It is the 2018-19 NBA Playoffs discussion thread for hoops friends ONLY

1. Warriors vs. 8. Clippers
2. Nuggets vs. 7. Spurs
3. Blazers vs. 6. Thunder
4. Rockets vs. 5. Jazz

1. Bucks vs. 8. Pistons
2. Raptors vs. 7. Magic
3. Sixers vs. 6. Nets
4. Celtics vs. 5. Pacers

posters only!

I am a friend of the hoop

if rockets beat the warriors in the second round the spurs are going to the motherfucking finals baby spurs over the bucks in six 😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤 https://t.co/AWSTOhH6TV

— Shea Serrano (@SheaSerrano) April 11, 2019

I reserve the right to change this in a couple of days after thinking about it more, but it's hard to go against chalk:

warriors > clips 5
nuggets > spurs 6
thunder > blazers 7
rockets > jazz 6

bucks > pistons 4
raptors > magic 4
sixers > nets 5
celtics > pacers 5

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warriors > rockets
nuggets > thunder

bucks > celtics
raptors > sixers

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warriors > nuggets
raptors > bucks

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warriors > raptors

the time is here the offs are for the people

After their game, Patrick Beverley wasted no time on giving Jae Crowder advice on how to guard James Harden 😭

Jazz vs. Rockets in Round 1 (via @ToddPatton) pic.twitter.com/Ox2QeJJn6c

— Complex Sports (@ComplexSports) April 11, 2019

it will be interesting to see who will win the nba playoffs

it's going to be fun watching the games but I don't forsee a lot of surprises, hopefully I'm wrong. Houston looks like the only team that could even make GSW sweat a little and they're going to have their hands full just getting past Utah. the bracket broke perfectly for the Dubs, I see them sleepwalking in the WCF round. I don't see anyone with a realistic shot of getting out of the East besides Bucks or Raps, but that ECF is gonna be lit. and maybe, just maybe, the winner of that series can test the Dubs a little.

Bucks in 6

bracket definitely did not break perfectly for the warriors, I’m sure they’re not thrilled to match up against houston in round 2

They may be happy that the rockets have to play the jazz first round tho

brooklyn over philly would be a fun upset...

portland/okc should be super interesting

such a bummer Oladipo is out...feel like Boston v Pacers could be a good one

boston v pacers could still be good lol. boston is just weird man who knows what we are gonna get from them... and now they are without their best player marcus smart

it will be interesting to see who will win the nba playoffs

― ciderpress, Thursday, April 11, 2019 8:37 AM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

otm

xpost yeah I still think it good be good! just a bummer VO won't be there

ciderpress otm and the magic theory finally has a chance!

should we make a separate offseason thread so as not to dilute the 'offs? kings management drama already starting up!

haha was thinking the same thing. cad you're on it.

2019 nba OFFSEASON news, rumors, drama, and recriminations

boston v pacers could still be good lol. boston is just weird man who knows what we are gonna get from them... and now they are without their best player marcus smart

― but I can't let Trae do it I got Huerter on my mind (Spottie), Thursday, April 11, 2019 11:09 AM (fifty-seven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i agree. hell, I know how valuable Smart is to them but with as weird as that team has been who knows, maybe the adversity will actually be beneficial? i know that makes no logical sense but very little about the Celtics does. rationally though, this should be a more competitive series with Smart out, otherwise I think it would have been fairly comfortable for Boston but now I suspect it goes 7. I also don't think there's any way in hell they beat Milwaukee now, but again, knowing this team, they'll like lose Tatum and Baynes too and somehow beat the Bucks in 6.

Sounds about right

wld be interested in seeing a huge kyrie-hayward-tatum-horford-baynes lineup

brooklyn over philly would be a fun upset...

― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, April 11, 2019 11:05 AM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

feels karmically correct

philly just has too much top end talent but they have all the pressure here brooklyn can just hoist away with out a care in the world

other thing to consider re smarts injury is that he just plays in game 2 cause hes a lunatic

and the celtics still have plenty of talent w shortened playoff rotations, one under examined cause of the bad vibes season is brother brads insistence on playing every single player often in less than ideal combos especially in the 3rd quarter , but once youre getting 38mins of kyrie/horford a night that whole math changes

also shd go w/o saying that al will be yelling

if we get an Al flex in game one its gonna be a sweep.

also hearing that gordo is rounding into shape again ill be-live it when i see it.

he had some strong games down the stretch

hes been playing great very physical

hes a big dude

i feel p good abt the indy series w/o smart but yeah u def want all hands on deck for the bucks hopefully he can come back early

I also don't think there's any way in hell they beat Milwaukee now, but again, knowing this team, they'll like lose Tatum and Baynes too and somehow beat the Bucks in 6.

no

Bucks in 6.

yes

uhhh

Nothing the 76ers said about Joel Embiid on Wednesday night was good. Nothing. First, there was general manager Elton Brand, acknowledging that Embiid might not be ready to play in Game 1 of the Sixers’ first-round series against the Brooklyn Nets. Later, there was coach Brett Brown, refusing to answer more than three Embiid-related questions following the team’s meaningless victory over the Chicago Bulls. Two poles on the same spectrum, the big reveal and the media blockade, both signifying the same thing: that Embiid’s health – his knee, his conditioning, his apparent weight gain – is cause for concern.

For most of his pre-game remarks Wednesday night, Brand tried to sell the idea that the starting five he had assembled – Embiid, Ben Simmons, JJ Redick, Jimmy Butler, Tobias Harris – was talented enough to carry the Sixers to the Eastern Conference Finals, at least. That’s a dubious notion, considering that those five have played just 10 games together and that the Sixers’ bench is so weak, and it rested on the premise that the organization was sacrificing continuity and familiarity among the starters for the sake of their being as fresh and healthy as possible. But when he spoke about Embiid, who has missed 14 of the team’s last 24 games, Brand seemed ready and willing to dispense with the head-faking and butt-covering and let everyone understand where things really stood.

He was not asked directly whether Embiid might not play. Someone brought up Embiid’s conditioning, about the easy-to-see 10-to-15 pounds that he has added over these last few weeks of intermittent action, and Brand instead offered a non-denial denial. He answered a question that no one had thought to ask.

“I’m optimistic,” Brand said. “I’ve seen him. He’s doing everything in his power to be ready for this weekend.”

Optimistic? It was a curious word choice. Is his health at all an issue?

“No, I’m optimistic that he’ll be ready this weekend and he’s doing everything he can to get back.”

So there’s a possibility he won’t be ready …

“Again, I’m optimistic he’ll be ready.”

But it’s possible he won’t?

“It’s possible.”

https://www.philly.com/sixers/sixers-joel-embiid-health-nba-playoffs-nets-20190411.html?__vfz=medium%3Dsharebar

that team is ass without Embiid. I wouldn't say they're incapable of beating the Nets without him because honestly Brooklyn is not very good either, but it would probably be tooth-and-nail.

the well coached scrappy over achievers vs team of loony superstars who dont mesh, classic dynamic, throw in some injury issues and you might have a series

well we dont know if they mesh ha. 10 games tells not a story

feel pretty confident in saying they dont mesh, i mean they just added harris for those 10 games, like embiid and simmons def dont mesh

idk if i'm allowed to post in this thread having once been yellow carded by yr tyrannical mod but go spurs > blazers > bucks

u shd be rooting for the celtics otherwise im going to revoke yr university degrees

lagoon, what if I told you Jimmy and Ben are bringing back the Headband Brothers for the playoffs?

hmm will factor into my equations and get back to you

see the problem is that i hate boston (the city)

all the more reason!

I hate Boston (the city) too

I love Boston (the band)

im gonna try to go to one of the nets home games, should be a fun series. allen is a decent foil for embiid, but i don't really see a way the nets stop simmons. maybe the brooklyn backcourt can make some things happen. spencer dinwiddie, for one, seems like he was born for playoff basketball.

i also hate boston (the band and the city)

where have the games gone

btw it occurred to me that zion and ben simmons shd be in an offense just like giannises, thats the blueprint baby

you can only have so many 'star' players that need a whole team of shooters around them because they can't shoot

one per team

no one should ever draft players that can't hoist unless they have mvp ceiling

only problem w this concept is simmons has zero post moves and kinda sucks at halfcourt scoring altogether but still i think this is the way u maximize his talent, prob on a team thats not the sixers, it will absolutely work w zion tho

if i were the sixers i wld trade simmons for brow plz dont tell them abt this good idea tho

yeah the simmons team def requires a couple shooting wings and a 'stretch 4'

I mean you really need to build that around embiid and not Simmons

yeah him too

Warriors vs. Clippers -> Warriors in 5 (Lou Williams shoots 29%, DeMarcus gets his first playoff pts, Balmerballers steal their first home game, Warriors have one bad shooting night)
Nuggets vs. Spurs -> Spurs in 6 (karmic payback for Nuggs masterfully tanking their playoff bracket, Spurs ride LaMarcus midrange, Jokic has a rough playoffs premiere)
Blazers vs. Thunder -> Thunder in 6 (Thunder swept season series, hobbled CJ McCollum, playoffs Kanter)
Rockets vs. Jazz -> Rockets in 6 (hate the Rockets but Rockets/Warriors feels too inevitable)

Bucks vs. Pistons -> Bucks in 4 (only sweep of the 1st round!)
Raptors vs. Magic -> Raptors in 5 (Kawhi manages to work in a rest game)
Sixers vs. Nets -> Sixers in 6 (hobbled Embiid has some creaky games)
Celtics vs. Pacers -> Celtics in 6 (absolutely impossible to look at a Celtics roster - that almost went to the finals last year w/o Kyrie or Hayward - and not pick Boston........ thaaaaat said, losing Smart, who probably played Bojan better than anyone in the league this season, might be a big problem! If Celtics can't replace him w/ someone who can play Bojan tightly, he might torch them. He's become really adept this season at gunning 3s or driving hard to his right, feel like he might lead the league in converting artless driving layups. Best-case scenario for this series is Celtics playing like ass in Game 1 and Kyrie saying something that irritates everyone and the psychodrama just kinda plays out. As much as losing Smart hurts, but do think that spreading around those extra minutes might help the Celtics more)

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Warriors vs. Rockets -> Warriors in 6 (Chris Paul gets hurt, Draymond kicks someone in the nutz, Harden's Game 5 is his worst of the season)
Spurs vs. Thunder -> Thunder in 6 (not really in love with either team, Thunder looking incredibly vulnerable if PG's body breaks down, feel like this is the series where DeMar becomes the burden)

Bucks vs. Celtics -> Bucks in 6 (probably last year that Horford vs Giannis will be fun to watch, Bucks have such a fun bench, will be good series)
Raptors vs. 76ers -> Raptors in 5 (very high on this Raptors team for some reason! Feel like they can neutralize Simmons, and seems like Embiid might not be 100%)

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Warriors vs. Thunder -> Warriors in 5 (Russ torpedoes Thunder but does have a monster weird vibes game where he taunts Durant)
Bucks vs. Raptors -> Raptors in 6 (Raptors limit Giannis)

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Warriors vs. Raptors -> RAPTORS IN 7 (Warriors pay for not getting home court, Raptors celebrate in Toronto, MVP Kawhi, he announces post-game that he's demanded a trade to ... THE SAN ANTONIO SPURS?!?!)

yeah embood is another one of those guys

embiid

embood is what hes gonna get if he plays bad right

lmao

good breakdown compupost even if you’re being a lil brown noser by picking the spurs

i could def see the nuggets losing. dont think it will happen but wouldnt be surprised in the least. we really have no idea what these guys are made of in pressure playoff situations. hoping jokic rises to the occasion and just dominates. jamal murray seems like the kind of guy that will thrive but maybe he'll be too hyped idk.

then again the spurs have (and rely heavily on) demar...

and we know what he's made of in the playoffs. would be cool to see him break out of that and at least play to his normal capacity

lamarcus usually steps up in the playoffs though

yeah he's been on fire too after a horrible start. career highs in a lot of areas.

i have zero playoff expectations for the nuggets

luke walton out

make larbon player-coach-gm

coach larbon

Luke coaching that young Kings team would be a lot of fun to watch but he'd just end up getting canned like Joerger for overperforming.

i could def see the nuggets losing. dont think it will happen but wouldnt be surprised in the least. we really have no idea what these guys are made of in pressure playoff situations. hoping jokic rises to the occasion and just dominates. jamal murray seems like the kind of guy that will thrive but maybe he'll be too hyped idk.

― but I can't let Trae do it I got Huerter on my mind (Spottie), Friday, April 12, 2019 2:47 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I could definitely see them underperforming in the offs but one thing they have going in their favor is they’ve played really well all year against teams with a winning record and have been insane in close games. plus they’re the best home team in the league

home court is a very big deal for them true

that mile high

feel like theres more uncertainty in these playoff than theres been in a while

def

p cool

Sixers should be able to beat the Nets regardless, but I have no hope for them against the Raptors.

ya raps shd slice them up

warriors > clippers in 4
nuggets > spurs in 7
thunder > blazers in 5
rockets > jazz in 6

bucks > pistons in 4
raptors > magic in 4
sixers > nets in 6
celtics > pacers in 5

same as kev w/ some game total adjustments, v chalk round

i see a dark horse upset possibility but i'm afraid to say it

bring it

most likely upset is spurs nuggs imo

wouldnt be surprised either if any of the east first round series go to 7 with the exception of bucks pistons

spurs can upset denver but they have MIGHTILY struggled on the road. the key player has gotta be derrick white who is a colorado native and their best perimeter defender. if he can consistently bring his "A" game he can give the nuggets backcourt fits and lamarcus will keep jokic busy. im eager to see who the nuggets go to in crunch time.

i thought the celtics were playing today at 11 but its tomorrow my life is in disarray now

theres not even a game til 1230

paul george and joel embiid both maybe injured might not play game 1s, some p important players

the nets will win the nba playoffs

brookyln baby!

by god thats slothrop's music!!!!!!

lol

Embiid is available

joel... hello

is it 3s you're looking for?

lmao

feel like this cld be a p disappointing series for dangelo

do way, getting high usage on a team without a star in a weak conference is def good preparation for playoff success

*no

do

brick

well that's a closer score than i thought it would be at the first timeout

embiid is gonna beat the hell out of allen more often than not

i know it's been said a lot but philly's offense is remarkably less than the sum of its parts

i think if you give butler enough rope he'll hang your team, but i admit that's partially just considering him a dipshit

*just me considering

if the sixers can't get past the nets then (shrugs) the playoffs will continue just fine without them.

Sixers just aren’t the type of team to blow people out really.

My Nets

Are there still Boban doubters around

whom would dare doubt boban????????????

People used to think he’d somehow discovered the secret to being insanely productive in a fake way

"fuck you dude you're not really that tall"

*boban stands up and is very tall*

"psh...i guess"

Cascading boos, never change philly fans

Lol

texting #GameOfThrones theories, probably pic.twitter.com/IdMCK5dCZY

— #RingerNBA (@ringernba) April 13, 2019

The Nets have a gigantic coaching advantage in this series, huh

*rubs hands like birdman* i bet we'll see a lot of offseason drama in philly...and it's gonna get MESSY

Kenny Atkinson was unsure about preparing for his first playoff series so he googled “playoff preparation comments from Gregg Popovich.”

“I’m not sure how advanced that research is. But I did get some good things.”

— Stefan Bondy (@SBondyNYDN) April 13, 2019

lol

xp incredible

I’m already annoyed about this cell phone thing

i guess it's tough when you shoot 12% from three but there didn't seem to be much urgency or effort from the sixers. no wonder the fans were streaming out with four minutes left

nick nurse is definitely a fictional character

just as everyone predicted, the magic had no answer for dj augustin in the first half

Siakam doing crazy things to get to the rim but missing all the layups

the only answer for dj augustin is another dj augustin

magic team is impressive. i didnt really think of them as a worthy adversary for the raps, but they are playing their asses off.

kyle lowry is scoreless, fucking incredible

He’s the real coward

they trade away demar but kyle is out here still being a problem

magic playing them even with a shit game from vucevic is interesting

Amazing that Toronto needs kawhi to basically never miss to maybe win this game

cool game

augustin mvp

Djaaaaaayyyyy

Who could’ve guessed fit issues for philly and Lowry issues for Toronto

This is truly a banner day for the Charlotte Bobcats

(Even though I still haven’t forgiven them for taking DJ over Brook Lopez).

The Dwight Howard trade happened seven (7) years ago and the Magic have won their first playoff game before the Lakers did.

— Sean Highkin (@highkin) April 13, 2019

magic screwing over the lakers again!

congrats to markelle fultz for winning more playoff games than ben simmons

wait the lakers haven’t won a playoff game in 7 years??

lou has some legitimate complaints here imi

o

xp yep. 1-4 loss to OKC in 2012. they made the playoffs in 2013 but got swept by the spurs.

2012 was a 2nd rd loss

been out all day and catching up--can anyone tell me what exactly tobias harris was doing for 41 minutes in the first game?

wearing a headband

he was a total non-factor

yeah i'm looking at the box score and the scoring imbalance in the sixers starting five should be really concerning for them

esp considering that their bench is str8 booty

wow two upsets today p cool

ben simmons putting up role player numbers in another playoff game

kyle lowery srsly scored zero points jesus

and he got torched by dj augustin lmao

cant make this stuff up

kawhi already booking tickets to LA

he shd just start playing on the clippers next game, switch things up

brooklyn's guards could easily just shoot them into a couple more wins. the sixers need to be really careful.

Steph Curry just broke Ray Allen's all-time 3PT makes playoff record in 80 fewer games. ok bye.

— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) April 14, 2019

steph goat curry

lol nice

he has a future in this game I’m thinking

jokic guarding aldridge is funny some slow feet out there

just a couple of thick dads out there hoopin

nugs getting some good 3 looks and missing bad

both teams keeping the thick dads under wraps

better to unveil the thick dads in the second half

I know this is the hoisting era, but I'd be nervous falling 10 points behind a Poppovich coached team in the playoffs.

the nuggets arent playing with playoff intensity and the spurs might not be either

i watch the playoffs for the intensity and i expect to see it

spurs defensively are playing with more focus than the reg season but just flashes of their offensive weapons

rudy gay doin stuff

he's good, altho i noticed some missed defensive rotations on his part, but he did some good things out there

if the spurs are going to get into contention, they desperately need a high level 3/4 combo forward. kawhi is a FA, he'd be good in that role.

rip paul millsap you were murdered by derrick white

wowww

im tellin yall hes for real

good first day of offs my friends

incredible play by murray thats the sort of playoff stuff im looking for

yeah that was a grown man move

i now fully appreciate why raptors fans werent that broken up about losing demar derozan

Damn, d white!

wow dubs only top seed to avoid what im now calling "the playoff massacre"

derrick white co-mvp with dj augustin

i am so proud of my tall-haired son derrick

loving these raptors low-lights

Wow d white!

Think that’s the best dunk of the season

I had a feeling about the Nets Philly series, but I didn't know how much is just pettiness wanting Jimmy to crash and burn

you're Jimmy butthurt

i do not wish to watch "detroit vs milwaukee"

friends, the home town favorites are struggling in game 1s this year

none of these teams are very good

could easily see bucks and warriors cruising through to the conference finals while everyone else gets banged up in long series

lol i saw skip gates in the crowd of this boston game, ONLY IN BAHSTAN

celtics playing this game like the ball is covered in vaseline

the fact that the pacers aren't up by 20 right now is a pretty big condemnation of their team

Celtics not wearing their home whites wtf is this it’s the playoffs we need higher standards for the offs

pacers are not good at putting the ball through the basketball ring

scary terry

pacers scored one (1) field goal in that quarter

pacers miss oladipo, its almost like not having your best player affects your performance in the playoffs

folks by my reading the pacers have scored 12 points in the second half and there are less then 7 minutes to go, that seems bad

pacers have scored 69 points and that's the sex number so they're doing just fine

nice

pg cant buy a fg

I’m about halfway through the second quarter but if pg’s shoulder keeps bothering him as much as it seems this series could be short

Still going to be hard fought, regardless.

I liked the part where they cut to Seth’s fiance and jvg was like “and there’s Seth and Steph’s sister rooting hard for her brother today”

grant is an absolutely sick iso defender

Lol kanter ok dude

def the shot you want in the crunch is a lanky seven footer hobbling to the ft line for a off balance scoop shot

also he def travelled but this game was officiated so weird like who cares really whatever

Take it how you can get it.

Gotta love Russ not even pretending to contest on the most important possession of the game

We’ve got a BANG from Dame pic.twitter.com/63olBv3wSl

— BBALLBREAKDOWN (@bballbreakdown) April 14, 2019

Lol no Blake no thanks that game will be unwatchable

milwaukee winning by at min 20 pts or they cant win the title imo

Only took one quarter lol

I think Drummond hates basketball is my feelings about him

drummond's made too many meaningful improvements in his game to be in the hates basketball camp but his motivation does come and go

prob hard to really get up for such a clearly doomed series

yeah this is going to be a massacre

i do not wish to watch "detroit vs milwaukee"

― ciderpress, Sunday, April 14, 2019 12:48 PM (seven hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

jesus it's a 40 point game!?!? disaster

without blake the pistons could be a 20-win team

bucks up 37 with two minutes left and espn had them at 99.9% to win

i want to see that 1-in-1000 scenario

2:01 MIL - PG Bledsoe contemplates meaninglessness of existence (Kennard fouls)

2:01 MIL - PG Bledsoe FT made, what does it even matter (1 out of 2)

2:01 MIL - PG Bledsoe FT made, but is the throw really free when bound by the dictates of the rules (2 out of 2)

1:58 MIL - Flagrant foul 2 (PG Bledsoe - desire to feel the rush of chaos over entropy)

1:55 MIL - Delay of game (PG Bledsoe sets all the basketballs ablaze)

"Asked about his former teammates, Kanter said that he had tried to speak with Steven Adams before the game, but got no response."

damn the halo of russ's dickishness is profound

Jazz still have the same problem. No offense unless d mitch is going off.

i see their stats, i understand their stats, but i still don't think the jazz are very good

To me they’re just the definition of “solid”

low ceiling team like imagine them getting hot going on a run you cannot

btw the celtics blowing out the pacers while scoring 84 points dont see that every day

yeah this jazz team could really use another scorer ideally an all around efficient guy like, say, gordon hayward

dont just find a guy like that laying around

maybe at one home opener

Zing

ayyy

Kris Middleton would be great for the Jazz though I imagine Bucks will do everything they can to keep him.

running w giannis is a pretty good deal

yeah he's another example of the type, or tobias harris

excited to be rooting hard for my favorite team the new york nets

brooklyn bros >> LA bros

We got a swarm of Nets fans behind courtside tonight! pic.twitter.com/xnp4Nk5MTm

— Anthony Puccio (@APOOCH) April 15, 2019

noisy brooklyn fans need more time to hone their craft, go nets

Reporter asks Kenny Atkinson a direct question: Will your defenders keep sagging off Embiid and Simmons until they make perimeter shots?

Atkinson uses a good bit to think over his answer, can’t think of anything creative, and finally simply says, “Yes.”

— Rich Hofmann (@rich_hofmann) April 15, 2019

"torbias harris" --charles barkley

marv n reggie are telling me dangelo n simmons were on the same high school team

nets gon win this series

ah nets working on their second 4pt playin in one min

omg iverson and mutumbo are sitting together

haha, yeah, that's great

reggie fat shaming joel smh

im mad the celtics will not be able to play the sixers

wldve been so beautiful

tv guys trying to say the sixers came out kicking ass theyre up 6

im just starting this (5 min in) and gotta love how reggie just said harris is the best 3 point shooter in the league but then says the nets are "settling" for 3s when he missed a couple wide open ones, should be calling out the 76ers defense. he is so bad man i cant believe he has stuck this long.

boban is the best sixer

all non boban sixers are crap

boban should be starting over injured embiid

boban shd start for the cowardly ben simmons

nice of simmons to show up for this one

Boban and Harris deserve to be on a better team. Like the Clippers.

if the nets decide to stand in front of him on the break not sure what hes gonna do tho xp

if any of the sixers really were good they would be seveners

just something to think about

...thank u

boban is that dude

This Boban performance is for the fans

kurucs out here slashing like a mad man

this is quality hoops we're watching here folks

sixers coming out in attack mode while the nets just calmly hit one million 3s lol

should consider guarding the 3 just a thought

that pivot bank hook by embiid tho

nets need to offer a little more resistance in the second half b/c the threes are going to dry up

Embiid knee ain’t right

he looks pretty bad moving around

yeah hes dragging

always

literally hit his arm and then the ball reggie gtfoh

embiid just can't help himself

oh wow embiid could get tossed for that

jesus thats bad

man jarrett allen is a tough kid. i can't believe he's 20. he has the demeanor of a vet.

whats to argue he should be happy he's still in the game

first half of game 2 and joel ready to pack it in

Embiid is gonna be super dirty and lame when his legs give out

how is allen still standing

First of all, this should be at least a flagrant 1 and maybe a 2. And second, how did Allen stay conscious??!! And the crowd is booing, for shame pic.twitter.com/jTYbzA9xBe

— BBALLBREAKDOWN (@bballbreakdown) April 16, 2019

sixers heart isnt in it

Sixers: 65 points on 49 possessions (1.33 per)

Nets: 64 points on 49 (1.31 per).

That's some offense.

— John Schuhmann (@johnschuhmann) April 16, 2019

in the most must win game theyre just not playing D

they don't have very many good defensive players tbh

man jarrett allen is a tough kid. i can't believe he's 20. he has the demeanor of a vet.

― call all destroyer, Monday, April 15, 2019 8:09 PM (seven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

he also has the hairstyle and mustache of an ABA all-star

just imagine how powerful hell be when he upgrades to contemporary styles

did someone drug kenny atkinson?

the lineups without simmons are carving the nets up

Crazy the clips are starting two rooks and zubac who is m/l a rook too

That looked like a torn quad?

Hopefully just a strain :/

Draymonds post all star break conditioning is peaking at the right time

Quad for boogie MRI tomorrow

rip

have a feeling the warriors will be fine

Yah just feel bad for him

Blake likely to miss the full first round so he’s out til next season rip

Patrick Beverly is a treasure.

He’s a wild dude

Warriors decided to sleep through the 3rd and are paying the price. Clippers hanging around

Steph emotes like a professional magician during games

Warriors wtffff

This would be the best playoff comeback of all time right

This is insane

the butt foul

Weird ass Durant game

Curry <3

wow @ this clips unit

basketballmer doin real work

Madness

Wow @ Blanche spending $100 per month on free apple music

dropping Gangnam style in the arena rn prob the most unreal thing about this

lol

Unbelievable that just happened

looks like that was the second most points scored by a team in the second half of an NBA playoff game, third most ever in either half

It was 94-63 with 7:31 left in the third quarter. Clippers outscored the Warriors 72-37 over the final 19.5 minutes. Seventy-two points in less than 20 minutes.

— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) April 16, 2019

whoa was not expecting to wake up to a Clippers victory

on the champs home court in the playoffs, crazy

game winning shot came on a rookie to rookie assist too

I'm not even gonna beat myself up over missing it because I would've been awake until damn near 1:30 I think if I'd stayed up.

don't think GS is in any trouble in this series of course but definitely in favor of anything that might make them exert themselves more than they'd like before having to play Houston.

wow what the hell

watched the comeback part of the game this morning, clippers did most of their damage v a stephless lineup in the third then kinda chipped away the rest of the way, didnt have a lead til the final min

The Clippers’ comeback win was UNBELIEVABLE 👏

🔹 Down 31 points with 7:31 left in the 3rd
🔹 0.01% win probability in the 3rd
🔹 72-37 run to close out the game
🔹 Largest comeback in NBA playoff history pic.twitter.com/LLbjYlmHOV

— ESPN (@espn) April 16, 2019

clips r feisty

they dont really have the talent necessary but they have the right kind of team to beat the dubs, lot of chippy guys to throw at them make them work/think/etc

the whole guard kd w pat bev is pretty bizarre like he scored 21points on 8 shots but also had 9 turnovers, felt like it def disrupted the warriors flow

didnt doc used to throw CP at him? works cos a low center of gravity and KD has a high dribble that the short dudes can poke at. KD just needs to turn and shoot but he's looking to pass these days.

yeah he shd be able to kill that matchup but it does seem like it unnerves him

3(-)1

yeah he shd be able to kill that matchup but it does seem like it unnerves him

― lag∞n, Tuesday, April 16, 2019 12:15 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

it’s because he is soft

didnt doc used to throw CP at him? works cos a low center of gravity and KD has a high dribble that the short dudes can poke at. KD just needs to turn and shoot but he's looking to pass these days.

― but I can't let Trae do it I got Huerter on my mind (Spottie), Tuesday, April 16, 2019 12:12 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah I remember it too...was it CP? for some reason I’m thinking it was a different matchup but that might be right

it’s because he is soft

― k3vin k., Tuesday, April 16, 2019 1:17 PM (twenty minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

true

Warriors All-Star DeMarcus Cousins has been diagnosed with a torn left quad, league sources tell @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium. Devastating for Cousins, who had MRI early this morning.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) April 16, 2019

Damn. What shitty luck. Get well soon big guy.

brutal. dude played in 1.25 playoff games.

yeah I remember it too...was it CP? for some reason I’m thinking it was a different matchup but that might be right

― k3vin k., Tuesday, April 16, 2019 10:19 AM (thirty-two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

im pretty sure it was CP.

But really its just up to KD if he wants to dominate or not. no one can stop him but his own damn self.

7 of the last 10 games KD has taken less than 10 shots

feel bad for Boogie as a person but I definitely won't miss watching him pout and throw hissy fits every 2.4 seconds like he's done his whole career.

he just needs to settle into nba middle age on the new york knicks where im sure everything will be chill and cool

Does having another big injury open up a path for DMC to stay with the Warriors if KD leaves? I don't understand any of the complicated NBA contract rules.

feel bad for boogie for sure... but yeah he def wasnt an ideal fit with the warriors. he was always an insurance policy and couldve been useful during a couple potential matchups, but not the most important matchups. losing depth at that position where they already lost damian jones and arent getting anything from jordan bell is not good tho. the bogut signing is looking like a very savvy move now. he looks really good out there.

yeah theres a chance that no one offers boogie much of anything and the warriors can sign him for 20% more than what they are paying him this year. they coudl do that if KD stays as well probably. just depends on what he can get out there. i doubt anyone is offering more than a 2 year deal for him

have to think someone will offer him more than the dubs can

who really needs a (hobbled) veteran starting center tho?

warriors
lakers?
pelicans lol
raptors?

there's going to be plenty of money and plenty of disappointed teams.

its the knicks

kd boog and kyrie on the knicks for the all time moodiest locker room

lol

hard to believe Boogie is only 28..he looks like an old man out here

he's always been slow footed and below the rim but its more pronounced trying to run up and down w the splash bros and such

Weirdly at peace with Cousins' injury given the chance that it will lighten the asterisk if they win the chip.

I liked having him on the team and would be cool with bringing him back after Durant splits. But I agree that the team looks better with Kevon in there.

don't really think boogie contributed to the asterisk, they were already past anyone who cares about that's threshold without him

also he was not good

he kind of killed the nuggets so I’m using that as a silver lining should things get that far

yeah he def took that matchup personally and could actually do something about it.

congrats to kyle lowry for scoring a hoop

it’s weird that the nuggets do not look significantly more talented than the spurs

its bc they aren't

semi-annual post in vain that despite paying for league pass i am unable to watch the spurs/nuggets game

u shd pay 4 cable, i know its old hat but its a good service

i do pay for cable, my cable provider doesn't carry nbatv so i'm left hanging

also there is only one cable provider where i live

whaaaaaaaaaat consider violent revolution

nuggets looking like they’ve never played basketball together

spurs are clickinnnnnnn

jakob poeltl has been a beast. dude is the prefect coach pop role playing C.

i haven't been much of a nuggets believer but at the same time it would be depressing for all the predictions that they still weren't ready for the 'offs to be true

theyre showing some life now. 11 unanswered.

every time isiah thomas says “coach malone” i hear “post malone”

it’s weird that the nuggets do not look significantly more talented than the spurs

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, April 16, 2019 9:37 PM (nineteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

they just dont have a lot of the physical talents size athleticism strength etc

they have a lot of basketball skill tho

will barton looks extremely bad

he had a bunch of injuries this year never really got on track iirc

he was already going to be playing out of position at the 3 and then got hurt

every time isiah thomas says “coach malone” i hear “post malone”

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, April 16, 2019 9:59 PM (seven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

the way he talks at a completely steady slow pace kinda drives me insane

it does seem like a freak athlete type guy at any position would really help them get to some different looks

jokic needs to lift bro

lol orlando getting the breaks beat off them

good to see the raptors show the self respect so often lacking in our neighbors to the north

carlos boozer shd be arrested for trying to look like joe budden

wow have u guys seen this commercial

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMNvKyFF-5A

lmao whoever sold that pitch should get a raise or bonus or something

i love how it switches from chess to basketball with no transition whatsoever

thats the lifestyle

derrick white has completely shut jamal murray down so far

poetl def has severe tiago splitter swag

murray and barton are 1-17

is that good

seems like we're close to needing to have a talk about jamal murray

semi-annual post in vain that despite paying for league pass i am unable to watch the spurs/nuggets game

― call all destroyer, Tuesday, April 16, 2019 9:42 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

it is extremely annoying I am currently at a bar

im watching an illegal stream not because i dont have nba tv but because nuggets games are blacked out on youtube tv in the state of colorado

*unless theyre national games i guess but nbatv doesnt count

dam this game is heating up

do they do blackouts bc they think you're gonna go to the game?

no its just that the local station that carries the games isnt on youtube tv

Same problem for me lagoon

I’ve never really believed in will Barton and I think it’s time to move on

paul trillsap takes his name

apparently a zach collins/markeiff morris double technical was called which is funny

One of the crazy things about this series is that Jokic has been legit good on defense

Omg That Jokic three in and out come on

murray woke up, he's been on fire

yo pop this is not the time to be getting a technical

This fucking team man...

hahahahaaaaaaa god bless

dam

Murray is feelin it like crazy kinda nuts really

lol murray just gonna shoot everytime fuck it

this will be a good series

They gotta seriously considering going smallball more and benching Barton right

let’s go nuggs!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Harris and big honey kept them in it and Murray brought it home. What a comeback and game.

refs sure making a lot of calls in Portland

Westbrook being a pest

kamikaze playoff russ is lurking in the shadows right now

feels like any of the 4 teams in the nuggets-spurs-blazers-thunder side of the bracket could make it to the conf finals

That nuggets game had to have the widest comeback built off of like 7 total points off turnovers

Dame is ON FIRE in the third quarter.

when the zers are hitting their shots it's pretty spectacular

kamikaze playoff russ is lurking in the shadows right now

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, April 16, 2019 8:43 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i was thinking this in the second quarter too and turns out this was pretty otm

Stotts is an amazing coach

grats to my very close friend russell westbrook on going 5-20 tonight

This looks like a punch from LaMarcus Aldridge. pic.twitter.com/doHdv8WZ36

— Harrison Wind (@HarrisonWind) April 17, 2019

oh yeah damn the uppercut

thunder are 10/61 from 3 on the series that's not good

they are who we thought they were.

second best team in the west iirc

hellow

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D4Vee6xUIAAgSlb.jpg

second best team in the west iirc

― k3vin k., Wednesday, April 17, 2019 9:27 AM (one hour ago) Bookmark

really not sure any of us are in much of a position to be chiding the others for their opinions on who is a legitimate contender in the western conference now are we................................

i'm reverting back to my previously held opinion that the thunder won't win a playoff series with russ in the post-KD era

i'm reverting back to my previously held opinion that steven adams shd go to the celtics

that's a pretty good opinion

thank u

adams on any other team would be cool to see.

second best team in the west iirc

― k3vin k., Wednesday, April 17, 2019 9:27 AM (one hour ago) Bookmark

really not sure any of us are in much of a position to be chiding the others for their opinions on who is a legitimate contender in the western conference now are we................................

― J0rdan S., Wednesday, April 17, 2019 11:18 AM (fifty-three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

;)

the only real finals contenders are the dubs and rockets tbh

adams not donating all his rebounds to a stathound would be cool to see

he cld give them to kyrie and kyrie cld average a triple double

who’s gonna donate him the assists

everyone knows steph is actually the best rebounding pg in the league (ben simmons isnt a pg)

kyrie can get ten assists if he wants

'The young guys don't know what it takes to be assisted.'

lmao

goon = jared dudley?

Stefan Bondy@SBondyNYDN

Jared Dudley dropping gems at media availability: "Ben Simmons is a great player in transition. And once you get him into halfcourt, he's average."

that seems accurate though?

yeah it's 100% accurate

my covers blown

Kevin Durant goes extremely in depth on the Clippers style of defense, the overhelp, why he won’t get caught up in a 1-on-1 battle with Patrick Beverley pic.twitter.com/nOdmTDY4yi

— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) April 17, 2019

lol sometimes i love kd

that’s so good!

yeah it really is

nice

has thad young always been good at defense?

yeah

I just saw on tv that one of my old fraternity brothers is sitting courtside at the Celtics game. I knew he was doing well for himself but not courtside playoff tickets well.

that last play was too easy what a relief

al horford is a god

lol

incredible final minute by the pacers

Holy shit Pacers what a choke

Wow pacers disrespected the game with that late game execution.

That was a great game for Celtics fans, but kind of fugly if you just wanted to watch some good hoops. I still cant figure out what Wes Matthews thought was supposed to develop on that inbounds. No one was moving to where he threw the ball.

looked like there was a failed screen attempt for bojan and he didn't adjust

And then compounding with an and 1 dunk and another turnover not great

harden is going nuclear

I had to turn off the Rockets v Jazz. Couldn’t bear to watch a murder

guess harden is just having one of those games where he achieves apotheosis

he's a man on a mission. MVP voting is over, but the chip is still in play.

houston is playing great defense too

God how did Utah win 50 games? They have exactly one guy who can consistently get his own shot and he’s 22. I don’t know why the hell I thought this series would be close.

Jazz need some upgrades. Rubio specifically. And ingles is cool but probably more for an iggy type role at this stage of his career

well they need to improve on crowder way more than ingles, ingles can at least start

folks, the rockets are good, and james harden is good

incredible final minute by the pacers

― ciderpress, Wednesday, April 17, 2019 9:21 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Holy shit Pacers what a choke

― frogbs, Wednesday, April 17, 2019 9:22 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Wow pacers disrespected the game with that late game execution.

― but I can't let Trae do it I got Huerter on my mind (Spottie), Wednesday, April 17, 2019 9:29 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

rough rough finish by the pacers after playing such a good game

Rox are good and seem to be peaking and healthy at the right time. And meeting the warriors in the 2nd round is better for them too less opportunities for cp to get hurt and harden to wear down.

wld interested in see the rox go all the way this year tbh rooting for the villain and so forth, cp3 diantoni and harden finally break through

Nah f that

lol

kinda feel like that would unleash hoops satan on the world and im comfortable with keeping them down there

it is fated

jazz are a good defensive team but dont really have the right personnel to play w the rockets, u need to be swarming and athletic

Def a bad matchup for them.

btw tatum made a number of sick plays tonight, kyrie did kyrie stuff against a very good defense

2 games in and neither team has scored 100

pacers are slowing it way down to try to prevent the celtics break

It’s the only shot they’ve got.

tatum was really good in the 4th, which was all i saw.

indys been pretty good all things considered except for the fact that the celtics seem to be able to shut them down at will, they just dont have a lot of offensive talent w/o dipo, even with him tbh

like it seemed like everything they were tossing up was going in tonight then they finish w 91pts on 45%

the second play here where tatum found hayward was so good he saw it the whole way

Tatum hits a three to give Boston the lead, assists to extend it, and dunks to seal it

Celtics up 2-0 vs. Pacers pic.twitter.com/2OpDx2UKVh

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) April 18, 2019

also a great push and pass by brown on that first play

that play was started with unbelievable defense by al, he just tracked bojan to the rim and took the ball away.

yeah youre just not gonna make a line drive drive with al on u like that, same thing w turner on the other side something the celtics learned a few times tonight

i mean he makes that play even when hes trailing most of the time, if u dont even have a half a step on him its hopeless

yeah turner's become a really good defensive player. even when indy was struggling late it was hard for the celtics to drive on him.

*checks in on that other game that happened tonight*

DEER GOD pic.twitter.com/RryJJtSygy

— Maggio 🏁 (@kylemaggio) April 18, 2019

pretty inspiring effort by Big Al there at the end to rally and make some plays considering he was apparently ill. he certainly played like it for most of the game and proved again how valuable he is to the C's because defensively they were trash without him at 100% and honestly offensively they mostly just rode Kyrie until the early 4th.

yeah horf def didnt look like himself

it will be interesting to see how the celtics play in a series vs a team with good players on it

such disrespect for bojan

it will be interesting to see how the bucks play in a series vs a team with good players on it

i mean its the first round of the playoffs folks

are you sure about this

time for a new conspiracy theory

hear me out on this - what if what we've been told was the "regular season" this whole time was actually the first round of the playoffs