The 2nd Season - 2019 Playoff Thread
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Sometimes in a physical sense. Like when Looney just tossed him out of da club.
Who has had a sweeter NBA turnaround than Swedish Larry Bird? Dude was buried in Motown and is now playing quality minutes for an all time dynastic team.
I think the pixie dust that carried the Blazers to the WCF has just run out. Lillard’s been MIA since OKC, and now CJ is missing free throws.
this is over. one thing of note for the blazers is how oddly calm ET is in huge games. What a crazy awesome dude.
CJ bricking FTs is kind of inexcusable at this point in the season. That said, Lillard is getting trapped hard - he isn't choking. Its the Warriors defense. Even Mark Jackson recognizes that.
Lillard is only getting trapped when someone tries to pick for him, he had one on one at the perimeter a lot this game (once against Jerebko even) and just couldn’t do anything. He hasn’t looked like the same guy since the OKC series, as I’ve said a bunch of times since then.
On that Jerebko series, there was help below the perimeter and Lillard was way out. I agree he is struggling but to me its a function of Golden State's defense. They are daring everyone else besides Dame and CJ to beat them. Its clearly a good strategy thus far.
OK, but he was struggling almost as badly for most of the previous series too. I just think he's exhausted (or hurt, or both) after dragging his team to a win over a very solid OKC team, plus Kanter has disappeared more and more as the playoffs have progressed, due to injury or Ramadan effects or just being Kanter or most likely a combo of all three.
Iguodala is getting a MRI on his lower leg, he only played 18 minutes and not the last quarter and a half. Windhorst says he has had a sore Achilles for a while and is very unlikely to play game 4 (in part because of the series score).
He probably doesn't like KD, (judging by their altercation this year) so with him out, Draymond wants to prove the team doesn't need him.
KD just seems like a pretty unlikeable dude.
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I'd forgotten how beautiful the W's game is -- kudos to Kerr is coached the hell out of this club this playoff. And while I don't hate KD, he is a bit hard to root for with his persecution complex (not that I root for GS to begin with). The league will be better in a # of ways if KD goes to the Knicks -- more competitive, the Warriors will be more fun to watch, the Knicks will be filled with drama....
I feel robbed as a fan that Durant is on
Firas Zahabi (mma trainer) says it is permitted by the faith for a Muslim to do Ramadan at a different time if it interferes with his work and he can make up those days later.
Firas Zahabi (mma trainer) says it is permitted by the faith for a Muslim to do Ramadan at a different time if it interferes with his work and he can make up those days later.
Gasol hitting shots makes a huge difference for the Raptors, so much harder for them to pack the paint.
Raptors aren’t letting the Bucks get anything easy on the offensive end. Giannis is completely locked down and it starts by not trying to make it a track meet as they have in the first two games.
I suspect it was a make-up for the Nurse induced phantom travel call on him the sequence before. Your point stands though...
Why is everyone in Toronto going insane over a perfectly executed Euro step?
Edit: ok some here feel same way. I’ll hold off for the replay I’m too lazy to get up and rewind
Edit: ok some here feel same way. I’ll hold off for the replay I’m too lazy to get up and rewind
I mean it's ridiculous at this point. All the steps you want to gather, then you can bobble to maintain and take more steps, then follow it up with a Euro step for more steps.
Neither was the play before but Giannis is so tough to officiate given his length and athleticism. Its completely understandable if fans, the opposition and even the refs get confused by how he plays.
I rarely criticize officials on the floor as I know how difficult it is to referee at levels much slower than the best of the best NBA players. I do not have that same amount of leniency from those of us watching on tv when it is fairly easy. It then REALLY simple with replay.
Kyle Lowry gets pushed through from his back by GA, then jumps straight up in the air as GA is over-the-back of him, and gets called for his 6th foul with >6 mins left.
I don't dislike Giannis personally, but I hate the way he's officiated.
edit: and just as I type this, Giannis is called for a somewhat ticky-tack offensive foul.
I don't dislike Giannis personally, but I hate the way he's officiated.
edit: and just as I type this, Giannis is called for a somewhat ticky-tack offensive foul.
Feels like we're a quick Milwaukee run away from a 3-0 series. Toronto struggling to score again.
