Around the NBA V: Live and Let Die

GSWFan1994 · Post #361 » by **GSWFan1994** » Sun Apr 17, 2022 10:59 pm

Coxy wrote:
GSWFan1994 wrote:Maxey is just amazing. He will be an All-Star soon.

What always surprises me is his extremely low number of TOs for a player that handles the ball that much.

He averaged 1.2 for the season, and had zero yesterday.

He's the perfect energiser guy next to Harden's slower paced game in the back court.

Indeed. They complement each other quite well.

But hey Coxy, now that you did quote my post... do you remember that Tatum back & forth we had at the start of the season?

What do you think of Tatum's season? Did it surpass your expectations?

Coxy · Post #362 » by **Coxy** » Sun Apr 17, 2022 11:36 pm

GSWFan1994 wrote:
Coxy wrote:
GSWFan1994 wrote:Maxey is just amazing. He will be an All-Star soon.

What always surprises me is his extremely low number of TOs for a player that handles the ball that much.

He averaged 1.2 for the season, and had zero yesterday.

He's the perfect energiser guy next to Harden's slower paced game in the back court.

Indeed. They complement each other quite well.

But hey Coxy, now that you did quote my post... do you remember that Tatum back & forth we had at the start of the season?

What do you think of Tatum's season? Did it surpass your expectations?

Dramatically yes. He looked so slow, disinterested, he was hogging the ball like a prime Maggette and didn't defend. He looked awful. Maybe he was unfit, maybe he had off the court issues he was dealing with, but he turned it around sensationally in the end.

I hope the Celtics curb stomp the Nets.

Quazza · Post #363 » by **Quazza** » Sun Apr 17, 2022 11:57 pm

Can anyone recall a game winner that looked like that? Filled with ball movement and cutting to finish with a layup ?

Just beautiful

Post #364 » by **FNQ** » Mon Apr 18, 2022 12:21 am

Quazza wrote:Can anyone recall a game winner that looked like that? Filled with ball movement and cutting to finish with a layup ?

Just beautiful

Draymond Green, sophomore season, beating the Heatles
(all off-ball, so I guess not ball-movement. Just regular movement :dontknow:

)

Watch on YouTube

Crazy-Canuck · Post #365 » by **Crazy-Canuck** » Mon Apr 18, 2022 2:45 am

Suns are just humiliating the pels.

wco81 · Post #366 » by **wco81** » Mon Apr 18, 2022 6:46 am

Crazy-Canuck wrote:Suns are just humiliating the pels.

I stopped watching before the half. They made the final score a bit respectable.

They just swarm Ingram and CJ and the other Pelicans were missing their open looks.

I think with PG13 out, the Clippers wouldn't have done much better.

DevinVassell · Post #367 » by **DevinVassell** » Tue Apr 19, 2022 12:16 am

Embiid the Harden of big men. 12 fta in the 1st qtr.

ILOVEIT · Post #368 » by **ILOVEIT** » Tue Apr 19, 2022 10:31 pm

Can't wait to see game 2 of Wolves vs Memphis. Another win by Wolves and it's over.

cdubbz · Post #369 » by **cdubbz** » Wed Apr 20, 2022 1:45 am

Crazy-Canuck wrote:Suns are just humiliating the pels.

Happy the Pelicans made the playoffs for sure, but man I would have loved if the Clippers roughed up the Suns in the first round.

cdubbz · Post #370 » by **cdubbz** » Wed Apr 20, 2022 1:46 am

ILOVEIT wrote:Can't wait to see game 2 of Wolves vs Memphis. Another win by Wolves and it's over.

Even if they lose game 2 the wolves drew first blood. They’re a confident bunch. They have 3 great scorers and hopefully they can figure how to beat the grizz

tarantism · Post #371 » by **tarantism** » Wed Apr 20, 2022 2:34 am

cdubbz wrote:
ILOVEIT wrote:Can't wait to see game 2 of Wolves vs Memphis. Another win by Wolves and it's over.

Even if they lose game 2 the wolves drew first blood. They’re a confident bunch. They have 3 great scorers and hopefully they can figure how to beat the grizz

They are getting creamed in game 2. The Wolves have so much variance you almost don't know what team is going to show up.

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ILOVEIT · Post #372 » by **ILOVEIT** » Wed Apr 20, 2022 4:55 am

Yikes....Booker out with hammy and Suns lose! This could be interesting....

watch1958 · Post #373 » by **watch1958** » Wed Apr 20, 2022 8:12 am

tarantism wrote:
cdubbz wrote:
ILOVEIT wrote:Can't wait to see game 2 of Wolves vs Memphis. Another win by Wolves and it's over.

Even if they lose game 2 the wolves drew first blood. They’re a confident bunch. They have 3 great scorers and hopefully they can figure how to beat the grizz
They are getting creamed in game 2. The Wolves have so much variance you almost don't know what team is going to show up.

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I hope for 6-7 games of variance.

multo · Post #374 » by **multo** » Wed Apr 20, 2022 10:14 am

Had CP3 not bailed them out in Game 1, could have easily been 0-2 in favor of the Pels with Bookers availability uncertain.

Impuniti · Post #375 » by **Impuniti** » Wed Apr 20, 2022 10:38 am

multo wrote:Had CP3 not bailed them out in Game 1, could have easily been 0-2 in favor of the Pels with Bookers availability uncertain.

Maybe but I feel like Suns play significantly better if they lose game 1. The mental aspect of it is massive.

wco81 · Post #376 » by **wco81** » Wed Apr 20, 2022 10:43 am

Booker has had hamstring problems during the season but it was to his other hamstring the left one and this one is to his right.

He's young but have to wonder what his usage is. He scored 31 points in the first half and then I don't know if he even scored before he got injured half way through the third quarter.

Suns went hard to win all those games but they have a young roster for the most part.

wco81 · Post #377 » by **wco81** » Thu Apr 21, 2022 1:58 am

KD was 4-17, though got to the line a lot.

They loaded up on him, blitzing him often.

Kyrie wasn’t hot enough and Nets role players were good in the first half but not the second half.

multo · Post #378 » by **multo** » Thu Apr 21, 2022 1:58 am

If Celtics come out of the East they will be tough to beat with that defense. Never seen any team shut both KD and Kyrie down.
edit: Otoh, Nash is such a bad coach. Iso KD is all he knows. :roll:

Onus · Post #379 » by **Onus** » Thu Apr 21, 2022 2:35 am

Doc is so bad. Literally called a timeout to draw up a step back 3 pointer for embiid to win the game when the score is tied. Lmao

Onus · Post #380 » by **Onus** » Thu Apr 21, 2022 2:36 am

multo wrote:If Celtics come out of the East they will be tough to beat with that defense. Never seen any team shut both KD and Kyrie down.
edit: Otoh, Nash is such a bad coach. Iso KD is all he knows.

Yea Celtics defense is tough