Official 2017-2018 NBA Playoffs thread!

[Al Bundy]

We'll see if the Warriors recover from the end of the season stretch of stinkers.

[New World Order]

Originally Posted by ohiobronco2

LeBron has avoided guarding Durant when he’s been hot, that is a fact. I think he knows he doesn’t have the skill set to guard Durant and is trying to protect his legacy.

[staylor26]

Originally Posted by ohiobronco2

LeBron has avoided guarding Durant when he’s been hot, that is a fact. I think he knows he doesn’t have the skill set to guard Durant and is trying to protect his legacy.

Thank you. I respect any Lebron fan/defender that can see obvious shit like this. The fact that some of you are denying this just goes to show you’re as biased as you claim people like me are.

[KC_Connection]

LeBron 2018 Finals:

37.7 PPG / 9.0 RPG / 10.7 APG / 1.7 SPG / 1.0 BPG / 61.5% TS

Going to be swept.

[New World Order]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

LeBron 2018 Finals:

37.7 PPG / 9.0 RPG / 10.7 APG / 1.7 SPG / 1.0 BPG / 61.5% TS

Going to be swept.

Lebron doing his best Westbrook impersonation.

[KC_Connection]

Here's whats gonna happen:

1) LeBron carries his shit team to the Finals with insane numbers.

2) KD coasts to the Finals on the most stacked team ever.

3) Both put up huge numbers in the Finals but KD wins Finals MVP bc his team is 100x better

4) Morons say KD is better

— Barry McCockiner (@Sp0rtsTalkJo3) May 8, 2018

Predictable because it happened last year the same way.

[staylor26]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

LeBron 2018 Finals:

37.7 PPG / 9.0 RPG / 10.7 APG / 1.7 SPG / 1.0 BPG / 61.5% TS

Going to be swept.

1 great game followed by 2 meh games.

Klay and Curry were both off tonight and he couldn’t capitalize. Love and Hood stepped up. Outplayed by KD when it counts yet again.

[New World Order]

The comparison talk went from Jordan to KD pretty damn quick

[staylor26]

I’m not saying KD is better, but like I said before, it’s closer than KCC will ever admit.

[tk13]

Nobody can guard Durant. That's always been the case. It's also why he could have eventually beat Golden State without joining them.

It's an interesting dynamic, because there's no way Durant is anywhere near the all-around player LeBron is, but he also has an ability that LeBron doesn't have and cannot stop. I'm not sure going to Houston will fix that. All these triple doubles don't mean squat because Durant can just take over the game whenever he wants, get whatever shot he wants, and nobody is capable of stopping him.

Although to be fair, Durant had 43/13/7 tonight. That's a pretty all-time great game in his own right.

[staylor26]

KD’s playing full court D on Lebron many times throughout the game, while Lebron is switching off to Curry in a critical possession.

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by staylor26

1 great game followed by 2 meh games.

More like the greatest game in NBA Finals history followed by two Finals 30 point triple doubles.

I said immediately after game 1 that there was no way he was going to play like that again, but I guess when you do it once, it becomes the expectation (as ridiculous as that is).

[PAChiefsGuy]

Originally Posted by ohiobronco2

LeBron has avoided guarding Durant when he’s been hot, that is a fact. I think he knows he doesn’t have the skill set to guard Durant and is trying to protect his legacy.

MJ wasn't an asshole he was an alpha male who would get in your face if you were playing like shit or taking the night off. Kind of like Steve Jobs and Bill Gates in the business world. He wanted to win badly. He had a competitive problem not being an asshole problem. He probably rubbed a lot of his teammates but so what? Most alpha males do.

Overall MJ was pretty much a gentleman in a lot of ways. Definitely a flawed human being but we all are.

[staylor26]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

More like the greatest game in NBA Finals history followed by two Finals 30 point triple doubles.

I said immediately after game 1 that there was no way he was going to play like that again, but I guess when you do it once, it becomes the expectation (as ridiculous as that is).

The last two games, and this one in particular, are a lot closer to KD’s game 1 performance than Lebron’s. Continue to pretend otherwise though.

[ChiefsCountry]

Wait till LeBron and Durant team up in Los Angeles.

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by tk13

Nobody can guard Durant. That's always been the case. It's also why he could have eventually beat Golden State without joining them.

Eventually? He should have done it in 2016, he had them on the ropes and choked.

It's an interesting dynamic, because there's no way Durant is anywhere near the all-around player LeBron is, but he also has an ability that LeBron doesn't have and cannot stop.

Nobody in the league can stop Durant, just like nobody in the league can stop LeBron. They are two of the greatest scorers the league has ever seen. I don't see why anybody would knock either's defence for their failure to stop what is impossible to stop.

I'm not sure going to Houston will fix that.

It won't change the Warriors being the greatest team ever (which is only partly because of Durant and partly because of the 3 other HOFers) but having multiple all-stars instead of total scrubs around LeBron has always led to titles before. It would be interesting, far more interesting than what we've currently got.