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.

let enjoy them as we wrap this ring up.

Lakers in 5
Heat in 6

Lakers in 5

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

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.

>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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

That was like a decade ago.

Jesus Christ.

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!

https://twitter.com/GwashburnGlobe/status/1306771306613014528
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Marcus Smart is screaming in the #Celtics locker room and there is a bunch of arguing going on. Smart comes out say “y’all on that bullshit!” Team is imploding. Smart is in bathroom and there is still screaming coming from locker room.
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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.....

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?

*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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

Forgot about those finals against the Cavs... because Cavs would go to the finals every year. It wasn’t memorable, because lebron dominated the east during those years. A lot of those games I don’t remember to be honest with you.

It’s not an excuse. Smart is 26, Brown and Tatum are 22-23. Kemba doesn’t have a lot of playoff experience from playing with the Hornets for so many years. They don’t have Hayward. I mean they are right where they need to be.

Look at how many times Jordan came up short in the playoffs, got his first ring at 28. Shit ain’t easy, and all of these games are close, and he is losing against a system defense which isn’t easy to beat ....ask Giannis. We all know man to man Celtics are clearly the better team. They were up by 17 points.

Dude is a good ass coach. It’s just gong to take more time, development and adjustments. He gets another 2 years, if they lose , to figure it out.

We just want to fry heads every time someone loses.

If a team can’t figure it out at the pro level then that’s on them.

But that’s the point. Zone isn’t a pro level defense, which is why it used to be banned.
The whole purpose of being a NBA player is playing on both sides of the ball, playing
Offense and Defense.

So ,since players can’t play on both sides of the ball, or stop the other team, let’s just all sit in the box.

It’s equivalent to parking the bus in soccer.

Right?

it was played more in the paint. the middle would get clogged. zone and hand checking made for more defensive games, which a lot of folks find harder to watch.

today, outside shooting is more prevalent. good outside shooting will nullify zone, but also less consistent.

Frustrated GSW too

god forbid those losers focus on fundamentals for 2 years

That's one of those organizations that is clearly beastly at finding ways to maximize the talent of young players. If Duncan ends up in, say, Sacramento, does he become remotely the same player?

That said, yes, Cleveland is stupid and has been stupid for some time. Between Cleveland's front office and the massive culture change between dealing with non-five-star college kids and millionaires who've been stars their entire lives, Beilein honestly probably should've known better.

>That's one of those organizations that is clearly beastly at
>finding ways to maximize the talent of young players. If
>Duncan ends up in, say, Sacramento, does he become remotely
>the same player?

but its pretty apparent that he came in as a full grown adult with a floor above sea level. raising that ceiling to a cold-blooded Klay was definitely all Miami.

>That said, yes, Cleveland is stupid and has been stupid for
>some time. Between Cleveland's front office and the massive
>culture change between dealing with non-five-star college kids
>and millionaires who've been stars their entire lives, Beilein
>honestly probably should've known better.

well, yeah. and that hurts to admit. but when they are telling you all the right things, and you're the most ethical guy in a dirty game...i imagine they pushed all the right buttons in the right sequence.

although i would posit that those kids were stars *as kids*. there are no stars when your team is that putrid.

>but its pretty apparent that he came in as a full grown adult
>with a floor above sea level. raising that ceiling to a
>cold-blooded Klay was definitely all Miami.

and also.. regarding Belein, I was all in, it's certain veteran players that were not (allegedly)

we'll see what happens under BIckerstaff. KPJ was playing way more in his lane after the switch

Bron has been locked-in all season. The team is following his lead.

Let's go.



*skatin' the rings of saturn*


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

Dropped both game 1s (and LeBron has actually dropped quite a few Game 1s in recent years - but has then gone on to win the series).

It reminds me of how Floyd Mayweather approached big prize fights. He would often use the first round to feel out his opponent, study, and would even concede the first round to the opponent as he felt out the rhythm, spacing & timing. Then, he'd adjust on the fly and absolutely dominate the middle and late rounds, completely solving the puzzle.

Will be interesting to see if this trend continues tonight for the Lakers and LeBron - or if they get off to a good start for the first time during this playoff run.

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I hope they go for the kill tonight.

Jokic picked up like 2 quick fouls, and then back to back foul turnovers for Denver.

Malone is heated. Probably get ejected before the game is. It’s just a matter of time before it happens.

Milsap has 3 fouls.

All before halftime.

25 FT for the lakers.

..already in Denver's head.

Murray & Jokic both in foul trouble and its not even halftime.


*skatin' the rings of saturn*


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

If you’re going to let him just bull his way to the paint, and push guys out the
Way and call a defensive foul, might as well not even have this series.

Players are playing him physical like he is playing them physical. Better off just letting it be a non-call.


First quarter none of those calls are made, and they are all
Playing, but now you get the whistles out ...which appears to be the only way to slow Denver down.

Their whole squad is going to foul out if it stays like this....

Milsap, Jokic, Murray had to sit the entire 2nd quarter ...thats their scoring right there

..Jokic, Milsap, & Murray with 3 fouls a piece.

Dwight Howard being the smart troll, aggressive on both ends of the floor.

Should be interesting to see how Bron & AD pace the 2nd half.


*skatin' the rings of saturn*


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

out how to keep his stars on the floor.

Denver won the first quarter, and then the lakers went on a 17-1 run in the 2nd quarter and that was pretty much ball game.

During that stretch Milsap,Murray and jokic picked up 3 fouls a piece, so all of denver’s
scoring was on the bench for the rest of the half. And it forced the team to defend less aggressively.

Malone is going to have to solve that if he can. As much as I hate zone, might as well play it to keep players out of foul trouble.

Like Melanism stated, the calls are going to be the difference in this series.

So Millsap and Jokic-- any Denver interior player, really-- are gonna stay in foul trouble. Unless they zone or some shit.

Game time

.

C’a were up by 20 again, and they ate that shit up in the 4th quarter. They had to play perfect, but they got sloppy down the stretch, and it almost cost them

For some reason the heat barely played zone ....made no sense. Very confusing.

If the C's didn't build that lead, it would be 3-0. And Hayward is back so everyone (Tatum, Brown, Smart) is going to play harder to stay on the floor.

I'm not saying they will beat them


but I feel like it would be more competitive series than a Boston - LA finals

I still pick them to go the NBA finals. They are a team that reminds me of the Warriors. That they could afford to send Justise packing when they did told me a lot.

You have Duncan Robinson being "Klay" and Tyler Herro who is special.
Bam who is better than Donkeylips.
And Jimmy just coming in and wrecking shit.

Celtics got their hands full.

2020 is truly bizarre

>You have Duncan Robinson being "Klay"

Nothing wrong with it.

they just can’t take it and we keep hitting big shots

iont think a lot of folks are ready to grapple with that.

**smh*

Goats supposed to take the last shot. Play was for Bron.
But Davis x’d the play and said we will live and die with me shooting .

Vex please explain this. Goats don’t get murdered on their own shit.

Take your bullshit somewhere else

Lebron had 6 points and 6 turnovers
In the second half.

Went to the hole in the final seconds, then deferred at the rim with a kick out.
The shot was missed, Denver didn’t corral the rebound leaving a few seconds on the clock. And AD did his mvp thing and hit the last shot.

In the interview he said the play was originally for lebron, but said he wanted the shot and will always want the last shot....lakers are going to live or die through that.

I would like Vex to answer please

You’re consistently a fucking idiot, I’ll give you that, but you’re also dumb

Game 6. Utah
Shot 1 vs Cavs. Playoffs
Shot 2 vs Cavs. Playoffs

Should I go on?

You fried Kawhi for collapsing.

Your man’s in the second : 6 points , 6 turnovers. He choked and was saved by MVP Brow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkvTLOhm-TQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lswi2Y7L58M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jYB9-7zXIk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPN_QRve83M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XWgRpfkxhY

Or has his career eclipsed Kawhis existence? I’m unclear.

Out here spouting shit like Bron hasn’t had a whole ass career before this. You know, where he won 3 including clutch ass moments. If you don’t stop being stupid. This is a layup right now. You think Laker fans care WHO hit the shot? Really? You’re an idiot.

Celebrate the Bulls from over 2 decades ago with a Last Dance Emmy win. I’ll be happy my team is 6 wins away from a title. Bye.

Keep moving goal posts


Kawhi is already established with 2 chips, defensive player of the year awards, finals mvp etc... but you still went in on him if he didn’t show up in wins or losses.

Lakers better.

Lakers are 6 wins from a title.

Last time the Bulls were that...Kid Rock was heating up the Billboard charts for the first time.

I’m not a clippers fan. I just hate the lakers. You know this.

yes, spacing suffers under him but goddamn.

he's been playing like he's mad that Paul George called himself "Playoff"

..what a shot!

We already knew that Denver wouldn't go down without a fight. This was a scrappy game that could've gone either way, yet LA found a way to get it done.

Jokic put on a clinic, but AD came through in the clutch.

That was fun.




*skatin' the rings of saturn*


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

Yes.

AD is worth every fucking penny ever.

The shot?

NO.

The play was supposed to be for Lebron...but I told Rondo to get me the ball.
I always want that moment and the shot. This team will live and die with me taking the last shot.


https://youtu.be/KOO7N2QGDQA

MVP Brow save the game and the momentum of the series.

I want answers.

.

Didn’t you get allstahs newsletter? It reads like a manifesto but it’s pretty dope.

You guys are so hypocritical it’s crazy.

Your fucking team and Lebron melted against the same squad that y’all clowned Kawhi for choking against.

Lebron choked in the clutch ...facts.

And AD saved ass ..facts

But keep moving that goal post.

We clowned you for making dumbass predictions.

When the Lakers lose up 3-1...go ahead and clown us. But we haven’t been in that position since 2006.

Keep moving goal posts. But I ain’t going anywhere

Just like I didn’t go anywhere during the Kobe years, where y’all had to face the hard breaking facts that Kobe wasn’t close to Mike ....I waited that out and won.


I will do the same with this one. As the nigga yall dissed for years dons a lakers jersey, while y’all ride his gonads in hopes of glory.

Oh did the Lakers lose and I missed it?

Oh, did Kawhi and PG shit the bed repeatedly?

Oh, did Jordan never have help?

Oh, are you unable to understand what moving goalposts mean?

Hit me when the Nuggets win a game at least. This is just sad otherwise. The Bulls haven’t even won a conference since the goddamn Seinfeld finale aired.

I don’t think I’ve laughed harder.

Ever.

Remember when you thought Kawhi was the 2nd coming of Jordan? If you don’t it was like 2 weeks ago. You also thought Bron shot off his heels so that was weird. You also thought OKC was a title contender. Should I go on?

When Paul George played like shit and shot air balls even in wins, yall fried my man. Y’all fried Kawhi in wins and losses.

And I never said Kawhi was just as good as Mike ..I said he is cut from that same all around cloth. ANd I never said that OKC was going to the chip. I said I wouldn’t be surprised if they do.

Anyway.

But your man played like a bum in the second half and almost lost it for your team...but MVP Brow from Chicago won it.

Enjoy an era from before Splenda existed you goddamn dinosaur.

Off the back of AD no doubt it.

to be a fan of players over a team

What’s that like?

Especially when the last player you loved couldn’t even beat a 2nd round matchup with a 3-1 lead?

And the one before that is a senior citizen?

What’s that like?

You’re talking about the same team that the lakers blew a double digit lead to
In the second half, where lebron only scored 6 points with 6 turnovers, needing
AD to save his ass and the game?

( AD was like fock that I’m not letting you fock up this game for US. Rondo, give me the ball!)

That team?

I don’t think you realize the hypocrisy you spit. Your team had a melt down against the same squad


Lol

.

I never go there. Win or lose. Bragging or whatever.
Y’all can dish it but can’t take it.



I never ever go there.

>You’re talking about the same team that the lakers blew a
>double digit lead to
>In the second half, where lebron only scored 6 points with 6
>turnovers, needing
>AD to save his ass and the game?

Yes, the Lakers won this game.
We're aware.

>( AD was like fock that I’m not letting you fock up this
>game for US. Rondo, give me the ball!)
>
>That team?

Yes, the team that.... you know.... loat.

>I don’t think you realize the hypocrisy you spit. Your team
>had a melt down against the same squad

>Lol

But.... the Lakers won the game.

All you're saying is that they came back, like that matters more than
the Lakers winning the actual game.

What will you say when the Lakers win two more?

If it goes 5 games, you'll talk about how they won a game.
If it goes 6, you'll talk about how they won 2 games.
If it goes 7 games, you'll talk about how they won 3 games.

If the Lakers win, but they win with Brawn having an off night, you'll talk about Brawn's off night.

If the Lakers win and Denver makes a fight out of it, you'll talk about how they really took it to the Lakers.

You'll ignore the actual win, trying to gain some moral victory.

If the Lakers win the title, you'll talk about how we're celebrating a win from a guy that was previously not our guy, because he pl played for other teams.

If AD does what he was literally brought in to do, which is to be the next in a long line of dominant, Alpha level Lakers big men, and not merely Brawn's subservient sidekick, you'll focus on Brawn not being the clearcut #1, or needing to be "bailed out" by a guy who was brought in so we can have two superstars because even all-time, GOAT short list players are human, and at least two superstars are still the general rule of thumb for winning NBA titles, despite a handful of exceptions.

I'm sure you have endless variations of these, but the overall pattern here is that literally anything the Lakers do, any success they have, you'll find a way to try to downgrade that success with an illogical, irrational, even non-sequitur argument that will leave even ardent Lakers haters scratching their headz.

And lame as fuck

All last week I got blasted for Kawhi choking...and in games where he didn’t show up even when the clippers won.

I took all of it. Not once did I call someone a bitch or resort to personal bashing. I keep and kept it focused on games and players.

Just stop, accept the L, and be prepared for Laker fans to keep clowning you.

You know y’all got a losing record against me right?

- All last season.
- Kobe - Dwight - Nash ...that was fun
- MVP Pau saving Kobe
- Kobe falling way short of the Jordan’s throne.. ..killing all that talk from you guys. Don’t here that shit anymore.

Now yall riding the nuts of a nigga yall dissed from day one to champion your mamba. So y’all had to back track on that ..lol

At least Vex has been with Lebron since day one.

Goddamn man. Go get out of the basement and get some fucking sun.

Did...did you just type you don’t hear anything about Kobe going for Jordan’s throne anymore? What fucking year do you live in?

Considering you got two shining wildcats leading these squads, no matter who loses, you should be elated.

I get the feeling for you Jamal>>>AD from a personal standpoint. You rooting for Jamal this series?

Bonus points, AD got that shot off because a Blue Devil cowered. hahahah...looking like Danny Green gonna get back to back rings!

I'm happy either way. I just root for my guys to ball out.

I don't want the Nuggets to get swept. But outside of that, their future is bright and they're a season of Michael Porter Jr getting his feet under him and one more player away from making another leap.

The only thing that upsets me is that Boogie isn't on this Lakers team too.

But if Rondo gets his 2nd, AD gets his first. And Vogel gets a ring. That's an ideal outcome.

This is why you trade the young guns for a once-in-a-decade talent like AD. This shot reminded me of the Kyrie game-winner when the Cavs were vying for a title. Huge confidence builder - and for the Lakers to be as dominant as they hope to be, Big Ant's gotta be the high-mileage/usage road-dog to Bron, and he's shown he can be every bit of that and then some.

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and put his hand in the air.

Or back a smaller defender down under the basket like Jokic did to him before he hit that 3.

He seems to be more comfortable being a high-level Robin than Batman. Some guys have trouble accepting that role.


>This is why you trade the young guns for a once-in-a-decade
>talent like AD. This shot reminded me of the Kyrie game-winner
>when the Cavs were vying for a title. Huge confidence builder
>- and for the Lakers to be as dominant as they hope to be, Big
>Ant's gotta be the high-mileage/usage road-dog to Bron, and
>he's shown he can be every bit of that and then some.
>
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Really dude?

This dude just saved lebron’s bum ass second half meltdown

That dude said the last shot will go through him, and that he lives for that
moment and wants that moment. The lakers will live and die with him taking the last shot. He told rondo to give him the ball when the play was for Lebron.

That’s not a top level robin ...that’s not a robin at all. That’s an individual, separate hero in itself... more like iron man and captain America...and the lakers are the avengers.

“ I looked at Lebron, but he didn’t move.”

He wanted no part of it, and the play was for him.

GOATS don’t shrink!

they don't protest things they can actually change

Rondo playing like pre bubble rondo
Turnovers everywhere
Bad fouls

Has a lot of makings of a blowout loss. I hope I’m wrong.

I know it’s early, but yea.

He has royalty screwed this one up. Oh well at least it’s 2-1

..turnovers and silly mistakes on defense.

The Lakers aren't playing in rhythm. Should be interesting to see how he resets the tone.


*skatin' the rings of saturn*


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

The turnovers are killing me.

Keep this at a 12-14 point game at the half and I’d be happy

Just a really bad half. It honestly felt like they didn't hit a bucket until halfway through the 2nd. So many open 3's just didn't go down (or were airballs, ha). I expect the game to tighten up in the 3rd - Lakers are usually a very good 3rd quarter team - but this feels like how it should; that the Nuggets know this is a must win.

he seemed the only one playing with some energy in the 1st.

Kiiiiinda seems like he’s just off tonight tho

And honestly it should be.

Still can pull it out but this is bad.

.

.

that was sorry

wasnt aggressive around the rim at either end.

camping out around the 3 pt line.

iono how/why you switch up from what was successful the 1st 2 games.

It’s ok. He’s young. He’ll learn. This team is too good to get swept. Jokic and Murray are incredible. AD will be fine game 4

coulda snatched a victory from them in 2 straight games and broken their morale.

now nuggets prolly thinking theyre the better team and should be up 2-1.

and the lakers haven't looked like the better team for two games now. barely won the game 2.

AD definitely needs to be in the paint way more. 2 boards just aint gonna work. we got three 7 footers (I'm counting howard). should not be getting killed on the boards.

and the damn TOs gotta stop.

I'm sure he'll bounce back in game 4, but he ain't want it tonight.

AD didnt want to be tied up w/ him today.

gotta come out and attack that dude. deplete that gas tank and put him in foul trouble.

The stove range has been turned on.
Taking out pots and the crisco right now.

Not sure yet, but the biggest frying in history might be on deck.

..LA made a serious run to cut into that lead, but Denver showed poise and held on for the win.

Lakers were inconsistent from the perimeter and wasted their size advantage with only Bron getting double digit rebounds.

Howard should get the start for the rest of this series.


*skatin' the rings of saturn*


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

I said Lakers in 6 for a reason. Denver is tough - they’ve got all the tools. And despite a 20 point deficit, Bron with a million TOs, being out rebounded horribly, and missing wide open shots - it still came down to a 1 possession game. Honestly felt a lot like the Magic Finals series from 09 - pretty decisive game 1 win, a near loss in game 2, and a loss against a team who HAD to win Game 3.


I like our chances in Game 4.

Lakers won game 1 because 3/5ths of Denver’s starters were in foul trouble and that allowed the lakers to go on a 17-1 run. Prior to that Denver won the first quarter

Game 2 it took a last minute shot to get the win for the lakers.


And here in Game 3, Denver was up by 20 at one point, and completely controlled the game.


They were better than the clippers and could very well be better than the Lakers.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EipHyNrXsAESuCe?format=jpg&name=900x900

Everybody left playing is dealing with something physically.
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Fry him for what?

He is 22. You’re going after babies now?

Sit down.

The maturity will always escape you.

Tatum is still developing, and isn’t even in his prime yet.
He has yet to reach the level of being a mega star or top 5 player.

We just did a post of best players under 25. But go ahead fry away.

And please grow up and stop with the name calling.

But you, a man in your 40s, is still posting like we all did 10 years ago.

Shut up, dummy.

Dimbass actually called Tatum a baby. Jesus H Tap Dancing Christ that’s weak

It’s not an excuse. He is 22. Bron was what 29 when he first got his ring?

What are you going to fry about 22 year old?

He is not even closed to being a finished product, as tonight as shown.

Kawhi, PG, Giannis, I get it.

Tatum was drafted in 2017. So 3 years in the the league and its frying time?

Come on......

Can’t praise em if you can’t fry em too.

He went 0-a billion in the first half. Oh well.

How’s OJ Mayo btw

I mean really really out there.

You enjoy your night. You don’t have to worry about me responding to
any of your post in the future.

Peace.

Despite the fact he’s never seen me or me him.

Allstah is weird as shit, dude.

Jayson is only averaging 26 PPG, 10.5 RPG, 5.3 APG, 1.3 SPG, and 1.5 BPG in the Eastern Conference Finals at age 22, shooting 46% from the floor and 96% from the stripe. This is transparently unacceptable.

Clearly it's not the coach's inability to run a new offense against the zone, and clearly it's not anything his teammates are doing, like Marcus Smart shooting 14 times a game, or Gordon Hayward collecting 4 times Tatum's salary to be little more than a walking haircut.

Obviously, Jayson needed to put up more like 32/15/8 this series. All his fault.

(yeah, yeah, if you're the guy, then you shoulder the blame, I get it. buuuuuut I'm still insanely fucking excited about this kid. losing this series sucks since it's a ripe opportunity, but Miami has better big man play, if we're being honest, better coaching, and, if we're *really* being honest, better PG play this series. Tatum could've made a few more 3s, obviously, but he's just not good/experienced enough yet to make up for *all* of those differences. *shrug*)

But so is AD, Kawhi, PG, etc - all of whom put up real stinkers in these playoffs - and they took the heat. You know a huge part of this is simply stirring the pot because this board is deader than ever (AND in the playoffs at that...sad).

Tatum is gonna be ok. But you can’t go 0 for 6 in the first half of a must win game.

But then again he went nuts in the 2nd half so...

Didn’t matter

..Celtics tried to go shot for shot against a team that can really shoot.

Too little, too late.


*skatin' the rings of saturn*


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

Too much experience by Jimmy and Dragic...too much experience by those two.
Also, the composure and championship experience of Spo over Stevens.

And Boston has not figured out a way to attack and beat Miami’s Zone.

I rode with Miami because of the experience factor.....Bryant and Tatum are still developing, and not there yet to control or take over ball games. And Boston will only go as far as Tatum and Brown take them....

They really need an active big man who can run the floor ,provide some toughness and get buckets in the paint. Clint Capela would have been perfect for this squad. They had trade talks with Houston back in Feb, but didn’t pull the trigger....and missed out.



Maybe Boston gets the next one. But the heat are too strong to lose 3 straight.

Man oh man.

if they want to play that we can too.

Murray, Milsap and Jokic all had three fouls in the second quarter of the first game.
Come on bro. Their complaint was legitimate.

It was all about keeping the game fair. That was like 70 percent of their scoring on the bench for most of the second quarter.

For the Lakers, they didn’t have anything close to that.

bron done shot less FTs all series than Jokic did in Game 2 and fucking Jerian Grant did in Game 3. that don't add up.

Denver got their swing it's time for ours.

Davis had 2 rebounds, proof that he was playing more outside.
And I don’t recall James going to the hole a lot, not sure.
However, If you’re not in the paint or driving to the paint, then you’re not going to generate fouls.

The issue with Denver was they were getting called for bullshit screen fouls , and incorrect blocking foul calls. I don’t think they complained about NOT getting calls

Not getting foul calls vs being hit with foul calls, keeping players off the floor is a huge difference.

I don’t really care about not getting calls, at least a player is still on the floor. I don’t really complain about that shit, unless it’s totally obvious and the ref missed it.

Like I think the Lakers will win Game 4 - but it'll come down to the 4th. It'll be a decisive 8-10 point win, but it IS going to be a back and forth until then.

I'm trying to remind myself it feels like the Magic finals series...and...we're right on track for that.