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Re: NBA Western Conference Playoffs Round 1

Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2017 11:57 pm
by Superbone
Speaking of Russ, he threw up some of the worst shots I've ever seen in the 4th quarter tonight. It was embarrassing. He can't win it by himself.

Re: NBA Western Conference Playoffs Round 1

Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2017 12:53 am
by Cap
Ring_Wanted wrote:
carey wrote:Poor Russ.
Why? Now he does what he wants.
If he's happy averaging a triple double, winning MVP, and getting bounced in the first round, then I'm going to look down my nose at him and consider myself superior.

Re: NBA Western Conference Playoffs Round 1

Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2017 4:39 am
by bajanguy008
Superbone wrote:Speaking of Russ, he threw up some of the worst shots I've ever seen in the 4th quarter tonight. It was embarrassing. He can't win it by himself.
Yes that was some ugly stuff in the 4th

Re: NBA Western Conference Playoffs Round 1

Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2017 7:14 am
by Mori Chu
Watching Westbrook and OKC get rekt in the first round by Houston is pretty delightful, I must admit.

Re: NBA Western Conference Playoffs Round 1

Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2017 8:02 am
by In2ition
Marty [Mori Chu] wrote:Watching Westbrook and OKC get rekt in the first round by Houston is pretty delightful, I must admit.
Yeah, I am finding it difficult to be upset at them losing.

Re: NBA Western Conference Playoffs Round 1

Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2017 8:19 am
by LazarusLong
Cap wrote:
Ring_Wanted wrote:
carey wrote:Poor Russ.
Why? Now he does what he wants.
If he's happy averaging a triple double, winning MVP, and getting bounced in the first round, then I'm going to look down my nose at him and consider myself superior.
Westbrook would do well to remember that Oscar Robertson, a triple-double machine back in the day, was a lousy teammate whose Royals teams rarely got deep in the playoffs.

It's still a team game.

Re: NBA Western Conference Playoffs Round 1

Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2017 3:36 pm
by Mori Chu
LazarusLong wrote:Westbrook would do well to remember that Oscar Robertson, a triple-double machine back in the day, was a lousy teammate whose Royals teams rarely got deep in the playoffs.

It's still a team game.
The parallels are interesting. Those who do not learn from history, ...

Re: NBA Western Conference Playoffs Round 1

Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2017 7:31 pm
by O_Gardino
LazarusLong wrote:
Cap wrote:
Ring_Wanted wrote:
carey wrote:Poor Russ.
Why? Now he does what he wants.
If he's happy averaging a triple double, winning MVP, and getting bounced in the first round, then I'm going to look down my nose at him and consider myself superior.
Westbrook would do well to remember that Oscar Robertson, a triple-double machine back in the day, was a lousy teammate whose Royals teams rarely got deep in the playoffs.

It's still a team game.
Another interesting one: since Jordan, Shaq is the only player to lead the league in scoring and win a title. That was in 99-00, so it has bee the whole century of basketball since we had a player dominant enough to score that kind of volume and win. The MVP winning the title is slightly more common, but still not the norm.

Re: NBA Western Conference Playoffs Round 1

Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2017 8:04 pm
by Cap
O_Gardino wrote:
Another interesting one: since Jordan, Shaq is the only player to lead the league in scoring and win a title. That was in 99-00, so it has bee the whole century of basketball since we had a player dominant enough to score that kind of volume and win.
Steph Curry came within one win of doing it last year.

Re: NBA Western Conference Playoffs Round 1

Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2017 10:19 pm
by carey
The Grizzdales stole one against the Spurs tonight. That $30K fine was worth every penny even if the Spurs still shot more free throws.

Re: NBA Western Conference Playoffs Round 1

Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2017 12:28 am
by JustWinBaby
carey wrote:The Grizzdales stole one against the Spurs tonight. That $30K fine was worth every penny even if the Spurs still shot more free throws.
I wasn't a big fan of Fizdale when he was in Miami with Spoelstra but I think that was due more to the dislike of the Super Team that Lebron, Wade and Bosh put together. Fizdale always seemed connected to the players in Miami and with what happened in Memphis tonight I think he has great fan support. He did not mix any words on his comments on the officiating after last game. I also think Spoilstra may be the most underrated coach in the league.

Re: NBA Western Conference Playoffs Round 1

Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2017 2:50 am
by pickle
There goes my Spurs in 4 prediction.

Re: NBA Western Conference Playoffs Round 1

Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2017 7:36 am
by Mori Chu
Grizz are a tough veteran team with a lot of pride. They won't give up easily. I still see this as a 5 or 6-game series due to the Grizz lack of outside shooting and inability to defend Kawhi, but each game is a battle.

Re: NBA Western Conference Playoffs Round 1

Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2017 7:57 am
by Superbone
Poor Jazz. They were up the whole game and then lost in the last couple minutes.

Re: NBA Western Conference Playoffs Round 1

Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2017 8:42 am
by Mori Chu
Oh, wow. Blake Griffin will be out for the rest of the playoffs with a toe injury:

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/1921 ... ry-big-toe

That is huge. I wonder if the Jazz now have an edge in the series?

Re: NBA Western Conference Playoffs Round 1

Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2017 9:08 am
by Superbone
Marty [Mori Chu] wrote:Oh, wow. Blake Griffin will be out for the rest of the playoffs with a toe injury:

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/1921 ... ry-big-toe

That is huge. I wonder if the Jazz now have an edge in the series?
I wouldn't say so since he went out in the first half and they still lost at home. Now if Gobert comes back, that's a different story.

Re: NBA Western Conference Playoffs Round 1

Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2017 9:47 am
by Hermen
Injuries suck!

Re: NBA Western Conference Playoffs Round 1

Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2017 1:08 pm
by Mori Chu
FiveThirtyEight wrote an article about the improvements made by the young Jazz.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/wh ... 538twitter

Re: NBA Western Conference Playoffs Round 1

Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2017 6:25 pm
by Flagrant Fowl
I've discovered the wonders of r/nbastreams. The best part is watching streams without commercials, the feed mostly just shows what's going on in the arena during timeouts and halftime.

The Canine Crew Disc Dog Team at the halftime of this SA and Memphis game was more entertaining than most of this game so far.

Re: NBA Western Conference Playoffs Round 1

Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2017 6:47 pm
by Mori Chu
The Blazers are going to play Nurkic tonight, while Kerr and Durant are both out for the Warriors. I think the Blazers are showing their usual stupidity of their medical staff. If playing Nurkic so soon after his injury causes it to aggravate, they'll have another potential Brandon Roy situation.