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superjohn said:
Lol.
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superjohn said:
Nuggets at full strength with Jokic, playoff Murray, and Michael Porter Jr. would've really tested them but it's going to be what we all thought since day 1 of the season. Lakers vs. Nets.
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nelsonmuntz said:
The Suns and Celtics are both playing without their best players. Chris Paul is a shell of what he was before his shoulder injury and Jaylen Brown's season is over. I don't think the Lakers or Nets would look quite so dominant if they were playing against healthy teams in the first round.

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Scoreboard.
 
the Q said:
They need this stop playing kanter.

With him on the floor they have a beyond awful defense.
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I don't think Kanter and his 56 minutes are driving any outcomes in the series. The Blazers have all the tools and talent they need. They just have to come through.
 
The biggest difference between the Bucks/Heat last year and this year was playing Brook Lopez at center on offense instead of parking him in the corner to chuck 3's. He was unstoppable down low, and by forcing the defense to drop down, there were wide open 3's for the guards, particularly Forbes.

5 out offenses are stupid. At least Budenholzer has figured that out.
 
nelsonmuntz said:
The Blazers inability to pull out close games against the Nuggets may be rescuing the rest of the West from the best team in the conference. The Blazers would have won 50 games if they had Powell and Nurkic for a full season. They are probably the best team in the West 1 to 5 right now, but they are in a hole and the Nuggets are playing clutch basketball and pulling out the close games.
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I'm a Blazers fan and I don't have the same confidence you do. CJ has been a no show, Melo is a nice story but plays no D and runs hot and cold, the rest of the bench sucks, and Nurk can't keep his hands to himself. Everyone in Portland is calling it Dame and the 4 dwarves because of the lack of consistent support (except from Covington). That said, Lillard could still drag them kicking and screaming to the next round, all you have to do is tell him he can't. Holy hell, 55 points on 24 shots, 12 of 17 from the three...

And I forgot, only 1 turnover...
 
HuskyHawk said:
Danny Ainge retires from his role, Brad Stevens becomes GM, and the Celtics are looking for a coach. Pretty significant.
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Before he got fired.
 
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I saw a stat on how god awful the Defensive ratings were for Covington, RHJ and Kanter this series. 2 of those guys are supposed to be good defenders.
 
superjohn said:
Somehow this makes sense to you.
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Your last hot take was that the Lakers were going to the finals, and you didn't give yourself a lot of wiggle room on that.

SCOREBOARD
 
Embiid being out sucks, Bucks vs Nets is now the defacto ECF
 
aceboon said:
Embiid being out sucks, Bucks vs Nets is now the defacto ECF
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he’s out for the rest of this series which is done today. there WILL a be sixes/nets ECF
 
Ratso said:
he’s out for the rest of this series which is done today. there WILL a be sixes/nets ECF
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I don't see the Sixers risking his future for one postseason run, playing on a meniscus tear isn't something to fool around with
 
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aceboon said:
I don't see the Sixers risking his future for one postseason run, playing on a meniscus tear isn't something to fool around with
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ahh, i didn‘t know it was torn meniscus. goddammit!! maybe dwight has something left in the tank. this sucks
 
nelsonmuntz said:
The biggest difference between the Bucks/Heat last year and this year was playing Brook Lopez at center on offense instead of parking him in the corner to chuck 3's. He was unstoppable down low, and by forcing the defense to drop down, there were wide open 3's for the guards, particularly Forbes.

5 out offenses are stupid. At least Budenholzer has figured that out.
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I'm gonna go ahead and say Jrue Holiday instead of Bledsoe raining bricks may have been a bigger difference, although Forbes was huge obviously.

That and the biggest difference was the Heat offense not the Bucks offense. MIA shot 55% eFG% last year and 46% this year. Huuuuge difference. Bucks put the clamps on Butler all series (he hit the big shot in game 1, but had been bad before that, too). He almost shot twice as well last year as he did this year, 39% vs. 68% TS%. Herro was bad. Only Duncan was good this year (on offense).

MIL went from 50 to 54% and most of that was replacing Bledsoe shooting 33% on 50 (10 a game) FGs. Sub replacement level. Lopez actually had a good series last year, too. Would Bledsoe have shot better with a different Bucks offense? Maybe, but he's just bad, man. He forgets how to shoot in the playoffs, both 3s and in the paint. Holiday didn't shoot it great from 3, but at least he got out in transition and finished in the paint and was a big reason their D was improved.
 
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nelsonmuntz said:
Your last hot take was that the Lakers were going to the finals, and you didn't give yourself a lot of wiggle room on that.

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You just called the Blazers the best team in the Western Conference and you told us all constantly how much the Lakers would suck last year and predicted they would finish 10th in the West.

You yelling scoreboard is like the Washington Generals yelling scoreboard after every game against the Globetrotters.
 
superjohn said:
You just called the Blazers the best team in the Western Conference and you told us all constantly how much the Lakers would suck last year and predicted they would finish 10th in the West.
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Yeah but you didn't caveat your statement that the Lakers would make it to the Finals by saying *if they were healthy, so he GOTCHA.
 
auror said:
Yeah but you didn't caveat your statement that the Lakers would make it to the Finals by saying *if they were healthy, so he GOTCHA.
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He's brings the lolz to hoops discussions.
 
auror said:
I'm gonna go ahead and say Jrue Holiday instead of Bledsoe raining bricks may have been a bigger difference, although Forbes was huge obviously.

That and the biggest difference was the Heat offense not the Bucks offense. MIA shot 55% eFG% last year and 46% this year. Huuuuge difference. Bucks put the clamps on Butler all series (he hit the big shot in game 1, but had been bad before that, too). He almost shot twice as well last year as he did this year, 39% vs. 68% TS%. Herro was bad. Only Duncan was good this year (on offense).

MIL went from 50 to 54% and most of that was replacing Bledsoe shooting 33% on 50 (10 a game) FGs. Sub replacement level. Lopez actually had a good series last year, too. Would Bledsoe have shot better with a different Bucks offense? Maybe, but he's just bad, man. He forgets how to shoot in the playoffs, both 3s and in the paint. Holiday didn't shoot it great from 3, but at least he got out in transition and finished in the paint and was a big reason their D was improved.
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Miami got a lot of runouts last year because the Bucks were parking players in the corner. A missed shot because everyone is outside the 3 point line is a run out the other direction. Miami got 77% of defensive rebounds in last year's series, 68% in this one. Fewer defensive rebounds, and contesting the rebounds that Miami did get meant less transition.
 
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auror said:
Yeah but you didn't caveat your statement that the Lakers would make it to the Finals by saying *if they were healthy, so he GOTCHA.
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You are right. Who would have ever thought that Davis or Lebron might get hurt? Oh wait, I said that last season. And this season.

Lebron is 36 years old and Davis has played more than 70 games in a season TWICE in his career. The big aspect of last season that I did not see coming was that there would be a worldwide pandemic, which suspended the season and gave the Lakers' two superstars a chance to recuperate from the season before the playoffs. Apparently Superjohn predicted Covid-19 before last season started.
 
Of the Knicks top 6 players, only Randle and Barrett are under contract for next season, and the next 4 are going to be 30+ and all free agents. The Knicks front office can even screw up their good seasons.
 
Samoo said:
I'm a Blazers fan and I don't have the same confidence you do. CJ has been a no show, Melo is a nice story but plays no D and runs hot and cold, the rest of the bench sucks, and Nurk can't keep his hands to himself. Everyone in Portland is calling it Dame and the 4 dwarves because of the lack of consistent support (except from Covington). That said, Lillard could still drag them kicking and screaming to the next round, all you have to do is tell him he can't. Holy hell, 55 points on 24 shots, 12 of 17 from the three...

And I forgot, only 1 turnover...
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Lillard was 1 for 10 in game 4, and the Blazers blew the Nuggets out.
 
Maybe after watching this series the Knicks will realize they need to run an offense and actually try to score
 
nelsonmuntz said:
You are right. Who would have ever thought that Davis or Lebron might get hurt? Oh wait, I said that last season. And this season.

Lebron is 36 years old and Davis has played more than 70 games in a season TWICE in his career. The big aspect of last season that I did not see coming was that there would be a worldwide pandemic, which suspended the season and gave the Lakers' two superstars a chance to recuperate from the season before the playoffs. Apparently Superjohn predicted Covid-19 before last season started.
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This is the content we all come here for.
 
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navery12 said:
Maybe after watching this series the Knicks will realize they need to run an offense and actually try to score
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Idk what kind of offense will work with Randle as your best player. They, like most teams, need an elite play/shot maker.
 
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The Knicks proved once again that playoff basketball is a completely different animal. They aren't in the same class as ATL. Talent, coaching, shooting, playmaking, defense. You can't expect a team with no playmakers led by Julius Randle to get you anywhere in the playoffs.
 
Who wants to correct me, as a Nets fan, about the fact that Milwaukee is the last team I'm really worried about? Lakers would be concerning if AD and Lebron were healthy.
 
Huskyforlife said:
Idk what kind of offense will work with Randle as your best player. They, like most teams, need an elite play/shot maker.
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Yeah Randle is great but he's not a #1 option, hopefully they're able to get one in a trade this offseason. They have a few nice long term pieces but like most teams are missing the main piece
 
Huskyforlife said:
Who wants to correct me, as a Nets fan, about the fact that Milwaukee is the last team I'm really worried about? Lakers would be concerning if AD and Lebron were healthy.
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You may be right. MIL/BK is going to be interesting. Giannis can be contained with the right personnel but BK certainly doesn't have it. Giannis is about as good of a guy as you can throw at KD, not that that means much, and Jrue is a good guy to put on Harden or Kyrie. BK doesn't have anyone to guard Middleton either. Should be fun.

Assuming Embiid can play this will be the most interesting ECSF in a while.
 
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