What time is it now in HK so I can figure it out

But I think it works out to
Game 1  6/4 9:00am
Game 2  6/7 8:00am
Game 3  6/9 9:00am
Game 4 6/11 9:00am
Game 5 6/14 8:00am
Game 6 6/16 9:00am
Game 7 6/18 9:00am

HK time

I'm pretty sure I'm right within an hour.

[ Last edited by  smilybob1 at 2-6-2010 11:20 ]

game 1 tonight 6pm pacific standard time. this is going to be good, i've been waiting to watch this for about a week. my money will be on the lakers!

The game's going on .... my prediction is looking better

Lakers dominating the offensive glass and just shutting down the Celts for now.... maybe 4th quarter they might rebound

Edit:
Game 1, Lakers by 13. Almost bang on the money - I said by 11-12

Paint was dominated by them... I hope for a better game in G2.

[ Last edited by  dkl001 at 4-6-2010 11:57 ]

yup that's right lakers baby 102-89. kobe taking care of business as usual with 30pts

yeah I was following the game online from work today. Not a good start for the Celtics. Looks like LA may just repeat

Awesome game lastnight!  I hope the Lakers keep taking it to the Celtics..

oh no not the Lakers again =( come on now Lebron and Wade to the Rockets =)

i dont think the rockets can afford them both with yao ming around..

dallas though, can afford lebron, and they've already got a pretty strong cast with kidd, nowitski, marion, terry and butler. most of all, mark cuban will pay

I am sure they can afford one of them. They had T-mac, who was the best paid NBA player last year.

The mentioned salary data is for the year of 2009-2010. The details of some of the highest paid players are mentioned below:

1. Tracy McGrady: He is the highest paid player of NBA in the present year. His per year salary as a current database is $23,239,561. He plays for Houston Team.

2. Kobe Bryant: He is the next in the list of high paid players. He plays for LA Lakers team and his salary is $23,034,375.

3. Jermaine O'Neal: Next names come in the list is Jermaine. He is in the team Miami and his salary is $22,995,000 per year.

4. Tim Duncan: He plays from San Antonio and is on 4th position in the list. He gets $22,183,218 as a salary per year.

5. Shaquille O'Neal: Shaquille is getting $20,000,000 as salary, and he plays for Cleveland.

6. Dirk Nowitzki for Dallas team and Paun Pierce of a team Boston: Both are at number six and they both get salary as $19,795,714 per year.

7. Ray Allen: Ray plays for Boston's team and he is next in the list of NBA highest paid player. He gets $19,766,860 per year.

8. Rashard Lewis: Rashard is the next and he plays for Orlando's team. His salary is $18,876,000 per year.

9. Michael Redd: Redd is next in the list. He plays for Milwaukee team. He gets $17,040,000 per year.

10. Pau Gasol of LA Lakers team and Andrei Kirilenko from Utah's team: they both are on the next number and get the salary of $16,451,250 per year.

11. Kevin Garnett: Garnett is in the NBA higher paid list, and he plays for Boston's team and his salary per year is $16,400,000.

12. Yao Ming and Amare Stoudemire: Yao plays for Houston team and Amare Stoudemire plays for Phoneix team. Both getting same salary as $16,378,325. They both are on 12 positions in NBA high pay list.

13. Vince Carter: Vince of Orlando's team is getting $16,300,000 per year.

14. Gilbert Arenas: Gilbert is next and he plays for Washington's team and his salary is $16,192,080.

15. Zach Randolph: He is next and he plays for Memphis team. His salary is $16,000,000.

16. Carmelo Anthony plays for Denver's team, LeBron James plays for Cleveland, Chris Bosh plays for Toronto, and Dwyane Wade plays for Miami. These four are on the next position and they all gets the same salary as $15,779,912 per year.

I hate to seem like an asshole for correcting you, but you forgot to mention that while T-Mac started the season playing for the Houston Rockets, he was actually traded to the New York Knicks in a 3-team trade.  He had an expiring contract, but the guys the Rockets got in return do not (Kevin Martin, Jared Jeffries, Jordan Hill).  I think I heard Hilton Armstrong was waived, so that might be the only saving grace, but I'm not sure what the terms were.  Because of these obligations, Houston probably can not afford a big time free agent.

As for the playoffs, while I hate both the Lakers and Celtics, I'll probably be rooting for the Lakers only because they're a California team.  Boston sucks!

No problem mate, its just me daydreaming haha and yeah I also hate Lakers (mostly Kobe) and Boston. The other teams need to power up for next season.

man did you guys see Allan tonight...bro was on fire in the first half. I think he set a NBA record for going 7/7 for 3 pointers in the finals.

After the first game, it looked like the lakers were going to run away with this series but after tonight Celtics might be able to pull it off

They did pull it off. They won game 2. I'm not a Celts fan, but I'm anti-kobe, so any team but the Lakers.

Ray Allen set 2 records today, NBA record 7 3-pointers in a half in a Finals game, and NBA record 8 3-pointers in a Finals game.

The Lakers set a record with an NBA Finals record of 14 blocks (7 by Bynum, 6 by Gasol)

wow boston managed to pull off a victory in LA to make it a 1-1 series. i gotta say boston is putting up a good fight, now it will be interesting to see LA go on the road for the next 3 games. Lakers might be lucky to leave boston winning one game making it a 3-2 series. Damn things arent looking so good for the lakers

Things are not looking too good for the Lakers.  Especially the finals format that they play, 2-3-2.  Does anybody here know why the NBA changes their format from 2-2-1-1-1 in all the other rounds and changes it up for the finals?  Wouldn't it make more sense to keep it the same throughout the playoffs?

wear and tear. and maybe cost

it's not easy to board a plane after the game, and get to the other city at 5am, then sleep, and practice in the afternoon before the game the next day. try doing that a few times over 2 weeks, and player performance will suffer

in the current format, the team with homecourt advantage only travels once, and the other team twice.

in the old format, the team with homecourt advantage travels twice, while the other team thrice.

[ Last edited by  DaBestHK at 8-6-2010 07:06 ]

the lakers showing some life after winning last nights game in boston. it was a close game but lakers seem to lead all the way everyone put up a good game except for ray allen. it's still early in the series and it's still anyone's game.

If the Lakers can take 1 more game in Boston, I think the series is theirs.  But if boston wins the next 2 at home, it will be interesting to see if LA can pull off 2 straight.  Before the game 2 loss, they were undefeated at home but now I wouldnt guarantee that they will win 2 at home.  Looks like its going to be a great series.

Celtics win = HG
Lakers win = Bargain basement walkup

Lakers in 6. Book it. Kobe/Pau off game and they still win, in Boston? Sure Ray Allen stunk it up, but it's not like kobe was tearing it apart either, 10-29.