NFT: NBA Playoffs thread

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A lot of good teams in the NBA this year, but I'd be shocked if the Final Four doesn't include those 4 teams.

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If Rose plays like he did last night, I'd give Chicago good odds next round. That's got 7 games written all over it.

then the game needs to be slowed down and lopez should get 25 shots a game. otherwise they are too slow and too stupid to compete with a good athletic young basketball team.
but instead we get iso jack and other dog sh%t.

It's a ? of they face. Chicago or Cleveland.

But as bad as the Blazers offense has been, keeping this within 15 pts has them still in it. Big series for the Lillard/Aldridge duo.

SanFran, healthy Rose is absolutely a game-changer. Remains to be seen if he can be that guy every night.

they extended the lead at the end of the half there. Not looking like Portland's night at all. Lillard needs to have one hell of a series if the Blazers want to get to round 2.

This is just an appetizer for the main course though. Spurs vs. Clippers. Best series of the first round. Arguably 2 of the top 3 teams in the league right now.

Can't wait for this one. Gotta go with the Spurs due to their bench, but the Clippers are no joke and have the better top-end talent in this series. Watching Leonard guard CP3 is going to be so much fun.

Griffin was a beast. Spurs need to bounce back Wednesday night.

is what worries me about Rose. He had an excellent game 1, and is off to a horrible start. Still chucking way too many 3s. He has to play at a high level for games at a time, not quarters for the Bulls to have any shot.

Game.

ive seen in awhile.

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Damn.

is the player that puts fear into Lebron and the Cavaliers.

Butler.

if Mirotic is hurt, Bulls probably wont be able to beat Cleveland.

are fucking ridiculous. Start the games on time. 8-1030. Much prefger a 7:30, 10:00 start.

played great last night. Monster 4th quarters for both players to lead their teams to important wins. Klay carried the Warriors down the stretch as Curry was held scoreless in the 4th quarter, but Butler was even more impressive in Chicago.

I hope Harden was watching and saw two of the other top young SGs in the league tear it up. He had a good overall game 1 with 24 pts and 11 assists, but he only shot 4-11 from the field. His playoff FG% is a bit of a question mark and he needs to answer it with a strong shooting performance from the field. 10+ FGM, 50+ FG%, 30+ Pts. I really want to see a vintage Harden performance tonight to get them out to a 2-0 lead. Hopefully the refs allow Dwight to play in this one, he was dominant in his 17 mins of action in game 1.

Raptors/Wizards and Cavs/Celts also on the sked for tonight. I think Toronto wins at home to tie up the series, and I think the Cavs take care of business against Boston.

In comment 12241956 dep026 said:

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are fucking ridiculous. Start the games on time. 8-1030. Much prefger a 7:30, 10:00 start.

Dep tonight and tomorrow i believe is 7 and 930 on tnt

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walking the ball up the court unguarded. Put him down as the biggest FA bust of next year. Hes better off going to a shitty team and putting up stats. No contender should want him.

Rondo would actually probably be a good fill in for the 76ers.

4 former Knicks on the floor: Chandler, Fat Ray, Prigioni and Corey Brewer with Papanikolaou and Stodemire on the bench.



It's like we're in the playoffs! :D

And Ariz

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In comment 12243593 Anakim said:

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4 former Knicks on the floor: Chandler, Fat Ray, Prigioni and Corey Brewer with Papanikolaou and Stodemire on the bench. It's like we're in the playoffs! :D

I cannot get over how many fucking former Knicks are in the postseason right now.

However, I can get a chuckle over watching them make the same mistakes they made in NY... for example, Felton misses a wide-open lay-up and JR Smith fouls a guy taking a 3 point shot.

can't believe what a great addition to the Rockets he's been. Him and Dwight just exposed the Mavs last night in the 4th quarter. I think there were 4 or 5 Smith-to-Howard alley-oops in the 4th quarter. It was just hilarious to watch. I was literally laughing out loud watching Josh Smith turn into Magic Johnson for a quarter.

Dwight looks 100% too. It's amazing to watch him play when he's healthy, because he unleashes his strength. Tyson Chandler has no chance against Dwight's strength.

If Dwight is truly healthy and can play like this for the rest of the playoffs, the Rockets have a chance against anyone. Hopefully Harden finds his shot in Dallas and Houston can bring the brooms out. I know that this series is far from over, but the Rockets just look better and I want to sweep that douchebag Cuban badly.

due to a "back injury", according to Marc Stein.

The Rondo experiment is officially a giant failure. The Mavs had the #1 offense in the league at the time of the trade. Going after Rondo was a bold move that backfired.

He's not worth anywhere near the Max.

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out for the season, exploring surgery options of his knees. According to ESPN's Tim McMahon.

Mavs are falling apart. And with Dirk past his prime in a loaded division, the Mavs look like they're at a crossroads.

Houston better win this series, and they better win it with ease.

What a headcase.

I felt like this was the ideal matchup for Houston. Dirk and Chandler are aging, Rondo flat out sucks, Ellis is playing ok, but not the guy who can carry the team.

They are old, slow, and not very good. They should win in 4, 5 max. And get some rest as the other two teams slug on each other.

But I was hesitant because I thought Carlisle would coach circles around McHale. Has not been the case at all, McHale has done a great job in this series.

can't even get into a playoff game.

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or he could've passed to the arms of Brooke Lopez and get a layup or potential foul.

But it was a wide open jumped that had to go in.

Mike Conley is bigtime. Most under-appreciated player in the sport. He just does the little things so damn well, he's a pro's pro at the PG position.

Watching Conley play the Blazers unfortunately does remind me of Oden. The Oden/Aldridge frontcourt would've done special things. It sucks for Portland that it never happened, and it sucks for Portland that Aldridge looks 50/50 to leave. Portland isn't just down 0-2, they're on the brink of irrelevance if this is indeed it for Aldridge as a Blazer.

Spurs vs. Clips right now, best series of the 1st round. This isn't a "must" win for the Spurs, but it's pretty damn close after the game one ass-whooping. Huge game.

The difference between Conley and Lillard is that when shots aren't falling for Conley, he'll still be pesky on the other side of the floor. Lillard is absolutely fucking useless on defense, so him being this inefficient offensively is bad news.

Every series thus far has been boring except for Spurs/Clips and GSW/Pel.

Guys like Meyers Leonard frustrate the hell out of me. Looks the part at 7 feet with a sculpted frame and arms that look like vines, and has a sweet stroke. Why hasn't he put it all together? It's gotta be a confidence or softness thing. I think he can be a really useful player for a team down the line. I hope someone puts him under their wing.

And the nets, but the fact of the matter is deron is not the player they traded for and if he was much of the vision they came to Brooklyn with would have been realized. They are not much worse then Atlanta and of deron is Utah deron they are a difficult out

They got fckd and it wasn't some obvious bad decision-
Total bummer they should have won today
Event arch nemesis jack played relatively well

16 points in 17 minutes on 8 for 9 shooting. The dude just refuses to get old.

20 pts on 10/11 shooting from the floor

One of the best ever.

needs to make an appearance soon. Otherwise the Spurs are going to lose tonight and lose this series.

This series needs to go 7.

but it's been one snooze fest after another to this point

have any juice. Most of these series already seem like they're done.

Hopefully, this Spurs-Clips matchup can gain some heat with a Spurs win. They might be the 2nd and 3rd best teams in basketball, it's extremely rare to see two teams of this talent level play in a 1st round series.

Game is tied right now, should be a hell of a 4th quarter.

Tony Parker 0/5 with 1 pt. Ugly.

But I thought the Rockets-Mavs was going to be more fun to watch. That game 1 was fucking brutal. Couldn't comment on game 2, because game 1 bored me enough to ignore that entire series.

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Patty Mills was on a heat check alert and he got benched for a Tony Parker who has done nothing all game and has continued that trend.

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