2017-2018 NBA thread

[Blueobelisk]

Cleveland is making a comeback.

[xskarma]

Cleveland is making a comeback.

I noticed. 7 points with most of the quarter to go. Tuning in now...

[Blueobelisk]

Nv fucking m. I just marked SL1200 and sheffield wrong for picking Cleveland in 4.

Lebron looks pro but Indiana isn't exactly horrible.

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Well it's back to TNT. Time for the best matchup (hopefully) of the series.

Btw I'm thinking of making the playoff prediction website soon. I need to make a cool website, and no one wants to help me make nice looking charts for sports stats, so...

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Oh I wanted to say. Idk who to root for in OKC vs. UTA.

On one hand, I think OKC is more likely to put up a good fight against OKC than Utah will. I also think Houston vs. OKC is a juicy juicy matchup.

On the other hand, aiko and Pendulous make me want to root for Utah. But I'm pretty sure they don't care THAT much if Utah wins...

Alright, let's root for Houston. I hope Utah can win one of two games, for your sakes. To make your season.

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OKC crowd is quiet because OKC is down 2-11 to start. Lul. Boring. I like lively crowds.

[Pendulous]

Donovan Mitchell, please stay in Utah forever. Holy shit. Guy doesn't fuck around.

[Everwake]

Lebron losing Game 1 at home? Those refs will have some 'splainin to do, Lucy!

[Rennadrel]

Kahwi Leonard is expected to miss the rest of the playoffs for San Antonio. That's a big loss, although if all the drama is to be believed, not a big deal for most of the players on their roster.

[Pendulous]

Well, Utah is taking a lot of terrible-decision shots, and can't use their superior defense to stop a team of three players.

[xskarma]

Well, Utah is taking a lot of terrible-decision shots, and can't use their superior defense to stop a team of three players.

Utah is good on defense when Gobert can stay in the paint. Several times now I've seen OKC make him switch onto someone at range, which means he has to leave his comfort zone. It puts him far away from the basket for rebounds and liable to get tricked and juked into a bad position.

OKC is playing this pretty smart so far, which was the one flaw in the plan for Utah.

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Gobert in foul trouble, that's a huge problem for Utah when they are not even in the 4th. They are cooked without him.

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This Donovan Mitchell situation is troubling. Hope he's okay. Also hope he;s not pushing himself to play through something that might be serious and aggravating it in the process.

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I'm going to bed soon, and I wasn;t going to watch this Rockets-Twolves game but I expected the Rockets to blow the doors off this team and so far the Twolves are staying in range. Starting to wonder if my Rockets in 4 prediction will actually come true now.

[Blueobelisk]

Min put up a fight last night. So did Jazz.

Tonight:
MIA @ PHI. 8 PM. TNT.
SAS @ GSW. 10:30 PM. TNT.

I'll probably tune in and watch both, but to be honest, I doubt either game is going to be especiallllllllllllllllly good. I kinda want round 2 already.

[Pendulous]

Why are the games so far apart? Three days between games in the same series seems like a lot.

[-aiko-]

Not too upset about the loss. We didn't play as well as we know we can, but we still put up a fight. Paul George just went off.

[Racthoh]

D Wade is 36 and still taking over 4th quarters

[Blueobelisk]

Miami crushed last night.
SAS, as expected, lost. That punk Kawhi wasn't even on the fucking sidelines with his team. He was in "NY doing rehab." All the announcers and everyone was fucking grilling him, and deservedly so. That's some scummy shit.

Tonight:
WAS @ TOR (0-1). 7 PM. NBATV.
MIL @ BOS (0-1). 8 PM. TNT.
NOP @ POR (1-0). 10:30 PM. TNT.

I'll have my TV on to the games but to be honest without my glasses it's hard to see, so I honestly don't keep up. (I'll be at my desk doing work but can't REALLY see whose making plays on the TV.) Maybe I should wear glasses.

[Rennadrel]

Washington is getting utterly shiprekt by the Raptors right now in the first quarter. Losing by as much as 20, Beal already has two fouls.

[xskarma]

Brad is a mad genius. He's got 3 benchplayers out there + Tatum + Markus Morris on Giannis and the Boston lead GREW while they were out there. Yabusele was out there for like half the quarter and he barely got minutes during the regular season and spent most of it playing for the G-league affiliate. Crazy pants how Brad has coached them up far enough for this to work. Bucks went small (their most deadly line up) Brad countered with length and Bucks went nowhere and had to adjust to Boston instead.

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Right, Bucks 8-0 run, it stopped working.

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Bucks seemingly have no one that can guard Jaylen Brown tonight. He's either getting to the rim or shooting from 3 and no single defender has been able to stop him doing both.

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We'll see if the Bucks recover next game and win, but it sure looked like the Celtics had cracked the code on this Bucks team and were able to do what they wanted constantly forcing the Bucks to try and slow them down instead of the Bucks dictating the floor with Giannis. Impressive win.

[Darth Belichick]

And that's without Irving or Hayward. Is it next season yet?

[Adp]

I don't get the hate for Kawhi. Rehab isn't a walk in the park or something you can do while cross country flying to go to basketball games. The reason he's in NY is because his doctor is in NY. It ain't some nefarious plot. The media needs to get back to never talking about the Spurs.

Meanwhile the Pelicans are toasting the Blazers. Maybe it's just a match up nightmare for them?

[Blueobelisk]

Wtf. I was about to post saying "NOP is doing well, too bad for you chumps who picked Portland." I picked Portland...

Yeah @Adp, it is a big deal. That nigga's been MIA for fucking all season, acting like a baby, for a very questionable "injury". And it's the fucking playoffs against the super team GSW. If you don't go to support your team now, then when do you do it?

Tonight:
IND @ CLE (1-0). 7 PM. TNT.
UTA @ OKC (0-1). 8 PM. NBATV.
MIN @ HOU (0-1). 9:30 PM. TNT.

I wanna see both of the first two games. I might put my glasses on and focus on the Cleveland game, just to evaluate how good they are. If they can make it out of East.

[xskarma]

Yeah @Adp, it is a big deal. That nigga's been MIA for fucking all season, acting like a baby, for a very questionable "injury". And it's the fucking playoffs against the super team GSW. If you don't go to support your team now, then when do you do it?

Gordon Hayward hasn't been with the Celtics these playoffs either. He's rehabbing in Indianapolis with a specialist.

[ramayana1423]

Meanwhile the Pelicans are toasting the Blazers. Maybe it's just a match up nightmare for them?

Jrue Holiday is playing out of his mind, Blazers have no one to even come close to dealing with Anthony Davis, and playoff Rondo has come out to play.

Meanwhile, I have game 5 tickets for Celts/Bucks but I'd be surprised if it gets to game 5 with how terrible the Bucks are. Brad Stevens vs Joe Prunty is like Andre the Giant fighting a 6 year old.