Celtics basically looked ready for this level of playoff basketball, Bucks not so much.
Bucks and Nuggets are in similar situations. Elite talent and elite record, not elite experience. Nuggets ran into a more seasoned playoff opponent in the first round, Bucks going to have to do the same thing now.
I hope the Bucks can do it because the NBA is more interesting to me when it's not just historically successful franchises doing well.
**** the celtics. A bunch a pampered players who whine all game while throwing cheap shots and playing dirty. Marcus Smart and Marcus Morris are former Big XII scum and then you have spoiled Duke princesses like Tatum and Irving. Not to mention Boston fans are completely insufferable. I hope Giannis puts up 60 tomorrow.
That Rockets Warriors game almost became unwatchable with the incessant ******** and flopping by players from both teams. I like the NBA, but that was a lousy display for the showcase game of the weekend. I get it - the officiating wasn't very good. But these guys are pros and it shouldn't have gotten in their heads the way it did.
Unwatchable? That was a great finish and fourth quarter.
Great to see Harden not get a foul call on every three he jacks up. I understand giving the offensive player the right to land, but you can't get within 5 feet of him given how he flails forward.
It was a very competitive game and an exciting finish, but I thought it was marred by poor officiating and an even worse reaction to it by the players and coaches.
To be fair, I don't like watching the Rockets brand of basketball all that much anyway.
I don't feel sorry for the Rockets and Harden. A big portion of their offense is to try and draw fouls and make free throws. That strategy is similar to Mad Fran as well.
Harden tried too hard on the last shot of the game to draw a foul, but there were at least three times prior to that in his normal shooting motion that Thompson came under him and didn't allow him to land. It is supposed to be called a flagrant foul because it's extremely dangerous, yet it was never called. Then there was at least two more instances where a three point shooter was hit on the wrist/hand without a call. The Rockets were rightfully angry about the officiating because the same fouls were called against Houston.
Not if Thompson is jumping forward towards Harden, which he was every time.Is Harden allowed to jump 2 ft forward on his shooting motion? Thompson only has to let him land vertically.
Video for proofNot if Thompson is jumping forward towards Harden, which he was every time.
Harden jumps slightly foward, like every single other shooter in the NBA.