2025 NBA PLAYOFFS East Semifinals: #1 Cleveland Cavaliers vs #4 Indiana Pacers (IND WINS 4-1)

Post #1 » by **bisme37** » Tue May 13, 2025 3:41 pm

Game 5: Tuesday May 13, 7pm ET on TNT

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Little Lupe · Post #2 » by **Little Lupe** » Tue May 13, 2025 4:09 pm

We are a team of destiny. Time for our guys to close this team out and move on to take out the Knicks...

RHODEY · Post #3 » by **RHODEY** » Tue May 13, 2025 5:20 pm

Little Lupe wrote:We are a team of destiny. Time for our guys to close this team out and move on to take out the Knicks...

Destined to benefit from another team's injuries?

xxSnEaKyPxx · Post #4 » by **xxSnEaKyPxx** » Tue May 13, 2025 5:22 pm

RHODEY wrote:
Little Lupe wrote:We are a team of destiny. Time for our guys to close this team out and move on to take out the Knicks...

Destined to benefit from another team's injuries?

GiannisAnte34 · Post #5 » by **GiannisAnte34** » Tue May 13, 2025 5:25 pm

xxSnEaKyPxx wrote:
RHODEY wrote:
Little Lupe wrote:We are a team of destiny. Time for our guys to close this team out and move on to take out the Knicks...

Destined to benefit from another team's injuries?

Bucks multiple key injuries last year
Knicks multiple key injuries last year
Bucks one key injury this year
Cavs multiple key injuries this year

Is it really wrong to say the Pacers have benefited from some health luck?

That’s part of the playoffs, depth helps keep teams fresh and the Pacers bench has allowed Rick to manage minutes better. There’s always a degree of health and luck to advance, and I don’t see how it’s problematic to acknowledge it. The Bucks only beat the Nets because of health luck being on their side

JujitsuFlip · Post #6 » by **JujitsuFlip** » Tue May 13, 2025 5:54 pm

Mitchell was at shoot around this morning, so that's a good sign.

LFGK · Post #7 » by **LFGK** » Tue May 13, 2025 5:56 pm

Little Lupe wrote:We are a team of destiny. Time for our guys to close this team out and move on to take out the Knicks...

pfffff, you have played 1 team that hasn't had a significant injury the last 5 series and got swept, once the matchup is set up that team of yours will be humbled REAL quick.

cgf · Post #8 » by **cgf** » Tue May 13, 2025 6:40 pm

Little Lupe wrote:We are a team of destiny. Time for our guys to close this team out and move on to take out the Knicks...

It’s been fun cheering for you, but this season the Knicks are rewriting everything that went wrong last year. Next on the list is some vengeance for round 2 8-)

Should be a really fun series! Hopefully we get a little more rest than you do since we only run 7 guys, so go Cavs! lol

xxSnEaKyPxx · Post #9 » by **xxSnEaKyPxx** » Tue May 13, 2025 6:42 pm

cgf wrote:
Little Lupe wrote:We are a team of destiny. Time for our guys to close this team out and move on to take out the Knicks...

It’s been fun cheering for you, but this season the Knicks are rewriting everything that went wrong last year. Next on the list is some vengeance for round 2

Should be a really fun series! Hopefully we get a little more rest than you do since we only run 7 guys, so go Cavs! lol

The Pacers haven’t won yet.

Anything can happen.

cgf · Post #10 » by **cgf** » Tue May 13, 2025 6:42 pm

LFGK wrote:
Little Lupe wrote:We are a team of destiny. Time for our guys to close this team out and move on to take out the Knicks...

pfffff, you have played 1 team that hasn't had a significant injury the last 5 series and got swept, once the matchup is set up that team of yours will be humbled REAL quick.

Let’s not do this again. They are a tougher team than they were last year, so even if you think we’d have walked them last year, that doesn’t mean s*** now.

cgf · Post #11 » by **cgf** » Tue May 13, 2025 6:43 pm

xxSnEaKyPxx wrote:
cgf wrote:
Little Lupe wrote:We are a team of destiny. Time for our guys to close this team out and move on to take out the Knicks...

It’s been fun cheering for you, but this season the Knicks are rewriting everything that went wrong last year. Next on the list is some vengeance for round 2

Should be a really fun series! Hopefully we get a little more rest than you do since we only run 7 guys, so go Cavs! lol

The Pacers haven’t won yet.

Anything can happen.

No doubt, but I think that at this point a pacers - Knicks series is most likely.

LFGK · Post #12 » by **LFGK** » Tue May 13, 2025 6:48 pm

cgf wrote:
LFGK wrote:
Little Lupe wrote:We are a team of destiny. Time for our guys to close this team out and move on to take out the Knicks...

pfffff, you have played 1 team that hasn't had a significant injury the last 5 series and got swept, once the matchup is set up that team of yours will be humbled REAL quick.

Let’s not do this again. They are a tougher team than they were last year, so even if you think we’d have walked them last year, that doesn’t mean s*** now.

def would have walked them last year and will this year too....

cgf · Post #13 » by **cgf** » Tue May 13, 2025 6:55 pm

LFGK wrote:
cgf wrote:
LFGK wrote:

pfffff, you have played 1 team that hasn't had a significant injury the last 5 series and got swept, once the matchup is set up that team of yours will be humbled REAL quick.

Let’s not do this again. They are a tougher team than they were last year, so even if you think we’d have walked them last year, that doesn’t mean s*** now.

def would have walked them last year and will this year too....

Their style is too exhausting for any series with them to be easy. Even if we win it in 5 or 6, those will be exhausting games. Plus they’re probably the only team left that as good at coming back as we are and that’s better coached.

I thought we’d take them last year, but Hali wasn’t the killer he has become yet. He’s not Brunson, but he might be the second baddest guard in crunchtime.

xxSnEaKyPxx · Post #14 » by **xxSnEaKyPxx** » Tue May 13, 2025 6:58 pm

LFGK wrote:
cgf wrote:
LFGK wrote:

pfffff, you have played 1 team that hasn't had a significant injury the last 5 series and got swept, once the matchup is set up that team of yours will be humbled REAL quick.

Let’s not do this again. They are a tougher team than they were last year, so even if you think we’d have walked them last year, that doesn’t mean s*** now.

def would have walked them last year and will this year too....

The irony of you talking about how people need to be humbled…

Lord Commander · Post #15 » by **Lord Commander** » Tue May 13, 2025 6:58 pm

GiannisAnte34 wrote:
xxSnEaKyPxx wrote:
RHODEY wrote:Destined to benefit from another team's injuries?

Bucks multiple key injuries last year
Knicks multiple key injuries last year
Bucks one key injury this year
Cavs multiple key injuries this year

Is it really wrong to say the Pacers have benefited from some health luck?

That’s part of the playoffs, depth helps keep teams fresh and the Pacers bench has allowed Rick to manage minutes better. There’s always a degree of health and luck to advance, and I don’t see how it’s problematic to acknowledge it. The Bucks only beat the Nets because of health luck being on their side

If the Knicks stay healthy, the series shouldn't exceed six games. We saw their superiority last year.

cgf · Post #16 » by **cgf** » Tue May 13, 2025 7:01 pm

xxSnEaKyPxx wrote:
LFGK wrote:
cgf wrote:
Let’s not do this again. They are a tougher team than they were last year, so even if you think we’d have walked them last year, that doesn’t mean s*** now.

def would have walked them last year and will this year too....

The irony of you talking about how people need to be humbled…

Bahahaha, touche…though to be fair he was more confident about the Celtics series than I was and turned out to be right, so I can’t give him too much stick about it right now.

But yeah, that made me chuckle too.

LFGK · Post #17 » by **LFGK** » Tue May 13, 2025 7:35 pm

xxSnEaKyPxx wrote:
LFGK wrote:
cgf wrote:
Let’s not do this again. They are a tougher team than they were last year, so even if you think we’d have walked them last year, that doesn’t mean s*** now.

def would have walked them last year and will this year too....

The irony of you talking about how people need to be humbled…

feelings hurt? pacer front runner or cav fan?

LFGK · Post #18 » by **LFGK** » Tue May 13, 2025 7:37 pm

cgf wrote:
xxSnEaKyPxx wrote:
LFGK wrote:
def would have walked them last year and will this year too....

The irony of you talking about how people need to be humbled…

Bahahaha, touche…though to be fair he was more confident about the Celtics series than I was and turned out to be right, so I can’t give him too much stick about it right now.

But yeah, that made me chuckle too.

5 games max and it'll be something ridiculous like last years game 3 with some scrub hitting a shot he would hit 1/1000 times. Series will be quick and there's nothing that can be done about it.

xxSnEaKyPxx · Post #19 » by **xxSnEaKyPxx** » Tue May 13, 2025 7:42 pm

LFGK wrote:
xxSnEaKyPxx wrote:
LFGK wrote:
def would have walked them last year and will this year too....

The irony of you talking about how people need to be humbled…

feelings hurt? pacer front runner or cav fan?

Why would my feelings be hurt?

You’re the one having emotional outbursts.

LFGK · Post #20 » by **LFGK** » Tue May 13, 2025 7:44 pm

xxSnEaKyPxx wrote:
LFGK wrote:
xxSnEaKyPxx wrote:The irony of you talking about how people need to be humbled…

feelings hurt? pacer front runner or cav fan?

Why would my feelings be hurt?

You’re the one having emotional outbursts.

funny you are able to tell all that through a comp screen, I'm very calm actually, see you in a few days for a few games. :lol:

Who wins Game 5?