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

[Nuntius]

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.

So, I'm catching up to the thread now and I was wondering. Are you will to put your money where your mouth is? You said, you'll win in 5 games max. What will you give me if you don't?

[tamaraw08]

Garland and Strus need to be benched if Cavs want to win this game

how many times have Garland stepped up and have a huge game which lead to playoff wins?
asking for a friend?
Is he the new DLo?

He's not healthy...

so……. he’s never healthy?
How many players are currently healthy?
Are Mitchell, Mobley, Hunter healthy?
Jokic healthy?

[LFGK]

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.

So, I'm catching up to the thread now and I was wondering. Are you will to put your money where your mouth is? You said, you'll win in 5 games max. What will you give me if you don't?

Retired mod, stay retired big dawg.....

[cgf]

how many times have Garland stepped up and have a huge game which lead to playoff wins?
asking for a friend?
Is he the new DLo?

He's not healthy...

so……. he’s never healthy?
How many players are currently healthy?
Are Mitchell, Mobley, Hunter healthy?
Jokic healthy?

...the kid was obviously limping around the court...

[NiceLikeChrist]

Anyone who had Cavs making the ECF was a victim of the moment and is just too embarrassed to admit it. They have never, since constructing this roster 3 years ago, demonstrated that they can be trusted in the playoffs.

Many of us tried to warn yall throughout the season that it was all fools gold. Please don’t cite injuries, their guys can PLAY. They are cleared to play and they are on the court. They can make a difference. They can win more than 1 game. Especially when they dropped two games with 20 point leads.

Stop making excuses for them and for your Cavs ECF prediction. They just aren’t the team people thought they were and they never will be until they have another roster reconstruction

[JujitsuFlip]

how many times have Garland stepped up and have a huge game which lead to playoff wins?
asking for a friend?
Is he the new DLo?

He's not healthy...

so……. he’s never healthy?
How many players are currently healthy?
Are Mitchell, Mobley, Hunter healthy?
Jokic healthy?

No, no, no, and idk bc i don't follow the Nuggets.

[Nuntius]

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.

So, I'm catching up to the thread now and I was wondering. Are you will to put your money where your mouth is? You said, you'll win in 5 games max. What will you give me if you don't?

Retired mod, stay retired big dawg.....

So, you're not willing to put your money where your mouth is. All talk, no action. Good to know.

[KGDirkTD_Fan]

Yeah we got spoiled in the regular season. I don't agree 100% with the trade Garland crowd. I'd rather get rid of Allen for the right piece. He just always shows up soft when it matters. Slide Mobley to center and get another spacing big imo

I definitely don't think ya'll should trade Garland. I'm not sure what has happened with him in previous post-seasons, seems he hasn't done great in them based off comments, but I think he was very clearly just hurt for this one.

Both fanbases hate it each time I suggest it, but I can't help thinking that there's a trade to be built around Garland and Franz Wagner that could unlock both teams as absolute monsters.

I'm not sure if it will for the Cavs. Although I think the Cavs need more people with Wagner's temperament.

When I watch the Cavs and the Thunder I feel like both of them must have too many young guys that got too good too fast. They have the tendency to get punked by a veteran team. Maybe we won't say this about OKC if they win the Denver series and the championship.

The Pacers perhaps you can't say they are a veteran playoff team but they have guys like Turner and Siakam who were thrown in the fire having to play against LeBron in the east. They also have HoF coach Carlisle. This team can't be underestimated.

Cavs haven't had a relatively healthy series since playing the Knicks and getting thrashed two years ago but if they look at this post season and come to the conclusion that injuries is what held them back they will just exit the 2nd round again next year.

[Nuntius]

He's not healthy...

so……. he’s never healthy?
How many players are currently healthy?
Are Mitchell, Mobley, Hunter healthy?
Jokic healthy?

...the kid was obviously limping around the court...

Yeah, Garland was clearly really injured throughout the series.

[cgf]

Anyone who had Cavs making the ECF was a victim of the moment and is just too embarrassed to admit it. They have never, since constructing this roster 3 years ago, demonstrated that they can be trusted in the playoffs.

Many of us tried to warn yall throughout the season that it was all fools gold. Please don’t cite injuries, their guys can PLAY. They are cleared to play and they are on the court. They can make a difference. They can win more than 1 game. Especially when they dropped two games with 20 point leads.

Stop making excuses for them and for your Cavs ECF prediction. They just aren’t the team people thought they were and they never will be until they have another roster reconstruction

Can I mention the Cavs injuries if I predicted a Knicks - Pacers ECF?

[LFGK]

So, I'm catching up to the thread now and I was wondering. Are you will to put your money where your mouth is? You said, you'll win in 5 games max. What will you give me if you don't?

Retired mod, stay retired big dawg.....

So, you're not willing to put your money where your mouth is. All talk, no action. Good to know.

Rite, big tough internet gangster lol tough guy strong armed me into an internet bet, pacers suck, Haliburton sucks, Reggie sucked, nembhard sucks, the Davis' sucked, Rick smiths sucked, obi sucks, colts suck, the Indy 500 sucks.....

[Iwasawitness]

Bizarre how many people in this thread are acting like the Cavs are anywhere near full strength.

Who missed a game tonight or game before?

Everyone played unless I'm missing something.

They're just being exposed.

Worst 1 seed of all time.

Question: Do you just like pretending that you're dense or something?

Just because someone is out there playing doesn't mean they're 100%. In the cases of Garland and Mitchell, they are both still very clearly injured.

[Handlez]

Bizarre how many people in this thread are acting like the Cavs are anywhere near full strength.

Who missed a game tonight or game before?

Everyone played unless I'm missing something.

They're just being exposed.

Worst 1 seed of all time.

Question: Do you just like pretending that you're dense or something?

Just because someone is out there playing doesn't mean they're 100%. In the cases of Garland and Mitchell, they are both still very clearly injured.

Worst 1 seed of all time.

If you're out there, you're healthy enough to play.

No one gives Luka the benefit of the doubt.

They're healthy enough to play.

[Iwasawitness]

Who missed a game tonight or game before?

Everyone played unless I'm missing something.

They're just being exposed.

Worst 1 seed of all time.

Question: Do you just like pretending that you're dense or something?

Just because someone is out there playing doesn't mean they're 100%. In the cases of Garland and Mitchell, they are both still very clearly injured.

Worst 1 seed of all time.

I think the ones who got eliminated in the first round of the playoffs would like to have a word with you on this. There's also quite a few one seeds who've also been beaten in the second round with far worse teams who would like to have a word with you.

Or you can just keep spewing nonsense. I don't expect logic from a conspiracy theorist but here's to hoping.

[Handlez]

Question: Do you just like pretending that you're dense or something?

Just because someone is out there playing doesn't mean they're 100%. In the cases of Garland and Mitchell, they are both still very clearly injured.

Worst 1 seed of all time.

I think the ones who got eliminated in the first round of the playoffs would like to have a word with you on this. There's also quite a few one seeds who've also been beaten in the second round with far worse teams who would like to have a word with you.

Or you can just keep spewing nonsense. I don't expect logic from a conspiracy theorist but here's to hoping.

Everyone knew they were frauds.

It's not just me.

Regular season frauds.

Mitchell will never win a title as a first option.

And they don't have a true #2.

[Iwasawitness]

Worst 1 seed of all time.

I think the ones who got eliminated in the first round of the playoffs would like to have a word with you on this. There's also quite a few one seeds who've also been beaten in the second round with far worse teams who would like to have a word with you.

Or you can just keep spewing nonsense. I don't expect logic from a conspiracy theorist but here's to hoping.

Everyone knew they were frauds.

It's not just me.

Regular season frauds.

Mitchell will never win a title as a first option.

And they don't have a true #2.

You didn't know anything. You aren't judging a fully healthy Cavaliers team. You're judging a very clearly injured one going up against a healthy and extremely good Pacers team.

But again, conspiracy theorist. I should expect stupid posts from you but for some reason I always give you the benefit of the doubt.

[Handlez]

I think the ones who got eliminated in the first round of the playoffs would like to have a word with you on this. There's also quite a few one seeds who've also been beaten in the second round with far worse teams who would like to have a word with you.

Or you can just keep spewing nonsense. I don't expect logic from a conspiracy theorist but here's to hoping.

Everyone knew they were frauds.

It's not just me.

Regular season frauds.

Mitchell will never win a title as a first option.

And they don't have a true #2.

You didn't know anything. You aren't judging a fully healthy Cavaliers team. You're judging a very clearly injured one going up against a healthy and extremely good Pacers team.

But again, conspiracy theorist. I should expect stupid posts from you but for some reason I always give you the benefit of the doubt.

Everyone knows the NBA is behind the Luka trade.

Well about 95% of people know.

And those same people know the NBA gave the Mavs Cooper as payback.

This isn't rocket science.

Even people that never believed it before, believe it now.

[Sidthekid87]

How can you possibly call that on jokic? Like genuinely how

[Papi_swav]

Dang kinda sad to see the Cavs bounced out so quick, I had them going to the ECF at least, but with Garland and Mobley out some games it would of been too difficult to overcome that. D Mitch is a real baller though, he couldn't do it all. Hats off to Pacers though, they are resilient

[zshawn10]

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