The dubs lost the finals in the same year they won 72 games. That was interesting. They were pretty clearly the best team, if you just look at everything leading up to the finals, but you don't win a chip if you don't win the finals. That's the rule and it's a good one.
― A is for (Aimless), Thursday, 2 May 2019 18:38 (five years ago) link
kind of an interesting parallel between that Cavs team and the 2010-2011 Mavs, where LeBron/Dirk just stepped up their game to an all-time peak to impose their will on a superteam that by all accounts should've won without much of a sweat. But, the Cavs were one of the best 4 teams in the league that year, along with the Warriors, Spurs, and Raptors. I'm talking about stuff like, say, the rather mediocre Kansas City Royals making 2 consecutive WS appearances (winning 1), or the New York Giants getting in as a 6 seed and knocking off the 18-0 Pats
― frogbs, Thursday, 2 May 2019 18:43 (five years ago) link
year they won 72 73 games
I knew I should look it up, but was too lazy.
― A is for (Aimless), Thursday, 2 May 2019 18:46 (five years ago) link
3-point shooting for an entire team still seems to stabilize pretty quickly. going back through the 5 years of team playoff data on nba.com the best performance i can find is the 2016 spurs who sot 43.9% and got bounced in the second round by okc. when a team plays the 18-20 games needed to get through the finals they're probably not even going to shoot that. the 2017 cavs shot 42.4% over 18 games but that was an outstanding shooting team in general. so i don't know that an otherwise flawed team could go on a 3-point tear impactful enough to actually win 4 rounds.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 2 May 2019 18:48 (five years ago) link
my favorite baseball example is the 85 twins who won the world series with a negative run differential
― ciderpress, Thursday, 2 May 2019 18:52 (five years ago) link
well a team cld be good enough to win a couple rounds then only need to get hot for 8 games total or whatever seems doable for like the 4th or 5th best team to make it happen
― lag∞n, Thursday, 2 May 2019 18:53 (five years ago) link
87 twins sorry
― ciderpress, Thursday, 2 May 2019 18:53 (five years ago) link
Danny Ainge suffered a minor heart attack in Milwaukee tuesday night ?
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Thursday, 2 May 2019 18:54 (five years ago) link
that 8 seed knicks team made the finals in the lockout season and that was before hoisting gone wild
― lag∞n, Thursday, 2 May 2019 18:54 (five years ago) link
shorter season means higher variance for seeding though maybe they were good
― ciderpress, Thursday, 2 May 2019 18:56 (five years ago) link
i think the lockout just made things weird, lot of guys were out of shape not much time to gel and so forth, their roster def wasnt thaat good tho prob better than an 8 seed
― lag∞n, Thursday, 2 May 2019 18:58 (five years ago) link
― lag∞n, Thursday, May 2, 2019 2:53 PM (five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yeah this could probably happen. i was more saying it's tough to see a team from the 6-7-8 portion of the bracket really making a run based on hot shooting.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 2 May 2019 19:00 (five years ago) link
He seems like the heart attack type.
― A is for (Aimless), Thursday, 2 May 2019 19:00 (five years ago) link
plz dont die before acquiring brow and shepherding the team to multiple titles danny
― lag∞n, Thursday, 2 May 2019 19:00 (five years ago) link
Malika AndrewsESPN
Unsurprisingly, Mike Budenholzer didn't commit to Malcolm Brodgon's status for Game 3. Bud said they will see how he responds to today's workout before determining if he plays. Sterling Brown said that Malcolm has "looked great" this week.
― lag∞n, Thursday, 2 May 2019 19:05 (five years ago) link
a.i. loving the sixers play on the sidelines
― sknybrg, Friday, 3 May 2019 01:17 (five years ago) link
damn not cool ben
Cheap shot. pic.twitter.com/W4JbWEAnYK— BBALLBREAKDOWN (@bballbreakdown) May 3, 2019
― call all destroyer, Friday, 3 May 2019 01:18 (five years ago) link
oooh
― lag∞n, Friday, 3 May 2019 01:23 (five years ago) link
Ben got undercut while in the air. He retaliated. Neither is cool.
― A is for (Aimless), Friday, 3 May 2019 01:34 (five years ago) link
not a wash when one guy goes straight for the nuts
― call all destroyer, Friday, 3 May 2019 01:35 (five years ago) link
ben stays a teen movie villain
― lag∞n, Friday, 3 May 2019 01:36 (five years ago) link
hell get suspended right? no doubt lowry had it coming
― micah, Friday, 3 May 2019 01:51 (five years ago) link
yeah thats gotta be worth a game
― lag∞n, Friday, 3 May 2019 01:52 (five years ago) link
tight playoff series prob not the best time for glaring nut punches
― Clay, Friday, 3 May 2019 01:54 (five years ago) link
agreed gotta be more subtle
― lag∞n, Friday, 3 May 2019 01:54 (five years ago) link
Maybe I’m way off base here but I would be shocked if he legit got suspended
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Friday, 3 May 2019 01:57 (five years ago) link
he should be but i don't think he will
― call all destroyer, Friday, 3 May 2019 02:00 (five years ago) link
adam "let em play" silver
― be the 2 chainz you want 2 see in the world (m bison), Friday, 3 May 2019 02:08 (five years ago) link
Kawhi could not be playing any better and it’s still not enough. Kinda hard to run an effective offense when you have two starters (Gasol and Lowry) who desperately don’t want to shoot
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Friday, 3 May 2019 02:09 (five years ago) link
ha simmons just got a tech for some other bs too
― lag∞n, Friday, 3 May 2019 02:09 (five years ago) link
Haha I guess that’s the makeup call
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Friday, 3 May 2019 02:10 (five years ago) link
“teen villain” is the perfect description
― sknybrg, Friday, 3 May 2019 02:11 (five years ago) link
siri, describe the ideal situation that causes kawhi leonard to leave the toronto raptors after this season
xxxp
― be the 2 chainz you want 2 see in the world (m bison), Friday, 3 May 2019 02:12 (five years ago) link
raptors are off the rails
― call all destroyer, Friday, 3 May 2019 02:12 (five years ago) link
this game chippy
― lag∞n, Friday, 3 May 2019 02:12 (five years ago) link
― sknybrg, Thursday, May 2, 2019 10:11 PM (fifteen seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
he literally sneers a good percentage of his waking hours lol, just an incredible aura of unearned hauteur
― lag∞n, Friday, 3 May 2019 02:13 (five years ago) link
the smirk is very bond bad guy
― sknybrg, Friday, 3 May 2019 02:14 (five years ago) link
its embarrassing that the raptors cant beat the sixers when al horford regularly sons them dolo
― lag∞n, Friday, 3 May 2019 02:15 (five years ago) link
lowry, gasol & ibaka making $76 million this year combined... they have 16 total points tonight
― J0rdan S., Friday, 3 May 2019 02:20 (five years ago) link
folks, its a lot of money
― be the 2 chainz you want 2 see in the world (m bison), Friday, 3 May 2019 02:21 (five years ago) link
they shd give it to me instead
― lag∞n, Friday, 3 May 2019 02:21 (five years ago) link
folks, it's a dynamite opportunity to change how we think about "professional basketball player"
― be the 2 chainz you want 2 see in the world (m bison), Friday, 3 May 2019 02:24 (five years ago) link
yeah i mean im not saying they shd let me play in the nba because lets be honest im not very good at basketball im just saying they shd give me that money because i want it
― lag∞n, Friday, 3 May 2019 02:25 (five years ago) link
― J0rdan S., Thursday, May 2, 2019 10:20 PM (four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
it's not ideal
― call all destroyer, Friday, 3 May 2019 02:26 (five years ago) link
lmao these clips of jimmy out here coaching poorly demanding embiid shoot 3s
― lag∞n, Friday, 3 May 2019 02:27 (five years ago) link
lmao at embiid's wrestling-ass antics out here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
― be the 2 chainz you want 2 see in the world (m bison), Friday, 3 May 2019 02:29 (five years ago) link
lmao
― lag∞n, Friday, 3 May 2019 02:30 (five years ago) link
embiid really hamming it up
― sknybrg, Friday, 3 May 2019 02:30 (five years ago) link
he's officially my favorite non-spur
― be the 2 chainz you want 2 see in the world (m bison), Friday, 3 May 2019 02:32 (five years ago) link
embiid really is an unforgivable ham in the shaq & dwight mold sorry folks
― Clay, Friday, 3 May 2019 02:33 (five years ago) link