NBA Playoffs 2023

[nelsonmuntz]

I wonder if Rivers benches Harden. Harden had a good game 1, but he is a total liability right now.

 

[Ratso]

boston is garbage

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

boston is garbage

5 second call out of a time out with the game on the line was hilarious. play of the game.

 

[Ratso]

 

[superjohn]

Harden adding to his ledger of playoff failures tonight

He blows

 

[runner11]

Hmm aging star looks ageless on 9 days rest and then awful in the following quick turnaround. Slightly different but same ish with CP3. You know he is going to break down around 2. We are at the point where the 76ers would be better off sitting Harden every other game, as absurd as that is.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

Hmm aging star looks ageless on 9 days rest and then awful in the following quick turnaround. Slightly different but same ish with CP3. You know he is going to break down around 2. We are at the point where the 76ers would be better off sitting Harden every other game, as absurd as that is.

I mean, he won game 1 himself pretty much.

 

[superjohn]

I mean, he won game 1 himself pretty much.

Yes and singlehandedly lost them the next 2.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Yes and singlehandedly lost them the next 2.

Not really. Maxey shot 25% last night, and wasn’t good the prior game. The Celtics are just the better team and a tough matchup for Philly. Boston won 3 of 4 in the regular season and the loss was by 2, without Brown or Williams.

 

[Matrim55]

Celtics absolutely hunted Embiid to open the third:



Raptors did the same to him last year, so I don't think we can say it's injury related:

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Celtics are generating a ton of wide open catch-and-shoot threes whenever Embiid is out there. His defensive rating over these two games is about 125, and his off-ball rim protection is not making up for his inability to contain guys on switches or get out to the three-point line when Al or Grant are out there.

Great regular-season player, but he's building a list of postseason failures that could match Harden's. The narrative next year will be ugly (deservedly so) if they win Game 1 without him then get beat in 5 or 6 once he returns.

 

[Matrim55]

Eight-point game, 5 minutes to go, and the Celtics leave Smart in 1v1 coverage vs. Embiid. He gets the stop:



Zero other PGs in the league can body him up right here.

Also, that's another great thread on the Celtics' adjustments. Mazzulla -- who I haven't rated -- has done very well the past two games.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

Yes and singlehandedly lost them the next 2.

Embiid was hurt and played poor in 2 and Maxey and others sucked last night as well.

 

[HuskyHawk]

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Evidently you are if your comments here are any indication.

 

[Scoe]

Lakers such a different team with a healthy Anthony Davis their not even a play in team without him as last year was proof of that and replacing Westbrook with Derozan.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

Lakers such a different team with a healthy Anthony Davis their not even a play in team without him as last year was proof of that and replacing Westbrook with Derozan.

Well, yeah. A potentially top 7 player in the league changes things. Also, other than LeBron, the roster is full of complimentary pieces. Outside of AD of course.

 

[Dogdeacon]

Missing the point. He made dumb mistakes, sure, but he wasn't magically smarter two years ago. You have guys who coach for decades, with star players, who never win a title, but this guy did it.
I think there are outliers who get every ounce of winning out of a team, but probably only for the short term. In general, at this level, most coaches are pretty interchangeable.

Ok agree. So if they are interchangeable and it’s around time for a change in voice plus he made some mistake then it’s time for a change.

This particular guy is above average regular season and system coach, but below average in playoffs. Whether we agree or not, he was fired for that reason.

 

[Ratso]

i hate boston

 

[CardiacAndre7]

Harden seems to be playing well huh

 

[gioff2323]

Smart should play soccer. Flops every play

 

[bballgrda]

Damn. What an ending

 

[superjohn]

Smart should play soccer. Flops every play

Just turned it on, 76ers got jobbed on their homecourt. Glad they won.

Tatum lolz.

 

[Hoophound]

I hate when a jump shooter like Tatum tries to win a game with anything but a jump shot.

 

[Ratso]

 

[superjohn]

Cool moment with Harden and John Hao.

 

[SellersElbow]

I remember a bunch of sports pundits roasting Philly when they traded for Harden.

Those hot takes are not aging so well right now.