2015 NBA Playoffs

Itssoeasy · 26-04-2015 7:24pm

NufcNavan wrote: »

Perkins is a punk. That was a cheapshot.

Why on earth did Crowder get a T. Perk should have been thrown out.

Crowder was wondering the same thing. Baffling call.

Itssoeasy · 26-04-2015 7:40pm

Jr smith ejected and the front row gets taken out. Let's go celtics.

Itssoeasy · 26-04-2015 8:06pm

Eleven point game.

Itssoeasy · 26-04-2015 8:07pm

Nine point game.

Paully D · 26-04-2015 8:11pm

Presuming Love is going to miss time, the quicker the Cavs wrap this series up, the better for the Bulls. Lets go Cleveland! :pac:

Itssoeasy · 26-04-2015 8:23pm

James Jones is as cold as a freezer from three.

For Forks Sake · 26-04-2015 8:31pm

Jerebko is doing really f*cking stupid things out there this quarter.

Carcharodon · 26-04-2015 8:33pm

NufcNavan wrote: »

Perkins is a punk. That was a cheapshot.

Why on earth did Crowder get a T. Perk should have been thrown out.

An absolute joke, Perkins is pathetic, they should suspend him for a game.
And then when the Celtics player hurts his knee and the Cleveland bench is laughing and jeering him, wtf, what a bunch of classy guys

LuckyGent88 · 26-04-2015 10:29pm

It's quite painful to watch deandre Jordan at the free throw line.

Massive fourth quarter coming up

me and the biz · 26-04-2015 10:32pm

Duncan with the double double already. Spurs relying on Kawhi more and more and he seems very comfortable with it

Lt J.R. Bell · 27-04-2015 7:51am

Carcharodon wrote: »

An absolute joke, Perkins is pathetic, they should suspend him for a game.
And then when the Celtics player hurts his knee and the Cleveland bench is laughing and jeering him, wtf, what a bunch of classy guys

Well, they are probably thinking "ye messed up our boy" (Love) "we will now return the the Fava, my Ni.... "

killwill · 27-04-2015 10:43am

Lt J.R. Bell wrote: »

Well, they are probably thinking "ye messed up our boy" (Love) "we will now return the the Fava, my Ni.... "

Of course that is what happened. And I don't mind it to be honest. I think the Cs were over physical and putting Perkins in there to help stop getting pushed around was the right thing to do.

And before everyone gives out Im sure ye have done it too in your own leagues.
Quick PG tearing your D apart. Hit him with a hard foul to make him think twice about attacking the basket the next time. No intent to injure of course but just a hard foul.

Lt J.R. Bell · 27-04-2015 11:25am

killwill wrote: »

Of course that is what happened. And I don't mind it to be honest. I think the Cs were over physical and putting Perkins in there to help stop getting pushed around was the right thing to do.

And before everyone gives out Im sure ye have done it too in your own leagues.
Quick PG tearing your D apart. Hit him with a hard foul to make him think twice about attacking the basket the next time. No intent to injure of course but just a hard foul.

Hell ya, all sports. Lesson #1 Let the fecker know you're there.

I say that as a Celtics fans. Loved how they played hard especially Chowder (I know it's not the correct spelling) but, you gotta take it if you're going to give it

Someone witty said this about Perkins. He's the X Pac (WWE wrestler) who's always around stars but you don't know why. Hilarious

BQQ · 27-04-2015 12:04pm

You expect physical play in the playoffs, but J.R. Smith crossed the line IMO. Dude was knocked cold.
If his head hit the floor instead of him twisting his knee....
Smith deserves a long suspension for that one.

Perkins, I don't mind. It was a hard blatant foul, but at the end of the day he just shoved him.

Olynik, I'm on the fence. At first, it looked like a natural instinct. Love was holding him off, he had no chance to get the ball, so he grabbed the arm to prevent Love getting it.
However, in the replay it looks like he yanks on it a bit and Love seemed in no doubt that it was intentional when interviewed postgame.

GoldFour4 · 27-04-2015 12:30pm

BQQ wrote: »

You expect physical play in the playoffs, but J.R. Smith crossed the line IMO. Dude was knocked cold.
If his head hit the floor instead of him twisting his knee....
Smith deserves a long suspension for that one.

Perkins, I don't mind. It was a hard blatant foul, but at the end of the day he just shoved him.

Olynik, I'm on the fence. At first, it looked like a natural instinct. Love was holding him off, he had no chance to get the ball, so he grabbed the arm to prevent Love getting it.
However, in the replay it looks like he yanks on it a bit and Love seemed in no doubt that it was intentional when interviewed postgame.

Yeah I'd agree with that. It looked innocent initially but the more you look at it he's clearly yanking on Loves arm and the ball is nowhere close. Love was maybe a little strong with his comments afterwards but yeah I think there was a small bit of purpose from Oleynik.

me and the biz · 27-04-2015 12:36pm

Rick fox tweeted this picture from seconds before. Two lads were both at it. Didn't see the game but tangling up like this happens a lot.

Either way it'll create an us vs everyone else mentality for the Cavs and could be harder to beat

GoldFour4 · 27-04-2015 1:22pm

me and the biz wrote: »

Rick fox tweeted this picture from seconds before. Two lads were both at it. Didn't see the game but tangling up like this happens a lot.

Either way it'll create an us vs everyone else mentality for the Cavs and could be harder to beat

Ah Fox needs to get real with that, that photo is under the basket, the incident actually occurred over near the sideline. Obviously what's seen in ^ that pic is an everyday occurrence in the league but that's not what caused the injury.

NufcNavan · 27-04-2015 4:37pm

me and the biz wrote: »

Rick fox tweeted this picture from seconds before. Two lads were both at it. Didn't see the game but tangling up like this happens a lot.

Either way it'll create an us vs everyone else mentality for the Cavs and could be harder to beat

They won't be harder to beat if Love is out injured and two players out suspended (one potentially multi games).

NufcNavan · 27-04-2015 4:52pm

The Raps are insufferable and I'm glad they got swept even though Washington's idiotic attempt to make a statement against us in game 81 probably ended up costing The Pacers the season.

Regardless, Masai's two "I'm a badass quotes" at the start of both of the playoffs have blown up in his face as have a lot of his roster moves. Kyle Lowry was the most overrated player in the NBA for most of the season and a team that is debating between starting Amir Johnson or Tyler Hansbrough at power forward doesn't deserve to win anything.

It doesn't get much more embarrassing than what has happened to the Raptors the past two years. Lose two straight first round series where you had home court and in one you lost in a game 7 in your arena and in the other one you weren't even close to being competitive and got completely destroyed in a decisive game 4.

Lt J.R. Bell · 27-04-2015 5:05pm

Funny, normally you would be , "meh, its only JR Smith" if you found out someone would be missing, but, he has been very very very good for Cleveland , so has the other former Knicks guy.

killwill · 27-04-2015 6:05pm

I don't think Olynik meant to dislocate Love's shoulder. I don't think that kind of attempt was there.
But it was a very hard foul all the same. Alot worse than Perkins' but not as bad as Smith's.
I have really enjoyed watching JR playing for Cleveland, consistent and a great athlete. Deserves everything he gets and will be a huge loss for the Cavs.

For Forks Sake · 27-04-2015 6:36pm

NufcNavan wrote: »

The Raps are insufferable and I'm glad they got swept even though Washington's idiotic attempt to make a statement against us in game 81 probably ended up costing The Pacers the season.

Regardless, Masai's two "I'm a badass quotes" at the start of both of the playoffs have blown up in his face as have a lot of his roster moves. Kyle Lowry was the most overrated player in the NBA for most of the season and a team that is debating between starting Amir Johnson or Tyler Hansbrough at power forward doesn't deserve to win anything.

It doesn't get much more embarrassing than what has happened to the Raptors the past two years. Lose two straight first round series where you had home court and in one you lost in a game 7 in your arena and in the other one you weren't even close to being competitive and got completely destroyed in a decisive game 4.

Lt J.R. Bell · 27-04-2015 6:53pm

NufcNavan wrote: »

The Raps are insufferable and I'm glad they got swept even though Washington's idiotic attempt to make a statement against us in game 81 probably ended up costing The Pacers the season.

Regardless, Masai's two "I'm a badass quotes" at the start of both of the playoffs have blown up in his face as have a lot of his roster moves. Kyle Lowry was the most overrated player in the NBA for most of the season and a team that is debating between starting Amir Johnson or Tyler Hansbrough at power forward doesn't deserve to win anything.

It doesn't get much more embarrassing than what has happened to the Raptors the past two years. Lose two straight first round series where you had home court and in one you lost in a game 7 in your arena and in the other one you weren't even close to being competitive and got completely destroyed in a decisive game 4.

Ah, sure, he got a lot of experience tanking in the play offs with Denver.

Last year was laughable but to do it again this year, is pathetic. That's a lot of money gone down the drain for a potty mouth. That's someone's annual salary

astonaidan · 27-04-2015 8:57pm

NufcNavan wrote: »

The Raps are insufferable and I'm glad they got swept even though Washington's idiotic attempt to make a statement against us in game 81 probably ended up costing The Pacers the season.

Regardless, Masai's two "I'm a badass quotes" at the start of both of the playoffs have blown up in his face as have a lot of his roster moves. Kyle Lowry was the most overrated player in the NBA for most of the season and a team that is debating between starting Amir Johnson or Tyler Hansbrough at power forward doesn't deserve to win anything.

It doesn't get much more embarrassing than what has happened to the Raptors the past two years. Lose two straight first round series where you had home court and in one you lost in a game 7 in your arena and in the other one you weren't even close to being competitive and got completely destroyed in a decisive game 4.

They really need to blow up the roster, living in Canada now, every regular season game I went to they were dominant but you could tell the interior defence was going to be their problem come playoffs.
Think they have some cap room this off season time to go big get a PF and a shooting guard who shoots decent 3s since DeRozan aint stretching the field anytime soon

shamrock55 · 27-04-2015 9:24pm

Can someone with more knowledge of nba then me( which isnt much tbf) please explain to me wtf happened to the raptors, how the fcuk did they go out in such a wimper like that i mean they were well beaten in all 4 games, to beat the wiz 3 times in regular season and then have this happen there must be more to this then meets the eye

NufcNavan · 27-04-2015 9:55pm

Compared to last year, the entire first round has been very poor watching with the exception of Spurs Clippers.

buyer95 · 27-04-2015 11:17pm

Breaking. Kevin Love is out of round 2 of the playoffs. Bulls Cavs just got interesting.

Itssoeasy · 27-04-2015 11:58pm

Jr smith is going to miss games for being a thug. And he has previous form.

ButtersSuki · 27-04-2015 11:58pm

buyer95 wrote: »

Breaking. Kevin Love is out of round 2 of the playoffs. Bulls Cavs just got interesting.

Yup, that's a huge leveller. Though Love hasn't been at superstar status since moving to Cleveland his inside presence from a rebounding persecutive and his shooting depth from 3 (and the spacing that brings) will be missed.

Bit surprised at his reaction and calling out of Olynk. I don't personally think it was deliberate, but it's hard to know I guess.

leggo · 28-04-2015 12:33am

I still think Cleveland take care of that series. It goes 6, tops. I can see it playing out like the Heat/Pacers 2nd round a few years back where the Pacers gave them an almighty scare before the Heat copped on and took the last two with ease. For whatever reason, maybe due to the unrest around Thibs, the Bulls are making hard work of a series that should be in the can by now. I don't see them beating Playoff LeBron and 2015 Kyrie four times, or even three.

buyer95 · 28-04-2015 12:34am

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Yup, that's a huge leveller. Though Love hasn't been at superstar status since moving to Cleveland his inside presence from a rebounding persecutive and his shooting depth from 3 (and the spacing that brings) will be missed.

Bit surprised at his reaction and calling out of Olynk. I don't personally think it was deliberate, but it's hard to know I guess.

His reaction doesn't surprise me, Love is known as a "difficult" player around the league. His relationship with his teammates and front office at Minesota was borderline toxic in the last 2 seasons. I've heard Simmons say on his podcast that he's s but of an outcast, and he hasn't integrated that well with his new teammates in Cleveland either. Love seems to love(excuse the pun) himself and have a big ego, and to be honest if you were to ask me to name a player who would come out with a comment like he has about Olynk, I would have said Love.

buyer95 · 28-04-2015 12:39am

leggo wrote: »

I still think Cleveland take care of that series. It goes 6, tops. I can see it playing out like the Heat/Pacers 2nd round a few years back where the Pacers gave them an almighty scare before the Heat copped on and took the last two with ease. For whatever reason, maybe due to the unrest around Thibs, the Bulls are making hard work of a series that should be in the can by now. I don't see them beating Playoff LeBron and 2015 Kyrie four times, or even three.

Disagree strongly. I'll write a proper response tomorrow to this, but in the meantime all I'll say is " Spacing, Size and depth." A game changer imo

leggo · 28-04-2015 12:54am

buyer95 wrote: »

Disagree strongly. I'll write a proper response tomorrow to this, but in the meantime all I'll say is " Spacing, Size and depth." A game changer imo

Cavs also won the regular season 4-1. Yeah, that mightn't count for much, but the playoffs tend to be won more on "Who has the best player?" and the Cavs have the best in the world and Kyrie, possibly top 10 right now. Rose and Butler would prob be top 20 in the league on current form. Even if you say, "Yeah but Cleveland had Love playing then," that forgets to take into account that he was pretty ineffective until recently.

You can probably come up with a compelling argument to sway me a little, and I'd be happy to buy into it for the sake of enjoying the series, but I bet it still goes 6 (tops) regardless. LeBron and Kyrie will carry the rest.

D2D · 28-04-2015 2:29pm

3 teams I banked on last night all lost #cursed:(

28-04-2015 2:36pm

Itssoeasy wrote: »

Jr smith is going to miss games for being a thug. And he has previous form.

only one game :eek:

ButtersSuki · 28-04-2015 3:25pm

buyer95 wrote: »

His reaction doesn't surprise me, Love is known as a "difficult" player around the league. His relationship with his teammates and front office at Minesota was borderline toxic in the last 2 seasons. I've heard Simmons say on his podcast that he's s but of an outcast, and he hasn't integrated that well with his new teammates in Cleveland either. Love seems to love(excuse the pun) himself and have a big ego, and to be honest if you were to ask me to name a player who would come out with a comment like he has about Olynk, I would have said Love.

Yeah I know all that but still it's a huge step above even that again to say a fellow pro tried to injure you deliberately. I don't get Love at times, huge talent but something about his attitude stinks. I greatly admire his skill set but he plays zero D and seems to have been unable to play the 3rd option role after being "the man" for so long. It probably didn't help that this happened against Boston as he flirted with them last year and should have gone there in my opinion (and I say that as a C's Fan) as he'd have been option 1 and under a very good coach. I know he says he's committed to Cleveland but it will be interesting to see how this one plays out.

ButtersSuki · 28-04-2015 3:25pm

D2D wrote: »

3 teams I banked on last night all lost #cursed:(

Yup, cost me a small fortune, esp. the Grizzlies.

That_Guy · 28-04-2015 5:57pm

The basketball viewing continued last night with Brooklyn vs Atlanta.

I loved every minute of it. Absolutely enthralling stuff. The momentum swings are insane in this game.

Paully D · 28-04-2015 9:21pm

buyer95 wrote: »

Breaking. Kevin Love is out of round 2 of the playoffs. Bulls Cavs just got interesting.

If the Bulls don't cop on quickly, they might not even be playing in the second round.

28-04-2015 9:53pm

love likely to miss the entire playoffs apparently

PizzamanIRL · 28-04-2015 10:45pm

Tristan Thompson time.

D2D · 28-04-2015 11:17pm

D2D wrote: »

Well, Shump dislocated his shoulder on his non shooting arm and missed 6 weeks.

Gonna be honest (and I hope I'm wrong) but that very well could be it for K Love in the Playoffs. Looked horrible

:(:(

NufcNavan · 28-04-2015 11:51pm

Bucks made a series of it and with Jabari back nex year they will be contenders in the East. They are young, long and versatile.

Still don't see the Bulls losing to them 4 times in a row. They will get it done.

buyer95 · 29-04-2015 11:06am

Time and tide waits for now man, except Timmy. He willed the Spurs to that win last night, dominating on the offensive end and coming up with the play of the game with that huge block on Griffin. If this really is his last season, as is being mooted atm, what a way to go out. The guy is 39 and was the Spurs best player again last night. I backed San Antonio after game one to advance, at just over evens. Bet is looking good now. Feel sorry for the Clippers that game was all kinds of amazing. I posted this on here already, but we will be losing 1 of the top 4 teams in the playoffs after this series. Unfortunate that they met so early

padraig_f · 29-04-2015 12:48pm

NufcNavan wrote: »

Bucks made a series of it and with Jabari back nex year they will be contenders in the East. They are young, long and versatile.

Still don't see the Bulls losing to them 4 times in a row. They will get it done.

Yeah they've been impressive, better than I thought, they're playing elite defense, really out-Thibsing the Thibs team on that end. As currently constructed they're not great offensively (Carter-Williams and Giannis can't make jump-shots, so getting little from the wing), and I think this is going to let them down eventually in the series.

But yeah they'll get Jabari back next year, who will help a lot with the scoring, and they'll be a team to deal with. Gotta give credit to Kidd as well, he was looking like a bit of a joke when he started his coaching career with the Nets, but has done an excellent job with the Bucks. Very well-organised, and they play hard for him. I thought they'd have a let-down after they avoided the sweep in game 5, but came back and won game 6 in Chicago.

Hopefully the Bulls can close it out on Thursday, because if it goes 7, that'll leave no rest before the Cavs. I can't imagine the Bulls will lose the series, but stranger things have happened....although not much stranger: no NBA team has ever lost a 3-0 series lead.

padraig_f · 29-04-2015 12:55pm

Watched the 2nd half of Spurs-Clippers this morning, another great game. Although I'm rooting for the Spurs, I felt a bit bad for the Clippers. I thought this was the key game in the series, and really it could've gone either way. The Spurs were 11-23 from 3, while the Clippers went 1-14. And that Griffin shot at the end to win, seemed like it was going in, but waved off for offensive interference, when DeAndre had the faintest of touches on it.

Chris Paul was great down the stretch, probably the best individual player in this series. That's an unfair record he has of never reaching a conference finals, a good bit of bad luck in there.

It's not over yet....the Clippers have shown they can win in San Antonio, but obviously advantage Spurs.

buyer95 · 29-04-2015 3:04pm

Fantastic Grantland article on last nights game. http://grantland.com/the-triangle/nba-shootaround-texas-forever/

buyer95 · 29-04-2015 3:43pm

The Spurs dealt with Griffin well in the second half after he went off in the first half. Duncan guarded him in the 2nd and kept him quiet. They made a bit of an effort to rough him up, notably Green laying him out.

We know Griffin doesn't like the hard stuff, and up to now the Spurs had played him clean. In the 2nd half they went at him a bit, ala how the Grizzlies have done in years past(particularly ZeBo) and he crumbled.

TheGoldenAges · 29-04-2015 3:54pm

Legend

Lt J.R. Bell · 29-04-2015 4:42pm

God Griffin is soft.

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