****Official 2017 NBA Playoffs Thread****

[KC_Connection]

The real season begins.

Round 1:

EAST:

#8 Bulls @ #1 Celtics
#7 Pacers @ #2 Cavs
#6 Bucks @ #3 Raptors
#5 Hawks @ #4 Wizards

WEST:
#8 Blazers @ #1 Warriors
#7 Grizzlies @ #2 Spurs
#6 Thunder @ #3 Rockets
#5 Jazz @ #4 Clippers

[RobBlake]

last 4 mins Durant 12 pts

Lebron 4

[RobBlake]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

So dumb.

results.

korver has been trash all series long.

He played an AMAZING game up until the closing minutes. He's been the best player in the playoffs but God... there's literally not a single ounce of clutch or killer instinct mentality in his body.
I can understand deferring to Kyrie cause he's a great closer and had a great game. But really? Dishing it to Korver for what is essentially the key shot in the game and also dishing it to JR to lay bricks just doesn't add up. Yeah Korver and JR hit a few in the second half, but they also missed a handful of good lucks and JR was beginning to chuck some random shots.

[tk13]

You are never going to be able to outscore these guys in a million years. I wonder if some team just needs to Moneyball it and go the other way and be extremely physical on offense.

If you could put a decent team around someone like Anthony Davis, you could probably compete at least. You just need a large athletic freak that the Warriors don't have the personnel to defend. Or you need a team who can slow the game down effectively. Something to try and make these guys play defense and wear them down a bit. Even that's not a guarantee. But what the Cavs are doing right now just isn't going to work.

[RobBlake]

Originally Posted by tk13

You are never going to be able to outscore these guys in a million years. I wonder if some team just needs to Moneyball it and go the other way and be extremely physical on offense.

If you could put a decent team around someone like Anthony Davis, you could probably compete at least. You just need a large athletic freak that the Warriors don't have the personnel to defend. Or you need a team who can slow the game down effectively. Something to try and make these guys play defense and wear them down a bit. Even that's not a guarantee. But what the Cavs are doing right now just isn't going to work.

spurs are a team that can match up with them

[penbrook]

Originally Posted by RobBlake

spurs are a team that can match up with them

This. I heard Chris Paul is gonna give the Spurs serious consideration during free agency

[New World Order]

Jordan's 12 points in 3 minutes, including the game winner:

[RobBlake]

Originally Posted by penbrook

This. I heard Chris Paul is gonna give the Spurs serious consideration during free agency

injuries has really made the playoffs suck the past couple years.. take a lot at the east last couple years.. lebron has had an easy path.

[Pepe Silvia]

Originally Posted by New World Order

Jordan's 12 points in 3 minutes, including the game winner:

Nobody did the NBA Playoffs better than NBC.

[Miles]

Originally Posted by New World Order

Jordan's 12 points in 3 minutes, including the game winner:

Watched most of this expecting something great. Realize the moment but did not deliver.

[-King-]

Natural shooting motion
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[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by RobBlake

results.

korver has been trash all series long.

He played an AMAZING game up until the closing minutes. He's been the best player in the playoffs but God... there's literally not a single ounce of clutch or killer instinct mentality in his body.
I can understand deferring to Kyrie cause he's a great closer and had a great game. But really? Dishing it to Korver for what is essentially the key shot in the game and also dishing it to JR to lay bricks just doesn't add up. Yeah Korver and JR hit a few in the second half, but they also missed a handful of good lucks and JR was beginning to chuck some random shots.

Wouldn't say there isn't an ounce of killer instinct. He just doesn't close games the way MJ does. I've always said it's easily the one thing that separates him and MJ. He's still a solid enough closer. Just not even close to the same level as the GOAT.

[-King-]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

Except the defense had collapsed on him and Durant blocked his lane to the basket. If he takes a shot there, it's a relatively low percentage contested two point shot. Instead of doing that, he made the right basketball play (as he almost always does) and passed to one of the best spot shooters in the history of basketball for an open three. Other than a layup/dunk, you literally cannot get a better shot than that.

Korver just missed it and that's not on LeBron James.

Both of you are wrong. LeBron didn't have an easy lane to the basket because Durant came down to help and korver also didn't have an easy shot because Curry stepped out and contested it.

But since both plays are low percentage, LeBron should have kept it. There's a higher % of him making it or at least drawing a foul than korver making a contested 3. Especially given how he has been shooting.
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[mcaj22]

Tristan Thompson gets a lot of money to be bad at his role

[Al Bundy]

So, I had a look at the average minutes per game in a finals. Jordan averaged 46.3 minutes per game in the 1993 Finals, while Pippen averaged 46 minutes and Charles Barkley averaged 46.4 minutes in that same series.

[vailpass]

Originally Posted by Al Bundy

So, I had a look at the average minutes per game in a finals. Jordan averaged 46.3 minutes per game in the 1993 Finals, while Pippen averaged 46 minutes and Charles Barkley averaged 46.4 minutes in that same series.

And none of them sat out regular season games just to rest for the playoffs.