Around the NBA (and other Sports) 2022-23, Part 2

[Triple7]

Yall think we would have swept this team?! Please lmao. The heat are a bunch of dogs with an alpha superstar and all time great coach. I'm STUNNED !

With the way we are playing, we will lose to this heat team. They are dead serious when they play. We play lazy ball, and do stupid things like getting called for a tech when the game is on the line. Constant complaining as well.

[NYCelticsfan136]

Miami has so much grit. Don’t be shocked to see them in the eastern conference finals. They can beat the Knicks.

Despite crushing the Cavs, I dont have a lot of faith in the knicks to get over the heat if healthy (sans herro)

Knicks won the series 3-1 but two of those games but two of those 3 wins against the heat where by 2 points they won. I trust miami more in the playoffs they’re battle tested and have the best player on the floor in Jimmy Butler.

[playa-hater]

Miami has so much grit. Don’t be shocked to see them in the eastern conference finals. They can beat the Knicks.

Despite crushing the Cavs, I dont have a lot of faith in the knicks to get over the heat if healthy (sans herro)

I actually think Tibbs will do a h*** of a lot better job of game planning against Butler than what the Milwaukee bucks did.

I actually will pick the Knicks in the series against Miami despite Jimmy Butler's God like play..

[VeryMuchWoke]

What's sad is I see some of ourselves in the Bucks lol. At least as far as we handle big leads. I hope this **** doesn't become a theme throughout the Playoffs

The upsets and the parity are fun as hell. As long as the Lakers, out golden state secondarily, don't win I'm good.

[Tyakack]

The heat is THAT team. They might not be good enough to win it all but everyone that said they didn't want that smoke in the first round was correct. Point blank period. With how dumb our team is we could have easily been the bucks. We are luckily facing the hawks so we have time to grow a brain.

[NYCelticsfan136]

Yall think we would have swept this team?! Please lmao. The heat are a bunch of dogs with an alpha superstar and all time great coach. I'm STUNNED !

With the way we are playing, we will lose to this heat team. They are dead serious when they play. We play lazy ball, and do stupid things like getting called for a tech when the game is on the line. Constant complaining as well.

Well let’s first beat the hawks and then find a way against the sixers. The simple fact is that Tatum needs to raise his game to another level. Just wish he would stop chucking 3s.

[NYCelticsfan136]

What's sad is I see some of ourselves in the Bucks lol. At least as far as we handle big leads. I hope this **** doesn't become a theme throughout the Playoffs

The upsets and the parity are fun as hell. As long as the Lakers, out golden state secondarily, don't win I'm good.

Golden state should beat the Lakers if both teams advance. Memphis is making the Lakers look really good.

[Shamrock23]

If we keep playing lazy, dumb and careless ball, we are next to be eliminated. Joe can go fishing with Bud.

[exculpatory]

Hopefully, unless we **** the bed twice more:
Sixers @ Celtics
Heat @ Knicks (like in the 90s)

Suns @ Nuggets
Fakers? (up 3-2 w G6 in LA) @ Dubs (up 3-2 w G6 in SF)

[Smart2Nesmith43]

I can’t stand golden state . Ughh unreal. Are they gonna get to another finals?

I mean there's a reason they haven't lost a series in the West since 2014. Meanwhile you have clowns like Morant who have won like one series in their life who go out there and talk like they own the conference

[NYCelticsfan136]

Miami has so much grit. Don’t be shocked to see them in the eastern conference finals. They can beat the Knicks.

Despite crushing the Cavs, I dont have a lot of faith in the knicks to get over the heat if healthy (sans herro)

I actually think Tibbs will do a h*** of a lot better job of game planning against Butler than what the Milwaukee bucks did.

I actually will pick the Knicks in the series against Miami despite Jimmy Butler's God like play..

I don’t know how you trust the Knicks. Lol. They won the series 3-1 but 2 of those 3 wins against the heat where by 4 points total. I like miami to ride the momentum.

[Triple7]

The heat is THAT team. They might not be good enough to win it all but everyone that said they didn't want that smoke in the first round was correct. Point blank period. With how dumb our team is we could have easily been the bucks. We are luckily facing the hawks so we have time to grow a brain.

Some posters here thinks we should have faced the heat instead of the hawks after the hawks beat the heat in the playin. Haha dumb!

[playa-hater]

Despite crushing the Cavs, I dont have a lot of faith in the knicks to get over the heat if healthy (sans herro)

I actually think Tibbs will do a h*** of a lot better job of game planning against Butler than what the Milwaukee bucks did.

I actually will pick the Knicks in the series against Miami despite Jimmy Butler's God like play..

I don’t know how you trust the Knicks. Lol. They won the series 3-1 but 2 of those 3 wins against the heat where by 4 points total. I like miami to ride the momentum.

I wouldn't say I trust the knicks but I guess I'm picking them over Miami. Should be a great series.

[NYCelticsfan136]

I actually think Tibbs will do a h*** of a lot better job of game planning against Butler than what the Milwaukee bucks did.

I actually will pick the Knicks in the series against Miami despite Jimmy Butler's God like play..

I don’t know how you trust the Knicks. Lol. They won the series 3-1 but 2 of those 3 wins against the heat where by 4 points total. I like miami to ride the momentum.

I wouldn't say I trust the knicks but I guess I'm picking them over Miami. Should be a great series.

Knicks in the eastern conference final would be wild. Haven’t been there since the 99–00 season lol. Jeff Van Gundy was the coach.

[Smart2Nesmith43]

The Bucks made three shots the entire fourth quarter. Their two buckets in overtime were a Giannis layup in transition and a putback. Unreal how inept they were in the halfcourt.

[threrf23]

The heat is THAT team. They might not be good enough to win it all but everyone that said they didn't want that smoke in the first round was correct. Point blank period. With how dumb our team is we could have easily been the bucks. We are luckily facing the hawks so we have time to grow a brain.

Heat are as good as anyone in the East.

Jimmy is Jimmy, Bam is one of the league's better true big men, those guys are surrounded by gritty role players, shooters like Strus/Robinson/Love, seasoned vets in Lowry/Love, and then there's Herro who returns at some point.

They lack offensive firepower unless Herro is healthy and/or Jimmy is in a zone (like he has been), but they were amongst the top of the league in team defense this season and they worry me as much as any team in the league.

[MaxwellSmart]

Bucks simply GAVE this game away at the FT line...Missing 17 out of 45 freaking attempts...Giannis Missed 13 on his own...GAVE the game away and the season too.

[Tyakack]

The heat is THAT team. They might not be good enough to win it all but everyone that said they didn't want that smoke in the first round was correct. Point blank period. With how dumb our team is we could have easily been the bucks. We are luckily facing the hawks so we have time to grow a brain.

Heat are as good as anyone in the East.

Jimmy is Jimmy, Bam is one of the league's better true big men, those guys are surrounded by gritty role players, shooters like Strus/Robinson/Love, seasoned vets in Lowry/Love, and then there's Herro who returns at some point.

They lack offensive firepower unless Herro is healthy and/or Jimmy is in a zone (like he has been), but they were amongst the top of the league in team defense this season and they worry me as much as any team in the league.

I don't agree with them being as good as anyone in the east but they should be feared and taken seriously. Them losing herro is a huge blow and probably makes any championship goals unrealistic but s***.. They just took out the bucks so what the hell do I know.

[Ill News]

Massive choke job by the Bucks. So much for our anticipated matchup with them!

That said, I'm still not that confident in our chances even if we have HCA for the entire playoffs, given our coaching disadvantage. Facing either Spoelstra or Thibodeau on the other end could end up being a massive mismatch for Mazzulla, and even the Sixers are still dangerous.

I really don't want to face this Heat team down the line. These zombies just will their wins into existence, and our team has proven that it wilts under intense pressure. And all our games against them this year were close.

[fallguy]

The Bucks board is a bloodbath.