2022-23 NBA Thread: “you’ll never let me down like the Heat did”, Miami fan says to giant pile of cocaine (2 Viewers)

[Insein]

Game 5 is the series.

 

[Yo Mama]

Is there a rule that none of the playoff games can be close anymore?

no

Thank goodness

 

[SoBeDad]

Great game. I thought for sure the Celtics would win. That push-off by Tatum was egregious. Any consequences for the refs?

 

[Deamon]

Glad we don’t have to spend the next few days debating the Tatum push off

Me too, that would have sucked and I'm sure @Capella would be getting another thread title taken down

 

[brun]

Does Joe know he doesn't get to save TOs for the next game?

 

[Deamon]

guys, the Celtics just don't have the horses to win this series. they're better than the SIxers and it's not close. no contest. the Sixers just have a better roster and can't beat Boston because the refs are cleary against winning because of Russell Westbrook.

Celtics fans burning jerseys and furiously sending threatening emails to Celts players who are clearly the worst in the NBA

What is going on here

 

[scoobus]

Georges Niang is trash.

Big fan of no timeouts at the end of regulation or OT so we can set up Marcus Smart for long range jumpers.

 

[Deamon]

Everybody ok in here now? Just doing a wellness check.

No. Slightly relieved more than happy.

Joel needs to absolutely go off next game. Nice little extra touch of rest for Philly now.

 

[Deamon]

Say what you want about Harden, that shooting victim story is great and getting him to see Harden win it in OT couldn't have been any better for that kid.

 

[ShamrockPride]

Amazing how unnecessary this L was.

Let Embiid beat Tatum for the tie there and have a no-pressure tied game last possession. Miss and go to double OT, big whoop.

 

[thecatch]

Is Harden clutch now? What alternate reality did I fall into?

 

[mr. furley]

guys, the Celtics just don't have the horses to win this series. they're better than the SIxers and it's not close. no contest. the Sixers just have a better roster and can't beat Boston because the refs are cleary against winning because of Russell Westbrook.

Celtics fans burning jerseys and furiously sending threatening emails to Celts players who are clearly the worst in the NBA

What is going on here

Marcus Smart costing Joe Mazzulla his job, imo

 

[Alex P Keaton]

Is Harden clutch now? What alternate reality did I fall into?

The sun even shines on a dog’s a….

 

[facook]

Harden taking care of that kid is a great story.

Embiid falling down every 30-40 seconds is maybe the most annoying thing in professional sports.

 

[Jayrod]

My only gripe about the game was not calling TO on last possessions of OT.

 

[Insein]

I don't even know how o feel about this win. I'll take the W but the Sixers did everything they could to lose that game.

 

[Zow]

Fbg moderator changed the thread title bc “I was taking a shot at another poster”


The thread title was about me I had like 25 posts about Poole.

Self deprecating humor is not allowed. They’re saving you from yourself.

The lack of a sense of humor is so odd to me sometimes. It’s just a message board guys. Nobody is curing cancer here.

Jordan Poole might be.

Jordan Poole >> I am sorry for my posts.

Your shot was still horrible though.

I thought the Celtics' last possession was far worse than the Poole shot.

 

[Leeroy Jenkins]

Great game. I thought for sure the Celtics would win. That push-off by Tatum was egregious. Any consequences for the refs?

Could have been the whole series.

 

[msudaisy26]

Fbg moderator changed the thread title bc “I was taking a shot at another poster”


The thread title was about me I had like 25 posts about Poole.

Self deprecating humor is not allowed. They’re saving you from yourself.

The lack of a sense of humor is so odd to me sometimes. It’s just a message board guys. Nobody is curing cancer here.

Jordan Poole might be.

Jordan Poole >> I am sorry for my posts.

Your shot was still horrible though.

I thought the Celtics' last possession was far worse than the Poole shot.

Here we go again.

 

[SoBeDad]

I thought the Celtics' last possession was far worse than the Poole shot.

Tatum has a Harvard basketball IQ. If Smart shoots 0.25 seconds sooner, Boston wins the game. As a fan, I like what the coach did.

 

[modogg]

I thought the Celtics' last possession was far worse than the Poole shot.

Tatum has a Harvard basketball IQ. If Smart shoots 0.25 seconds sooner, Boston wins the game. As a fan, I like what the coach did.

have to disagree a lot here. Took Tatum way too long to move the ball up and get it to anyone. Smart had like 1.5 seconds to shoot the ball and make a decision. Time out was probably the right call, but Tatum not moving the ball quicker makes it seem like they thought the game was tied and that they didn't need to hurry and get a shot

 

[msudaisy26]

I didn't get to watch the game, but just read the in game replies and I know how the game went.

The 76ers were up by 40 and about to hoist the Larry O'Brien trophy and they they lost the entire series in the 4th quarter and were about to be relegated to the G league then MVP Harden played the reverse card from Uno to go to overtime and win the game. Now the entire fate of the NBA rests on game 5 of this series.

TLDR 76er fans have to be the most dramatic fans in the league.

 

[mr. furley]

I didn't get to watch the game, but just read the in game replies and I know how the game went.

The 76ers were up by 40 and about to hoist the Larry O'Brien trophy and they they lost the entire series in the 4th quarter and were about to be relegated to the G league then MVP Harden played the reverse card from Uno to go to overtime and win the game. Now the entire fate of the NBA rests on game 5 of this series.

TLDR 76er fans have to be the most dramatic fans in the league.

toss up between Celtics and Sixers fans, really

 

[fred_1_15301]

I missed most of the game but reading back through the last few pages of this thread was kind of funny. The emotional roller coaster ride of the Philly fans……. Anyways nice win and great series so far.

 

[identikit]

I thought the Celtics' last possession was far worse than the Poole shot.

Tatum has a Harvard basketball IQ. If Smart shoots 0.25 seconds sooner, Boston wins the game. As a fan, I like what the coach did.

Ok Doris

 

[Zow]

I thought the Celtics' last possession was far worse than the Poole shot.

Tatum has a Harvard basketball IQ. If Smart shoots 0.25 seconds sooner, Boston wins the game. As a fan, I like what the coach did.

I was making a joke.

 

[Desert_Power]

At least the Celtics will have those two timeouts roll over to the next game right?

 

[identikit]

Deadly AND lethal!

 

[Snotbubbles]

Georges Niang is trash.

Big fan of no timeouts at the end of regulation or OT so we can set up Marcus Smart for long range jumpers.

You call timeout there and Philly gets a chance to pull Maxey out and insert Melton. Then you can't seek out Maxey on the switch. The Celts got exactly what they wanted, they just waited 0.2 seconds too long to initiate.

 

[mr. furley]

can't eject the owner, so you toss some random guy 2 rows back who put a finger on Jokic

 

[Alex P Keaton]

I didn't get to watch the game, but just read the in game replies and I know how the game went.

The 76ers were up by 40 and about to hoist the Larry O'Brien trophy and they they lost the entire series in the 4th quarter and were about to be relegated to the G league then MVP Harden played the reverse card from Uno to go to overtime and win the game. Now the entire fate of the NBA rests on game 5 of this series.

TLDR 76er fans have to be the most dramatic fans in the league.

My son asked “what are you laughing so hard at?” so I read this to him. We were both at the “reverse card from Uno” line. Priceless!!!

 

[Yo Mama]

They just said Booker has made 32 of his last 40 shots. Crazy

 

[The Gator]

Filthy

 

[Long Ball Larry]

They just said Booker has made 32 of his last 40 shots. Crazy

Really impressive how he has just continued to improve every year

 

[dickey moe]

Jokic ****ed that up.

 

[msudaisy26]

I am extremely impressed with Booker and the Suns. This felt like a gentlemans sweep. With that said I still want them to lose.

 

[Courtjester]

Are they seriously suggesting Joker should be suspended for that? Pho’s owner is a worse flopper than Booker.

 

[mr. furley]

Are they seriously suggesting Joker should be suspended for that? Pho’s owner is a worse flopper than Booker.

NBA doesn't want its players shoving fans

 

[BassNBrew]

Are they seriously suggesting Joker should be suspended for that? Pho’s owner is a worse flopper than Booker.

Ishbia flopped worse than his stock.

 

[msudaisy26]

@Capella we need a new title.

 

[Frostillicus]

If a visiting player in Denver did what Jokic did they'd be facing assault charges.

 

[Hot Diggity Dog]

Owner trying to interfer with the flow of the game. FOR SHAME.

 

[dickey moe]

Are they seriously suggesting Joker should be suspended for that? Pho’s owner is a worse flopper than Booker.

NBA doesn't want its players shoving fans

To be fair, that isn't a fan, that's an *******.

 

[Craig_MiamiFL]

Another home win and guarantee of at least 1 more home game.

Still think Nuggs got this. Book and KD have been remarkable to carry them with CP3 out and Ayton absolutely dreadful. It's getting embarrassingly bad. Legit looks and moves like a end of career center that wants to avoid contact at all costs that moves at one speed. He literally is a dedicated screener at this point.....and he's zero threat out there to shoot. They'll be able to deal him this off-season with the bad deals around the league. Wouldn't be surprised if they had Paul and his partially guaranteed contract as part of deal with team(s)

 

[Harry Frogfish]

Waiting for tomorrow's subtitle!

 

[Navin Johnson]

Looking at box score from last night; Steph was -26 with 3 turnovers and Klay was -23 with 6 turnovers.

That seems ungood.

No more meaningless stat than a single game +/-

Only useful if you take it for five-man units over much larger sample sizes

 

[jvdesigns2002]

Looking at box score from last night; Steph was -26 with 3 turnovers and Klay was -23 with 6 turnovers.

That seems ungood.

No more meaningless stat than a single game +/-

Only useful if you take it for five-man units over much larger sample sizes

It certainly can be a misleading and surprising stat. I don’t want to say it’s completely useless—but the most recent Celtics vs Sixers game is a prime example of how +/- can be incomplete.

I think most would agree that James Harden was a huge reason (if not the biggest reason) the Sixers won game 4. His stat line was
42 total points, 16 for 23 from the field—which is amazing, 6-9 from the 3pt line—also amazing, 4-4 from the free throw line,
8 rebounds, 9 assists, 4 steals, 1 block—and only 1 turnover. That’s about as perfect a stat line that one could hope to have in a game. However, he had the worst +/- on the Sixers that game with a -6.

 

[Navin Johnson]

Offensive? What?

What? They called a charge there? as if.

I'm pulling for Philly (and can't stand Smart) but I thought he got to the spot

 

[Leeroy Jenkins]

Game 5 Tuesday? Is everyone playing every other night now? Lack of rest probably killing Embiid and Harden.

 

[Long Ball Larry]

Game 5 Tuesday? Is everyone playing every other night now? Lack of rest probably killing Embiid and Harden.

yes, pretty much. Sixers game 5 Tuesday and game 6 Thursday. Game 7 will be Sunday, if necessary.