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jmcc5400

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I have the Lakers game on but not really paying attention. Every 5 minutes or so the pbp guy gets *really* excited and I look up expecting to see the Lakers have cut it to 10. Every single time it’s at least 18.

The guy needs to learn some modulation.
 

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Brooklyn discard Jevon Carter was in the Bucks' closing lineup and hit two key free throws late in their first win over the Jazz in a million years.
 

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Draymond returned last night and played 20 minutes. He and Steph shared the court for 15 minutes.

In those 15 minutes, Steph scored 41 points and the Warriors had an offensive rating of 169.7.
 
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I have the Lakers game on but not really paying attention. Every 5 minutes or so the pbp guy gets *really* excited and I look up expecting to see the Lakers have cut it to 10. Every single time it’s at least 18.

The guy needs to learn some modulation.
This has been the lakers pbp standard since Chick Hearn passed. It's very annoying
 

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Not to diminish any accomplishments, but we are getting into silly season with a lot of teams starting to really go into the tank, guys getting shut down, and coaches experimenting. We've seen a lot of 45+ point games this week and I suspect that will continue.
 

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Kyrie calls it a night with 60 on 31 fga.

KAT’s undisputed season-high lasts less than 24 hours.
I don’t know when it will happen or who will do it but all it will take is a commitment from the coach and team for Wilt’s 100 to go down.
 

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I don’t know when it will happen or who will do it but all it will take is a commitment from the coach and team for Wilt’s 100 to go down.
Kobe only took 13 threes in his 81 pt game.

They're very cognizant of his minutes but if Steph got hot, he'd have a chance
 

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Kobe only took 13 threes in his 81 pt game.

They're very cognizant of his minutes but if Steph got hot, he'd have a chance
Yeah it would have to be one of those end of season games maybe with someone needing 80 pts to win the scoring title and when you’re that close just go for the big prize. Think about it…..Kobe was a shell of himself that final season, scored in the teens or single digits in 7 of the 9 previous games, yet still got up 50 shots with a little help from his friends to score 81. Curry, Kyrie, Durant…..they could blow through 100 in a similar arrangement if given the opportunity.
 

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Not to diminish any accomplishments, but we are getting into silly season with a lot of teams starting to really go into the tank, guys getting shut down, and coaches experimenting. We've seen a lot of 45+ point games this week and I suspect that will continue.
Not to diminish any accomplishments, but let me go ahead and diminish them anyway.
 

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I was at the Magic/Nets game last night (I won fifth row center court seats in a radio contest), and that was maybe the most impressive athletic performance I've ever seen live. He only missed 11 shots and the Magic were trying to D him up, particularly in the 3rd quarter. By that point the hometown fans (as many as there were as probably 25% of the fans in attendance had Brooklyn gear on) were chanting his name after each bucket. In fact, after he went to the bench with his 60 and 6+ minutes remaining, the crowd started a "We want Kyrie" chant.
 

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76ers outlast Cavs 118-114 in another uneven performance featuring non-existent bench scoring. Embiid hits 13 of 19, 35 points, 17 rebounds. Harden decided to pass rather than shoot for first three quarters but they rode the bum home in the fourth quarter. The man does hit free throws. So nice not to have to worry about Simmons getting fouled in late/close games. Maxey, Embiid and Harris are also good free throw shooters. Thybulle and Niang split defensive and offensive platoons in final minutes. There is no bench beyond Danny Green and Niang, who shot 2-for-12 the night before in a loss to Denver. It gets pretty ugly during those 12 minutes that Embiid sits.
Gearing up for another classic 76ers meltdown in May.
 

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KI not playing the majority of their games is going to make it tough for the Nets to get out the playin.
The Cavs are in a free fall and are not a very good team with so many key guys out. The Nets are the ones who would need to collapse to not make the 6 imo. They have it down….Kyrie carries them on the road, Durant at home. They needed a deep Dinwiddie three and a real good Dallas team to beat them.
 

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The Cavs are in a free fall and are not a very good team with so many key guys out. The Nets are the ones who would need to collapse to not make the 6 imo. They have it down….Kyrie carries them on the road, Durant at home. They needed a deep Dinwiddie three and a real good Dallas team to beat them.
Free fall or not, the Nets have gained just one game in the past ten on Cleveland. They are still 3.5 games back in the loss column with 12.5 games remaining (12 for BRK, 13 for CLE). If Cleveland goes just 5-8, the Nets would need to go 8-4, which is hard considering Kyrie will be out for 8 of those games. It's true it took a miracle shot for Dallas to beat them...it's equally that Brooklyn barely squeaked by a terrible Knicks team. The Nets with just Durant are not particularly impressive and hardly a lock to go on a nice closing run.

Even if they somehow do get past Cleveland, they'll need to jump Toronto as well to avoid the play in. The Raptors have now won 5 straight, and are also 3.5 games ahead of Brooklyn. I don't see the Nets getting to the 6 seed as being all that likely. The most realistic best outcome for them is Toronto passing Cleveland, then Brooklyn gets to go to Cleveland for the first play in game (as opposed to going on the road to Toronto for the first play in, playing a better team without Kyrie).
 

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Free fall or not, the Nets have gained just one game in the past ten on Cleveland. They are still 3.5 games back in the loss column with 12.5 games remaining (12 for BRK, 13 for CLE). If Cleveland goes just 5-8, the Nets would need to go 8-4, which is hard considering Kyrie will be out for 8 of those games. It's true it took a miracle shot for Dallas to beat them...it's equally that Brooklyn barely squeaked by a terrible Knicks team. The Nets with just Durant are not particularly impressive and hardly a lock to go on a nice closing run.

Even if they somehow do get past Cleveland, they'll need to jump Toronto as well to avoid the play in. The Raptors have now won 5 straight, and are also 3.5 games ahead of Brooklyn. I don't see the Nets getting to the 6 seed as being all that likely. The most realistic best outcome for them is Toronto passing Cleveland, then Brooklyn gets to go to Cleveland for the first play in game (as opposed to going on the road to Toronto for the first play in, playing a better team without Kyrie).
Toronto winning 5 straight makes things interesting for sure but I’m not concerned about Cleveland. They’ve lost 9 of their last 13 and not getting any healthier so going “just” 5-8 may even be ambitious. I expect the lead to be 2.5 after Friday (Nets>Blazers & Nuggets>Cavs) and they still have a H2H with Durant. I have them projected to finish 2 games ahead of Cleveland with Toronto being the wildcard as I have no read or feel for this team whatsoever. Now they have some injuries too.
 

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Toronto winning 5 straight makes things interesting for sure but I’m not concerned about Cleveland. They’ve lost 9 of their last 13 and not getting any healthier so going “just” 5-8 may even be ambitious. I expect the lead to be 2.5 after Friday (Nets>Blazers & Nuggets>Cavs) and they still have a H2H with Durant. I have them projected to finish 2 games ahead of Cleveland with Toronto being the wildcard as I have no read or feel for this team whatsoever. Now they have some injuries too.
If Brooklyn was cruising along at full strength, I'd agree. They are 4-3 since Durant got back, and Kyrie played in 4 of those games. Even if they sweep the 4 remaining Kyrie games (unlikely, given that it includes games @ Memphis and @ Miami), they need to go .500 without Kyrie at minimum. Toronto is going to have the tiebreaker against Brooklyn, they are definitely playing better than either Brooklyn or Cleveland right now, and 9 of their final 13 games are at home. Of the three, they should be considered pretty heavy favorites to finish 6th.

The Ringer's NBA projections haven't been updated for tonight's games, but they give the Nets a 95% chance of being in the play in (that will get slightly higher after tonight). That obviously can't take into account their unique situation of injuries and absences, but at this point it's a math problem for them. For a comparison, over 70 games this year the best team in the East (Miami) has gained 28 games over the worst team in the East (Orlando). Over a typical 12.5 game stretch, that would be an average of 5 games. Brooklyn (far from the best team in the East) gaining 3.5 games over two different teams (both far from the worst) with just 12.5 games remaining is very, very difficult. It's still close enough to be possible, but I'd give them less than a 1/10 chance to get to 6th at this point.
 

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Ok, Port Cellar, who is going to monitor the NBA’s riveting slate tonight while the rest of us watch the NCAA?
 

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GSW put up as much on-ball pressure as any team in the NBA last night. It was a relentless hackathon on Tatum when he had the ball on the top. We get it, turn the Celtics over, get easy baskets...

BUT Kerr is nutz to call the Marcus Smart dive dirty or even call it unnecessary. Call off the dawgs Bro if you don't want players going to the floor with your precious china dolls.
 

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I get how impactful it is for Warriors for Steph to be hurt again, and frustrating with Draymond just back. But that simply isn't a dirty play, and Kerr surely knows that. Respect him supporting his team/his guy but begins to be a bad look for him if there's more commentary on it (which I suspect there will not be).

Draymond's comments were, I though, more balanced than Kerr's. "Unneccessary" may or may not be fair espeically from him, but it's a lot closer to truth for a regular-season game than "dirty" is. Many guys won't do that many times in some random March game, and perhaps Curry wasn't expecting the hustle?
 

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BUT Kerr is nutz to call the Marcus Smart dive dirty or even call it unnecessary. Call off the dawgs Bro if you don't want players going to the floor with your precious china dolls.
He's just sticking up for his player. Especially his star player. Heat of the moment and all. Wouldn't be surprised if he and Smart are just fine with each other
 

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He's just sticking up for his player. Especially his star player. Heat of the moment and all. Wouldn't be surprised if he and Smart are just fine with each other
the latitude the refs gave Kerr walking on the floor yelling at Smart & Dray carrying on with the refs was absurd. All the while Klay gets 2 FTs and the ball.

I like GSW's defensive on-ball pressure, especially having all their young guys getting physical with Tatum/Brown. Makes sense. BUT having Klay/Steph play that way on the perimeter won't end pretty
 

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I'm telling you guys, it's silly season (especially when you are playing the Magic).
 

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Saddiq Bey with 51 points; 10 for 14 from 3-point range.
Single-handedly, he put Detroit's 3-pt. shooting over the top. 3-pt. shooting without Bey: 34.5%. 3-pt. shooting with Bey: 46.5%.

That was the draft we could've had Josh Green, Bey, Precious Achiuwa, or Tyrese Maxey, because we picked at #14.

Instead we got ... Aaron Nesmith.
 

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Single-handedly, he put Detroit's 3-pt. shooting over the top. 3-pt. shooting without Bey: 34.5%. 3-pt. shooting with Bey: 46.5%.

That was the draft we could've had Josh Green, Bey, Precious Achiuwa, or Tyrese Maxey, because we picked at #14.

Instead we got ... Aaron Nesmith.
Really, really stings right about now. Bey would be fantastic as another rotation wing on this team.
 

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Single-handedly, he put Detroit's 3-pt. shooting over the top. 3-pt. shooting without Bey: 34.5%. 3-pt. shooting with Bey: 46.5%.

That was the draft we could've had Josh Green, Bey, Precious Achiuwa, or Tyrese Maxey, because we picked at #14.

Instead we got ... Aaron Nesmith.
Nice to read one of these “what if’s” that didn’t include Desmond Bane. My recollection of that draft was that it was really Meh around 14 and most of us liked the pick at the time. Damn, even I liked it until Brad began with his words of caution and then we quickly saw why the first time he hit the floor. Even still, it wasn’t like groups were screaming for Bey and Maxey on draft night like when Olynyk was drafted. It was a complete crap shoot at 14 that year imo.
 

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Nice to read one of these “what if’s” that didn’t include Desmond Bane. My recollection of that draft was that it was really Meh around 14 and most of us liked the pick at the time.
There were some warning signs on Nesmith. For one, his stock began falling before draft night, to the point where I think he was projected to go somewhere in the 20s by the time the big day came? Also, I remember wondering if he was essentially fool's gold. He had that run of great shooting from three, but it was in an injury-shortened season. His first year in college, he was a much more pedestrian .337. He looked like a small sample size bet waiting to go south. Still, if the shooting had been real, he would've been a nice get for sure. I suppose there's still a chance it is; he does have good form.
 

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Free throws are Philly’s friend. Sixers made 21 of 23 FTs tonight. Mavs 15-for-21. Harden closes games out. Big difference from last year’s team.