NBA playoffs 2018
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At least the IT-less Celtics were able to take a game off the Cavs (and could have made it a series if it weren't for The Kyrie Game).
Casey winning COTY will be a complete fucking joke. "Hey guys, I told DeMar that 3 pointers are good, can I have a star from the teacher?"
Casey by a mile. Harden should absolutely win MVP over Lebron, it's a regular season award and he had a much better regular season. Lebron didn't play any defense at all in the regular season, and generally wasn't as great as he's been. He cranked it up in the playoffs as always though.
Yeah, that was Bird shooting left handed. He was just fucking with Toronto with a trick shot. If he misses, he would have just killed them in OT.
Exactly. That's why Toronto should have fouled LeBron immediately, watch him hit the free throws, then hope to win the game with a trey. It was pointless to give LeBron another 5 minutes.
Based on the roughly 25% of ballots that have been made public, it's a really tight race between Casey and Brad with a slight edge to Casey. D'Antoni isn't even in the conversation anymore.
Is there actually an owner or gm in the league who would take Casey over Pop or Stevens, though? I seriously doubt it
This ESPN article looked at every player who has played at least 1,500 postseason minutes in the post-Jordan era -- all 157 of them -- and looked for who improved the most across each major statistical category: points, rebounds, assists, steals, blocks and turnovers per game.
There are 11 guys who have improved in 5 categories but only one guy who has improved in all 6, and it's someone for whom we all have spot reserved in our hearts.
Playoff Rondo: he's real and he's fabulous.
There are 11 guys who have improved in 5 categories but only one guy who has improved in all 6, and it's someone for whom we all have spot reserved in our hearts.
Playoff Rondo: he's real and he's fabulous.
He was a dumpster fire yesterday. Plastering him to the bench was one of the few great Casey decisions yesterday.
If Brett Brown had the balls to sit his star PG in the 4th quarter, the Sixers would have won Games 2 and 3.
So KD is just amazing when you let him get to where he wants to get.
He has been amazing from the top of the key this game...can you stop him from getting there?
He has been amazing from the top of the key this game...can you stop him from getting there?
I can’t wait for Tatum to learn how to measure his shot as precisely as KD just did with Davis in his face.
Oh hey, Kerr finally figured our no one on the Pels can guard KD? Who knew. Better late than never.
Much as I admire Kerr's devotion to the "beautiful game," I sometimes feel like his reluctance just to keep it simple and spam obvious mismatches to death is one of his few shortcomings as coach. I died a little inside in Game 3 every time KD got the ball in the mid-post with Jrue Holiday on him and rotated it around to Green, Iguodala or Livingston because reasons.
While watching LeBron wreck Toronto with mid-post isos, even while I'm thinking "eff this BS, this is crap basketball" I'm also thinking, "goddamit, KD is every bit as devastating in this situation as LeBron (worse passer, better shooter). Can't Kerr give us just a little bit of this?"
Much as I admire Kerr's devotion to the "beautiful game," I sometimes feel like his reluctance just to keep it simple and spam obvious mismatches to death is one of his few shortcomings as coach. I died a little inside in Game 3 every time KD got the ball in the mid-post with Jrue Holiday on him and rotated it around to Green, Iguodala or Livingston because reasons.
While watching LeBron wreck Toronto with mid-post isos, even while I'm thinking "eff this BS, this is crap basketball" I'm also thinking, "goddamit, KD is every bit as devastating in this situation as LeBron (worse passer, better shooter). Can't Kerr give us just a little bit of this?"
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Houston has also shown how effective iso can be. And I think Brad is very willing to exploit advantages in that regard, if they exist.
Brutal non-call at a critical juncture. I would have lost my mind if I was Snyder or a Jazz fan.
After a fun first round the second has been surprisingly non competitive. I guess the west isn't that surprising, but I thought the EC series would be tighter.
Mitchell almost lost his when he was called for his fifth foul during the rebound on that play. Dude was rightfully stunned at that turn of events.
The amount of player whining in the Rockets/Warriors series is going to be off the charts.
Which will be matched by the amount of whining that will go on in here about it. I’m not sure what’s more obnoxious, the on-court whining or the in thread whining.
And will further be matched by the people whining about the game threaders whining about the on-court whining.
It is what it is. Nobody has to read a game thread if it bothers them that much.
Well, it looks like we're going to be playing Lebron, so our whining will be in full throat for that series too.
If LTP, or God forbid that poster's successor, doesn't name the first ECF gamethread "The Days Of Whine And Rozier" I am going complain vigorously to the mods.
"Heavenly whine and Roziers, seems to whisper to me when he..."
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The article by Windhorst today was really interesting. Basically, Lebron was one of the slowest players in the regular season and is even slower in the playoffs. He’s taken his game to another level while learning to conserve his energy.
I can't find the article you're talking about, but I'd be interested to see where James Harden sits on that list. Because to me, it often looks like he's moving in slow motion, while using amazing ball and body control to outwit his opponents. They were both in the top 15 of minutes per game this season (LeBron #1).
I mean, the fact that he's still number one in minutes played at this point in his career is weird to me in a McGuire is hitting more HR in history kinda way. It's not normal. Maybe it's the new norm, we'll see.
I think Lebron is the GOAT, but it wouldn’t shock me if stem cell therapy or something like that is a part of his regimen.
Cavs just went on a huge run, with some nifty passes, stout D, and some 3's. 14 point Cavs lead.
Toronto is who we thought they were.
Toronto is who we thought they were.
It wouldn't shock me if 100% of the players in the NBA were doing something that isn't quite aligned with the rules.