ridiculous how you're not considering Schroder who is arguably putting up the best PG numbers in the playoffs right now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spencer 555
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ridiculous how you're not considering Schroder who is arguably putting up the best PG numbers in the playoffs right now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spencer 555
In the post directly prior to that one I mentioned Schroder and Bazemore were stepping up big-time in those 2 wins. I missed the last two games so I have no idea if they kept it up. Schroder is still a work in progress imo.
Schröder was huge in the games they won and invisible in game 6. Millsap is the only guy who was a consistent pain in our ass.
Boston is fucked. They couldn't stop a washed up Rondo. Wall is gonna work that ass.
Gortat should be a bigger factor on the glass against Horford too. It's a good matchup for the wiz, but porter and Beal need to be bigger in this series on defense. The Celts offense is way way better then the hawks.
After seeing my predictions for the first round, if Clippers win Sunday, which I think they will, I will basically get all of them right for the West lol. I was pretty off with the East's number of game predictions though, I thought they were all going to be pretty short series.
For second round I got
Spurs vs Rockets- Spurs in 6
Warriors vs Clippers- Warriors in 6, Warriors in 5 against the Jazz if they win
Cavs vs Raptors- Cavs in 5 maybe 6
Wizards vs Celtics- Wizards in 5
Raps vs cavs: Raps in 6
Celts vs wiz: Wiz in 6
Spurs vs whoever: spurs in 7
Warriors vs rockets: warriors in 6
Celtics didn't have a better offense than the Hawks. They did have a better defense though, and Avery Bradley and Marcus Smart should make it tough against Wall and Beal. I believe if everyone stays healthy, that that series is going 7. I'd pick Washington to win.
Dude, wut? The hawks had the 27th ranked offense in the league and the Celtics get crushed on the defensive boards. Combined with the fact that Isaiah Thomas is the worst defensive player in the league the Celts are not close to the hawks 4th ranked (in season) defense.
Who cares about the regular season stats...that's some smoke and mirrors shit for some teams.
The Wizards just shredded that 4th ranked defense to pieces because it was never as good as it's ranking. Also, Atlanta was able to score because offensively it was much superior to its regular season ranking. Besides, once they realized they couldn't stop Washington, they focused more on scoring and hoped that that would be its best defense.
Boston on the other hand couldn't score regularly against Chicago until Rondo got hurt. Rondo seemed to know a lot of the Celtic schemes and plays which helped him out a lot. No surprise that when he went out, they were able to score a little better. That also helped them tighten up their defense as they find could set it up consistently instead of getting mismatches in transition and having Rondo shred them. Even with Butler and Wade they couldn't score at all and Bradley won his matchup vs Butler.
Also, while Thomas is a bad defender, so is Dennis Schroeder. That guy just seems to not try at all.
I dunno man, I don't just throw out regular season stats entirely. I would personally attribute some of Atlanta's scoring to washington struggling defensively at times. As for the c's offense, I just consider the personnel better on paper offensively. Horford, Bradley, Crowder and other useful players on the bench can all put the ball in the net and Thomas is much better then Schroder.
As for Schroder defensively, I agree he isn't good, but hes not 5'5 lol
Go Jazz baby. Just watched the game, I feel so bad for Chris Paul.
Wiz looked soft as fuck against the c's and gortat looked terrible in the Horford matchup that I thought suited him. Depending on the adjustments coming for game 2, I think the c's could beat the wiz in 5. Beal, Wall and Porter all looked pretty good, so they're gonna need others to step up if they're gonna win.. the c's might just be the better (deeper) team.
Damn I was pretty close. I had 4 picks spot on. I correctly predicted 3 more (Wiz, Spurs and Rockets), but they took one more game that I predicted and my lone wrong pick was Clips in 7 instead of Jazz in 7.Quote:
Originally Posted by Greendaybum5
Got every series right, not that it was too hard lol. Only series' I was very off on was the Celtics bulls and the cavs over the pacers. I figured George would get one game at least off the king and I didn't see the bulls winning a single game over the Celtics.
The spurs grizzlies series was also much closer then I expected.
Also holy fuck valanciunas can't keep up anymore and Derozan had a bad game. I'm half expecting JV to hit the bench again. Definitely some positives to last night though, Lowry is winning the matchup against Irving and norm Powell still looked great. Delon Wright is passing Cory Joseph on the totem pole too which is kinda sad but really good for the future.
Cavs in 4Quote:
Originally Posted by Spencer 555
Yaya lol we'll see ass hole.
When you said the Bulls were a bad matchup for the Celtics, before the series started I thought that combo of Marcus Smart, Bradley and Crowder was enough to stop the bulls since they were mostly going to rely on Rondo/Wade/Buttler, and Bradley has always been great at defending Wade, even in his best days and Buttler. Too bad Rondo went down, that changed everything.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Professor
Hey man, we got the Clippers/Jazz series wrong but keeping in mind Griffin would play haha. I thought it was over for the Clippers when Griffin went down, I was surprised they won game 6, and then I still believed the Clippers would win game 7 because I didn't believe in Utah in a game 7 and the Clippers were more experienced in that situation.Quote:
Originally Posted by Greendaybum5
Derozan has had this same type of game against the Cavs since last year's playoff going back to game 5 and 6. He might play a little better but not much will change, Jr Smith played his best defensive game in the entire year probably. How the hell is Lowry winning the matchup against Irving lol?Quote:
Originally Posted by Spencer 555
I don't think the Cavs will sweep the Raptors, but the Raptors have no chance, they don't have enough shooting, they can't keep up with the Cavs. You need to be able to shoot and make alot more 3s to be able to compete with the Cavs and the Raptors don't have that. The Cavs have upped their game, and they will keep it up but you can just see it in them that they don't even see the Raptors as a real threat. They were clowning during the entire game, something they wouldn't be doing in the finals against the Spurs or Warriors.
I didn't feel like they clowned us at all last night for the first three quarters. Smith definitely did on a few plays when he got cocky, but that's him. Last year, I felt like the raps won game 3 and 4 because the cavs clowned around, but this year it seemed like LeBron and Lue got the team ready. They really took it to JV and derozan in the pick n roll and exploited that matchup. I expect the raps to adjust their gameplan in game 2 and potentially surprise a few people.
As for Derozan, he is a completely different player then he was last year, I don't see him playing as terribly as he did last night throughout this entire series. He was a -31 Last night. JR Smith is a good defender, but 43% shooting with 2 assists and 4 turnovers is completely unnacceptable against a cavs team that struggles defensively.
As for Lowry outplaying Irving, Lowry was kloe last night. 7/13 and 2/4 from 3 with 11 assists and 3 turnovers. Offensively Irving was comparably good, but was exploited over and over on defense. Lowry was a complete pest on that end and therefore I think he won that matchup (last night). Will that continue all series? I don't know, but I would bet yes.
All in all, I agree with you're statement about the raps lack of shooting and the fact that the raps probably don't have much of a chance, but last night was pretty terrible. Derozan needs to be better, the defense needs to be better and we need to do something about JV and to a lesser degree Cory Joseph. I don't even know if JV is playable after what happened while he was on the court last night. Thompson just plain outhustles him and frye/love outrange him.. and all three contain him well enough in the post that his presence doesn't even matter. I would rather lose with Norm Powell and Delon Wright then with JV and Cory Joseph at this point. They proved it in the bucks series and we saw more of that trend in game one of this series with both delon and Powell leading the team in +/-
Hey spence, still want to tell me there are 33 players in the NBA better than IT?
No but it's really all good, I'm all for people underestimating the shit out of the Celtics if it means we get to keep winning.
Lol chip on the shoulder much? Thomas rised like 7 spots on my top 50 from beginning to end of the season ima. Regardless of what Isaiah did last night though, Horford has been the best Celtics player in the playoffs so far imo. I'm sorry I value players who don't get completely exposed on the defensive end constantly.
And tbh, if you've been reading all my posts, I've probably defended the Celtics more then shit on them since the beginning of the playoffs and given Thomas props for carrying a really good offense (much better then the hawks). I think my criticizm about the lack of rebounding potential and concern about Thomas producing in the playoffs was fair to begin the playoffs and the bulls proved those concerns to be true in games 1 and 2 with tough d from Rondo and butler and offensive rebounds galore from the bulls bigs, but when Rondo went down, the c's took care of business. I think it's also pretty fair to say that the wizards have more talent on paper then the c's and are built to matchup Well, but the problem is a lack of depth on the bench and lack of leadership/chemistry.
The Celtics are a really good, deep team with great chemistry and should be power houses in the east again soon if all goes according to plan. I just don't really consider them a championship contender this year because the ceiling is too low. I still think the wiz can win that series.
Spurs need to make the adjustment and go small. Dedmon and Anderson are too good to be sitting on the bench.
just throwing this out there....dedmon was ejectedQuote:
Originally Posted by Spencer 555
Warriors in 4.
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such a good movie
He has 50 minutes played total in the playoffs Philly lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by Greendaybum5
Fuuuuck the raps look much better in this game and it's the same score at half lol. Derozan where art thou!?
Damn right.Quote:
Originally Posted by Maverik
Punk ass Kelly Olynyk got knocked the fuck out! Wiz tearing that ass up again. But this time we ain't gonna let them come back.
Also, is it just me or does Gordon Hayward have the blackest name in the NBA? His name just does not fit his appearance.
Uhh... Gordon sounds super white to me compared to Demar Derozan
TIL pushing someone to the floor is knocking them the fuck out.
I mean, if the NBA was the NHL I wouldn't have said that. But that hit is about as good as we get in the NBA.
Is it okay if I move Giannis ahead of Russel Westbrook?
Hey, at least the Jazz led for some of this game.
Fake 1 seed tbh.
I'm sad about my raps, but I'll still be happy if the wiz can give LeBron a good series.
Can we just skip to the NBA Finals at this point?
Warriors vs. Cavaliers
Warriors in 5