2019 NBA Playoffs thread

Game starts.

Brad Stevens has Kyrie guarding Mirotic.

Come ON! He can't guard other GUARDS for god's sake, stop putting him on bigs! It's no mystery why Mirotic got 5 points in the first two minutes guarded by Kyrie

Cannot stand seeing Giannis spot up for 3 with 22 seconds left on the clock. Disgusting possessions, whether he hits or not.

To be fair, I think he was trying to hide Kyrie on defense. Bledsoe, Giannis, and Middleton would eat him up, Lopez is just too big. Mirotic is kind of a last resort. Unfortunately for him, Niko is a sniper and can just shoot over him. Lol

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Originally Posted by Mythrol

To be fair, I think he was trying to hide Kyrie on defense. Bledsoe, Giannis, and Middleton would eat him up, Lopez is just too big. Mirotic is kind of a last resort. Unfortunately for him, Niko is a sniper and can just shoot over him. Lol

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On one hand, what you're saying makes complete sense.

On the other hand, he had Kyrie guarding Giannis for both of the last 2 games, so it's clearly not something he considers beyond the pale. Part of the problem is that Kyrie just can't defend anyone, anywhere, but at least if you had him guard Bledsoe, he's not disadvantaged by size. When you have him guarding Mirotic or Giannis, you're just asking him to be bad.

Kyrie Irving 2 of 8 to start the game.

He had 8 of 22 in game 3, 7 of 22 in game 4, we going to go for 6 of 22 for game 5?

Bucks should be disappointed in that first quarter tbh. How you going to have the Celtics shoot 23% from the floor, 20% from 3, and 71% from the FT line and only be down 3?

Kyrie is 2 of 12.

Waiting for the 30 shots he promised last post-game conference. Probably gonna hit 5 of them.

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

On one hand, what you're saying makes complete sense.

On the other hand, he had Kyrie guarding Giannis for both of the last 2 games, so it's clearly not something he considers beyond the pale. Part of the problem is that Kyrie just can't defend anyone, anywhere, but at least if you had him guard Bledsoe, he's not disadvantaged by size. When you have him guarding Mirotic or Giannis, you're just asking him to be bad.

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It's probably desperation.

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Originally Posted by Mythrol

It's probably desperation.

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Can't imagine it being anything else. Certainly isn't sense.

I think we can comprehensively put to bed the myth that Brad Stevens is some superstar coach though. He's good, but he's not incredible. Anyone who still believed that can stop believing it now.

Giannis having his worst game of the series so far, and the Bucks still thrashing the Celtics.

Almost the entire Celtics team has been poor tonight.

Tatum - 15 minutes - 11pts 5rbds on 2 of 5 shooting
Baynes - 10 minutes - 0pts 6rbds on 0-1 shooting
Horford - 25 minutes - 9pts 5rbds 5asts on 4-12 shooting
Kyrie - 27 minutes - 13 pts 1rbd 1ast on 5-18 shooting
Brown - 23 minutes - 8pts 3rbds on 2-8 shooting

Just terrible all around.

Smart took a real hard hit for that. Sucks to see, you never wanna see someone get punished for a hustle play.

How Kyrie spent his halftime

How Kyrie is spending his halftime �� pic.twitter.com/nkvYu7oPci

— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) May 9, 2019

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

Almost the entire Celtics team has been poor tonight.

Tatum - 15 minutes - 11pts 5rbds on 2 of 5 shooting
Baynes - 10 minutes - 0pts 6rbds on 0-1 shooting
Horford - 25 minutes - 9pts 5rbds 5asts on 4-12 shooting
Kyrie - 27 minutes - 13 pts 1rbd 1ast on 5-18 shooting
Brown - 23 minutes - 8pts 3rbds on 2-8 shooting

Just terrible all around.

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This begs to ask the question, is a Celtics deal with Tatum and Brown/Smart and weak pics a good haul for AD?

Jrue
Tatum
Brown
Randle
Wood

+Our pick (Hopefully Zion or Morant) but if not

is that better than this Celtics team that is about to be sent packing?

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Originally Posted by P_B_&_G

This begs to ask the question, is a Celtics deal with Tatum and Brown/Smart and weak pics a good haul for AD?

Jrue
Tatum
Brown
Randle
Wood

+Our pick (Hopefully Zion or Morant) but if not

is that better than this Celtics team that is about to be sent packing?

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Chances are we aren’t trying to win the title next year compadre. I’d say it’s a decent haul.

Yep, also got to consider fit and chemistry. Celtics are playing with a team of young guys who did fantastically last year, who have been artificially pushed into a minority role alongside Kyrie Irving, who is toxic to them and has made it clear that he doesn't like playing with them, and doesn't like the fact that they achieved without him last year. It makes everyone on the team worse, Kyrie included.

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— The Bird Writes (@thebirdwrites) May 9, 2019

Kyrie is 6-21.

8 for 22 in game three.
7 for 22 in game four.
We getting 6 for 22 in game 5?

Did the refs just call a foul on Morris for kicking his leg out on a 3 pointer?

Celtics getting treated like Toronto treated the Sixers.

Curry being once against bailed about by his cast of all-star team mates.

His last 4 games before tonight + this game so far:

Game 1 vs Houston: 18 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists on 5/12 (41.7%) and 3/10 from deep (30%)
Game 2 vs Houston: 20 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 6/16 (37.5%) and 3/13 from deep (21.3%)
Game 3 vs Houston: 17 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 7/23 (30.4%) and 2/9 from deep (22.25)
Game 4 vs Houston: 30 points, 4 rebounds, 8 assists, 12/25 (48%) and 4/14 from deep (28.6%) (his best game of the series so far)
Tonight: 5 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 2/8 (25%) and 1/6 from deep (16.6%)

And yet: he's 2-2 in those games, and up 14 at the half in the last one.

This is what all-star team-mates do for you guys. You can stink it up for game after game after game and keep winning.

2 minutes left in the quarter and the Warriors have been outscored... 22-11? Wow. But hey, Curry hit another two so he's 4 of 14 and 1 for 8 from deep now.

Holy Toledo! Durant with a Kobe like injury?

It sounds grim for Durant

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It sounds grim for Durant

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The Achilles Reaper.

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Originally Posted by UNO Gracias

The Achilles Reaper.

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This could change Free Agency for him too. He might be stuck in GS now.

This is why you don't play 7ft tall people 45 minutes a game.

Chris Paul is flopping again

Damn.

Don't like seeing that happen to anyone, even if I don't like him.

Edit : Appears to be a calf strain for Durant.

The Celtics lost in the best possible fashion. Brown and Tatum deflated their Stock, Kyrie has to feel like he needs superstar help. Just back the truck up, we want all the assets.

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That said, Snakes are snakes, I couldn't care less about him.

The Celtics lost in the best possible fashion. Brown and Tatum deflated their Stock, Kyrie has to feel like he needs superstar help. Just back the truck up, we want all the assets.

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I don't care a jot about him as a player.

As a person though, that's rough. If it legit is an achilles tear or burst, that could be weeks of pain + almost a year of crippling disability.

Sad to say that in a perverse way, a lot of Warriors fans will be happy about this. Many of them have been arguing since Durant got there that they didn't need him, and he was stealing shots from Curry and Klay who are their real home-grown talent. A lot of them will be glad to see him go.

I thought Green had a triple double just now checking the box score before I saw that he had 3 points.

[Eric Gordon

I hate that Curry is going to have 30 again tonight after receiving the ultra-green light, and people are going to ignore the fact that he'll shoot something like 4 for 14 from three (he's 3/10 right now) just like they did when he shot 4 for 14 from deep last game.

Draymond going bonehead Check!

I’m a bigger fan of Draymond than I am of CP3... which is like saying I prefer having diarrhea over having to vomit.

GSW finally hitting the 3’s now

Stupid commentary is stupid.

“How will the warriors generate offense without KD on the court.”

Did Steph and Klay retire at halftime?

Here’s another thing, Mike D’antoni, good guy, good coach, not a winner though.

CP3 with 3 of 12 from the floor and 0-5 from three.

You hate to see it.

The day Golden State implodes can't get here soon enough. It'll happen one day.

Speculation is that GS is calling the Durant injury a Strain for now. They are not commenting on the X-Ray

I prefer GS over the Rockets.

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Originally Posted by UNO Gracias

I’m a bigger fan of Draymond than I am of CP3... which is like saying I prefer having diarrhea over having to vomit.

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Lol! I hate both.

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Originally Posted by UNO Gracias

I prefer GS over the Rockets.

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I prefer Rockets over GS, simply because I think Rockets will lose next round but GS wouldn't, so I'd have to see more of their games.

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Originally Posted by UNO Gracias

Here’s another thing, Mike D’antoni, good guy, good coach, not a winner though.

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Lakers s perfect place for him to coach, oh wait that already happened.

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Originally Posted by UNO Gracias

I prefer GS over the Rockets.

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Me too

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Originally Posted by Mythrol

Lol! I hate both.

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If both were on fire, and I could only save one, I would go to Sonic and get a Sonic Blast.

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

I prefer Rockets over GS, simply because I think Rockets will lose next round but GS wouldn't, so I'd have to see more of their games.

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At least your aren’t a fan of Enes Kanter who happens to live in Turkey. They don’t even show Blazers games in that country out of spite towards the player.