AROUND THE 2024 NBA PLAYOFF: PLAY-IN and FIRST ROUND

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  1. e_blazer

    e_blazer Rip City Fan

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    Yeah. Never been a fan. He coached 3 superstars well in Boston and that’s it.
     
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    I'd say KG, Pierce, Allen, and Rando were too good for even him to screw up.
     
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    Luka needs to do a better job of clock management and he expects the refs to bail him out.
     
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    Clippers 15% 3pt shooting.
    Ballmer wants a refund
     
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    Mavs have it rolling now!
     
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    Nooorm !3!!
     
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    Clips can't get nothin' to drop. Mavs up 7, about 3m to go.
     
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    Mavs tagged 6 of last 7 threes. Clippers down 9. LAC fans reaching for their Dodgers cap.
     
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    He knew that shot was the game!
     
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    Gonna be tough to win that series without Giannis.
     
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    new NBA rule: face is part of the ball. The Nuggets challenged this whack and replay refs overturned the call.

     
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    Suns should blow it up. Get what they can for KD and Beal. Booker is only 27 and they could still maybe build around him.
     
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    the Heat are 15 point underdogs. No confindence in Tyler Herro & Co.
     
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    Would Booker stay for that kind of rebuild? At what point does he say enough is enough? So many questions about what a team would give to get KD at this point?
     
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    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Someone in the comments pointed out that the foul that had originally been called was a handcheck on the drive, and the review was on the validity of that call. Since the play had been whistled at that point, nothing that occurred after the whistle is reviewable, so the refs by rule were not permitted to call the smack in the face.
     

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