Heat vs Celtics ( Heat are up 1-0 )

Nuggets vs Lakers ( 0-0)


I’m rolling with the Heat, and , of course, I’m rolling against the Lakers.

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let enjoy them as we wrap this ring up.

Lakers in 5
Heat in 6

Lakers in 5

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if we lose we lose but i don't lose sleep over this team vs anyone.

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i didnt see myself rooting for the heat but here i am. i think celtics vs heat goes to 7. heat take it.

i have to say im really not familiar with denver. cant underestimate them but i think the lakers do take it fairly easily. as they have shown denver always has the chance to claw back in but i dont think it will happen this time. 4-1

i think the heat scare the lakers in the first couple of games but lakers win in 5 or 6.

i do plan to watch as much as possible from here on out.

don't matter if it goes to 7 of them. that's the NBA finals right there

I genuinely like so many players on BOTH teams...ugh

Lakers in 6...Murray will have one go off game...and Denver will get a second, because they're just a good team. Lakers will just be too much, in the end. We have yet to see the full freshness of Bron's Covid Legs.

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>I genuinely like so many players on BOTH teams...ugh

obviously I love JT and I love Smart but as a Laker fan its hard to ever root for the Celtics plus I'm wary of how their going to try to crown Brad Stevens if this team gets to the Finals.

>Lakers in 6...Murray will have one go off game...and Denver
>will get a second, because they're just a good team. Lakers
>will just be too much, in the end. We have yet to see the
>full freshness of Bron's Covid Legs.

In the West I love the matchups for the Lakers, who are they going to put on Bron? Millsap? Grant? and Jokic trying to guard AD? I think AD can give him problems defensively. I think we can run different guys at Murray like we did with Harden.

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Teams figuring it out, teams imploding.....players making it their moment to shine (TJ Warren)....

The NBA is going to hard pressed to top this next season.

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like i can't imagine Murray or Jokic pulling off that G7 performance in Staples. but maybe now players will come out thinking no matter where you are, it's just hoops. go do your thing.

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Otherwise LeBron and AD are going to put him in foul trouble every night

They don’t want to here it though.

every time we play them they jokic drops and lets bron get a full head of steam and gives up a bucket or a foul

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these dudes did not come out ready for the 2nd half

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He makes the worst plays at the worst times. He has all the talent in the world but he cancels all of it out with his decision making.

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No hustle

I’m watching the low level and dude has been on the same side of the court for the whole second half on offense. No movement at all.

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TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*

what happened to that dude?

He is a rookie, and rookies don’t have the experience to deal with the pressures of
The playoffs. Spo plays him as needed. And he prefers dragon in the second half to close the show.

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Lol

They can’t really hang in man-to-man with Boston’s perimeter weapons. Zone is a definite game changer for them. Brilliant coaching by Spo.

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It really says a lot about Stevens. He's watched this defense for five straight games and hasn't done anything.

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That was like a decade ago.

Jesus Christ.

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Doesn’t look to score or do star shit ...just looks to make the right basketball play
on every possession and takes over as needed

That’s hard to fock with.

And that zone is brutal. And the shooting.

Almost Everyone can shoot on that team...they are not streaky.

It’s not like Boston isn’t good ...they were up by like 17 points!

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Kids....come to the Cuse and learn from the Czar of Zone, Jim Boeheim.

It’s kinda bullshit though. It was banned before 2010 and all the greats played straight up defense.Without zones, raptors don’t get A ring and would the heat even be here?

Celtics were killing them, so Spo switched to a zone out of desperation and that shit just happened to work.

The reason why zones are used in grammar school ,high school and college is because kids are not totally developed yet to play man to man.

I’m glad because I got the heat....but I still feel some kind of way about zone defenses.

Robinson and Herro too...Dragon is the only one they kinda have to hide in it- everyone else is long and super active.

This is more like a John Chaney zone.....

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Not from here of course. Basically everyone is gone from those days.

But real life. Like...am I imagining things or didn’t they have a billion fans with the Big 3?

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*skatin' the rings of saturn*


..and miles to go before i sleep...

i dont see anybody puffing their chest out at this great miami playoff run.

their fanbase is the opposite of passionate.

because lebron.

Was that SeV?

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on the surface the question sounds kind of crazy but I think it's closer than people think.

them intangibles (and great defense) go a long way in the playoffs. at least when compared to relying on stepback threes and and one's (and little defense).

also, player movement is really important when teams lock in on defense in the playoffs. harden quite literally does not move one foot after he gives up the ball.

more if the system required him to move.

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if anything...these playoffs more than any other...has exposed exactly who teams really are.

its as close to an 'everything being equal' situation as you can get.

same venues, same practice time, same rules for everyone.

no hiding behind home crowds, schedule splits, extra days off, flight times, etc.

just straight up gotta face the same team every other day and man up.

Naw it gets a asterisk.


Not being able to have your normal nutrition, all day basketball, being in the bubble 24/7, that’s a problem. Taking a break from basketball allows you to actually concentrate on basketball. You get to relax. However ,some people thrive from that
concentrated, dorm existence. Some people don’t.

Keep in mind a lot of players didn’t want to be there, and some arrived late.

This isn’t a normal surroundings.

And I personally feel a lot of them didn’t and don’t give a fock.

However the teams that are able to concentrate and have veteran leaders do have an advantage.

Asterisk is for when a team or a player cheated and got away with it. Ain’t nothing about this season asterisk worthy.

amazing what happens when you remove a cheat-code ass team from the equation.

Yes, I'm mad. Let's move on.

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Grammar school box in 1 in the NBA?


I remember Bradley Beal laughing when a team put a zone on him. He was like he hadn’t seen a zone box and 1 since grammar school.

Always felt this way in college too. The “zone is for cowards” stuff is the same as the “hack-a-Shaq is for cowards” stuff. Make your shots and they won’t do those things. You’re a professional basketball team. Can’t make shots? No sympathy.

And Brad’s refusal to adjust is so embarrassing. Straight up bad coaching.

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He’s young and this is his first taste of the ECF...and a squad full of mostly youngins. Plus that hard ass series against raptors already proved that he is a good coach.

He just has to take his lumps just like spo did.

Spo is a championship veteran with dragic, jimmy and crowder ...that’s some serious ass experience and toughness.

Celtics just aren’t there yet.

And he’s been coaching 7 years now. I know he’s young... but he’s experienced enough that there shouldn’t be excuses for his lack of adjustment.

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