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I'd love to see the Indy crowd chant overrated when hali is shooting foul shots to motivate him

 

Nah, you could just sucker punch them like Jordan did? Maybe that’s what he should do to get people’s respect?

 

Shit like that happens behind closed doors. It can actually make teams closer. And Kerr claims that incident did make them closer. They talked about it and understood each other better.

This was a public statement deflecting responsibility away from himself and toward his teammates.

Completely different situations.

 

OT!!! #verywatchable

 

Why is mpj faking a shoulder injury

 

Not sure if Denver is playing great or OKC is chocking.

Didn't expect Denver to be up 2-1 this series.

 

Denver is lucky to be up 2-1 in this series

 

It was a really well played game by both teams, I thought... both defensively and offensively. A lot of runs. Then it came down to OT and I think Denver really big brothered the Thunder. The Nuggets score the first 7 points and that's almost always a death knell in OT and it was in this case.

 

I guess, this game definitely was a lot of runs by the Thunder getting in front of the Nuggets and then the Nuggets clawing their way back but when it all counted in OT Denver dominated them.

 

Some of my best friends growing up I hated and fought with at first.

Weird, I know.

 

Did you actually think Jordan was a good teammate?

He was an asshole IMO. No need to act that way either. Duncan won about the same titles with less physical talent while being a great teammate.

Personally I strongly agree with HCP that LeBron was and is 10x the teammate of Jordan. Now I don't think it was a good quote, but sometimes people just give a poor response. He makes mistakes.

If Deni had made that comment nobody would have blinked an eye.

Jordan was criticized much more when playing. Now it's just a bunch of old people talking about how much better it was in the good old days. 10 years after LeBton retires he won't get the criticism he gets today.

 

Pardon me, but LeBron is on vacation and there have been some pretty damn good playoff games.

 

The last thing I would think after watching all three games.

 

I was simply saying I'm not surprised by that LeBron quote.

And that Jordan punching Kerr wasn' like LeBron saying this.

One happened because LeBron was trying to deflecting responsibility for a failure the other happened due to a hyper competitive practice atmosphere because MJ and pushed himself and his teammates hard enough that failure wouldn't happen.

Was Jordan a good teammate? He became great at getting his teammates prepared to battle. I'm sure his teammates thought it was tough.

I think Jordan was a better winner than LeBron. I also don't think Jordan would have ever said that. He knew that winning was on himself and Scottie. You can only expect your non-star teammates to do so much.

I also don't think Deni would deflect blame away from himself and toward the "8 other guys".

 

OKC lost the game because they kept going with SGA iso, over and over, he couldn't throw the ball in the ocean. Jalen Williams was hot, SGA was cold, so sure, go with SGA....if you want to lose. That was the game; also Aaron Gordon is becoming the modern Robert Horry

 

Nah dude messed his shoulder up a while back. Even before the playoffs.
Side note: After game 4 in LA, he was walking up the ramp from the loading docks while the rest of the team was hoping on the team bus. He was with a security guy heading to a car. He could barely walk he was in so much pain.

 

Oh I forgot about the “luck” factor when deciding who wins series. I wish my Blazers were “lucky” like them.

 

Are you surprised by this? Why wouldn’t there be good playoff games?