NBA Games Discussion Thread - Part 3

[dobrojim]

And someone needs to serve the TNT guys with a heaping plate of crow
for their CHI predictions. I forget if that was just Barkley or if Shaq/Kenny
joined him on that prediction. I had the Cavs with the advantage since
they have LeTravel and HCA.

Rose ain't the guy Bulls fans think/thought he is/was. Folks criticize Wall
for his shooting which TBH could be better. I'm not sure some of the other
notable PGs get criticized the same way.

[Kanyewest]

And someone needs to serve the TNT guys with a heaping plate of crow
for their CHI predictions. I forget if that was just Barkley or if Shaq/Kenny
joined him on that prediction. I had the Cavs with the advantage since
they have LeTravel and HCA.

Rose ain't the guy Bulls fans think/thought he is/was. Folks criticize Wall
for his shooting which TBH could be better. I'm not sure some of the other
notable PGs get criticized the same way.

Losing Pau Gasol did change the complexion of the series. I know the Cavs lost Kevin Love for the season, but everyone made their predictions with the assumption that Gasol would be there and Love would not.

I'm not really sure what's up with Rose. I believe he had 10 points in the first quarter but had 6 for the rest of the game. He has had some decent games (game 1 and game 5).

[FAH1223]

And someone needs to serve the TNT guys with a heaping plate of crow
for their CHI predictions. I forget if that was just Barkley or if Shaq/Kenny
joined him on that prediction. I had the Cavs with the advantage since
they have LeTravel and HCA.

Rose ain't the guy Bulls fans think/thought he is/was. Folks criticize Wall
for his shooting which TBH could be better. I'm not sure some of the other
notable PGs get criticized the same way.

Losing Pau Gasol did change the complexion of the series. I know the Cavs lost Kevin Love for the season, but everyone made their predictions with the assumption that Gasol would be there and Love would not.

I'm not really sure what's up with Rose. I believe he had 10 points in the first quarter but had 6 for the rest of the game. He has had some decent games (game 1 and game 5).

The spacing stinks without Gasol.

And Thibs needs to play Snell over Hinrich and limit Noah's minutes.

The Bulls have to go all out in putting their best offensive weapons on the floor. Rose and Butler have carried too much of the burden.

[FAH1223]

Thibs coached his last game in Chicago tonight

Cavs blow them out without LeBron and Kyrie going off.

[Chocolate City Jordanaire]

Thibodeau will have another opportunity to coach, once he's officially fired.

Early rumors say New Orleans.

[Chocolate City Jordanaire]

Thibs coached his last game in Chicago tonight

Cavs blow them out without LeBron and Kyrie going off.

It would be nice if the Wizards could eliminate Atlanta.

[Kanyewest]

Thibodeau will have another opportunity to coach, once he's officially fired.

Early rumors say New Orleans.

True, I also heard that Chicago wants to hold on to him and trade him to New Orleans. I would probably go in a different direction if I'm New Orleans if they have to give up anything equivalent to a first round pick.

[Chocolate City Jordanaire]

Incredible come back by Houston. Down 70-89, Kevin McHale subbed out James Harden at 72-89. Ariza came in for Harden.

They outscored LAC 49-18 the rest of the game with Harden only playing 10 second in the fourth. Josh Smith and Corey Brewer scored. Howard defended Blake Griffin.

[Illmatic12]

Omg.. that was so, sooo bad by the Clips. Thought they were in the WCF already and completely stopped playing




There are gonna be some tight sphincters in that Game 7


If they lose that game, not a single person associated with this will live it down

[RustyMagoo]

Un
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Believable.


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[dobrojim]

Thibs coached his last game in Chicago tonight

Cavs blow them out without LeBron and Kyrie going off.

It would be nice if the Wizards could eliminate Atlanta.

It would be nice if we could simply force game 7.

[dobrojim]

CHI losing by only scoring in the 70s. Sound familiar? Also let Delavadova
be the difference maker in the game. Derrick who?

[Higga]

I've always thought Thibs was overrated. As I say every year, he's good at getting his teams to try hard in the regular season but in the playoffs, everyone gives max effort. He's an awful tactician.

Shocked the Clips would blow a lead like that. Looks like the Rockets are going to the WCF.

[Chocolate City Jordanaire]

You are not the only one who thinks so.

Hinrich with 0 points, 0 rebs, 0 assts and a -29 in 20 min. Gotta hand it to Thibs, he stuck with his guys to the bitter end no matter what.......

[nate33]

I've always thought Thibs was overrated. As I say every year, he's good at getting his teams to try hard in the regular season but in the playoffs, everyone gives max effort. He's an awful tactician.

Shocked the Clips would blow a lead like that. Looks like the Rockets are going to the WCF.

I agree that Thibs has a consistent pattern of underperforming in the playoffs relative to the regular season. I'm just not sure whether we should consider that bad coaching or good coaching. Does Thibs take a mediocre roster and get them to exceed expectations every year, only to have their low talent level exposed in the playoffs? Or is Thibs a guy who simply doesn't have any tactical counters once teams scout him out? I don't know the answer.

[Kanyewest]

You are not the only one who thinks so.

Hinrich with 0 points, 0 rebs, 0 assts and a -29 in 20 min. Gotta hand it to Thibs, he stuck with his guys to the bitter end no matter what.......

Yeah I was surprised that Thibs didn't look to play Brooks over Hinrich especially since Hinrich has been worse than Garrett Temple on the offensive end this season.

[Deivy202]

And someone needs to serve the TNT guys with a heaping plate of crow
for their CHI predictions. I forget if that was just Barkley or if Shaq/Kenny
joined him on that prediction. I had the Cavs with the advantage since
they have LeTravel and HCA.

Rose ain't the guy Bulls fans think/thought he is/was. Folks criticize Wall
for his shooting which TBH could be better. I'm not sure some of the other
notable PGs get criticized the same way.

Losing Pau Gasol did change the complexion of the series. I know the Cavs lost Kevin Love for the season, but everyone made their predictions with the assumption that Gasol would be there and Love would not.

I'm not really sure what's up with Rose. I believe he had 10 points in the first quarter but had 6 for the rest of the game. He has had some decent games (game 1 and game 5).

Injuries and just a mental thing..he's getting older..losing time...alot of pressure to be the guy when he's not the same mvp guy back than.

[LyricalRico]

Horrible no call at the end of the third in the GSW/MEM game. Yet another momentum changing gaffe by a Joey Crawford crew. What a shock.

[LyricalRico]

And now they're giving memphis makeup calls when the game is out of reach.

[FAH1223]

Can the Clippers avoid the biggest choke job of the playoffs?