2023 NBA Playoffs

DennyDoyle'sBoil

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Credit where it is due. Porter hates to pass but his passes have been money so far exactly because the Lakers assume he will never pass.

Six assists and a few more hockey assists.
 

TripleOT

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Denver finally gets a call on a loose ball foul, but the refs can again bail out LA by overturning the call on German Rondo, who was both holding The Joker’s arm, and faceguard blocking him out. Maybe the refs will call two loose ball fouls on that one play, since the faceguard blockout is a foul by rule
 

CoffeeNerdness

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Both series decently likely to be 3-0 by 11 PM tomorrow. Adam Silver desperately seeking advice on Tim Donaughey's Telegram.
 

radsoxfan

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Darvin Ham has had 3 TO all quarter and used 1 on a bad challenge and kept the other 2 in his pocket while Denver steamrolled LA.
 

Ale Xander

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Quite an old reference. The Viper Room isn't what it once was. It's kind of a dump now. But they'll be tearing it down and making a flashy new Viper Room in the high rise development going in that lot.
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dhellers

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Denver’s two superstars play well together on offense. Tatum and Brown are like their own entities.
This is truth. But is there more? I wonder if the Celts have a sense of entitlement, and go into coast mode way too. quickly; and then choke (in the get simple minded sense) when the opposition pushes back.

For whatever reason, Denver seems to be avoding that. Hungrier? Better coach?
 

TripleOT

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The Lakers will have to do what no other NBA team has ever done if they want to make the Finals, by overcoming 0-3. The way Denver is playing, LA will be lucky to get a face saving Gentleman’s Sweep.
 

Euclis20

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Denver’s two superstars play well together on offense. Tatum and Brown are like their own entities.
Yeah for all the advantages associated with having your two best players be big wings, you lose the ability to put your best offensive players in the most basic set (pick and roll) and possibly pick up two mismatches in one move. It's not a guarantee of playoff success (see Embiid and Harden), but it'd be nice to have in our back pocket
 

mikeot

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Quite an old reference. The Viper Room isn't what it once was. It's kind of a dump now. But they'll be tearing it down and installing a flashy new Viper Room in the luxury high rise development being built on that block.
I lived near it back when it opened. It was always a dump, aesthetically speaking.