The People’s Playoff Book It: Pressurez – Day 3

Playoff time! The Basketball Jones is giving away a pair of Adidas basketball shoes to the person who can put together the longest streak of picks during the postseason. If you’d like to give it a shot, email us. Once a wrong pick is made, we’ll email the next contestant. The best streak, shared by three, is three! Pressurez, looking to make it a 4-way tie:

Detroit [+4.5] over BOSTON (home team in CAPS)

Boston’s gotta be tired after two rough 7-game series, and now they must play with only a day off between. If Rasheed can play an inside game, he’ll intimidate KG. Jason Maxiell could be the difference maker. Ray Allen is AWOL, as is Cassell, and now that the defense and the pressure get amped up a notch, I don’t expect them to turn things around. Tayshaun can focus on defense with Pierce, as opposed to LBJ who had to shoulder the offensive burden. At the start of the fourth quarter Detroit will be in position to put Boston away, but with no killer instinct, they’ll allow them to get back in it and maybe even win, but not beat the spread.

[Pressurez’ Streak: 2 | Longest Streak: 3 (Three-Way Tie) | Mood: Papa needs a new pair of shoes| Food: Gazpacho]

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By Tas Melas at 3:24 pm on 05.20.2008 — Tags: Book It!

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One Response to “The People’s Playoff Book It: Pressurez – Day 3”

  1. michelle at 7:06 pm on 05.20.2008

    I agree about everything except KG being intimidated by Sheed. I love Sheed, but surely you kid. I think KG and Sheed are pretty equal inside and neither will be intimidated by the other. Should be a good fight. If I’m wrong, it’ll mean a sweep for Detroit and that will seriously harsh my zen but I’ll be happy to come back here to the TBJ comments section and eat some crow.

    Great podcast today. “The one who talks all the time and the other one…” You must want to bitchslap your fans sometimes. ;-)

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