Game Thread NBA Playoffs Thread - 2023 Eastern & Western Conference Finals!

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  1. tlongII

    tlongII Legendary Poster

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    I'm not writing Boston off yet.
     
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    Except James played four more 82 game seasons.
    Sorry this still doesn’t add up. The numbers and minutes played don’t lie.
    Then you have the very type of game they played?
    Stockton was a PG. James plays a grueling power game.
     
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    James played one 82 game season. Stockton played sixteen 82 game seasons plus a full 50 game lockout season.
     
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    I'm looking forward to Nick "Butt Bevis" Wright, AKA "The Beak" , telling the world over and over again how overrated Jokic is after the Nuggets dispense the Lakers. Dude is insufferable in his dislike of Jokic.
     
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    The Heat are giving me hope that the Blazers can compete for a championship with the limited assets we have.
     
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    Dear Chauncey and Dame,

    WATCH THE FUCKING HEAT ON OFFENSE. They attack with different players each time down the floor
     
    Mediocre Man, May 21, 2023
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    No one on our roster, with the exception of Thybulle, is remotely as good on defense as literally anyone on the Heat
     
    Mediocre Man, May 21, 2023
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    be something if both Denver and Miami swept their way into the finals
     
    wizenheimer, May 21, 2023
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    Coach Joe of the Celtics about to get fired next
     
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    Jody to Cronin: it proves that we can surround Dame with Cheap undrafted players
     
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    We could have been Miami. Could have got Butler in a trade. Could have drafted Adebayo. Could have signed better undrafted players. Could have developed them with out own G-league team.
     
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    Monty Williams to the Celtics
     
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    Ironically we were saying the same about Boston with all their long wings and Miami has so far carved them up.
     
    Pinwheel1, May 21, 2023
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    With Butler, if he doesn’t like the head coach or some of the players, he’s going to say so.
    Chicago, Minnesota, and Philly all chose the head coach and/or other players over Butler.
    His situation isn’t so simple.
     
    blazerfan11, May 21, 2023
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    I was thinking the same thing. He's done. Bring back Doc?
     
    KSF-ERIC, May 21, 2023
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    Great coaching, unselfish play, and everyone has both an offensive/defensive skill.
     
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    Minnesota was stupid for giving Wiggins/Towns the keys to that franchise.

    Philly preferred Ben Simmons over Butler; ooops.

    Butler looks like freaking Jordan these playoffs. But he was in the ECF last year and finals before so it's not like it's one season.

    Come to think of it, Jordan rubbed a lot of teammates the wrong way.
     
    SharpesTriumph, May 21, 2023
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    If I'm Boston I'm intentionally losing game 4 so I can fire him and hire Nick Nurse the next day.
     
    SharpesTriumph, May 21, 2023
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    Then there’s Kobe Bryant. Jordan, Bryant and Butler are peas in a pod.
    The difference for Butler is he never got the respect. The press (no doubt fed by management) labeled him a locker-room cancer.
     
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    They don't need to intentionally lose Game 4. They can try to win if they want. They'll still lose.
     
    KSF-ERIC, May 21, 2023
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