I mean, the corner defender was helping onto Nurk pick n rolls because Nurk would be momentarily open, and should've dove because of that. Or when Dame would drive, they would load up onto him where the corner defender would be up with his eyes fully on Dame. Those are times when you dive corner. It wasn't that they needed better outside shooting to open up those guys, as those guys were loading up on Dame. Their defenders were helping so much that they would have a clear runway to the rim along the baseline, and they wouldn't cut. I fail to see how that's because of some sort of lack of outside shooting. I'm simply talking about cutting at the right times to punish teams when they load up on Dame while taking the good/poor shooter variable out of the equation. Yes, if we had a bunch of great 3pt shooters, it's make sense for them to camp.. however, slightly contested or open layups are always better than wide open 3s, and those rim cuts wouldve resulted in easy finishes.
Like seriously? What the fuck makes them clutch when Harden is known for underperforming in the playoffs (sans a few games like yesterday).
It's going to be GS and Houston. I know the NBA likes that. In the East, I am glad to see the Boston-Philly playoff rivalry under way again and I'll back the Sixers all the way. Hell, I'm only 35 miles away from Philly.
Didn't Clutch City become a thing (taking over for Choke City) after their two championships? I don't believe it's a recent thing.
As a left coaster, it sometimes blows my mind how close together these northeast cities are to each other.
East is more interesting in the playoffs right now. Both matchups should be competitive. Rooting for Sixers there too. I think they can make the Finals.
I'm rooting for them too. They took a beating in that first game. However, GS will end up at the next round Its like a huge sandwich with people in between. Too many people!
I’ll definitely be rooting for Warriors... don’t want to give that weasel Neil anymore excuses why the Blazers failed
Growing up I was a huge Sixers fan and hated the Celtics as the Sixers alway seemed to never pass them by. Hal Greer was my favorite NBA player.
Now I know your age bracket. I liked Billy Cunningham. Series starts tonight on TNT 8Pm EST. My favorite was Dr. J.
For Texas, Austin is weird. They actually use at least some logic in that town. My niece use to live there and told me that most residents there considered governor (at the time) Rick Perry to be an embarrassment.
