NBA Playoffs 2023

[UConn990411]

Bizarre night for the zebras.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

No idea how this is an ejection and Embiid's isn't

One of the worst calls, to that degree, that i’ve ever seen.

 

[EastConn'er]

LOL - Harden is the victim of his very own overreacting "I was fouled" antics... Love it! Turnabout is fair play!

 

[HuskyBaggins]

They had to review everything. That stuff is hard to see in real time since it was in between multiple bodies in the paint.

Most people are critical of Sabonis too. It just doesn’t nearly rise to the level that Green brought it to. You see these plays in games all the time, someone hinders another player from progressing down the court.

Not like that you don't

 

[HuskyBaggins]

I don't even think Sabonis grabbed his leg.

Wow, now THAT is quite a take on this. He absolutely did - with both hands

 

[CardiacAndre7]

Not like that you don't

Yep. You do.

 

[aceboon]

I know UK fans are finally turning on him, but I don't understand how they even let Calipari breathe for how he underutilized Devin Booker. Cal threw away a title that year.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

I know UK fans are finally turning on him, but I don't understand how they even let Calipari breathe for how he underutilized Devin Booker. Cal threw away a title that year.

Cal has coached Fox, Murray, Booker and Maxie, and has one title to show for it. Calipari may be one of the most underachieving coaches in the history of any sport.

 

[HuskyBaggins]

Cal has coached Fox, Murray, Booker and Maxie, and has one title to show for it. Calipari may be one of the most underachieving coaches in the history of any sport.

Julius Randle was on the 2014 team we beat for Championship #4

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Julius Randle was on the 2014 team we beat for Championship #4

I was just listing the guards still playing that I could think of while lying in bed this morning. I don’t think there is enough data storage on the internet to fully discuss just how underachieving a coach Calipari is.

 

[HuskyWarrior611]

Julius Randle was on the 2014 team we beat for Championship #4

Funny to think Cal could’ve had 2 more titles if it wasn’t for us.

 

[HuskyBaggins]

Funny to think Cal could’ve had 2 more titles if it wasn’t for us.

Yeah, funny that we blocked Cal from 2 and Coach K form 2. LOLOLOLOLOL

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Nick Nurse fired. I am not a big Nick Nurse fan, but Toronto is not great and usually a title winner gets a little more leeway. Seems like there is some bad blood between Ujiri and Nurse.

 

[Lefty2one]

The Nurse move was not a surprise.

This Knicks/Cavs game is setting back the game a few decades.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

Nick Nurse fired. I am not a big Nick Nurse fan, but Toronto is not great and usually a title winner gets a little more leeway. Seems like there is some bad blood between Ujiri and Nurse.

Are you a fan of any coach?

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Are you a fan of any coach?

Spoelstra, Pops and Kerr, obviously
J.B. Bickerstaff, Tyronn Lue, Mike Brown and Joe Mazzulla are all pretty good.
Rivers and Snyder are decent.
I think Mark Daigneault has done an excellent job on Oklahoma City.

That is probably my Top 10 in the NBA in some order.

 

[MexicoHusky]

Not sure what the Wolves are doing to Jokic. His arms are covered with scratches.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Embiid and Antetokuonmpo both gimpy, and no dominant team in the West. Things are breaking well for the Celtics.

 

[MexicoHusky]

I was just listing the guards still playing that I could think of while lying in bed this morning. I don’t think there is enough data storage on the internet to fully discuss just how underachieving a coach Calipari is.

I dislike defending Cal, but he had almost all of them for just 1 year. So this is just as much a criticism of the 1-and-done philosophy.... which Cal choose to do. So still on him.

 

[Ratso]

see ya next year brooklyn! we have a week to rest the big guy. let’s go hawks!

 

[Scoe]

Embiid and Antetokuonmpo both gimpy, and no dominant team in the West. Things are breaking well for the Celtics.

I think they rested Embiid because the Sixers were up 3-0. Celtics needed to sweep, need to at least finish off the Hawks in 5, Sixers have a week of rest now while the Celtics have to play 2 more games.

 

[UConn990411]

I think they rested Embiid because the Sixers were up 3-0. Celtics needed to sweep, need to at least finish off the Hawks in 5, Sixers have a week of rest now while the Celtics have to play 2 more games.

I don’t think the rest matters that much for round 2, particularly for teams with as much depth as the Celtics. The conference finals and finals are when you really see the wear and tear take it’s toll on teams.

Assuming the Celtics get past the Hawks, it feels like it all comes down to how well Harden plays. I expect Embiid to do Embiid things against Horford and Rob Williams, but the Sixers will need Harden/Maxey to be great to win that series.

 

[Ratso]

I don’t think the rest matters that much for round 2, particularly for teams with as much depth as the Celtics. The conference finals and finals are when you really see the wear and tear take it’s toll on teams.

Assuming the Celtics get past the Hawks, it feels like it all comes down to how well Harden plays. I expect Embiid to do Embiid things against Horford and Rob Williams, but the Sixers will need Harden/Maxey to be great to win that series.

maxey does not disappoint. harden has the most to prove as a former mvp. he needs to get philly the conference finals minimum

 

[nelsonmuntz]

A mediocre Miami team is white hot from deep early.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Bucks look helpless defensively without Giannis. Miami is annihilating them from deep.

Knicks in the Conference Finals?