2016 NBA Playoff Thread

[3Peatkb24]

Back down to earth.....

Yeah I figured the Pacers would lose tonight. They did what they needed to do and that is steal Game 1 to get HCA. Winning both in Toronto was a little much to ask for. We will see if the Pacers can take care of business at home? I think at worse that series will be 2-2 after 4 games. The Thunder/Mavs outcome was stunning! Durant shot 7-33, easily his worst game of his career. Freakin Dirk just wont go away! Regarding the Cavs yesterday, Love actually bailed them out for a change. Pistons played them really well.

[3Peatkb24]

Warriors beat Rockets by 9 without Curry. They could sweep the Rockets without Curry, that is how bad the Rockets are. Dwight Howard is the softest dude in NBA history. He makes Pau look like the hulk. Harden has made his living by getting calls and getting to the line but when he plays a great team he isn't getting the same treatment. Glad to see that team fail. How they made a Final 4 last season is a miracle but I guess that miracle was playing the Clippers

[lakerevolution]

Dwight Howard is the softest dude in NBA history. He makes Pau look like the hulk. Harden has made his living by getting calls and getting to the line but when he plays a great team he isn't getting the same treatment. Glad to see that team fail. How they made a Final 4 last season is a miracle but I guess that miracle was playing the Clippers

POST OF THE WEEK!!!!

[Julius Russell]

Every one loves Brad Stevens but I don't.

He gets guys who have reputations for playing hard to play hard.


They're chippy.

So what. No stars on that team and if they get the3rd/4th pick perhaps they still don't get a true superstar.

[3Peatkb24]

Every one loves Brad Stevens but I don't.

He gets guys who have reputations for playing hard to play hard.


They're chippy.

So what. No stars on that team and if they get the3rd/4th pick perhaps they still don't get a true superstar.

What he did at Butler was amazing in getting that team to the Championship Game twice. His best player Hayward even left after the 1st run. This Celtics team had no business being above .500 with the Roster they have. I would say .500 would've been a great season for them. They don't have anyone on that team that is Great. Isiah Thomas is Good but all they have is a bunch of Role Players basically. I think Stevens was a Great Coach at the college level. On the Pro level I would say he is Good. Where I agree with you is the Celtics aren't winning anything without a SuperStar. I am glad I stuck to my pick by picking the Hawks to win this series.

[3Peatkb24]

These 1st Round matchups are really boring. Only the Pacers/Raptors series is in question. That's mainly because Paul George is better than any player Toronto has and the Pacers stole Game 1. I bet the Thunder win Game 3 by at least 10 points over the Mavs, probably worse than that. Then that series is basically over at that point. Maybe the Clippers will choke it up tonight and the Blazers can even things at 1-1? I highly doubt it though. Hornets aren't beating the Heat in a 7 game series either. Teams like the Warriors, Spurs, and Cavs should've just got Bye's I thought the Celtics would get a split in Atlanta but the Hawks are showing toughness for a change in the Playoffs. Hawks are loaded with talent but they are another team without a SuperStar. Horford, Teague, Millsap, and Korver are all Good but far from Great.

[lakerevolution]

Just watched the 2nd half of the Heat/Hornets game, andzzzz-zzzzzzzz - uh sorry dozed off there. Same old thing - only one East team remotely good enough to challenge for a title, and they all get to beat up on each other. I hope Atlsnta sweeps Boston, though!

[3Peatkb24]

Thunder by 29 LOL. I seen that coming and called it. Pacers lost tonight but they will win Game 4 then the Raptors will fold as usual. Trust me I am great at predicting this shit

[3Peatkb24]

Isiah Thomas should've been a Laker and he wanted to be. He destroyed the Hawks tonight!

[Lakers4Life]

BOTH WANTED TO BE A LAKER!!! (& Bazemore already was a Laker and we let him walk)

KEN BAZEMORE:

20 POINTS
8 REBOUNDS
2 ASSISTS
2 STEALS

ISAIAH THOMAS:

42 POINTS
4 REBOUNDS
1 ASSIST
1 STEAL


During a playoff game!!

[lakerevolution]

"Thomas was named after former Detroit Pistons Hall of Fame point guard Isiah Thomas when his father, James, bet his friend that his favorite team, the Los Angeles Lakers, would defeat the Pistons in the 1989 NBA Finals (which the Pistons won in a four-game sweep). Even though the younger Thomas ended up being born months before the Finals took place, James had already warmed to the name. However, his mother, Tina Baldtrip, insisted on spelling it 'Isaiah', as she desired a biblical name. Because of his namesake's unpopularity among New York Knicks fans after unsuccessfully serving as head coach and team executive, the fans boo Isaiah Thomas whenever he plays in Madison Square Garden."

- wikipedia

Isn't that crazy? Knicks fans BOO the younger Thomas simply because he has (virtually) the same name as the HOFer from the Pistons! I just love it when NBA players/events somehow relate back to the Lakers . . but yes, whoever was responsible for passing up on this young star needs to be slapped in the back of the head.

[3Peatkb24]

Thunder by 29 LOL. I seen that coming and called it. Pacers lost tonight but they will win Game 4 then the Raptors will fold as usual. Trust me I am great at predicting this shit

I knew Paul George wouldn't lose 2 at home. Watch the Pacers win this series in 7 He thrives on that shit!

[3Peatkb24]

Jordan cant make a FT to save his life, it is going to cost the Clippers this game. Blazers up 89-85 but the Clippers had a 4 point lead until Hack-a-Jordan.

[3Peatkb24]

Blazers need to win Game 4 though. If you fall down 3-1 it's pretty much over. Although the Clippers were up 3-1 on Houston last season. I loved what I seen out of the Pacers today, they steamrolled Toronto to get 2-2. I will take my chances at 2-2 with Paul George on my side. Really only LeBron has got the better of him over the last 3 years in any series.

[lakerevolution]

Did you see the end of that OKC game last night? First the Slobavian Dirk Nowitzki Enes Kanter nails a nice catch-and-shoot falling away while getting fouled - which psychologically sealed the game (and a commanding 3-1 series lead) for the Thunder on Dallas' home court - then KD inexplicably WHOPS the Mavs' Justin Anderson upside the forehead, drawing a Flagrant-2 and having to be escorted THE LONG WAY off the court by police because walking by the Dallas bench was not a good option at the moment. The game, though pretty much decided, got really chippy from that point and OKC almost let Dallas slip back into a possible comeback situation. Will KD be suspended for game 5?

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