2023 East Semifinals | (2) Boston Celtics VS. (3) Philadelphia 76ers (BOS WINS 4-3)
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Re: 2023 East Semifinals | (2) Boston Celtics VS. (3) Philadelphia 76ers (BOS WINS 4-3)
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Re: 2023 East Semifinals | (2) Boston Celtics VS. (3) Philadelphia 76ers (BOS WINS 4-3)
Thanks for a good tough series, Sixers fans. It didn't end the way you wanted to but only one team wins each year and everyone else is disappointed. I'm sure we'll see you again in the playoffs before too long. Cheers.
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___Rand___ wrote:zshawn10 wrote:?t=F-7ksyyeoAevVPQaHFRC4g&s=19
WOW. Bro, you didn't SHOW UP!!! You SHRANK when the challenge got tough. You may be 7' tall when the game started but you SHRANK to 3" by the end of the game.
This is your MVP. Most Vocal POS.
I hate to defend Crybiid, but if you listen to the full clip - which I guarantee you 95% of people haven't - what he said isn't that bad.
Crybiid explicitly says he had to be better and then is not very eloquent while saying that basketball is a team game that requires a total team effort to win (it all)... He's not really absolving himself of blame here... Though he did protect Harden in a way he never did Simmons.
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Re: 2023 East Semifinals | (2) Boston Celtics VS. (3) Philadelphia 76ers (BOS WINS 4-3)
Tatum targeted and went after Embiid all game. Great strategy. Wore the big man out quickly.
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Before the Harden flagrant: Sixers 35-27
After the Harden flagrant: Celtics 85-53
After the Harden flagrant: Celtics 85-53
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stoo wrote:Jkam31 wrote:
Philly should do themselves a favor a try to get Giddy, Chet, and Williams
For who?
Embiid
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akula1488 wrote:Embiid can train as hard as he wants to be play like Kobe, but he will never have Kobes heart. Mamba won't go out like this in game 7
How old are you?
Game 7 of the 2010 NBA finals anyone?
Ron Artest turning into Steph Curry with about 15 mins left in the game saved Kobes legacy.
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Jkam31 wrote:stoo wrote:Jkam31 wrote:
Philly should do themselves a favor a try to get Giddy, Chet, and Williams
For who?
Embiid
I sincerely doubt Presti is stupid
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Karate Diop wrote:___Rand___ wrote:zshawn10 wrote:?t=F-7ksyyeoAevVPQaHFRC4g&s=19
WOW. Bro, you didn't SHOW UP!!! You SHRANK when the challenge got tough. You may be 7' tall when the game started but you SHRANK to 3" by the end of the game.
This is your MVP. Most Vocal POS.
I hate to defend Crybiid, but if you listen to the full clip - which I guarantee you 95% of people haven't - what he said isn't that bad.
Crybiid explicitly says he had to be better and then is not very eloquent while saying that basketball is a team game that requires a total team effort to win (it all)... He's not really absolving himself of blame here... Though he did protect Harden in a way he never did Simmons.
Yeah, I thought the full quote was fine and give players the benefit of the doubt that they had a word salad full of feelings and what he said at the end wasn't said how he meant for it to be taken.
The Gianni's quote was just weird. Didn't seem sincere at all, but then again did he really try to slide in a burn on Giannis and giggle about 30 minutes after your team got destroyed in what could end up being his last chance at a ring? Like why is that in his mind? Did he plan out he was gonna say it if they lose?
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Niang talked so much smack about Ben Simmons supposedly holding the Sixers back. I never want to hear that perpetual bench warmer talk again.
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Re: 2023 East Semifinals | (2) Boston Celtics VS. (3) Philadelphia 76ers (BOS WINS 4-3)
Green89 wrote:One Last Shot wrote:Steph's 50 points NBA record in Game 7 last for just 2 weeks
And he took 10 more shots than Tatum.
9 less FT's, so probably only 4 or 5 more possessions
And he ate his lunch last June
"What're they gonna say now, boy?" - Wardell Stephen Curry, 16th June 2022
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Karate Diop wrote:___Rand___ wrote:zshawn10 wrote:?t=F-7ksyyeoAevVPQaHFRC4g&s=19
WOW. Bro, you didn't SHOW UP!!! You SHRANK when the challenge got tough. You may be 7' tall when the game started but you SHRANK to 3" by the end of the game.
This is your MVP. Most Vocal POS.
I hate to defend Crybiid, but if you listen to the full clip - which I guarantee you 95% of people haven't - what he said isn't that bad.
Crybiid explicitly says he had to be better and then is not very eloquent while saying that basketball is a team game that requires a total team effort to win (it all)... He's not really absolving himself of blame here... Though he did protect Harden in a way he never did Simmons.
Oh I heard the full clip. He's using the sandwich technique nothing more. He's inserted the insult between 2 slices of niceties. What a time for the LEADER of the team to say "he can't do it alone" when HE himself the MVP provided ZERO contribution, ZERO leadership, showed ZERO determination, and could NOT buy a bucket to keep his team in the game when the Celtics were making a run. A man far bigger than ANY on the floor, with more athleticism and with skill for a man of his height and heft, yet could NOT assert himself when it mattered MOST. His LACK OF ACTION speaks far louder than ANY hot air he blows in his teammates' direction. HE is the utter failure.

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The Corey's wrote:akula1488 wrote:Embiid can train as hard as he wants to be play like Kobe, but he will never have Kobes heart. Mamba won't go out like this in game 7
How old are you?
Game 7 of the 2010 NBA finals anyone?
Ron Artest turning into Steph Curry with about 15 mins left in the game saved Kobes legacy.
10 pts on 60% TS in the fourth quarter while being involved in every Lakers play over the final six minutes. 15 rebounds. Great defense. He saved his own legacy. Nice try tho.
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The fact that they had the 3-2 lead makes this even worse. They had every chance they can get and simply, he folded to the challenge. Twice.
If there is no basketball in heaven, i am not going.
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Primedeion wrote:The Corey's wrote:akula1488 wrote:Embiid can train as hard as he wants to be play like Kobe, but he will never have Kobes heart. Mamba won't go out like this in game 7
How old are you?
Game 7 of the 2010 NBA finals anyone?
Ron Artest turning into Steph Curry with about 15 mins left in the game saved Kobes legacy.
10 pts on 60% TS in the fourth quarter while being involved in every Lakers play over the final six minutes. 15 rebounds. Great defense. He saved his own legacy. Nice try tho.
Why are you cherry picking dog **** numbers? Nice try though.
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akula1488 wrote:FuShengTHEGreat wrote:akula1488 wrote:Embiid can train as hard as he wants to be play like Kobe, but he will never have Kobes heart. Mamba won't go out like this in game 7
Uhhh he did go out like that game 7 vs Phoenix in 06.
Kobe shot 50% from that game. not as bad as Embiid. And Look at his starting lineup then, Smush freaking Parker, Kwame freaking Brown, and Luke freaking Walton...even peak MJ or peak Lebron couldn't carry that starting lineup.
Kobe played well the first half that game. He just quit at halftime. Put up 1/1/0/0/0 in the second half in 19 minutes on 0/3 from the field. He clearly was not trying at all. He barely even took a step inside the 3-point line the second half. That was being a petulant child though, not being scared of the moment.
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Re: 2023 East Semifinals | (2) Boston Celtics VS. (3) Philadelphia 76ers (BOS WINS 4-3)
I can’t believe doc rivers lost in a game 7
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nba.com has a sense of humor.
"Georges Niang (0 points) Highlights vs. Boston..." 9 seconds
"Georges Niang (0 points) Highlights vs. Boston..." 9 seconds
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Harden 0 points in the 4th of games 5, 6 & 7
Embiid playing defense like 76ers fans accuse Jokic of playing
Doc choking another lead
Too funny
Embiid playing defense like 76ers fans accuse Jokic of playing
Doc choking another lead
Too funny