NBA Playoffs Thread - 2nd round edition

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blazerkor said:
I don't understand why when the Warriors do that, the Lakers don't just immediately switch. Like everyone else can play man to man but AD is playing a zone. The Warriors don't have the shooters IMO to take AD as far away from the paint as he was on those P&Rs. They don't need to switch everything, just switch AD when his guy tries to lure him that far away from the hoop. I doubt they'll do it though because LeBron was so pumped that AD could defend Steph out there... meanwhile back at the hoop, the Warriors were getting whatever they wanted because even though for the most part AD was doing a fine job limiting Steph's shooting out there and he wasn't getting constantly blown by, Steph was picking the Lakers apart with passes.

None of that really matters if the Lakers keep AD involved on offense though but I think the two are connected. I think even though AD is a good perimeter defender that all of that movement makes him content with resting on offense.
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Davis is insanely effective defending inside at the rim. If I'm the Lakers I tell him to keep that up, and yes just rest on offense with a few garbage buckets or scoring if the defense leaves him open.

Davis defense is way better than anyone else on the Lakers, but his offense can be replaced by others with little change in the teams effectiveness.
 
Looks like the Sixers will put themselves within one win of the ECF. It also looks like last season's defending Eastern Conference champions are very close to not making it to even try and get back to the Finals.
 
Anyone else notice Sharpe on the draft Kings commercial? Dame has been on there for a while but recently they added Sharpe.
 
Rooting for Jokic and the Nuggets to win it all
 
BigGameDamian said:
When was the last time the NBA has had 2 dominant centers going at it in the finals?
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I honestly think it was 1999 when the Spurs and David Robinson beat the Knicks and Patrick Ewing but neither of those guys were at the top of their game.

The last time there were two true centers at the top of their game going against each other in the Finals it was Shaq's Magic against Hakeem's Rockets. They even tried to do a PPV one on one against each other that off season and it was supposedly selling well but one of the guys pulled out with an injury. That's the last time two centers who were at an MVP level faced off in the Finals. 1995. The tag line for that pay per view was Shaq saying, "No excuses" and Hakeem retorting "No problem" it was pretty hilarious when it was canceled.
 
if you've been watching these playoff series in both conferences, and thinking about last summer:

* Denver - tax-MLE on Bruce Brown
* Warriors - part of tax-MLE on Donte DiVencenzo
* Lakers - tax-MLE on Lonnie Walker
* Miami - part of MLE on Caleb Martin
* Milwaukee - tax-MLE on Joe Ingles
* Philly - full-MLE on PJ Tucker
* Sacramento - MLE on Malik Monk

meanwhile, Portland used the full-MLE (most of) for 15 games and 61 points from Gary Payton

I think Cronin handled last season's trade deadline about as good as he could of. But he sure didn't do a good job last July
 
wizenheimer said:
if you've been watching these playoff series in both conferences, and thinking about last summer:

* Denver - tax-MLE on Bruce Brown
* Warriors - part of tax-MLE on Donte DiVencenzo
* Lakers - tax-MLE on Lonnie Walker
* Miami - part of MLE on Caleb Martin
* Milwaukee - tax-MLE on Joe Ingles
* Philly - full-MLE on PJ Tucker
* Sacramento - MLE on Malik Monk

meanwhile, Portland used the full-MLE (most of) for 15 games and 61 points from Gary Payton

I think Cronin handled last season's trade deadline about as good as he could of. But he sure didn't do a good job last July
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Blazers also had Bird rights on Ingels so could've just signed him plus done a tax MLE signing plus not been hard capped.

Have no fear though, we're still waiting to use all the "flexibility" we received from the Clippers trade so good things are on the horizon!
 
Never thought of the two center NBA finals possibility, really like that idea.
 
Never expected to see the game go like this in Boston. The Celtics lost the lead for good 4 minutes into the game.

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Natebishop3 said:
Why? Their fans are fucking awful. Fuck that team.
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As opposed to what opposing fans that are so great? Lakes and Warriors have won plenty. Can't find myself rooting for KD bouncing around superteams.

Jokic is one of the most skilled players to watch since the original Sabonis. Its fun seeing a team use the mile high altitude to their advantage. They have a legit 5 man starting 5 that they've built patiently over many years.

Knicks are probably the fans I have the most sympathy for but their just not a legit contender.
 
The Warriors missed Looney. If Klay played even at his averages they would beat the Lakers easily.
 
Chris Craig said:
Looney backhanded him a little bit.
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a bit more serious than you make it out to be -- he got hit in the temple.

that shit can be fatal. and his inability to walk back to the locker room w/o a wheelchair is really worrisome. this could be a concussion and have him out for game 6.

lucky ass warriors once again.
 
illmatic99 said:
a bit more serious than you make it out to be -- he got hit in the temple.

that shit can be fatal. and his inability to walk back to the locker room w/o a wheelchair is really worrisome. this could be a concussion and have him out for game 6.

lucky ass warriors once again.
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He barely got hit.

He will be back next game.
 
Chris Craig said:
I've been but far worse than that playing basketball and still played.
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"far worse" isn't really something anyone can tell. I've been punched in the face really hard before... knocked me down and I got right back up and never felt a thing from it. I've also barely been hit in the side of the head and it was an accident and I saw stars and ended up with a headache and I can remember the hit and everything leading up to it but I don't have any memory of like the next ten minutes but I never went down because of it according to everyone there.

Hits to the head are really weird, no two are alike.
 
blazerkor said:
Hits to the head are really weird, no two are alike.
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Yeah that wasn't a flop. The things i got up from and the things that put me down are very different for sure.
At first i thought he was dealing with a cheek or Orbital issue but then it was pretty clear this was temple or side of the head impact from a fore arm.
 
blazerkor said:
"far worse" isn't really something anyone can tell. I've been punched in the face really hard before... knocked me down and I got right back up and never felt a thing from it. I've also barely been hit in the side of the head and it was an accident and I saw stars and ended up with a headache and I can remember the hit and everything leading up to it but I don't have any memory of like the next ten minutes but I never went down because of it according to everyone there.

Hits to the head are really weird, no two are alike.
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He's fine

 
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