THE 2017 NBA 'OFFS™

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predix?

GSW over POR in 4
LAC over UTA in 6
HOU over OKC in 5
SAS over MEM in 4

BOS over CHI in 5
ATL over WAS in 6
TOR over MIL in 5
CLE over IND in 5

not super excited about any of these match ups except HOU/OKC. SAS/MEM, TOR/MIL, and ATL/WAS will vie for most NBATV coverage

you arent into that LAC UJ series? feels like thats a coinflip

yes that one too

Apparently Tony Allen is out indefinitely w a calf injury. Spurs in 4 otm.

GSW POR dubs in 5
LAC UTA lac in 7
HOU OKC hou in 5
SAS MEM spurs in 4

BOS CHI bos in 6
ATL WAS wash in 6
TOR MIL toronto in 7
CLE IND cleve in 5

feeling the milwaukee upset in my bones right now

just 4 kicks i checked our preseason predix thread. i think everyone had detroit and charlotte making the east offs (no one had mil or chi), and almost everyone had minn instead of mem in the west. i would have hit 4 of my 5 over/under picks.

congrats to sloth for picking the 8 west playoff teams (though he wasn't close on the seeding).

iirc i was right about rockets and jazz being real teams this year but whiffed on most of the other differences from last year

i guess i was also right about minn not being real, not sure what ppl were thinking there. i had nuggets and pels as the ascendant west teams, alas

i think my best move was calling that the wizards would be good, my worst move was thinking indiana would be good. idk where the hell i got that from.

Guess we overrated Teague and Thad Young.

GSW v POR warriors 4
LAC v UTA jazz 6 (end of clippers as we've known them)
HOU v OKC rockets 5
SAS v MEM spurs 6

BOS v CHI celtics 6
WAS v ATL wizards 7
TOR v MIL raptors 6
CLE v IND cavaliers 6

I'm thinking the west will see mostly walkovers, with the exception of Clips v Jazz.

GSW over POR in 4
LAC over UTA in 7
HOU over OKC in 5
SAS over MEM in 4

I'm thinking the east will provide just a little more 1st round drama.

BOS over CHI in 5
ATL over WAS in 7
TOR over MIL in 6
CLE over IND in 5

But mostly I'm thinking I'm not so great at this prediction stuff.

Atlanta
Washington
7:00 PM NBATV

Ah yes there it is. Hawks playing a series no one will watch on NBA tv- it's officially spring!

GSW v POR warriors 4 sorry clay
LAC v UTA jazz 7- jazz r hungry & dare I say it...better coached? Ready for doc on NBA tv next year
HOU v OKC rockets 6 but Russ will put up 40-15-15 at least once
SAS v MEM spurs 4

BOS v CHI celtics 5
WAS v ATL wizards 5
TOR v MIL raptors 5 but would not be surprised if bucks push this to 6 or 7
CLE v IND cavaliers 4 pg openly talks about going to la before it ends. Don't mess w first round lebron

congrats to sloth for picking the 8 west playoff teams (though he wasn't close on the seeding).

― call all destroyer, Thursday, April 13, 2017 6:35 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol my gawd didn't i say the grizz would be 4th if healthy

Also I'm pretty sure the internet was big when Derrick Rose got MVP for whatever reasons that happened

Sry wrong thread

warriors in 4
spurs in 4
rockets in 5
clips in 7

celtics in 5
cavs in 4
wiz in 5
bucks in 7

dubs 4
spurs 4
rockets 6
clips 6

celts 6
cavs 5
toronto 6
wiz 7

dubs over clips 5
spurs over rox 6

celts beat wiz 6
cavs beat tor 5

dubs over spurs 6
cavs over celts 6

dubs over cavs 5

^ v plausible bracket

that's like straight chalk tho isn't it?

I feel like the cavs won't make the finals

i still think they will but it will be much more challenging than in the past couple years

i dont believe in upsets in the offs.

playoffs bron will emerge from his cocoon

injuries can foster upsets and 5s can beat 4s w/o it being an upset. but with a 7 game series, the 1-8, 2-7, and 3-6 usually go according to form.

true, but for me, clips v jazz is a unique case bc of all the clips' injuries during the season. i think theyre going to beat the jazz handily. (would like to be proven wrong tho). that wizards/atl series im less confident in my pick bc atl has some dece playoff experience and also defense is at a premium? but wall is the best player in this series.

The cavs feel like robin givens era mike Tyson looking for their buster Douglas

Lol

KLove looks bad in this Game 1. Wanders around a bit. Stands on his spot waiting for a pass. Doesn't get the ball out of his hands fast enough. Bad.

jr has also been pretty ineffective

the bron james does it again

pacers offense same as it ever was

^ macmillan's feet firmly planted in 2002

I'm annoyed by that play where they pacers choked away the 5 on 4 off the Lebron flop

Oh my that Giannis dunk

Yes otm xp! Just finished why didn't they just GO

lance looked good!

I think scouts are gonna regret talking themselves out of Thon Maker

Toronto 1-10 all time in game 1s. Incredible stat.

i'm a bucks fan now

I think Giannis could never shoot a shot outside 15 feet the rest of his career and get multiple MVPs

they were like 17-7 or something after middleton came back. real team

good to see playoffs lowry is back

lol so true

i really almost picked that as an upset i'm mad i didn't now

rip spurs

n/m

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DA2oOBeW0AIRm4C.jpg

yeah i remember there were photos from the olympic team where kd was clearly slightly taller than boogie

if we have any poker fans in the house, haralabob is currently playing in a 300k buyin tournament and is sitting at the same table as kevin hart

streaming live here: twitch.tv/pokercentral

bless hart, he seems to love poker, but he is...not good lol

hart is a pokerstars endorser idk if theyre paying the whole 300 or what but he cld be free rolling fwiw

RIP bob lol

yeah that's abt as bad a situation you can be in

cldve folded

like what wld the other guy be bluffing with there

idk i prob call in that situation 9 times out of 10, but i am a pr mediocre live player lol

kevin hart's watch is intense

it was kind of a weird spot, probably should have raised the flop multiway, 2 pair is one of the better hands you're going to have in that sitch considering you just called the flop. can prob find fold button there tho for sure

yeah trapping w top two threeway there was borderline but prob an ok play on a p dry board

he prob wasnt getting that guy off that draw w any at all normal size bet anyway

yeah the more i think abt it the more it's a fold. best case the guy's doing a v weird bluff, i prob woulda talked myself into thinking he hit trip 3's on the turn and gotten away from it

being on the ladder cld argue for the fold there too

yeah he cldve had all the sets there

overpairs hes prob just calling

being on the ladder cld argue for the fold there too

― lag∞n, Sunday, May 28, 2017 6:28 PM (two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

oh this is just the feature table huh was thinking it was the final

yeah just started, he was the first one out lol

the field is preposterously stacked btw

lol one wld expect

busting out first and then hellmuth taking your seat is some extreme insult to injury

i saw a photo of cp3 at a poker table recently, if there's one NBA dude who could be a solid player it's def him

that call is a lot more reasonable at the start of the tourney tho

frees up your day i guess

he seemed pretty tilted lol

lol hellmuth despite regularly crushing tourneys that arent primarily stacked with the best players cant stay away from elite games just cause he has a chip on his shoulder

kevin hart is playing every hand

lol ok im going outside

he likes to limp haha

hart is a pretty standard bad home game type player from what i can tell

he's not horrendous but his level of play is definitely very basic

hellmuth about to get coolered

hellmuth getting mad at hart now god is good

*immediately puts it back on*

thread got weird

no basketball for a week will do that

let's not lose sight of what it's all about

https://i.giphy.com/MgijNg7B4RdcI.gif

feel like talk radio has been dominated by jordan vs lebron debates 24hr/day since the conference finals

that's cleveland talk radio obv but also a lot of national shows

that debate is always the fallback and i couldnt be more tired of it

they shd just get it over with and bone

btw kevin hart busted hellmuth w/ set over set, slow rolled him, then announced to the rest of the tables that he busted him

haw shit

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