2nd round playoffs thread

[Cap]

Lowry stepped out of bounds before the buzzer beater with a ref one step behind him lol. Seriously what is the matter with them? Don't they at least review in such situations?

No. Other than checking to see whether a shot was a 2 or a 3, they don't review anything that doesn't stop play, and for good reason.

[Hermen]

Lowry stepped out of bounds before the buzzer beater with a ref one step behind him lol. Seriously what is the matter with them? Don't they at least review in such situations?

No. Other than checking to see whether a shot was a 2 or a 3, they don't review anything that doesn't stop play, and for good reason.

Thanks for explanation, I don't really know all the rules regarding reviews. I agree that reviewing something that doesn't stop play isn't usually possible. But in this case for example the game was stopped anyway.
If for example they review whether the basket was 2 or 3 and while reviewing see that there was also a foul on the shooter, can they still call it? As far as I know they can't, but I can't see a reason why not.

[Cap]

Lowry stepped out of bounds before the buzzer beater with a ref one step behind him lol. Seriously what is the matter with them? Don't they at least review in such situations?

No. Other than checking to see whether a shot was a 2 or a 3, they don't review anything that doesn't stop play, and for good reason.

Thanks for explanation, I don't really know all the rules regarding reviews. I agree that reviewing something that doesn't stop play isn't usually possible. But in this case for example the game was stopped anyway.

No it wasn't. There was a stop in play shortly after the missed call, but not immediately.

[carey]

Cleveland is up on Atlanta by 38. That is not a typo.

[carey]

https://twitter.com/ATLHawks/status/728028875498913795

[TOO]

[Mori Chu]

Hawks have been really disappointing vs Cavs. They don't look even close to their level. Big step back from last year.

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[ShelC]

Hawks are annoying. Fine regular season team, but if Horford's your best player, and your 5 man, you're not gonna do too much.

[JCSunsfan]

Seems there are more teams on the decline than rising lately.

Atlanta, Houston, Clips, Thunder, Miami -- all seem to be declining.

GSW and SA are the best but also still improving. What other teams are rising?

[Phoenix219]

I knew Miami had a lot of former Suns, but holy crap, I didn't realize it was this bad.... Joe Johnson, Goran Dragic, Amare Staudemire, Jason Richardson and Gerald Green?? technically, we had Whiteside, too, didn't we? .... And most of them contributing in the playoffs.... Damn... if that was the Suns team this year, it would have been a hell of a lot more fun to watch.....and probably more successful, too. Hopefully our former players enjoy a nice, long playoff run. I might actually pay attention to a game or two for a change....

[Hermen]

That's not Jason Richardson on their roster but a rookie Josh Richardson (a very good rookie too). Other than that and very slow offense most of the time, yeah, almost Suns

[ShelC]

I think Miami is holding strong. Solid if unspectacular. Celtics...it'll be interesting to see what they do. Same with the Blazers. Great teams with role players but need a star. Can the Cs really put together another season like this past one with the same group? Bulls I'd say are declining. TWolves are probably rising, Nuggets maybe.

But teams like the Jazz, Hornets, Mavs, Bucks...where do they go? They either haven't taken that next step (Jazz) or are maxed out on talent (Mavs/Hornets). Bucks could still get it together, same with the Pelicans.

[Ring_Wanted]

Seems there are more teams on the decline than rising lately.

Atlanta, Houston, Clips, Thunder, Miami -- all seem to be declining.

GSW and SA are the best but also still improving. What other teams are rising?

Cleveland.

[Mori Chu]

All year people were saying that the East was now the power conference. But most of their teams are just "good" and not great. Hawks, Celtics, Hornets, Pacers, not real contenders. I don't believe in the Raptors at all; that franchise has too many issues. Miami is really good (I picked them to make the NBA Finals this year) but I still think they'd be overachieving to do so and still need a few more pieces. Really it is a lot like it was before: You have Cleveland, and then you have a bunch of also-rans.

[Ring_Wanted]

Last year LeBron didn't even need his two sidekicks to make the finals. This season Love and Irving are delivering. Coupled with Steph's injury they have a real shot at the title, which seemed unlikely a month ago. Unless Durant or another superstar goes east, nobody is taking down LeBron. The Bulls are done and smell like disband, Atlanta could follow suit after another demolition, CB4's health puts a hard cap on Miami's ceiling, Raptors are pretenders until Lowry and DeMar start making shots in the playoffs and the rest is miles away and Detroit-Indiana-Charlotte have too little.

[JustWinBaby]

All year people were saying that the East was now the power conference. But most of their teams are just "good" and not great. Hawks, Celtics, Hornets, Pacers, not real contenders. I don't believe in the Raptors at all; that franchise has too many issues. Miami is really good (I picked them to make the NBA Finals this year) but I still think they'd be overachieving to do so and still need a few more pieces. Really it is a lot like it was before: You have Cleveland, and then you have a bunch of also-rans.

I thought Miami would be in the finals as well. However that was before Bosh went out with his blood clots. I actually enjoy watching them play.

I really have a hard time watching the Cavaliers. I do not like their coach or any of their players.

My new favorite team since the Lakers became irrelevant. Anyone playing the Cavaliers.

[Hermen]

I think Charlotte is on the up. They still have Kidd-Gilchrist who I think was a big part of the team but is injured this year.
Also, aren't the next two off-seasons free for all cap-wise? There could be some real mixing going on. Some good players could leave west to escape Spurs and Warriors and just deal with slowly ageing James.

[carey]

Dragic just hit a huge 3 to tie the game at 86 with 10.5 seconds left.

[Hermen]

A very exciting end of the 2nd Heat-Raptors game.

[Hermen]

Dragic just hit a huge 3 to tie the game at 86 with 10.5 seconds left.

And how about Wade clutch threes in the playoffs? Man...