2023 Playoffs: Around the League Round 3 (WCF/ECF) News Thread

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A lot of people picking the Lakers over Nuggets. Idk bout that but lakers look more competitive than I originally thought going into the playoffs.

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Does it really matter who comes out of the west at this point? Don’t think either team could beat 76ers.

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What about Celtics?

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Split T wrote:
Sat May 13, 2023 4:57 pm
What about Celtics?
Yea, I think ANY team coming out of the east will beat the west teams.

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I'm not saying Boston isn't playing good defense, but De'Anthony Melton has missed two wide open 3s, Danuel House just air balled a 2 foot hook shot, and then he missed a wide open 3. That's not the Celtics defense.
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Watching Boston - it's incredible how much better and more complementary their 3-8 players are than ours. Shows how much work we have to do to build around Book and KD.

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Shabazz wrote:
Sun May 14, 2023 5:47 pm
Watching Boston - it's incredible how much better and more complementary their 3-8 players are than ours. Shows how much work we have to do to build around Book and KD.
Exactly. They lost in the finals and retooled with Brogdon, Galinari (who unfortunately got hurt).

We lost and retooled with….Javale Mcgee. And sat on the rest of the money available. That was the beginning of the end.

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Once we got knocked out, I started rooting for Jokic vs Embiid in the finals. Boston put a stop to that. Honestly, the Celtics are fun to watch - I just still hold that old grudge.
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O_Gardino wrote:
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Once we got knocked out, I started rooting for Jokic vs Embiid in the finals. Boston put a stop to that. Honestly, the Celtics are fun to watch - I just still hold that old grudge.
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F*ck you, Richie Powers.

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Yeah, from '76. I wasn't born yet, but I'm still mad.
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I still hate the Celtics from 1976, the Sonics from 1979, the Bulls from 1993 and the Lakers and Spurs from too many seasons to list here.

And yes, Al Bianchi said it best - "Fuck you Richie Powers." The no-call against Silas when he was trying to call for timeout in game 5 was the first of many tiny cuts.
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Really impressive start from Denver against LA, picking apart their defence and looking every bit the #1 seed

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Den kicking the shit out of Lakers. Makes me feel better about our loss. Their offense is excellent. I’ve never enjoyed any Lebron led offense.

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AD can't do shit against Joker, it's great.

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LA started three guards, I guess to run?
That strategy backfired, as the Nuggets are thrashing them on the boards, 21-6.
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Go Nuggets, I guess.

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LazarusLong wrote:
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LA started three guards, I guess to run?
That strategy backfired, as the Nuggets are thrashing them on the boards, 21-6.
😂 yup. They have Rui or Vanderbilt. The irony is they started 3 guards to just stand and watch lebron or AD go off the dribble in halfcourt to nowhere.

It killed me that Lakers were able to get those wings for their depth. It’s almost everything we needed.

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Whoa... maybe the Nuggets are good?!?!

I hope there's a market correction among Suns fans to the overreaction after getting crushed by them in Games 5 and 6. Maybe they'll see it now that they're not so emotionally invested in a narrative to "fix" the team.
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