memphis Grizzlies vs. (5) Los Angeles Clippers
Game 1: April 30, 930AM @BTV
Game 2: May 3, 930AM @ESPN
Game 3: May 6, 430AM @NBA Premium
Game 4: May 8, 1030AM @NBA Premium
Game 5: May 10, 930AM @NBA Premium
Game 6: May 12, 1030AM @ESPN
Game 7: May 14, 1AM @NBA Premium, BTV

If you're into nostalgia: 2011 NBA Playoffs Philippine TV schedule, 2010 NBA Playoffs Philippine TV schedule.

Where David Stern is the star player happens: Top 10 stories of the 2011 NBA Playoffs 1st Round

This may have been the best first round of the NBA Playoffs ever, and to think no series went to seven games. But what should be more surprising is that the series that we expected to suck generated the most drama while those just deserve a "meh" reaction.

And how about them Solar Sports, giving us the games nobody wants to watch. Hey at least in the Conference Semis, they have no choice but to show something, considering there are fewer games to dump into NBA Premium, where nobody watches happens.
#10. The Heat ain't crying yet
You know, this is the undercard in one of those Pacquiao fights were Chino and Quinito just greet everyone, with Quinito kissing the ass of Ambassador Danding.

#9. KD dominating the Nuggets
Ever since Melo left, they've been stripped off the Thuggets monicker and still suck.

#8. Thorny Rose?
Fact: The only game the Pacers won, D-Rose did not achieve game-high in scoring.

#7. Unbounded Tyson Chandler
Tyson Chandler might be the missing piece in the Mavs championship puzzle -- a dominating big man. But would he be enough? The Mavs weren't able to stop David Stern the Blazers in their game 4 comeback, so that's one problem they should solve -- against the Lakeshow.

#6. End of the road for the Spurs?
Big question: Is it time for the Spurs to take drastic measures? Sell Duncan? Tank next season to get the #1 pick? Spank Richard Jefferson until training camp? Make sure Tony and Eva get back together again?

#5. Chris Paul: First Round MVP?
It's as if Pido was coaching the Hornets, with his three Ps philosophy: Puso, Pass the ball to Paul. Too bad Emeka thought he was still in Charlotte, and Kobe thought the Finals came in April.

#4. Swept away by Leprechauns.
Baseball has the Red Sox and the Yankees, but the basketball version was anticlimatic. Melo and STAT succumbed to injuries, and MSG wanted to bring Balkman back (nah). At least it's not Isiah.

#3. "Damn Kobe"
That phrase trended in Twitter. In situations where Pau Gasol is thinking of SOFT pillows, Lamar is thinking of Kim Kardashian and not Khloe, and when Andrew Bynum should've been paying for his hospital bills, Kobe does something.

#2. Memphis won, and then some.
The Grizzlies made a lot of firsts: such as making sure "Z" does not only mean "Zydrunas Ilgauskas." Now the franchise is in uncharted territory, and somehow, Mike Conley is earning every cent of his salary... well maybe still not.

#1. Orlando Magic: Disappointment of the season?
It doesn't help when your coach threw himself under the bus and lived to tell about it.

Postscript: It's interesting how the Conference Semis matchups look like. While not advocating for reseeding as it is done in the (NHL) Stanley Cup Playoffs, the massive regular season push by the Spurs and Bulls gave us a couple of interesting matchups: Mavs vs. Lakers and Celtics vs. Heat. The demotion of the Lakers to the #2 seed, and the Bulls causing the Celtics and Heat meet one round earlier than expected can make a pretty bland Conference Finals before things pick up once more in the NBA Finals, assuming David Stern does not screw up things.

NBA fortnightly Top 10: Boot up

After the preseason Top 30 (or three Top 10 lists), let's continue the momentum with the fortnightly top 10: It's like the power rankings, only that it comes out every 2nd and 4th Sunday of the month.

#10: Cleveland Cavaliers (6-3)
LeBron could've a better start to the season; had a 0-2 start (losing to a team not from the United States), and losing to the Bulls. All of their wins were from crappy teams. Good thing they won against the Florida teams. And LBJ had to score an average of 35 points on both games.

#9: Houston Rockets (5-4)
That Lakers game was oh so close but... you know the drill. Trevor Ariza is having a monster season, only that nobody cares anymore. Except for Luis Scola who grabs rebounds like perky schoolkids on a merry-go-round.

#8: Miami Heat (6-2)
The Heat are having a fiery start, with their two losses coming the likes of the Suns and the Cavs. If you thought James scores too much, you haven't seen Wade's stats: two 40-point plus games in the last fortnight. For some reason the Suns defense limited him to a measly 23 points. Dunno how that happened.

#7: Denver Nuggets (7-3)
For some reason I don't like this team. I dunno why. Maybe it's Melo's tats. The last week hasn't been kind to them either with three loses in a span of five days (Heat, Hawks, Bucks). But they bounced back with an arseraping of the Lakers... and you know I had to include this:

Too bad Allein Maliksi had a better dunk at the UAAP NCAA Slam Dunk Contest. Yeah, I wish.

#6: Orlando Magic (7-3)
Either the Magic hate SVG or SVG means "Suck Vig Gime". Yeah, that's poor. Their losses were awful. On the road at Detroit by 5, on the road at OKLAHOMA CITY by a number higher than 20 points (I didn't bother computing) and 9 at home vs. the Cavs. Now I wanna bash those Vince Carter fanboys at PEx, only if PEx is online. LOL

#5: Dallas Mavericks (6-3)
All is well in Mavsland. Kidd is shooting like Renren Ritualo, Dirk's hair is like Whitney Port's locks, Jose Juan Barea is emerging as a dependable fantasy player in a 50-team deep league, and Drew Gooden is on his way to being a realtor for having real estate in like 10 states. The road losses against NoLa and SA are a concern, though.

#4: Los Angeles Lakers (7-2)
So much for having a 20-1 start, eh? Well, there's still a still awesome 19-2 start, and Kobe's gotta be happy that the Lakeshow is doing well with Pau Gasol still fighting ETA extremists in his native Spain. But he's pissed at Ty Lawson. Too bad Sonny Weems is at Canada already perking himself up for the winter.

#3: Atlanta Hawks (7-2)
Despite losing to the #4 team, the Hawks won over the C's. But they were beaten badly by CHARLOTTE. (Yeah, I love using ALL CAPS for emphasis. Must be Twitter since you can't boldface and italicize and stuff.) So ranking these teams are as tough as pudding left at the window under the sun. Jamal Crawford is making himself a serious case for 6th man of the year. Only if they award the thing by fortnights.

#2: Phoenix Suns (8-2)
Yet ANOTHER team beaten by L.A. (and I mean the Lakers), and they're ranked higher. WTF is with this ranking? Yeah, but L.A. was almost beaten by the Clips, was beaten by the Mavs (who were ranked lower) and Oklahoma City which is ranked highly in the draft lottery. Still Nash and co. are scoring like crazy. Something that was so successful, Stern and Stu had to screw up the Sunnies when Stoudamire chased the Suns gorilla at the stands.

#1: Boston Celtics (8-2)
So wait, the #2 team beat the #1 team, and now they ranked higher? The C's beat the Cavs and Da Bulls, and the Suns were beaten by L.A. which was ranked lower. In other words, Sheed's having a jolly good time wearing green.

Top 10: 09-10 NBA countdown

Ah the top 10. You can be sure these ten teams would make it past the playoffs, heck even up to the Conference Semifinals, unless something catastrophic happens, like Kobe joining AI in Memphis. Or T-Mac high-fiving Oden at some sauna in Quezon Ave.

In this Top 10 edition, each team is associated with a Disney song. To make us all happy and perky this coming NBA season.

#10: Atlanta Hawks

While Josh Childress is on his way too extended Greek Holiday, the Hawks are at a crossroads. Young bigs, and Mike Bibby who is more famous for making non-aficionados mix him up with Doug Christie (both are white, bald and wear headbands). At least it's not as bad as MSNBC's Contessa Brewer.

#9: Denver Nuggets

Last season was "So Yesterday." But it's a brand new year, and Melo still must have a hangover. Wake up, Melo, the Nuggets are in for a long ride. At least Chauncey thinks he'll have John Elway's powers when he wears his number.

#8: Portland Trail Blazers

The present-day Jail Blazers are "Stranger" at the top. They haven't been there, and they almost went there, but due to tiebreaking complications even David Stern can't explain, they got the #4 seed, which meant a showdown with the T-Mac-less Rockets, which meant the Rockets would advance. Now that they had their baptism of fire, or should I say rocket exhaust, Brandon Roy and Daboy must break away from the "Stranger" label and show the West the will to win.

#7: Chicago Bulls

Derrick Rose would've said, "Our Time is Here," and this crew will crack the Boston-Cleveland-Orlando axis at the top. That First Round performance last year wasn't a fluke. If that team started the season with THAT lineup, they could've been battling the big 3 at the top.

#6: Boston Celtics

For the Celtics, there is no yesterday, no tomorrow; only "Tonight." This is perhaps their last time to win a championship with the core of Allen, Garnett and Pierce. Next year will be the beginning of the end, and Rondo might be on the way out. There's no tomorrow for this team. It's tonight or bust.

#5: San Antonio Spurs

The Spurs are due for a championship. They alternate with an Eastern Conference team, and last year didn't happen, so Pop got injected in fresh blood so that hoops fans will be bored with "Here We Go Again" gameplan that has endeared the Spurs to the people of San Antonio, and no one else, except perhaps really old guys.

Note: At this point, you're probably looking for "one" team that went way too up the order.

#4: Cleveland Cavaliers

"Don't Forget" what happened last year. LeBron and his pals failed miserably on their quest to make David Stern's eyes transform into dollar signs. Stern must've been oh so pissed. He probably did that to make it appear that the NBA is not fixed. He can always do that this year.

#3: Orlando Magic

Ah, the "Magic" Kingdom, the home of Walt Disney World, Mickey Mouse, Dwight Howard and the half man half amazing half a decade ago Vince Carter. Would Carter destroy the magical fun that is Stan Van Gundy's always constipated but it really is not face? Was Hedo a better fit? Perhaps these questions won't matter as the Magic would shoot more threes than the Grizzlies shoot bricks.

#2: Dallas Mavericks

Lemme put it simply: the Mavs will bring the hoedown throwdown to their opponents.

#1: Los Angeles Lakers

Ah, the honeymoon stage, it's that time you supposedly give up what you've held for yourself for oh so long. Ah who am I kidding. Lamar and Khloe must've brought it on even before they got married. With different partners. Ah, the "Lovebug," Kobe wants to return to Eagle, Colorado.

Head to head: The Cs vs. Da Bulls

Two teams, six games, seven overtime periods, a "cumulative" score of 573-572 (excluding Game 3). And we need a game seven. Heck, this has more drama than "Tayong Dalawa," "Totoy Bato," and the whole Velvet lineup combined.

Celtics-Bulls, when Rondo got away with flagrant-2 happens.

Chicago Bulls	Dept.	Boston Celtics	Verdict
Derrick Rose	Point guard	Rajon Rondo (or Stephon Marbury)	Rondo's in danger of being suspended for good, so it's down to the rookie of the year vs. the greatest point guard in the NBA. So who wins? Has Starbury had a better playoff debut? Rose wins.
Ben Gordon	Shooting guard	Ray Allen	On Game 6, Da Bulls fared better when Gordon fouled out. And Allen hit long 2 after long 2, the refs must've loved watching reruns.
John Salmons	Small forward	Paul Pierce	Outside "Big Baby," "The Truth" has the best nickname in all of sports. Well... aside from "Jesus" too.
Tyrus Thomas	Power forward	Glen Davis	WTF, it's Big Baby who should win this! He hits fadeaways like Dirk!
Joakim Noah	Center	Kendrick Perkins	K-Perk has to win here, unless Noah brings with him the entire ark.
Kirk Hinrich	Sixth man	Eddie House	Captain Kirk will chase House out of his own house if the refs weren't looking..
Vinny del Negro	Coach	Doc Rivers	Say what you want to Vinny del Negro, but Doc is a crappier coach. He's the crappiest COY awardee ever.
Brian Scalabrine	12th man	Aaron Gray	The only time Aaron Gray would step on to the court is when Captain Kirk is chasing the leprechaun all over Beantown.
Benny the Bull	Secret weapon	Kevin Garnett	Who knows KG might do a Willis Reed.
3	Result	6	As I predicted in a web forum, the Cs will win in seven games, and I stand by that. Add this: they'll win via a blowout.

Bulls-Celtics Game 7 is on BTV and C/S9 at May 3 at 8:00 a.m. Right before Pac-Man and the Hitman tickle each other.

2009 Playoffs: Where matchups happen

With the basketball world in full playoff-swing (not just the NBA), here are the top ten matchups everyone is looking at this season's... postseason. And, no, Kevin Harlan vs. Marv Albert isn't included on who sounds better.

10. Boston Celtics vs. Boston Bruins
If some years ago, the people of Detroit had a hard time choosing which playoff game to watch (and which stadium to go to), now its Beantown's turn to get dizzy. But the Bruins are in the Conference Semifinals already and the Celtics... need KG more than ever. Heck, it's hockey, and nobody cares about hockey.

9. Tony Parker vs. the Mavs' defense
Or the lack of it. Heck, who's complaining, the Mavs are leading anyway, and Damp hasn't even let out his kung-fu moves.

8. Gordon vs. Rose
In an interesting subplot to the Celtics-Bulls series, it has became a battle of the Chicago backcourt on who should lead the team... in scoring. Good thing neither of them are at L.A. or else Kobe will be pissed.

7. The Orlando Magic vs. the Orlando Magic
Like seriously, everyone except yours truly thought they'd beat the Sixers handily; after all they threw out a lot of money in the biggest free agent signing since David Beckham went to Los Angeles (well.. sorta) to be chummy with Kobe (actually, his real mission was for him to convert Kobe to Scientology but he failed, so he went to Italy instead to brainwash Silvio Berlusconi.)

6. Mark Jackson vs. Jeff Van Gundy
I envy Dave Pasch or Mike Breen who has to mediate between these two Knick-heads.

5. Steve Blake vs. his brain
OhMyEffingGoshIWannaBeTheHeroSoLemmeShootThisBallFrom (obligatory line break) 50YardsAwayFromTheThreePointLine!

4. The Denver Nuggets vs. Ric Flair
Seriously, if they won't win Game 4, they gotta blame Ric Flair for his now famous "Woooooooooooooooooo". Did the Hornets guys got the rights for that? Last time I saw the map, New Orleans was so far away from Flair Country.

3. Danny Ferry vs. the economy
Betcha everybody forgot the stakes will be higher after the playoffs are done.

2. Boston Celtics vs. Chicago Bulls
Prior to 2009, the Bulls have never beaten the Celtics in the playoffs. Not even a single game. Even MJ wasn't able to do it in the three-peat years. Even with the triangle offense, the Zen Master and the greatest center to have ever lived not named Erick Dampier in the name of Luc Longley. Until Derrick Rose arrived. He broke the ice. He made sure Chicago had the best Saint Patrick's Day parade. And he did it on the parquet floor of the garden.

1. Greg Oden vs. Dikembe Mutombo
Now first, Deke just retired, and it was a joy watching him play all these years, from Atlanta to where ever he dropped by to finger wag the opponents, and the way it ended was not the way it should had been.

But despite Deke's injury, there's someone who feels a lot older, a lot more fragile. And his name, his Greg Oden. Too bad we won't be seeing this prime match-up once again, it's like Hakeem taking Shaq to school in the 1995 Finals. Ah the Deke, thnks fr th mmrs.

Ten things to watch out for in the NBA Playoffs

Nah, it's not how many times Kobe dunks over Paul Millsap to emulate what King James did to the Motown boys two years ago, nor how many burgers Deron chows down before game time.

10. How many times Solar shows KFC VTRs every start of the quarter.
Hmmmm. Me want chicken. Wait, are those even chickens? It's like they're hypnotizing us.

9. How many times Solar filp-flops on their schedules
Like I almost wasn't able to see the Mavs-Spurs game 1. More on this later.

8. How many times Derrick Rose proves he's better than MJ
Imagine this: MJ wasn't able to win against the Celtics, tie Kareem's playoff debut record, and have at least 35 points and ten assists in one game.

7. How many times Ray Allen has to miss the game-winning shot
I still remember the last playoff game held at the KeyArena. It was against the Spurs, and the Sonics needed a trey to win. To Allen's credit he was really well guarded, unlike last the time...

6. How many times should the Sixers appear to have control of the series, and then lose
They did this to Detroit, and even led 2-1. What happened? Heck, there's the Flyers anyway, but the Pens will take care of them.

5. When would we able to see the Sixers-Magic series on ABC?
Me: Please?
ABC: No. We'd rather show... The Unusuals. Amber Tamblyn is hotter than "Sex on Fire."

4. When would T-Mac play?
Because I wagered against the Rockets!

3. When would we see Miley Cyrus and Shawn Johnson on halftime?
Like please.

2. We know that Hubie Brown and Tim Duncan are close but...
...when would Hubie stop on calling Duncan "Timmy"? Can't they have a clone of JVG instead?

1. When can see more of Heather Cox
Since Erin Andrews is strictly for college sports, and since Heather is... fiery.

2009 Eastern Conference Playoffs, OTH style

Since its playoffs time, we'd also have the annual preview. But since my 2008 previews bombed , I gotta look for ways to continue this.

So, let's recast "One Tree Hill" with the teams from the 2009 Eastern Conference playoffs. Like who's the hottest brunette on Tree Hill, North Carolina, and which team will carry over their regular season hotness to playoff level. The Western Conference will star as "90210" a little later.

Idea "inspired" from The Dagger, the Yahoo! Sports NCAA blog.

30 teams, 30 stories, or in this case, this was "4 Years, 6 Months, 2 Days" in the making. LeBron James and the Cavs are now the #1 seed overall ever since their first splash into the playoffs 4 years ago. Where they made the Wiz was shocked by one Damon Jones, and where the Cavs took the defending champions to the limit.

Nanny Carrie
The crazy psycho-bitch nanny.
Boston Celtics. You know what's crazier than The Truth delivering guarantees like he's The Sheed? It's potentially playing the playoffs without KG. But don't worry, another psycho-bitch is here to save the day: the greatest PG this side of the ocean to take care of the fort.

Antawn "Skills" Taylor
There's another reason why we called him Skills
Miami Heat. D-Wade is the 2-time Skills Challenge champ, so we gotta give this to him. And after he made short work of Kobe at the 2007 Skills Challenge (who even remembers that?), he'd been showing the bling-bling on each and every occasion. And David Stern will make it damned sure that he milks D-Wade for all of his worth.

Haley James Scott
That MILF-next-door.
Chicago Bulls. It would've been logical that we chose Chicago as the rival of nanny Carrie. And like since they are the hottest Eastern Conference team outside Boston and Cleveland, it's a perfect fit. And (this is like the second "and" already), with KG out for the entire first round, Da Baby Bulls will atone for their woeful 07-08 season, with Derrick Rose atoning for the "almost" NCAA championship of 2008.

Jason the band dude
Hint: This was played by Britney's ex
Kevin Federline's shining moment in OTH was when he was bitch-slapped by Q, who'd die later. At least he had a longer exposure here than on WWE where he was... bitch-slapped by John Cena. The Pistons should've hoped Isiah Thomas didn't accept that job at FIU and instead made a neighborhood hug with Joe Dumars. So that the playoffs will last shorter.

Mia Catalano
My appearances are so random I don't know what my role is
Atlanta Hawks. Mia (Kate Voegele) loves to sing, and she made it big. So Atlanta's hoping for the breakthrough, since after all, the last time that franchise won a series, Mike Bibby had hair. But can she hurdle "Skills"? Or maybe Skills likes older women, and I'm referring to the OTH Skills.

Rachel Gatina
I'm so hot... and wasted
Orlando Magic. With the Magic's depth compromised numerous injuries, they'll need more than just the hot play of the Superman to beat the likes of... the next team.

Peyton Sawyer
I'm blonder than Serena van der Woodsen!
Philadelphia 76ers. Philly might had the luck of the draw. Aside from Boston, Orlando is the other of the higher seeds that had been plagued by injury problems. Good thing Elton Brand isn't playing or else... he'll get pwned by D-Howard.

Brooke Davis
Screw you Peyton, I'm the hottest girl, period!
Cleveland Cavaliers.
The Cavs are the hottest thing in the NBA as Brooke is the hottest girl who made division the hottest thing in math. C/B = Cleveland over Boston.

4 Years, 6 Months, 2 Days. The journey is just beginning.

What the world cares about the NBA Playoffs

Cleveland Cavaliers, Los Angeles Lakers, Boston Celtics, and Orlando Magic on Wikirank

The top 4 teams of the NBA: the Cavs, the Lakers, the Celts and the Magic. Seems that the Lakers are the still the most popular (or the most hated team out there.

And since Orlando is a small-market town, so is their popularity. Will it change at the course of the playoffs? Or would KG end faking his injury (You can NOT trust them especially what happened with The Truth™ last year.)?

Bonus: NBA Playoffs vs. the Stanley Cup (NHL) Playoffs:

2009 NBA Playoffs and 2009 Stanley Cup playoffs on Wikirank

Graphs c/o Wikirank. Licensed under the GFDL.

The Truth™ on what happened on Game 1...

...is that Paul Pierce aka "The Truth™," aka the best nickname since "Tom 'I'm Gisele Bundchen's errand boy' Brady", just got the script from David Stern's office. And in a Tony Award-winning effort, with props to Best Supporting Actor Kendrick Perkins (who was injured legitimately later), Pierce went down to Boston Garden's parquet floor, grimacing in pain. We thought that we should say bye-bye to Game 1, to the Larry O'Brien Trophy, to Danny Ainge's GM job, and most especially to David Stern's $$$.

Four-fifths of the Celtics bench stood up, carried their captain to the bench, then eventually Pierce had to go to the dressing room. Then Kobe and co. made a couple of turnovers, Lamar got high suddenly, and the Celtics were now ahead by one.

Meanwhile, in the locker room:
Celtics trainer: Hey Paul...(The Truth™ interrupts him)
The Truth™ Please call me The Truth™.
Trainer: The Truth™, can you still play? (Apparently, he didn't get the script)
The Truth™: I speak The Truth™ and I can play.
Trainer: Really? Are sure? That was a bad fall, and Kendrick is a heavy g.... (The Truth™ interrupts him again)
The Truth™: What? Look, I can backflip like Carly Patterson on the 2004 Olympics. (Demonstrates the backflip a la Carly Patterson)
Trainer: Whoa. I never saw you do that, even in practice.
The Truth™: Hey, I'm The Truth™, I can do anything. Besides, its the Finals, if Ryan Malone can play with a bloody nose, AND THAT'S HOCKEY, sure I can do a backflip. Wanna see me on parallel bars?
(Assistant coach Eddie House enters the room)
Eddie House: Hey Paul...
The Truth™: Call me The Truth™.
Eddie House: And call me House, M.D.
Brian Scalabrine: LOL. (Apparently, Scalabrine was reserved in case the game extends into three overtimes.)
Eddie House: Enough of that, my telepathic powers tell me the "fall" wasn't that bad and you can play. We've even stolen the lead!
The Truth™: Sure, go and tell Doc I'm coming.
Eddie House: Sure. Might as well tell the music guy to cue in the "Rocky" song.
(House, M.D. leaves)
The Truth™: Time to return to make Chino Trinidad and Quinito Henson cry. Those bloody Kobe fanboys. Good thing I watch ABC. Jeff and Mark are hella funny. Too bad they didn't place Erin Andrews, if only I was at Kansas right now...

Next on the NBA on ABC: The Truth™ speaks of his admiration to Willis Reed, the "There can only be one" commercial featuring Bird and Magic debuts, and Doc's version of Red Auerbach's how-to's of basketball home video. Plus an exclusive interview from Katelyn Faber, live from Denver, Colorado, by a drunk Carmelo Anthony and directed by Josh Howard on pot.

And the NBA on RPN? Quinito digs up dirt on the players to find out their connections to the Philippines. Plus, Chino guests a cardiologist to expound on the anatomy of the "puso." And Vito arrives from Manila(!) to host the halftime report to show the physics of fade-away jumpers. Only on the NBA on RPN, where we watch because Sky hates us happens.

Top 10 reasons why the Celtics are in the Finals

Being a Lakers fan, I've learned to accept that you'd have to hate certain people, certain teams. And after being indifferent for 4/5 of the way, I now hate the Celtics. So here are the ten reasons why the Celts won.

See also: Top 10 reasons why the Lakers are in the Finals

10. Because Tom Brady is officially a New Yorker.
9. Because KG sucks, good thing KP-43 is there to save the day.
8. Because New York Texas Rangers suck even more. (Ooops, that's the SPL.)
7. Because Jeff Van Gundy doesn't have a man-crush among the C's.
6. Because I love the Red Sox and Big Papi's big muscles which are as natural as Lindsay Lohan's breasts.
5. Because Jeff Van Gundy's real man-crush is Mark Jackson.
4. Because TNT is tons better than ESPN/ABC.
3. Because Danny Ainge loves the Celtics so much, he'd sell the future for a title. Hey, it "worked" on 2006.
2. Because Kevin McHale loves the Celtics more than Ainge.
1. Because "David Stern made it happen" happens.

Top 10 reasons why the Celtics would win Game 7

After predicting that England would not qualify for Euro 2004 and Kobe would be MVP, now is the time to give out the top 10 reasons why the Celtics will beat the Hawks that fly on Game 7.

10. Because Game 7 is at the Emerald Isle.
TD Banknorth Garden is in impenetrable fortress not seen since the Boston Garden of old. With its parquet floor, the Celtics have the emperor of home court advantages.

9. Doc Rivers in a GREAT coach.
Seriously, this guy is a genius. He may even surpass Red Auerbach in greatness.

8. The Boston Three Party won't let up
Especially if you have the super-PG known to the world as Rajon Rondo. Oh yeah, baby!

7. Only Flip Saunders chokes in the playoffs.
As per #9, only Flip flips out during the spring. All other 29 coaches in the NBA have nerves of steel. Flip sucks, period.

6. Green is the color of victory.
So says the La Salle commercial plastered for like half a year on Studio 23 after they bought off the referees to win their 8th seventh UAAP men's basketball trophy.

5. The Celtics are not the Patriots
Who'd lose in the crucial moments. Ask the Manning brothers, and David Tyree.

4. They won't meet Bruce Bowen until the finals
So his hip-checking tactics won't be felt until June.

3. They're not playing in the light bulb anymore.
Where they have to contend seeing hot chicks near their bench. Such as this:


2. Antoine Walker is in the NBA badlands
Where he shoots bricks. And lives to tell about it.

1. David Stern will make it damned sure he'll recoup his Finals losses last year.
After the debacle known to man as the 2007 NBA Finals, the NBA has to make money or else the freaking NHL gets to be on SportsCenter.