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Bip Roberts
Mar 29, 2005
I bet carmello would have gotten 35 with the celtics 2nite

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Dexo
Aug 15, 2009

A city that was to live by night after the wilderness had passed. A city that was to forge out of steel and blood-red neon its own peculiar wilderness.
Hoiberg has as many playoff wins as Brad Stevens.

Metapod
Mar 18, 2012

DeimosRising posted:

There are no good teams in the east this year, and the Celtics are the class "perfect supporting team for a superstar" squad. That just usually means a decent 6th seed and an honorable 6 game out, not getting whacked as a 1 seed.

They don't even need a superstar they just need a Ben Wallace

Spacebump
Dec 24, 2003

Dallas Mavericks: Generations

Bip Roberts posted:

I bet carmello would have gotten 35 with the celtics 2nite

Hey doesn't want to leave NYC because Lala wants to be there...oops.

chunkles
Aug 14, 2005

i am completely immersed in darkness
as i turn my body away from the sun

Tae posted:

I think the Bulls winning is hilarious but they have contested long shots by Wade and Rondo and MCW going in, that's kinda bullshit you don't gameplan for.

wade bullshit going in is a reliable, measurable playoff phenomena

Spacebump
Dec 24, 2003

Dallas Mavericks: Generations

chunkles posted:

wade bullshit going in is a reliable, measurable playoff phenomena

It has to be stopped early or it reaches epic levels of bullshit where the refs just give him free throws for putting on a uniform.

DeimosRising
Oct 17, 2005

¡Hola SEA!


Metapod posted:

They don't even need a superstar they just need a Ben Wallace

Don't undersell Ben, for half a decade he was a star. We accept all kinds of dudes like Iverson, Harden, etc as stars who only play well on half the court, Ben counts by that standard.

big boi
Jun 11, 2007

I just got home and all I can say about the Chi-Bos score and particularly Rondo's box score is hahahahaha

de curry GOAT
Oct 23, 2005

how will basketball genius bwadley stevens right the ship???

Metapod
Mar 18, 2012

DeimosRising posted:

Don't undersell Ben, for half a decade he was a star. We accept all kinds of dudes like Iverson, Harden, etc as stars who only play well on half the court, Ben counts by that standard.

Fair

Lockback
Sep 3, 2006

All days are nights to see till I see thee; and nights bright days when dreams do show me thee.

xbilkis posted:

Yeah when you give a master tactician like Fred Hoiberg a chance to dissect your system, it's a lot harder to succeed

(Hoiberg has actually been really good in this series so far)

/Puts Paul Zipser in
/Zipser goes 6-8

DeimosRising
Oct 17, 2005

¡Hola SEA!



I mean, if they could trot out 2000-2007 Ben, Horford, Crowder, Bradley, Thomas, that team isn't going down to the Bulls, no way. I would favor that team over the Cavs, that goes from a slightly above average o and below average d, to a slightly above average O and a killer d instantly.

Vanilla Mint Ice
Jul 17, 2007

A raccoon is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits.

Vanilla Mint Ice posted:

I have faith in the three alphas

Spacebump
Dec 24, 2003

Dallas Mavericks: Generations

Latinx posted:

how will basketball genius bwadley stevens right the ship???

He can't Big 12 style coaching is unstoppable in the NBA playoffs.

Jota
May 6, 2003

uga-booga uga-booga

Tae posted:

I think the Bulls winning is hilarious but they have contested long shots by Wade and Rondo and MCW going in, that's kinda bullshit you don't gameplan for.

MCW has 2 points in this series and Rondo had 23 points over two games with average shooting. The Celtics had a whole lot of other problems, especially defensively, besides some tough shots going in.

Metapod
Mar 18, 2012

DeimosRising posted:

I mean, if they could trot out 2000-2007 Ben, Horford, Crowder, Bradley, Thomas, that team isn't going down to the Bulls, no way. I would favor that team over the Cavs, that goes from a slightly above average o and below average d, to a slightly above average O and a killer d instantly.

That's why I said a Ben Wallace player

verbal enema
May 23, 2009

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DeimosRising posted:

There are no good teams in the east this year, and the Celtics are the classic "perfect supporting team for a superstar" squad. That just usually means a decent 6th seed and an honorable 6 game out, not getting whacked as a 1 seed.

I'll have you know LeBron said "the switch will be flipped" so beware mister

DeimosRising
Oct 17, 2005

¡Hola SEA!


Metapod posted:

That's why I said a Ben Wallace player

Yeah, I just think that's even aiming high. A 2015 Bogut or 2017 Dedmon probably alters the entire series.

Lasagna Pilot
Feb 6, 2009

No, you're dark-side intergalactic encyclopedia salesmen. Unfortunately, the home office hasn't been quite upfront with you.
The bulls shoot threes?

Spacebump
Dec 24, 2003

Dallas Mavericks: Generations

DeimosRising posted:

Yeah, I just think that's even aiming high. A 2015 Bogut or 2017 Dedmon probably alters the entire series.

2010 end of season Brendan Haywood would flip this series.

Metapod
Mar 18, 2012

Lasagna Pilot posted:

The bulls shoot threes?

Yes do you not remember the beginning of the season

Spacebump
Dec 24, 2003

Dallas Mavericks: Generations
Clippers mean business tonight.

Lessail
Apr 1, 2011

:cry::cry:
tell me how vgk aren't playing like shit again
:cry::cry:
p.s. help my grapes are so sour!

DeimosRising posted:

After 10 years the Celtics assemble a likeable team and suffer a horrendous personal tragedy, allowing my wife and i to root for the same team. Obviously, they choke on Butler's dick immediately

sever

Brolander
Oct 20, 2008

i am but a vessel
uhoh

de curry GOAT
Oct 23, 2005

OK blake

Libertine
Jun 21, 2004

When I die, I hope they say I made the eSports industry a better place than I made millions of dollars.
This feels like a game that's not gonna be particularly close

dokmo
Aug 27, 2006

:stat:man
Hayward is so good at curling around those screens

big boi
Jun 11, 2007

The local Cleveland announcers' sense of humor is spreading

Brolander
Oct 20, 2008

i am but a vessel
lmao chill deandre

Brolander
Oct 20, 2008

i am but a vessel
jazz kept it together nicely

dokmo
Aug 27, 2006

:stat:man
When was the last time Blake had more than one dunk in a game?

Brolander
Oct 20, 2008

i am but a vessel
blake shooting the ball makes me cringe

Chairchucker
Nov 14, 2006

to ride eternal, shiny and chrome

THUNDERDOME LOSER 2022




Disgusting from DJ

EDIT: and from these dancers

Chairchucker fucked around with this message at 04:32 on Apr 19, 2017

DeimosRising
Oct 17, 2005

¡Hola SEA!


This game is uh...happening I guess. I'm certain that it's so, and I'm watching it.

Brolander
Oct 20, 2008

i am but a vessel

DeimosRising posted:

This game is uh...happening I guess. I'm certain that it's so, and I'm watching it.

HEll, same

Art Core...velay
Jun 16, 2013
lol Smart flipped the bird in the 4th quarter at one of the refs.

edit: i guess it might have been a heckling fan

Art Core...velay fucked around with this message at 05:07 on Apr 19, 2017

Brolander
Oct 20, 2008

i am but a vessel
diaw drawing a double team. love it

Brolander
Oct 20, 2008

i am but a vessel
Blake Griffin Jumpshot: A Play in Two Acts

EvanTH
Apr 24, 2004

i like to express my inner pain by being really boring on the phone
or just when i'm kickin it
that's me though
i'm kind of oddddddd
now that was an exceedingly Crisp Haul

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Brolander
Oct 20, 2008

i am but a vessel

EvanTH posted:

now that was an exceedingly Crisp Haul

haha very crisp

if diaw wouldve taken that second three, he would've made it. never been surer of any thing

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