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

I have no qualms about Jimmy Butler's attitude. He's hyper-competitive. He's going to lay it all out on the line & expects those around him to do the same.

 

NBA radio talks about Jimmy Butler quite a lot. Eddie Johnson dislikes him.... a lot. His take is Jimmy talks big about everything you mentioned, but mails it in during the regular season. Only cares about the playoffs. Maybe Jimmy has the right idea. Others do it as well. But Eddie thinks it rubs his teammates the wrong way. One of the many reasons he wears out his welcome. His teammates are usually glad when he moves on.

 

I’m so excited about tonight’s games. They all interest me and I don’t like that they’re all on at once. It’s gonna be a great night. Bucks could be first #1 seed to lose a 7 game first round series in 5. Knicks could win a playoff series for the first time in 10 years. A Lakers team that was 8 games below .500 at one point may upset the trash talking two seed. And then we have the most exciting series in the playoffs, the only one at 2-2. Can Warriors win on the road or will they be one loss from elimination? So excited!!! Rooting for Heat, Knicks, Grizzlies, and Kings.

 

His wife is still mad he's not still there.

 

Jalen Brunson > Donovan Mitchell

 

I expected the Knicks/Cavs series to be close with Cleveland having a slight advantage, but it may be that the Knicks will close it out tonight

 

Cavs only need for their team is a new coach

 

Josh Hart has played more minutes (31) so far than any player on either team.
(Edit: looks like he’s going to play almost the entire game.)

 

Hey Nurk, that’s how you play. Just look at Mitchell Robinson

 

Wow! The Grizz just outscored the Lakers by 17 in the last 4 minutes of the third. We'll see if they can hold onto that lead or if the Lakers will make their run.

 

I guess the question now is, have the Grizz figured something out in regards to the Lakers or is it just one game? We should find out on Thursday.

 

Anthony Edwards is in big trouble for throwing a chair at two female employees after their game 5 loss. Wow!

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/36298813/wolves-anthony-edwards-cited-assault-game-5-loss

 

Everyone but 7. Lakers are going to lose gm 6 & 7.

 

Neither of them were hurt. He was upset. This shouldn’t be a story.

 

Grizzlies are the better team. They will win the series. The Lakers don’t matter. If Grizzlies play their game, they’ll win. They’ll prob beat Kings or Warriors too. They’re an incredibly deep team with a superstar PG and DPOY. They’ve also taken their blows the last couple seasons. They are battle tested. I don’t think they beat Denver. They could beat Phoenix.

 

Cleveland has some soul searching to do. They lost two play-in games last season and now they win 50 games and have HCA and lose in 5. The last time they won a series without LeBron, Mark Price was their starting PG. Crazy.

 

All my teams look good so far!

 

Just need a new coach

 

My bad. #7 Hawks will win.