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4OTnite

<3 you k3v I’m with you in spirit screaming like an idiot rn

ok now this game is reaching black mirror territory and the final score is gonna be your ex's phone number or something

— Desus Nice (@desusnice) May 4, 2019

that missed FT means we will probably see a winner in 4OT

Hood is Good

Hood is backing up my 'fresh legs' theory.

In situations like this it puzzles me why coaches don't go for fresh legs more often, but keep their exhausted starters in forever.

― A is for (Aimless), Saturday, 4 May 2019 3:37 PM (twenty-eight minutes ago)

stotts is on ilh i guess

xp

Stotts pulled Hood for Harkless.

love games like these where players get subbed in like pinch defenders

congrats clay

Jokic played 65 minutes! CJ played 60!

love to get the W at 11:15

kanter playing 56 mins banging the entire game w his injuries is insane

feel like that loss was survivable for the nuggets but would not have been for the blazers

wow uh staying up for that would not have been a good idea but i’m sad i missed it.

can they give them an extra day of rest?

today is their day of rest. no extras. After that kind of game, I expect the players will be allowed to come in for any physical therapy they need at whatever time they wish to arrive.

Watched this late last night what a game. So many ups and downs. Nba playoffs >>>

That game was absolutely miserable for me. Had 3 or 4 nightmares about it

That Murray sideline turnover is just grotesque and I’ll never forget it

I do sometimes forget that Murray is 22

Jokic had two reaaaallly bad turnovers

No Siakim tonight! Yiiikes Toronto

ya its easy to forget it takes a while for guys to get good xp

Murray did so much good stuff last night I was worried about him earlier this season but I think he’s got it.

No Siakim tonight! Yiiikes Toronto

Damned lucky for the Raptors they aren't playing tonight!

I predict the Nuggs-Blazers game on Sunday will depend on which bench can deliver the most productive minutes. Kanter will be torn up worse than ever. All the starters will tire more quickly. We'll probably see sloppy execution all over the place, because the will to win will be strong as ever, but the minds and bodies will be depleted. Might be ugly, but getting the win will be critical for both teams.

Next game whatever. Doubtful I guess isn’t out but calf bruise sounds not great. Wonder if he got it when he tripped embiid

Kyrie shooting this postseason:
15 for 22 (57.7%)
12 for 21 (57.1%)
7 for 19 (36.8%)
8 for 22 (36.4%)
6 for 17 (35.3%)
4 of 13 (30.8%)
4 of 18 (22.2%) https://t.co/2266fC0dM3

— GlassHalfFultz (@pickuphoop) May 4, 2019

His numbers are only moving in one direction buddy

Those numbers aren’t chronological, he cooked the Bucks in game 1.

was rodney hood just zapped of his confidence by lebron or what?

This was my thought last night as the OTs moved along, too:

In situations like this it puzzles me why coaches don't go for fresh legs more often, but keep their exhausted starters in forever.

― A is for (Aimless), Friday, May 3, 2019 10:37 PM (yesterday)

And yes, Hood proved this theory out. (Note: I don't think this theory really applies to Joker, Dame, CJ, maybe Murray/Millsap ... although Joker was gassed at the end and it cost the Nuggs.)

Stotts said after the game he really only put Hood in because Harkless was cramping. So he doesn't get any credit for Hood's heroics.

He should've put Collins back in, too. That kid was playing out of his mind in regulation.

also that Will Barton performance, imo, was more of a "wtf" than Hood! The Thrill was terrific.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CMK5q-gUEAAOEi1.jpg

Slim reaper is on fire

Eric Gordon is the best rocket

Curry is drunk wtf

hes missed a bunch of switches

And just bad on offense moving around like 70% speed

i thought jumping like paul did before the tip was a delay of game or just a straight tech or something? should be something!

Overtime baby. I don’t know the rules of a jumpball but those Chris Paul shenanigans didn’t seem normal/legal

Exactly xp

Worst game of Stephen Lawrence career by a mile

pretty messy endgame here

0-6 on layups and dunks

sadly the steph decline seems very real

*puts money on Portland winning the west*

Uh he just dislocated his finger idk about all that. He looked like a head case out there tonight tho.