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2020/21 NBA season + Olympics

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    #1262
    LuckyLloyd
    Registered Users Posts: 36,156 ✭✭✭✭LuckyLloyd


    Injuries having a massive effect on the playoffs. Disappointing.


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    #1263
    ButtersSuki
    Registered Users Posts: 53,028 ✭✭✭✭ButtersSuki


    This game is slipping from Brooklyn fast. If they don’t cop on quickly it’ll be 2-2 and who knows when/if Kyrie is back in this series.


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    #1264
    Coneygree
    Registered Users Posts: 821 ✭✭✭Coneygree


    "KD can't win with these cats"


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    #1265
    SlickRic
    Registered Users Posts: 36,101 ✭✭✭✭SlickRic


    The injuries are unfortunate, but if KD is the guy so many commentators proclaim he is, then he has to find a way.

    Those who get put in the GOAT discussion have to at some point.


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    #1266
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Kevin Durant will only ever be the best man.

    He doesn't have it upstairs to be the groom.


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    #1267
    Coneygree
    Registered Users Posts: 821 ✭✭✭Coneygree


    Mark Jackson parodying himself there talking about how if we was the the Bucks crowd he would give the starters a standing ovation as they check out.


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    #1268
    Carcharodon
    Registered Users Posts: 3,953 ✭✭✭Carcharodon


    Injuries leveling the playing field to a certain extent, KD and the Nets should still have enough to produce wins with or with out Harden and Kyrie.

    It’s a cliche but injuries happen, Warriors we’re on their way to 3 in a row before injuries, it happens and it’s part are parcel of the game.


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    #1269
    LuckyLloyd
    Registered Users Posts: 36,156 ✭✭✭✭LuckyLloyd


    SlickRic wrote: »
    The injuries are unfortunate, but if KD is the guy so many commentators proclaim he is, then he has to find a way.

    Those who get put in the GOAT discussion have to at some point.

    Meh, no Harden / Irving. A team doesn't function in that scenario. LeBron did it in 2018 but that was way beyond expectations. The Nets losing from here doesn't change my opinions of KD.


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    #1270
    Carcharodon
    Registered Users Posts: 3,953 ✭✭✭Carcharodon


    Amazing to see the Suns reach the conference finals after their struggles through the years, well deserved, some great fans there.
    Love him or hate him, CP3 is unbelievable, he has turned this team into genuine contenders, to play at that level in his position at his age is remarkable.


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    #1271
    2smiggy
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    so the Bucks are not wrote off yet ?


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    #1272
    [Deleted User]
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    Brook Lopez was a joy to watch on D last night. His movement and positioning was immaculate.


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    #1273
    ButtersSuki
    Registered Users Posts: 53,028 ✭✭✭✭ButtersSuki


    That Jokic ejection was one of the softest I’ve ever seen. And in an elimination game? Terrible call. Let me put it this way, I don’t think LeBron would have been ejected for that play in the same circumstances.

    Fair play to Phoenix though, they got the job done with minimal effort.


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    #1274
    ButtersSuki
    Registered Users Posts: 53,028 ✭✭✭✭ButtersSuki


    ButtersSuki wrote: »
    Just watched Tim Legler do the post game on the Denver Suns game. It never ceases to amaze me that you have an articulate, intelligent ex-player who breaks down the game right brilliantly doing minimal main schedule work and then muppets like Perkins and Jackson seemingly never off the tv.

    I wonder what Van Gundy really thinks of Jackson?


    Watched Legler again post-game this morning, he was excellent. It really is a disgrace that for whatever trying to be woke and inclusive reasons that exist we have muppets like Perkins and Jackson involved in game analysis. And please don’t even go there accusing me of some sort of racism - please don’t. It’s nothing to do with that. The Barkley, Smith, Shaq, and EJ combo is 75% African American but it works brilliantly because each of the players are very sharp analysts even allowing for the fun and games.

    Mark Jackson is an embarrassment. Perkins is the worst ex-player analyst of NBA basketball I’ve ever seen.


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    #1275
    LuckyLloyd
    Registered Users Posts: 36,156 ✭✭✭✭LuckyLloyd


    Fair play to the Suns, a very easy path given the injuries the Lakers and Denver were dealing with but you can only beat what's put infront of you.


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    #1276
    ButtersSuki
    Registered Users Posts: 53,028 ✭✭✭✭ButtersSuki


    Only injury I update I can find on Kyrie is there’s no break. That was a very bad roll though. Assuming it’s just strained ligaments or a bad sprain he could be back for game 6. If he plays in game 5 he won’t be near 100% and likely to reinjure. Worst case is he’s done for this series.

    I’m not saying it was dirty or deliberate by Giannis, but I would ask what he was going moving into Kyrie’s landing space so late like that? He wasn’t contesting the shot. I believe it was clumsy, but I also believe it could have and should have been avoided.


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    #1277
    Coneygree
    Registered Users Posts: 821 ✭✭✭Coneygree


    It looked like natural motion from Giannis, he arrived too late to contest but it was all fair. A little reckless perhaps but not dirty for me. Saw someone liken to it to Zaza and Kawhi but that's way off. Lads like Giannis and KD have canoes for feet, must be hard enough not to be clumsy moving around. Just unfortunate.

    It's the sort of injury that will take a long enough while to heal fully if it is as bad as it looked.

    Speaking of injuries, Chris Paul has been at a different level since he got over the shoulder tweak. He'll never get a better chance at a ring than now.


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    #1278
    ButtersSuki
    Registered Users Posts: 53,028 ✭✭✭✭ButtersSuki


    Not surprisingly Kyrie is definitely out of Game 5.

    I see a bit of noise about Giannis undercutting him but (as I said previously) while I think it was avoidable I don’t think it was deliberate.


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    #1279
    [Deleted User]
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    Trae Young with 25 points and 18 assists.


    I've given up on my 76ers bet to win the championship. They just don't have it.

    Wouldn't be at all surprised to see Atlanta knock them out.


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    #1280
    LuckyLloyd
    Registered Users Posts: 36,156 ✭✭✭✭LuckyLloyd


    Young has been incredible
    Bogdanovic having a quietly impressive series too


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    #1281
    eagle eye
    Registered Users Posts: 37,626 ✭✭✭✭eagle eye


    Three of the four tied at 2-2 now. Couldn't call who'll make the next round.


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    #1282
    BrentMused
    Registered Users Posts: 1,356 ✭✭✭BrentMused


    eagle eye wrote: »
    Three of the four tied at 2-2 now. Couldn't call who'll make the next round.

    First time in 10 years we won't have LeBron or Curry in the Finals and it's a breath of fresh air, IMO.

    Really enjoying it.


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    #1283
    Coneygree
    Registered Users Posts: 821 ✭✭✭Coneygree


    Just catching up on last night's games, man that Kawhi dunk was something else, such a clean poster. His post game interview was fantastic too.


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    #1284
    ButtersSuki
    Registered Users Posts: 53,028 ✭✭✭✭ButtersSuki


    Nets playing like sh*t. They’re in serious trouble here.


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    #1285
    Corvo
    Registered Users Posts: 3,655 ✭✭✭Corvo


    KD performance for the ages, unbelievable.

    Bucks head coach position needs serious consideration.


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    #1286
    Carcharodon
    Registered Users Posts: 3,953 ✭✭✭Carcharodon


    KD, wow, I think I said on here he still had it in him to do this but to be honest I was still a little skeptical because of the injury, legit performance
    Bucks can still win this if they don’t panic


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    #1287
    eagle eye
    Registered Users Posts: 37,626 ✭✭✭✭eagle eye


    Sensational performance from KD, any other night you'd be raving about how well Giannis played.

    Green had a huge night too making up for Harden going missing.


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    #1288
    SlickRic
    Registered Users Posts: 36,101 ✭✭✭✭SlickRic


    Didn't think KD had that in him. How wrong I was. Absolutely sensational.

    At the same time, the Bucks should be ashamed.


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    #1289
    ButtersSuki
    Registered Users Posts: 53,028 ✭✭✭✭ButtersSuki


    ButtersSuki wrote: »
    Nets playing like sh*t. They’re in serious trouble here.

    When I left the game midway through the 3rd, the Nets were down 16.
    That’s some turnaround.


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    #1290
    2smiggy
    Registered Users Posts: 19,995 ✭✭✭✭2smiggy


    went to sleep at half time, they were down something similar


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    #1291
    Gregk961
    Registered Users Posts: 1,135 ✭✭✭Gregk961


    Avoided the result and watched at all back this morning. Insane performance from KD. One of, if not the best playoff game I've seen in the last 10 years.


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