2015 NBA 'OFFS

round one

warriors (1) vs pelicans (8)
rockets (2) vs mavericks (7)
clippers (3) vs spurs (6)
grizzlies (5) vs blazers (4)

hawks (1) vs nets (8)
cavs (2) vs celtics (7)
chicago (3) vs bucks (6)
raptors (4) vs wizards (5)

dubs in 5
rockets in 6
spurs in 6
grizzlies in 5

hawks in 4
cavs in 5
bulls in 5
raptors in 7

warriors 4
mavs 6
clippers 7
griz 6

hawks 3
celtics 4
bulls 5
raptors 6

dubs in 4
rockets in 5
spurs in 6
grizz in 6

hawks in 4
cavs in 5
bulls in 4
wiz in 6

praying that okc and the pelicans end up tied for 8th seed and that shot is the difference between durant staying in okc and going to DC, this is my dream

― Clay, Friday, February 6, 2015 7:49 PM (2 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

the power of prayer btw

hallelujah

that was a sweet shot btw

Yah clay otm

only clay knew how special that shot would end up being

I don't think brow took a single other 3 all year!

i'm picking the warriors to win it all... rolling with their historical regular season dominance

in an alternate universe grizz & blazers could be a beautiful PNW series, vancouver vs portland

if we're counting the grizz as favorites in that series i don't see a single first round upset in the west, though i could def see the mavs putting something together

same in the east though i don't have an opinion on raptors vs wizards. that feels like a pure 50/50 series. like some people i'm intrigued by what the bucks can do vs the bulls but i don't think they can score enough to actually take that.

dubs in 5
mavs in 7
spurs in 6
grizz in 6

hawks in 4
cavs in 5*
bulls in 5
raptors in 5

lookin back on the preseason thread, goon had the warriors winning it all

*indicates realistic pick

celtics in 7 = homer pick

i picked wiz purely on hyperbaric pierce and wanting to see john wall in round two, one of my fave players to watch

warriors in 5
mavs in 6
spurs in 4
grizz in 6

hawks in 5 (could see the nets winning the first and then tanking)
cavs in 6
fulls in 5
raps in 6

are the wiz or raptors good at all? what's the deal

the deal is they are not good

like i was trying to work out in my head out to get demarcus traded to wiz to re team w/ wall and i couldn't see how they do it. short of an ahem big free agent signing kinda stuck at 4-5-6 seed cuz they won't end up in the lottery w/ wall and beal.

wiz/rap is the series i have no fucking clue about tbh

totally even

wiz/raptors is a series i'm very happy is on the hawks side of the bracket

raps can score a lot and the wiz don't defend well, honestly the raps don't do much BUT score but the wiz can't score enough to keep pace really I don't think

the wiz seem in a bad funk that could lead to really depressing series -- like sweep or 4-1 -- on their end if a few breaks go in the other direction

hope you're back to regular posting for the playoffs, j0rdan

Westbrook was far less fulfilled with his newly-minted scoring crown.

“Shit,” Westbrook said when asked what it meant. “It doesn’t mean nothing. Good job. Hooray. I’m at home, watching other teams play. It doesn’t mean nothing.”

the purge begins https://twitter.com/wojyahoonba/status/588677161923543041

wiz/raps has felt so depressingly inevitable all year, it's totally the 2015 version of those awful hawks/magic series that would go straight to NBATV

nets unis in 1st post are so hideous

can't believe the mavs ended up with Houston in the seeding it's a tax day miracle.

lookin back on the preseason thread, goon had the warriors winning it all

― J0rdan S., Thursday, April 16, 2015 12:49 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

B-)

hey matt how much did melvin hunt cost you last night?

in an alternate universe, wes matthews is healthy and the blazers have a decent shot at a deep run. as it stands, if the blazers survive the grizz it will be because aldridge turns unstoppable.

am i allowed to skip the hawks/nets series?

no, sry

dang

hox

warriors in 5
rockets in 6
spurs in 5
grizz in 7

hawks in 5
cavs in 4
bulls in 5
wizards in 7

warriors over spurs
cavs over hawks
warriors over cavs in 5

dubs over clips
hawks over cavs
dubs over hawks

you really see the clippers beating the spurs? you could make a lot of money with that opinion

idk i think they have a better shot than ppl are giving them

their only chance is to play their starters 40+ minutes a game

BUCKS OVER BUCKS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5w21_Vphbg

their only chance is to play their starters 40+ minutes a game

― k3vin k., Thursday, April 16, 2015 2:29 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ya just assumed thats what theyll do

HAWKS
CAVALIERS
BULLS
RAPTORS

HAWKS
BULLS

BULLS

WARRIORS
ROCKETS
SPURS
GRIZZLIES

WARRIORS
SPURS

SPURS

SPURS

bucks over bulls is the only weird outta nowhere upset I could remotely see happening. I just have no faith in the bulls anymore idk.

I watched 100+ games this season and I don’t know shit.

their only chance is to play their starters 40+ minutes a game

― k3vin k., Thursday, April 16, 2015 2:29 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ya just assumed thats what theyll do

― lag∞n, Thursday, April 16, 2015 11:31 AM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah same, rotate in jamal and maybe Hawes and thats it

thinking we might see more of jamal to discourage the spurs from switching kawhi/green onto cp3, p interesting matchup, shd be a ton of points scored

bucks over bulls is the only weird outta nowhere upset I could remotely see happening. I just have no faith in the bulls anymore idk.

― Clay, Thursday, April 16, 2015 11:34 AM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

bucks have not been great since the trades 11-18 since asb

they have a knack for pulling games outta their asses at the end, especially if they can keep things low scoring with their defense

hm yeah guess i haven't been paying attention. prob just want something interesting to happen. xp

thats really their only weird upset chance against a healthy bulls though.

also idk why people think the rockets are so much a lock to get out of the first given their current handicaps

yeah bucks struggled down the stretch. bulls out of the east is interesting.

mavs suck at offensive rebounds and houston is strong at defensive rebounds iirc

thats true but they're missing two notable defenders and there are ways around dwight (if he's even all the way back? keeps being in and out)

bucks over bulls is the only weird outta nowhere upset I could remotely see happening. I just have no faith in the bulls anymore idk.

― Clay, Thursday, April 16, 2015 11:34 AM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

bucks have not been great since the trades 11-18 since asb

MCW has been looking less awful lately tho

Hey guys, remember when Roy Hibbert was good?

hey matt how much did melvin hunt cost you last night?

Presuming Gallo has the same production, about 10 grand.

Gallo's first half was strong enough that I just needed something like 10-4-2 (20 fantasy points) for first. Not the worst beat I had this year tho.

ten grand, jeez

Hey guys, remember when Roy Hibbert was good?

― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, April 16, 2015 3:49 PM (40 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i definitely remember when he was the gobert/sanders of years past, yeah

haha

Sometimes players get worse yeah

Btw that was a really impressive performance by Gallo, he scored on draymond one on one like it was nbd

hibberts collapse last year was monumental. he was so shook for so long

Hibbert is an odd duck, a total overachiever who is also a headcase is a rare combo

feel like a lot of what was attributed to hibbert was just great pacers team D

He should've stuck with Parks & Recs.

feel like a lot of what was attributed to hibbert was just great pacers team D

Yeah I think that's possibly true. He's VERY slow and they did a great job funneling people to him. But what he did do in that situation was still good.

Hibbert is a D+/C- NBA athlete who somehow figured out a way to be really good for a while.

i remember for a while he was hitting what seemed like a ton of really weird impossible shots too, then he flipped a switch to not being able to make a simple layup or 3 foot hook

He definitely got the yips and we won't know why until Paul George writes an autobio or something

he's still the master of going straight up on d tho

He's still a good defender, with all the new revenue that contract isn't so bad

hibbert def seemed like a plus player to me even though his offense was weirdly bad given his size

i say seemed cuz i won't pretend to have watched more than 5 minutes of the pacers this year

haha otm, that 2ot game was the first time I've really watched them this year and we don't have compupost to keep us updated on them anymore

we won't know why until Paul George writes an autobio or something

wasn't the rumor that hibbert's wife cheated on him...with PG :/

i mean thats a pretty surefire way to utterly destroy the mental constitution of a teammate, KG practically broke carmelo anthony's brain in half with honeynutgate

i remember hearing that rodman caught vinnie johnson fucking his wife and it turned him into the rodman we know today*

* circa 1996

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/sources--thunder-to-evaluate-scott-brook-s-future-as-coach-052154505.html

this is my triumph

It's pretty crazy how good mirotic was without shooting well, he might be the best player on the Bulls in 2 years.

i remember hearing that rodman caught vinnie johnson fucking his wife and it turned him into the rodman we know today*

* circa 1996

He was contemplating suicide in Detroit and understandably has never really fully elaborated why.

Letting his freak flag fly was good for us and him and America

o definitely

not to mention north korea

I won't front I loved crazy 90s Dennis Rodman

"OKC eliminated" and "Westbrook scoring champ" as back to back notifications within five minutes from the NBA app was p incredible

I'm weirdly already a little sad that we prob won't have Scott brooks to kick around next year, we might have to pile on Monty w if he survives

Brooks and his amazing intelligent eyewear will land a job elsewhere, but OKC will still have a wretched front office.

I won't front I loved crazy 90s Dennis Rodman
--juice college (agent hibachi)

we all did man we all did

Not me! #youngrepublican

wait was he a republican or are you or were you at that time

I stopped being a Spurs fan when they traded Rodman and will not return until the flopping Frenchman is gone

I was (though not really)!

o man speaking of hey man remember the 90s - http://grantland.com/1990s-orlando-magic-oral-history/

I stopped being a Spurs fan when they traded Rodman and will not return until the flopping Frenchman is gone
― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, April 16, 2015 7:36 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

no rush

you have debased yourself, m bise. Debased yourself with Bruce Bowen, the flopping Francoadulterer. I remain pure.

you wager literal thousands of dollars on professional sporting events

nah, 100 a day

hopefully some day tho, go with 10% of the bankroll for now

is this years cavs team weaker than last years heat?

weaker as in "less of a playoffs threat"

ya

uh, no. the cavs do not start mario chalmers, for one.

a very comprehensive argument for sure but just one question are u referring to the mario chalmers they won back2back rings with

chalmers was to the heat success as the NASA logo painted on the side of the shuttle was to space travel

chalmers was to the heat success as the NASA logo painted on the side of the shuttle was to space travel

anyway big picture folks basketball is a team sport

whoever said the argument was comprehensive?

in all seriousness i think the cavs starting five in the past few months is a bit stronger than the heat's last year although if wade's knees had not been about to inevitably collapse at that time, that might not be true, both the heat's bench last year and the cavs bench this year have some issues to say the least

there seems to be some time dysmorphia in that analysis

sigh

i spose the cavs starting 5 has the issue of kevin love's misuse/potential yips/back pain to deal with

also cavs team this year has much less playoffs exp than last yrs heat and spoelstra was/is a better coach than blatt

chalmers singlehandedly won the heat a game in the finals vs okc

the heat last year were a well oiled machine showing signs of running on fumes, the cavs won a bunch of regular season games on talent alone, anyone here think their weaknesses cant be exploited by a well prepared team, think that a team thats not even sure whos in charge its coach or its best player is going to make the right adjustments, that kyrie facing playoff defenses for the first time isnt gonna revert back to a lot of his bad habits

i mean obvs they have a shot at the finals cause the east is so weak theres only one other good teams but they cld easily be a first round out in the west

this cavs team seems pretty equal to last year's heat to me in that i could definitely see them breezing thru the east before getting carved up by the spurs in 5 games

usual caveats apply but imo if they face the hawks it will prob a good series

"no team without uncle drew is better than any team with uncle drew" - uncle drew

shd also be noted the general consensus at this time last year was that the heat were much stronger than they ended up being

i do think all of those things are true to a certain extent about the cavs and i dont think they have the east finals locked up bc they will face the hawks or maybe bulls and those are crazy tough outs.

i also think they were true about the 2013-14 heat minus the coaching issue bc spo was/is great, but then again in those playoffs they faced the bobcats, nets and an imploding pacers team that still took two games from them!

except teams coached by Pop. which is why SPURS

i don't think there's really any precedent for a team with the cavs' defensive rating winning it all. even since everything clicked for them they've been only slightly above average on defense whereas history indicates you need to be at least pretty close to elite.

cavs need another year in the oven at a slightly different temperature

i also think they were true about the 2013-14 heat minus the coaching issue bc spo was/is great, but then again in those playoffs they faced the bobcats, nets and an imploding pacers team that still took two games from them!

― slothroprhymes, Friday, April 17, 2015 10:42 AM (9 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

its true they didnt face anyone of consequence but they also breezed through the east, that pacers series was abt as lopsided as a 6 game series can be, pacers also had recovered quite a bit by that point fwiw

i don't think there's really any precedent for a team with the cavs' defensive rating winning it all. even since everything clicked for them they've been only slightly above average on defense whereas history indicates you need to be at least pretty close to elite.

― J0rdan S.

this. as much as i want to believe, the game cannot be only about buckets

yeah feel like ive heard stats ppl saying being in the top third of the league is the absolute minimum historically, and its not like the cavs are alltime great offensively

curious to see how brons old man game hold up in the offs, cld get ugly if he tries/needs to force it

like anecdotally, once you start thinking about them individually ... kyrie, jr, love are all minus defenders. bron has slipped on that end if even by choice. mozgov is p good but he's not tyson chandler. i just don't see how they're gonna outscore equally prolific offensive teams like golden state or the spurs, assuming cleveland gets there.

they cld be v subject to hawks slicing and dicing too :)

well of course if they even get to the finals theyre toast

BREAKING
http://i.imgur.com/bsj7DA1.gifhttps://pbs.twimg.com/media/CCzUf83UkAAz6Ql.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/bsj7DA1.gif

o... m... g... lol

what the fuck

http://www.uni-watch.com/wp-content/uploads/Screen-shot-2015-03-19-at-12.36.06-PM.png

BALLLLMER

the black one looks like something you'd find in a closet at the Y that hasn't been opened in 30 years.

despite that guy's reporting i find it really hard to believe that they're gonna go with that

because...........

i hope not!

http://www.uni-watch.com/2015/04/17/uni-watch-exclusive-new-nba-and-wnba-leaks

logo branding copy is secretly some of the lamest shit of all time

"Using the colloquial LA will resonate in a profound way with a younger demographic. Not only does this rule differentiate and elevate the clippers from other Los Angeles sports franchises, it empowers the LAC design element with a verbal communication standard"

gtfoh

what the actual fuck is that black clips outfit lol

you really have to be so so so far up the ass of business to read that sentence and be like "yeah def"

if i ever pitched a logo to a sports team my caption would be like "this looks cool"

always interested in empowering design design elements with verbal communication standards, thanks clips for finally catering to my demo

their whole job is to be up the ass of business which is why the outcomes are so bad the decision makers have no design expertise

like that company is no doubt fully capable of coming up with something good but this is what they arrived at after endless meetings with ppl who work for a company owned by one of the key players in

http://i.imgur.com/NhPb97t.png

the decision makers have no design expertise

― lag∞n, Friday, April 17, 2015 11:04 AM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

or taste obvs

but the whole process is so removed from taste it prob wldnt matter if they did

I want a Paul Allen/Steve Ballmer series so bad.

constant cuts to bill gates in the stands checking his phone

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/17/sports/basketball/its-nba-playoff-time-pay-no-attention-to-those-losing-records.html
Fun stats: In NBA history, only 11 teams with losing records have made the playoffs. All of them have lost in the first round. All of them have come from the Eastern Conference.

"since 2000" "In NBA history"

http://i.imgur.com/oHiMmHm.png

if only there were some verbal communication standard to generate interest

tru

the NBA's main twitter is making shops of potential champ rings for all the teams, so adorable

y not us
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CCzKkMJUIAAnTgD.jpg

Candace Buckner ‏@CandaceDBuckner 30m30 minutes ago
Does new scheme mean Roy Hibbert will be benched, Vogel said: "Possibly."
"Roy's role will be diminished."
There it is again.

crazy

wow

:/

they're basically telling him to opt out

celtics shd pick him and love up :]

I dunno man feel like his depression might not immediately disappear even on a new team but celts def need rim protection

buy low man, brad seems p good at putting guys int he right spot basketball and personally wise too

im not sure how low you're gonna be able to buy on roy hibbert

don't the celtics wanna play faster and spread the court anyway?

feel like brad n danny r not ideological

logo branding copy is secretly some of the lamest shit of all time

"Using the colloquial LA will resonate in a profound way with a younger demographic. Not only does this rule differentiate and elevate the clippers from other Los Angeles sports franchises, it empowers the LAC design element with a verbal communication standard"

gtfoh

― J0rdan S., Friday, April 17, 2015 8:02 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I live in this world and I do my honest to god best to be as blunt and straight forward as possible in our presentations. Fluff is the worst. Luckily I work for people that would laugh at me if I tried to pull some nonsense like that.

Sounds like a proactive and synergistic place to work, Spottie.

PS if Lebron had gone to the GSWs, they'd have been even more mortal locks for the finals, but he took the coward's way out instead.

wldve been the best team ever

i wish you guys would use the fashion thread to talk about design stuff -_-

um design is not fashion hello

someone tell me that clippers jersey is not real

it cannot be real

well its a leak so it cld just be a proposal/work in progress etc

clippers logo was driving me nuts and i finally realized what it's reminding me of
http://sho3box.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/ocp_logo.gif

i wish you guys would use the fashion thread to talk about design stuff -_-

probably my fave thing about ilh other than the great posters is the digressive nature, and I will endlessly encourage it sorry kev.

forks, that leads us naturally to this nonsense.

sterling was the smoke beast all along, i see, i see

my friend found 3.2:1 odds for the cavs title chances. i'm looking at where the lines are now and i don't really love any of them

bovada sez both them and golden state have 11/5 odds

I guess now's a good time to mention that back in July when I was hootin' and hollerin' about LeBron coming back, I happened to be in Vegas and I put a huge wager on the Cavs winning the NBA Finals at 25:1. I really hope they don't let me down.

(i dont know shit about gambling thats just the first sports book that came up in google)

I guess now's a good time to mention that back in July when I was hootin' and hollerin' about LeBron coming back, I happened to be in Vegas and I put a huge wager on the Cavs winning the NBA Finals at 25:1. I really hope they don't let me down.

― Mr. Snrub, Friday, April 17, 2015 2:20 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this is not a good time! wait til they win lol (def great odds tho in retrospect)

define "huge"

$500

Nate Silver ‏@NateSilver538 21s21 seconds ago
NBA Championship odds: @Warriors 48%, @Cavs 21%, @Spurs 12%, @LAClippers 8%, @ATLHawks 5%: http://53eig.ht/1GUkSQF

I hate the way a lot of 538 articles contain stats and observations about those stats with no regard for immediate context. Never get a sense that these people are talking about something they've actually watched.

good luck, snrub

yeah i mean thats kinda the whole point of their approach xp bring yr own context lol

I would definitely hedge your bet at some point snrub, at least in the finals

xp
Nah there's always context and the stats and observations are largely informed by what they choose to ignore/include.

Using single-season stats as a basis for these predictions when a lot of rosters change drastically half way through doesn't seem sensible to me.

The Nets may have been the worst team to make the playoffs looking at the season as a whole but that fact that they've recently improved with Lopez healthy and finished the season 13-6 isn't reflected in that.

Biggest news out of NBA owners meeting: Back-to-backs and four games in five days will be reduced; league will extend season by a week.

holy moley

Jonathan Givony
‏@DraftExpress

New salary cap projections sent out to NBA teams: 2015-16: 67.1 million, tax 81.6, 2016-17: 89 million, tax 108. 2017-18: 108, 127 tax

jeeeeeeesus

players gonna get paaaaaid

wow

gonna be real hard to sign a RFA this offseason without getting matched

sry snrub ur team wont make it past round 1

idk brian windhorst says lebron is 24-3 in the first round over the past six seasons and that could spell bad news for the celtics

boston radio guys were killing windhorst for that

yea lol i dont think any of the ilh celtics partisans expect anything beyond a win or two & i would personally be elated by that

im just really trying not to get high on hope & be disappointed

a game 6 in boston would just be tremendous

game four in boston celtics sweep bron retires at half court hands his headband to kelly o

big if true

game four in boston celtics sweep bron retires at half court hands his headband to kelly o

http://i.imgur.com/zBvL1IE.jpg

OTOH:

http://i.imgur.com/bMAbxeU.jpg

lmao nice

haha

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

The Warriors are going to have a dogfight getting out of the west, but if they can get past the WCF, they should be able to knock off the east champion, be it the Hawks, Cavs or Bulls. I picked them to go the whole way, but realistically the Spurs are going to be tough to dethrone and it was hard to pick against them.

Yo I never did my predix gotta get them down

warriors (1) vs pelicans (8)- gsw sweep
rockets (2) vs mavericks (7)- Houston in 7
clippers (3) vs spurs (6)- Spurs in 6
grizzlies (5) vs blazers (4)- Blazers in 6

hawks (1) vs nets (8)- sweep
cavs (2) vs celtics (7)- cavs in 6
chicago (3) vs bucks (6)- bulls in 7 ps rose gets injured in this one
raptors (4) vs wizards (5)- wizards in 7? I dunno who cares

Warriors over Houston in 5
Spurs over blaZers in 6
Warriors over Spurs in 7

Hawks beat wizards in 5
Cavs beat Bulls in 5
Cavs over Hawks in 7

Finals- warriors in 6 and the wins are blowouts

Honestly I'm really feeling the Spurs to win it but I'm going to stick my call a while back that gsw could do it

And Kerr blazing straight to the chip in his first year would be almost as awesome as pop finally getting a back to back bc we have one more way to kick hand down man down

Also leeee will need to photoshop a sixth finger onto that gif of Kerr with his rings in the snow

what's yr reasoning on picking the blazers? nobody's picking the blazers! they're super beat up and i have a feeling memphis is going to completely shut down lillard.

Tony Allen and Mike Conley might not play, though?

I had my postseason fantasy draft last night and wound up with three pelicans. is that good

last i saw allen and conley are likely for game 1

afflalo is questionable and batum & mccollum are likely i believe

what's yr reasoning on picking the blazers? nobody's picking the blazers! they're super beat up and i have a feeling memphis is going to completely shut down lillard.

― Clay, Friday, April 17, 2015 9:10 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Grizz r beat up and I believe in the power of Aldridge and the omen

Also the curse of Jeff green

I dunno I'm just feeling at least one upset in the west, I feel like Portland is gonna snap out of their funk long enough to make it a series at least

Ha is it technically an upset when Portland has the higher seed tho

portland should be the sixth seed and playing the clippers and they need to fix that this summer, it's dumb

so i just drove 8 hours north to propose to my girlfriend and today i drove eight hours home but im still gonna get up at 5:30 am to watch the first game of THE 2015 NBA PLAYOFFS

and by the first game i mean gsw @ nop

I stole ur format agent hibachi

warriors (1) vs pelicans (8)- gsw sweep
rockets (2) vs mavericks (7)- houston in 5
clippers (3) vs spurs (6)- spurs in 6
grizzlies (5) vs blazers (4)- grizz in 6

hawks (1) vs nets (8)- sweep
cavs (2) vs celtics (7)- sweep
chicago (3) vs bucks (6)- bucks
raptors (4) vs wizards (5)- raps

Didn't really wanna make picks just wanted to say that that clippers uni looks like a Tron uniform

smush parker citizen of the world http://mongolia.gogo.mn/r/145277

http://i.imgur.com/Wh9p7OH.jpg

Congrats Micah!

man this wiz-raps game is prob gonna break viewership records for TSN in Canada while also hitting record lows for ESPN in the US

Congrats Micah!

ya bro! grats

Don't like that block call on gortat at all

Congrats micah

Micah didn't say if she said yes!

I stole ur format agent hibachi

― 龜, Saturday, April 18, 2015 10:59 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Lol I swiped it from clay i ain't gonna type in a bunch of seeds on ipad

Playoff Pierce

Congrats Micah...?

Masai got all pottymouth again

James Johnson must be completely uncoachable

paul pierce stayyyyy killing the atlantic division :] :]

got no pref in this series, it prob goes raptors' way but great to see truth unfreezing

Terrence Ross is one of the most defensively talented awful defenders I've ever seen

Paul Pierce playoff injury dramatics?

God I love Pierce

I like how the fans inside are all v polite and Canadian about their cheering and the mob outside is a bunch of rabid nuts

louuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

are the wiz taking a paid dive here or what

These wizards "plays"

how many elbow jumpers off screens can one team run :-----------[

john wall is easily the best player on either team but wittman has him throwing it to beal on every play smh

Ooh that John wall drive so pretty

john wall is easily the best player on either team but wittman has him throwing it to beal on every play smh

― J0rdan S., Saturday, April 18, 2015 2:51 PM (33 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Ya the play calling on both sides of this is really uninspired

Also a year later I still can't believe Drew gooden crunch time minutes is an option for the wiz

gortat 8 inches from the rim and 360 spins to pass to drew gooden ok

classic misdirection

They are using beal like he's harden or curry and he most definitely is not

wittman is so fired if they lose this series and they prob will

The coaching on the other side isn't so hot either

Haha steve javie lookin like the matrix architect in the replay center

Wowww

he has the scotty problem of not knowing what plays to draw up for a pretty dope starting 5, relies way too much on inefficient jump shots/post ups by nene or gotta and then the bench is what it is (there are way worse tbf) and unlike brooks he is not even inspiring a loyal following in his players afaik

82-82 lmao

lol at vasquez shimmy

*gortat

vasquez dance needs to go in blolz asap

Grievis always fearless

it's so dumb because the Wizards have such an obvious end of game set. wall-gortat PNR with beal, pierce and another wing spreading the floor it really is not rocket science

wittman is such trash, like I shit on a lot of nba coaches but wittman might be in a class alone

The wiz don't really have a great starting 5 tbh

LONG 2s EVERYBODY ahahahahahahaha

Beal kind of a quiet bust

can you believe it, john wall with the pull up 14 footer with a hand in his face, who saw that coming

if the Wizards had an 8 second shot clock I swear they'd run the exact same offense

Beal is younger than Frank Kaminsky

yea if you're gonna play dr. save-the-wiz I do not think the diagnosis centers around beal's relatively mild struggles (injury history def concerning though)

Playoff Pierce

Excited to watch a real basketball game after this shit

yeah feel like they should pass it to pierce

will either team hit 90 with the OT bumper even

if the wizards just get wall moving towards the basket there's nothing the raptors can do to stop it

Beal is just so basic offensively and doesn't seem to be getting better.

man he's been horrifying today

given his age i still find it hard to believe he won't be pretty good soon

has a coach ever been fired after game 1 of a series because casey my god

I'm probably underrating beal because of all the nights this season when I'd play him against the sixers or wolves and he'd put up like 12-2-2

his development has def stagnated but given his age he doesn't have far to travel to become a real good player

i think wittman has been way worse in this game than casey, who's roster is really kinda jacked up. the Wizards have way more talent.

It's not like beal is a defcon 1 shitstorm like Mclemore for sure

oh for sure but scoring 2 in ot and losing after a 16 or so point lead with about 6 to go in the fourth is really unforgivable. though Lowry fouling out is prob what sunk them. xp

im not sure a lineup of lou williams, grieves vazquez, demar derozan, patrick patterson and amir johnson should be playing much better than this lol

I do question why James Johnson is out of the rotation but he has character issues.

fucking HELL of course mjax is calling warriors pelis and not the three other ESPN games today lollllllll

Pierce at the 4 is definitely something which they should use James Johnson against imo

stepphh---_---

thanks yall

the Supreme Court needs to intervene with Mark Jackson working gsw games

https://vine.co/v/ezttEPM33jn

lol randy wittman in a nutshell

omfg steph

he's a genius

haha they were just soundtracking some of his highlights on the halftime show w shook ones pt 2 by mobb deep & that is so apt

haha they were just soundtracking some of his highlights on the halftime show w shook ones pt 2 by mobb deep & that is so apt

― slothroprhymes, Saturday, April 18, 2015 4:40 PM (28 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

A week or two ago when the Spurs were going into full maniac mode I remembered the playoffs commercial w/ shook ones and got pumped

Currys mom my lord, gets better every year, unreal

sorry

interior defense has been atrocious for the pelis. warriors don't even really need the 3 ball this game

and they've missed like 6 layups too

yea they were not prepared, everyone but brow is just standing around awkwardly on D

asik looks drugged

van gundy loves norris cole so much its so weird

competitive grit!!!

aw man brow missed dunks bum me out

warriors defense kicked into gear as soon as game got within 11, pelis look much more helpless now

Welp splash brothers put the kibosh on that I guess

wish abc/ESPN would cio with the "get lucky" intro outro music, summer of 2013 was a long ago horror show

that song will never die, it hits too many #demographics

jvg is peak challopping everything everyone says rn, it rules

wow that brow rebound

this is way closer than I thought the first game would be especially given the 27 pt lead in Q3

shiiiiit brow that oop

hack a iggy

feel like we're gonna experience record breaking usage of hack-a-deandre/iguodala/dwight/any rockets player tbh this playoffs

warriors starting slouching and the bench played v poorly

like as awesome as spurs-clips will be in most ways pop will go so hard on hack-a-jordan if the games get close & the games will be 3+ hrs

hack a dj gonna get ugly in that series for sure

also why does the ESPN graphic for the dubs also feature birds chirping like the pelicans are the bird team iirc

i hope the mavs foul dwight every time he touches hte ball in the fourth tonight

well, that I'm fine with bc fuck dwight.

what can the league even do about hack a, where are the thinkpieces

alt option do as mjax suggested and run a ft clinic for your big men

brow went to work in the 4th

man warriors bricking fts all day, madness

weird game

ugh these reviews

I'm prob more excited for bulls-bucks than I objectively should be but idk feel like playoff giannis is like a glimpse of a fascinating future. also d-rose

I'm also still not over the idea that MCW is on a playoff team but hey in terms of undeserving playoffs players better him than waiters

bucks and bulls is the only eastern series I'm interested in, tho will dutifully watch some cavs and c's as is my rightful ilh duty

Didn't realize the game was today.

don't think i watched one celtics game this year

LEEEE

I also missed the Acid Mothers Temple show last night.

Eric Gordon shot 41% from the field and 45% on threes this year. 38% on twos.

don't think i watched one celtics game this year
--#wegonnabechampionship (Spottie)

they only had 3 or 4 nationally televised games and that's if I'm being charitable and counting NBA TV is national, can't blame you for not actively seeking them out especially pre-isaiah

i hate gordon's shot form but can't argue with the results

*as national

I guess Gordon never got the hops back

I remember Bill Simmons saying Eric Gordon had the most beautiful shooting stroke in the NBA and realizing that he's a weird idiot

was that when gordon was a clipper? early this season on one of his hoops podcasts he was bemoaning gordon's decline

yeah it was pure clippers homerism

Gordon really hasn't declined that much, he was always wildly overrated. Getting CP3 for that guy, smh

Hey MCW, let him shoot it

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

who voted nets

mason plumlee is prob an ilh lurker or something

Mayo/Bayless might be one of my least favorite backcourt combos any playoff team can throw out, and I still think Bayless is a reasonably good rotation guy

If any net is an ilxor it's brook

ew that intro is no good cmon nba

like jayz is part owner of a playoff team.. you can do better

If any net is an ilxor it's brook

― Matt Armstrong, Saturday, April 18, 2015 6:16 PM (25 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lopez? i get the sense that the lopez bros are pretty much bacon/zombie/comic-con types

like there is no way in the world robin lopez doesn't get distracted by notifications from the chive app on his phone

woof dallas looking not so great early game

tho rondo did force harden to foul in the first 20s of th game so that's a good omen i think

- "clay did you just spend some time fruitlessly googling 'robin lopez' 'cards against humanity'?"

- "don't ask me stuff like that."

playoff dwight

4 blocks in 5 mins

remember troy daniels

aaaarrrrggghhhh

plz flip the switch rondo

(plz put him back in rick just give him a chance :[ )

omg harris what was that pass

You are: Josh Smith
You have: The ball
You defender is: Smothering you

Do you (A) shoot or (B) shoot

hes really a victim of circumstance

he wouldnt shoot so much under pressure if there were any other option

joey crawford is having himself some fun tonight

oh fuck parsons going back to the locker room

rip dallas

:[

dallas has eaten since dwight went to the bench

rondo is starting to realize that there are cameras on him and those cameras are national TV and it is the playoffs tho

he's had a good quarter let's see if it's sustainable this time

that's a pretty dang weak flagrant imo

ilu jr dont ever change

woops josh smith*

posting under the influence.

checking in w the nba for the first time today whats good

things that suck about living in boston: at the bar with friend watching the games & the TV closest to us gets changed to some garbage hockey game no one is actually watching just bc bars here assume everyone loves shitass hockey

tbf they are often right but like the trash 2015 bruins are uh not in the playoffs

steph curry was good today, randy wittman is going to get fired in the middle of this series despite winning today, i liked brow's hair a lot, dwight looked pretty good for five minutes, dallas might have a shot at this series after all xps

doug collins' outfit :/

check this mavs game goon

im watching now just got home

did not see todays brow hair but generally the fade fro thats popular in the nba but nor irl (ne region) idk it looks like a mushroom

nor=not

rondo on harden tho possibility problematic for houst?

it is really weird to me that the playoffs are cobranded with ... Pitch Perfect 2

rockets need to stop switching smalls onto dirk

dwights the key

dirrrkkkkkkk

he's still holding a grudge for harden pulling a foul off him on a transition fb from the 2nd quarter

omg rondo is missing every floater just barely

dallas just shooting bad

rondo's first half was so great. dallas making lots of mistakes

ellis can't hit anything tonight

lol amare break them down

dallas just pulled the quarter out of their ass in the last min

mavs have had so many shots just like rim out in addition to the legit misses/airballs

p ugly game at times for sure

lmao dwight post airball

dwight is #bad

(speaking relatively of course like in terms of who he used to be but still)

man the rockets have hit like 3 bullshit 3s this quarter

he has zero offense that isn't the dunk

ya everything going their way/not mavs way xp

hahaha ok hacka-off!!!

gonna have to find a way to end the hacka this offseason

IT BEGINS

useless stat alert: rose is one of only 5 players to average 25 points and 5 assists in game 1s

guess on the others would be jordan, lebron, lebron....? wade?

one of those lebrons is bird

kinda boring games today :/

well yea it's all prep for the real grand opening of celtics cavs

:D we're prob gonna die in game 1 but w/e I don't care

my folks who legit only have network TV are really psyched that they can watch the new yung celtics

u should teach them to tream

jalen rose does not say many intelligent things but he recently pointed out something that reinforces my mavs in 7 pick: the 2nd highest usage rate on the rockets currently belongs to...josh smith

lol he's tied with shved technically but shved playing in 9 games is obv not statistically significant. howard and brewer rank just behind smoove

i've watched the rockets a lot this year and i still can't really figure out how they do it

You are: Josh Smith
You have: The ball
You defender is: Smothering you

Do you (A) shoot or (B) shoot

― Clay, Saturday, April 18, 2015 10:23 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This killed me it's like josh smith is trapped in a broken version of king's quest

(Types in "pass the rock")
You can't do that here.
(Smashes keyboard in frustration, takes long two)

I don't be stalling I be installing
Baby baby baby baby baby baby baby
This is awesome this is awesome

here we goooooo

damnit tho why does mjax have to be calling my team's game :[

Mjax >>>> reggie

zeller offensive game v nice rn

lol we already in a JR chuckathon as the main cavs offensive weapon

I'm absolutely terrified of this Celtics team, tbh.

*Looks with interest at lebtons back pad*

Lol jelly o and Tristan both just scoring on each other

battle of the defensive turnstile scoring big men!

Brons hairline looks like a bad photoshop

dunno how i just noticed this but matthew delavadova is the most k3vin k3ller lookin player in the nba

evan turner is as bad as austin rivers i think

Wow a team is actually going for the 2 for 1 *k3v k is able to die at peace with the world and with no regrets*

xp he's playing weak in this game but, uh, no.

although if you'd said in this game I would not rly contest the point tho, his turnovers are so ugh

I've identified the mjax verbal tic that drives me craziest: he asserts something then says "the reason why is because..."

Just say "I like that shot because..."

I know speaking extemporaneously on tv is insanely hard but this one stabs me right in the heart

Assertive turner died in game 82' he's looked really shook

lol o man if love and JR fouling out or close to it tips this game...

was there ever anything written somewhere abt why bron ditched the headband? i'm still finding it hard to look at him without it.

lebron getting stoned at the rim by tyler zeller this can't be life

mark jackson awkwardly attempting to spin a sue bird comparison from insult to compliment is some classic mjax

lol celtics scoring 14 points in a row v the cavs bench, blatt sitting on his hands

evan turner is -20 today

why is bron even in this game, this team is going to play about 25 playoff games & you're up ~ 20 in the fourth q of rd 1 game 1, pull your guys

evan turner has been hysterically bad today

bron looks bad today

kyrie decidedly does not look bad today

oh good some hack-a, love this stuff

yaaaaaaay free throwz

hack-a is kinda suspenseful imo

kevin love should prob not let jared sullinger truck him in a 13 point game

hack-a isn't the absolute worst it's just if it starts happening in every remotely close playoff game this spring nobody is going to be cool w/ it

brother brad, pop and carlisle will all use it unabashedly for sure

stotts, budd, kerr also likely

I support it.

kevin love should prob not let jared sullinger truck him in a 13 point game

Sully trucks people bigger and better on defense than love

I gotta admit the non-Thabo numbers for the Hawks are pretty bad but I still believe in Bazemore for now

lebron getting stoned at the rim by tyler zeller this can't be life

One of the top rim protectors in the league, believe it or not

cavs defense/bench is bad

xp shhhh don't tell anybody it gets in the way of the celtics backed into the playoffs narrative

Isaiah Thomas had a very selfish double double

well he is a selfish player

Demarre Carroll gonna get paid

hawks be hawkin

I think the nets will win a game

lol I swear if you're saying that bc you're betting a grand on idk bojan bogdanovic's line (if you're betting I'm assuming it's on a euroballer)

hawks have been wildly inconsistent since the asb and the nets have been pretty solid since, i could see them taking one or two. nets also much more experienced.

lol @ these hawks fans booing joe johnson as if any of them attended a single game joe johnson played during his tenure

I am going to stack this series because I think that a lot of guys are underpriced and there will be at least one close game. Only on 4 game slates tho.

Bogdanovic is more of a feel thing with hollins. Also like brown.

I actually stacked Hawks-Nets a couple weeks ago and if Joe had just hit that game tying three...

mostly watching this game to hear sir foster

Antic being a useful NBA player is fascinating

deron looks like he gettin fat, brook lopez is making super dumb fouls, man this team is bad

Apparently the only thing Antic is "good" at is setting screens but it's so good and important that he's a + player for them

Deron has been fat since middle school

Not the most accurate Bropez scouting report from cwebb

SCHROEDER

o man hollins sounds so depressed

okay i am so taking a nap instead of watching this

Sully trucks people bigger and better on defense than love

― Matt Armstrong, Sunday, April 19, 2015 5:36 PM (37 minutes ago) Bookmark

yeah but those people don't have bad backs

NBA athlete ads built around guys recovering from injury can't be worth it beyond building a relationship with them right? Like who gets hyped up about Gatorade because Jabari is drinking it in between leg presses and stretching exercises?

Sully trucks people bigger and better on defense than love

― Matt Armstrong, Sunday, April 19, 2015 5:36 PM (37 minutes ago) Bookmark

yeah but those people don't have bad backs

Oh I see what you meant

Reminder that the nets sold the pick that became Kyle Korver to pay for a Xerox

Cwebb thinks kirilenko was on the mavs, what the hell man

kirilenko can be on the mavs if he wants cmon

The defining moment of the Warriors-Mavs upset is baron Davis dunking on kirilenko

That imaginary mavs team sounds fucking sick

Hawks soft as baby shit inside

I wonder if millsap maybe shouldn't be playing

matt did you delete your twitter?

Wait, Schroeder shot 43% from 3?

matt did you delete your twitter?

Deactivated yeah, will be back someday

Was going through some personal stuff and wanted to retreat to ilx for a while

Bogdanovic killing the nets ouch

aw hope you're doing ok man

Yeah things are looking up for sure thanks.

Bogdanovic killing the nets ouch
--Matt Armstrong

can't kill what's already dead

matt does bovada have series odds? all i can find are game odds

found it, bottom of the page

brooklyn misses back2back wide open corner threes down 6

and then hit a contested one

some interesting player prop bets there - "will nicolas batum record a triple double?"

dont bet on sports u guys the house is batter than u (daily fantasy seems okay since ur playing against other ppl not professionals with professional resources)

Deron is so decrepit at this point, they're better off letting joe handle and he keeps getting torched by teague

xp I aint bettin on nothing can't afford that but it is intriguing to examine, have def considered maybe doing the draft kings/fan duel thing

Deron is so decrepit at this point, they're better off letting joe handle and he keeps getting torched by teague

Compared to early in the season deron is remarkably spry

Oh my lord he was a walking corpse early in the season I remember, he was a good argument against guaranteed contracts, if he were a running back he'd be that big name everyone picks in the top ten of a fantasy draft for one year too long who just gets unceremoniously cut the next year

Aka Chris Johnson

"will nicolas batum record a triple double?"

no

assertive assisting jeff

portland and boston gonna get swept, rip ilh, long live the warriors

portland maybe shouldn't have done the afflalo deal I guess...

xp shhhhhhhh

both of those teams can get at least one at home I think

ah excellent the return of bbq chicken

these are obv the worst possible matchups for both our teams tho

shaq is such a loveable goof luv shaq

portland maybe shouldn't have done the afflalo deal I guess...

― Matt Armstrong, Sunday, April 19, 2015 6:16 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

eh hindsight, was a really smart deal at the time

probably shoulda drafted jordan & durant too

good idea

this is getting real sloppy, gawd only like 3 of these playoff games have been good thus far (dubs-pelicans, bulls-bucks & cavs-celtics)

Oh Vince Carter.

xp how the mighty have fallen

rusty start for the spurs, clippers riding some home court vibes rn

ugh that's such a block

fuck cp3

fuck all these offnesive fouls god i hate the clippers fuck this horrible team of miscreants

otm

wow, i really don't know about doc going with the hockey shift. the clippers bench is liable to give up any lead they're given

austin will undo the whole thing

turkoglu is in this game and reggie is making horrible fat jokes and we are down 10, i think i forgot to pray today and god is punishing me

ray liotta pissed inna middle of a traffic jam and stares down some poor dive barkeep for some vodka and just laughs at him goddamn i want to get into a fight right now

haha yesss patty hits a three and baby levels manu for an offnesive foul, tide is turning

boris and baby on each other is like #bodypositivityNBA for me

wow, i really don't know about doc going with the hockey shift. the clippers bench is liable to give up any lead they're given

― k3vin k., Sunday, April 19, 2015 11:14 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ya wtf is he doing

sparkling opening number by the clippers bench

wow who could have seen this coming, the clippers bench has squandered the entire lead in about 3 minutes

its gorgeous, im eating seconds right now, im gonna have to brush my teeth again

cp3 just stuck his leg out to foul tp and probably injured him (more)

doc is openly trying to get fired

god, pull tony he looks too banged up to be effective. at least with patty you get 3s and cory joseph is predictable

hack! hack! hack! hack! hack! hack! hack!

spurs should really be pushing the pace a little more

spurs should be doing a lot of things better

lolll harlan: "he looked to the heavens and he was rewarded" upon deandre finally making a second free throw

they should want to maximize possessions with paul out. fouling jordan is step 1, but can't walk the ball up after

HOLY SHIT BLAKE

wow that's so lame they called that a jump ball on kawhi

rly hope the spurs got some adjustments in game 2

wow i hate la so much stfu with this mvp bullshit

chris paul, man

m-v-p m-v-p

dead2me

lol

like im not even gonna ban u im just going to ignore u when i see u at work and donate money to causes you hate

Blake is unreal sometimes

Moral of the story obv for doc is to not play anyone on the bench except Jamal and maybe 5 minutes of big baby

Jamal so pure tonight. All net every time

whoa timmy D with the followup

https://vine.co/v/eaB0YE7YjTd

how many playoff games can you win with 7 players?

Enough

i hope the correct answer is less than 4

crawford trying draw a foul on the 3, hate that leg kicky shit he does

also cp3 has been unreal, blake gonna get all the love for his dunks, but shiiiiit

Yah cp looking very good

cp3 just totally controlling tempo, picking spots for his shot, dishing tough passes, i just gotta pray to hoops jesus that he folds in the 4th

i really want the spurs to come back bcuz after dark playoff harlan is a legal high

spurs blitzing with 3s now, regressing to the mean

when are ppl gonna foul blake hard, he's p strong

how many playoff games can you win with 7 players?

― J0rdan S., Monday, April 20, 2015 12:56 AM (7 minutes ago)

when your starting units are as good as the clippers' are, it can work i think

when are ppl gonna foul blake hard, he's p strong

― brosario nawson (m bison), Monday, April 20, 2015 1:03 AM (2 minutes ago)

blake probably gets fouled as hard as anyone in the league

i meant ppl should foul him with knives

he exaggerates it

how many playoff games can you win with 7 players?

― J0rdan S., Monday, April 20, 2015 12:56 AM (7 minutes ago)

when your starting units are as good as the clippers' are, it can work i think

i think i agree

im sorry, i made a promise to myself that i wouldnt wish death upon opposing players and i couldnt even make it past 1 game

when your starting units are as good as the clippers' are, it can work i think

― k3vin k., Sunday, April 19, 2015 10:05 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah the margin of error is tight tho everyone has to play well can't have anyone slump.

they're gonna be in trouble in any game where deandre gets into foul trouble

if doc hadn't put in his entire bench unit at once this would be like a 25 point lead

that was a three minute stretch haha

that bench man idk. jamal really gonna have to play out of his mind every game

it looks like doc figured out that staggering was a whole lot better than that hockey shift he tried

yeah that worked way better

honestly this feels like a set up for the spurs to win by 22 in game 2

ESPN Stats & Info ‏@ESPNStatsInfo 46s47 seconds ago
Clippers: 15-1 since March 17

damn I see that I passed out just before shit went completely pear shaped for the spurs

honestly based on what I did see (most of 3 quarters) it's not so much a question of can the clips sustain their starters' performances - bc I'm sure they more or less can - but of will things go nearly as badly for the spurs independent of what the clips were doing right. I mostly don't see them having transition moves that bad or shooting at 32 percent for 2 consecutive games

pat riley, in a complete non-surprise, setting new land-speed records for pettiness
http://www.sbnation.com/2015/4/20/8457393/pat-riley-angry-lebron-james-leave-miami-heat

Pat Riley on the draft: "No more smiling faces with hidden agendas, so we'll be going in clean."

lol you gotta be fuckin kidding me riles

lol nice

GOAT

the whole drafting napier scheme is still the funniest

i dont really think it was a scheme more like a series of weird turns, and i remain p sure that bron was ready to leave before draft night, but who knows

ok

not sure why that's exactly a controversial thought, by saying "who knows" i'm def conceding i could be wrong bc i do not in fact possess telepathic abilities that outline the exact thinking of bron or riles to me

they 100% drafted shabazz to make lebron happy but it's not like it was an extreme reach or anything at that point

Blake::Aron Baynes::Madonna:Drake

Marc Stein ‏@ESPNSteinLine 54s54 seconds ago
Pelicans are officially listing both Tyreke Evans (knee) and Jrue Holiday (leg) as questionable for tonight's Game 2 at Golden State

blah

brow gonna drop 40-15-5-6-6 tonight

live look-in on monty williams and brow rn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QjTSnaqUX4

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=espn:12730260

cute!

Man thibs has no idea how to tie a tie his shit is all fucked up

Kidd doesn't even bother with one

Someone get me a cloud I can yell at

I feel like I would be genuinely terrified to play against Giannis, just crazy spider limbs everywhere

Derrick Rose three pointers!

Lol Giannis u can't do the rondo fake pass then blow the layup, ya played yourself

bucks playing great d but doubt they can keep it up for 48

http://bkref.com/tiny/6CL47

biggest decline in ability for Rose post-surgery is somehow his ball handling

mayo hair on fleep

no u both have mushroom shape hair dont fight

Five techs! This series just got way better

lol idk if ive ever seen five techs on one play much less one minor scrum before

bucks are locked the hell in on D rn

You know I never really thought about the fact that all of oj mayo's names are food

he's the food lover's peter o'toole

Ilyasova ice cold but playing pretty awesome D on mirotic

i like how mirotic looks like hes from the bible

this play by play guy doesn't watch much basketball huh

Kidd takes Ersan out and Mirotic immediately goes nuts

Nikola 'The Bible' Mirotic

https://vine.co/v/eaqqe2gaKb7

O_______O

i can't watch this game, sorry

it really was only bad for one quarter

ok i lied it's on mute

dunleavy just passed up a point-blank layup to pass to rose for 3. rose made it tho

Steve Smith says the bucks gotta come out there and run Derrick Rose off the three point line

only if he makes them

that's more like it rose

and butler!

nba marketing the playoffs as "the redefinition of hero ball" is really weird and off

BBALLBREAKDOWN ‏@bballbreakdown 53s53 seconds ago
Bulls are discovering a soft spot in the Bucks defense - if they hit the high post, the weakside corner is wide open

I got in an argument with the bballbreakdown guy where he argued that isiah thomas would have put up stephen curry's numbers if his coaches just encouraged him to shoot threes.

lol yeah coach nick believes some off the wall things but thats part of his charm

that's more of a dumb thing tbh