NBA Playoffs 2023

[Devland]

Celtics are the 4th NBA team to force a game 7 after being down 3-0. They are the first to have game 7 at home. In the NBA the home team wins game 7 78.6% of the time.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

Only thing I can think of is they thought there wasn’t enough time to miss a shot and get a putback.

Cause I thought the same thing.

There really wasn't enough time...until there was, meaning that I thought the same thing...and then I saw otherwise, pretty clearly.

Excellent soundtrack too, with a second half available for Monday's game.

The Annual Frank Zappa Memorial Day Meltdown with Bob Chamenko

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wpkn.streamrewind.com

 

[Hey Adrien!]

I'm so glad to have watched last night's game!

I don't have a dog in the fight, but I was entering the game kinda rooting for Heat to get the upset, but the Celtics' comeback has now gotten me rooting for a Game 7 victory at home. Unlike the Patriots, Red Sox or BC, I've never had the same anti-Boston sports sentiment w/ the Celtics (or the Bruins for that matter), mostly because I'm not an NBA guy.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Can't believe a team didn't box out with the Finals on the line, the Heat were all watching as that ball came off the rim

Box out? While was on a sprint to the rim, defender was chasing him. Nobody in the paint could have boxed him out. It was a fantastic hustle play. White had an amazing game. His shot wasn’t falling but he completely erased Jimmy Butler and Martin when guarding them. Officiating was brutal all game. Called nothing, then called everything in the 2nd half.

 

[tzznandrew]

Box out? While was on a sprint to the rim, defender was chasing him. Nobody in the paint could have boxed him out. It was a fantastic hustle play. White had an amazing game. His shot wasn’t falling but he completely erased Jimmy Butler and Martin when guarding them. Officiating was brutal all game. Called nothing, then called everything in the 2nd half.

Butler was hunting—and destroying—White earlier in the series. Nice recovery for him.

 

[REB1094]

It was impossible to block out White with the defense they played. The game plan was clearly to NOT let Tatum get the ball. Strus turned his back to White during the inbound to shadow Tatum so he couldn't get the pass in

Vincent was guarding Smart's shot. Adebayo boxed out Brown in the lane. Martin wasn't really boxing out Horford but was in front of him on the right side of the hoop. Butler didn't box out Tatum but he was running down the right side of the hoop as well. Strus was stuck behind White because of his shade on Tatum and there was nobody else on the left side of the court. Ball ended up rolling off the rim to the left side. If Tatum or Horford got the putback, then I'd understand the box out issue

I guess I understand the call to sell out against Tatum with only 3 seconds left but damn..leaving a wide open run to the hoop is never good

 

[TheHorde]

Double dribble or a travel imo.

I think the original call was correct in that the foul was inside the 3 point line

 

[Dean Wormer]

I cannot believe there are people that will actually come on here and puff their chests about “not watching this”.

Morons. All of them.

I never understand why they don't just skip the thread. It's like those clowns who go on Facebook and announce how they are stepping away from social media for awhile, like anyone gaf!
NBA playoffs have been awesome and the Celts are about to pull off another Red Auerbach type special comeback. Let those of us who enjoy it have our fun!

 

[MJ1]

I never understand why they don't just skip the thread. It's like those clowns who go on Facebook and announce how they are stepping away from social media for awhile, like anyone gaf!
NBA playoffs have been awesome and the Celts are about to pull off another Red Auerbach type special comeback. Let those of us who enjoy it have our fun!

The fact that there are 39 pages of NBA replies and views on a College board show more are watching than not watching. There are always a few unhappy people that want to voice their personal opinions on a negative level. If it makes them feel better so be it.

 

[UConn990411]

I am just not a fan of the NBA. There's so much junk in this game. Hard to watch. It's way too arbitrary. I get it, over a 7 game series, the best team wins. I believe that. Im talking about watching the individual games. It's just about flipping a coin.

Thanks for sharing your dislike of the NBA in a thread about the NBA!

 

[upstater]

Thanks for sharing your dislike of the NBA in a thread about the NBA!

Ahh shatap

Seriously, you guys have thin skin about criticism of this league. It deserves it.

 

[Dean Wormer]

Ahh shatap

Seriously, you guys have thin skin about criticism of this league. It deserves it.

There's lots not to like about the NBA, but why choose a thread that's celebrating a great finish in the greatest playoff comeback in NBA history to tell us about it? Read the room, maybe?

 

[MJ1]

There's lots not to like about the NBA, but why choose a thread that's celebrating a great finish in the greatest playoff comeback in NBA history to tell us about it? Read the room, maybe?

Hopefully a great game 7 tomorrow night. Happy Memorial Day weekend to all and thanks for those who have served.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Ahh shatap

Seriously, you guys have thin skin about criticism of this league. It deserves it.

Again, the people who feel compelled to point out that they don’t like the NBA in a thread about the NBA are the thin-skinned ones. Why not just stay out of the thread?

 

[HuskyHawk]

Again, the people who feel compelled to point out that they don’t like the NBA in a thread about the NBA are the thin-skinned ones. Why not just stay out of the thread?

It’s weird. I enjoyed the Magic - Bird era. Hated the ISO era that followed. I feel like the league has done a tremendous job of fixing some of what was broken, starting with dumping the illegal defense rule and widening the lane. So we now have much more team focused offense and defense, more passing, switching on D and a more appealing game than it has ever been. I’m not sure you can like basketball and not appreciate guys like Caleb Martin, Gabe Vincent and Derek White playing great ball on both ends. Or aging Al, still schooling people.

Is it perfect? Hell no. Officiating is uneven, last night as an example. Called nothing then called everything. I dislike how much traveling is allowed, that 3 seconds is rarely called and that stars still get too much benefit. But as college fans we know the sport is just hard to officiate.

 

[upstater]

There's lots not to like about the NBA, but why choose a thread that's celebrating a great finish in the greatest playoff comeback in NBA history to tell us about it? Read the room, maybe?

That post was posted before the end.

Jeez, I'm a Celtics fan.

 

[upstater]

Again, the people who feel compelled to point out that they don’t like the NBA in a thread about the NBA are the thin-skinned ones. Why not just stay out of the thread?

You guys are incredibly thin-skinned.

I didn't criticize you at all.

I had critical comments about it.

You guys act ike you can't criticize this league.

I watched the games, that's why I commented

 

[bballgrda]

The NBA playoffs are my favorite sporting event. Last night was both an all time game and a brutal watch at times.

 

[Dove]

I'm so glad to have watched last night's game!

I don't have a dog in the fight, but I was entering the game kinda rooting for Heat to get the upset, but the Celtics' comeback has now gotten me rooting for a Game 7 victory at home. Unlike the Patriots, Red Sox or BC, I've never had the same anti-Boston sports sentiment w/ the Celtics (or the Bruins for that matter), mostly because I'm not an NBA guy.

#wadeboggsmoustache


???


(inside joke here)

 

[Dove]

Nuggets - Celtics will be a fun Finals.

 

[Scoe]

Anyone notice Stan Van Grundy committed the cardinal sin of talking over Kevin Harlan on the last play. Harlan still delivered the call flawlessly. You ever notice listening to a Gus Johnson or a Marv Albert over the years calling the last play you never the the color commentator.

 

[jayteeman]

I should add that Jimmy Butler's 3 free throws were earned on a foul that came AFTER he double dribbled 2 times. How many times can you grab the ball with two hands and dribble it again? ZERO. Yet he did it 2x. No wonder Horford was out of sor

Thank god the game ended the way it did.....how that replay of of that double dribble did not get caught would have been the worst crime of all time....they were focused on the 2 or the 3pt attempt and the real crime was lost in the shuffle. Shame on the producers and announcer crew for not pointing that out on the most critical decision of the game at the highest level.....Whites heroics was poetic justice.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Coincidences can be quite interesting

 

[UConnSwag11]

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

Again, the people who feel compelled to point out that they don’t like the NBA in a thread about the NBA are the thin-skinned ones. Why not just stay out of the thread?

Seems to me that anybody recruiting agreement from others, seeking to devalue or destroy a contrary view, or flexing with a mic drop closing sentence that hopes to engineer a final disposition either way is simultaneously losing sight and overreaching on the matter.

I'm not bragging or criticizing or apologizing that these past 3 games might be the only three NBA games this season that I've watched half or more. I watched peak Auerbach-era mega-dominant Celtics as a kid with my dad. It's how I first learned the game, and how it set me up for going to Storrs to see Toby Kimball 60 years ago. And now I'm reactivated.

I'm txting with my college best friend who lives in Needham, and follows the league & Celtics pretty solidly. He knows I spend my time here and that I've just had a pretty joyous time watching NC5 and that I keep on it 12 months a year, whereas he overlaps baseball, football, and basketball in his own year round rotation.

There's no competitive urge to establish whether 1975's Golden State sweep of the Bullets (with a soundtrack of Dead shows on reel-to-reel or cassettes) invalidates, exceeds, or lags what's on display now. We shared that joy together in a haze of bong hits.

I'd like to see a great game tonight, and a worthwhile series starting on Thursday.