September 1st, 2020 at 1:01 PM ^
It actually is OT because virtually every thread on here involves built yelling at each other about politics.
August 31st, 2020 at 8:40 PM ^
Duncan with 4 points.
August 31st, 2020 at 8:40 PM ^
Nothing beats the Nuggets / Jazz series (can't believe I'm saying that). Murray and Mitchell all of a sudden look like the two best guards in the league.
August 31st, 2020 at 10:19 PM ^
I watched game 5 and it was miserable for the entire first half. The Jazz were winning and going to close out the series and the Nuggets were basically playing like they didn’t care. Nikola Jocik went something like 8 for 8 in the 1st quarter and then stayed pretty steady for the 2nd quarter. He seemed to be the only Nuggets player that cared. Almost every other player on the court seemed to be going through the motions and throwing up terrible shots. The second half came on and Murray just started pouring in points.
How did the Jazz respond to this? Continually letting Murray take just about every shot he wanted. I’m pretty sure it was some of the worst team basketball I’ve watched in a very long time. But Murray and Mitchell were putting points up. I would have been embarrassed for Murray if he didn’t, because the Jazz were basically letting him do whatever he wanted. I didn’t watch game 6, but I can only imagine if it was like game 5 at all that defense wasn’t being played very well.
I watch guys like Lillard put up 50, with great defense played against him. Luka put up 40+ and had to work for it. Kawhi works for a lot of his buckets. Bron and Davis too. But it was like the Nuggets and Jazz were just watching Murray and Mitchell go at it and forgot they also were supposed to be playing. It wasn’t like Murray was ISOing either, they were just playing terrible team defense.
September 1st, 2020 at 6:30 AM ^
The little bit of Hou v OKC I’ve watched has looked like this to me too. Weak D
August 31st, 2020 at 8:42 PM ^
The Heat are winning the playoffs. The play like a college Beilein team.
August 31st, 2020 at 9:10 PM ^
Erik Spoelstra is a fantastic head coach
August 31st, 2020 at 9:45 PM ^
Riley created him in a lab.
August 31st, 2020 at 10:23 PM ^
And molded Juwan in his likeness.
August 31st, 2020 at 9:34 PM ^
Didn’t get that vibe at all. Heat basically went all iso to Butler in the 4th qtr and that’s why they won.
NBA much more about identifying the mismatch and milking it non-stop.
At the highest level of basketball, talent is generally going to win most games.
August 31st, 2020 at 9:45 PM ^
Defensive schemes to wall off Giannis from the paint were key as well
August 31st, 2020 at 9:51 PM ^
Bud coached a really bad game. Bucks biggest advantage is their size. Miami has no answer for Giannis/Lopez as roll-men/post up options. Instead Giannis pretends he’s a guard for the great majority of the game.
Bucks were extremely lucky Middleton hit a ton of contested jumpers in the 1st half or this is a 20 point game.
Bucks made 16 triples on 46% and were thoroughly outplayed. Layups/dunks + FTs are the most valuable shots in basketball despite the perimeter shooting narrative.
August 31st, 2020 at 10:03 PM ^
The Greek Freak hasn't been too clutch lately down the stretch.
September 1st, 2020 at 12:09 AM ^
Both games were really fun today!
Westbrook finally came through for OKC in the playoffs.
September 1st, 2020 at 6:21 AM ^
Could cae LESS about the NBA anymore..Kneelers protesters whiny over paid spoiled babies ...Millionaires protesting aboout the system. hat made them Rich..Sports has beome to political and they drove me away
September 1st, 2020 at 7:36 AM ^
Then find a different thread to post in. I gave up the NFL for their blacklisting of Kaepernick, but I stay out of those threads because I don’t have anything productive to add.
September 1st, 2020 at 7:39 AM ^
Are you drinking or did you miss English class in grades 1-12?
September 1st, 2020 at 7:45 AM ^
So you're saying that you somewhat care about the NBA?
September 1st, 2020 at 11:44 AM ^
So you're on the side of the whiny billionaire owners? Cool
September 1st, 2020 at 2:05 PM ^
They drove you away to posting on a sports board about a specific sport you don’t care about?
Genius!
September 1st, 2020 at 3:57 PM ^
Is the NBA that organization where people become multi millionaires based largely on the labor of exploited foreign workers making $0.20/hour who like to talk about oppression here?