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[King Boonen]

Well..........history has shown what direction that ship was heading in and their decision to sit players when they were in a position to possibly make the playoffs was the owner's decision and currently under investigation. I am guessing that eventually lLuka and Kyrie will move on and Kidd will lose his job. Tanking is nothing new but usually not in the position the Mavs were in and it was done so they can retain a draft pick. I'm sure the NBA won't want to see this happening too often. The funniest side of the whole thing is that the Nets made the playoffs without the super heroes and Ben Simmons is still resting on full wages !

I'm shocked anyone wants Kyrie, apart from LA because LeBron thinks he can control him. He's literally crashed 3 teams and Boston were lucky enough that he left rather than them giving up other players to try keep him. He destroyed Brooklyn's roster (and yeah, it's very funny they made it without him!) and I can't see Luka wanting to stay if Kyrie does, unless there's a massive change in how they play together. As a Boston fan I know that players who seem like they might not gel can work it out, but the Jays always showed flashes of it and reached the playoffs.

It'll be interesting to see if the NBA do anything about the Mavs tanking, because Kidd has already admitted it. Losing draft picks is probably the only thing they would care about. While other teams certianly do it, they rarely come out and admit it. they usually make something up.

Ben Simmons fall from grace is really depressing. It's Cody Bellinger-like.

 

[King Boonen]

Celtics Vs. Hawks and likely Bucks Vs. Miami. I feel like the Celtics got the best of that (watch them get swept now...).

 

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Timberwolves another team that keeps tripping themselves up. Gobert suspended just when they need him.

 

[jmdirt]

Timberwolves another team that keeps tripping themselves up. Gobert suspended just when they need him.

...and McDaniel broke his hand punching a wall in frustration when Gobert punched Anderson.

 

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Bulls had an awful final minute against Miami while the Timberwolves were much too good for OKC.

 

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Nice wins for the Knicks and Kings.

 

[Forever The Best]

I'm shocked anyone wants Kyrie, apart from LA because LeBron thinks he can control him. He's literally crashed 3 teams and Boston were lucky enough that he left rather than them giving up other players to try keep him. He destroyed Brooklyn's roster (and yeah, it's very funny they made it without him!) and I can't see Luka wanting to stay if Kyrie does, unless there's a massive change in how they play together. As a Boston fan I know that players who seem like they might not gel can work it out, but the Jays always showed flashes of it and reached the playoffs.

It'll be interesting to see if the NBA do anything about the Mavs tanking, because Kidd has already admitted it. Losing draft picks is probably the only thing they would care about. While other teams certianly do it, they rarely come out and admit it. they usually make something up.

Ben Simmons fall from grace is really depressing. It's Cody Bellinger-like.

Bellinger at least won an MVP. Ben Simmons just didn't improve and then quit on his team when he got criticized. And then became a bench player.
Brooklyn also made the playoffs because their record was too good to tank when KD got traded. After the trade they were below 0.500.
It has to be said that Dallas competely collapsed in the last third of the season, 7-18 to finish the season. They have no good center and no defense.

 

[Nomad]

Jokic another triple-double in the win over Timberwolves last night

Nuggets going for the sweep Sunday night game 4.

 

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Clippers are done. Simply can't get their best players on the court regularly enough. Denver too good. Knicks look too good for the Cavs. Kings and Warriors could be the close one.

 

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Jimmy Butler on fire. Bucks looking down the barrel at 1-3.

 

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Clippers and Timberwolves go out.

 

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Knicks finish off the Cavs to go through. Expected a bit more from the Cavs. Bucks out which surprised me but jimmy Butler had a great series.

 

[King Boonen]

Play off Jimmy Butler is absolutely ridiculous.

Celtics doing their best to lose to Atlanta too.

 

[Nomad]

Butler was absolutely amazing!

Nuggets & Suns - get ready to rumble. Nuggets are going to have their work cut out, especially if KD gets rolling.

Looks like Ja Morant's hand injury is getting better in the do or die win against the Lakers. But Memphis still has to win two more. Entertaining seeing Brooks & LeBron duke it out (I got a feeling these two are going to get into a skirmish before the series is over. Lol).

 

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Kings go out in 7. Curry does it again. Good win for the 76ers over the Celtics without Embiid. Denver looked good in the first game against the Suns. Lakers v Warriors should be an interesting series. Miami drew first blood against the Knicks.

 

[Nomad]

Nuggets looking good with a 2-0 lead. The Joker took control of the game with 39 pts & 16 boards in 41 minutes of action. Durant played almost the entire game & looks worn out. Suns are backed into a corner & need to win game 3 or this series is over.

Very impressive:

Warriors-Kings Game 7 most-watched 1st round game in 24 years

The series-deciding game was ABC’s largest ever audience for a non-NBA Finals playoff game.

www.nba.com

 

[movingtarget]

Nuggets looking good with a 2-0 lead. The Joker took control of the game with 39 pts & 16 boards in 41 minutes of action. Durant played almost the entire game & looks worn out. Suns are backed into a corner & need to win game 3 or this series is over.

Very impressive:

Warriors-Kings Game 7 most-watched 1st round game in 24 years

The series-deciding game was ABC’s largest ever audience for a non-NBA Finals playoff game.

www.nba.com

That might be eclipsed if the Lakers/Warriors gets to a game 7 but I'm guessing that all of Sacramento was watching the Kings and their home crowds showed great support.

 

[BullsFan22]

I think Jokić deserved the MVP more, but ok. Hope he gets a ring.

 

[King Boonen]

Big win for the Celtics, not just in terms of points, but the way they won. Philly will adjust, but one of those adjustments might have to be less Embiid and I'm not sure Doc is willing to do that. Harden seems to get lost in what his role should be with Joel on the court.

 

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Good wins for the Celtics and Lakers.

 

[Nomad]

Nuggets tough loss in Phoenix. They've been unable to slow down Booker & KD in the last two games. Plus poor production from the bench isn't helping either.

Wipe the slate clean - it's now a best 2 out of 3.

 

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Miami and the Lakers getting closer to the next round. Been a bit underwhelmed with the Warriors in this series. 76ers need another big game from Harden.

Not surprised the Bucks canned coach Bud. That's the third playoff series with Bud where a lack of defensive adjustments cost the Bucks badly. He has a great win ratio as a coach but some of the playoff coaching came up short. The same happened with his previous teams. Getting to the playoffs wasn't the problem. As someone in the media said, he's great at building a team but less good at making the right adjustments in the finals but he was also without Giannis for 2.5 games against Miami. That was also obviously a big deal. In recent times he's the 4th championship winning coach to lose his job a few seasons later.

 

[jmdirt]

Miami and the Lakers getting closer to the next round. Been a bit underwhelmed with the Warriors in this series. 76ers need another big game from Harden.

Not surprised the Bucks canned coach Bud. That's the third playoff series with Bud where a lack of defensive adjustments cost the Bucks badly. He has a great win ratio as a coach but some of the playoff coaching came up short. The same happened with his previous teams. Getting to the playoffs wasn't the problem. As someone in the media said, he's great at building a team but less good at making the right adjustments in the finals but he was also without Giannis for 2.5 games against Miami. That was also obviously a big deal. In recent times he's the 4th championship winning coach to lose his job a few seasons later.

I agree, GS doesn't look sharp, but LA is also playing their best BB of the year.

 

[Bonimenier]

Crazy that Curry is 0/12 in go ahead shots in the playoffs in his career. Even more crazy that Harden has 3 go ahead shots in just 4 games this series.

 

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76ers and Denver go 3-2 up in their series'. Denver series been getting a little heated at times. Think the talking heads were underrating the 76ers a little.