Around the NBA 2022 Playoffs: The Thread

Lol @ jvg roasting bostons drop coverage

 

Interesting this bit.
Looking at the court there is a finals logo on each side of mid court. The logo is computer generated. You can tell because it isn’t there on replays.
When Pritchard is crossing mid court and is in the view where the logo is it shows up on him.
Thinking this has something to do with his skin tone matching that of the hardwood floor?

 

And we have another blow out.

 

This series is coming back to the Bay Area 3-1 Boston.

The refs set the tone early in this game. They let the Warriors maul the Celtics and didn’t let the Celtics breathe on the Warriors.

 

Who was the last former Blazer to be a major producer in the NBA Finals for the team who won it all? Maybe I'm missing someone obvious, but I'm struggling to come up with a name.

 

He sure was.

If only it was as simple as pressuring up on Curry, the league would've adjusted to them a long time ago.

 

Exactly. Westbrook, Harden, Paul. All those titles on one team

 

Bill Walton or Michael Thompson?

 

Sheed?

 

It’s not as simple as pressuring up on Curry but it is as simple as pressuring up on Curry. You have to be consistent in pressuring up on him. Horford and Grant Williams do it effectively. But Robert Williams and Theis either forget or are reluctant to do so. It’s not simple because it’s not comfortable for bigs to be covering that high on the floor.

 

That's where my head was at, but I found it hard to believe it's been 20 years. Especially since we've read on here that Portland has had a ton of players that are good enough to be solid role players on a championship team. If that were the case, you'd think at least ONE of them would've found their way on said championship team.

 

I agree. Lots of holding and grabbing on drives to the hoop. Green should have picked up his 2nd T if they called it like they usually do but didn’t want to catch flack if they tossed him.

 

Van Gundy loves sitting in the booth criticizing. It’s an easier job than coaching and getting criticized. It’s why he left coaching young and hasn’t been back. He left around the time hand checking was outlawed.

He’s a good defensive mind but he would have been as clueless as any other coach about how to guard that team

 

Pat Con

 

9 and 5 doesn't make the cut for me as a "major producer", especially when the points are coming off teams more-or-less giving him shots so Giannis doesn't beat them.

That's as good as I think we've seen in over a decade though, which is nuts!

 

Solid role player. Good one

 

Nik Stauskas is on Celtics and played in 4th quarter. Pat C played on Bucks last year.

 

Also- we’ve acquired champions like Norman Powell.