NBA Playoffs Thread - Play-in and 1st round edition

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  1. THE HCP

    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    Sitting up in the nosebleeds right now….now I know I’m way up here, but they don’t look to bad tonight.
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    Especially for a lowly #7 seed FAMS.
     
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    HomerLovesKoolAid I have a well-known member.

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    Kingspeed says that Memphis will come back and crush the L*kers!
    I want to believe!
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    You lost me at ,”JinxSpeed says”.
     
    THE HCP, Apr 22, 2023
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    LeBron tonight:
    25/9/5

    He is the only player with over 100+ playoff games with 25/5/5

    LeBron has 145 games.

    That was a StatsMuse tweet, but remember there are a few guys that hate tweets that have this kind of fantastic info because it has a cartoon face attached. Hope they are cool with me just copy and pasting the stats.

    This guy sure looks old out there. Hate away FAMS!
     
    THE HCP, Apr 22, 2023
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    I’ve experienced plenty of playoff games lol
     
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    Nah, I don't hate any of the other teams in the league. The Warriors organization really pissed me off this season with those accusations, Steph's antics have annoyed me for a while, Dray's whole shtick is lame but I still watch those guys play and recognize their greatness. I don't actually understand why Blazers fans think we have a rivalry with the Lakers. That team has the most NBA championships (tied with Boston) and we have one. The Warriors have squashed our dreams over the past decade more times than the Lakers.

    I like great basketball and the Lakers look like they're starting to put it together. They could win it all again.
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    Not the game, the vibe , the atmosphere. It’s different.
     
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    You at a hockey game? THAT’S different. Great atmosphere
     
    Mediocre Man, Apr 23, 2023
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    Crazy that the Clippers may lose in the first round after being picked by most to win the west. All that depth might not have helped.
     
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    Good to see Chauncey is still enrolled in Tye Lue Coaching School. I'd say he was a solid B- student (with grade inflation).
     
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    You can't "ruin" the Wolves! That's like Making Portland White.
     
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    Imagine the Lakers without LeBron and Davis. Or the Celtics without Tatum and Brown.

    Would any NBA team win a playoff series with their top two players injured?
     
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    I agree it all comes down to injuries. For every team, as well as ours. A huge factor for everyone every year.
     
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    Badji!
     
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    I went to every home playoff game between 1999-2019 with the exception of 2 or 3 and quite a few away games. I’m well aware of the vibe and atmosphere.

    I can also tell you getting boat raced by the warriors changed my perspective.

    Winning is fun, getting boat raced by the warriors (and knowing it’s about to happen) with a sweep by the pelicans in between wasn’t exactly super fun for me.

    The last time we got to the WCF was pretty cool though, won’t lie.

    But that’s the exception, not the rule, with this team (at least).

    The playoffs are more fun when you actually have more than a punchers chance to advance.
     
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    Amazing Crowd at the Garden. I missed the Playoffs. We used to be the loudest fans in the league.
     
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    I don't know her personally, so I can't speak to that. She might be a lovely person.

    On the headset, though, she's objectively very bad.
     
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    We did try to win for mos of the season. We just were not very good at it
     
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    Donovan Mitchell going out with a whimper.
     
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