Its amazing that Rodney Hood and George Hill may both make the finals this year while LeBron sits at home sheeshing it up.
The 2nd Season - 2019 Playoff Thread
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Yep though LeBron banished him to Sacramento last season when they retooled the Cavs roster. But he absolutely could make it back to the finals while James sits in his barber chair drinking wine.
He's a legit talent. This is a coming out game for sure but he's going to very good. Plays hard, very athletic, defends well and his shot is coming along.
game 7 is going to be fascinating. Which version of each teams willl show up? Home teams seem to be imporant, but not in the first 4 games.
This series is epic. I feel bad for you East Coasters who have to go to bed early or the West Coasters who do too. I don't sleep but this makes it worth it.
If it is a HOU/MIL Finals, that is four former Clippers guards (Paul, Gordon, Rivers, Bledsoe).
Some of the games have been fun, but pretty sure these are the worst two of the seven teams remaining, I don’t think it’s close but I haven’t respected DEN all season.
Collins has been impressive all of the playoffs as well. He's your prototypical energy big off the bench giving you 20-25 mpg which may be his niche moving forward due to his propensity to foul and the style of play he offers. At just 21, he's going to make a ton of money playing this game as his role will always be in demand.
Network exec$ have no soul.
If they can get Perk healthy, they should all go play in The Basketball Tournament. KG can hold up for 6 games, ya think?
I'd love to see Pierce, KG, and Perk in TheBig3 League simply for the purpose of needling Ray Allen.
They gotta forgive him. They've all grown too much not to. Hell, I've forgiven him, and I was livid when it happened.
Not like they're gravy-train riding either — both have been totally killing it for their teams in the playoffs, and may have helped turn a game or three.
Meanwhile, old friend Jeff Green was great this season: 16.2 pts per 36 on .608 ts, probably the 2nd best player on the Wiz, for whatever that's worth.
Those three plus peak LeBron, Love and Korver last season should really have been a better team than they were. But the Cavs never really committed to a rotation (hemming and hawing between those guys and JR Smith, Nance, Tristan, Clarkson, Calderon et al.) or developed any chemistry. Just cos it's fun to blame LeBron for stuff, I'd assume that his attachment to his old crew (Smith and TT in particular) and ability to dictate coaching decisions played a big part in that.
Didn't he go off in the 4th quarter of Game 5, exactly when they needed him to? Understood that doing it for a game is different than doing it for a quarter, but I would not be surprised at all by a supernova Steph performance in KD's absence in one of these two games
Fwiw, Curry this playoffs:
23.5 PPG on .608 true shooting (.444 / .371 / .930)
5.7 rebounds
5.2 assists
1.2 steals
2.9 turnovers
Not peak Curry (yet?) but hardly awful, especially given the tweaked ankle and dislocated finger.
Ws definitely need the Unanimous version tonight, tho.
23.5 PPG on .608 true shooting (.444 / .371 / .930)
5.7 rebounds
5.2 assists
1.2 steals
2.9 turnovers
Not peak Curry (yet?) but hardly awful, especially given the tweaked ankle and dislocated finger.
Ws definitely need the Unanimous version tonight, tho.
Yeah but there was a quarter that I watched against LAC where he did nothing and they torched him on defense. And then I caught the first half of a game against Houston and he missed badly. Elite players never have bad quarters, games or series. Ergo. Curry is washed.
Klay going off in a game like this is so on brand. Guy is a living, breathing heat check, often just when they need it.
Houston hasn’t been able to make Golden State pay for their poor shot selection and lazy offense in this quarter. That has been the story of the game, GS has put it on a platter for Houston to force a Game 7, but the Rockets are wasting the opportunity.
D’Antoni is so bad with timeouts. He has Paul waiting to check in and waits till 6 on the shot clock to call a timeout.
Harden looks afraid to shoot.
Harden looks afraid to shoot.
Yup. The calls have been very inconsistent all night. And I don’t even have a rooting interest in this game, so it’s not like I’m pissed that my preferred team is getting screwed.
