Indiana has had a ton of chances this series... still down 3-0
Portland/Oklahoma so far. First round should be 5 games. NO! More games!
Music City posted:Indiana has had a ton of chances this series... still down 3-0
The pundits are already warming up the Boston over Bucks predictions.
George Hill reminds me of Ray Nitschke.
I agree round 1 should be 5 games.
I remember the old 3 game mini series. Those were a little too sudden death.
PackerHawk posted:I agree round 1 should be 5 games.
I remember the old 3 game mini series. Those were a little too sudden death.
The Moses Malone Rockets took out the Lakers in a three game series.
Nets/Sixers has been outstanding... the trash between Dudley and Simmons lead to a scrape that got Jimmy Butler and Dudley ejected.
Sixers don't deserve to win this. I hope Nets can pull it out.
Edit: F.M.L.
Butler was vicious
Invent a sport before these young players these days. The U.S congress told colledges to have less fatalities.
Philly just annoys the shit out of me. They flap their gums non stop and Embiid is just a punk. At some point heâs going to piss off the wrong guy and get flattened.
Butler is the only tough guy on that team.
Boston about to close out the Pacers. Indiana just can't score at all when they need to.
BRickets doing their best game 7 imitation from last year. Utah takes game 4.
Houston will probably win game 5 but glad Utah was able to pull one out.
Warriors were most likely big Utah fans tonight.
Russell Westbrook and the Thunder eliminated on a dominant night for Lillard.
Westbrook with another meaningless stat stuffer game. The 30,000 foot view shows 29 points, 11 rebounds, and 14 assists. The closer looks shows 11 for 31 from the field.
In the 4 losses during the series, Westbrook went 29 for 89 from the floor and 7 for 28 from 3.
There might not be a worse contract in the league than Westbrook's at this point. He'd be great as a second or third guy somewhere - he'd be outstanding in the Eric Bledsoe role in Milwaukee - but his ego wouldn't allow it. In that context, he'd have space to drive and get to the rim and wouldn't be expected to be a high volume shooter (and he would stop taking low efficiency long 2s). Bledsoe takes 12 shots a game (5 threes), shoots 48% from the floor and 33% from 3. Westbrook takes 20 shots a game (7 threes and a lot of long 2s), shoots 43% from the floor and 29% from 3.
Bledsoe will make 70 million over the next 4 years. Westbrook will make 170 million over the next 4 years.
OKC should swap Westbrook for Blake Griffin. Griffin played high school and college ball in Oklahoma. Westbrook could take 30 shots a game for the Pistons and at least make things more interesting in Detroit.
Michigan, Is Westbrook becoming another Carmello Anthony? A guy with good offensive stats but won't ever really get his team over the hump?
I know that on ESPN's twitter they make Westbrook sound like the second coming of Wilt Chamberlain with his triple doubles but it sure looks like definately gets padded stats.
The Heckler posted:Michigan, Is Westbrook becoming another Carmello Anthony? A guy with good offensive stats but won't ever really get his team over the hump?
I know that on ESPN's twitter they make Westbrook sound like the second coming of Wilt Chamberlain with his triple doubles but it sure looks like definately gets padded stats.
Yes, in terms of being high volume shooters that really shouldn't be high volume shooters. But their strengths were/are very different. Both guys would have been ideal to be the second best player on a good team, but neither should be taking 20 shots a game.
Westbrook is a slasher and a penetrator. As I said, he's an Eric Bledsoe type, but he plays like he's Steph Curry, Lillard, or James Harden.
Carmelo was a great spot up shooter. The problem was that he specialized in long 2s and a huge percentage of his shots were contested after isolations. He became a good 3 point shooter towards the end of his career. The problem was he shot 28% of the shot attempts in his career between 16 feet and the 3 point line. That's the least efficient shot in basketball. Carmelo shot 40% from that range. Carmelo needed to be Kevin Love (like he was with LeBron) or Khris Middleton (this year with Bud).
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Playing Carmelo with Westbrook last year on OKC was the most anti-new NBA analytics thing you could do.
Cockroaches of L.A. have been exterminated.
Warriors are 1-2 at Oracle. ð
Time for the series the adults have been waiting for. Put the kids to bed before this one. It's going to be R rated for sure.
Durant went nuts last night. Curry looks like heâs hurt.
Curry dinged up but he still came back in the game. The "hurt" Curry still put up 24 / 6 / 6 last night.
Durant - Just looked at everybody & told everyone who the #1 player in the NBA is. There's a reason Le'Bron picked him first TWICE for the All-Star game - Le'Bron knows.
I'm hoping Giannis can develop a mid-range shot like KD - He'll be every bit as good if he can
Giannis doesnât need a midrange shot. He should focus on 3pt game.
Heâs the most dominant post/paint player since Shaq. If he can hit 35% from 3 he will be untouchable.
If
I also hope 76'ers/Raptors goes 7 & they beat the living crap outta each other
Giannis has gotten better each year. Do you not watch their games?
His outside shot has already improved. If he makes another step look out. Dude has impeccable work ethic and I fully expect he will figure it out.
If Durant is 1A then Giannis is 1B
Tschmack is right -- 76'ers are soft - Unless Toronto starts missing shots, could be a short series
Iâm not expecting a sweep, but if the Sixers won more than one game Iâd be surprised. Itâs just a bad matchup for Philly.
Much like when they played the Bucks and Giannis, the Sixers have no one that can defend Kahwi. And they can throw Ibaka at Embiid and counter their best player.
Boris posted:I also hope 76'ers/Raptors goes 7 & they beat the living crap outta each other
Thatâs my hope as well. That series goes 7 and the Bucks make quick work of the overrated Celtics...
Might go the other way around.
Anyone watching the Warriors / Rockets game??
Harden got hurt. Came back to be a hero ðŠðŠðŠ
I can't begin to tell you how bad I want a Warriors v. Bucks matchup in the final. I can taste it!
Pretty good first half. W's up by 9. Let's see what Rockets have for 2nd half.
Bucks are going to need to survive two really tough series.. I think they can do it. They really need Brogdon back.
Greg Monroe ballin tonight!!! 
Music City posted:Greg Monroe ballin tonight!!!
Greg Monroe has played with every team in the Eastern Conference semi-finals since the beginning of the 2017-18 season.
Anyone watching Denver v. Portland?
Very entertaining game.
Quadruple OT!!!
Watching this Rockets-Warriors game it's been amazing how poorly Steph Curry has played. He's been the worst player on the floor the last 5 minutes of this game.
Chris Paul hasn't been much better.
Now in OT. Curry getting roasted on defense by Eric Gordon.
Now Curry blows a wide open, uncontested layup with the Warriors down 3. He looks like Bledsoe last night. Warriors down 3.
Game over. Harden with a step back 3. Warriors down 6. Somehow, the Warriors don't have Durant touch the ball the last two possessions. I think they were more worried about keeping Curry and Klay happy than doing what was best in the moment. Durant has 43 points and can get a shot against anyone. Curry and Klay missed wide open shots they make 99 times out of 100, but give the ball to Durant.
Bizarre ending...
That's hilarious. Steph Curry tries to dunk down 5 with 25 seconds and misses with no one near him. He looked like a clown in the 4th quarter and OT. He missed two uncontested layups in the last 2 minutes of OT. He was scoreless in the last 12 minutes of playing time and was roasted on defense.