( ( ( ( ( nba bubble ball 2020 ) ) ) ) )

going into the series i thought the heat's best chance was to have jimmy steal a few games down the stretch like he did vs the bucks... i think the celtics are more talented but the heat have shown an ability to seize the moment at the end of games that usually wins out in the playoffs (while also doing a bunch of stupid shit at the end of every game and almost blowing big leads)

Heat 4th Q Net Rating

Regular Season: -5.8 (Rank 28)
Playoffs: +19.3 (Rank 1)

We can pontificate on why that's happened. As @johnhollinger has noted there's probably a bubble conditioning factor at play. But it's still a wild swing from their reg season profile.

— Couper Moorhead (@CoupNBA) September 24, 2020

Whoa

Super deep analysis: if Denver is going to miss wide open 3s and Jokic isn't going to score, then Denver will get a chance to come back from a 3-1 deficit yet again

interesting if true

murray has made some crazy shots

Jamal Murray, WUT! HOW!? pic.twitter.com/YbI9PYJZCR

— BBALLBREAKDOWN (@bballbreakdown) September 25, 2020

it's steph, dame, jammgod, thats the list

He’s an exciting player!

ooo Denver comin back

wait was that back to back behind the back shots

Evergreen post: Pulmlee suboptimal

the fix is in

Evergreen post: Pulmlee suboptimal

― that's not my post, Thursday, September 24, 2020 10:57 PM (two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

that three-shot foul before halftime was horrible

absolutely horseshit call on millsap, wow

I mean it’s very clear at this point I think

I think malone needs to challenge that

these refs are coooked af

if the ball is in the air when the shot clock expires, the defending team should be able to grab it and go - reward good defense

yeah been arguing that for a while

I just realized that I have no clue who the coach of the Lakers is

fucking comical no-call on bron on that murray drive

these calls remind me of kobes last game

LeBron always gets favorable calls against likeable teams

yeah been arguing that for a while

― k3vin k., Friday, 25 September 2020 1:17 PM

it would improve the flow of the game, thered be more fast breaks, the league should be all over it

I'm not the guy to harp on or care about the NBA's supposed ratings dilemma, but the Lakers of all teams having the nerve to file a bogus report to the league office over officiating (after Dwight spent all last game hacking opponents and then almost getting tossed for abusive language at a ref no less) and getting shamelessly rewarded for it like this is in a critical playoff game is why viewership is down. Hard if not impossible to be seriously invested in these playoffs unless you're Snoop Dogg or one of the bandwagon of 14 year old Laker fans on social media when stuff like this happens.

This is the worst fucking outcome, the lakers marching through the playoffs via officiating

it’s extremely lame

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this game is going to be an officiating controversy? really?

Glad to pop in here and see I'm not the only one who was livid about the crunch time officiating there.

i’m in an airbnb in maine with no tv and uh maybe that’s for the best.

celtics are continuing to play how they have played

they r ready to leave the bubble

Sad

Oh the fix is in! That wasn’t a foul by Kimba

i lied they want to stay in the bubble now

at halftime marcus told them life is a bubble

20-3 run baby

why is halsem still a player

the heat should try giving jayson tatum more wide open threes, wonderful defensive strategy

iggy has been truly awful in this series

he even looks cooked lol

celtics finally getting some looks closer to the rim

very, um, intrigued... by spo’s decision in the last 2 games to let jayson tatum score 70 points without putting bam on him once

i think he likes to keep bam near the basket

did someone strangle spo at halftime? why am i seeing igoudala taking three pointers

whos minutes is iggy taking the last couple games kelly o

robinson, olynyk, robinson, derrick jones jr......

the reffing in this game has been out of control, how do both starting point guards have 5 fouls. just swallow the whistles sheesh

kembas had so many charges he usually draws called blocks this series