Playoffs Thread

This OKC Hou game is exactly why TOs are sooo damaging.

Still no respect for D’Antoni? ;)

If the Lakers lose, we riot.

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Originally Posted by JJackisangry

If the Lakers lose, we riot.

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If John Cena wins, we riot.

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Originally Posted by JJackisangry

If the Lakers lose, we riot.

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But don't we want the Lakers to win, AD to bail to another Superteam and get all the lottery picks.

Look who's playing the five.

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Originally Posted by As I See It

Look who's playing the five.

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If he didn’t Lebron was going to introduce his size 15s to AD’s colon.

Game 3 Mavs Clips

Marcus Smart

Embiid throwing the game away here.

Last possession, threw it out of the double team directly into Smart's hands, but that's forgivable because Smart's read is what created that steal; it could have worked.

But then, down 1 with 90 seconds left, he goes into total flop mode looking for the foul rather than trying to finish through Enes Kanter of all people. Refs don't call the blatant flop, Tatum ends up with it in transition and gets sent to the line in a clear path foul. Therefore FTs and possession for Boston up with less than 2 minutes left.

Kemba buries a big one

Embiid fouls Smart: this could be a 6 point lead for Boston with 36 seconds left.

Philly possession on offence, Embiid doesn't even touch it.

I remember so many Embiid/Hakeem comparisons.

They are not the same lol

76ers gonna be on a fire sale.

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Originally Posted by Taker597

76ers gonna be on a fire sale.

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Such a horrifically built roster.

Why does Chris Webber have to commentate all of these Mavs games?

Seth Curry from 30 feet

I like the Mavs trapping on Kawhi possessions well above the arc. He's progressed a lot as a passer but he's still not a super high level passer so trapping him and leaving him without easy outs can help stifle the Clippers offense. Just generated a turnover there.

Paul George wetting the bed again

"I'm not mad. Don't put it in the newspaper that I was mad"- Paul George

— Spike Smeagol (Classic Mode) (@Cosmis) August 22, 2020

Chris Webber says that Dallas is playing smallball despite Porzingis being 7'3 because they play 5 out on offense.

Just galaxy brain stuff.

Luka's doing the Lebron thing where he's just exceptional in so many ways but then is inexplicably kind of whatever or even bad at FTs.

Luke just made a ridiculous bounce pass. Crossed about 50 feet on such a low angle to go under the defender's arm.

Luka just floated a pass in to THJ directly under the basket, and THJ took three steps out of the paint to shoot a turnaround jumper from 10 feet :hihi:

Just an awful decision

Uh oh.

Luka is hurt. Looks bad.

Playoff P lookin like playoff ******.

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

Chris Webber says that Dallas is playing smallball despite Porzingis being 7'3 because they play 5 out on offense.

Just galaxy brain stuff.

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We all saw this coming in 93 when he called a timeout in the Super Dome.

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Originally Posted by UNO Gracias

We all saw this coming in 93 when he called a timeout in the Super Dome.

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''You was on the low, dodgin' imprisonment;
Hoping it gets better, playing that Chris Webber
Tryin' to forget about your time out in Michigan'' - Hollow da Don

So far in this year's playoffs, Paul George is putting up:

17.3/7/4 on 30.9% shooting and 24.1% from 3. 4 fouls a game.

I was at that game. It was horrible (I’m a Michigan fan).

I was not yet born in 1993 :hihi:

Playoff game in a series that's gone back and forth so far. Lebron's in it, Lillard's in it, tough series so far

Jeff Van Gundy is talking about how he doesn't know what Pandora is.

I remember when people tried to tell me Kyle Kuzma was a 3&D guy who was as good as Jaylen Brown.

He just got smoked by Mario Hezonja and then bricked a 3.

Mark Jackson on Hassan Whiteside ''during the season he was a tremendous defender [...] he had every right to be upset [at being benched''.

Listen, please understand that shotblocking is an indicator of defense but not proof of it. Hassan Whiteside is a bad defender overall.

Kuzma's three point fake is the worst since Terrence Jones

Lebron's being so much more aggressive as a scorer than earlier in the series. Makes sense, given he finished with 10 points last game. I'd be aggressive too.

I don't know why Stotts keeps running Carmelo as a post player. I get it if that naturally comes from motion and opportunity, or if he's on a severe mismatch, but he's actively posting up Morris and getting entry passes and it never works.

He's putting up something like 0.7 points per shot this season on post-ups, and he's basically a black hole in there; it never comes out. It's just bad offense.

If Melo can't score in iso against Markieff Morris or JR Smith then idk if that's the offense you want to run with 15 seconds left on the shot clock to beat the number 1 seed.

— Cranjis McBasketball (@Tim_NBA) August 23, 2020

Gary Trent Jr looks like bargain value Patty Mills

Please can Alex Caruso just hit the bic and go cueball?

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

If Melo can't score in iso against Markieff Morris or JR Smith then idk if that's the offense you want to run with 15 seconds left on the shot clock to beat the number 1 seed.

— Cranjis McBasketball (@Tim_NBA) August 23, 2020

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Add Kuzma to this list.

31-8 FT disparity and Lakers still down

Carmelo Anthony, who I was told a hundred times this year by the media is still a very good basketball player and still an elite scorer, is 6-28 so far in this series.

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

31-8 FT disparity and Lakers still down

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Sweet baby jesus and they missing them lol.

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Originally Posted by Taker597

Sweet baby jesus and they missing them lol.

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Would it be Lebron without him inexplicably missing a ton of free throws?

Blazer still only have 8 fts...

This remind me of our 2018 playoff series against the Warriors.

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Originally Posted by Taker597

This remind me of our 2018 playoff series against the Warriors.

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I still swear that could have gone to 6 games if it had been officiated normally.

AD crosses Nurkic, creates the perfect angle to drive right to the hoop, settles for the step back 19 footer.

Pure, classic AD

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

I still swear that could have gone to 6 games if it had been officiated normally.

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An elite paint team gets a FT disparity of like -90 and our star player was getting hacked in the paint.

Totally normal.