NBA Finals Thread

[seageral]

Matt Moore is one of my favorite basketball analysts and knows more about the game than I do. He immediately said "not flagrant". JVG said likewise (and he's forgotten more about basketball than Breen ever knew). I see why Jackson disagreed with JVG; I don't really find it compelling on the replay.


No, I'm just really tired of the Port Cellar being full of the sort of reactionary, he-doesn't-have-heart, the-fix-is-in shitposters who would be banned on the main board for being bad.




Oh look. Ball off Parker, Parker traveled, they keep the ball. Fix must be in.

maybe go to a miami site?

 

[Ed Hillel]

No, I'm just really tired of the Port Cellar being full of the sort of reactionary, he-doesn't-have-heart, the-fix-is-in shitposters who would be banned on the main board for being bad.




Oh look. Ball off Parker, Parker traveled, they keep the ball. Fix must be in.

So you're going to play thread police in a de facto game thread of a sport you said you don't even watch much of. Cool.

 

[lars10]

was there a foul there??

 

[Nick Kaufman]

Where was the foul on leonard?

 

[bball831]

It's so hard to beat Miami in close games.  Lebron is just too good.  You almost have to blow them out to beat them.  

 

[shawnrbu]

Ginobili was flat out horrible tonight.

 

[riboflav]

Manu makes some of the smartest decisions you'll see in any game and also some of the absolute dumbest. 

 
QFT

 

[mpx42]

Yeah, those four free throws will probably be the difference.

 

[Ed Hillel]

Terrible possession, especially on a 2 for 1. Parker isn't even running the offense.

 

[lars10]

Oh look. Ball off Parker, Parker traveled, they keep the ball. Fix must be in.

Probably missed Lebron hitting Parker in the face on that one too didn't you.

 

[shawnrbu]

Terrible possession, especially on a 2 for 1. Parker isn't even running the offense.

 
The Chalmers elbow changed the entire game.

 

[Mugthis]

Bosh is really good. Highly underrated. 

 

[radsoxfan]

Matt Moore is one of my favorite basketball analysts and knows more about the game than I do. He immediately said "not flagrant". JVG said likewise (and he's forgotten more about basketball than Breen ever knew). I see why Jackson disagreed with JVG; I don't really find it compelling on the replay.
 

 
It was a blatant intentional elbow, preceded by a windup.   If you (and Matt Moore) don't find clearly intentional elbows flagrant fouls, that's pretty odd. 
 
This game has turned annoying….. 

 

[Ed Hillel]

Ginobili was flat out horrible tonight.

He killed them last year, too.

 

[ifmanis5]

 
The Chalmers elbow changed the entire game.

It really did weirdly enough.

 

[riboflav]

Going to be very hard for the Spurs to win this series now.

 

[luckiestman]

Spurs sure do some weird shit at the end of games for such a good team

 

[bball831]

Miami in the driver's seat for the title. Lebron dragged that team to win tonight.  Only had Bosh and Lewis that really did anything.  Wade with the quietest 14 you'll ever see.  

 

[lars10]

Where was the foul on leonard?

Bron really made it look like he got tripped there…looked like it in real time from the side…didn't see the contact though in the shot from the front.

 

[seageral]

 
The Chalmers elbow changed the entire game.

no, couldn't have been that, it shouldn't have been a flagrant, basketball people i respect told me

 

[jsinger121]

Choke

 

[Ed Hillel]

Clutch shot by Ginobli!

 

[Blacken]

maybe go to a miami site?

The world is not fucking binary. Why would expecting people to not be reactionary shitposters necessitate going to a Miami site?

So you're going to play thread police in a de facto game thread of a sport you said you don't even watch much of. Cool.

Define "watch much of." I watched about eighty games in their entirety this year and probably another hundred and fifty on League Pass while working.

 

[Ed Hillel]

Choke

Because they lost?

 

[radsoxfan]

Bron really made it look like he got tripped there…looked like it in real time from the side…didn't see the contact though in the shot from the front.

 
Ginobili tripped him trying to come over and help.  It was a foul, but they called it on the wrong guy. 

 

[bball831]

 
The Chalmers elbow changed the entire game.

 
The 4 miss FTs changed the game.  Spurs had a golden opportunity to go up 6 and instead they miss 4 FTs and Lebron drilled a 3.  7 point swing and I wrote in my notebook, game over.  

 

[Blacken]

https://twitter.com/sherwoodstrauss/status/475830720238080001

 

[luckiestman]

well, at least not 3 in a row in miami

 

[Blacken]

The 4 miss FTs changed the game.  Spurs had a golden opportunity to go up 6 and instead they miss 4 FTs and Lebron drilled a 3.  7 point swing and I wrote in my notebook, game over.

You have moved me to tears. :smith:

 

[Ed Hillel]

Define "watch much of." I watched about eighty games in their entirety this year and probably another hundred and fifty on League Pass while working.

When you say "more about the game than I do" I figured you didn't watch much, given that the play you're talking about was a blatant elbow to the gut after a windup. My apologies.

 

[luckiestman]

https://twitter.com/sherwoodstrauss/status/475830720238080001

Reminder: the world is not binary

 

[Mugthis]

Through 2 games:
 

 

W/ LeBron

+14

71m

+9 per 48m

 

W/O LeBron

-17

25m

-33 per 48m

 

[luckiestman]

 
Through 2 games:
 
  W/ LeBron +14 71m +9 per 48m   W/O LeBron -17 25m -33 per 48m
 

So, you're saying Lebron is good at basketball?
 
I had him going for 42 tonight, he unerwhelmed

 

[riboflav]

Trolls - LBJ is GREAT!! No one has argued that he's not. 

 

[bball831]

Duncan: 2-8 after the 1st quarter. 
 
Spurs need more from Leonard otherwise Miami's taking another title.  

 

[luckiestman]

Simmons looks seasick

 

[Ed Hillel]

Duncan's age was a big factor as well. He looked completely dead in the 4th quarter. He shorted two FTs after like a 2-3 minute break.

 

[Devizier]

that Lebron character is pretty good at basketball.

 

[Mystic Merlin]

Simmons looks seasick

His face has been melting for a few years now.

 

[luckiestman]

Pop needs to do something extreme like sit Duncan the first half

 

[Ed Hillel]

Simmons is quite bitter, no doubt.

 

[Devizier]

is it just me or was Wade dogshit today? I know Ginobili has already been mentioned. This really is a throwback to last year's finals.

 

[Mugthis]

is it just me or was Wade dogshit today? I know Ginobili has already been mentioned. This really is a throwback to last year's finals.

 
I barely noticed him out there, except his stupid half court pass at the end of the first half.

 

[bball831]

This Lebron is so much better than Cleveland Lebron that if he left and went to LA or Cleveland or wherever, they're the instant favorites.  Look at what he's done for Rashard Lewis' corpse. He can drag a Kyrie, Embiid, FA shooter to the Finals in the shitty East right?

 

[Ed Hillel]

This Lebron is so much better than Cleveland Lebron that if he left and went to LA or Cleveland or wherever, they're the instant favorites.  Look at what he's done for Rashard Lewis' corpse. He can drag a Kyrie, Embiid, FA shooter to the Finals in the shitty East right?

It's almost like the game 6 against the Celtics took his confidence to another level. That was really the game for him.

 

[jon abbey]

First time since the eighties Celtics/Lakers showdowns that we've had a Finals where each core has multiple titles already, and so far it's living up to that billing. Great game tonight, not surprised it's 1-1 going to Miami.

 

[luckiestman]

This Lebron is so much better than Cleveland Lebron that if he left and went to LA or Cleveland or wherever, they're the instant favorites.  Look at what he's done for Rashard Lewis' corpse. He can drag a Kyrie, Embiid, FA shooter to the Finals in the shitty East right?

 
 
Earlier today, I was thinking to myself how far Lebron could go down and still be a title contender.
 
 
Any West playoff team with Lebron is for sure the favorite to win the title.  I would also add Phoenix and Min. For the East, Ind,Tor, Was, NJ nets, Chi...
 
 
Hell this might be easier, who couldnt Lebron drag to the finals? Utah? anyone else? 

 

[jon abbey]

It's almost like the game 6 against the Celtics took his confidence to another level. That was really the game for him.

 
This is the one I think of first, he scored 29 of Cleveland's last 30 points against that great Piston D (although Webber had replaced Ben Wallace by then) to pull out a key game 5 on the road in double OT, taking a team that started Sasha Pavlovic and the remnants of Larry Hughes to the FInals. 
 
http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=270531008

 

[Ed Hillel]

This is the one I think of first, he scored 29 of Cleveland's last 30 points against that great Piston D (although Webber had replaced Ben Wallace by then), taking a team that started Sasha Pavlovic and the remnants of Larry Hughes to the FInals. 
 
http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=270531008

I remember that one as well. Probably the greatest single stretch in a playoff game I can remember from anyone.

 

[bball831]

 
 
Earlier today, I was thinking to myself how far Lebron could go down and still be a title contender.
 
 
Any West playoff team with Lebron is for sure the favorite to win the title.  I would also add Phoenix and Min. For the East, Ind,Tor, Was, NJ nets, Chi...
 
 
Hell this might be easier, who couldnt Lebron drag to the finals? Utah? anyone else? 

 
Atlanta - Horford, Millsap, Teague, Korver and Lebron -- that's winning the East
Charlotte - Big Al, Kemba Walker and Lebron -- that's competitive with Indiana for sure
 
They don't beat a West team but I think it's enough to get out of the East.  Nobody in the East has an answer for Lebron.  
 
Lakers? -- Kobe, Lebron and whoever else they sign.  How about New Orleans?  Him, Anthony Davis, Holiday, Anderson, Tyreke and whatever's left of Gordon.