2023 NBA Playoffs

snowmanny

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Saturday
Nets (6) @ Sixers (3) 1:00
Hawks (7) @ Celts (2) 3:30
Knicks (5) @ Cavs (4) 6:00
Warriors (6) @ Kings (3) 8:30
Sunday
Lakers (7) @ Grizzlies (2) 3:00
Heat (8) @ Bucks (1) 5:30
Clippers (5) @ Suns (4) 8:00
TWolves (8) @ Nuggets (1) 10:30

Should be awesome. Looking forward to Knicks/Cavs and Warriors/Kings.(Assuming I’m in a good mood after the Boston game.)
 
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Auger34

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Lakers/Grizz; Kings/Warriors and Cavs/Knicks should all be good.

Lakers/Grizz is the only series where I really don’t have a feel who’s going to win. (I would pick the Lakers because Adams and Clarke are hurt but I don’t have a ton of confidence in it)
 

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If Randle isn't healthy, Cavs/Knicks could be as much of a mismatch as the rest of the first round series in the East. We should get an answer to that pretty early.
 

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Grizzlies need a monster series from JJJ but he's ALWAYS in foul trouble anyway and now he is playing the Lakers.
 

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Grizzlies need a monster series from JJJ but he's ALWAYS in foul trouble anyway and now he is playing the Lakers.
The good: JJJ did get 31 min in during both reg season games vs LAL.

The bad:
Only one of AD and LeBron played in each game, Adams was there for one, and there wasn’t nearly as much gameplanning to challenge him early.

These are the game within the game matchups that make NBA playoff basketball the fuckin nuts!
 

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PHI with the absurd 3pt advantage and BKN just hanging around is probably a little concerning for them
 

lovegtm

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PHI with the absurd 3pt advantage and BKN just hanging around is probably a little concerning for them
Philly's looks have been incredibly good, because Brooklyn keeps sending pretty basic doubles. That said, it's hard to sustain 60%+ from 3 even on wide wide open shots.

On the other other hand, Brooklyn is having a really hard time generating quality 3s of their own, and that math might just be too much in Philly's favor.
 

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Philly has 11 more FGAs and 4 more FTs. They have shot unsustainably well from 3, but Brooklyn has shot unsustainably well from 2. Brooklyn can't really get the Philly defense into rotation consistently enough. Even Bridges hasn't really forced two to the ball.

The way the game is going is pretty concerning for a Brooklyn fan, I'd think.
 

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Brooklyn has no chance in this series, never did. They weren't built with the intent of a playoff team, just happened to be good enough (and have KD wins) to make it.
 

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PHI with the absurd 3pt advantage and BKN just hanging around is probably a little concerning for them
I like to call this “Playing with your food.” Philly did whatever they wanted whenever the Nets made a little run. No team is going to focus for 48 min in largely a double digit game. That was a dominant performance.
 

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How did Harden look? Shot well from 3 obviously, but did he look quicker than he did with the hurt Achilles?
 

lovegtm

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How did Harden look? Shot well from 3 obviously, but did he look quicker than he did with the hurt Achilles?
He didn't look great going to the rim imo, but the Sixers were so much better that it he got some good looks and made some nice passes.
 

SteveF

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Knicks are blitzing Mitchell and Garland PnR. Interesting choice and maybe the right one given the Cavs shooting situation.
 

Auger34

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Is Julius Randle drunk? He’s made a number of just mind numbingly dumb passes and plays
 

Auger34

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And if this Cavs team can get a 3 and D wing or if Okoro can be a consistent shooter….damn they are scary
 

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Cleveland needs something right now. They got to even and then the Knicks have just destroyed them, especially on the boards.
 

Auger34

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NBA officiating is in a really bad place right now. Some completely obvious foul calls that have been missed
 

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Is the audio (on all games) dumping out repeatedly for anyone else? All noise outside of the announcers seems to drop once every 20 minutes or so, for several seconds.
 

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Is the audio (on all games) dumping out repeatedly for anyone else? All noise outside of the announcers seems to drop once every 20 minutes or so, for several seconds.
I am watching this on YouTube TV. And, yes, the volume is dropping out in the manner you are saying.
 

Auger34

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Just want to point this out here but RJ Barrett is not good. That Knicks fan trade idea of him being the centerpiece of a Jaylen trade is fucking absurd. Guy is the definition of empty calorie player
 

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Mobley is having an ugly game on offense. He's not just missing. It looks ugly.
He’s been awful in offense. He had been killing them. Although Barrett’s piss poor performance has sort of cancelled Mobley out