AROUND THE 2024 NBA PLAYOFFS: Eastern & Western Conference Finals

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  1. e_blazer

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    Celtics waltzing their way into the finals with every team they faced having lost their best players to injury. If I were Mark Cuban, I’d have Luka and Kyrie bubble wrapped.
     
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    This Pacers remind me of Blazers team that got swept by the Warriors in the CF. Competitive every game but can't come up with a W.
     
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    Donnie Wahlberg was at the Celtics game. Wonder where Mark was?
     
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    Myles Turner angry mode FAIL. He had a pair of 8 & 4 games after spraining his brain. Pacers should trade him to Miami for Herro & picks
     
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    Luka is a modern day Brandon Roy with cartilage in his knees.
     
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    This makes me sad.
     
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    going by your posts, you should change your name from TYDame to FYDame
     
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    I recently totured myself by clicking on a 2022/23 Jacked Ramsey's podcast. Marang spent a half hour pouring over the tremendous skillset of Keon Johnson.

    Keon can play, he just can't shoot sometimes. Hopefully he'll find a niche on the Nets. He needs run to get confidence up, and a shooting coach that can loosen him up.

    ... anyways, Portland has a Kevin Bacon system of excuses. *Powell got traded for Keon and injured Bledsoe buyout, and a pick! *That pick helped to land Jerami Grant !! *Then the pick became Marcus Sasser, who isn't all that, you know. *But if Sasser gets better then Keon Johnson, he can help Detroit win more games, which might improve the Blazers ping pong percentages (Kevin Bacon) !!!

    It's hard to be good. It's meh to be mediocre. To get really bad in the NBA, now that is the most difficult challenge. The first thing that's gotta go is fans. Clear a path through the complainers, there's excessive losing on tap.
     
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    I believe Dallas is the favorites for the first time in this series. It's only 2 points, but i suppose casinos got sick of the Mavs burning a hole in payouts.
     
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    good start for Minnesota, up 10 1st qtr.
     
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    Kyrie & PJ shooting 1-8, T-wolves playing solid D
     
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    silly fouls and whoopsy turnovers by Wolves. Dallas erases 12 point Sota lead.
     
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    nail biter, Timberwolves getting in foul trouble, 8 minutes to go.
     
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    KAT b2b triples. Minny up 5
     
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    Towns 20 points in 2nd half
     
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    Towns gets trigger happy & then he gets greedy.
     
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    Mavs brickin' 3's

    the Mavs WCF trophy will have to wait for another day
     

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