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NBA Playoffs 2023

why do you like the celtics?

  • sixers

    Votes: 16 20.3%

  • celtics

    Votes: 65 82.3%
  • Total voters
    79
Until Tatum plays like the MVP candidate the media talks about him being, the Celtics won’t win it all.

9 points in the 2nd half last game after going for 30 in the first. Unacceptable in a close game like that.
 
I'm enjoying a lot of the subtle adjustments going on in the Warriors/Lakers game.

Lakers perimeter defenders are top blocking Curry/Klay so they can't get handoffs at the three point line. Trying to funnel players to the paint where AD is waiting. Warriors started cutting backdoor or rejecting off-ball screens for good looks since the defenders are playing over the top

Poole hit threes 3's by running to a handoff on the perimeter and pulling immediately since AD was sagged off into the paint. Lakers adjusted to that and are now playing a more traditional P&R defense, but now he's hot and just hit a 4 point play

Amazing first half but unfortunately I need to get some sleep to get to the office tomorrow morning :(
 
REB1094 said:
I'm enjoying a lot of the subtle adjustments going on in the Warriors/Lakers game.

Lakers perimeter defenders are top blocking Curry/Klay so they can't get handoffs at the three point line. Trying to funnel players to the paint where AD is waiting. Warriors started cutting backdoor or rejecting off-ball screens for good looks since the defenders are playing over the top

Poole hit threes 3's by running to a handoff on the perimeter and pulling immediately since AD was sagged off into the paint. Lakers adjusted to that and are now playing a more traditional P&R defense, but now he's hot and just hit a 4 point play

Amazing first half but unfortunately I need to get some sleep to get to the office tomorrow morning :(
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Some really bad coaching by Kerr. He waited until midway through the 4th quarter before he had Curry handling the ball. Playing Draymond and Looney together you have 2 of your 5 players with no scoring ability, it enables the Lakers to throw doubles at Curry constantly. I also don't understand Kerr's continuing refusal to play Kuminga. JaMychal Green was also +5 in his 7 minutes...

It felt kind of like Kerr treated it like a throwaway game to figure some things out for the rest of the series. I swear I think he's done that before. Can't mess around with this Lakers team, their acquisitions have fit in seamlessly and completely made them a different team. With AD playing like this they're scary.

I knew Warriors would have no answer for Anthony Davis but good lord he ate them alive on offense and defense.
 
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Chris Paul injury update: Suns star ruled out for Game 5 vs. Nuggets

Paul exited Game 2 in the third quarter after injuring his groin
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Paul out for potentially 3 games. This could be the nail in the coffin for Phoenix’s season. I always thought that Durant going to Phoenix was an odd move by KD. Paul is ancient, and these kind of “old man” injuries are inevitable with a player with that much mileage. Durant doesn’t have that many bites left at the apple himself, so why demand to join a team that is dependent on another player at the finish line of his career?
 
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superjohn said:
Some really bad coaching by Kerr. He waited until midway through the 4th quarter before he had Curry handling the ball. Playing Draymond and Looney together you have 2 of your 5 players with no scoring ability, it enables the Lakers to throw doubles at Curry constantly. I also don't understand Kerr's continuing refusal to play Kuminga. JaMychal Green was also +5 in his 7 minutes...

It felt kind of like Kerr treated it like a throwaway game to figure some things out for the rest of the series. I swear I think he's done that before. Can't mess around with this Lakers team, their acquisitions have fit in seamlessly and completely made them a different team. With AD playing like this they're scary.

I knew Warriors would have no answer for Anthony Davis but good lord he ate them alive on offense and defense.
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Went to bed at halftime, but my Warrior fan friend was also upset because Kuminga wasn’t playing, and also said that Kerr was probably using game 1 as a “feel it out” game. So you’re probably right on both fronts there

Not sure it’s a good idea to use games as throwaways against former champions that feature Lebron James and Anthony Davis lol
 
CardiacAndre7 said:
Yes but unwatchable is ridiculous and it’s so obvious to what people mean by that. Would you really rather watch a guy like Russell shoot 42% from the field as a center? Or bash ball like the 80’s and 90’s were played?

And skill level should account for a huge chunk of watchability. The ball movement, shooting, finishing and isolation play is miles ahead of the past.
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Most people think of nba as isolation basketball of the 90s combined with bully balls much like vintage Duncan.

The last beat them up defensive series was the 2010 Lakers Celtics final. Since that, the NBA has been pace and space
 
husky boston fans

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HuskyWarrior611 said:
They have such a good roster. Honestly no way they shouldn’t win the championship this year.
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…but I’m going Lakers because I’m not a Tatum believer. And they’re going to need him if they want to win.
 
Both teams to the bench. That favors the Celtics even more. Up to 40 now.
 
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HuskyWarrior611 said:
…but I’m going Lakers because I’m not a Tatum believer. And they’re going to need him if they want to win.
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Lakers are the worst team left in the playoffs.
 
HuskyHawk said:
Lakers are the worst team left in the playoffs.
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Lol they’re up there with the Celtics as far as best defensive teams go. And they have better stars.

Matchup wise, Vanderbilt would give Tatum the same kind of hell Wiggins have him last year. Will say Celtics would be able to both neutralize AD defensively because Horford can take him out the paint and be a good matchup for AD on the other end.

Would be a good series but I’d go with the guys who have championship experience.

If Lakers beat GSW I fully expect AD to give Jokic hell defensively and for them to put Vanderbilt on Murray the same way they are putting him on Steph now. Jokic isn’t defending AD the same way.
 
philly barely wins game 3 , embiid healthy game 4 and another win,

boston - just go away like the worst song
 
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HuskyWarrior611 said:
GSW vs LA is pretty much the Finals. Especially if LA wins.

Denver just does not matchup against LA well at all.
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Good Lord. Neither will beat Denver and the winner of Boston vs Philly likely beats Denver. Better stars…older fading stars maybe. The West is the weaker conference. LA barely made the playoffs.
 
HuskyHawk said:
Good Lord. Neither will beat Denver and the winner of Boston vs Philly likely beats Denver. Better stars…older fading stars maybe. The West is the weaker conference. LA barely made the playoffs.
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Both could certainly beat Denver.

The Lakers were bad for the first half or so of the season. They made some great trades and have been very hot since.

The Warriors are the Warriors.

What leads you to believe the Nuggets won’t choke again? They haven’t proven anything.
 
CardiacAndre7 said:
Both could certainly beat Denver.

The Lakers were bad for the first half or so of the season. They made some great trades and have been very hot since.

The Warriors are the Warriors.

What leads you to believe the Nuggets won’t choke again? They haven’t proven anything.
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When has this healthy version of the Nuggets choked before?
 
auror said:
Celtics on fire.
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Not really -- they shot the same percentage from 3 in this game as in game 1, and were worse from 2.

The difference was the defense. And that was helped by Embiid's propensity to slow down the pace of play, which gets the Sixers out of their rhythm. Barkley kind of touched on this in the postgame. He couldn't find the right words, but it basically comes down to the fact that Embiid makes them easier to defend as a group.

They were also a mess defensively. Embiid's an amazing rim protector but he struggles on switches and especially on rotations, so... yeah, the Celtics got what they wanted even with Tatum being a complete non-factor and Al struggling badly from 3.

Was awesome to see Grant back in the rotation and playing with cool confidence. Dude's the type of role player who brings the whole team up a level.
 
CardiacAndre7 said:
Both could certainly beat Denver.

The Lakers were bad for the first half or so of the season. They made some great trades and have been very hot since.

The Warriors are the Warriors.

What leads you to believe the Nuggets won’t choke again? They haven’t proven anything.
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Choke again?
 
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