NBA Season Thread 2013-2014

Alfred Borden

NufcNavan wrote: »

Stop throwing it at Hibbert's feet. Awful.

turnovers killing the pacers

Dublin Red Devil

10 TO's in the 1st half, That;s not gonna fly in the playoffs

NufcNavan

Raf32 wrote: »

turnovers killing the pacers

I think half our turnovers are bad passes to Hibbert.

Alfred Borden

NufcNavan wrote: »

I think half our turnovers are bad passes to Hibbert.

yup agreed there, he aint looking too good out there though. George is playing well

NufcNavan

Raf32 wrote: »

yup agreed there, he aint looking too good out there though. George is playing well

He is doing a great job as always contesting the rim (apart from that last foul) but he has to rebound better. I understand it's hard to rebound when you contest but 0 rebounds won't cut it.

I'll give him a pass on offense because 1) The entry passes to him have been wretched and 2) The ball movement for the most part has been good.

Dublin Red Devil

Oh 10pt lead for Miami. Pacers need to reel this in quickly or Miami will pulll away

BQQ

Haslem has been huge on the offensive glass.

Nuri Sahin

Oooh, kill em. Kill em, Miami, kill em.

8 minutes into the 2H and the Pacers had 4 points, YUP.

Nuri Sahin

Meanwhile, the Knicks are leading in Toronto with not long left. Hawks leading in Brooklyn though.

PizzamanIRL

Big Al - 30 mins - 22-5-4
Roy Hibbert 23 mins - 3-0-1

Mr. All Star

Nuri Sahin

Nice win for the Wizards in Orlando.

Nuri Sahin

The Bulls are doing their best Indiana Pacers impression tonight. Josh Smith and co. are up 20, yes 20 points in the 3Q in Chicago.

Epic collapse by the Pistons.

BQQ

phoenix ripping the Spurs.
14 pts up with about 2 mins left in the first half.

And they're on the road too

shamrock55

Are the bulls making a comeback??

Nuri Sahin

Knicks waiting on the Nets now..

Nets shot 56% from the line. Hawks are going to win.

BQQ

Lebron's first assist with 1 min left.

Miami comprehensively won the rebounding battle. Vogel can't be happy about that.

BQQ

Looks like Detroit remembered that they're tanking.

shamrock55

Are the spurs resting players again tonight?

Nuri Sahin

Corey Brewer has 44 points for the Twolves. Corey Brewer. Must be some type of witchcraft going on. Close game with not long left.

49 points now with 2 minutes left. He has now scored the most points in the franchise history in a regulation game.

Great finish. 51 of his team's 112 points in a two point win over the Rockets, not bad. Not bad at all.

Nuri Sahin

What a comeback from the Spurs.

Alfred Borden

Missed the whole second half and glad i did. Seems like pacers were terrible in the third. Heat have the #1 locked up now

BQQ

Nuri Sahin wrote: »

Corey Brewer has 44 points for the Twolves. Corey Brewer. Must be some type of witchcraft going on. Close game with not long left.

49 points now with 2 minutes left. He has now scored the most points in the franchise history in a regulation game.

Great finish. 51 of his team's 112 points in a two point win over the Rockets, not bad. Not bad at all.

Serious performance.
He had to take on the scoring load with Love and martin out and he stepped up big-time.
Took 30 shots and hit over 60% of them.

Dublin Red Devil

Hard to believe George hill was on the court for 33min last night and didn't score a single point, Not only did he not score. He didn't even attempt a single shot in the game.

I don't understand what is wrong with Roy Hibbert. He's 7'2, The biggest guy on the heat is 6'10 He should be pulling down 15 reb at least. He had 2 all game. 5 points in a game. 2/7 from the floor, Not acceptable.

padraig_f

Watched the games this morning on gamepass, saw the Knicks beat the Raptors.

Turned on Bulls-Pistons, and we're down 18 points in the 3rd quarter :eek:

A bit scary when you don't have an elite scorer on your team.

Andre Drummond causes the Bulls massive problems (26 points, 26 rebounds), but seemed to tire in the second half as the Bulls reeled them in.

Can't say enough about the heart of this team, at this stage of the season to overcome an 18-point deficit for their 7th straight win.

The Bulls have the advantage now for the 3 seed, but it's far from over. Next game is Madison Square Garden on Sunday, with the Knicks fighting for their lives.

ButtersSuki

If the Bulls get that 3 seed teams will be running scared.

Scary that the Bulls could win 50 games this year without Rose. Thibs is the man.

Paully D

Fell asleep again last night FFS. Nice to wake up to the Bulls in that third seed but as Padraig says, there's still a long way to go. However, with the Knicks, Magic and Bobcats to come there's no reason we shouldn't be winning those 3 games.

On another note, DJ Augustin has been a terrific signing and completely proved me wrong, thankfully.

47 wins for the Bulls now. Imagine if we'd had a genuine superstar playing the whole season.

Nuri Sahin

Paully D wrote: »

Fell asleep again last night FFS. Nice to wake up to the Bulls in that third seed but as Padraig says, there's still a long way to go. However, with the Knicks, Magic and Bobcats to come there's no reason we shouldn't be winning those 3 games.

On another note, DJ Augustin has been a terrific signing and completely proved me wrong, thankfully.

47 wins for the Bulls now. Imagine if we'd had a genuine superstar playing the whole season.

Another former Pacer who is ballin' since leaving them. Most amusing.

PizzamanIRL

buyer95

Massive, massive game out west in the playoff race tonight between The Mavs and The Suns. Expect playoff intensity in this one. What's crazy is that the mavs, suns and grizzlies all play each other in two of each team's last three games. As basketball fans this quirk in the schedule has to be one of the happiest accidents in a while!
Its advantage Mavs tonight, they hold a 1 game lead on the Suns going into the game. The Suns this season have been spectacular, the line was over/under 23 wins for them at the start of the season!The loss last night against the Spurs was tough, having led all game and having played with out their best player, Goran Dragic. The Suns have shot themselves in the foot,letting slip that 17 point lead against the Clippers was a crushing blow. Phoenix appeared to be floundering at the most pivotal stretch of the seasons. But they then followed that up with big wins over the Blazers and the Thunder to put them right back in th mix.
The Mavericks have gone down the opposite route of the Suns. Phoenix went young, letting Nash and Stat leave, whereas the Mavs decided to ride the vet-heavy train as long as Dirk Nowtizki is still around the conduct it. Dallas surrounded Dirk with two guards who can run a great offense around him - Monta Ellis and Jose Calderon. Ellis has proven those wrong who said that he could not be no 2 option on a winning team. Dallas don't defend well at all, but Carlisle has got the offense running like clockwork this season. Dirk has been outstanding, playing as well as he has at any point in his career, and this is largely down to having competent offensive players around him, and him having an injury free season.

To be honest, I want both of these teams to make it and the Griz to miss out. The playoffs is a better place with Dirk in it, and a Spurs v Mavs, Duncan v Dirk series makes the mouth water just thinking about it. The style that Hornaceks Suns have is a lot easier on the eye than the prodding play of Memphis, and a Thunder v Suns first rounder would be a great series also imo.

We can expect a barn burner tonight. Coverage begins on BT Sport 1 at 1.30 am.

GoldFour4

buyer95 wrote: »

Massive, massive game out west in the playoff race tonight between The Mavs and The Suns. Expect playoff intensity in this one. What's crazy is that the mavs, suns and grizzlies all play each other in two of each team's last three games. As basketball fans this quirk in the schedule has to be one of the happiest accidents in a while!
Its advantage Mavs tonight, they hold a 1 game lead on the Suns going into the game. The Suns this season have been spectacular, the line was over/under 23 wins for them at the start of the season!The loss last night against the Spurs was tough, having led all game and having played with out their best player, Goran Dragic. The Suns have shot themselves in the foot,letting slip that 17 point lead against the Clippers was a crushing blow. Phoenix appeared to be floundering at the most pivotal stretch of the seasons. But they then followed that up with big wins over the Blazers and the Thunder.

The Mavericks have gone down the opposite route of the Suns. Phoenix went young, letting Nash and Stat leave, whereas the Mavs decided to ride the vet-heavy train as long as Dirk Nowtizki is still around the conduct it. Dallas surrounded Dirk with two guards who can run a great offense around him - Monta Ellis and Jose Calderon. Ellis has proven those wrong who said that he could not be no 2 option on a winning team. Dallas don't defend well at all, but Carlisle has got the offense running like clockwork this season. Dirk has been outstanding, playing as well as he has at any point in his career, and this is largely down to having competent offensive players around him, and him having an injury free season.

To be honest, I want both of these teams to make it and the Griz to miss out. The playoffs is a better place with Dirk in it, and a Spurs v Mavs, Duncan v Dirk series makes the mouth water just thinking about it. The style that Hornaceks Suns have is a lot easier on the eye than the prodding play of Memphis, and a Thunder v Suns first rounder would be a great series also imo.

We can expect a barn burner tonight. Coverage begins on BT Sport 1 at 1.30 am.

Yeah it should be a great game. It's been awesome the way the schedule has worked out with some really meaningful games taking place right at end.