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

the bucks have physically dominated and completely demoralized the celtics, basically there was just nothing they cld do w giannis he owned them completely, kudos to the big man

Three players with positive +/- this game (and the only three players that averaged a positive +/- in the series):

A. Horford  +1
M. Morris   +4
M. Smart    +1

they could've sat giannis tbh

Kyrie gaf meter on zero

LOL come on, man. pic.twitter.com/0RpFoDJC9F

— :( (@NekiasNBA) May 9, 2019

Yikes, man. pic.twitter.com/JAWdCynNKa

— :( (@NekiasNBA) May 9, 2019

excellent game for kyrie to go 6-21 all things considered

he figured since hes done it the last 3 games why not keep doing it

This is exactly how I pictured this game in my wet dreams

too bad philly prob wont advance wld like to see embiid-simmons take a shot at defending giannis

i will say this--the worst thing about this celtics season was just trying to enjoy the team on a day to day basis. like, i would turn on the game on a random weeknight, set aside time or whatever (or at least tell my wife that we were not watching something together that night), and watch them get completely blown out by some team like orlando. it wasn't fun. i've seen plenty of toxic teams and probably rooted for a couple in other sports but this one really stung.

https://t.co/dLl5RF8fu3 pic.twitter.com/Iu53Fkts61

— NoTechBen (@NoTechBen) May 9, 2019

this kyrie year is one of the weirder nba things in recent memory. not quite up there with kawhi last season or the pacers implosion a few years ago but still supremely weird all around

he is a weirdo

celtics twitter pretty maudlin right now lol

🦌 Bucks 116, ☘️ Celtics 91

Kyrie Irving’s final four games of the playoffs: 25 of 83 shooting.

Mercifully, the Celtics 2018-19 season is over.

— Chris Forsberg (@ChrisForsberg_) May 9, 2019

“Go home Boston” chants raining down and the entirety of the Celtics once-hyped starters sitting there with nothing to do but watch the end of their season burn to the ground. pic.twitter.com/Qk6PNhczx4

— Jay King (@ByJayKing) May 9, 2019

What if I told you that the Celtics had more talent than just about any team in the NBA, yet couldn’t keep it together long enough to not humiliate themselves the entire season?

Presenting a 30 For 30: Love Lost in Erotic City

— Jared Weiss (@JaredWeissNBA) May 9, 2019

i feel like i rode pretty hard for kyrie this year when he was playing efficient offense and trying hard on defense but watching him in this series repeatedly alter the defense so he can "try" to guard giannis has me thinking that he's just an idiot.

I hated this team

hail king antetokounmpo

for the record i hope that milwaukee gets rolled because i dislike their team outside of giannis.

giannis maybe the most unfair player since shaq, like sure the celtics underachieved and whatnot but im not sure theres anything they cldve done with him under the best circumstances

doesn't explain their awful offensive performance in this series

if they went out in a competitive 6 games because giannis was transcendent that would be a different story

bucks are a really good defensive team and i think just seeing giannis at the line, dunking, dunking from the line every play is just demoralizing

but yeah they prob wldve taken another game at least if they werent so trashy in their own right

many opportunities to show character lol

Brad Stevens: "We really rode a rollercoaster a lot of the year and it was difficult. I did think we showed a lot of character at a lot of different times coming back."

— Chris Grenham (@chrisgrenham) May 9, 2019

i......do not agree

brad feeling the vibes

Brad Stevens to reporters in Milwaukee: "This has been my most trying year. I did a bad job."

— Brian Robb (@BrianTRobb) May 9, 2019

we built a shitty rickety rollercoaster that no one wanted and then rode it all season. we deserve credit for not perishing on this deathtrap of our own creation.

lol

"I think it's over."

– Paul Pierce following the Bucks’ 22-point loss to the Celtics in Game 1 pic.twitter.com/XzsRzjQnW6

— ESPN (@espn) April 28, 2019

...and indeed it was

ahaha

If you were starting an NBA team and wanted to maximize your chance of winning a championship over the next 5 seasons, who would you rather have?

— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) May 1, 2018

jesus christ

last time the dubs didnt win it all steph was also not moving well

Curry can’t keep anybody in front pic.twitter.com/6N1DkIMQzf

— BBALLBREAKDOWN (@bballbreakdown) May 9, 2019

maybe we’ll get a klay game

Kyrie: "Just a lot of lesson to take from this season, from day one of training camp all the way to now. It just felt like a rush, just trying to enjoy as many moments as I could. It just really comes down to great team basketball, who’s playing better at a certain time of year."

— Jared Weiss (@JaredWeissNBA) May 9, 2019

Weirdo

Kyrie at tail end of multi-part question that ended with “Is Boston in consideration for you this offseason”:

"For me, it’s just moving on to the next thing and seeing where that ends up."

— Jared Weiss (@JaredWeissNBA) May 9, 2019

https://twitter.com/chrisgrenham/status/1126321026273562624

Curry gets no love from refs haaa

yeah really interesting sequence where the rockets got the benefit of like 3 straight no-calls on both ends that could have gone either way

also austin rivers blowing by draymond and putting him on his heels was a “wow” moment, you just don’t see that

Yah dray stayed up somehow haha. But he’s pushing hard and that’s what makes this team go. Rebound and push

I feel like I don’t even notice cp much in this series.

Dubs missing so much. Curry idk what’s up

can't believe how much money they owe paul until like 2022. he is not going to be very good by then just guessing

ya their time is now

Last year was their best shot. This year is their last shot imo.

Cp man alive

Curry wtffffffff I’m officially concerned

guys I am super stoked about the Milwaukee Bucks

for the record i hope that milwaukee gets rolled because i dislike their team outside of giannis.

ummm, have you heard of DJ Wilson??!??