2022/3 season thread

Corvo

Kyrie after the game

"When I say I'm here with Kev, I think that really entails us managing this francise together alongside Joe and Sean"

eagle eye

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118977478#Comment_118977478

Yeah but the Celtics are looking like a real playoff ready team this year, they keep getting the win in close games.

I'm starting to believe they can win it all now.

Shutting down KD isn't easy and they've done it twice. That's the first and third games I'm talking about, I suppose you could include game 2 as keeping him under 30 points is impressive.

ButtersSuki

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118973159#Comment_118973159

He’s getting it from everyone and rightly so. Absolute patethic behaviour. No excuses left.

Zero-Cool

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118985923#Comment_118985923

I read today that Nets management wasn't happy and demanded answers from Ben's team. His response was a mental block about the playoffs which his doc links to his back pain. He really should have said nothing and sat out the season but i can understand Nets wanting some value for money/Harden before the season ended.

2smiggy

https://twitter.com/guardian_sport/status/1520319390910140418

Carcharodon

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118996655#Comment_118996655

That’s huge, sixers are effectively done at this point think

ButtersSuki

Boston looking like they thought all they had to do was turn up for this game and they’d win. Brown and Tatum cold as ice and while I thought they was fine for the first half it looks like Smart has seriously injured his shoulder/arm and that could be major trouble.

ButtersSuki

Boston beaten up by a Milwaukee, no other way to describe it. They didn’t look ready. Prob the worst I’ve seen them playing this year (post Christmas).

ButtersSuki

By the letter of the law I can understand that ejection but that’s about as soft a flagrant 2 as I’ve ever seen. What Draymond was doing though is anyone’s guess…..you just shouldn’t put yourself in a position like that where you give the refs an opportunity to make that call.

Carcharodon

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119003751#Comment_119003751

Yea,ridiculous ejection in my opinion, I agree Draymond had one of his moments of madness but you take the good with the bad, refs have been awful for both sides, just soft calls all game.

Rebounds hurting the Warriors but great game, love the energy from both sides

Carcharodon

Letssss goooo

what a game, we had no business winning that

I honestly thought the refs were a joke, blowing whistles all day long but when they had to make a call at the end for the out of bounds when it came off a Memphis player, they all looked at each like it was the first time they ever met and couldn’t make the call so did a jump ball, it was bizarre, I thought it would of been reviewed since there was less than 2 mins left

Zero-Cool

Yeah, like just look at a replay for feck sake, very weird. Great play by Ja at the end, very unlucky.

ButtersSuki

It was a great game to watch and will likely be a great series, great to see both sides playing run and gun small ball.

I wouldn’t have been surprised if goal tending was called on the Payton backboard slap - and it was a big slap. That really is something that should be called more.

2smiggy

good win for the Celtics, the difference this match they scored almost 50% of their 3's. Not sure how sustainable that is. The bucks scored with relative ease as well, plus put a few of the Celtics in foul trouble. They only really played with a 7 man rotation last night as well. Things will have to go very right for them to progress I think.

Also watched the first bit of the Grizzlies/Warriors match. The Grizzlies were playing very 'robustly' !! What ever it takes to win !!

eagle eye

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119013190#Comment_119013190

The Celtics will get better and better as the series goes on. They'll shut down Giannis in one of the next two games.

Carcharodon

Not sure if you watched 2nd game, it was very physical, the foul on Payton was pretty bad, I don’t think it was disgraceful but bad all the same, him suffering that injury was extremely unfortunate also, on a personal level to him but he was a big enough piece of warriors defence on Morant, not saying he would stop him but definitely an option. We didn’t seem to have any way to stop him, Klay has lost that step to keep up with elite players.

I think the Warriors will adapt and try and trap Morant more, they just need to throw different things at him. Overall I think this series might go down to the wire but ultimately confident the Warriors are still better, not sure if Memphis have enough yet but could be wrong.

I think Celtics look really good and came back well

Realt Dearg Sec

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119013448#Comment_119013448

The problem with shutting him down is that the refs are ridiculous in their treatment of him. Against the bulls you couldn't look crooked at him but it was a foul, but he was like a bull in china shop going for the rim and refs just would not call anything, it was farcical. You can't shut someone down if the rules don't apply to him.

Zero-Cool

Yeah, you either try take the charge and risk injury and there will only be a 10% chance of ref even calling it anyway, very frustrating. Saying that, I'm biased. I really hope the Bulls can get their hands on a paint beast this summer who can push back.

2smiggy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119017851#Comment_119017851

thought that in the second game. Big Rob Williams and Al Horford both went to 5 fouls I believe. Daniel Theis did not play. Not sure was that tactical. Anyhow, Giannis seemed to have free reign to attack the basket anyway he wanted. I can see this getting worse on their home court.

2smiggy

https://twitter.com/PlayoffDraymond/status/1522510861356748800

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ButtersSuki

Boston really blew that last night, so many chances to win in the last minute alone.

The Poole/Ja thing is interesting. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a player grab another player’s knee like that. I’d be pretty pissed if someone did that to me in a game. I think it was more reflexive that dirty, but I think that’s going to have to be made a flagrant the same way stepping into the landing zone is as there’s just too much injury risk attached.

ButtersSuki

That said, the call to give Smart 2 free throws instead of 3 was utter BS. One of the worst calls I’ve seen in a long time considering the importance of getting it right.

Carcharodon

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119031473#Comment_119031473

The refs have been absolutely garbage in these playoffs, they shouldn’t be influencing games this much

ButtersSuki

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119032202#Comment_119032202

There’s been some horrendous officiating across most of the series but that call was the worst of all the bad calls so far as it’s a game deciding play. Inexcusable IMO. Hope the match report hammers them for it.

eagle eye

Philly have been opening up a ten point lead all night and the Heat get it back close and rinse and repeat. Sixers have opened it up again midway through the fourth with Butler and Embiid on the bench.

Have to say Embiid is getting a lot of protection from the officials.

ButtersSuki

The 2 minute report said it wasn't a shooting foul. 🙄

Carcharodon

Enjoyed the Celtic game, if they get past the Bucks, they could go all the way.

Warriors game was pure muck, give credit to Memphis for nearly winning, they 100% deserved to win. Warriors didn’t seem to treat that seriously, looked like they were just going through the motions until the end when they decided to pull the finger out.

Wiggins was poor but I still think he can be decent and play a role but I am not sure what Klay has left, he looks like a shadow of his former self, I hate saying it

2smiggy

fell asleep before the Celtics game, but another great game from Horford it seems. I think they will the series for here.

Corvo

Yeah, I've given up on the Grizzlies / Warriors series from an entertainment point of view, its really messy at times.

Celtics were fantastic in the 4th last night, still think this series could go either way and expect it to go to 7

ButtersSuki

The craziest stat I've seen in a long time - the highest assists number a Dallas player managed last night was 2. Total team assists for the game? 9.

Lowest assists game Luka has ever had apparently.

ButtersSuki

As a Celtics fan I was really worried after Games 1 and 3, now I think it's Boston's to lose, esp. with Game 7 at home. Game 1 was weird in that they didn't look ready. Game 3 I felt they gave away and that this series was so tight that they couldn't afford that esp. after the Game 1 mishap. Horford was outstanding in Game 4, prob. his best ever game as a Celtic.

2smiggy

was going to try and wait up to watch at least 1 of last nights games. Thankfully made the right decision and went to bed !! A bit of a damp squib

eagle eye

Celtics blew it, I'm sick after that.

Carcharodon

Warriors were a embarrassment, I don’t care if you are in control of the series, I wasn’t expecting the Warriors to win it all but no championship level team loses like that

The Celtic game was mmmm, let’s just say probably a worse loss than the Warriors, those loses are gut wrenching, you’re in total control and **** the bed, wow

2smiggy

lots of shots started to go in the 4th for the Bucks. Still a horrible loss. Tough to come back from that. Still give the Celtics a chance though

Corvo

Definitely still giving the Celtics a chance but they do look a little jaded.

ButtersSuki

I’m a glutton for punishment - I just watched the entire Boston v bucks Game 5. That’s about a bad a loss as you can take. If they lose this series they really have sh*t the bed between being completely unready for Game 1 and now giving this away.

not an excuse but in the last 3 minutes alone I counted 1 double dribble (Portia) and 3 Milwaukee travels that went uncalled, as well as a couple of soft fouls. That said, two absolutely incredible plays by Holiday at the end.

Corvo

I'll watch the full game tonight, should be pretty intense. Could end up with two Game 7's on Sunday - RIP work on Monday.

Carcharodon

Celtics putting in the work right now, I really like this team, expecting a bit of a Milwaukee comeback soon

Carcharodon

And breath, intense playoff game tonight at Chase, we did enough but to be honest don’t look that impressive, i think a dialed in Suns or Dallas will make easy work of us as it stands.

Would also predict NBA champions come from East again, just look a little bit better, so impressed by Celtics even if they are probably a headache to support

ButtersSuki

Flipping Mark Jackson covering the Celtics game. Just all I need to ruin my weekend.

ButtersSuki

Giannis got away with a clear charge there. Refs are piss poor calling him when he initiates contact, piss poor. And I’m not saying that as a homer.

ButtersSuki

holiday with a double dribble in transition there missed by the refs 🙄

ButtersSuki

boston firing bricks to beat the band and yet only 10 down

ctrl-alt-delete

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119068102#Comment_119068102

Only 6 down after the first, a slight positive considering the amount of misses they have had.

Carcharodon

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119068066#Comment_119068066

Dude, the refs are just bewildering, the only consistent thing about them is that they are consistently bad, I thought the days of conspiracy theories with refs were done but some of these games are crazy

ButtersSuki

Between the charge and the illegal screen Giannis should have 2 offensive fouls by now.

ButtersSuki

Boston on a roll

ButtersSuki

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119068162#Comment_119068162

The strange thing is I just think they’re bad rather than biased against one team.

in every series though Giannis is getting away with murder. He’s almost reached LeBron status on that front.

Carcharodon

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119068190#Comment_119068190

Yea, I’ve noticed that also, some crazy soft calls.

Rooting for Celtics here, very likeable team, this should go down to the wire