The Blazers are a horrific defensive team. Portland scored, what, 109 that game? There is no way the Cavs score less than that in a game during the series unless the 4th quarter is all garbage time.
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The Blazers are a horrific defensive team. Portland scored, what, 109 that game? There is no way the Cavs score less than that in a game during the series unless the 4th quarter is all garbage time.
BlackNMild2k1
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Cavs only had 109 in their first game, and they were missing open looks too.
granted, the Pacers actually contested lots of stuff and played them well for most of the game, so maybe the Cavs would have abused the lack of efficient defense and scored more, but the same could be said for the Blazers as the Warriors put good D on them too, and they just were making everything, heavily contested or not... till the 4th quarter when they just couldn't seem to keep it up, or keep up.
It's not like the Cav's D has really been all that great. it's just that the Raps and Celts couldn't even make open shots.
LeBron is shooting 67.5% from the charity stripe this year. I am amazed that teams are too dumb to just foul him very hard if their defender is isolated and he doesn't stop to take a jumper. Just blast him and make him earn it from the foul line. Worst case he makes both but it disrupts the flow of their offense and doesn't get their momentum going.
At this point, I'm begging for a top 16 playoff system. Aside from Washington vs Boston, this year's playoffs have been completely uneventful.
perfectchaos007
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Maybe after KD gets his ring he'll join the Rockets. He loves jacking up 3's so D'Antonis system would be appealing for him
Vault Dweller 111
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Let's not forget that Klay and Curry haven't exactly been themselves in the finals the last two years.
Depends if they actually decide to call fouls. For some reason, massive bear hug holding off the ball is considered ok while explicitly against the rules. But, yeah, it would be nice for Klay to actually show up at some point. Curry gets a pass last year because he wasn't 100% (and I'd argue he wasn't all the way up until like March this year) but was OK in 2015...he just didn't go supernova. He was their best player and should have been MVP.
Lebron.
JimJamJones
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Cleveland stole his soul.
metalslimer
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I wish I could have seen a full strength spurs vs the Warriors but the Celtics even with Isiah stood no chance. They need to play so much better defensively to even have a shot and Isiah is awful defensively.
Isiah is also going to get some open looks from 3 but he was never going to get into the paint as much against LeBron and TT.
friskykillface
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IT gone this summer most likely
It's MVP Jaylens team now.
It's MVP Jaylens team now.
True Savior
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Tonight we have Joel Anthony with 20+ rebounds and Davis Bertans scoring 40 points.
You can bet on this.
You can bet on this.
Injuries have massively effected the playoffs for several years now - it has become more a competition of attrition than ability. This also justifies the teams who rest their players throughout the year. If they can start the playoffs fresh they can get through series faster with less chance of injury and even more rest time. There is a big difference between teams playing 4 game series and 6/7 games series.
Hey if Muggsy Bogues can get a spot then IT certainly can.
friskykillface
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IT for Paul George
Who says no
Who says no
Cornbread78
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Why isn't IT traveling with the team? Dude's gotta be hurtin' bad right now..
damn
I saw the video earlier in the week on YouTube but didn't catch it
he definitely wasn't saying it to be a dick tho, dude was talking very calm when he said it but knowing the context its still fucked up
more surprised its becoming a headline rn tho because this interview happened on wednesday
Absolutely. Really special season. I noticed he seemed to have a little less burst these last few games, particularly in the paint, but kind of chalked it up to postseason basketball and improved defense.
friskykillface
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I hope Thomas at least gets paid good
Pay the man
Thanks to IT 😎
Pay the man
Thanks to IT 😎
Jay Shadow
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IT for Paul George
Who says no
Include Brad Stevens and I'll at least consider it.
It's not our Fultz.
Hyperactivity
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Not yet anyways
We'll just have a junior league in the East and at the end of the season every team there gets a gold star.
Lee Chaolan
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So how much money did Thomas lose
I think it'd be funny if they took Ball in the draft, just to see Lavar get all pissy it wasn't the Lakers.
Probably won't happen but I would laugh nonetheless.
Not sure yet but all NBA 2nd team is the most he could possibly and will ever achieve. It's just too difficult for a guy like that to impact the game unless he's basically dropping 30 which he pretty much did. He was better at every facet of offense this year. I personally wold draft Fultz and hold on to him at least till deadline. A team acquiring him at deadline would be silly and he cost nothing.
RandomSeed
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The games aren't bad enough, so here, listen to Albert, Miller, and Webber talk. Up the pain.
Would be a good time to implement relegation into american sports. Take the top 5 teams from the east and put them in the west. Add another 10 non-affiliated D league teams to the east. No rookie draft - just sign the damn players and develop them. Bottom 3 each year in the 'West' move down, top 3 in the 'East' move up. Have some seriously high quality ball by rewarding great management and consolidating talent. Oh yeah, tanking would cease.
I've been watching and waiting for this big bad Western conference I hear so much about, but all I see are Warriors.
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