The Official NBA Playoff Thread—-20/21 Edition

[ninjacookies]

Originally Posted by Akphillips86

Oh what a difference a spider makes.


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Can't stop him. You can only hope to contain him.

[WalterAZ31]

hate to simplify a game based off a box score, but one team making 11 more 3's than the other is pretty much the game

[yiguiri2002]

Originally Posted by tjforce

I'm just having fun....

Please don't take it personally......


Put it this way... I tell my friends and co-workers "If I don't give you a bit of a hard time every now and again, I don't really like you".

I give a number of people around here a light hearted hard time every now and again (including you!), so what does that tell you.

I very rarely cross the line and make it personal. Not about sports takes anyways.... I save that for the people who do really shady stuff like pretend to be everyone's friend with top 100 countdown lists and at the same time tries to scam people.

And really... if I didn't have you guys to argue sports takes with, I'd drive my wife more insane than I already do.

OK I must have missed this...was this recently and on this forum?

[WalterAZ31]

Memphis' bench certainly didn't do them any favors tonight as well

[Akphillips86]

Mitchell back = Jazz are back.

Penetration and ball movement was crazy good tonight vs the sluggish pace of game 1. Mitchell is so much more than a stat line, he’s the disruptor and catalyst for the Utah offensive machine.

Fantastic game from Ja as well. People were far too quick to write him off. Sure, he’s got a few holes in his game, but just because he can’t do everything doesn’t mean he can’t be ridiculously effective just being Ja.


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[pingbling23]

Originally Posted by yiguiri2002

OK I must have missed this...was this recently and on this forum?

Search the forum for haiku. Doesn’t seem like it was that long ago but maybe it was before you joined.

[yiguiri2002]

Originally Posted by pingbling23

Search the forum for haiku. Doesn’t seem like it was that long ago but maybe it was before you joined.

Oh, I know abut haiku, I didn't know he had Top 100 lists. It was just before I joined.

[rustywest]

Originally Posted by hairyangryfella

Apparently a sprinkling of popcorn is enough to set Westbrook off...
https://www.instagram.com/p/CPW4aoAL...um=share_sheet

No surprises you would take this angle here. Mr Predictable. Comparatively, I'm wondering how easy it would be to set you off? Yeah, I'm embarrassed you represent New Zealand on this basketball forum...

[rustywest]

Incredible, suffocating team and individual defense from the 76ers. They have great size on the floor especially at the guard/wings and they just completely swarmed the Wiz's small guards, Beal, Westbrook, Neto, Ish.

I wonder if Brooks will finally abandon the tiny 3 guard starting lineup?

Anybody interested in obtaining Bertans on that 80 Mill...

Have to slap myself though through this pain, its 1 v 8. 76ers defense is scary good...

[hauntedcomputer]

Originally Posted by rustywest

I wonder if Brooks will finally abandon the tiny 3 guard starting lineup?

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LOL expecting Brooks to make a coaching move (much less a smart one) in the course of an entirely too long and undeserved career.

[rustywest]

Wonder how many guys in NBA playoff history have lodged a 0 point, 6 foul outing like ole Davis did?

I do recall Jason Collins getting abused by Shaq in the 2002 NBA Finals back when I was a Nets fan but unsure if it was this bad...

[drobfan8]

Originally Posted by rustywest

Wonder how many guys in NBA playoff history have lodged a 0 point, 6 foul outing like ole Davis did?

I do recall Jason Collins getting abused by Shaq in the 2002 NBA Finals back when I was a Nets fan but unsure if it was this bad...

Yet Bertans plus minus was still a lot better than Westbrook's and Beal's. Gulp.

[gomiamigo]

Originally Posted by rustywest

Incredible, suffocating team and individual defense from the 76ers. They have great size on the floor especially at the guard/wings and they just completely swarmed the Wiz's small guards, Beal, Westbrook, Neto, Ish.

I wonder if Brooks will finally abandon the tiny 3 guard starting lineup?

Anybody interested in obtaining Bertans on that 80 Mill...

Have to slap myself though through this pain, its 1 v 8. 76ers defense is scary good...

Yeah there's a good chance the 76ers have the best team this year, and the Wiz have like 2.5 good players.

The ECF is really going to be something, I like whomever wins that to win the title. Even with all my doubts about MIL, if they run through Heat, Nets, 76ers that means they're for real and Giannis is playing well and Jrue fixed a lot of their problems.

76ers D is amazing. If they're making outside shots they're impossible to beat this year with all the work Embiid and Ben do inside.

[Kingofkings1281]

I’ll lay a lot of money down right now that it ends up being Lakers and Nets in the Finals. And, damn, it’s gonna be fun.

[Dame]

Still have the Bucks repping the East.


Unsure about the West, Lakers by virtue since they’re the defending champs.

Bucks over Lakers in 6/7.

[chetb]

Going with the assumption that the thing I least want to happen probably will happen, I’m saying Nets this year.

Would love to be wrong though.

[Siberian13]

Originally Posted by Kingofkings1281

I’ll lay a lot of money down right now that it ends up being Lakers and Nets in the Finals. And, damn, it’s gonna be fun.

Sounds too predictable and boring. Hopefully they both lose.

[Onepocketj]

The New York Knicks said they have banned a fan who spit on Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young on Wednesday night during Game 2 of their first-round playoff series.

Way worse than popcorn, especially during a pandemic. Probably didn't help that some of the spit hit 50 Cent's girlfriend.

[Siberian13]

Originally Posted by Onepocketj

The New York Knicks said they have banned a fan who spit on Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young on Wednesday night during Game 2 of their first-round playoff series.

Way worse than popcorn, especially during a pandemic. Probably didn't help that some of the spit hit 50 Cent's girlfriend.

I think both fans are on perma bans

[hairyangryfella]

Originally Posted by rustywest

No surprises you would take this angle here. Mr Predictable. Comparatively, I'm wondering how easy it would be to set you off? Yeah, I'm embarrassed you represent New Zealand on this basketball forum...

Haha, wow. Both you and Westbrook need to chill.

I do not condone the actions of the 'fan' at all. But it was friggin popcorn, do you really need to be restrained by five people for having something so light and irrelevant trickled over you??

[tjforce]

Now that each series has gone 2 games... here's how I see it:

Milwaukee vs Miami: Bucks look to clearly be the better team. That said, I think Miami still steals a game or two. Winner: Bucks

Philly vs. Washington: Lopsided series. Would be surprised if the Sixer don't sweep. Winner: Philly

Brooklyn vs Boston: Most lopsided series on the schedule. Winner: Nets

Atlanta vs New York: Might end up being the most competitive series. I think this one goes 7 and is a coin flip. Since I have to pick, I'll give it to the team with home court for Game 7. Winner: Knicks


Lakers vs Suns: Lakers showed they still have it in Game 2. The Suns aren't just going to go away. This one also goes 6 or 7, but I'm not going to pick CP3 over LeBron in a clutch Playoff series. Winner: Lakers

Jazz vs Memphis: Mitchell is back, and that opens off the offense for the Jazz. Memphis has shown they can be competitive... I think they take 1 more but that's it. Winner: Jazz

Nuggets vs Blazers: This is the toughest series to call in the West. Both teams talented, neither is complete. I'll be consistent and go with the logic that the home team wins game 7. Winner: Nuggets

Clippers vs Mavericks: This has been the surprise story of the playoffs so far. Mavericks look like the better team. That being said, I think the Clippers fight back here on the road. But I don't think it'll be enough, already down 2. Winner: Mavericks


*Disclaimer: I reserve the right to be wrong on any and all of my predictions

[Onepocketj]

Heat have no chance if they keep getting outrebounded like this

[kd the sniper]

Hopefully heat can pull out at least a game or 2.. Give the nets some rest

[ninjacookies]

White Westbrook hobbled.


This might be the turning point.

[kd the sniper]

I fear Miami more that the bucks, for the nets (durant)
East just seems so much more stacked than the West imo