it's THE 'OFFS 2014: last chance to wear yr Bobcats gear

It's on hoopites

Pour one out for Bledsoe Morrises and the Dragon

The Washington Wizards and the Charlotte Bobcats are in the playoffs, and the Cleveland Cavaliers are not.

I like the cats tbf.

kemba and big al are a cool pair

The Washington Wizards and the Charlotte Bobcats are in the playoffs, and the Cleveland Cavaliers are not.

― Mr. Snrub, Tuesday, April 15, 2014

will change next year when lebron returns imo

I think Big Al will probably get some semitroll MVP votes

man, fuck the Clippers

Not watched tonight. What did they do so I can hate them more?

griffin smacked mozgov across the face after the whistle

just checked it, but blake is ALWAYS the victim!

:0

http://nypost.com/2013/10/16/knicks-scoff-at-computers-37-win-projection/

1st round, leastern conference:
(1) IND v. (8) ATL
(2) MIA v. (7) CHA
(3) TOR v. (6) BKN
(4) CHI v. (5) WAS

i'm mildly intrigued by those bottom two match ups

i think washington will beat chicago

That NY Post story from last October is p funny, especially now that the Knicks have finished with 37 wins. And they had to win their final game to get there. :D

had to win their final game their final 4 games to get there

wish I could retweet this

https://twitter.com/HPbasketball/status/281587725528870913

kind of a lame NBA season :/

too many tanks

yeah, next season will be a lot more fun because teams like the celtics, sixers and magic will be loaded with young talent so if they're bad it will be fun to watch.

too many tanks

― smooth hymnal (m bison), Thursday, April 17, 2014

never seen a season with so much tanking; we've had season-long tanks and playoff-seeding motivated tanks.

the nets tanked their last two games just so they could fall into the heat's bracket!

for which i am quite grateful tbh, the notion that miami could fall to nets or indy is just making my heart race

oh, you. don't be so gleeful.

http://cdn.arwrath.com/8/84625.gif

kind of a lame NBA season :/

― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, April 17, 2014 12:12 AM (25 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah this season sucked

the west had some really good games but overall kind of a down year. Was fun watching all the Suns games tho.

okay duders

(1) IND v. (8) ATL
(2) MIA v. (7) CHA
(3) TOR v. (6) BKN
(4) CHI v. (5) WAS

(1) SAS v. (8) DAL
(2) OKC v. (7) MEM
(3) LAC v. (6) GSW
(4) HOU v. (5) POR

who ya got

Indy in 4
Miami in 4
Brooklyn in 7
Chicago in 6

Spurs in 4
Thunder in 5
Clips in 6
Houston in 6 :(

LET'S PREDICT ROUND ONE:

IND v ATL — Pacers in 6
MIA v CHA — Heat in 5 wade plays 2 games
TOR v BKN — Nets in 7
CHI v WAS — Bulls in 6

SAS v DAL — Spurs in 5 one game of pure dirkin
OKC v MEM — Thunder in 6
LAC v GSW — WARRIORS IN 4
HOU v POR — Rockets in 7 all games come down to a buzzer beater

for reg season series #'s: http://espn.go.com/nba/playoffs/matchups

I was soooo looking forward to west round one since like December, but lack of Phoenix and the top two seeds likely to crush 7 and 8, plus the lack of bogut has really brought it all down to earth.

otm

I am going to watch a shit ton of basketball this weekend regardless

*for the next couple months

(1) IND v. (8) ATL Indy in 5
(2) MIA v. (7) CHA Miami in 5
(3) TOR v. (6) BKN Brooklyn in 7
(4) CHI v. (5) WAS Chicago in 7

(1) SAS v. (8) DAL Spurs in 5
(2) OKC v. (7) MEM OKC in 6
(3) LAC v. (6) GSW Clippers in 4
(4) HOU v. (5) POR Rockets in 5

matt you wound me

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

Lol

(1) IND v. (8) ATL, Indy in 6
(2) MIA v. (7) CHA, Mia in 4
(3) TOR v. (6) BKN, Bkn in 6
(4) CHI v. (5) WAS, Chi in 7

(1) SAS v. (8) DAL, God's team in 4
(2) OKC v. (7) MEM, OKC in 5
(3) LAC v. (6) GSW, Clipse in 6
(4) HOU v. (5) POR, Rox in 6

for which i am quite grateful tbh, the notion that miami could fall to nets or indy is just making my heart race
― smooth hymnal (m bison), Thursday, April 17, 2014 12:25 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Wouldn't bet it but based on reg season matchups, totally conceivable that:
Nets > Heat
Bulls > Pacers

What are the big injuries right now besides Bogut? Marc is fine, right? Kinda want to pick a Griz upset so Brooks gets fired.

feel like that wd be best for everyones sake

indy 5
mia 5
tor 6
chi 6

sas 5
okc 4
lac 4
por 7

(1) IND v. (8) ATL - IND 5
(2) MIA v. (7) CHA, MIA 4
(3) TOR v. (6) BKN, BKN 6
(4) CHI v. (5) WAS WAS 6

(1) SAS v. (8) DAL SAS 5
(2) OKC v. (7) MEM OKC 5
(3) LAC v. (6) GSW GSW 7
(4) HOU v. (5) POR HOU 6

indy in 5
miami in 4
brooklyn in 6
chicago in 7

spurs in 5
okc in 6
lac in 4
portland in 7

indy 6
heat 4
raptors 7
chicago7

spurs 5
thunder 4
clips 5
rockets 7

pacers in 6
heat in 5
nets in 7
wizards in 7

spurs in 4
thunder in 5
clippers in 6
rockets in 7

we all seem to be in general agreement about every series except portland vs houston?

kevin & lagoon like the raptors
i like the wizards
kevin, cad & lagoon like the blazers
dayo likes the warriors

I almost chose the Raptors... they looked good from the games my friend the Canadian and I watched

Valanciunas is a beast

i seriously haven't seen the raptors play at all this year so i have hard time mentally getting over the hurdle that they're not just the raptors, despite all smart NBA people assuring us that they are indeed a dangerous team

we all seem to be in general agreement about every series except portland vs houston?

― le goon (J0rdan S.), Thursday, April 17, 2014 10:09 AM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

tbh i just picked portland so id have an upset in there

raptors have v good ball movement which i feel is a good predictor of playoff success

Yeah Grievis does a good job, and I feel Derozan and Ross are two big X factors who could either go off in the playoffs or just shit the bed

Also Lowry is back

i think the raptors will definitely make it a series but i'm leaning towards the nets' veteran experience :-/

yeah my pick def comes in part from not having seen the raps very much but i think brooklyn is just going to be tough to play against in a playoff atmosphere.

as far as houston there's just something about that team i don't like, idk if portland will be the team to expose it but a guy can hope.

Haven't watched the raps either. Or the nets tbf, since bropez went down.

i've seen too much of the nets considering my locale

they're a good team but i think their chances of making the east finals are being overplayed a bit

Yeah Nets Raps feels like a classic 'youth v experience' narrative, who knows

portland-houston should be a bonkers series either way tho

feel like if pat bev can shut down lillard portland has no chance

is he healthy?

the one interesting thing about that series is whether the rockets switch dwight onto LA

aldridge plays so far away from the basket that it would totally invert houston's defensive system, but on the other hand i feel like he would destroy terrence jones

he got hurt but then he came back, i'm assuming he's fine xp

i think it will be interesting to see if portland plays batum at the 4 a bunch

Pat Bev will be back but yeah he has a partially torn meniscus no?

PDX really turned it back around once LMA came back didn't they

So do we think Blake will get two more techs in this series and have to sit out another game?

resets for the playoffs no

IND v ATL — Pacers in 6
MIA v CHA — Heat in 4
TOR v BKN — Nets in 7
CHI v WAS — Bulls in 5

SAS v DAL — Spurs in 5
OKC v MEM — GRIZZ in 7
LAC v GSW — Clips 6
HOU v POR — Blazers in 7

WE HAVE A LIVE ONE Y'ALL. Grizz over OKC huh

there is no chance of that happening

I don't care, want to see ZBo & Gasol going to do +20 damage to Orc Durant, gonna be uuuugly.

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkg7t96UEU1qf4idh.png

Man I would love The Grizz over OKC

sorry kev

bad coaching is the wild card in that series tbh

hahaha whaaat

Jackie MacMullan says Kobe told her last yr that Dwight Howard would stay in LA "Over my dead body." Calls it the "NBA's dirty secret."

(1) IND v. (8) ATL Indy in 4 lol hawks
(2) MIA v. (7) CHA Miami in 5 big al beasts out one game
(3) TOR v. (6) BKN Brooklyn in 6 good luck usa
(4) CHI v. (5) WAS Chicago in 5 joakim eats john walls face

(1) SAS v. (8) DAL Spurs in 5 target practice sry dirk
(2) OKC v. (7) MEM OKC in 7 grind grind grind
(3) LAC v. (6) GSW Clippers in 5 curry goes berserk one game otherwise cp goes all forgot abt dre on them
(4) HOU v. (5) POR Blazers in 7 lots of howard-harden finger pointing

I'm glad the tipping series here is HOU v POR but I seem to be on the wrong side of justice

Calls it the "NBA's dirty secret."
― call all destroyer, Thursday, April 17, 2014 2:49 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark

she might need a refresher course on the meaning of "secret"

LAC v GSW — WARRIORS IN 4

MY MAN, WE BELIEVE, etc.

^5

espn predix

http://espn.go.com/nba/playoffs/2014/matchup/_/teams/hawks-pacers

lotta raps picks

http://visuals0.feedly.com/v1/resize?key=9FEjTyQH9%2FcT4vvd1Ghyv4cwA2l5XeyoQNBBKv4uodo%3D_145708f1c5c%3A445a2ac%3A85969355.inlined_v3.1&entryId=9FEjTyQH9%2FcT4vvd1Ghyv4cwA2l5XeyoQNBBKv4uodo%3D_145708f1c5c%3A445a2ac%3A85969355.inlined_v3.1&sizes=592x*!0.01&url=http%3A%2F%2Fi.kinja-img.com%2Fgawker-media%2Fimage%2Fupload%2Fs--ymnuwb5H--%2Fyngjcx3lpmtpzxxbo7ar.png

lotta raps picks

― call all destroyer, Thursday, April 17, 2014

that seems absurd to me, solely based on the scientifically-proven "there are many aging but once awesome players on the nets, and the raptors were supposed to tank after (or even before) trading rudy gay" metric.

couple of griz picks in there too

the only metric ever proposed about the Rudy Gay trade was exactly how much better the raps would be without him

wow only one person likes the wiz! damn

the bulls have been a legit good team since the deng trade

I will be wrong. This is not in doubt. But I will play the game and lose graciously.

(1) IND v. (8) ATL ---- IND in 5
(2) MIA v. (7) CHA --- MIA in 5
(3) TOR v. (6) BKN --- TOR in 7
(4) CHI v. (5) WAS --- CHI in 6

(1) SAS v. (8) DAL ---- SAS in 4
(2) OKC v. (7) MEM --- OKC in 5
(3) LAC v. (6) GSW --- LAC in 6
(4) HOU v. (5) POR --- POR in 7

is this our general chatter thread b/c lol the Knicks signed Lamar Odom officially the day after the season ended, I totally dgi

from what i understand it was so they could secure a non-guaranteed option for next season

and get him into their "program" or whatever ASAP

crack cocaine rehab

http://i.imgur.com/84W1gp6.png

nba is so shanti

On the sixth day God created man, woman, and dank nuggzzzzzz

makes me think he was just joking abt those dinos

Adelman out

rip, he seemed p checked out

too bad, i think he could still be a good coach when not going through personal shit.

yeah

that odom move is baffling.

is it really tho

it's hard to know what was going on with adelman but his in-game management was just atrocious this year. pek being hurt half the season didn't help certainly

is it really tho

― IKEA metaballs (Spottie), Friday, April 18, 2014

i am not sure if you are joeking.

http://knickswag.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/KNICKS_BREAK_THROUGH_L.jpg

NYK dynasty ... the journey begins next year.

don't let go of the rope.

Aw man Sager has leukemia

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/10801983/veteran-broadcaster-nba-sideline-reporter-craig-sager-leukemia-son-says

damn, get well

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9xnS9EJmRU

that sager news is heartbreaking

odom hasn't been good in like 3 or 4 years but if it's just a lottery ticket there isn't much harm

that's the sort of the player the knicks have to try and pursue right now... an older player whose reputation is a bit down who will take little money

basically if odom becomes their version of rashard lewis or something it would be ok

i mean if what they're doing is paying him essentially no money to get a non-guaranteed option for next season, it's a pretty smart move? i mean aside from the fact that odom is a recovering crackhead

all that kardashian publicity in NY instead of LA

missed this harrison smash
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsRgjkX9loM

Pau Gasol felt nostalgic in what he admitted might have been his last day with the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday. He’s also excited about his impending free agency and is open to a reunion with former Lakers coach Phil Jackson, who now runs the New York Knicks’ front office.

Knicks gonna be East Lakers

Odom had arguably his most efficient NBA season right before going to Dallas a few years ago; barring any debilitating physical injuries he might actually be kinda fresh for however old he is. Honestly not sure which does more punishment to the body, 3+ years of NBA grinding vs. on-again/off-again crack use.

yeah he's toast

Knicks gonna be East Lakers

― Call me Shitmael (CompuPost), Friday, April 18, 2014 8:45 AM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

artest is staying, d fish is coming

This Matt Barnes piece is really good and explains a lot about why he is how he is
http://grantland.com/features/matt-barnes-los-angeles-clippers-career/

pelton loving jordans wiz over bulls prediction

Giant Killers in the NBA playoffs
Kevin Pelton [ARCHIVE]

ESPN Insider | April 18, 2014

Mike DiNovo/USA TODAY Sports
Will the Wizards' tough brand of defense lead them to a playoff upset?
There are no true Cinderellas in the NBA playoffs, no No. 16 seeds. Every team -- even the Hawks -- has a legitimate chance to win a series, despite the favorite-friendly, seven-game series format that runs throughout the postseason. Still, there are upsets, and with that in mind, we can borrow from the principles our Jordan Brenner and Peter Keating have applied to the NCAA tournament to identify Giant Killers.

Using data from the last 11 postseasons -- which marks since the league expanded the opening round from best-of-five to best-of-seven -- I looked at both favorites and underdogs to try to identify factors, besides overall team ability, that help predict an upset.

Here's a look at indicators of both Giant Killers and teams most prone to suffer upsets, followed by the top indicator and which first-round series it most closely applies to.

Indicators of strong Killers
Elite defenses (This year: Charlotte Bobcats, Golden State Warriors, Memphis Grizzlies, Washington Wizards)

While the makeup of a Goliath doesn't seem to matter, defensive-minded Davids have been more likely to knock off higher seeds. The three best defenses relative to league average without home-court advantage (the 2012 Boston Celtics, 2013 Memphis Grizzlies and 2012 Philadelphia 76ers) all won their first series, while the worst 14 defenses were all eliminated.

That's good news for several defense-first underdogs in this year's opening round. Four of the NBA's top 10 defenses are lower seeds. However, the best of the group (the Warriors, who ranked third) may not be able to play at that level in the playoffs without center Andrew Bogut, who's sidelined with a fractured rib.

Teams that hack opponents (This year: Brooklyn Nets, Dallas Mavericks)

Oddly, the other trait that teams that pull first-round upsets have tended to share is a propensity for putting the opposition at the free throw line. Underdogs that foul at an above-average rate have won 29.5 percent of their first-round series, compared with 15.9 percent of their foul-free peers. It's possible that a looser whistle in the playoffs works to their benefit.

The Nets and Mavericks are the two lower-seeded teams this season who ranked in the league's top 10 in free throws allowed per field goal attempt. In particular, this trend may help Brooklyn's Kevin Garnett, who averaged a career-high 4.0 fouls per 36 minutes during the regular season.

Indicators of vulnerable Giants
Inexperienced playoff teams (This year: Toronto Raptors)

Experience matters for underdogs, too, but the lack of it has proved an especially important indicator of an opening-round upset. Of the 10 higher-seeded teams with the least playoff experience (measured by career playoff minutes), five were bounced from the playoffs in the opening round. And that trend can't entirely be explained away by the fact that the most experienced teams are usually the best ones.

That could spell trouble for Toronto, whose 2,507 combined playoff minutes are the fourth-lowest total for a favorite in the last 12 seasons. Two of the three with fewer (the 2005 Seattle SuperSonics, 2007 Raptors and 2009 Portland Trail Blazers) lost in the first round. Add in Brooklyn's experience (19,487 combined playoff minutes, which ranks fourth this season), and Toronto might be vulnerable. Still, as my prior research on playoff experience has shown, it's easy to overrate the importance of inexperience. It increases the likelihood of an upset but doesn't make it an inevitability.

Teams that don't get to the free throw line (This year: San Antonio Spurs)

Mark J. Rebilas/USA TODAY Sports
Not getting to the line enough could pose a problem for San Antonio in postseason play.
Free throw rate is also an important indicator for favorites, but in the opposite direction. Not getting to the line on offense can signal impending doom. The top quartile of favorites in terms of free throw attempts per field goal attempt have won 86.4 percent of their first-round series compared with just 68.2 percent of teams in the bottom quartile. This might serve as an indicator of consistency, since free throw attempts tend to be more consistent night-to-night than shooting from the field.

This year, only one higher seed -- the Spurs, who ranked 27th -- was even below average in terms of free throw rate. And San Antonio will probably be OK despite this weakness.

Teams that don't defend the 3-point line (This year: None)

The single strongest statistical indicator of vulnerability to upsets in the first round, adjusting for team quality, has been opponent 3-point percentage. That's surprising to the extent that this statistic tends to fluctuate from season to season. Nonetheless, favorites that are above average at defending the 3-point line have won an astounding 88.6 percent of their first-round matchups, while below-average 3-point defenses have won 65.9 percent of the time. And get this -- all three victims of first-round upsets last year (Brooklyn, Denver and the L.A. Clippers) were below average in 3-point defense.

Now that I've gotten you all excited about this fool-proof trend, the bad news: No Goliath really qualifies this season. The Miami Heat (36.2 percent) were a hair below league average (36.0 percent) in 3-point defense, but not enough to truly consider it a weakness. The Oklahoma City Thunder (35.8 percent) is the only other favorite that ranked outside the top 10 in opponent 3-point percentage.

The most overwhelming indicator
Regular-season head-to-head series win (This year: Washington Wizards)

There's one last statistic that predicts first-round upsets so well I had to save it for the end: regular-season results between the two teams. Lower seeds that won the season series outright have gone 10-9 during first-round series. Meanwhile, lower seeds that lost the season series are a staggering 4-46. (For completeness, lower seeds that split the season series are 6-13.)

A handful of underdogs (Atlanta, Brooklyn and Golden State) split the season series, but only one lower seed actually won it outright -- the Wizards, who took two out of three meetings with the Chicago Bulls. While, as usual, there are caveats -- both Washington wins came shortly after the Luol Deng trade, and Chicago won the most recent meeting by 18 at the Verizon Center -- if you're looking for a likely upset, Wizards-Bulls is a good place to start.

missed this harrison smash
http://www.youtube.com/v/EsRgjkX9loM&fs=1&hl=en

― IKEA metaballs (Spottie), Friday, April 18, 2014 11:22 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

lol what exactly did aaron brooks think was gonna happen on this play

he saw an opportunity to get murdered and took it

ty for that article lagoon

namaste

i'm not terribly convinced by those data but the wiz are a decent team and the bulls aren't THAT good so it could definitely happen

Teams that hack opponents

This was the most interesting observation in there, imo. Statistical brainiacs could probably make models to isolate the situations where this works best, but I suspect it's mostly a byproduct of playoff officiating.

yeah

loading hacking tools

ESPN are having fun yet

http://i.imgur.com/Kq4bWNv.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUmuEDO2gFA

cool promo

Lol Spurs are the last team in the league to give me shook ones pt 2 feels

give you feels

thats from a couple years back right?

picked the nets but go Raps

riding so hard for #TeamCanada rite now

http://i.imgur.com/hq3cIQh.jpg

otm

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-_mOs6K0MLco/U1HJu1-l5CI/AAAAAAAAMP0/9gSnDx-JJLo/w600-h600/RB14-225-Raptors-Playoffs_Social_600x600.jpg

Ethan J. Skolnick ‏@EthanJSkolnick 1h -- The Raptors just introduced the Nets to a song with the chorus "remember what you wished for." Nicely done.

love this so much.

raps really working velenchewnus on the block early

took a long time but Casey finally runs plays for the guy

kyle lowry is the best player in this series lol?

http://www.shalomlife.com/img/2013/09/20581/Drake_Attends_Toronto_Raptors_Game_2_/400_300_Drake_Attends_Toronto_Raptors_Game_2_.jpg

*derozen misses two threes from the corner in two seconds* "he did make 67 threes this year" ...ok

the raptors running so much of their offense thru chewnas is making me feel better about picking BK

also lol john salmons is the first guy off the raps bench?

deron williams still looks horrible unless he's shooting wide open 3s

reminder that Morey got lowry for Rafer Alston

lowery w the right idea running against the nets

yeah if they play this game in the half court they have no shot

plumdog jr > kg :(((((

lol toronto crowd getting salty all about this playoff life

haha holy shit http://www.raptorsrepublic.com/2014/04/19/ujiri-says-fk-brooklyn-wins-internet/

http://i.imgur.com/xR295ng.png

as far as basketball games go ive seen better

lotta dumb fouls and TOs

It's amazing how often playoff hoops are ugly hoops. I blame the 'Bad Boy' Detroit Pistons teams for starting this dismal trend. Then the Knicks under Riley kicked it up another notch.

KG looks absolutely cooked

it is v sad

omg derozen is taking some turrible shots

first time slammer ‏@olhnso 4m
lmao drake just said "this is the peoples team..jayz somewhere eating a fondue plate"

Pft the fuck Toronto yr shit is broke

http://instagram.com/p/m-zZsahjrh

bench derozen

http://i.imgur.com/d76ShNx.jpg

smh

man if the nets lose this wow

pp stay trolling

i hope pierce stabs drake 4 times

lol doc saying he used to run a play back in the day called find mark jackson

Doc is the best

Somehow big baby looks even wider than usual...like not fatter necessarily but like he expanded laterally

Toronto stole Atlanta's broken shot clock schtick, I wonder what the hawks will come up with to retaliate, maybe a Super Bowl style hourlong power outage

holy shit @ "fuck brooklyn" ujiri for prime minister or whatever

Holy crap crawford

ew halfcourt heave

jeez 4 fouls on iggy with 6 minutes to go in the 2nd.

mama there goes that man to the bench

i maintain that mark jackson is a terrible coach and human being

he is not a great offensive coach but fine at everything else and has the locker room on his side which is big.

omg curry

i feel like my preseason big upping of deandre have been pretty fairly vindicated thus far

he's been great

draymond looked like he hyperextended his knee

man for really DJ is insane

#wishing4bogut

Hilton Armstrong is playing in the playoffs, thats where we're at here folks

with jackson it's just idiosyncratic stuff like leaving iggy in on faith to get 4 fouls in the first half just seems outright like a dumb gamble. and i feel like he does something on that level every game just to be ornery

yeah he is stupid stubborn sometimes

also f cp3 for life obv

DJ 5 blocks in the first half and like 12 other altered shots

oh do NOT tell me steph is on some cliff paul tip

skipping commercials but i really hope not

man I hate to tell you but the plot twist in the latest cp commercial is there are two stephs and I am not kidding btw this really happened and I feel weird about it

no do not believe will not watch

refs having a great game out there today

just dominant

we're in the presence of greatness #witness

This series is going to be awesome

These refs huh

Crazy quarter

Haha 5 on blake

So many bad calls both ways

Let the playaz play

the whole concept of fouling out is such a huge downer

That's a tech huh

let this game be our reminder that deandre jordan is not good at NBA basketball

Haha he's been good at certain things this game

But that may have been due to jermaine only playing 4 minutes the first half

Klay post up for te rest of the game huh

chris paul understands basketball very good

=\

Nice flop dickhead

yo suddenly the refs call nothing lol

brutal body slams on both side

s

Harrison in the playoffs >

Such a weirdly called game

Wow refs good work idiots

lol this game is bad

Such bad 4th q execution

2 for 1 cmoooon

not quite lol

Draymond mvp

draymond money

lol cp3 tryina draw a foul throws the ball away

Love

breen n gundy acting like that was some huge foul on green and it was maybe borderline at best, paul owned himself flopping, karma

lol jvg "that's the flaw in the system. or it's one of them."

hah

Trying to draw a foul at the end of a playoff game is holding the wrong end of the stick. If you have the ball, then you try to score.

lol forever at chris paul

brutal van gundy pessimism one of my favorite things

Cp hahaha

hahahahaha

i'd feel bad for him but he's chris paul so

Wow free throws

holy shit man smh

is there a gas leak or something

this game is fucking wild

JUST ONE PLEASE

big win

Don't care how sloppy man you steal game one you have a shot

Lol iggy and Blake 19 minutes each nice work nba

yeah thats bad

if i catch myself watching one second of pacers v hawks i've gotta put a quarter in a jar or something

i'm interested in seeing how the pacers look

clips got nothing from blake, cp3 had to sit a ton and then choked at the end and the warriors still barely won. i think clips close it out in 6.

ESPN Stats & Info ‏@ESPNStatsInfo 2m
In the final 1:30 of the game, the Clippers went 0-3 from the field, 0-2 from the line and turned the ball over twice

B-)

Ha don't know how I missed this
http://cdn2.vox-cdn.com/assets/4326195/blakewater.gif

lol, to that and to this

Ethan Strauss ‏@SherwoodStrauss 15m -- Man people really turned on CP3. He was the hero before those missed FTs

that's totally intentional right xp

crazy how he managed to accidentally dump that drink on the lone warriors fan lol

lol hm players don't like blake griffin i wonder why?

Well I doubt its because he throws drinks on fans.

players dont like him because hes cool and constanly owns them my guess

fans dont like him because hes cool and constantly owns them by throwing drinks on them

Skip Bayless out there somewhere looking like http://www.thecoli.com/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/skip1.png

if its not obvious enough the way he throws the cup right at the guy seals it

xxp
Nah, nobody hates a guy just for being cool and owning them. I'd imagine players hate him cause he has a devious streak, acts like his shit don't stink and appears to be favoured by the "powers that be".

nobody hates a guy just for being cool and owning them

but this is why everybody hates me tho

smh h8rs

Blake seems fine off the court. That gif is incredible and perfect

burke otm pointing out the antic drawing hibbert out to the 3pt line cld be important in this series

both the hawks big men shoot the 3

Nah, nobody hates a guy just for being cool and owning them. I'd imagine players hate him cause he has a devious streak, acts like his shit don't stink and appears to be favoured by the "powers that be".

― tsrobodo, Saturday, April 19, 2014

i think this is exactly it. can't dislike blake, tho.

http://instntrply.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/BlakeShock.gif

wow great job shaming a guy for caring about his job dont know how anyone makes it with all the haters today

am i the only one watching this game

i'm sure atlantians are watching it.

planning to tune in if there's an upset on the cards.

haha. me, too!

cj watson is literally the only good player on the pacers

not watching but . . . c'mon.

fact

Flailing is my big knock on Blake but that's the game we live in today. He made the jump in talent that I didn't believe he had in him so props for that.

"lance stevenson is in a groove BLOCKED by brand"

Flailing is my big knock on Blake but that's the game we live in today. He made the jump in talent that I didn't believe he had in him so props for that.

― IKEA metaballs (Spottie), Saturday, April 19, 2014 11:41 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

eh aside from the flailing he's just in general a dickhead

What if we are in fact the ones who are the dickheads

makes u think

does Hibbert have a drug problem

he has a hug problem (not enough hugs)

I mean he just spotted up from 3. That's something that happened.

lol yes ha

something is wrong w him for sure

I'm kind of watching this game bc were trying to put babby to bed and also if the hawks steal one it will be lol

But I don't intend to watch this series after it gets exiled to nba tv

george just had to take a deep breath in order to keep himself from subtweeting hibbert when he was asked about their late season collapse

Lol iggy and Blake 19 minutes each nice work nba

― IKEA metaballs (Spottie), Saturday, April 19, 2014 6:30 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This game was kind of trash bc of all the fouls but they also forced mark Jackson to accidentally use wacky lineups and unlock the power of my nemesis jermaine oneal

God the pacers can't wait to lose and spend all summer sniping at each other until Larry trades 2 or 3 of them

netw3rk ‏@netw3rk 11s
"We got some selfish dudes in here," Roy Hibbert thought to himself as he squared up behind the arc.

Btw Blake clowning that warriors fan with his cup was some next level comedy shit including the guys buddy laughing at him and Blake responding to the guys protests by dumping the EMPTY cup in his lap

yeah that was so dope, props blake, f the h8rs

i mean he feigned outrage at the replay just to throw water on that dude

look at his face, the anger is not real

You're allowed to do that to a guy who flexes a front row seat for the opposing team in yr own building esp since it's a warriors fan he's probably a startup millionaire or something

throw a kia logo on that gif and i might buy a new car

Lol

blake dumping water on some lame opposing fans cheesing in the first row in his arena is >>>>>>>>>>

"does Hibbert have a drug problem" is actually a very solid question

Serious gif of the year that's like the ish the mascots do and it's not as funny cos their mascots

btw in his podcast with zach lowe simmons picked the wizards to make the east finals

george just traveled so hard to get out of a trap then he got it back to hit a 3 smh

west v antic would be real as fuc

milsap smart driving on hibbert drawing the foul, make him backpedal, move his slow feet around

oh sht teague just clowned turner

uh so is jeff teague the best player in this series?

remember when i was questioned for saying that the pacers made their team actively worse by getting bynum and turner

holy hell teague is so righteous

lol teague feasting

Turner is a really bad player

i wld like to state for the record i agreed w jordan re turner, cant remember abt bynum

I don't know how much Bynum is a factor, but Turner actually plays and is bad

btw in his podcast with zach lowe simmons picked the wizards to make the east finals

― le goon (J0rdan S.), Saturday, April 19, 2014 8:37 PM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This was ridiculous bc he sat there and talked himself out of the bulls bc they can't score which is true but they are also going to suffocate the wiz, who are not exactly an all time high powered offense or something

Also Lowe forgot to remind him that this will be thibodeau vs wittman

The Wiz are a weird team, can't figure them out. Also apparently they're going to start Nene in game 1.

man the pacers seem really depressed this is weird and dark

Hibbert got away with a hack before that Watson 3

Simmons knows his craft. He needs to be smart enough to protect his rep, but just crazy enough to keep from being boring and conventional.

feel bad for pacers fans all dressed in yellow their team going through some personal shit

Gold swagger

Blue depression

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BloEOBkCIAAMaH1.jpg

Lmao

Also congrats goon and Jord for foreseeing turner horribleness

lol paul george just cannot shoot

Scott Agness ‏@ScottAgness 40s

Andrew Bynum in the ear of Roy Hibbert on the bench, trying to get him going and pointing specific things out.

"take more threes bro"

What hath Bird wrought.

I imagine that the Bynum move was made in desperate response to whatever is up with Hibbert

credit to the pacers org that no behind the scenes drama has leaked but clearly its something

welp here's to Memphis making it 4 for 4

Scott Agness ‏@ScottAgness 40s

Andrew Bynum in the ear of Roy Hibbert on the bench, trying to get him going and pointing specific things out.

Lmao is today opposite day

"This is a specific thing here man."

lol "check out this specific thing"

netw3rk ‏@netw3rk 15s
The Pacers are 10-11 since Paul George said he wanted to be mentored by LeBron.

pacers demise still boggling my mind like it is hard to reckon with my understanding of how reality works

yeah like they were playing over their heads earlier this year but not this far

ha ev turner is bad

"neo, take the blue pill and the pacers will be good again. but take the red pill and know the truth behind all things."

"literally shoot it from anywhere bro it's so freeing" -- bynum

DeMarre Carroll is 10x the player Turner is

http://i.imgur.com/vU9ZmUA.gif
Been staring at this gif for like 5 minutes, is it yet time to turn on the Pacers game?

man the pacers seem really depressed this is weird and dark

― lag∞n, Saturday, April 19, 2014

omg must turn on game.

(then scrolls back up to review thread)

wow these George drives are pathetic

yeah like astoundingly so

Did anybody pick a hawks upset

welp the pacers are down 20 w 6mins left and getting booed by their fans

are you kidding me with this jump ball

BRAVO PACERS

http://confessionsofa20somethingklutz.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/tom-cruise.gif

this is honestly unfathomable to me

hard to figure... *stares past the horizon*

yeah, i really don't get what's happened to indiana.

something

ok it's only one game but let's say indiana flames out... what happens to that franchise?

does bird resign? does vogel get fired? does lance flee? does hibbert get traded for steven adams and a first round pick?

Vogel definitely fired

lol the calls Indy is getting

feel like vogel stays, players are traded

can't see why bird should leave.

if anything Bird should just coach

Bird is a big believer in coaches wearing out their welcome, he might decide it's time

i'm not saying bird *should* leave, altho he did acquire evan turner and essentially trade two first round picks for luis scola

stephenson knows he can pass, right?

in one of his books Bird talked about how by year 3 you've heard pretty much everything a coach has to say

yo hibbert getting packed again by korver i don't even like hibbert but WTF BRO

yeah maybe vogels one of those guys you can only take for so long, he doesnt seem like that tho

and obvs bird is wrong about that

like carlisle got bounced twice for being a dick, once by bird, but now hes been in dallas forever and hes still great

http://i.imgur.com/curf0GO.png

mavs roster has turned over a bunch tho

rosters always turn over a bunch, i mean dirk is still dirk

I think it's probably true for some coaches. I've always suspected diminishing returns with Doc Rivers.

idk i feel like there are guys who just grate like scott skiles but other than that its best to keep a good coach if you can

a lot of the times a coach just gets blamed cause youre not allowed to fire players

lol okay i guess im watching all four games i was supposed to goto a going away party this afternoon and instead i ordered pizza but you know what i deserve it (tv sports based degradation)

I don't really buy this Calathes supplement explanation

whut

these okc fan tees dont quiiite match the court

kudos getting everyone to wear them tho looks p tite, strong visual branding fellas

Ibaka adding the long Garnett style jumper might end up being the most important development of the year

Btw the pacers thing is either a lady or gambling NBA players do not fight over anything else unless they are losing also every team is well versed in keeping their mouths shut abt that stuff

The only other option is some really weird probably with hibbert or George or between the two of them like something none of us can even imagine

Also if they flame out I think bird lets lance walk and trades one other starter and makes some deals to remake the bench again but keeps vogel

The real question is which starter

Ibaka adding the long Garnett style jumper might end up being the most important development of the year

― z-time champion (agent hibachi), Saturday, April 19, 2014 9:49 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah hes really turned it up this year, become the player people thought he already was

I just assumed since the pacers retained the #1 seed they had worked it out

Rip pacers

thunder are too fast for the grizzz, called it *conveniently ignores getting the rest of todays series real wrong*

man okc is just pushing on every play like even if the griz are back they just run right at them

love it

the thunder are not joking around

Kirk Goldsberry ‏@kirkgoldsberry 28s
Kyle Korver had two blocks tonight, Roy Hibbert had 0. #advancedstats

That Hibbert kwame brown stats comparison from a while back was my favorite thing

lag∞n
Posted: April 19, 2014 at 7:07:41 PM
the thunder are not joking around

yeah this for real

Rizz ‏@Rizzmigizz 1h -- Pacers fans are saying the Hawks...minus the losing 13 of 14...then soon after 6 in a row..are basically a top seed and this isnt fair weeee

lol

nba gonna have trouble w this

http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--8S2_Mmby--/c_fit,fl_progressive,w_636/m7a1h5ne2lowuswwvm3m.gif

lol why is thabeet playing how many guys are in brookses center rotation

omg pacers digest is so good right now

Re: Pacers / Hawks Round 1 Playoffs - Game 1 Post-Game thread 4/19
I'm just sad at the moment. Gonna take a couple of days off the forum to clear my head.

srs stuff

**** this team. Bunch of entitled, whining little *****es. They are ****ing pathetic.

v srs stuff

man you guys really turned on the pacers huh

we didnt turn on them. they turned on US.

they are my favorites.

i was always against the pacers

btw memphis went 23mins between made jumpshots just now

as much hype as the west gets for its depth, memphis and dallas are both kinda garbage teams

memphis literally has no one who can shoot besides conley. dallas has no defenders except dalembert for about 10 minutes a game.

man you guys really turned on the pacers huh

― micah, Sunday, April 20, 2014 2:49 AM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

we didnt turn on them. they turned on US.

― smooth hymnal (m bison), Sunday, April 20, 2014 2:51 AM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

turned on themselves

memphis is still a third seed in the east tho, were p good when gasol played

The pacers implosion is super interesting and inscrutable, I have no horse in their race other than I'd like to see Miami battled as hard as they did for six games last year, too bad abt that game 7

Lots of good teams drop a random first round game, would not be shocked if they won four straight next (or if the clippers did) but it seems to be of a piece with some kind of horrifying pacers train wreck narrative right now

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Blog6W3IAAAnEO2.png

lol

thats a p dece shooting night for memphis

Lol take that Hollinger *deal with it glasses descend onto a smiling westbrook*

Maybe the grizzly's eyes are yellow because he is blind

Z-Bo doesn't have much success vs. the thunder, which is surprising to me

z-bo doesnt have much success against good teams, tho

hm maybe

thunder coming out as flat in the 2nd as they were energetic in the 1st

zach completely owned the spurs that one year sry bise

just seems like Z-bo should put Ibaka in the torture chamber to me

thunder defense is so swarmy he has no room to opperate

and since then, zbo has been washed out *portlandia theme starts* by the spurs

xp

Two years ago, z-bo was briefly an unstoppable force. That was two years ago.

it was 2011 when he owned the spurs

Tirico going out on a limb calling the OKC bombing despicable. Pretty political statement for a sports broadcast but if you ask me he's right on.

so mem on a 20-4 run atm

idk got to hear both sides xp

this is unreal i think maybe whatever happened to the pacers happened to the thunder at halftime

― lag∞n, Saturday, April 19, 2014 11:36 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ibaka doesnt give a fuck tho

― lag∞n, Saturday, April 19, 2014 11:37 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

no cursed game film can bring him down

― lag∞n, Saturday, April 19, 2014 11:37 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i accidentally posted in the computer thread

lmao u liek computers, nerd

error error

wow what a terrible call on that out of bounds

officials don't decide games tho, best team always wins

both teams always win

uhhh not sure what zbo did there

Tony Allen hoistin'

the memphis coaches suit is very bad

seems like the unifying factor for these first round games is crap reffing

"For when the ONE GREAT SCORER comes
To write against your name,
He marks - not that you won or lost -
But how you played the game."

-- Bob Marley --

But how you played reffed the game."

@stephenasmith: I honestly must admit I had no idea Memphis could play defense like this. They look like piranhas out there

lol wut

@stephenasmith: I honestly must admit I had no idea Memphis had a basketball team.

@stephenasmith: I honestly must admit I do not watch much basketball #TrueDetective #MadMen #GoT LOL

Peter Vecsey ‏@PeterVecsey1 2h -- IP season ticket holder: Popeye Jones tried 2 encourage Hibbert outside huddle during Q3 TO. Roy slapped Popeye's hand off & scowled at him

___________________________

Peter Vecsey ‏@PeterVecsey1 2h -- Popeye gave him a scowl right back, reports IP fan. "Never been to a more discouraging Pacers playoff game."

___________________________

Peter Vecsey ‏@PeterVecsey1 1h -- West said there's no communication among players. David, I'm told, gave up trying 2 talk sense & stability; they stopped listening

oooooooooh

wonder who larry's gonna trade

one weird thing about Larry Bird is that he resembles a bird and also his name is bird. was thinking about this earlier and thought I'd share

i know hibbert will be, like, worth it to trade for. but for whom?

bird is the word

he's set to earn 15 mil next 2 seasons

Mike Miller, SF 20 1-6 1-2 0-0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 4 -21 3

LVP for tonight?

robin Lopez >> hibbert, enjoy that rotten contract, lar

wow pacers, that is an exceptionally bad loss.

if they lose the series imo bird needs to do something drastic to the roster.

They probably all listen to Drake.

Also Derek Fisher is juicing, the only explanation.

YouTube has been recommending I watch a birdman 2012-13 highlight mix for weeks now

thunder game was weird, like they decided to take the 3rd quarter off

http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--vZrw94zy--/c_fit,fl_progressive,w_636/cj7zgmrnjpx4pajtpagh.gif

i enjoyed watching Memphis last night, i rebuke those that bemoaned them making the playoffs (mavs are the real enemy)

praying for a pacers downfall book or long form piece soon

memphis has a lot of cool players even if their style is kinda tedious, i like dallas too tho, obvs phoenix wouldve been more fun than other

praying for a pacers downfall book or long form piece soon

― smooth hymnal (m bison), Sunday, April 20, 2014

otm. many are noting the terrible body-language and statements made by the pacers after game one, e.g., hibbert's seemingly sarcastic line that he might be the problem, defensively, against a stretch-5 center, or paul george going out of his way to note that the pacers were only down a few points when he went to the locker room for some treatment, but down 13 when he returned ("i don't know what happened"). lots of bad vibes from indiana at the moment.

i know the trappings of home are comforting, but this seems crazy to me.

Ira Winderman ‏@IraHeatBeat 1h -- Bobcats are returning to Charlotte after today's game, will not practice in Miami. Game 2 on Wednesday.

that's a lot of zig-zagging between cities in the short gap between games one and two.

this feels like a regular season game not too intense

this one has a similar feel to the first game #1 seed cant quite bring itself to care too much

big al getting sore foot sucks

Can't watch all today's games til tonight :/

Jefferson hurting his foot took the 'Cats chances from about 3% to .03%

yup

was also just looking forward to seeing him do some damage cause the heat have no one who can to anything with him at all

ho mcbob just posterized the shit out of birdman

ESPN Stats & Info ‏@ESPNStatsInfo 1m
Al Jefferson was 4 for 4 from the field prior to his injury, 5 for 13 since

yeah he probably shouldn't have been playing

Spurs mavs game 1 plus Easter,Sunday merited exactly zero posts in this thread not counting this one

this feels like a regular season game not too intense

― lag∞n, Sunday, April 20, 2014 2:43 PM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

^^^^^^^

Haha missed that one thought u were talkin bout cats heat

Kerr and marv in their best ugly sager style suits is a nice touch

yeah tnt has been pulling out all the stops in support of sags today, its been nice to see.

too much imo

this series is headed to NBATV pretty soon huh

shockingly no

can they flex that tho

Haha missed that one thought u were talkin bout cats heat

― z-time champion (agent hibachi), Sunday, April 20, 2014 7:12 PM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

feel like i deserve an award or something

wuts up bird

http://cdn1.vox-cdn.com/assets/4329951/mcbob.gif

rip chris the birdman andersan.

this thread title on point early!

Candace Buckner ‏@CandaceDBuckner 2h -- Last one. Vogel on #Hawks: "They’re a heck of a basketball team. They’re not a team that has a 38-44 record...

it's true; hawks were really 56 -- 26. pacers were really 38 -- 44.

the hawks are really worse than their record as some of those wins were won before horford went down

horford 16-13
sans 22-31

http://giant.gfycat.com/GreatConfusedBlackpanther.gif

B-)

i must say my only rooting interest in the bulls-wizards series is who will make life harder on indiana in the second round. i'm still assuming indiana beats atlanta but who knows?

I like Playoff Taj Gibson he's one of those guys who seems like 30% better in the playoffs

Getting lit by korver has to be rock bottom right?

I still can't really believe hibbert got his shit blocked by Kyle korver twice, that should automatically get you traded to Europe

Lol xp

Lmao

I like Playoff Taj Gibson he's one of those guys who seems like 30% better in the playoffs

― z-time champion (agent hibachi), Sunday, April 20, 2014 8:09 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

gibson was really good this year he shd be starting ahead of booz easy

yeah gibson is clearly better than Boozer and in general a stud but finding some way to give them both a lot of minutes is probably the best thing chemistry-wise.

thought I could bring myself to watch bulls and wiz but I just can't do it

if washington holds-on, will this be the most road wins on the opening day of round one in NBA history? feels like it.

bulls offense is truly miserable

welp after watching the entirety of the rest of the weekend schedule (naps excepted) i just turned this one on after i actually left my house and went running

wizards 22-31 in fts

I'll just go ahead assume you're all watching Houston v Portland which will probably be the only really watchable game tonight

The only channel I found showing the game looks like this on my tv

http://i975.photobucket.com/albums/ae232/daggerlee/SH/7D0523D5-A6ED-4FA6-8EE4-DD0A8A8FB348_zpsbohp4pm8.jpg

So I can only know portlands score and not the rockets

Lol

Rockets just called a timeout I'm guessing the score is 14 to negative 3

haaah

who is doing the play by play? guy sounds like he went to announcer school despite having no instincts for announcing

DAME

Dwight looks lost

The way parsons was calling for that you know he practices the running half court shot on the reg

blazers are very good at offensive rebounding

Update: the station adjusted the broadcast so you can see Houston's score but then they put this giant qr code up that blocks Portland score

http://i975.photobucket.com/albums/ae232/daggerlee/SH/27C02223-9BAD-4630-894A-AF1F1ACA2EFB_zpshnnkppue.jpg

maybe if you scan the code you get the score

parsons is balling the fuck out

houston is getting out and running now

parsons having two or three really big games was my big worry about this series

portland is gonna get killed in this series when they go small

their starting 5 is the new pacers starting 5 and the bench isn't bad but things aren't quite right when someone goes out

outside of mo the blazers bench is utter garbage, worst scoring bench on the year

stotts should be playing their starters as much as possible, which is why it's important for houston to get out and run and wear them down

Aldridge can't really body dwight either

Update: the station adjusted the broadcast so you can see Houston's score but then they put this giant qr code up that blocks Portland score

― 龜, Sunday, April 20, 2014 10:24 PM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

looool

ooph lin missed

dwight made all the rockets get mohawks what a rad dude

lol smh

Yeah that was ugly

P bev corner 3 earlier this year went behind the backboard maybe the rockets know something we don't

lol that was last week, yeah i think they're moving the baskets or something, probably a d-league experiment they forgot to turn off

blazers starting 5 is beating the rockets down

LA & robin are pounding them down low

Portland starting group is statistically a pretty elite squad iirc

my theory as to why LA kills houston is he's one of the only guys in the nba who is as big and athletic as dwight but he tries much harder and is more skilled than dwight, i don't think he can handle it

that was the best half of opening weekend

I really like stotts' gameplan thus far

when the playoffs come around I become markers and the blazers are my apple sorry in advance everybody

Stay hungry. Stay foolish

shaq's whole thing about how dwight should just go out there and dominate really exposes a pretty glaring blind spot

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/21/sports/basketball/a-die-hard-fan-is-loving-the-raptors-success.html?_r=0

cool story

That's great

Rockets really had some opportunities to pull away there from turnovers

pretty much everything they did wrong in the first half they're doing well in the second

Clay who's the white guy with immaculate hair on the bench

LMA 3s seem like a long time coming

it's like hey take a step back and instantly transform the lowest value shot in the game into the highest value shot

beverley is really hamming it up tonight

yeah hes a good heel

Lol p bev

ugh man batum just pulled a harden

They gonna call a flagrant??

he made no play on the ball

but idk bev didnt fake writhe in pain so

Clay who's the white guy with immaculate hair on the bench

― 龜, Sunday, April 20, 2014 8:49 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark

i assume you mean meyers leonard who i highly suggest GISing b/c he is a silly person with a silly face

looks to me like he was going after the ball and just missed it and kept trying to stop the play by instinct, that's not a playoff flagrant

Yes

Lol I just assumed he was a euro xp

he is about as cornfed as it gets

O shit dame??

oh do not be real with me that damian is hurt

dope ass block on howard by lopez

Dwight's lost like 5 inches on his vert hasn't he

yup

this series has some serious chippiness potential

hey btw is this thread title a todd terje thang?

xp
im all for it, i hope both teams cause significant injuries to each other

Ball don't lie

holy heck at dame's 3 and 1

lmao at dwight playing wise sage in locker room (as told by dwight)

damian is going hard

Rockets have a flaw in their o-ring

mchale is suicidal having jones body LA

oh no this is nuts don't toy with my emotionsss

lol beard

Did jones poke that away or did LA lose it

Batum if you're gonna foul him FOUL him

lamarcus has some trouble with ballhandling i've noticed this year

it looked like LA just lost it

mchale is lucky wes matthews bricked that open 3, he almost drove the rockets off a cliff

lma might have to average 40 in this series and mchale might let him, they really can't stop him at all

jeremy, my god

Ugh this chinese channel just cut off the fees because they have to show some program at 12:30. I'm gutted

damian dudddde

holy shit dame

DAMIAN

DAAAAAAAAME

he is the most money guy i swear

btw i fucking hate harden's game now, its just penetrate, make a bad decision and lean into your guy right? get fts

ooo harden is sucha bitch

gotta let lillard try and ice this

Ugh this chinese channel just cut off the fees because they have to show some program at 12:30. I'm gutted

― 龜, Monday, April 21, 2014 12:30 AM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol this happened to me w the superbowl last year

yeah it's impossible to like harden's game. he basically took everything annoying about classic wade, amplified it, and added a three point shot

fuck that shit

HOLY CRAP

YOWWWWW

o my shit

btw i have watched more basketball in 48 hours than i did all year prolly

this game tho!!!

slop counts right?

chandler on the mend now?

god aldridge is an animal

i swear i'm gonna be on a harden is worse than hitler tip in about 5 days

why wait 5 days? start that shit now

whoooo that was some rough D

portland should start selling t-shirts with an ambulance that has the blazers pinwheel painted on the side

― Clay, Sunday, March 16, 2014 8:17 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BluBKdMCEAEPCsk.jpg

Sean Highkin ‏@highkin 1m
Howard, Beverley and Asik each have 5 fouls...

Lol ya'll are gonna make me torrent this game just to get the last 30 seconds

And OT I guess

HOU v POR — Rockets in 7 all games come down to a buzzer beater

spottie otm

holy hell LA

hol sht lma

lma is literally unreal tonight

man if the series turns on lma choosing this moment to start taking threes

the late return of linsanity is unexpected

yo diwght took 7 steps

howard travelled before he was fouled imo

s/o to stotts for taking a much worse player out of the game and putting lopez back in

oh come on srs

oh my god aldridge whyyyyyyy would you set that screen

patrick beverly is worse than hitler

portland is fucked now

that was a total foul. a legendary game by LA obv but that was unbelievably stupid.

omg if beverly injured his own knee this year

oh it was totally a foul but still fuck beverly

dame and beverley in an endless cycle of good vs evil

i would go to war for dame, warts and all

yin/yang

D A M I A N

i still can't conceive portland stopping houston here without lopez and LA

i am glad we are all in agreement that damian lillard is an angel from heaven who will stand in the glory of the Creator when his mission here on earth has been completed

wow shoutout joel freeland: rim protector

these are m/l his first minutes since january

SO MANY FOULS WHYYYYYY

uuughhh

calling a foul on that garcia board is so inane

refs doin their best to wrap this shit up

damian is a pretty clutch player right b/c this may be an important moment for him

my soul is craving a damian lillard 25 foot pull up

wow i'm shocked portland went so fast

if this goes to 2ot there will be no players left

hahaha gotta resume play tomorrow with dleague callups

going fast is the right move there imo youre behind u want to prolong the game

LMAO DWIGHTTTTT

ha howard gtfo

well my logic was they can't stop houston but then harden shot a step back 3 so hey

JUSTICE

the reffing has been embarrassing