ATL - Ham Slamwich to the Lakers

[greekbuck34]

Almost everytime Butler talk **** in the media it backfires.

"I think I'm stupidly locked in."
Sweep

"We will win game 7 too!"
Loss

You just want him to be silent and strike when nobody expects him to do anything superstar like.

[ReasonablySober]

Ah.

[theFireBlanket]

Almost everytime Butler talk **** in the media it backfires.

"I think I'm stupidly locked in."
Sweep

"We will win game 7 too!"
Loss

You just want him to be silent and strike when nobody expects him to do anything superstar like.

Draymond when he comes out after taking a dump on the can

Still one of the funniest and lamest photographs in sports history.

Never wanted these clowns to win. Too much dbaggery all around.

[Matches Malone]

Give us PJ tucker back, you frauds!

[Matches Malone]

Can someone explain what the wet spot thing is?

Watch on YouTube

[Prez]

Miami’s in a tough spot. Jimmy was a killer this postseason but he’s gonna be 33 in a few months and this was a ridiculously grueling postseason for him, you just don’t know how many more years he has at this level. I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if it was 0 or 1 and you either saw a noticeable drop off next year or next year is his last big time all-NBA type season.

Bam generally speaking was a huge disappointment this postseason, not sure how could feel confident in him and Herro taking over for Jimmy as he ages.

Lowry/PJ are going to be washed next year IMO. Lowry’s contract blows and they’re paying Duncan Robinson 18-20mil/yr to be a cheerleader.

They basically need to luck into a Mitchell/Beal trade while keeping Bam/Jimmy.

[MickeyDavis]

Tucker was a frightened turtle tonight

[theFireBlanket]

Miami’s in a tough spot. Jimmy was a killer this postseason but he’s gonna be 33 in a few months and this was a ridiculously grueling postseason for him, you just don’t know how many more years he has at this level. I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if it was 0 or 1 and you either saw a noticeable drop off next year or next year is his last big time all-NBA type season.

Bam generally speaking was a huge disappointment this postseason, not sure how could feel confident in him and Herro taking over for Jimmy as he ages.

Lowry/PJ are going to be washed next year IMO. Lowry’s contract blows and they’re paying Duncan Robinson 18-20mil/yr to be a cheerleader.

They basically need to luck into a Mitchell/Beal trade while keeping Bam/Jimmy.

Too bad Dipo didn't come to join Thanasis & Giannis. Hope the NBA collectively lets Riley rot with those hefty & aging deals.

Tucker was a frightened turtle tonight

Didn't do much in the Finals last year. Still wouldn't have made the journey without him.

My wish for the Dogwhisperer is that Riley backstabs him in a multiplayer S&T for Harden. Next years ECF: Philly WE ARE PUGS vs Milwaukee Middletons.

[blazza18]

Boston play Kerr's Warriors about as well as any team has. Their size advantage 1-5 will be a huge factor. Otto Porter is going to need to be healthy and play a lot I think. Hard to see Boston being able to get away with so many bad quarters. Feel like the Warriors offense should be the deciding factor.

[jschligs]

Boston play Kerr's Warriors about as well as any team has. Their size advantage 1-5 will be a huge factor. Otto Porter is going to need to be healthy and play a lot I think. Hard to see Boston being able to get away with so many bad quarters. Feel like the Warriors offense should be the deciding factor.

I’ve said it before, Boston’s defense caused teams to shoot like ass. But the warriors are another level of offense. Hard to see them not shooting well 4+ games.

[BUCKnation]

Think Jimmy probably had a better shot at getting an and 1 then hitting that 3. Boston could have won that going away if they just held for shot clock violations for the last 3 min. Early bricks and getting Miami in transition just killed them.

[sidney lanier]

Should be an interesting Finals. Dubs will struggle to hide Steph on defense, but Boston will struggle to keep up, period.

I dislike both of these teams, so my only pleasure will be the certainty that there will be a loser.

[machu46]

Miami’s in a tough spot. Jimmy was a killer this postseason but he’s gonna be 33 in a few months and this was a ridiculously grueling postseason for him, you just don’t know how many more years he has at this level. I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if it was 0 or 1 and you either saw a noticeable drop off next year or next year is his last big time all-NBA type season.

Bam generally speaking was a huge disappointment this postseason, not sure how could feel confident in him and Herro taking over for Jimmy as he ages.

Lowry/PJ are going to be washed next year IMO. Lowry’s contract blows and they’re paying Duncan Robinson 18-20mil/yr to be a cheerleader.

They basically need to luck into a Mitchell/Beal trade while keeping Bam/Jimmy.

It’s a tricky spot for sure. Curious to see if they try to cash in on Bam or Herro to kinda go all in the next couple years with Jimmy or not.

I think they’ll be able to find a taker for Duncan without attaching too much but we’ll see. Their signings didn’t really go according to plan and yet the team improved a lot. Kind of a weird outcome.


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[skbucks1985]

Miami’s in a tough spot. Jimmy was a killer this postseason but he’s gonna be 33 in a few months and this was a ridiculously grueling postseason for him, you just don’t know how many more years he has at this level. I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if it was 0 or 1 and you either saw a noticeable drop off next year or next year is his last big time all-NBA type season.

Bam generally speaking was a huge disappointment this postseason, not sure how could feel confident in him and Herro taking over for Jimmy as he ages.

Lowry/PJ are going to be washed next year IMO. Lowry’s contract blows and they’re paying Duncan Robinson 18-20mil/yr to be a cheerleader.

They basically need to luck into a Mitchell/Beal trade while keeping Bam/Jimmy.

It’s a tricky spot for sure. Curious to see if they try to cash in on Bam or Herro to kinda go all in the next couple years with Jimmy or not.

I think they’ll be able to find a taker for Duncan without attaching too much but we’ll see. Their signings didn’t really go according to plan and yet the team improved a lot. Kind of a weird outcome.


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I'm genuinely unsure of how much better Miami is from last season. They're definitely better, PJ is a big upgrade over end stage Ariza and Iguodala and Strus and Vincent were very nice finds. But I can't help but wonder if the single biggest factor is getting the right matchups this year. If last year they had gotten NY and Philly would they have made the ECF? And this year if they had Boston's path, are we certain they get past Brooklyn?

[Mags FTW]

I would prefer that GS wins. More evidence that we would have gone back-to-back if not for Mids would be a bummer.

[skbucks1985]

I saw Spolestra's comments about the overturned Strus 3 and the argument he's making seems dumb to me. For those who don't know the story, Strus hit a 3 early in the 3rd quarter and several minutes later there was a timeout called and during the timeout the refs took away the 3 because Strus' back foot was out of bounds when he started his shooting motion. A similar thing happened to the Bucks this season, during the Bucks-Nets game in Milwaukee that the Nets won, a big play in that game was a 3 that Matthews seemed to hit with the shot clock expiring with 3:23 left, Brooklyn calls timeout and the refs look at it during the break and overturn it because Matthews didn't get it off before the clock expired.

I bring that example up because despite that in both instances the refs made the right call in the change, Strus' 3 would've counted and Matthews' still wouldn't have because Spolestra's argument seems to be that there should be a statute of limitations of sorts for how long can elapse and still be able to review the play.

I don't have a problem with the rule staying of refs being able to review 2/3's, and whether guys were in-bounds when shooting or whether they got the shot off before the shot clock ran out, outside of the final 2 minutes, at the next dead ball. I also wouldn't have a problem with them getting rid of that rule and just living with whatever the ref calls. But Spolestra's argument of putting a timer on the amount of time that can elapse and after which the refs are no longer able to review the play seems dumb to me.

[MickeyDavis]

Yup that shot was reviewed at the next stoppage of play as it should have been.

[paulpressey25]

But Spolestra's argument of putting a timer on the amount of time that can elapse and after which the refs are no longer able to review the play seems dumb to me.

Don’t think it’s dumb at all. Play and substitutions during a game are made according to what the score is at the time. The longer you let that situation go without overturning it, the more ‘butterfly’ effect damage to the game.

But the primary issue is that the entire 3 points was:

-nullified by someone in Seacaucus and not a ref on the floor
-nullified on pretty flimsy evidence
-fully nullified, I.e. zero points, instead of using the purpose of those type of reviews, to figure out if it was a two or a three (i.e. foot on the three point line)

[ReginaldDwight]

Boston play Kerr's Warriors about as well as any team has. Their size advantage 1-5 will be a huge factor. Otto Porter is going to need to be healthy and play a lot I think. Hard to see Boston being able to get away with so many bad quarters. Feel like the Warriors offense should be the deciding factor.

I’ve said it before, Boston’s defense caused teams to shoot like ass. But the warriors are another level of offense. Hard to see them not shooting well 4+ games.

Healthy GSW are the scariest team because its just really hard to shut down their shooting 4 outta 7 game while still having enough offense to win. Curry and Klay can flamethrower a team about as fast as anyone in the history of the game.

[BigO]

Boston's defense is for real and will keep them in any series. They shut down the Bucks (yes, without KM) and Miami and every other team they played in the second half of the season. People keep thinking it's just a coincidence that teams don't shoot well against Boston. It's not.