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[roamyn]

1 hour ago, Magog said:

Cavaliers 124 - Heat 87 😀 😀

And that's without Garland.

Damn, defense really stepped up. 👏👏👏

[Salacious Kitty]

Jimmy Buckets has been ruled out of tonight's game. Expect the Dubs to be blown out at home. 

Edited April 27 by Salacious Kitty

[DoctorAtomic]

So did Denver just call "NC State" in the time out? 

[DoctorAtomic]

3 hours ago, Salacious Kitty said:

Jimmy Buckets has been ruled out of tonight's game. Expect the Dubs to be blown out at home. 

 

[arc]

Houston gotta give up that "Clutch City" nickname.

[Salacious Kitty]

So happy to be wrong. I will predict more blowouts in games to come. 🤪

Poor @Magog. Steph was being Steph, and that was sorely needed. 

[Is Everyone Gone]

Well need to do a wellness check on @Magog

[Magog]

9 hours ago, Salacious Kitty said:

So happy to be wrong. I will predict more blowouts in games to come. 🤪

Poor @Magog. Steph was being Steph, and that was sorely needed. 

 

9 hours ago, Is Everyone Gone said:

Well need to do a wellness check on @Magog

I am OK right now. Absolutely pissed off, but I'm fine. Thank you for your concern. i should be very fortunate that I didn't get any migraines or stomach cramps watching another dose of Steph being Steph. ( 🤬🤢)

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Poor @Magog. Steph was being Steph, and that was sorely needed. 

That was sorely needed like I need both wasabi & Carolina Reaper peppers in my mouth & swallowing it.

Man, whenever I'm in a good mood or I'm having a wonderful day.(thanks partly to the Cavaliers), I can always count on those Warriors & Steph being Steph to bring it all down & ruin it all for me. (👿 🤬)

Last night was yet another perfect example of this. The game was a slog in the 1st half (mainly because the Rockets sucked in the 1st half). The 2nd half was even worse because the Rockets sucked even more & because of that, Steph became Steph. (🤬)

Jalen Green was garbage once again with 9 points & Dillon Brooks was being his usual sucky crappy self. I can always count on all bark & no bite like Dillon Brooks bringing in the suck like he usually does when it comes to those Warriors. (😠)

Whatever they were doing last night, it was an absolute fail on their part & I wouldn't be surprised if those losers find a way to mess it up again in Game 4 like they did last night. Jimmy Butler must of been laughing at these losers last night. He certainly won't be needed for the rest of this series.

 

Edited April 27 by Magog

[baldryanr]

David Stern would never have allowed the Timberwolves to win that game.

[Is Everyone Gone]

Insane endings to the Knicks/Pistons and Lakers/Wolves games. Really good matchups so far.

[Salacious Kitty]

18 minutes ago, Is Everyone Gone said:

Insane endings to the Knicks/Pistons and Lakers/Wolves games. Really good matchups so far.

Refs admit afterwards that a foul should have been called against the Knicks. The Pistons were jobbed.

Edited April 27 by Salacious Kitty

[twoods]

Clearly a foul. I’m surprised the Pistons fans didn’t start throwing stuff on the floor in protest.

I’m a Lakers fan but happy for the Wolves and their fans. They are playing very well. Lakers need a big guy badly since they have zero inside help, something that they relied on with a healthy AD. Wonder who they will sign in the offseason. 

[Is Everyone Gone]

Awful non-contact injury for Dame Lillard. It looks so much like Achilles.

[Salacious Kitty]

Dame has had the worst luck this season. I hope this is just precautionary. 

[Is Everyone Gone]

16 minutes ago, Salacious Kitty said:

Dame has had the worst luck this season. I hope this is just precautionary. 

according to Chris Haynes it is indeed an Achilles :( 

[DrSpaceman73]

Dame will be 35 next year coming off an achilles injury.  Horrible as a guard with this style of play. His best days are done.  

Pacers have dominated this series outside the 3rd quarter game 3.  They've got giannis and a bunch of role players. They've got to make some major moves this off-season if they expect to stay a contender with giannis two remaining contract years. 

Also dame ckearly wasnt 100% last game coming off tte blood clot. Pushed him lots of minutes but he didn't play well.  I dont think he was ready for it. 

Edited April 28 by DrSpaceman73

[Salacious Kitty]

Well dammit. I am sad for him. 

[mojoween]

And like clockwork, here comes ESPN to swoop in and take up for the poor downtrodden Knicks and Lakers with “yeah that was a foul at the end of the Knicks/Pistons game but Cunningham should have made the shot ANYways and refs don’t decide games” and “LeBron James is too old to play that many minutes so the loss is JJ Redick’s fault”.

[roamyn]

5 hours ago, mojoween said:

 “LeBron James is too old to play that many minutes so the loss is JJ Redick’s fault”.

LeBron only took 2 shots in the 4th and neither of them scored.  He looked exhausted by the end of the 4th.

Playing that many minutes is hard enough, but no matter how well he trains, LeBron is still 40 and time takes its toll.

Good luck tonight, Cavs!

[Magog]

56 minutes ago, roamyn said:

Good luck tonight, Cavs!

It shouldn't be much of a problem for the Cavaliers to finish off the Heat.

As for that other game tonight, (😠) I can't wait to see how Jalen Green, Mr. All Bark & No Bite (Dillon Brooks), & the rest of the Rockets will fail once again on those Warriors. I'm probably going to have to stomach through yet another dose of Steph being Steph tonight thanks to the Rockets usual incompetence. (🤢 🤮)

Edited April 28 by Magog

[Carey]

Okay, you can pencil in Golden State for the WCF.  Better yet, just use ink

[Magog]

3 minutes ago, Carey said:

Okay, you can pencil in Golden State for the WCF.  Better yet, just use ink

1. 🤢 & 🤮

2. We're not going to give Ant Man & the Timberwolves a chance against those Warriors? I'm much more certain that Ant Man & the Timberwolves will put up more of a fight on those evil Warriors than the Rockets had done so far.

3. Just thinking of those Warriors possibly being in the WCF is making me dry-heave. Because I'm very concern that Steph & those Warriors will somehow find a way to beat the Thunder with ESPN & FS1 giving them absolute 110% support.

[Marley]

The Lakers done for sure. Maybe they won one more game but they are not winning 3 in a row.

I'm rooting for the Warriors against Minnesota if that matchup happens. I don't like Minnesota.

[Is Everyone Gone]

Still sad about Dame. Seems like a decent dude. Hate to see these kind of career ending injuries happen to anyone.

[AimingforYoko]

8 hours ago, Magog said:

It shouldn't be much of a problem for the Cavaliers to finish off the Heat.

HT Score: Cle 72-Mia 33. I guess the Heat really want to go on vacation.

[Fukui San]

Usually we'd say that the losing team has reservations to go somewhere tropical but the team is already in Miami.

[Marley]

Cleveland is just destroying Miami.

[LexieLily]

138-83. 

Damn, Miami. 

[arc]

PHEW.

I'm actually kinda glad I missed the Warriors-Rockets game. I was stressed just watching the box scores online at work.

[baldryanr]

You know, if Draymond had played in the 80s he'd have been on the receiving end of a clothesline.

[Magog]

1 hour ago, baldryanr said:

You know, if Draymond had played in the 80s he'd have been on the receiving end of a clothesline.

Draymond would of held his own. He can handle it. Its that idiot Dillon Brooks that will most certainly get his ass kicked on a daily basis. He would of deserved that ass whopping. Besides, Dillon Brooks sorry ass should know by now to not poke & agaitated that sweet teddy bear & classy gentleman like Draymond. Its not like him constantly doing this to Draymond is helping his team win, especially when it comes to those Warriors.

As for the game, I should be very disappointed & downright disgusted about them failing & falling flat on their faces once again on those Warriors. But I'm not because I excepted those losers to lose again. Even when the Rockets were up by 7 points at halftime (57-50), I knew that they're going to find a way to throw it away. And it will not be a surprise to see the Rockets failing again on Wednesday Night. 

Jalen Green flat out sucked again as usual (8 points) & flat out didn't give a damn. Dillon Brooks was on his usual All Bark & No Bite bullshit & he didn't give a damn, especially in the 2nd half. The only guys who even remotely gave a damn & tried to win for the Rockets are Sengun, VanVleet, & Thompson.

As for the Cavaliers, the game was over once the Cavaliers reached 10 points. It was a very enjoyable 2 hours & it was the complete opposite of that other game.

 

Edited April 29 by Magog

[baldryanr]

1 hour ago, Magog said:

Draymond would of held his own. He can handle it.

Draymond is 6-6.  Someone like Robert Parish would have pounded him into the floor (see here) and he would have had to take it, just like Laimbeer (another all time on the court asshole).

[Carey]

In terms of size & to be fair, I've come across people that were a half foot inferior to Draymond destroy the hell out of people that were superior to Parish (significantly).

That being said, you're not wrong.  Sure people are bigger-stronger-faster further in world history, but that's a loss for Green there.  However, that may not have been the case every time, just much more often than not.  Size is a factor, but it's not an automatic stat.  Smaller people pummeling bigger people isn't unprecedented.  

In the NBA, I'm betting on the more physical (looking) guy, but I would not be shocked to see the opposite outcome.  Especially with Draymond Green; we'll never know, unfortunately

[Marley]

Yay I'm glad the Warriors won. I had to stand up to watch the end of the game tho so damn stressful lol.

[DoctorAtomic]

Green is a post modern Rodman who passes better. Sure, Parish would have pounded him in the post, but he would have taken Parish off the dribble on a pick and roll possibly. Green also runs the floor better. Also, you wouldn't play Green straight up on a 7 footer either. 

Laimbeer is a poor comparison because he was just a goon and just as slow. 

I don't know how the best Warriors squad would go against those teams in the 80s, but I don't think it's a done deal either way.

You'd think that would be an easy simulation to code up. 

[arc]

The implicit premise behind these “Warriors couldn’t have hacked it in the 80s or 90s” takes is that the rest of the NBA forgot how to grab guys (or yes, hand checking is no longer legal), and it requires ignoring that Curry actually already does get grabbed all the time.

Also, the skill level in the league is much higher now than back then. We don’t even use the term “7 foot stiff” anymore because those types of guys are nearly unplayable. A rotation center can shoot, dribble, and pass now. “Defense-first” guards like Tony Allen get played off the court because they’re so ignorable when they play offense that their team can’t sustain playing 4-on-5. (I suppose the old rules limiting zone defenses also contributed to this, a sort of implicit subsidy for defense-only players.)

[DoctorAtomic]

Players are in better shape too, but I'd probably give the edge to the best Celtics and Lakers squads (86 and 85?) over the Warriors. In the early/mid 80s, scores are comparable to today without many 3s. Those games would be in the 120s easy. It's not like it was a massively defensive game then either. 

The Warriors would destroy the Bad Boys though. 

1 hour ago, arc said:

A rotation center can shoot, dribble, and pass now.

Joker would eat Parish alive. He would have a tough time against Kareem, but again, Joker can take him outside and dribble off a screen.

They should still bring back handchecking though, even if limited.

Edited April 29 by DoctorAtomic

[roamyn]

Donovan Mitchell is a class act.

When TNT asked him after the historic Game 4 how he felt, his first answer was to offer condolences to Kevin Love who lost his father a few days ago.  That's respect, tho Kevin will always be a Cav in our hearts.

[Is Everyone Gone]

Bizarre ending to the Bucks/Pacers series. Giannis and Haliburton's dad almost came to blows and had to be separated.

 

[Carey]

End of an era

[DoctorAtomic]

Having not seen the Pistons at all during the regular season because the Knicks had to be on 5 times per month, Detroit is good when they don't beat themselves. Now maybe win a game at home?

[Is Everyone Gone]

Some other angles of Giannis/Dad-gate show that the dad was screaming at Giannis and approaching him waving a towel like at a bullfight. I don't blame Giannis for getting mad.

[roamyn]

Stephen Castle of the San Antonio Spurs wins Rookie of the Year, as expected.

Congratulations to Stephen.

[DrSpaceman73]

18 hours ago, Is Everyone Gone said:

Some other angles of Giannis/Dad-gate show that the dad was screaming at Giannis and approaching him waving a towel like at a bullfight. I don't blame Giannis for getting mad.

Yeah Tyrese dad shouldn't be out there with the players. No fan should be. 

Mathurin and giannis though , giannis can get his damn hands off him. 

[DoctorAtomic]

Houston to San Francisco is not a 'cross country flight.' Knock it off. 

[Marley]

Lakers are done I think.

Not sure why they can't give Luka a rest. Reaves is trash. James is trying to carry.

[Marley]

Interesting this game has turned around a bit but I still think the Lakers are done. Reaves is still bombing unfortunately tho.

[Magog]

Timberwolves 103 - Lakers 96.

Welcome to Cancun, Lakers. HA HA HA!!!

I can't imagine how Shannon Sharpe is feeling right now. Lakers in 5 indeed.

I also know that Stephen A Smith, Mike Greenberg, Nick Wright, & those 2 losers on The Herd are crying in the corner right now.

Edited Thursday at 04:56 AM by Magog

[Marley]

The Lakers were pathetic at the end. They seemed to give up or were tired because JJ is a bit of a trash coach. Reaves sucked so bad too. Luka is good but he needs to get his shit together.

JJ's interviews before the game was him being a total dbag.

Lakers gotta make some changes.

Edit: JJ after game interviews were lame too.

Edited Thursday at 05:10 AM by Marley

[Salacious Kitty]