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Royce Young
ESPN Staff Writer

Tough finish for Carmelo Anthony: He missed three straight potential dagger 3s with OKC up three and a few minutes left, then with OKC down two with 20 seconds left got trapped in the corner with no timeouts and threw the ball away on a drive. Aminu split free throws and Melo had a chance to atone on a pull-up 3 but missed long.

i feel like everyone knew this was his destiny but then it happened overnight

― lag∞n, Sunday, March 25, 2018 10:12 PM (three minutes ago) Bookmark

i definitely thought he'd be pretty ok at catching passes off drive and kicks and hitting 3 pointers

he really shd be but his legs are just gone

i've rarely seen five minutes of basketball much worse than melo in the last five tonight

maybe he worked out in his hoodie too much last summer

with OKC down two with 20 seconds left got trapped in the corner with no timeouts and threw the ball away on a drive

this was particularly nuts, like a talented high school player who never had to learn how to pass out of a double team

happier times

https://images.complex.com/complex/images/c_limit,w_680/fl_lossy,pg_1,q_auto/y8cmh4bs0bnpt7seesbb/derrick-rose-carmelo-anthony

I don't see how the rockets aren't the clear favorite at this point to win the finals

because the regular season is not the playoffs?

labron's March has been unreal

Things getting spicy in OKC 👀🔥 pic.twitter.com/RDoSJfMT27

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) March 26, 2018

okc should have to play every team in the playoffs

heh yes

thought this celtics-kings video re the police murder of stephon clark was interesting, it starts out pure insubstantial corporate marketing boilerplate with the it doesnt mater what color you are we are one etc but then the say his name part is quite strong, of course mentioning what the problem at hand is is a bridge too far

the fact that it happened at all is pretty strong contrast to the nfl and generally to big corporate entities everywhere

Thank you to the Kings & Celtics for leaning into this moment instead of away from it - which is what the NFL did for nearly two years. #StephonClark was an unarmed, non-violent 22 year old Black man shot at 20 times & killed by @SacPolice in his own backyard.

We need justice pic.twitter.com/J5rrTg75H9

— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) March 25, 2018

a lot of it is focusing on their right to speak, i think its good that theyre encouraging each other but it also feels a little meta and apolitical for the seriousness of the topic at hand, exercise yr right to speak just by speaking

RIP to g leaguer Zeke Upshaw. Horrible.

The offs are nearly upon us

the nuggets play only playoff teams (+one vs the clippers who are still trying) the rest of the way. I think it's fairly safe to say they're out.

Still a lot of potential shuffling between 4-8 to be had, though.

breaking

Markelle Fultz will play tonight. #Sixers

— Derek Bodner (@DerekBodnerNBA) March 26, 2018

oh man another reason to watch beyond two of the hoops unicorns battling it out.

o damn

MARKELLE FULTZ FIRST JUMPSHOT SINCE RETURNING!

Via @TheRenderNBA pic.twitter.com/2zXdJ2u3bT

— NBA RETWEET (@RTNBA) March 26, 2018

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fucking ilyasova killing the nuggets

Really smart pickup by the 76ers, bellinelli too.

now jokic cant get a rebound

malone is giving up this game?????? what the fuck

decent overtime

1:08 Kemba Walker makes 26-foot three point jumper 126 - 135
1:33 Kemba Walker makes 26-foot three point jumper 126 - 132
4:11 Kemba Walker makes 17-foot pullup jump shot 117 - 122
4:50 Kemba Walker makes 25-foot three point jumper 117 - 120

Imagine if the Hornets could play this well against teams not angling for lottery position. They might be playing for something. But nope, the pressure of possibly mattering was too much for them.

fultz ended up having a dece game all things considered

the hornets had a flukey bad record in close games and also they're not the most talented team out there. i love kemba a lot but they legit got jumped by the bucks, sixers, pacers, etc. all of whom have better talent either in one guy or a few guys.

Charlotte also has a bad front office and coach. Kemba’s good and it’s a shame to see him wasted there.

in a classic late season wtf line trey burke had 42-12 in that game

front office def bad. clifford feels like an m.o.r. coach to me.

wolves with a horrific loss to the grizz.

wouldnt mind seeing kemba on the bucks actually

i'm going to say a very knee-jerk thing here which is that the bucks don't deserve kemba

am i just seeing things or does fultz's jumper still look like it wants to be wonky so bad. like, he has it just barely smoothed out

if his jumper in this game was anything like the recent "improving" practice videos you are otm

I want to see Kemba on the Spurs

kemba will (probably) not go to the spurs

kemba to the cavs obv

i did think fultz looked impressive physically tho. i'm not sure how great he is as a leaper and he's prob too thin but he has really long arms for a guard. we'll see how he, embiid & simmons all fit on offense but at least on defense that's a lot of wingspan.

kemba on the spurs would be amazing. there's some tony parker to his game.

That’s why I want to see it.

kemba, malik monk, 2018 first round pick, 2019 pick swap, 2020 first round pick to the spurs for kawhi

i'm here for al blocking dudes

.@Al_Horford comes away with the BIG rejection! 🚫 pic.twitter.com/a1uKnoIL4M

— NBA TV (@NBATV) March 27, 2018

plz don't exile kawhi to charlotte!

not saying it wouldnt be dope, just hard 2 imagine. it would mean moving dejounte to the 2 or to the bench.

xp

that trade is a fuckin insult j0rdy

btw i am amending my comments the hornets problem is very likely ownership not front office

the only trade that makes sense if it ever came down to it is kawhi for anthony davis straight up