NBA Playoffs 2023

[Make em eat Taco Bell 1549]

they should have kept Butler.  These GMs get paid millions for decisions right? 

[PittsburghTiger 6136]

26 minutes ago, closetohumping said:

Maybe it’s embiid saying, in his Cookie Monster voice “this my team fuck your Rolex “

 

24 minutes ago, ztejas said:

I'm not sure why Embiid even played tonight. Just take the split and go back home. 

Sometimes, to my eyes, Philly seems to move in slow motion. They looked tired, or sluggish, which doesn’t make sense.

I still think Boston is just a better team, not that it is some sort of crazy insight by me but, just an observation.

I was thinking the same thing, in the 3rd, “why did Embiid play?”.

[closetohumping 17380]

1 minute ago, PittsburghTiger said:

 

Sometimes, to my eyes, Philly seems to move in slow motion. They looked tired, or sluggish, which doesn’t make sense.

I still think Boston is just a better team, not that it is some sort of crazy insight by me but, just an observation.

I was thinking the same thing, in the 3rd, “why did Embiid play?”.

Listening to doc pregame it seemed like he didn’t want him to

[closetohumping 17380]

52 minutes ago, Make em eat Taco Bell said:

they should have kept Butler.  These GMs get paid millions for decisions right? 

Curious how well butler got along with embiid

[Wulaw Horn 18963]

Did Tatum get hurt?  I saw 19 minutes from him but wasn’t able to watch the game. 

[Fastbreak 3948]

Did Tatum get hurt?  I saw 19 minutes from him but wasn’t able to watch the game. 

No. He got 4 fouls pretty quick and then it was a blowout.

[Dutchrudder 11103]

9 minutes ago, Fastbreak said:

No. He got 4 fouls pretty quick and then it was a blowout.

Wow, I guess the Celtics are better without him. 

[MNLonghornFUKM 8799]

Wow, I guess the Celtics are better without him. 

Morant for Tatum?

[ztejas 43244]

11 hours ago, closetohumping said:

Curious how well butler got along with embiid

The issue was Simmons. They picked Ben over Jimmy. In hindsight it obviously looks terrible - at the time it seemed reasonable. Jimmy didn't turn into Jimmy until 2020.

[USC Traveler 488]

13 hours ago, closetohumping said:

Curious how well butler got along with embiid

Word at the time was the Butler was out on Embiid and Simmons.  Felt like they didn't put in the work and didn't have a championship mentality.

[closetohumping 17380]

24 minutes ago, USC Traveler said:

Word at the time was the Butler was out on Embiid and Simmons.  Felt like they didn't put in the work and didn't have a championship mentality.

Well he's at the very least half right.

[Sbbruin 21697]

W’s have won 28 straight western conference playoffs series (I heard, didn’t research confirmation).  If the LaKers can grab game 2, that streak will be in serious jeopardy.  I have a sinking feeling the Warriors bounce back big tonight.

Edited May 5, 2023 by Sbbruin

[ztejas 43244]

4 minutes ago, Sbbruin said:

LaKershaw

Gay.

[Fastbreak 3948]

Looney out of the starting lineup with sickness

[ztejas 43244]

2 minutes ago, Fastbreak said:

Looney out of the starting lineup with sickness

Oh shit that's blood in the water. I figured LA would call the dogs off tonight but they may go for it now. 

[ztejas 43244]

Less than 2 minutes into the game and Mark Jackson has labeled borderline NBA player Jamychal Green as a "knockdown shooter".

[Fastbreak 3948]

Less than 2 minutes into the game and Mark Jackson has labeled borderline NBA player Jamychal Green as a "knockdown shooter".

He’s not the best, but he has shot over 39% from 3 four times in his career.

[SilasCoade 2620]

Is Darvin Ham growing a horn?

[ztejas 43244]

LBJ going for the kill tonight. This is fucking awesome. 

Yeah that was hot. 

Edited May 5, 2023 by ztejas

[Fastbreak 3948]

Lakers are looking really good. Dubs need something from Wigs.

[PittsburghTiger 6136]

Ho Lee Fuk, that music during the action is so damned annoying.

[ztejas 43244]

God dammit I fucking love the NBA playoffs. 

[Fastbreak 3948]

Great game so far

[Fastbreak 3948]

Poole reminds me of this guy I use to play with in rec league. You knew if you passed him the ball he was shooting it.

[ztejas 43244]

That's a fucking horrendous charge call. 

[Fastbreak 3948]

Considering he did a 180 with his hips, yeah

[ztejas 43244]

Total shit call on the Davis rebound there as well. 

[Reynolds Woodcock 4656]

Davis is such a chameleon. Tim Duncan one night, Andre Drummond the next. 
 

 

[PittsburghTiger 6136]

The halftime show on ESPN is horrible.

I think out of the three dudes on there the only one I really care to listen to is Rose. The other two add nothing.

Stephen A with the summation; “Klay Thompson reminding us just who Klay Thompson is”. 

 

[Sbbruin 21697]

10 minutes ago, Reynolds Woodcock said:

Davis is such a chameleon. Tim Duncan one night, Andre Drummond the next. 
 

 

Or “not available”.  Could have been an all time great.

[ztejas 43244]

Ballgame. See ya'll in LA. 

[Pam Cummings 9553]

Expected outcome is expected

[shadow_operative 15931]

wait, so AD isn't going to play up to his potential for more than one consecutive game? 

 

[OB3 3608]

Lakers did their job. Got 1 game, there was no way they were gonna get both

[PittsburghTiger 6136]

Man, they jumped them the last quarter and a half. 

[Fastbreak 3948]

Vanderbilt hounding Curry is going to be a problem the rest of the series. Steph only has 6 shots tonight.

[billfromlaketravis 11352]

I’m probably 3-5 years late, but ‘Bron settles for way too many jumpers. 
 

The Lakers annoy the shit out of me. Probably the most talented 7 seed in NBA history because Rich Paul intervened at the trade deadline. 

[Dutchrudder 11103]

Only 4 free throws for the Lakers who had 29 last game. Huge difference. 

[Fastbreak 3948]

Draymond is playing a hell of a game.

[Fastbreak 3948]

Steph with the dagger

[aggie08 21380]

8 minutes ago, Fastbreak said:

Vanderbilt hounding Curry is going to be a problem the rest of the series. Steph only has 6 shots tonight.

And dudes have been getting layups off his passes. Pick your poison. Making other guys beat you--including Klay--is a sound strategy, but not if they're getting warm up shots. Something tells me if other guys weren't hitting and the game was closer, he'd have more than 6 shots. But why exert the energy.

[Sbbruin 21697]

24 minutes ago, OB3 said:

Lakers did their job. Got 1 game, there was no way they were gonna get both

Exactly.  I was praying for one.

[aggie08 21380]

Playing every other night all series definitely favors Golden State. LA looked gassed in the fourth on Tuesday and most of this game. Chasing around Steph and Klay is a beating.

I expect Golden State to run about 100 PnRs in Game 3 with Steph and whomever is being guarded by AD.

This series is pretty easy though: if AD plays as aggressively as he did in Game 1 three, probably four more times, the Lakers win. LeBron can't take over games singlehandedly anymore, and we're not going to be talking about how the Warriors dynasty was ended by Austin Reaves, Rui Hachimura, and D'Angelo Russell.

[MNLonghornFUKM 8799]

Love seeing a 34 and 27 point nail biters on nights where games end at a decent time.

[shadow_operative 15931]

 

 

[PittsburghTiger 6136]

10 hours ago, Fastbreak said:

Draymond is playing a hell of a game.

He has to for them to win. He doesn’t have to score. He has to defend and rebound. That’s it, and avoid the theatrics.

[Pam Cummings 9553]

28 minutes ago, PittsburghTiger said:

He has to for them to win. He doesn’t have to score. He has to defend and rebound. That’s it, and avoid the theatrics.

That and they have to have role players hit shots and shoot 50% from 3.

[BurntOrange&White 39486]

31 minutes ago, PittsburghTiger said:

He has to for them to win. He doesn’t have to score. He has to defend and rebound. That’s it, and avoid the theatrics.

 

2 minutes ago, Pam Cummings said:

That and they have to have role players hit shots and shoot 50% from 3.

They just have to not have huge free throw attempt and foul discrepancy that allowed LA to win game 1. Golden State just needs to keep doing what they are doing and causing Lebron to exert all his energy on defense.

[Vic Mackey 46919]

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[Sbbruin 21697]

15 hours ago, ztejas said:

Gay.

that was a weird autocorrect.  No idea where that came from