OT: 2019 NBA Playoffs

[CardiacAndre7]

Dame Dolla is as clutch as they come. 38 ft out like its nothing to close the series. Crazy.

 

[superjohn]

Dame Dolla is as clutch as they come. 38 ft out like its nothing to close the series. Crazy.

He took Westbrook's soul this series.

 

[Seattle Guy]

I'd take Lillard over Russ in a heartbeat.

 

[Scoe]

He took Westbrook's soul this series.

Lillard just sent Westbrook fishing, lmao at Shaq jumping into the water.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

the first round has been pretty brutal. The nets are getting absolutely slaughtered right now. Hoping for Shabazz to get some PT. I have no idea why they thought starting Jared Dudley was a good idea.

I think there are some advanced stats where Dudley looks OK, but he does kind of suck based on the eye test.

First round was ugly. Spurs/Nuggets and maybe Rockets/Jazz go to 6 games, every other series will be decided in 5 or less, and there have been a lot of blowouts. I know a lot of the mismatches were expected, but these are NBA players and they shouldn't get spanked like that.

Thunder have some tough decisions to make. They are a small market team with one of the highest payrolls in the NBA yet they got bounced in 5 by a Portland team that was missing its 3rd best player and its 2nd best player was less than 100%.

 

[traitor71]

I think there are some advanced stats where Dudley looks OK, but he does kind of suck based on the eye test.

First round was ugly. Spurs/Nuggets and maybe Rockets/Jazz go to 6 games, every other series will be decided in 5 or less, and there have been a lot of blowouts. I know a lot of the mismatches were expected, but these are NBA players and they shouldn't get spanked like that.

Thunder have some tough decisions to make. They are a small market team with one of the highest payrolls in the NBA yet they got bounced in 5 by a Portland team that was missing its 3rd best player and its 2nd best player was less than 100%.

Houston really has to check themselves if they let the Jazz win another game, And OKC? That team just doesn't have it and can play pretty damn stupid at times.

 

[polycom]

Houston really has to check themselves if they let the Jazz win another game, And OKC? That team just doesn't have it and can play pretty damn stupid at times.

Are we sure they are well coached? Are we sure Westbrook is really the player to carry them to the promise land?

 

[HuskyHawk]

Really don't care about the west. The Celtics - Bucks matchup should be a good one. Winner should be able to get to the finals. Philly and Toronto should be an interesting series as well.

 

[Letsgohuskies11]

Are we sure they are well coached? Are we sure Westbrook is really the player to carry them to the promise land?

Westbrook is a great player, he what, averaged a triple double again this season? But i'm not sure he makes the rest of his team better. It's funny how Paul George wanted to play on a contender but think he was oversold on OKC. They dont seem any better than an Oladipo Pacer team (without Oladipo, Pacers look extremely mediocre)

 

[superjohn]

Really don't care about the west. The Celtics - Bucks matchup should be a good one. Winner should be able to get to the finals. Philly and Toronto should be an interesting series as well.

Why don't you care about the west? East has improved a lot but the west is still significantly better.

 

[Letsgohuskies11]

Why don't you care about the west? East has improved a lot but the west is still significantly better.

 

[Rocktheworld]

Most of you missed most of it but man, what a game GS-LA was. Montrezl Harrell absolutely dominated the paint. Lou Williams made all kinds of crazy shots

And it’s always great to see the Warriors struggle. Houston getting a little extra rest is great too

 

[UofCT]

Really don't care about the west. The Celtics - Bucks matchup should be a good one. Winner should be able to get to the finals. Philly and Toronto should be an interesting series as well.

Don't sleep on the Raptors. They won 58 games despite Kawhi missing 22 games.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Why don't you care about the west? East has improved a lot but the west is still significantly better.

Because it is in the west. I generally don't care about anything happening in the west. The games are too late for one thing. Outside of football, where the games are reliably at normal times on the east coast, I don't watch west coast sports. I don't think I'm alone. 80% of the country is east-central.

 

[Hi-Low]

Rudy Gay with 19 points last night as Spurs force a game 7 in Denver on Sat...........last Husky standing in playoffs.

 

[tykurez]

Most of you missed most of it but man, what a game GS-LA was. Montrezl Harrell absolutely dominated the paint. Lou Williams made all kinds of crazy shots

And it’s always great to see the Warriors struggle. Houston getting a little extra rest is great too

That name still gives me nightmares

 

[Chin Diesel]

KD has had a solid first half to put GS in great shape to finish off LAC tonight.
38 points in first half. In playoff history only Sleepy Floyd had more points in a half (39).

 

[Rocktheworld]

Poor Kawhi... that post-game interview... after a night like that.

 

[Walker11]

Poor Kawhi... that post-game interview... after a night like that.

That was funny. Kawhi is awesome. He just wanted a minute more with Ros Gold.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Rudy only player on Spurs who can score right now.

 

[Robertelamin]

How do you not foul...

 

[Mots010]

What on earth were the spurs doing in the last 30 seconds? They just let the clock run out down 4.

 

[aceboon]

A shame Rudy still hasn't got passed the first round, comes to the Spurs and Kawhi basically misses the whole season his first year there, and then Dejonte Murray misses the whole year his second. If the Spurs don't blow that big lead in the 4th quarter of game 2 they win this series.

 

[olehead]

That name still gives me nightmares

Montrezl looked at us like we were barbecue chicken.

 

[Walker11]

Is Pascal Siakam going to be a consensus top 8 player in a year or two? I can't believe how much he improved. He is the prototype 4 in the modern NBA.

 

[the Q]

Is Pascal Siakam going to be a consensus top 8 player in a year or two? I can't believe how much he improved. He is the prototype 4 in the modern NBA.

And Danny passed on him and dajonte Murray 3 times

 

[husky429]

Is Pascal Siakam going to be a consensus top 8 player in a year or two? I can't believe how much he improved. He is the prototype 4 in the modern NBA.

I think he'll need to be a little bit more prolific 3 pt shooter to get there. A little more shotblocking too.

But he's improved so much already, I wouldn't be surprised if it happens.

I think Akok should be watching all of his games 10x over this summer.

 

[UofCT]

A shame Rudy still hasn't got passed the first round, comes to the Spurs and Kawhi basically misses the whole season his first year there, and then Dejonte Murray misses the whole year his second. If the Spurs don't blow that big lead in the 4th quarter of game 2 they win this series.

Rudy has career earnings of $127,000,000. He should 100% title chase once his current contract ends.

 

[Walker11]

I think he'll need to be a little bit more prolific 3 pt shooter to get there. A little more shotblocking too.

But he's improved so much already, I wouldn't be surprised if it happens.

I think Akok should be watching all of his games 10x over this summer.

1000% agree re. Akok. Does Akok have a handle or touch at all? Pascal is such a good 1 on 1 player. He's got floaters and runners and a great little hook over his left shoulder. Too big for some defenders and too quick with enough handle for the rest.

 

[UofCT]

1000% agree re. Akok. Does Akok have a handle or touch at all? Pascal is such a good 1 on 1 player. He's got floaters and runners and a great little hook over his left shoulder. Too big for some defenders and too quick with enough handle for the rest.

Does Akok play like Pascal?