NBA Playoffs: Round One Game Thread

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Who would you rather watch talk NBA these days - Charles and Kenny or Bill and Jalen? 
 

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Bill and Charles.

If I have to pick one, Bill and Jalen. They're more interesting when it comes to the game. But Inside is more fun.
 

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Bill and Charles.

If I have to pick one, Bill and Jalen. They're more interesting when it comes to the game. But Inside is more fun.
 
Inside is great! I love watching Bill and Jalen on all the Grantland previews but don't like them as much in studio. 
 
EDIT: I can't really think of an NFL studio show that compares and the NBA has two great pairings. 
 

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Kidd calls a college-like TO to set up a final 3rd quarter play leaving the Nets with just 3 TOs.
 

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In my AAU game last week we also didn't have a working clock, but the kids were 12 and 13 years old with much less on the line.
 

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"That shot had a high opposing fan infuriation factor so of course Pierce hit it." -netw3rk
 

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"Paul Pierce is the MVP of making shots that make opposing fans wince thinking about them 5 years later." - netw3rk again
 

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Toronto has to feel good about Vasquez and that's about it. The Nets shoot terribly from three and Mason has been a ghost and they have a 7-point lead with 51 seconds.
 

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https://twitter.com/seth_rosenthal/status/457600485089112064/photo/1
 

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really enjoyed watching the traptors (TSN) feed. The level of baghdad bob commentary from their color guy was spectacular.
 

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really enjoyed watching the traptors (TSN) feed. The level of baghdad bob commentary from their color guy was spectacular.
 
Who is their color guy?
 

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really enjoyed watching the traptors (TSN) feed. The level of baghdad bob commentary from their color guy was spectacular.
I watched this feed too. He was basically an alternate universe Heinsohn, it was great. It's Jack Armstrong if the internet is to be believed.
 
Also, the TRUTH
 

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Toe Nash said:
I watched this feed too. He was basically an alternate universe Heinsohn, it was great. It's Jack Armstrong if the internet is to be believed.
 
Also, the TRUTH
 
With that accent I thought it was either Ralph Kramden or my father-in-law.  Definitely Heinsohnesque.
 

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riboflav said:
 
Who is their color guy?
 
The worst was when the ply by play guy said "This is a world class city. will we have world class finish." Generally between Drake, trying to act A-list, and general Toronto douchiness it is tough to cheer for the Raptors.
 
The color guy correctly pointed out that KG got calls an that the no fouls were called on the Nets the entire quarter. He was much harder on Derozen than anything else. He is far from a Pollyanna homer, he is usually criticized for being too hard on the Raps in the years they stunk. He ended the game by pointing out Derozen has a long way to go to be a player like Pierce, he noted Pierce spent his energy at the end of the game and only took good shots. The play by play guys and the studio guy (Rob Black) are hopeless homers though.
 
The color guy is Jack Armstrong
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Armstrong_%28sportscaster%29
 

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Thoroughly enjoyed Pierce killing Toronto down the stretch. Good first quarter in game 2. Now we're rolling.
 

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It's a pretty sad reality the Clippers must face. When it counts, they suck. Always.
Hard to even make an argument against that right now.
 

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The Pacers are baaaaaaaaaad.

But Ian Mahimi is still fine.
 

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johnmd20 said:
 
It's a pretty sad reality the Clippers must face. When it counts, they suck. Always.
 
This is what people wrote about the Red Sox prior to 2004.  It was annoying then and it's still annoying when applying it to the Clippers.  What happened to the Clippers in the 80's or the 90's or whenever has nothing to do with the 2013-2014 Clippers. 
 
The Western Conference has 8 very good basketball teams in their playoffs and one team beating another team on their homecourt is not going to be a surprising result this year. 
 

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Paul George doesn't even look like a rotation player right now. It's like he's playing in a fog.
 
This team fell apart worse than the 2011 Celtics post-trade.  That locker room must be a horrible place to be in these days.  Is Vogel 100% gone if they lose short of the Conference Finals?
 

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This team fell apart worse than the 2011 Celtics post-trade.  That locker room must be a horrible place to be in these days.  Is Vogel 100% gone if they lose short of the Conference Finals?
Bird IS right there.
 

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Mephis and Indiana are similar in that there offenses are painful to watch at times, and when an opposing team is hot, its pretty much game over.
 

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Mavs with a surprising halftime lead. I'm a big Cuban fanboy but I'd like to see the Spurs, if they're going to be the Western Conference representative in the Finals, not get pushed too much in the early rounds.