NBA Playoffs 2023

[CardiacAndre7]

Not really, but his comments last night did catch me a bit off guard. I think his body might be breaking down to a greater extent than people realize, and I don't under-estimate the toll of rehab/training at that age. It wouldn't shock me if he takes a year off ala Jordan at some point.

I think his ankle/foot injury is a lot worse than it seemed. Almost every time he would come down hard, he would show significant discomfort. Like he said in the postgame, they will reevaluate. He came back early so it probably didn’t heal properly.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Is there one person who thinks Lebron is genuinely considering retirement?

Translation of his retirement comments:

As Bronny can't play in the NBA until 24-25, the only reason I'm willing to put myself through the effort is to compete for a title. The Lakers, as currently built, don't have enough to compete so I need to threaten retirement so they either add more pieces (instead of a rebuild, which makes more sense) or trade me to a place that can make a run at the title.

 

[HuskyHawk]

This is a pretty solid article and analysis. Goes into pretty good detail about the series and the teams.

Lowe: Did the Boston Celtics actually figure something out in Game 4? Does it matter?

On paper -- yes, on paper -- the Celtics are the best candidate in NBA history to pull off the impossible. And they might have uncovered something in Game 4.

www.espn.com

 

[Ratso]

i’d really be in shock if it’s not done tonight. mazzu needs to pull out a bag of tricks to outwork miami. OR tatum/brown play. nobody’s beating my man above

 

[Scoe]

No Vincent tonight the stars are aligning for the Celtics.

 

[HooperScooper]

 

[REB1094]

Celtics do NOT want to start their summer vacation early tonight

 

[HuskyHawk]

Celtics do NOT want to start their summer vacation early tonight

The better team is playing like the better team. I don’t know how they played such crappy basketball the first 3 games. Heat played great, but still.

If Boston wins game 6 I think they will head to the Finals.

 

[HooperScooper]

Has Jaylen Brown finally found his shot?

 

[HuskyHawk]

Has Jaylen Brown finally found his shot?

Yes, but he’s still attacking and expecting foul calls like it’s the regular season.

 

[HooperScooper]

Yes, but he’s still attacking and expecting foul calls like it’s the regular season.

He's made some terrible decisions this quarter. Just some stupid shots.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

As much fun as a Celtics loss would be, it may be more fun to watch Celtics' fans eat their own spit after trashing Mazzulla.

 

[HuskyHawk]

He's made some terrible decisions this quarter. Just some stupid shots.

He’s done that the whole series. Most of the playoffs really. Driving into traffic with no plan. But he’s playing good D and making shots.

 

[REB1094]

What's the point of challenging a charge call up 20 with 8 minutes left? Let the fans go home, Joe!

 

[HooperScooper]

Charles Barkley still can't predict UConn games correctly, but he nailed this one.

 

[Scoe]

What's the point of challenging a charge call up 20 with 8 minutes left? Let the fans go home, Joe!

Getting into the Heats head trying to get every edge possible.

 

[huskypantz]

What's the point of challenging a charge call up 20 with 8 minutes left? Let the fans go home, Joe!

You lose 100% of the timeouts you don’t take.

 

[HuskyHawk]

What's the point of challenging a charge call up 20 with 8 minutes left? Let the fans go home, Joe!

Because it, like several others, was a crappy call.

 

[HuskyHawk]

The Celtics finally playing ball. They've been this way all year. Winning this thing? It's not Inconceivable.

 

[Waquoit]

As much fun as a Celtics loss would be, it may be more fun to watch Celtics' fans eat their own spit after trashing Mazzulla.

That never rarely happens. I hit the Boston sports on the radio once in awhile due to muscle memory and yesterday either Sully or Pat was going on and on about the lack of heart and character of the C's. You know if they pull it out, Sully and Pat will never admit they were wrong. Best you'll get is "I was right at the time."

 

[nomar]

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i’d really be in shock if it’s not done tonight. mazzu needs to pull out a bag of tricks to outwork miami. OR tatum/brown play. nobody’s beating my man above

 

[nomar]

You lose 100% of the timeouts you don’t take.

 

[Scoe]

Here’s something interesting Boston had the best odds of winning a dual championship, it’s never been done btw with NHL and NBA teams in the same city. MLB and NFL it’s been done.

Miami as 8 seeds have a chance to win it all. Miami crashed the Boston party with the Panthers upsetting the Bruins, now the Celtics have a chance to crash the Miami party in historic fashion no less.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Here’s something interesting Boston had the best odds of winning a dual championship, it’s never been done btw with NHL and NBA teams in the same city. MLB and NFL it’s been done.

Miami as 8 seeds have a chance to win it all. Miami crashed the Boston party with the Panthers upsetting the Bruins, now the Celtics have a chance to crash the Miami party in historic fashion no less.

When the Bruins lost, somebody commented that some past top losers at least lost to an eventual champion. Well, it seems the Panthers are legit.

The NHL and NBA are different sports in the playoffs. More so than MLB or NFL. I'm not sure that's good. The reality of the increased physicality is a de-emphasis on skill. It's worse in the NHL than NBA, but in the NHL you almost have to play like a 1990's NHL team, yet a team like that will struggle to make the playoffs in the regular season. Florida and Miami are both built for the playoffs.

One of the things Boston has changed the last two games is simply realizing that they can play physical as hell, foul a lot (as Miami has all series) and it won't be called. All those strip steals and reach-ins, those get called in the regular season. The Heat are no offensive juggernaut, so the impact has been pretty clear. So instead of complaining that your turnover happened because they hit you on the wrist, realize you can hit them on the wrist and steal the ball.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

When the Bruins lost, somebody commented that some past top losers at least lost to an eventual champion. Well, it seems the Panthers are legit.

It is still insane to me to think that Marchand had a breakaway with a chance to close that series out in five games and here we are a couple weeks later and Florida's lost what, one game, since then?