NBA: *** Official 2015 NBA Playoffs Thread ***

good question. I think the Cavs have the two best players on the floor, but overall Chicago might be better. Wish this was the East finals, not semis.

I think the depth gap is a little less than it's made out to be. People got a little excited with the way CHI shot Monday.

Especially when Smith gets back.

I remember a poster pumping up how great Dunleavy is as a 3 point shooter, well JR Smith is about equal and shoots in higher volume, and is better at getting his own shot, and can defend better.

Pau is nowhere to be found tonight, heard a lot of talk about how unstoppable that pick and pop was and how CLE couldn't defend at all....
 
My lord, what a freight train. Got to bring more help than that, right guy is defending him out on the perimeter, just can't let him get all the way to the rim. Make these other guys hit jumpers.
 
Rose on one day off is no where near the same player. Butler been playing his *** off in the playoffs. He is going to need help.
 
My lord, what a freight train. Got to bring more help than that, right guy is defending him out on the perimeter, just can't let him get all the way to the rim. Make these other guys hit jumpers.

Looked like the Red Sea. No help for Butler there.
 
LeBron needs to maintain his aggressiveness in this half. He's lost a bit of his energy.

Sigh...
 
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1. Can't do much to stop LeBron when he plays like this.

2. Props to the Cav's role players, they made shots. The Bulls have to force guys like Dellavedova, Jones, Shumpert to beat us from 3 again.

3. Pau Gasol can be really infuriating at times. Couldn't keep up with Thompson all game long. Thompson was the second most important player for Cleveland and the Bulls have to keep him off the boards.
 
why is LeBron wearing a headband? I thought he was trying to fit in.
 
Thinking CP3 will be back for Game 3 after last night. Harden played great along with Ariza and Brewer having a pretty good second half. If Howard could make his free throws I think this series would look a lot more one sided at the moment. Griffin had a good first half but after Houston but Harden on him for awhile and then switched back to TJ he just wasn't as effective. TJ had a great game. Will be interesting to see how this series goes into LA.
 
Thinking CP3 will be back for Game 3 after last night. Harden played great along with Ariza and Brewer having a pretty good second half. If Howard could make his free throws I think this series would look a lot more one sided at the moment. Griffin had a good first half but after Houston but Harden on him for awhile and then switched back to TJ he just wasn't as effective. TJ had a great game. Will be interesting to see how this series goes into LA.

LA won a game without CP3 and made another competitive without him. I'd say that is a bigger "what if" than a bad ft shooter shooting fts badly. If CP3 comes back healthy that's huge, without CP3 playing through this same injury the Clippers are at home and San Antonio is playing Houston.
 
LA won a game without CP3 and made another competitive without him. I'd say that is a bigger "what if" than a bad ft shooter shooting fts badly. If CP3 comes back healthy that's huge, without CP3 playing through this same injury the Clippers are at home and San Antonio is playing Houston.

Nope, nope, nope...always the free throws. If you ain't shooting 80% you don't deserve to live.
 
No games today. I find weird that hawks wizards and warriors grizzlies are taking 3 days between games 2 and 3 when the other two are doing 1 day between 2 and 3.