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Underdog · 04-20-2017, 10:10 PM

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K. Lowry
4-10 13pts
D. DeRozan
0-8 8pts

Yikes. Bucks up 2-1

Yeah, the Raps totally spit the bit tonight.

Underdog · 04-20-2017, 10:13 PM

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I only watch the last 6 minutes of the game and saw that Deron Williams was in the whole time. Play-by-play says Kyrie went out at 4:17 left in the third and never played again. Did he get hurt? Him and Love both barely played half a game.

I'd say hot hand, but it was really more of a case of cold hand(s)... Kyrie put the Cavs in a deficit by chucking up garbage all night (4-17), Lue decided to go with a PG who had a little more discipline. Love (4-12) got benched for Frye as well. Cavs won with their 2nd & 3rd best players riding pine. Good job, coach.

mac222b · 04-20-2017, 11:50 PM

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I'd say hot hand, but it was really more of a case of cold hand(s)... Kyrie put the Cavs in a deficit by chucking up garbage all night (4-17), Lue decided to go with a PG who had a little more discipline. Love (4-12) got benched for Frye as well. Cavs won with their 2nd & 3rd best players riding pine. Good job, coach.

Lue is an underrated coach.

mac222b · 04-20-2017, 11:52 PM

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Yeah, the Raps totally spit the bit tonight.

They are a year late in firing Casey. I hate to say it. But they are playing old NBA. And the Bucks are a terrible matchup. They need to find their Fizdale. Maybe Stotts and Casey can switch teams?

EricaLubarsky · 04-20-2017, 11:53 PM

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Lue is an underrated coach.

Curious what percentage of the coaching you attribute to Lue.

Underdog · 04-20-2017, 11:55 PM

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Curious what percentage of the coaching you attribute to Lue.

In this particular game, they don't win without his decision to bench 2 starters (but we all know that LeBron is superstar/coach/GM). Give Lue his moment.

mac222b · 04-21-2017, 12:01 AM

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Curious what percentage of the coaching you attribute to Lue.

Hard to say. I've seen some really nice sets out of timeouts and nice in game adjustments. Part of being a good coach is having a good group of assistantsand knowing when to cede to their expertise. And also knowing when to get out of the way

mac222b · 04-21-2017, 12:12 AM

Giannis may win MVPs. Multiple. He turned 22 a few months ago(!). And is still learning. Wish Donnie had had the cajones to lay them on the table and say to Cuban- "Giannis or I walk". He makes Kawhi- who is also a freak- look positively earthbound. If he develop a shot 3/4 as reliable as Kawhi in the next two years he will dominate for a decade.

BPo001 · 04-21-2017, 07:38 AM

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Originally Posted by MavzMan

I only watch the last 6 minutes of the game and saw that Deron Williams was in the whole time. Play-by-play says Kyrie went out at 4:17 left in the third and never played again. Did he get hurt? Him and Love both barely played half a game.

Love and Kylie were both fine as far as I know, but the backups were the ones who got them back in the game so coach left them out there. Looks like it worked.

saclare · 04-21-2017, 09:41 AM

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I mean, how do you average a season trip-dub if your teammates can't hit a basket? No reason he shouldn't be looking to drive and kick when that many defenders are sagging back to the basket, especially when his shooting is in a funk... Dude doesn't have the BBIQ to be a true superstar in this league -- playoff wins factor into the equation.

Been saying it for a while now, he will fade quicker than any superstar today. He relies so heavily on his elite athleticism to put him on that level. If he doesn't learn to harness it, to play within himself, and get others involved, OKC will be perennial 1-and-done in the playoffs. That roster and some of the contracts do not help, but what big(ger)-time free agent wants to play with RWB if they seriously consider and watch the way he played this year, and even with Durant.

saclare · 04-21-2017, 09:45 AM

LeBron was lights out, unconscious in that 2nd half. Really all game, but Paul George had himself one hell of a first half. I saw a little bit of a difference with LeBron. He still whined a few times but kind of reigned himself in the two times I thought he'd blow up on Thompson or the refs. Kept his cool and won that game. The cup-back slam where Monta fled to the corner was an understated monster jam.

Don't want to forget PG, what a stud.

DevinHarriswillstart · 04-21-2017, 10:34 AM

Monta could have tried to draw a charge, but in all likelihood he knew he was going to get posterized.

Melonhead · 04-21-2017, 10:57 AM

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Monta could have tried to draw a charge, but in all likelihood he knew he was going to get posterized.

Now THAT is the gif I want to see

BPo001 · 04-21-2017, 11:44 AM

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Monta could have tried to draw a charge, but in all likelihood he knew he was going to get posterized.

Can't say I blame him. Probably feels like getting hit with a Mack truck. Besides it's Lebron, so they probably would have called a blocking foul even if he took it right in the chest.

saclare · 04-21-2017, 11:51 AM

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Monta could have tried to draw a charge, but in all likelihood he knew he was going to get posterized.

100% but I was more noting how emphatic LeBron was still able to slam that given the slight movement to the corner. I would bail to the corner 3 ten times out of ten.

EricaLubarsky · 04-21-2017, 12:11 PM

Rajon Rondo doesn't just have a broken personality

He apparently had a broken thumb too. Out indefinitely.

DevinHarriswillstart · 04-21-2017, 01:04 PM

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Rajon Rondo doesn't just have a broken personality

He apparently had a broken thumb too. Out indefinitely.

Karma is a b b b b b b.

Underdog · 04-21-2017, 05:10 PM

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Now THAT is the gif I want to see

Still a lovely GIF, even if Monta didn't get trucked...

https://twitter.com/cavs/status/8552...26autosize%3D1

Underdog · 04-21-2017, 05:12 PM

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Rajon Rondo doesn't just have a broken personality

He apparently had a broken thumb too. Out indefinitely.

HA!

EricaLubarsky · 04-21-2017, 06:34 PM

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In this particular game, they don't win without his decision to bench 2 starters (but we all know that LeBron is superstar/coach/GM). Give Lue his moment.

Oh I'm not critical. I was just curious. It's interesting that theyre basically co-coached.

mac222b · 04-22-2017, 04:30 AM

Rondo trying to trip Crowder. Such a piece of shit

Bryan_Wilson · 04-22-2017, 03:52 PM

Omg BG32 missing rest of post season with big toe injury.

DevinHarriswillstart · 04-22-2017, 05:18 PM

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Omg BG32 missing rest of post season with big toe injury.

Yeah but they still won last night. Gotta have them lose in the first round for any hope of implosion.

BPo001 · 04-22-2017, 05:24 PM

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Yeah but they still won last night. Gotta have them lose in the first round for any hope of implosion.

Sucks for them, but F the Clippers. Is BG a free agent this summer?

Underdog · 04-22-2017, 06:21 PM

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Yeah but they still won last night. Gotta have them lose in the first round for any hope of implosion.

They will.

Underdog · 04-22-2017, 06:23 PM

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Sucks for them, but F the Clippers. Is BG a free agent this summer?

He and CP3 have player options this summer, good chance they both opt out.

BPo001 · 04-22-2017, 10:03 PM

Memphis pulls it out in OT. Series tied up at 2.

BPo001 · 04-23-2017, 05:09 PM

RW is difficult to watch at times. His shot selection is so poor. Does that team ever run plays? The end of that game was pretty wild. Both teams made terrible plays. RW just made more.

Bryan_Wilson · 04-23-2017, 06:06 PM

I didn't watch the game, I can only stand so much RWB and Harden ball dominance, having them both in the same series bleeds me dry through the eyes. Id be interested to know Russ's +- in the 4th vs 1-3 tho. Just looking at the box score he played all but 10 mins. And while he was on the floor they were +14 and while he was off the floor they were -18... in just 10 mins? But the clips I've seen of the 4th he looks out of control, as usual.

BPo001 · 04-23-2017, 07:01 PM

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I didn't watch the game, I can only stand so much RWB and Harden ball dominance, having them both in the same series bleeds me dry through the eyes. Id be interested to know Russ's +- in the 4th vs 1-3 tho. Just looking at the box score he played all but 10 mins. And while he was on the floor they were +14 and while he was off the floor they were -18... in just 10 mins? But the clips I've seen of the 4th he looks out of control, as usual.

He was just throwing up garbage. Forcing 3's that they didn't necessarily need at the time. Turned the ball over a few times late in the game too. I still haven't seen coach calling any plays out there. They need shooters to surround RW and they don't have any.

DevinHarriswillstart · 04-23-2017, 07:58 PM

To me it just completely throws away his great regular season. All of the triple doubles in the world don't mean squat if you don't have a clue how to play under control.

EricaLubarsky · 04-23-2017, 08:59 PM

Stars put up great stats. Superstars make teammates better

DevinHarriswillstart · 04-23-2017, 10:34 PM

Wow, Jazz with an unlikely performance here all thanks to Joe Johnson.

EricaLubarsky · 04-23-2017, 11:49 PM

Hard not to cheer for the Jazz. Down a center. Deandre talking smack. Hayward looking gangly of t there and then plays despite getting Iv fluids.

Plus, screw the Clippers

MavzMan · 04-24-2017, 08:13 AM

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Hard not to cheer for the Jazz. Down a center. Deandre talking smack. Hayward looking gangly of t there and then plays despite getting Iv fluids.

Plus, screw the Clippers

Yeah, I'm just 100% beat down with those awful State Farm commercials of CP3 and Deandra. It's like I'm watching playground basketball where the little brother has to play on the big brother's team just because Mom said so even though he absolutely sucks.

BPo001 · 04-24-2017, 09:16 AM

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Hard not to cheer for the Jazz. Down a center. Deandre talking smack. Hayward looking gangly of t there and then plays despite getting Iv fluids.

Plus, screw the Clippers

What did he say? I must have missed it. I did watch the video or Hayward blowing right past him for a dunk on a loop for about 2 min. That made me chuckle. Have to agree those State Farm commercials are bad. DAJ is kind of a dick in those too. Trees fall on CP3's car and DAJ starts laughing. If that happened to my friend I don't think I'd laugh.

sefant77 · 04-24-2017, 09:40 AM

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He and CP3 have player options this summer, good chance they both opt out.

Cant see Paul walking away from his super max on his last contract...

But im loving Griffins injury. He is fake tough douche on the court, flopping on the other end and fouling hard and dirty on the other end. He deserves getting sidelined with this toe crap

And for Rivers and Ballmers: Karma is a bitch, huh?

DevinHarriswillstart · 04-24-2017, 11:26 AM

Whatever happened to the Clippers getting Jordan more involved on the offense? Sucks to be lied to, aye?

Melonhead · 04-24-2017, 12:28 PM

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Whatever happened to the Clippers getting Jordan more involved on the offense? Sucks to be lied to, aye?

Not bright enough to figure out he was lied to

sefant77 · 04-24-2017, 01:14 PM