NBA Playoffs 2020

[LazarusLong]

Nice forearm upper cut to the stones by Schroeder to Tucker.
Schroeder is tough, but he should be careful.
Tucker could rip Schroeder arm out of the socket and beat him senseless with it ...

[Flagrant Fowl]

I don't need to tell anyone around here, but Marcus Morris is a punk. Two straight games of him losing it while trying to defend Doncic.

[Hermen]

If the NBA could somehow permanently eject Marcus Morris that would be great.

[Mori Chu]

Glad the refs tossed him out. You know, the Mavs look frisky. It would be really fun if they could force a Game 7.

[Mori Chu]

Well, Clips closed it out, eliminating the Mavs in 6. This "Luka" guy, whoever he is, seemed to have a decent series.

[Superbone]

Never heard of him. His team lost, right?

[rhylek]

Yeah, another empty stats player

[Mori Chu]

Bunch of points and rebounds and assists and his team lost. Seems like a big loser to me. His arms look fat too.

[Shabazz]

Part of me is happy McD will never be able to tweet in peace (see the comments).

[Superbone]

Ha! All replies are from bitter Suns fans.

[3rdside]

This is interesting:

[Mori Chu]

There's probably some truth to that. I think another big factor is that the players basically can't go out and party all night when they're stuck in the bubble. I suspect a lot of the players live lifestyles where they are often out late drinking and goofing around in the club until late hours, then they come home, crash and sleep late, and get up for their afternoon practice or evening game. In the bubble they essentially have to go back to their rooms after games, other than a few dull provided social activities. That probably has a huge cumulative positive effect on their athletic performance.

[Mori Chu]

By far my worst playoff prediction was when I said Indiana would beat Miami in their series. Miami's much better than I'd thought, and Indy was way more banged up than I knew. Right now Miami is giving Milwaukee everything they can handle and is showing absolutely no fear. Really fun game and series so far.

[Cap]

The Rockets have a lot of players without social messages on their jerseys.

[3rdside]

There's probably some truth to that. I think another big factor is that the players basically can't go out and party all night when they're stuck in the bubble. I suspect a lot of the players live lifestyles where they are often out late drinking and goofing around in the club until late hours, then they come home, crash and sleep late, and get up for their afternoon practice or evening game. In the bubble they essentially have to go back to their rooms after games, other than a few dull provided social activities. That probably has a huge cumulative positive effect on their athletic performance.

That too, good point.

Could a bubble(s) work longer term? Maybe mini bubbles for each series?

Or maybe players will just start to wise up and become more professional?

[Mori Chu]

The Rockets have a lot of players without social messages on their jerseys.

Harden wasn't wearing a mask when he arrived for the game. He would be an anti-masker.

[Charlie Smithy!]

The Rockets have a lot of players without social messages on their jerseys.

Harden wasn't wearing a mask when he arrived for the game. He would be an anti-masker.

If he wore a mask with tape on it, would it be masking tape? If the tape was hidden, would he be masking the masking tape?

[Cap]

The Rockets have a lot of players without social messages on their jerseys.

Harden wasn't wearing a mask when he arrived for the game. He would be an anti-masker.

The amount of cloth required to construct a mask that would fit around that beard would bankrupt even Harden.

[Aztec Sunsfan]

There's probably some truth to that. I think another big factor is that the players basically can't go out and party all night when they're stuck in the bubble. I suspect a lot of the players live lifestyles where they are often out late drinking and goofing around in the club until late hours, then they come home, crash and sleep late, and get up for their afternoon practice or evening game. In the bubble they essentially have to go back to their rooms after games, other than a few dull provided social activities. That probably has a huge cumulative positive effect on their athletic performance.

Interesting, I wonder, how much of this theory, could be applied into the 8-0 bubble Suns?

[Superbone]

Nice work by OKC to stay alive. Looking forward to game 7.