2020 NBA Playoffs Thread - Haters arguing that it took Lebron 10 Finals to win 4 titles

[The Kansas Comet 743]

That call was weak.  Clutch free throws from Middleton though.  Nothing but net on all three.

Edited September 3, 2020 by The Kansas Comet

[Chris B. 137]

Geez both teams are trying to out-choke each other.

[Chris B. 137]

If you fall down, you get a call. SMH

[East Coast Bias 1,271]

Make up call.

[The Kansas Comet 743]

One weak call deserves another

[Chris B. 137]

World class athletes falling down con the refs again.

[3 hour lunch 157]

Just now, The Kansas Comet said:

One weak call deserves another

Both brutal 

[trader jake 1,379]

2 minutes ago, Chris B. said:

If you fall down, you get a call. SMH

 

Just now, Chris B. said:

World class athletes falling down con the refs again.

The NBA needs to clean up the (non)fouls on jump shooters.  Also, more importantly, the officials need to quit rewarding flopping.  It's a problem and only getting worse.

[Craig_MiamiFL 2,478]

YES!!!

JUSTICE PREVAILS

[Mr.Pack 2,564]

Wow what a BS call. The fix is in

[Leeroy Jenkins 2,756]

What a weird ending. Butler was fouled but then throws it away on a no-call. Then Middleton isn’t fouled on a 3, but gets to hit 3 free throws. Then Butler is kind of fouled with no time left — contact had no impact on the shot, but if Giannis doesn’t put his hand on him, he probably plows into Butler and knocks him down pretty bad. 

[scoobus 1,162]

1 minute ago, Mr.Pack said:

Wow what a BS call. The fix is in

You talking about the Middleton foul?

[mr. furley 12,228]

2 hours ago, ILUVBEER99 said:

Bucks are looking absolutely horrendous on offense.  WTF is happening.

didn't see the whole game. did coach Bud tweak the offense at all or was it just more of "we're going to do the same thing over and over because it worked in the regular season"?

[brun 937]

Sloppy, exciting finish.

Thought Butler traveled just before he made that doofus pass back toward his own basket.

[Poke_4_Life 2,030]

Thunder Up!

Can CP3 do what Russ (w/out KD) never could and win a playoff series?

[Craig_MiamiFL 2,478]

ASU legend taking over this game so far.

[Poke_4_Life 2,030]

3 minutes ago, Craig_MiamiFL said:

ASU legend taking over this game so far.

Dort is quickly becoming the fan favorite in OKC. 

[Craig_MiamiFL 2,478]

4 minutes ago, Poke_4_Life said:

Dort is quickly becoming the fan favorite in OKC. 

OKC has him locked up for 5.2 mil the next 3 seasons.

Total.

[mr. furley 12,228]

Lu Dort tempting the Knicks in to a max contract before he even runs the current one out

Edited September 3, 2020 by mr. furley

[matuski 4,959]

4 minutes ago, Chris B. said:

I've been here a long time and have never reported anyone, don't even know how to.

I'm really close.

I've been here a longer time, been reported a lot of times.

Feel free.  Upper right hand corner of posts.

I'm with you man, this non basketball stuff is ridiculous.

 

[Jayrod 4,318]

Westbrook's playing decent, but Harden is sucking it up.  The longer OKC stays close, the more I think they will pull it out.

[Poke_4_Life 2,030]

7 minutes ago, Jayrod said:

Westbrook's playing decent, but Harden is sucking it up.  The longer OKC stays close, the more I think they will pull it out.

Tend to agree, but Hou seems to maintain that lead. We will see. 

[Chris B. 137]

What's funny is if you go to the subreddits of many NBA teams, they all feel Scott Foster hates them. 

[matuski 4,959]

4 minutes ago, Chris B. said:

What's funny is if you go to the subreddits of many NBA teams, they all feel Scott Foster hates them. 

Scott Foster out of nowhere!

[Buffaloes 2,970]

Webber taking some comp time or something tonight. lots of dead air after the play by play. i'm not complaining about it either

Edited September 3, 2020 by Buffaloes

[Poke_4_Life 2,030]

I just keep remembering the Thunder had a 0.2% chance to make the playoffs this season. 

Thunder have been clutch lately in crunch time. 

[Chris B. 137]

These announcers are going out of their way to compliment the officiating. It's so disingenuous and insulting to anyone with eyeballs.

Edited September 3, 2020 by Chris B.

[Capella 29,548]

I have never seen Harden go this long without shooting. 

[Instinctive 489]

Imagine if the NBA had the no live-ball timeouts rule from international play. 

[East Coast Bias 1,271]

Big difference in what’s a foul at the end of these two games.

[Buffaloes 2,970]

Crunch time game 7:

Paul hits the deck at half court with not-so sellable flop. Then Harden looking like a fish out of water with flop 5 seconds later

[Jayrod 4,318]

It's like Flopcity, USA out there.  Bodies rolling all over the place and nobody has the energy to get the ball in the hoop.

[Buffaloes 2,970]

Harden with a block to seal the game....who saw that coming?

[caustic 3,725]

And Dortmentum comes to a screeching halt. Nothing good can last. 

[whoknew 8,754]

2 minutes ago, Jayrod said:

It's like Flopcity, USA out there.  Bodies rolling all over the place and nobody has the energy to get the ball in the hoop.

I thought a soccer game broke out for a minute.

[Chris B. 137]

Why did Dort try to throw the ball off Harden? The basket is the other way.

[Buffaloes 2,970]

I've wondered all series, is Javi alone in that room?

[Poke_4_Life 2,030]

Harden block to end the Thunder season. 

That's really hilarious. 

[whoknew 8,754]

SHould be like 2.5 seconds, right?

[Buffaloes 2,970]

why didnt Paul get the timeout? he was calling it when Dort still had possession

[Poke_4_Life 2,030]

1 minute ago, Buffaloes said:

why didnt Paul get the timeout? he was calling it when Dort still had possession

Dort was on the line when he jumped to get the ball. Soon as he touched it, out of bounds and clock stops. 

[whoknew 8,754]

OKC used 3 TOs since the Covington free throws. I thought they only had 2. Must have misread.

[trader jake 1,379]

I enjoyed Chris Paul the final minute of game 7. He ridiculously flops at mid court on defense, misses a short jumper on offense, than OKC gets the ball back and with the ball down 1 with ~15 seconds left (as the announcers mention him saying he 'was built for this') he promptly fumbles his dribble a bit and throws the ball into a defenders hands and the offensive set goes to crap.

To top it off, down 2 with 1.1 in regulation he spent an entire time out arguing with the officials before not being the player to shoot the technical foul. Then he finishes strong by not getting open on the out of bounds play, and his team exits stage left.  Clutch as always for CP3.  The more things change, the more they stay the same.

Edited September 3, 2020 by trader jake

[Buffaloes 2,970]

Just now, whoknew said:

OKC used 3 TOs since the Covington free throws. I thought they only had 2. Must have misread.

3 timeouts and the best they did was almost get Adams the ball 22 feet from the rim

[Jayrod 4,318]

7 minutes ago, Buffaloes said:

3 timeouts and the best they did was almost get Adams the ball 22 feet from the rim

I would have been working to get Schroeder the ball.  He was the only one quick enough to get open and at least get a decent look at a shot.

Instead he ran to the weak side wing and stood at the 3pt line not moving.

[Clayton Gray 2,112]

51 minutes ago, matuski said:

I've been here a longer time, been reported a lot of times.

Feel free.  Upper right hand corner of posts.

I'm with you man, this non basketball stuff is ridiculous.

 

Stop trolling.

[Craig_MiamiFL 2,478]

Imagine if the Rockets lost this series.

Was good matchup for OKC but they were thought to be in total rebuild mode heading into the year.

 

[jvdesigns2002 3,137]

59 minutes ago, Buffaloes said:

3 timeouts and the best they did was almost get Adams the ball 22 feet from the rim

Just horrid final play calls for OKC all around.  Adams especially could have and should have had far more situational awareness. At one point during the inbounds process--he literally had a wide open path to dive to the basket and instead of back cutting and diving--he came upwards and out.  He basically ran to the exact area/range on the court where he has zero effectiveness.  I had picked Houston to win the series--but I would have at least liked to have seen a final shot go up by OKC.  

[Leeroy Jenkins 2,756]

Oh what could have (should have) been

That’s my guy. Outside of basketball, I love that man to death. He knows that,” Heat star Jimmy Butler said of Joel Embiid, via Sam Amick of The Athletic. “I tell him every opportunity I get, and I appreciate him for making me a better player, a better leader, better at understanding so many different things. I talk to him all the time, and I tell him, ‘I wish you were still in the playoffs, because you deserve a championship.’ Because he works. He works at it, and that’s just my guy.”

Joel Embiid sent out a one-word tweet moments after Butler’s 40-point gem in Game 1, in which the Sixers big man simply said, “If…” For most, this was Embiid pondering the Sixers’ fate had they kept Butler on board, instead of parting ways with him during the offseason.

Addressing the tweet in question, Butler admitted that like Embiid, he too wishes that they were still both on the same team:

 “Yeah, I saw it, and I know that he still wanted me to be on his team. And I still wanted to be teammates with him,” said Heat talent Jimmy Butler. “Let’s not get that misunderstood. But here, with these guys, I’m not trading that for the world either.”

[caustic 3,725]

...What?

Adrian Wojnarowski @wojespn

Hall of Fame guard Steve Nash has signed a four-year contract to become the next coach of the Brooklyn Nets, sources tell ESPN.

8:42 AM · Sep 3, 2020