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

Typically the 1st round seems like a snoozefest, but last year sort of delivered. I think there were 5 game 7's in the 1st round.....then none the rest of the way. Of course all but 2 of those game 7's were absolute blowouts.

Just wish they could speed up the 1st round though. I remember as a kid where teams would play back to back nights and roll through a best of 7 in like 10 days at most.

Yeah it was going to be almost impossible for the first round this year to match the first round last year, but I'd trade quick first round series for some great series in the later rounds.
 
He's a defensive terror, and his offense has steadily improved since he came into the league. There's a pretty short list of guys who can slow down any team's best wing or guard plus chip in a double double. And the scary part is that he's only 23 and still getting better. I don't know what San Antonio will look like next season - Duncan and Ginobili are free agents and they might hang it up, Danny Green will be an unrestricted free agent, and Khawi will be a restricted free agent - but I hope Pop and Buford manage to keep the core together for at least one more run. They play some beautiful damn basketball.

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If Clippers can come back and win game 4 tomorrow that is shaping up like one of the better first round playoff matchups I can remember. Big 'if' though.

Other than that what a snoozer the first round is looking like. I could have told you Toronto wouldn't be playoff ready when they were getting talked up early in the year, but it's also kind of been John Wall coming into his own. Washington won't be an easy stroll for Atlanta I don't think.
 
If Clippers can come back and win game 4 tomorrow that is shaping up like one of the better first round playoff matchups I can remember. Big 'if' though.

Other than that what a snoozer the first round is looking like. I could have told you Toronto wouldn't be playoff ready when they were getting talked up early in the year, but it's also kind of been John Wall coming into his own. Washington won't be an easy stroll for Atlanta I don't think.

Thats definitely a must win for the Clips, and I don't think they're going to be able to get it done. Game 2 of that series felt like a conference finals game but it's really hard to beat the Spurs when you only have six guys you can count on. The Spurs move so much on offense they can wear you down really easily.
 
Thats definitely a must win for the Clips, and I don't think they're going to be able to get it done. Game 2 of that series felt like a conference finals game but it's really hard to beat the Spurs when you only have six guys you can count on. The Spurs move so much on offense they can wear you down really easily.

Yeah, game 2 was the type of game I reference when I see the fans on this board dismiss NBA basketball. There's some sort of disconnect if a fan appreciates the average non-ISU Big 12 regular season game as entertaining and doesn't enjoy a game like that.

I'm not a Spurs fan but I can't help but cheer for them...but I live in LA now and have always been a bit of a "laker hater" so I also would like to see the Clippers do well.
 
Yeah, game 2 was the type of game I reference when I see the fans on this board dismiss NBA basketball. There's some sort of disconnect if a fan appreciates the average non-ISU Big 12 regular season game as entertaining and doesn't enjoy a game like that.

I'm not a Spurs fan but I can't help but cheer for them...but I live in LA now and have always been a bit of a "laker hater" so I also would like to see the Clippers do well.
The NBA hate on here as well as among "basketball fans" is ridiculous for sure. There is some great basketball going on even when the college season is done but so many are quick to make judgments and give the league a stigma that hasn't been around for the last decade really and yet the NFL is headed that direction but many have no problem with it there suddenly.
 
Interesting call in Bulls/Bucks with Mayo taking Gibson's legs out. It doesn't look very violent or malicious but it certainly could have been a big injury. Went with flagrant one...would be an iffy call either way.
 
Well called on the 3 separate technicals/flagrant fouls...but that is a HORRIBLE foul call on Snell after he was mugged to start a Bucks fast break. Horrible.

Why can they go to the monitor to see if it's clear path (it obviously wasn't)...but not acknowledge when they're at the monitor they missed the obvious foul that started the whole thing anyway?
 
Bulls need to take care of the ****ing basketball. Turn it over like this past this round will get us swept.
 
Bulls need to take care of the ****ing basketball. Turn it over like this past this round will get us swept.

They are down 7 and didn't expend the energy they did coming back from down 18 in game 3. Will probably be another down to the wire game my guess.

Butler is a load for most teams to handle on both ends at this point.
 
It's hard to play much better than Butler did in the first half on both sides of the court.

To absolutely hound your man for an entire half on D, then to score 23 on 8/12 shooting...kid is a beast.
 
JFC, TAKE CARE OF THE BASKETBALL! If we are taking care of the ball we would of won this going away.

Not playing hard enough to close out a team on the road in the playoffs. We'll see if they get it together these last four.