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Re: The NBA Begins by Decale: 9:05am On Apr 19, 2018

I didn't finish that Jazz/Thunder game and I'm pissed

DMitch and crew finally went to work. I'm proud of the way this team grinds out wins. It's this type of games, their teams defense and their outstanding record in a tight WCF with no All Star should get him a nod for ROTY. No be to dey use definition of rookie as your greatest argument.

I'm calling it: Jazz and Thunder share the spoils in Utah. They both win their games at their home courts and finally, Utah gets game 7 in an OT win at Oklahoma.

Place your bets people angry

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Re: The NBA Begins by etidy: 9:42am On Apr 19, 2018

Manutd19:

They match up well? No I don't think so. Only teams that have dominant front court players and control the pace of the game can give this warriors team proper fits in the playoffs. Who on the rockets can slow down Durant ? Harden will have his points but a locked in warriors defense can throw off rockets 3 point shooting a bit.
Lastly the warriors are the champs and are filled with veterans have the guts and know how to win games against even superior opponents (Remember Gsw vs OKc).
So until they beat the warriors, they're still underdogs.

I see you are worried about the Rockets. You are right to be bro.
Minnesota is not an easy opponent. Warriors are playing the weakest team in the western playoff. And I believe Rockets match-up well with the Warriors. If anything, they are more ready for warriors than any other team. Their real test will be in the semis if they play against OKC

Re: The NBA Begins by redarrr(m): 9:49am On Apr 19, 2018

Manutd19:

Houston would have done same to Denver. Too much firepower

yea I believe so,Houston wud have done d same to d nugget..Houston has a lot of good shooters in d team..

Re: The NBA Begins by chic2pimp(m): 11:27am On Apr 19, 2018

My heartfelt Condolences to Pop and His loved ones.

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Re: The NBA Begins by lolawilliams(f): 3:57pm On Apr 19, 2018

Nothing is worse than losing a helpmate of decades. Sparing a good thought for his ease of mind. She is in a better place.
, RIP Erin.

I knew the LeBron would not lose the game 2 but the defense is still awful, smh, this is LeBron dragging a dead corpse of Cavs team to finals only to lose again. LeBron drops 46, Cavs shoot 40% from 3, Pacers shoot 23% from 3 and still won by 3pts. This isn't a championship team.

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Re: The NBA Begins by lolawilliams(f): 4:05pm On Apr 19, 2018

Donlittle:

This is all lolawilliams fault
See what you don cause

Magic city monday, Na there your wife they truly o grin

Re: The NBA Begins by Nobody: 8:35pm On Apr 19, 2018

Everyone in the NBA rallying towards POP lets you know there is more to life than sports.

He will miss game 3. Hard to imagine how he continues after this.

Re: The NBA Begins by A40(m): 9:03pm On Apr 19, 2018

lolawilliams:
Nothing is worse than losing a helpmate of decades. Sparing a good thought for his ease of mind. She is in a better place.
, RIP Erin.

I knew the LeBron would not lose the game 2 but the defense is still awful, smh, this is LeBron dragging a dead corpse of Cavs team to finals only to lose again. LeBron drops 46, Cavs shoot 40% from 3, Pacers shoot 23% from 3 and still won by 3pts. This isn't a championship team.

Which begged the question. Why did he wait till less than 2minutes to go in the first quarter? Surely he should have known midway through the quarter to seize initiative as the game was going away from them

Credit to LeNomad for showing up in Game 2 almost predictably. Can't help but agree with the last part of your post but you never know

Re: The NBA Begins by Nobody: 9:08pm On Apr 19, 2018

Here is to hoping Kawhi reaches out to Pop

Re: The NBA Begins by A40(m): 10:42pm On Apr 19, 2018

Holiday has guarded Lillard for 74 possessions in the first two games, about half the time Lillard has been on the court, and Lillard has scored just seven points on 2-of-18 shooting. Holiday has been the primary defender on McCollum for 35 possessions, and he's scored just 11 points on 4 of 10 shooting.

Re: The NBA Begins by A40(m): 10:46pm On Apr 19, 2018

Donlittle:
Everyone in the NBA rallying towards POP lets you know there is more to life than sports.

He will miss game 3. Hard to imagine how he continues after this.

I'd be surprised if the Spurs allowed him to coach today. I heard he still conducted practice yesterday. Would he stop? Remains to be seen since he is still the USBA coach as well. Some of these guys its this sport that keeps them going. The downtime kills them quicker

Re: The NBA Begins by Decale: 11:37pm On Apr 19, 2018

A40:
Holiday has guarded Lillard for 74 possessions in the first two games, about half the time Lillard has been on the court, and Lillard has scored just seven points on 2-of-18 shooting. Holiday has been the primary defender on McCollum for 35 possessions, and he's scored just 11 points on 4 of 10 shooting.

Rondo and Holiday have shown up...

But the starter minutes are damn heavy. The priority is to wrap this thing up to allow those starters recover for the next round. Then again, they've surprised NBA time and time again. I can't believe a 9 man rotation team has constantly been egging me since the regular season. Beating the Warriors, blowing out the Spurs and raping the Blazers.

Re: The NBA Begins by A40(m): 12:29am On Apr 20, 2018

Still can't believe Melo-Westbrook-PG went 0-14 in the fourth

Re: The NBA Begins by Nobody: 12:56am On Apr 20, 2018

Re: The NBA Begins by ipledge10(m): 1:00am On Apr 20, 2018

Heat keeping Sixers out of the paint, sixers replying with 3s... Heat taking lot of free trows...

Re: The NBA Begins by Nobody: 2:24am On Apr 20, 2018

Early on in the shot clock, CJ shoots a three with two people guarding him.

Re: The NBA Begins by Nobody: 2:36am On Apr 20, 2018

Nah, this team has disappointed me.

Re: The NBA Begins by aliondo: 2:38am On Apr 20, 2018

Donlittle:
Nah, this team has disappointed me.

Am guessing the Blazers??

Re: The NBA Begins by aliondo: 2:39am On Apr 20, 2018

Realy enjoying this sixers game...Saric with his good three point shooting to keep the sixers in the game.. cool

Re: The NBA Begins by Nobody: 2:46am On Apr 20, 2018

aliondo:

Am guessing the Blazers??

Yeah, I am a big fan of Dame $ and he hasn’t come thru at all.

Just disappointment left and right embarassed

Re: The NBA Begins by Nobody: 2:47am On Apr 20, 2018

aliondo:
Realy enjoying this sixers game...Saric with his good three point shooting to keep the sixers in the game..

who they win?

Re: The NBA Begins by aliondo: 2:50am On Apr 20, 2018

Donlittle:
who they win?

Sixers...theyve been draining crucial threes in the last five minutes..Really a good young team to look for the future..match is almost over tho..

Re: The NBA Begins by aliondo: 2:51am On Apr 20, 2018

Donlittle:
Yeah, I am a big fan of Dame $ and he hasn’t come thru at all.

Just disappointment left and right

Same here..expected more from the blazers..

Re: The NBA Begins by aliondo: 2:54am On Apr 20, 2018

Rondo...omg... shocked

Re: The NBA Begins by Roland17(m): 3:08am On Apr 20, 2018

aliondo:
Rondo...omg...

I dey telllll you. The man is on fire.

10 points, 8 assists already. Davies and Mirotic are enjoying life.

Re: The NBA Begins by Eruditor: 3:11am On Apr 20, 2018

Busy day.

Just caught the last 1min of the NOP vs Blazers game (2nd Quarter).

64-45. LOL

Sixers did the business on Miami. They should expect a clap back.

Re: The NBA Begins by Eruditor: 3:12am On Apr 20, 2018

Decale:

Na why I been dey campaign for Nuggets to replace Pelicans or Wolves

At least the Pelicans have disproved my point. Nuggets will never lose 2 games in your backcourt, at least not by blowout

What annoyed me was how well they started. How can someone blow you out like that in one quarter in the playoffs ba wo.

That is the height of uselessness.

Re: The NBA Begins by Eruditor: 3:14am On Apr 20, 2018

Manutd19:

Houston would have done same to Denver. Too much firepower

The issue is not if they would have won the series. It is if the games would have been closer.

Minnesota are a joke. With all that star power and they are still playing like minnows.

Re: The NBA Begins by Manutd19: 3:15am On Apr 20, 2018

Eruditor:
Busy day.

Just caught the last 1min of the NOP vs Blazers game (2nd Quarter).

64-45. LOL

Sixers did the business on Miami. They should expect a clap back.

Any link to watch pls?

Re: The NBA Begins by Eruditor: 3:22am On Apr 20, 2018

Manutd19:

I see you are worried about the Rockets. You are right to be bro.
Minnesota is not an easy opponent. Warriors are playing the weakest team in the western playoff. And I believe Rockets match-up well with the Warriors. If anything, they are more ready for warriors than any other team. Their real test will be in the semis if they play against OKC

I am not worried about Rockets. I am annoyed at Minnesota there is a difference. Just like everyone expected Spurs to beat Memphis last season but we were happy at how close the games were. A team with KAT, Wiggins, Crawford, Teague, Gibson, Butler etc should not be scoring 82pts in the playoffs except the other team has 80 or 84.

As for match up bla bla, don’t get too excited. I stopped watching Houston after the first Q yesterday but they did not impress me in their first win. In fact, if that Houston team played GSW (without Curry) that way, they would lose by 20.

Chucking 3s in transition is not what you can do sustainably against GSW. The reason Spurs look bang average is because we have snuffed that out of them including their midrange game. Try to watch basketball a few times without seeing the team you are stanning for’s strong points. It helps.

You see the way people rave about Andre Roberson and now Jrue Holiday because of the smothering D Roberson played before getting injured or in Drue’s case what he is doing to Lillard? Well, those are two players Curry used to abuse like banned drugs. Add CP3 to that list.

So not yet uhuru.

Re: The NBA Begins by Eruditor: 3:23am On Apr 20, 2018

Manutd19:

Any link to watch pls?

NBATV is showing it. But just check NBA reddit streams via Google. There is a thread for that game with links. It is always that way.

Re: The NBA Begins by Eruditor: 3:28am On Apr 20, 2018

birdman:

Wolves are a better matchup. They got behind early, once rockets feel loose, those 3s rain down

They are not any better. On paper they should be good enough but in reality they are ninnies.

82pts. 82pts. With all that star power?

I cannot take it.

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