NBA: ***Official 2017-2018 Playoffs Thread***
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CycloneErik
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Didn't get to see Game 6 between Houston and The City, just read the recap a bit ago. What a point swing. Wow.
Fun fact: This is the first time both conference-final series went to 7th game in same season since 1979.
Fun fact: This is the first time both conference-final series went to 7th game in same season since 1979.
So Marcus Smart is still getting rewarded for flopping, even in the NBA?
So Lebron's incredible. I sided with MJ in that thread but this is hard to beat.
I'm a very casual NBA fan but also I think this has been as good as his teams have looked as a whole unit/playing team basketball and that includes his star-studded rosters.
That was impressive.
I'm a very casual NBA fan but also I think this has been as good as his teams have looked as a whole unit/playing team basketball and that includes his star-studded rosters.
That was impressive.
I’m general I hate superstars and great teams. It’s just no fun to cheer for the Yankees or the patriots or golden state or Kobe or arod or Jordan.
But for some crazy reason, I’ve turned into a huge LeBron fan. I just love him.
But for some crazy reason, I’ve turned into a huge LeBron fan. I just love him.
I thought Boston lost it, nobody besides Tatum played well. Smart and Rozier were basically the cavs 3rd and 4th best players tonight. Brown and Horford were terrible as well.
Cavs have a better chance to have a good finals due to having LeBron. I'm cheering for a Cavs-Rockets final but I give the Rockets a 5% chance of winning game 7
Cavs have a better chance to have a good finals due to having LeBron. I'm cheering for a Cavs-Rockets final but I give the Rockets a 5% chance of winning game 7
Brown, Rozier, Smart all a combined 8-42 shooting. Game 7 in ECF is definitely a bad time for that.
It's not, nor is it really close. This Cleveland team is incredibly flawed, their defense was still terrible tonight, Boston got a ton of open shots but just missed. This wasn't a great basketball game by any stretch. LeBron's Miami teams were much better, the first Spurs-Heat series (especially the last two games) was some insanely high level basketball. Those Miami teams were terrific defensively, this Cavs team is still a mess defensively. But grinding out a road win in a game seven with this team is just another impressive point on LeBron's resume.
I'm thinking at least part of those dozens of missed 3s are a young team in a huge moment. They'll be a very tough out next year if they're healthy.
Can you imagine this series with Irving? You couldn't have written basketball drama better than that.
I'd add that while the championship Cleveland team didn't always play great as a unit, Irving played absolutely out of his mind a few games in the finals (Probably the best offensive teammate performance he's ever had). LBJ wasn't getting that kind of help from a teammate in any of these 7 games.
This was a heavy solo lift from LBJ, especially without Love tonight. The moment was weighing down the young guns from Boston. There's an intimidation factor looking into LBJ's eyes (or Jordan or Tiger or Ali) and Irving was probably the only guy on Boston's roster who would have charged toward it in a game 7.
Incredible season for Boston though, I doubt any team that lost two All Stars for most of the season including the entire playoffs has ever done better than this team.
