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in watching rudy gobert attempt to catch a donovan mitchell pass and then take a single step without losing the ball, i get why donovan mitchell hates him

Guys the bubble officiating is just embarrassing

a huge change from the normal course of officiating

I’ve always defended NBA officiating but this has just not been right, game after game

mitchell would be awesome playing with a big like nurkic or bam who can make a play after getting passed the ball

lol

joe ingles not the answer on jamaal murray either...

welp utah needed this one

Like I said, Jamal Murray just gets hot. He’s a different dude sometimes

xps - this was a prominent feature of the season before it was shut down in March, too. and by "this" I mean "Matt complaining about the officiating".

the jazz shd trade gobert bc of bad vibes

man it must be demoralizing to pour as much into a game as Mitchell just did and still be looking at 0-1.

Murray really stole it

Jokic and Murray spent a ton of time working out together during quarantine and they do look better than ever

Denver went 22-41 from 3 and still needed OT to win. Not sure I feel terrible about this game if I'm Utah.

— John Hollinger (@johnhollinger) August 17, 2020

denver just has way more in the bag than utah does, so I disagree

i would feel terrible about it because i lost a winnable game as the underdog. there's nothing predictive about it unless it was due to something denver fundamentally can't adjust to

yeah underdog taking first one on the road changes the whole series

Denver hit a lot of threes and Donovan mitchell had one of the greatest playoff performances ever. Both things are unlikely but

They really do need harris back tho, you can’t keep asking small forwards to defend guards

defense was non existent in that game for the most part

gonna skip this toronto/nets series no thx.

yeah

Nets cut a 33 point lead to 9

ok im back lol

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EfpvwKkXYAMVmeD.jpg

Jamal Murray’s IG Story postgame💀💀 the bubble is insane pic.twitter.com/yR3pmv65W6

— Bobby (@BobbyMlRE) August 17, 2020

you can't trick me into watching that series. 9 points is infinite

lol

Embiid has yet to come on the court. It’s 6:10 on the clock before the start of the game.

— Keith Pompey (@PompeyOnSixers) August 17, 2020

Over-under on how early in the 1st the Sixers go down by 10? I'm going to set it at 7:30.

Holy xp

he showed up apparently

Probably playing X-Box with a tub of Chik-Fil-A on his lap.

76ers vibes are all wrong

Brad Stevens looks like he was a 4-year college player at a mid-major who is now getting his Masters at the school and is an unpaid assistant for his former coach.

Robert Williams being good could change everything for the Celtics

Brett Brown looks like he’s in Cabo and doesn’t know where his wife is but it’s not a big deal

lol

hahaha

c's should be up more. couple of bad plays in the last 2 mins.

i kinda forget kemba is on this team.

Celtics not the same since jaylen got banged up

Brett Brown looks like he’s in Cabo and doesn’t know where his wife is but it’s not a big deal

― Matt Armstrong, Monday, August 17, 2020 7:25 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

Amazing.

So the Celtics seem good

josh richardson starts playing like himself the minute ben simmons gets hurt.... not exactly a ringing endorsement for brett brown

the bench is still an issue

ya hopefully hayward can play

Matt Armstrong
Posted: August 17, 2020 at 7:18:25 PM
Robert Williams being good could change everything for the Celtics

been saying this

embiid was gassed after the first quarter

they did a good job mixing up defenses on embiid later in the game...brought some late doubles and turned him over.

kanter played well, i would consider getting him more minutes. theis will always try his best but this is just not his series. if i were him i'd just be looking at my direct deposit statements after every game because he has the worst job in basketball right now.

tatum and brown were great, obv brown's availability going forward is important. kemba did an amazing job of settling things down, drawing some fouls, and playing under control down the stretch.

the sixers are really easy to stop outside of embiid isos.