Around the NBA: Playoff Edition #2

[Ice Man]

Still was a fun team, they fought tooth and nail.

The ultimate Try Hard team. I can live with that. I can see why others cannot, but that works for me.

[FecesOfDeath]

And Bradley Beal provided the template for Avery Bradley on how an undersized shooting guard can contain Jimmy Butler.

[Rerisen]

Harden falling flat on his face and D'Antoni dying by the three in the postseason is a perfect storm of delight for me.

The weird thing is they are still shooting better form 3 than SA (33% to 23%), but they can't make any 2 pointers (9-31)!

[Red8911]

Poor Dantoni. Makes his triumphant return to the NBA, wins COTY, and still can't get past Pop, 12 years after the first time.

Incredible what this team just did. Lost their veteran starting pg and Leonard,yet they still win and blow them out on top of it.Popovich is just a great coach,has to be one of the best if not the best ever. Houston on the other hand had the perfect opportunity to take that next step to the west finals,but they failed horribly. I think that we can all agree that Spurs/GSW was the expected teams to face each other anyway.

[Red8911]

Still was a fun team, they fought tooth and nail.

The ultimate Try Hard team. I can live with that. I can see why others cannot, but that works for me.

Yeah they still had a very successful season,harden/dantoni took them as far as they can. No one really expected them to get further than this.

[Ice Man]

And Bradley Beal provided the template for Avery Bradley on how an undersized shooting guard can contain Jimmy Butler.

I remember Beal smoking a dead-leg Jimmy on offense. Defense? Nah.Butler scored 13.6 per game in the playoffs, 13.1 in the regular season. That was a different Butler back then.

[DuckIII]

Harden falling flat on his face and D'Antoni dying by the three in the postseason is a perfect storm of delight for me.

The weird thing is they are still shooting better form 3 than SA (33% to 23%), but they can't make any 2 pointers (9-31)!

Yeah but they shot twice as many. It was classic death by 3. A/k/a D'Antoni Ball.

[Rerisen]

Harden falling flat on his face and D'Antoni dying by the three in the postseason is a perfect storm of delight for me.

The weird thing is they are still shooting better form 3 than SA (33% to 23%), but they can't make any 2 pointers (9-31)!

Yeah but they shot twice as many. It was classic death by 3. A/k/a D'Antoni Ball.

That was Pax's guy until Jerry insulted him about defense.

I think Hoiberg has similar visions, just not the personnel to implement it.

[Ice Man]

A 39-point road win, wow. I wonder if that is a playoff record for a home loss. Am having trouble finding that on google.

Edit - OK no. The Hornets once beat Denver 121-63 on the road, oh my.

[RedBulls23]

Pop is the G.O.A.T coach.

[Ice Man]

Pop is the G.O.A.T coach.

One hesitates to think what that same lineup would do in Fred's hands.

[RedBulls23]

Harden has either lint or spit in his beard...

That would finish off his night appropriately.

[Rerisen]

Game 2: Harden 3-17, 13 points
Game 6: Harden 2-11, 10 points.

This is why Jimmy Butler is no James Harden. Even on Harden's worst night, his production is amazing!

[DuckIII]

The weird thing is they are still shooting better form 3 than SA (33% to 23%), but they can't make any 2 pointers (9-31)!

Yeah but they shot twice as many. It was classic death by 3. A/k/a D'Antoni Ball.

That was Pax's guy until Jerry insulted him about defense.

I remember. I was furious he even got an interview. Fraud coach.

[RedBulls23]

Pop is the G.O.A.T coach.

One hesitates to think what that same lineup would do in Fred's hands.

I feel like he would bench Mills and Simmons randomly for stretches. Both would have big games one night and then be inactive for a week.

[Ice Man]

Game 2: Harden 3-17, 13 points
Game 6: Harden 2-11, 10 points.

This is why Jimmy Butler is no James Harden. Even on Harden's worst night, his production is amazing!

LeBron is always there, and I might concede Durant. Although he had 7-33 and 7-20 games in the first round last year, and followed that up with 6-15, 16 points in a first-game loss to Spurs in the next round. That would be about it for guys who always deliver in a playoff game, though.

[Repeat 3-peat]

Game 2: Harden 3-17, 13 points
Game 6: Harden 2-11, 10 points.

This is why Jimmy Butler is no James Harden. Even on Harden's worst night, his production is amazing!

Man if Butler played like Harden did tonight. Zero effort.

They should trade Harden. Can't even get passed a Leonardless Spurs.

[Rerisen]

Yeah but they shot twice as many. It was classic death by 3. A/k/a D'Antoni Ball.

That was Pax's guy until Jerry insulted him about defense.

I remember. I was furious he even got an interview. Fraud coach.

I'd still have rather seen MD with young Rose than VDN.

[RedBulls23]

Game 2: Harden 3-17, 13 points
Game 6: Harden 2-11, 10 points.

This is why Jimmy Butler is no James Harden. Even on Harden's worst night, his production is amazing!

None of them are 2011 MVP Rose though. He could walk on water and lay golden eggs.

[Ice Man]

I feel like he would bench Mills and Simmons randomly for stretches. Both would have big games one night and then be inactive for a week.

Well, Simmons did get sporadic minutes this year. A DNP in the Memphis series, and only about 10 minutes per game when he did get in there. Delivered tonight, though.