Not Being a Joker, We Need A The Finals Thread

[djbayko]

Red Panda providing half time entertainment in the background.

 

[Auger34]

Im not giving this game my full attention and it blew my mind that Gordon has 3 fouls. I thought they were letting them play but apparently they are letting Miami play

That’s the issue. They’re calling it super tight on one end and letting the other team play. Again, not a surprise that Marc Davis is involved

 

[The Social Chair]

Call a TO Joe

 

[ifmanis5]

This is ridiculous. 1/17 from 3.

 

[shoosh77]

Nuggs figuring out their the bigger, stronger, better team last few mins.

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

Nuggs gettin' after it.

 

[ifmanis5]

OMG stop shooting 3s. 2/20.

 

[The Social Chair]

The Heat ruin basketball

 

[ifmanis5]

View: https://twitter.com/WorldWideWob/status/1668440844645597184

how quickly can the Heat get Grant Williams courtside

 

[ElUno20]

Jimmy is garbage. He's going to get blown for infinity for this run but he's trash in the finals.

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

Miami clinging to life but that's kind of their jam.

 

[Auger34]

Would be nice to see a replay of the Gordon missed dunk. I am assuming that it was 100% a foul since Gordon normally doesn’t miss point blank dunks

 

[The Social Chair]

Jimmy is garbage. He's going to get blown for infinity for this run but he's trash in the finals.

He's Reggie. A 3rd tier star.

 

[shoosh77]

How isn’t that a foul before jump ball is called?

 

[InstaFace]

Duncan Robinson's face looks like it was painted by Picasso. Everything kinda in weird relative positioning.

 

[OurF'ingCity]

That is a blatant foul by Vincent.

 

[djbayko]

How isn’t that a foul before jump ball is called?

That was ridiculous. Yeah, they ended up tied up, but he tackled him first.

 

[The Social Chair]

The Nuggets are the worst title team since what? 2010 Lakers? 1998 Bulls?

They have beat 3 play-in teams if they win the title.

 

[Auger34]

Blatant foul and the three dipshits talk about how tough Vincent is but no mention of the clear foul

 

[ifmanis5]

Hey they finally made one.

 

[Light-Tower-Power]

The Nuggets are the worst title team since what? 2010 Lakers? 1998 Bulls?

They have beat 3 play-in teams if they win the title.

Crazy take. Nuggets could have beaten anybody in the East.

 

[Auger34]

Love watching Kyle Lowry fuck up. It truly warms my heart watching that little fat turtle waddle around in disgust

 

[Jed Zeppelin]

So annoying watching the Miami role players turn it over every time they're forced to dribbled. Defensive engagement, how does it work.

 

[ifmanis5]

Looking at Ish Smith on the Denver bench and thinking of all those times he lit us up.

 

[dhellers]

Crazy take. Nuggets could have beaten anybody in the East.

And as much as I hate the Lakers, they were a good team in the 2nd half.

Perhaps you would like to decry their 5280 meme?

 

[Auger34]

9-17 from the line. That’s pathetic

 

[djbayko]

The Nuggets are the worst title team since what? 2010 Lakers? 1998 Bulls?

They have beat 3 play-in teams if they win the title.

They don't get to choose their opponents. They had the best record in the West.

 

[Jed Zeppelin]

Breen's upset detector is all revved up.

 

[shoosh77]

The Heat should literally have 10 more fouls. “Slugfest” is a bad description if only one side is throwing shots. Even that last missed shot is a foul on Bam.

Think we see the Nuggs win by 10-11 here at the end.

 

[The Social Chair]

Crazy take. Nuggets could have beaten anybody in the East.

Point still stands. What teams are they better than over the last 40 years? 2011 Mavericks?

 

[Ale Xander]

The Nuggets are the worst title team since what? 2010 Lakers? 1998 Bulls?

They have beat 3 play-in teams if they win the title.

No
They’d be better than 2 of the last 3 winners

 

[luckiestman]

The Nuggets are the worst title team since what? 2010 Lakers? 1998 Bulls?

They have beat 3 play-in teams if they win the title.

They are better than last years Warriors, Raptors, Bucks, Bubble Lakers, 3-1 Cavs etc

 

[Ale Xander]

Point still stands. What teams are they better than over the last 40 years? 2011 Mavericks?

2020 Lakers
2021 Bucks

 

[Nick Kaufman]

In somewhat unrelated news, every single TV show or movie -save Oppenheimer- that I 've seen advertized seems like utter shit. Judge Harvey? Bachelorrette? A new super hero movie about a bettleman or whatever? I feel bad I 've wasted so much of my life watching TV.

 

[The Social Chair]

2020 Lakers
2021 Bucks

Bubble doesn't count. Good call on the Bucks. The 2022 Warriors are on the lower end too.

This is the parity era (2020 - current) for the first time in NBA history and it means the last few years have seen weaker champions.

 

[bankshot1]

So is Butler going to go off in the 4th qtr or does he have the night off?

 

[Ale Xander]

Spo doesn’t dilly dally with timeouts

 

[ifmanis5]

TO to get Zeller off the floor.

 

[Jed Zeppelin]

Breen's upset detector is all revved up.

Instantly sedated on a massive three by Murray.

 

[luckiestman]

Instantly sedated on a massive three by Murray.

No Bang, had the suppressor on

 

[The Social Chair]

They are better than last years Warriors, Raptors, Bucks, Bubble Lakers, 3-1 Cavs etc

The 2023 Nuggets over 2016 Cavs is a bold take.

 

[shawnrbu]

The 2021 Nets are the most talented team of the past four seasons.

 

[Auger34]

So is Butler going to go off in the 4th qtr or does he have the night off?

I guess he will grift for 4 free throws and everyone will start slobbering over him again

 

[shoosh77]

And 1 come on refs!

 

[Ale Xander]

Lowry made a deal with Lucifer

 

[shawnrbu]

Lowry going off.

 

[luckiestman]

The 2023 Nuggets over 2016 Cavs is a bold take.

Nuggets smoked LeBron/AD & Durant/Booker and you’re acting like this team sucks.

 

[ifmanis5]

Breen "off balance" by Bam translates as flop that thankfully wasn't called.

 

[shawnrbu]

Caleb Martin’s Finals has been a surprise.

 

[shawnrbu]

Nuggets smoked LeBron/AD & Durant/Booker and you’re acting like this team sucks.

If Chris Paul doesn’t get injured in Game 2…