"We're going to Disney World!" NBA to resume season July 31 at WDW

Euclis20

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Pour one out for Denver. Their comebacks against Utah and the Clippers said as much about those two teams as it did Denver, but still it was something special to watch. I think of them as the Celtics spiritual cousins in the west, one of the few teams that can match Boston's combination of youth, potential and productivity. I took a quick looked at the age of the 8 teams that made the second round, weighted by minutes played and points scored (not counting tonight's game):

Team Weighted Minutes by age Weighted Points by age
Bucks
29.85​
29.24​
Raptors
27.13​
27.25​
Celtics
25.04​
24.72​
Heat
27.17​
27.11​
Lakers
29.27​
29.37​
Clippers
27.95​
28.19​
Nuggets
25.20​
24.35​
Rockets
30.19​
30.14​



The numbers bear this out: The Celtics and Nuggets are the two youngest teams to win a round, by a decent margin. The Celtics' rotation is slightly younger, while the Nuggets scorers are slightly younger. The next youngest teams are the Raptors (somewhat surprising) and the Heat, while the oldest team by either measure is the Rockets.
 

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Yeah, I was surprised anyone could complain about it after seeing the replay. James took long strides and Jokic bailed out and gave him the layup, but it was clear he was gathering as he was fouled.
After taking a look you are right. Murray grabbed him and James was able to rip up with the ball firmly between his hands (gather)and finish the shot. Its actually pretty sick.

It felt as if some of the whistles came on touch fouls though. Or perhaps I am just influenced by the Lakers lobbying the league to get LeBron the free throws he deserves (as they should if it helps them win).
 

jarules1185

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Lebron took 25 shots and 8 FTAs while playing his usual physical game. Just going by the number looks pretty run of the mill. For (extreme) comparison, Harden averaged 22.3 shots and 11.8 FTAs over the course of the season.

I think we wouldn’t focus on this so much if he was less of a demonstrative complainer.
 

lovegtm

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Lebron took 25 shots and 8 FTAs while playing his usual physical game. Just going by the number looks pretty run of the mill. For (extreme) comparison, Harden averaged 22.3 shots and 11.8 FTAs over the course of the season.

I think we wouldn’t focus on this so much if he was less of a demonstrative complainer.
Yeah, the 4th quarter highlights are basically Denver forcing him to take tons of tough midrangers that he happened to hit. Credit to him, but those were mostly wins for the defense, and he didn't live at the line.
 

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16-10, with all 10 Laker points on fairly BS shots (LeBron crazy stepback 3, two tough AD fallaways, tough KCP fallaway)
 

Ale Xander

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I guess I was in the wrong thread.

Why no ROndo or Caruso?

Do you really need Howard in there when the Heat play fairly small?
 

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The Heat are playing for keeps. I think this will be more competitive than many expected.
LeBron has only won a G1 of the NBA Finals one time. He lost 2 of the 3 G1’s this season. Miami needs to steal this first one to have a chance at the title. They are going to have more open 3’s in this series than they did last......they have a path. I think these contrasting styles will make for a great series.
 

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LeBron has only won a G1 of the NBA Finals one time. He lost 2 of the 3 G1’s this season. Miami needs to steal this first one to have a chance at the title. They are going to have more open 3’s in this series than they did last......they have a path. I think these contrasting styles will make for a great series.
Yup. And just like that it flips. We’ll see if the Heat can hold on.
 

luckiestman

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Lebron just hit Hill in the face with an elbow...no call

JVG telling truth about MN LKers
 

Pablo's TB Lover

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That is a dumb reversal of the defensive foul. Green definitely jumped towards Butler, not a lot of contact but don't see how it gets reversed.
 

Pablo's TB Lover

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Uh Bron, you slapped his belly as he jumped in some weird effort to draw a charge? Not working buddy, although if you yell at the refs enough I suppose you get your way next time.
 

JCizzle

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This plus the Yankees winning so far makes for a truly disgusting night. 2020 lives on.