what was bron thinkin about here
Hakeem must be so pissed right now pic.twitter.com/N5z84T5dE9— BBALLBREAKDOWN (@bballbreakdown) September 5, 2020
― lag∞n, Saturday, 5 September 2020 03:12 (three years ago) link
i get why harden drives everyone nuts but that subtle hesitation on the break is something that no one else even thinks to do
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 5 September 2020 03:15 (three years ago) link
he is a scientist of the basketball arts
― lag∞n, Saturday, 5 September 2020 03:16 (three years ago) link
Might be Kuzma's worst game in the bubble: -21 in 21 minutes, four fouls, has had a tough time containing the Rockets guards in space, done little offensively.— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) September 5, 2020
*vomiting emoji*
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 5 September 2020 03:25 (three years ago) link
oof
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 5 September 2020 03:26 (three years ago) link
kuz is not good
― lag∞n, Saturday, 5 September 2020 03:29 (three years ago) link
“frank vogel looking for some scoring...” as waiters clangs a mid range jumper off the rim with 4:30 left in a playoff game... not the greatest omen for the lakers
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 5 September 2020 03:30 (three years ago) link
houston winning this series would be genuinely funny i support it
― lag∞n, Saturday, 5 September 2020 03:34 (three years ago) link
a friend said that to me too but i think ultimately i want to see the lebron vs kawhi showdown
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 5 September 2020 03:41 (three years ago) link
james harden loves him some game 1s, we'll see where this goes.
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 5 September 2020 03:43 (three years ago) link
yeah that's where i circle back to w/ this series. if lebron is playing in a game 6 or game 7 he's putting up 35-15-15. if harden is playing in one he's shooting 2-13 from the field w/ 11 points
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 5 September 2020 03:44 (three years ago) link
Lakers never looked into it
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Saturday, 5 September 2020 03:48 (three years ago) link
Everything starts with their defense and rebounding
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Saturday, 5 September 2020 03:49 (three years ago) link
lakers played at 75% speed the whole game
― Spottie, Saturday, 5 September 2020 05:04 (three years ago) link
dont think ive cheered for a rockets team since... 95?
yeah i'm having a tough time with this one, heart would prefer both teams implode
― Clay, Saturday, 5 September 2020 05:06 (three years ago) link
rockets have the weird ability to make any game bad
― lag∞n, Saturday, 5 September 2020 13:50 (three years ago) link
Lakers have looked so bad all bubble, I think the rockets take this. Think the thunder had a shot too
― Matt Armstrong, Saturday, 5 September 2020 13:52 (three years ago) link
xp its so impressive, really feel like they deserve the chip for it
― ciderpress, Saturday, 5 September 2020 14:17 (three years ago) link
The Bucks have made many, many, many questionable decisions in this series, but I *really* don't get why they aren't ducking under every Jimmy Butler PnR.Butler shot 30.5 percent (!!!) on jumpers out of PnR during the regular season via Synergy.🗣️ SOUND ON pic.twitter.com/nggOmsJ9Qm— Karens In Paris (@NekiasNBA) September 5, 2020
not great coach bud
― lag∞n, Saturday, 5 September 2020 17:01 (three years ago) link
*2 point game*[insert Rondo] pic.twitter.com/udBSoTwiRB— pickuphoop (@pickuphoop) September 5, 2020
― Matt Armstrong, Saturday, 5 September 2020 19:35 (three years ago) link
Rondo running around trying to look like he’s doing something smh
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Saturday, 5 September 2020 22:22 (three years ago) link
not gonna get it done!
Boston shot 7/35 (20%) tonight. This was the 7th time in NBA history a playoff team shot 20% or less on 35+ attempts. They've all come in the past 4 years and Boston now has 3 of them.— Jared Weiss (@JaredWeissNBA) September 6, 2020
― lag∞n, Sunday, 6 September 2020 01:24 (three years ago) link
i mean yeah
Jaylen Brown: "I'm a good shooter. I just got to make them."— Boston.com Celtics News (@BDCCeltics) September 6, 2020
― lag∞n, Sunday, 6 September 2020 01:34 (three years ago) link
Raptors bandwagon up and running.
― clemenza, Sunday, 6 September 2020 01:39 (three years ago) link
defending champs, y'know
― the unappreciated charisma of cows (Aimless), Sunday, 6 September 2020 01:40 (three years ago) link
It felt like one of those games (applicable to all sports) where Toronto was unable to put them away for much of the last quarter and were destined to lose.
― clemenza, Sunday, 6 September 2020 01:44 (three years ago) link
nuggets up 19 after the first quarter, just as I expected
― k3vin k., Sunday, 6 September 2020 01:46 (three years ago) link
Nuggets looking sharp
― Spottie, Sunday, 6 September 2020 01:56 (three years ago) link
dankver nuggs
― methinks dababy doth bop shit too much (m bison), Sunday, 6 September 2020 03:37 (three years ago) link
Hey the 3rd seed in the West is pretty good
― Matt Armstrong, Sunday, 6 September 2020 03:49 (three years ago) link
I believe it was Shaq tonight who said something to the effect of "Denver has two teams, the one that shows up and the one that doesn't"
tonight was like night and day as compared to game 1
― alpine static, Sunday, 6 September 2020 05:27 (three years ago) link
if they get that garry harris a few more times this series that could be the difference. i still dont know what the nuggets best 5 lineup is but having grant and harris in together when kawhi and pg are in seems good.
― Spottie, Sunday, 6 September 2020 06:05 (three years ago) link
the nuggets lost 3 of the 4 quarters but still won the game, which disproves my quarter theory
― k3vin k., Sunday, 6 September 2020 10:56 (three years ago) link
there should be a final tally where points are awarded for "winning the most quarters" like mario party
― bogo jumbo boba (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 6 September 2020 16:26 (three years ago) link
games should be comprised of one 48 minute quarter (divided into 4 sixteenths)
― lag∞n, Sunday, 6 September 2020 17:01 (three years ago) link
the winning team should have to achieve some particular statistical feat off a list of options before they can end the game like in japanese mahjong
― ciderpress, Sunday, 6 September 2020 17:04 (three years ago) link
Question from a baseball fan. (As soon as the Raptors exit, you'll be rid of me.)
Clutch-hitting was a big subject of debate for years--the overwhelming consensus among analysts now is that, with a large enough data sample, no such thing exists. (Bill James was the first to arrive at that conclusion; always the contrarian, I believe his view now is that it hasn't been studied properly, or can't be studied, or something that allows that it might exist with certain players.)
Lowry was great down the stretch yesterday, and my sense is that he's thought of as a pressure player. Kawhi, too, and Jordan, etc.
Has this been studied in basketball?
a) reliably clutch players exist in basketball
b) reliably clutch players don't exist (I remember Lowry missed a game-tying shot in the finals last year...albeit a tough one)
c) you can't really compare the two sports (basketball's a team sport, baseball is batter vs. pitcher)
― clemenza, Sunday, 6 September 2020 17:57 (three years ago) link
lowry's rep was actually that he sucks in the playoffs, after a bunch of poor performances 2-3 years ago. i dont know that he's done enough to overturn that
― ciderpress, Sunday, 6 September 2020 18:13 (three years ago) link
i believe in b) in terms of jump shooting but im guessing theres some folks here who believe in the Hot Hand. for overall performance c) is more accurate, i don't think anything besides open jumpers and free throws have the context-free statistical purity of baseball
― ciderpress, Sunday, 6 September 2020 18:18 (three years ago) link
Mike Budenholzer says Giannis is warming up and testing his injured ankle. But no final decision on Giannis' status for Game 4 yet.Budenholzer: "He's giving it everything he can to be available."— Anthony Chiang (@Anthony_Chiang) September 6, 2020
https://i.imgur.com/5A3WFRN.png
― lag∞n, Sunday, 6 September 2020 18:25 (three years ago) link
seasoning the sweep chamber
― bogo jumbo boba (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 6 September 2020 18:27 (three years ago) link
Being in Toronto, I no doubt get a distorted view of Lowry's reputation (added to the casualness of my own fandom).
― clemenza, Sunday, 6 September 2020 18:29 (three years ago) link
another issue with studying clutch basketball performance is that there are only so many clutch opportunities, which disproportionately go to the best players, so then i think those players get an outsized perception of whether they are clutch/not clutch based on tiny samples (e.g. lowry's last two seasons vs....all the seasons before that). at least in baseball everybody has their turn to hit.
i think there was a pretty comprehensive study of hot hand shooting done a couple years ago and it concluded that there is a small but real effect. hot hand obv different from clutch performance.
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 6 September 2020 18:55 (three years ago) link
There's also, I would think, the ability to draw a lot of defenders to you when the game is on the line and knowing when to pass off--Walker's pass the other night was every bit as clutch as OG's shot.
― clemenza, Sunday, 6 September 2020 19:00 (three years ago) link
I.e., which is where the team aspect of basketball clouds the comparison.
― clemenza, Sunday, 6 September 2020 19:02 (three years ago) link
clutchness in basketball imo its more about ability to get buckets under the increased defensive intensity of late game situations than like not being nervous in big spots which is just some sportwriter bs, like anunobys shot is m/l just a normal open corner 3 pointer but kemba saw a trap dribbled out of it and created a dunk which is pretty unheard of in that situation where usually you end up getting contested 3s
― lag∞n, Sunday, 6 September 2020 19:14 (three years ago) link
contested jumpers rather
― lag∞n, Sunday, 6 September 2020 19:15 (three years ago) link
the great play on anunobys shot was lowrys pass fwiw, idk if it was clutch, as mentioned lowery has not been historically very clutch which makes sense if you look at his game you can stop him if you really need to hes not an elite scorer
― lag∞n, Sunday, 6 September 2020 19:17 (three years ago) link
That pass by Walker was incredible. Even though the Raptors had lost a lead, I didn't even feel bad when it looked like that pass had sealed the win--it was something I was glad I got to see.
― clemenza, Sunday, 6 September 2020 19:20 (three years ago) link