TTBBT quarterfinals
Check out a breakdown of the teams and a reminder how this works.
4. Mississippi vs. 2. Louisiana
Monta Ellis and Al Jefferson vs. Danny Granger and Paul Millsap
1. Georgia vs. 2. Pennsylvania
Josh Smith and Dwight Howard vs. Tyreke Evans and Kobe Bryant
1. Illinois vs. 2. Indiana
Derrick Rose and Dwyane Wade vs. Eric Gordon and Zach Randolph
1. Ohio vs. 2. California
Stephen Curry and LeBron James vs. Russell Westbrook and Paul Pierce
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Feb 20, 2011 • 1:23 am
by Jason
It’s pretty clear no one will beat out Illinois.. D-Rose and D-Wade? Pretty much untouchable..
Feb 20, 2011 • 2:21 pm
by Tim
I dunno. Illinois vs. Ohio could go either way. But the winner of that matchup will have to win it all. The only team I could see standing a chance against them would be Georgia, which is inexplicably losing to Pennsylvania right now.
Feb 20, 2011 • 2:38 pm
by Patrick Hayes
I would for sure pick Steph and LeBron over everyone. LeBron’s the perfect two-on-two partner. Big enough to be your big man, but not a liability handling the ball or defending smaller, quick players. And with Steph shooting threes? I say they’d take out Wade/Rose.
Feb 21, 2011 • 12:53 am
by Jason
I think it would be a pretty square match up, but you’re probably right – Lebron could pretty much manhandle anyone in a game of 2-on-2.
At the same time, it would still be a good matchup. With Rose presumably on Curry, i’d say it’s just as much of a mismatch as Lebron vs Wade one on one. Being we’re talking hypothetically, with Wade practicing with Lebron – day in and day out, he’d put up a better fight defensively then Curry would against Rose.
It’s still of course a mistmatch, but in the end I think it would be close as hell, and it could go either way.
Feb 21, 2011 • 8:39 am
by Tim
The reason I pick Lebron/Curry over Wade/Rose is because Curry is the best shooter of the four and in a format where threes are worth twice as much as twos, long range becomes more valuable.