NBA Playoffs 2023

[uconnbaseball]

Denver = UConn

A big bad that is not going to get tested, despite some random regular season swoons. They are a dominant team and I cannot see either Boston nor Miami pushing them to 7 games.

 

[Deleted at users request]

All time bad challenge call lmaoooo

all time game winner. Wow

 

[REB1094]

wowowowowowowowowowowowowow

 

[August_West]

all time game winner. Wow

Like seriously.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

Deserved. Celtics got screwed on some calls down the stretch.

 

[upstater]

All time bad challenge call lmaoooo

They would've checked that regardless

 

[upstater]

Deserved. Celtics got screwed on some calls down the stretch.

It was questionable all around. From the carrying call on Tatum, the clean blocks called fouls, the mauling, the real fouls not called fouls against both teams, the play where Tatum fell out of bounds hardly being touched.

This is all way too arbitrary. I don't blame the refs. It's just the nature of a game of beasts moving around a small court too fast.

 

[WNConn]

Great game, but it's tough to watch when there's a review every time the ball goes down the court. I'd prefer a game that just recognizes that there will be human error, and instead prioritizes the flow of the game.

 

[Rocktheworld]

I know that Duncan Robinson isn’t your go-to guy but man those two wide open shots he missed

 

[aceboon]

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

 

[Drew]

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

Morons. All of them.

 

[Drew]

Most incredible part of this is White is the inbounder on this play. Realistically zero reason he should’ve been on a dead sprint to the rim here, and yet…

 

[uconnbill]

Love it as a Celtic fan since JoJo White, John Havlicek, Dave Cowen and Bill Russell's coaching

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[upstater]

Deserved. Celtics got screwed on some calls down the stretch.

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 sorts.

 

[Scoe]

Denver = UConn

A big bad that is not going to get tested, despite some random regular season swoons. They are a dominant team and I cannot see either Boston nor Miami pushing them to 7 games.

Celtics would be hotter then a 1000 degree oven, and would have the homecourt, we’ll find out.

 

[Deleted at users request]

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

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.

 

[aceboon]

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 sorts.

That's not a dbl dribble, the foul also occurred after the 3.0 second mark so the Cs were fortunate that the refs put that amount of time on the clock

 

[wingsfan055]

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

Both Tatum and D. Wight were there for the putbacks on the last play. Props to Tatum not to run over White on that putback. He saw White at the last second and moved enough to miss him.

 

[JohnFSilver]

All time bad challenge call lmaoooo

The 3 shots would have been reviewed anyway. What Mazulla also got was .9 seconds added to the clock.

So, it wasn’t an all time bad challenge.

 

[JohnFSilver]

That's not a dbl dribble, the foul also occurred after the 3.0 second mark so the Cs were fortunate that the refs put that amount of time on the clock

Double dribble or a travel imo.

 

[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!