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NBA Playoffs 2023

why do you like the celtics?

  • sixers

    Votes: 16 20.3%

  • celtics

    Votes: 65 82.3%
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BigErnMcCracken said:
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?
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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.
 
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BigErnMcCracken said:
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?
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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
 
The NBA playoffs are my favorite sporting event. Last night was both an all time game and a brutal watch at times.
 
Hey Adrien! said:
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.
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#wadeboggsmoustache


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(inside joke here)
 
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.
 
upstater said:
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
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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.
 
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Coincidences can be quite interesting

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BigErnMcCracken said:
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?
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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.
 
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tzznandrew said:
Butler was hunting—and destroying—White earlier in the series. Nice recovery for him.
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Butler wasnt hunting White. White was allowing Butler too much space, trying to take away the drive. Butler was getting too deep. White has been much more physical as series has gone on.
 
upstater said:
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.
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FWIW the NBA's Last Two Minute Report said Butler didn't double dribble.

In its Last Two Minute report of Saturday’s Game 6, the NBA determined that everything was called correctly on the play that Jimmy Butler was fouled by Al Horford when he attempted a shot in the game’s final seconds.

The report confirmed that Butler was fouled by Horford when he went up for a shot behind the 3-point line, which the Celtics unsuccessfully challenged. It also confirmed that refs were right to not call a double dribble on Butler as he picked up the ball after losing in the moments prior to getting fouled.

“Butler (MIA) fumbles the ball out of his control when he ends his dribble, then recovers it and legally attempts a field goal,” the league wrote in its review on Butler’s possible double dribble.

www.boston.com

NBA confirms decision to add time in final seconds of Celtics-Heat Game 6 was the right call

The officials added 0.9 seconds back on the clock following Al Horford's shooting foul on Jimmy Butler on one of the last plays of the game.
www.boston.com
 
HooperScooper said:
FWIW the NBA's Last Two Minute Report said Butler didn't double dribble.

In its Last Two Minute report of Saturday’s Game 6, the NBA determined that everything was called correctly on the play that Jimmy Butler was fouled by Al Horford when he attempted a shot in the game’s final seconds.

The report confirmed that Butler was fouled by Horford when he went up for a shot behind the 3-point line, which the Celtics unsuccessfully challenged. It also confirmed that refs were right to not call a double dribble on Butler as he picked up the ball after losing in the moments prior to getting fouled.

“Butler (MIA) fumbles the ball out of his control when he ends his dribble, then recovers it and legally attempts a field goal,” the league wrote in its review on Butler’s possible double dribble.

www.boston.com

NBA confirms decision to add time in final seconds of Celtics-Heat Game 6 was the right call

The officials added 0.9 seconds back on the clock following Al Horford's shooting foul on Jimmy Butler on one of the last plays of the game.
www.boston.com
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Yes, I know. Under the twitter discussion you even had college refs saying yes it was a double dribble. So... this is a matter of some dispute. I will only say that the NBA is always curious when reviewing things. Even as a Celtics fan I find the 3.0 to 2.8 second thing spurious. I mean, they claim the foul on Butler happened earlier than the foul at 2.8. But if that's the case, then Butler shouldn't have been shooting 3 free throws. It would have been a foul on the floor.

While I do agree they missed 2 calls against Boston, I consider it NBA PR attempts to take controversy away from the final sequence. Otherwise they'd never go on about missed calls against Boston. I mean, a lane violation? Really?
 
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upstater said:
Yes, I know. Under the twitter discussion you even had college refs saying yes it was a double dribble. So... this is a matter of some dispute. I will only say that the NBA is always curious when reviewing things. Even as a Celtics fan I find the 3.0 to 2.8 second thing spurious. I mean, they claim the foul on Butler happened earlier than the foul at 2.8. But if that's the case, then Butler shouldn't have been shooting 3 free throws. It would have been a foul on the floor.

While I do agree they missed 2 calls against Boston, I consider it NBA PR attempts to take controversy away from the final sequence. Otherwise they'd never go on about missed calls against Boston. I mean, a lane violation? Really?
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No, it's not even remotely controversial. That is not a double dribble, never has been a double dribble, and never will be a double dribble
 
Hans Sprungfeld said:
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.
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I never watch the regular season but I'll tune into the playoffs, and these playoffs have been great. Today we get history in the making.
 
Dean Wormer said:
I never watch the regular season but I'll tune into the playoffs, and these playoffs have been great. Today we get history in the making.
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My NBA watching is similar to yours. I have really enjoyed the playoffs this year (both NHL and NBA). I was watching game 6 at a Buffalo Wild Wings here in central Florida. Good mix of Celtic's fans and Miami fans. Great bar atmosphere to watch a game especially on the last second game winner.

Reminds me of watching Celtics vs Lakers on Memorial Day at The National on Block Island in the 80s.
 
77% of public money on Mia tonight. Line has already moved a point to Mia +7.5.

Had a championship future on the Cs before the playoffs at +370. Really hoping they pull it out tonight but not confident they can matchup with jokic if they do.
 
upstater said:
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.
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Learn the rules.
 
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superjohn said:
Learn the rules.
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Learn the rules
No, it's not even remotely controversial. That is not a double dribble, never has been a double dribble, and never will be a double dribble

yea right
 
jayteeman said:


Learn the rules
No, it's not even remotely controversial. That is not a double dribble, never has been a double dribble, and never will be a double dribble

yea right
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I could be wrong but I believe he was referring to the rules on what the challenge can cover.
 
jayteeman said:


Learn the rules
No, it's not even remotely controversial. That is not a double dribble, never has been a double dribble, and never will be a double dribble

yea right
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Looks more like a double dribble every time I see it.

I don't think he fumbled it. I don't think that ball knocked anything. Instead, he picked up his dribble, then dribbled again once and gathered.
 
Dean Wormer said:
I never watch the regular season but I'll tune into the playoffs, and these playoffs have been great. Today we get history in the making.
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100% agree. NBA regular season games are like watching paint dry, but playoffs have been good.
 
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