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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.

feel like philly was in that game via the make and miss phenomenon more than anything

yeah they shot a lot better than the celtics

3-pt percentage for both teams ended up in a similar place. the celtics had a bad cold stretch at the end of the 3rd on some good looks.

you know who sucked in this game, tobias harris sucked.

clips getting and blowing a 16 pt lead all in the first quarter here

50% of the time he is nearly all-start level, 50% of the time he is nearly invisible.

xp

like a lot of phillys guys that roster just isnt a great fit for him

mavs r bombing 3s

clips look like booboo

friend of mine put a ridiculous amount of money on the clips beating the over tonight and I was like buddy why did you do that

eek

whoa that is a risky bet

feel like bubble over/under numbers i've taken a look at might as well be randomly generated as it is, idk what he was thinking. he does not know basketball very well

btw the weak ass ejection of porzingis is ruining this game

sports betting would break me mentally

btw the weak ass ejection of porzingis is ruining this game

really embarrassing defensive lapse by luka as he’s moping about not getting the ball

he was exhausted by the end, which is going to be true every game given how they use him

ya played big mins 2nite

lmao clips gonna cover on that pointless foul that’s sports betting baby!!

its weird that betting the line which is not aligned with the outcome of the game is standard instead of the odds which is

mb its cause bookies dont want to do the math

Luka Doncic’s 42 PTS are the most in an #NBAPlayoffs debut in @NBAHistory. pic.twitter.com/yGUCCJ3897

— NBA.com/Stats (@nbastats) August 18, 2020

picture is cracking me up

caption that Luka here’s mine


“what’s up friends?”

rip mavs see you next year

betting the line which is not aligned with the outcome of the game is standard instead of the odds which is

I'm not a bettor or a bookie, so this interpretation is based on the logic of an external observer: there are plenty of NBA games where picking the winner is relatively simple and the more games you bet, the more the upsets can get lost in the generally favorable odds of picking the winner 90% of the time.

otoh, betting the line removes the simple element of deciding which team is most likely to win and introduces more variance. Bookies like variance because it allows them to balance the bets placed on either side and gives them more predictable profits, and betters like variance since it gives them the illusion of placing the 'smart' money that outwits the odds makers and collects a bigger payday than merely betting that the Raptors will beat the Hornets. Hey, maybe the Hornets will play the Raptors close enough to beat the line tonight.

3-pt percentage for both teams ended up in a similar place. the celtics had a bad cold stretch at the end of the 3rd on some good looks.

you know who sucked in this game, tobias harris sucked.

I really enjoyed Grant Williams’ 2 minute stint where he looked like a teetotaling rodman

lol

tobias being paid like someone who should be putting up 25-8-8 and not 15-8-8... the salary part isn’t his fault i guess but he‘s always kinda left something to be desired and it’s magnified now (having been kept by the sixers instead of jimmy butler, simmons being out)