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Mar 25, 2024 22:21:35 GMT -5
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Post by samspann on Mar 25, 2024 22:21:35 GMT -5
I know I am a homer but if the Celtics don’t win the title this year they have choked. Porzingis is the difference. They can matchup a lot better with bigs having Porzingis and Horford. It cost them Marcus Smart who was a great player but he wanted shots and that cut into Brown and Tatum. Plus the team basically replaced Smart with Jrue Holiday and Derrick White is so good. Derrick White is basically Dennis Johnson 2.0. I wish the Lakers were good so it would be Celtics-Lakers but the west is Denver-Clippers IMO. Sorry, alsacs, but these are the same, unserious front runners we’ve seen for a few years running. Blowing a 30-pt lead to the Hawks? Like Eddie House said after the game tonight: “At what point can we say we can’t have this anymore?”. Who is holding these guys accountable?
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Mar 25, 2024 22:36:04 GMT -5
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Post by alsacs on Mar 25, 2024 22:36:04 GMT -5
I know I am a homer but if the Celtics don’t win the title this year they have choked. Porzingis is the difference. They can matchup a lot better with bigs having Porzingis and Horford. It cost them Marcus Smart who was a great player but he wanted shots and that cut into Brown and Tatum. Plus the team basically replaced Smart with Jrue Holiday and Derrick White is so good. Derrick White is basically Dennis Johnson 2.0. I wish the Lakers were good so it would be Celtics-Lakers but the west is Denver-Clippers IMO. Sorry, alsacs, but these are the same, unserious front runners we’ve seen for a few years running. Blowing a 30-pt lead to the Hawks? Like Eddie House said after the game tonight: “At what point can we say we can’t have this anymore?”. Who is holding these guys accountable? They played without Jrue Holiday or Derrick White. The Celtics already have 1 seed locked up. They have absolutely no reason to give a crap till April and they will be fine. They played Svi and Prichard more minutes they will play in the playoffs. The team has clinched the 1 seed and have 4th best winning margin in NBA history they don’t deserve doubt because they blew a game in March. Team is 57-15 not worried at all. Tatum-Brown-White-Holliday-Porzingis-Horford With Kornet-Prichard-Hauser on the bench in the playoffs. Team is a wagon. They have won 19 of their 22 and 1 chokejob tonight isn’t changing anything.
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Post by alsacs on Mar 28, 2024 9:58:46 GMT -5
Pretty interesting but not unbelievable. Analytics have shown NBA teams where to attack.
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Post by orangedw on Mar 28, 2024 10:11:51 GMT -5
Pretty interesting but not unbelievable. Analytics have shown NBA teams where to attack. It’s exactly how we used to play NBA Live in the 90s. They could’ve saved a lot of time and money and just paid attention to how 12 year olds played Live 30 years ago.
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Post by Ghost on Apr 9, 2024 21:45:53 GMT -5
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Post by samspann on Apr 10, 2024 9:18:02 GMT -5
So the Celtics shot 52 3-pters last night and zero FTs?
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Post by samspann on Apr 10, 2024 9:26:16 GMT -5
So the Celtics shot 52 3-pters last night and zero FTs? Between the two teams, 2 FTA and 88 3-pters attempted.
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Post by alsacs on Apr 10, 2024 9:47:16 GMT -5
So the Celtics shot 52 3-pters last night and zero FTs? The Celtics didn’t play Porzingis or Horford. They had no gameplan or intensity. The Bucks made 3’s in the first and Celtics just didn’t care. They are up 14 games and want the Bucks to get to the 2 seed. Ideal for 4-5 for Boston is New York-Cleveland. Knicks without Randle or OG and Cleveland is Cleveland. Celtics want Bucks-Magic in the 2-3. If Boston beat Milwaukee last night it’s likely one of Orlando or Milwaukee falls to the 4 as they play 2 times in the last 3.
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Post by alsacs on Apr 12, 2024 21:08:58 GMT -5
Knicks are going to be 49-32 and tied with Milwaukee for the 2 seed. What people aren’t going to bring up but should honestly is that they had to play the Bucks and Celtics 5 times instead of 4 times because of the NBA in season tournament.
That extra Celtics game that they lost is going to cost them the 2 seed unless the Bucks lose in Orlando on Sunday.
That is the consequence of this new in season tournament that people really won’t reference but if the Bucks-Knicks go 7 that game 7 will be determined by something really unlucky for the Knicks.
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Post by alsacs on Apr 12, 2024 21:25:11 GMT -5
I legit think Minnesota lost this game to San Antonio to avoid the Lakers in the first round. I will take Lakers to beat anyone in the first round that isn’t the Nuggets. Lakers will get more rest in between games in the first round. They will struggle when it’s just 1 day between games because of health and recovery.
I like the Lakers in the postseason if they get in.
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Apr 12, 2024 21:49:06 GMT -5
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Post by day2 on Apr 12, 2024 21:49:06 GMT -5
I legit think Minnesota lost this game to San Antonio to avoid the Lakers in the first round. I will take Lakers to beat anyone in the first round that isn’t the Nuggets. Lakers will get more rest in between games in the first round. They will struggle when it’s just 1 day between games because of health and recovery. I like the Lakers in the postseason if they get in. Minnesota hasn’t played the Spurs since February.
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Apr 12, 2024 22:01:58 GMT -5
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Post by alsacs on Apr 12, 2024 22:01:58 GMT -5
I legit think Minnesota lost this game to San Antonio to avoid the Lakers in the first round. I will take Lakers to beat anyone in the first round that isn’t the Nuggets. Lakers will get more rest in between games in the first round. They will struggle when it’s just 1 day between games because of health and recovery. I like the Lakers in the postseason if they get in. Minnesota hasn’t played the Spurs since February. I meant Denver. Denver lost to San Antonio. If denver won out they were the 1 seed. The Nuggets had no business losing this game to the Spurs. They went from 1 to 3 seed. First round matchup with Pelicans in 3-6 is way more appealing than 1-8 matchup with Lakers. Lakers in a first round matchup will be tough for whomever gets the 1 seed which is why I think Denver was fine losing tonight. Lakers will wear down in the playoffs but first round they are dangerous.
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Apr 16, 2024 20:04:53 GMT -5
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Post by hofceluck on Apr 16, 2024 20:04:53 GMT -5
Are the lakers BACK
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Apr 16, 2024 20:16:49 GMT -5
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Post by alsacs on Apr 16, 2024 20:16:49 GMT -5
I like the Lakers against anyone but the Nuggets but they can’t lose this game because then they would get the Warriors for their playoff lives. Everyone is on the Mavs bandwagon I am not. I think the Clippers are beatable but the Mavs are streaky. Nuggets-Celtics I think are the Finals unless the Lakers can beat the Nuggets.
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Post by orangedw on Apr 16, 2024 21:05:50 GMT -5
Hate to see that with Zion. He was HOOPING. Feel terrible for him.
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