2020 NBA All Star Weekend Thread | 69th All Star Game

shakes0 · Post #3241 » by **shakes0** » Mon Feb 17, 2020 3:07 pm

Nick Nurse lost that game for his team. Absolutely ridiculous and uncalled for to not use a single sub in the 4th quarter. And no excuse for a voted in starter to only get 15 minutes of run.

Once I realized what was going on I was so upset I started cheering for Lebron's team to win.

F NICK NURSE!!

ATLTimekeeper · Post #3242 » by **ATLTimekeeper** » Mon Feb 17, 2020 3:12 pm

shakes0 wrote:Nick Nurse lost that game for his team. Absolutely ridiculous and uncalled for to not use a single sub in the 4th quarter. And no excuse for a voted in starter to only get 15 minutes of run.

Once I realized what was going on I was so upset I started cheering for Lebron's team to win.

F NICK NURSE!!

You realize Vogel did the same with Doncic :lol:

This was the most entertaining all-star game I've ever seen, in any sport. I can't believe anyone's mad.

Sprewell4Three · Post #3243 » by **Sprewell4Three** » Mon Feb 17, 2020 3:12 pm

That 4th quarter was one of the greatest spectacles with the collection of talent that was on the floor. I wish Jimmy Butler was in instead of Kemba. Kemba just didn't have it in the 4th quarter.

shakes0 · Post #3244 » by **shakes0** » Mon Feb 17, 2020 3:22 pm

ATLTimekeeper wrote:
shakes0 wrote:Nick Nurse lost that game for his team. Absolutely ridiculous and uncalled for to not use a single sub in the 4th quarter. And no excuse for a voted in starter to only get 15 minutes of run.

Once I realized what was going on I was so upset I started cheering for Lebron's team to win.

F NICK NURSE!!

You realize Vogel did the same with Doncic This was the most entertaining all-star game I've ever seen, in any sport. I can't believe anyone's mad.

yes, I'm pissed at him too, but at least he made 4 subs in the 4th quarter and got fresh guys out there. Nurse just sat there and watched the same 5 guys blow a 10 point lead and then obviously struggle to score the entire 4th quarter. In a real game any decent coach would've made adjustments and substitutions.

I'm a huge Luka fan as well so not happy about his limited run either.

also wanted to see more of a guy like Gobert who was 10/11 from the field. And Butler and Ingram and Jokic and several other guys who didn't get any PT in the 4th.

rzzzzz · Post #3245 » by **rzzzzz** » Mon Feb 17, 2020 3:30 pm

kinda hoping this game is an indicator of what Philly will get out of Simmons and Embiid in the playoffs.

MambaJuice · Post #3246 » by **MambaJuice** » Mon Feb 17, 2020 3:33 pm

Kobe would have been proud of the effort put forth in that 4th quarter. Everyone played their asses off.

And1+2 · Post #3247 » by **And1+2** » Mon Feb 17, 2020 3:40 pm

shakes0 wrote:Nick Nurse lost that game for his team. Absolutely ridiculous and uncalled for to not use a single sub in the 4th quarter. And no excuse for a voted in starter to only get 15 minutes of run.

Once I realized what was going on I was so upset I started cheering for Lebron's team to win.

F NICK NURSE!!

Trae didn’t deserve run. If anything his only fault was keeping Kamba in. I would have gone with Butler for even better defence and some clutch baskets.

Lowry deserved to be out there he was competing harder than anyone and made a lot of winning plays that still, for whatever, reason go unnoticed to casual fans.

Probably would have put Gobert in for Embiid and Butler in for Kemba. Trae in for Lowry? Not a chance.

And1+2 · Post #3248 » by **And1+2** » Mon Feb 17, 2020 3:43 pm

Threezus wrote:
AussieCeltic wrote:
Kurtz wrote:
Everyone misses shots, but you miss a wide open layup and then just dribble it off ur foot under minimal pressure, and you're going to catch a lot of heat. Kemba was also really poor defensively at the end.

Playing him was the right move, don't get me wrong, he just chocked a few times, it happens.

I thought his defense was amazing in the 4th. I don't recall him getting scored on.

As I said, I don't think he was great but all the Raptors fans are putting it on him when Lowry was the one who came up with the crucial errors.

If they can call terrible fouls, errant plays and missing certain assignments defense then sure Lowry had good defense in the 4th quarter i guess lol. My main thing here is i know Traes not good on defense and don't expect him to ever be great at it nor would he have been great out there in the 4th quarter tonight. But i also saw just as bad defense and terrible fouls from Lowry out there for most of the 4th quarter and im just calling it how it is. If i had seen the same from Kemba i would be calling for him to but i thought he played much better than Lowry did. So to me if Lowry wasn't gonna give much better defense than he did i don't need him in there screwing the offense and team over as much as he did. I can replace that with a guy that can play better offense and get others involved more and better. If lowry had been having a better game on offense or defense i wouldn't be calling for trae to be in there over him. Im not calling for trae to be in there over Kemba because kemba was doing solid overall.

Do you even know how to watch basketball?

ATLTimekeeper · Post #3249 » by **ATLTimekeeper** » Mon Feb 17, 2020 3:48 pm

shakes0 wrote:
yes, I'm pissed at him too, but at least he made 4 subs in the 4th quarter and got fresh guys out there. Nurse just sat there and watched the same 5 guys blow a 10 point lead and then obviously struggle to score the entire 4th quarter. In a real game any decent coach would've made adjustments and substitutions.

It wasn't a real game, though. Nurse was catering to the vote-in line-ups, like Vogel, with the one exception of two 2nd year players who will be in every ASG for the next decade. They sat this one out to the benefit of the fans and at the expense of the fanboys.

Amare_1_Knicks · Post #3250 » by **Amare_1_Knicks** » Mon Feb 17, 2020 3:49 pm

Watching Paul in the ASG really made me want to see him compete for a championship. This guy is so good. He and Lowry were the two smallest guys on the court and were impacting every play.

jc23 · Post #3251 » by **jc23** » Mon Feb 17, 2020 3:54 pm

Sprewell4Three wrote:That 4th quarter was one of the greatest spectacles with the collection of talent that was on the floor. I wish Jimmy Butler was in instead of Kemba. Kemba just didn't have it in the 4th quarter.

Jimmy would have handled the pressure better.

In the end team Giannis was really out gunned, which is Giannis fault.

timO · Post #3252 » by **timO** » Mon Feb 17, 2020 4:24 pm

Very weird all star btw, 4 starters in the west (only 3 players were from the east) play less than reserves.

In the east team 3 starters played less than reserves, Trae only 16 min, why?

Also, which was the duration of last quarter? 8 min? 10?

Durant Durant · Post #3253 » by **Durant Durant** » Mon Feb 17, 2020 4:38 pm

I gotta say that was the best Asg in recent memory

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Hoodwink · Post #3254 » by **Hoodwink** » Mon Feb 17, 2020 4:42 pm

jc23 wrote:
Sprewell4Three wrote:That 4th quarter was one of the greatest spectacles with the collection of talent that was on the floor. I wish Jimmy Butler was in instead of Kemba. Kemba just didn't have it in the 4th quarter.

Jimmy would have handled the pressure better.

In the end team Giannis was really out gunned, which is Giannis fault.

Jimmy had 4 turnovers in 12 mins...like stupid turnovers. He was drunk or high or both. Only explanation as to why he didn't play over kemba or siakam.

Post #3255 » by **Clyde Frazier** » Mon Feb 17, 2020 4:48 pm

Hawks fans on a mission lol

GordanFreeman · Post #3256 » by **GordanFreeman** » Mon Feb 17, 2020 4:53 pm

CeltsfanSinceBirth wrote:Kemba was supposed to be on a minutes restriction and yet Nurse played him for the whole 4th quarter? JFC.

Was be actually? Is he hurt? I wonder if nurse was aware of this and played him anyway to hurt the Celts. I'd like the guy even more.
But on a serious note, he loves playing two small ball handling guards at the same time.

Post #3257 » by **Clyde Frazier** » Mon Feb 17, 2020 4:55 pm

timO wrote:Very weird all star btw, 4 starters in the west (only 3 players were from the east) play less than reserves.

In the east team 3 starters played less than reserves, Trae only 16 min, why?

Also, which was the duration of last quarter? 8 min? 10?

The last quarter wasn't timed as they were playing to a "target score" like you would in pickup basketball.

GordanFreeman · Post #3258 » by **GordanFreeman** » Mon Feb 17, 2020 4:58 pm

Tomjas wrote:No great fan of Luka or Trey but an insult that they didn’t play in 4th quarter unless subject to minutes restrictions

Nobody cares about the result and not as if their replacements were lights out

Oh everybody cared about winning it in the 4th. Especially the kids in the stands.

GordanFreeman · Post #3259 » by **GordanFreeman** » Mon Feb 17, 2020 5:01 pm

Canadafan wrote:
Myth wrote:
tradejosehesux wrote:Why is Lowry getting so much heat for taking charges. It’s part of what got him there and the 4th quarter was like a Game 7 Finals.

I loved that he was playing D. The first time he did it the refs weren't sure if they should call charges in the all-star game. But they changed their tune after everybody started clearly caring. I was pulling for Lowry to get MVP if they won. Made 3 crucial defensive plays fairly late.

Let me say that if he was on my team I would have probably loved it lol but watching him flop around out there and taking away the game winning harden 3 kinda ruined this great game. Ended up being a free throw contest at the end which was a buzzkill. Lowry out there playing hockey bouncing off everybody

Na the harden call was correct. Harden extended his arm to get separation. The only reason people are outraged is because it was a late call.

Shock Defeat · Post #3260 » by **Shock Defeat** » Mon Feb 17, 2020 6:12 pm

GordanFreeman wrote:
Canadafan wrote:
Myth wrote:I loved that he was playing D. The first time he did it the refs weren't sure if they should call charges in the all-star game. But they changed their tune after everybody started clearly caring. I was pulling for Lowry to get MVP if they won. Made 3 crucial defensive plays fairly late.

Let me say that if he was on my team I would have probably loved it lol but watching him flop around out there and taking away the game winning harden 3 kinda ruined this great game. Ended up being a free throw contest at the end which was a buzzkill. Lowry out there playing hockey bouncing off everybody

Na the harden call was correct. Harden extended his arm to get separation. The only reason people are outraged is because it was a late call.

Kyle Lowry reached in before any contact happened from Harden. That should have been been a personal foul on Lowry, 2 FTs for Harden. At best, the reach in and the push off would offset, no call. Harden drains that three and the game is over.

I swear the ref was going to let it go because he knew that Lowry reached in prior, but at the last moment decided to call a offensive foul.