Around the NBA (and other Sports) 2022-23, Part 2

chrisab123 · Post #1901 » by **chrisab123** » Thu Apr 27, 2023 11:38 am

Fierce1 wrote:I want the Heat in the ECF.

Beating Pat Riley in the playoffs feels so good!

Yeah but it sucks when they beat the Celtics

Fantaxp7 · Post #1902 » by **Fantaxp7** » Thu Apr 27, 2023 11:43 am

So if we win it all this year is it even going to count? The Bucks didn't get to play us because....all of them weren't able to play?

Fierce1 · Post #1903 » by **Fierce1** » Thu Apr 27, 2023 11:44 am

chrisab123 wrote:
Fierce1 wrote:I want the Heat in the ECF.

Beating Pat Riley in the playoffs feels so good!

Yeah but it sucks when they beat the Celtics

Heat beating the Celtics without Herro and Oladipo???

Fierce1 · Post #1904 » by **Fierce1** » Thu Apr 27, 2023 11:46 am

Philly harder to beat than Miami right now.

NYCelticsfan136 · Post #1905 » by **NYCelticsfan136** » Thu Apr 27, 2023 11:51 am

Fierce1 wrote:
chrisab123 wrote:
Fierce1 wrote:I want the Heat in the ECF.

Beating Pat Riley in the playoffs feels so good!

Yeah but it sucks when they beat the Celtics

Heat beating the Celtics without Herro and Oladipo???

You can’t put anything past this celtics team. They have let you down so many times.

MagicBagley18 · Post #1906 » by **MagicBagley18** » Thu Apr 27, 2023 11:58 am

Heat capitalized and took advantage of every mistake milwaukee made. Spo as always is an unbelievable coach and Jimmy was great. Series is much different Imo If Giannis is fully healthy and active every game. Let them and Knicks beat the hell out of each other now.

TCB tonight against Atlanta and then it’s Philly. The Celtics not getting to the finals with this path would be a disaster. One series at a time but that’s just facts.

Post #1907 » by **Celtics_Champs** » Thu Apr 27, 2023 12:19 pm

Guys I apologize for being a moron, can someone explain why the Heat and Knicks play each other? Why wouldn’t we get the heat *IF* we advance?

Not like I wanted it anyway, I’d rather face Doc Rivers.

lon3lytoaster · Post #1908 » by **lon3lytoaster** » Thu Apr 27, 2023 12:23 pm

Celtics_Champs wrote:Guys I apologize for being a moron, can someone explain why the Heat and Knicks play each other? Why wouldn’t we get the heat *IF* we advance?

Not like I wanted it anyway, I’d rather face Doc Rivers.

The NBA doesn’t re-seed, once the brackets are set, they’re set and the advancing teams will continue on the path of whatever side of the bracket they’re on.

Higgs Boston · Post #1909 » by **Higgs Boston** » Thu Apr 27, 2023 12:24 pm

The bucks elimination feels like fake, like a dream, I still can't believe it.

The path to the finals should be relatively easy and easier than last year, If in this situation we can't reach it the team has to change a lot of things, mainly mazzulla and an upgrade in the starting lineup, even reaching it likely would be better do it seeing what is happening.

Post #1910 » by **Celtics_Champs** » Thu Apr 27, 2023 12:25 pm

lon3lytoaster wrote:
Celtics_Champs wrote:Guys I apologize for being a moron, can someone explain why the Heat and Knicks play each other? Why wouldn’t we get the heat *IF* we advance?

Not like I wanted it anyway, I’d rather face Doc Rivers.

The NBA doesn’t re-seed, once the brackets are set, they’re set and the advancing teams will continue on the path of whatever side of the bracket they’re on.

Thank you.

I assume it’s always been this way, and I just got it confused with football.

Appreciate the quick answer, go c’s!!!!

ballup · Post #1911 » by **ballup** » Thu Apr 27, 2023 12:28 pm

Celtics_Champs wrote:Guys I apologize for being a moron, can someone explain why the Heat and Knicks play each other? Why wouldn’t we get the heat *IF* we advance?

Not like I wanted it anyway, I’d rather face Doc Rivers.

PO Brackets go like this

1 vs 8
4 vs 5
3 vs 6
2 vs 7

Then to

1/8 vs 4/5
2/7 vs 3/6

It's to put the 1 and the 2 seeds on the opposite sides so that they meet in the conference finals instead of earlier. So in this current playoffs, the "8th" seeded Heat face the 5th seed Knicks. Remember, the Heat lost their first play-in game and won their second. That put them as the playoff 8th seed despite having a better record than the Hawks.

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chrisab123 · Post #1912 » by **chrisab123** » Thu Apr 27, 2023 2:10 pm

Fierce1 wrote:
chrisab123 wrote:
Fierce1 wrote:I want the Heat in the ECF.

Beating Pat Riley in the playoffs feels so good!

Yeah but it sucks when they beat the Celtics

Heat beating the Celtics without Herro and Oladipo???

Nooo

I'm just saying that they have a history of doing so and they're also still scary without them. Play the Knicks, win in 6 and go to the finals.

BRUNiNHO91 · Post #1913 » by **BRUNiNHO91** » Thu Apr 27, 2023 3:45 pm

Am I the only one that thought Giannis answer was a joke? Dude is getting praised for that **** when it was obviously a massive failure of a season. They didnt win a single game that he played in, dude missed 13 ft’s yesterday and Butler handed him his ass.

LOL.

BK_2020 · Post #1914 » by **BK_2020** » Thu Apr 27, 2023 4:39 pm

It doesn't matter you win or lose. What matters is the lessons you learn and friends you make along the way.

_Und3r][D4wg_ · Post #1915 » by **_Und3r][D4wg_** » Thu Apr 27, 2023 5:05 pm

BK_2020 wrote:It doesn't matter you win or lose. What matters is the millions you earn and endorsements you make along the way.

FIFY.

London2Boston · Post #1916 » by **London2Boston** » Thu Apr 27, 2023 5:21 pm

Milwaukee out, but I always felt Golden State and Phoenix are our biggest matchup problems. Two teams with experienced shotmakers that will cause us headaches.

Post #1917 » by **bisme37** » Thu Apr 27, 2023 9:29 pm

Been thinking about Giannis. He's kind of a weird case because he's an MVP and DPOY, but he isn't a go-to guy in crunch time and doesn't guard the other team's best player. I was going to type much more but that's the gist of my thought lol.

Post #1918 » by **bisme37** » Thu Apr 27, 2023 9:44 pm

Another thing... Jimmy is rightfully getting massive praise for killing the Bucks, but it was killing me how Bud never threw double teams at him. The dude is a beast but there are plenty of guys who can kill you if you let him play one on one and never make an adjustment to slow him down. Very weird imo.

BK_2020 · Post #1919 » by **BK_2020** » Thu Apr 27, 2023 9:46 pm

https://heatnation.com/rumors/nba-executives-see-heat-nets-trail-blazers-celtics-knicks-and-pacers-as-potential-destinations-for-karl-anthony-towns/

KAT and Timelord could work better than KAT + Gobert due to Timelord's better mobility and passing.

threrf23 · Post #1920 » by **threrf23** » Thu Apr 27, 2023 10:26 pm

bisme37 wrote:Been thinking about Giannis. He's kind of a weird case because he's an MVP and DPOY, but he isn't a go-to guy in crunch time and doesn't guard the other team's best player. I was going to type much more but that's the gist of my thought lol.

I'm in the same boat, was gonna point out that the mere presence of Semi Ojeleye used to bother him, it probably wouldn't be a fair observation but there's something there.