2023 NBA Playoffs thread

[GOATcards]

Originally Posted by daeve

LeBron would be writing a letter to the league. What does Joker do? Drops the new Macarena

https://streamable.com/jhq8pl

here i thought he was just showing off his newest scratches

[GOATcards]

Originally Posted by daeve

Name a western team that can stop this 2-man game...?

https://streamable.com/fcqbk5

announcer the other day actually used the phrase "bubble murray" lol.

noticed it wasn't at mile high yesterday although the wolves are rather depleted (although not more depleted than missing KAT for most of their 8th-seed season)

[GOATcards]

Originally Posted by SK40

It is ordained. Sixers v Nuggets in the finals.

i promise that if it's healthy god and not unavailable god that it might not be the nuggets in the finals

[GOATcards]

injuries sure piling up already eh? giannis, jojo, kawhi so far

[KhalDrogo]

Don’t be surprised if Embiid misses the rest of the playoffs. How’d he hurt the knee anyway? Kicking Claxton?

Pretty pathetic that these guys miss 10-20% or more of the regular season to rest their boo boos, and they can’t even make it through a week of the playoffs without getting hurt.

[GOATcards]

Originally Posted by KhalDrogo

Don’t be surprised if Embiid misses the rest of the playoffs. How’d he hurt the knee anyway? Kicking Claxton?

Pretty pathetic that these guys miss 10-20% or more of the regular season to rest their boo boos, and they can’t even make it through a week of the playoffs without getting hurt.

while nuggets games these days are kinda one-sided I can still actually watch Joker play when they're on. He doesn't jump high up and land awkwardly. He's available.

I can't count on the Bucks or Sixers games these days to be showcasing their best when-available talent. Bummer, man.

Looks like the Clippers are toast (acc. to EPM website Wessell Rustbrook is in the 14th and 12th percentiles in TS% and EFG% I kinda picked up on that the other day watching his poor shot selection, what does westyrust say about that one? grr)

[ballhawkdawk]

Originally Posted by GOATcards

here i thought he was just showing off his newest scratches

Had to be that... because aside from Jokic driving his elbow into Gobert's chest on the spin, I don't see anything that resembles a foul.

[ballhawkdawk]

Originally Posted by KhalDrogo

Don’t be surprised if Embiid misses the rest of the playoffs. How’d he hurt the knee anyway? Kicking Claxton?

Pretty pathetic that these guys miss 10-20% or more of the regular season to rest their boo boos, and they can’t even make it through a week of the playoffs without getting hurt.

Went up to contest a Cam Thomas layup and landed on Thomas's foot. He also had to take a brief break to go to the locker room after Claxton elbowed him in the lower back.

[GOATcards]

Originally Posted by ballhawkdawk

Had to be that... because aside from Jokic driving his elbow into Gobert's chest on the spin, I don't see anything that resembles a foul.

yes we know you're a jokic hater like all people from penn. so much negativity etc

[GOATcards]

Originally Posted by ballhawkdawk

Went up to contest a Cam Thomas layup and landed on Thomas's foot. He also had to take a brief break to go to the locker room after Claxton elbowed him in the lower back.

embiid "goes up" to contest a layup and becomes unavailable. joker meanwhile doesn't bother going up to contest layups but he is available.

bill james of basketball logic in action (while 'intoxicated' on Gummi Worms strain it's great), try it out. do your best bill james of basketball impression

my best bjob impression is just whatever gomiamigo says, it's all genius, the mvp of blowout

[GOATcards]

hopefully gomiamigo the mvp of blowout (literally the bill james of blowout) will actually be an available mvp or is it more of an off-on-off-on situation

most valuable when available award, shouldnt it be called. kawhi and kd are playoff killers when available. Abbreviated MVPWA Award

[NeedChapmans]

Some of these matchups are just terrible watches. The pace in PHI/BKN is ungodly slow; can't remember the last time I've seen a team get B2B shot clock violations.

Vaughn never getting Cam a look to speed things up is odd considering they're already down 3-0.

[daeve]

Originally Posted by NeedChapmans

Some of these matchups are just terrible watches. The pace in PHI/BKN is ungodly slow; can't remember the last time I've seen a team get B2B shot clock violations.

Vaughn never getting Cam a look to speed things up is odd considering they're already down 3-0.

wow it's 81-74 with 5 minutes left... hopefully 90s fans who complain about today's game are tuning in for that. Should give them the warm'n'fuzzies

[rifleman69]

Originally Posted by NeedChapmans

Some of these matchups are just terrible watches. The pace in PHI/BKN is ungodly slow; can't remember the last time I've seen a team get B2B shot clock violations.

Vaughn never getting Cam a look to speed things up is odd considering they're already down 3-0.

That's because Jock-strap sucks as a coach. Clean that roster out during the off-season.

[The Accountant]

It’s almost as if Brooklyn just wants the season to end. Get the brooms out!!!

[The Accountant]

Harden reed the new dynamic duo

[The Accountant]

Feels like a big morale win for the Sixers to take care of business without Embiid. Valuable minutes for Reed and focal point in Tobi. We ready for Boston

[ballhawkdawk]

Originally Posted by GOATcards

yes we know you're a jokic hater like all people from penn. so much negativity etc

I call it like I see it. Tell me what you see. Where's the foul? There's a well kept secret I'll let you in on... we're allowed to disagree without defaulting to labeling the other person a hater.

[The Accountant]

I’m so tired of seeing Kawhi miss big games. I want the clippers to win this series. Book vs Powell part 2

[ballhawkdawk]

Originally Posted by GOATcards

embiid "goes up" to contest a layup and becomes unavailable. joker meanwhile doesn't bother going up to contest layups but he is available.

bill james of basketball logic in action (while 'intoxicated' on Gummi Worms strain it's great), try it out. do your best bill james of basketball impression

my best bjob impression is just whatever gomiamigo says, it's all genius, the mvp of blowout

Embiid being out with a sprained knee has nothing to do with Jokic. I'm simply stating what happened... because Khal asked what happened.

It's also a little early in the day for me to start firing down gummies. I'm more of a smoke guy if we're talking mid day, which is what I'm about to do before I head downstairs to bang out a workout and watch the Suns/Clippers. Lemon Pound Cake is the strain (I think). Not an ideal strain for a workout, but the other two strains I currently have (Hectane and Donny Burger) are even less ideal. Donny Burger is a banger for night time.

[DrZman]

Originally Posted by The Accountant

It’s almost as if Brooklyn just wants the season to end. Get the brooms out!!!

Was as if they didn’t realize til half time if they were up it meant more games. Hilariously low effort second half of a playoff game.

[ballhawkdawk]

Originally Posted by The Accountant

I’m so tired of seeing Kawhi miss big games. I want the clippers to win this series. Book vs Powell part 2

The only thing that can stop Kawhi is his health... and Zaza. He's such a monster in the playoffs. Assuming health, he's my pick over anyone else if I had to pick an active player to lead my team in the playoffs.

[ballhawkdawk]

I know Joe Harris is supposed to be a good shooter, but I swear I've never seen him play well... and I mean never. Dude shot 2/13 (a three and a layup) in the series on mostly open looks. 44 minutes, 7 points, 5 fouls, 3 TOs... if you're putting this guy out there in the playoffs, you already lost.

[kobebeast2020]

As a long time knicks fan its beautiful to watch this disaster first in NJ and now in BK man even since the Derrick Coleman Kenny Anderson days the Nets have been just terrible. the nets will always be the nets no matter who they bring in.

[NeedChapmans]

That series was awful from the jump. Philly averaged 15 more boards a game and the Nets had zero scoring down the stretch in all four contests. Games were close in the 4th every-time but when you have no alpha; it's hard to generate offense in the clutch.

Bridges was terrible and it will be interesting to see what Marks decides to do this offseason. Desperate need of a 1.