#focus#mustwin#playoffs#drama? : 2013 NBA playoffs

WESTERN CONFERENCE - FIRST ROUND
(1) Oklahoma City vs. (8) Houston
Game 1 - Sun April 21, Houston at Oklahoma City, 9:30 p.m. ET, TNT
Game 2 - Wed April 24, Houston at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m., TNT
Game 3 - Sat April 27, Oklahoma City at Houston, 9:30 p.m., ESPN/R
Game 4 - Mon April 29, Oklahoma City at Houston, TBD, TBD
Game 5 * Wed May 1, Houston at Oklahoma City, TBD, TBD
Game 6 * Fri May 3, Oklahoma City at Houston, TBD, TBD
Game 7 * Sun May 5, Houston at Oklahoma City, TBD, TBD

(2) San Antonio vs. (7) L.A. Lakers
Game 1 - Sun April 21, L.A. Lakers at San Antonio, 3:30 p.m., ABC/R
Game 2 - Wed April 24, L.A. Lakers at San Antonio, 9:30 p.m., TNT
Game 3 - Fri April 26, San Antonio at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m., ESPN
Game 4 - Sun April 28, San Antonio at L.A. Lakers, 7 p.m., TNT
Game 5 * Tue April 30, L.A. Lakers at San Antonio, TBD, TBD
Game 6 * Thu May 2, San Antonio at L.A. Lakers, TBD, TBD
Game 7 * Sat May 4, L.A. Lakers at San Antonio, TBD, TNT

(3) Denver vs. (6) Golden State
Game 1 - Sat April 20, Golden State at Denver, 5:30 p.m., ESPN
Game 2 - Tue April 23, Golden State at Denver, 10:30 p.m., TNT
Game 3 - Fri April 26, Denver at Golden State, 10:30 p.m., ESPN2
Game 4 - Sun April 28, Denver at Golden State, 9:30 p.m., TNT
Game 5 * Tue April 30, Golden State at Denver, TBD, TBD
Game 6 * Thu May 2, Denver at Golden State, TBD, TBD
Game 7 * Sat May 4, Golden State at Denver, TBD, TNT

(4) L.A. Clippers vs. (5) Memphis
Game 1 - Sat April 20, Memphis at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m., ESPN
Game 2 - Mon April 22, Memphis at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m., TNT
Game 3 - Thu April 25, L.A. Clippers at Memphis, 9:30 p.m., TNT
Game 4 - Sat April 27, L.A. Clippers at Memphis, 4:30 p.m., TNT
Game 5 * Tue April 30, Memphis at L.A. Clippers, TBD, TBD
Game 6 * Fri May 3, L.A. Clippers at Memphis, TBD, TBD
Game 7 * Sun May 5, Memphis at L.A. Clippers, TBD, TBD

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EASTERN CONFERENCE - FIRST ROUND
(1) Miami vs. (8) Milwaukee
Game 1 - Sun April 21, Milwaukee at Miami, 7 p.m., TNT
Game 2 - Tue April 23, Milwaukee at Miami, 7:30 p.m., NBA TV
Game 3 - Thu April 25, Miami at Milwaukee, 7 p.m., TNT
Game 4 - Sun April 28, Miami at Milwaukee, 3:30 p.m., ABC
Game 5 * Tue April 30, Milwaukee at Miami, TBD, TBD
Game 6 * Thu May 2, Miami at Milwaukee, TBD, TBD
Game 7 * Sat May 4, Milwaukee at Miami, TBD, TNT

(2) New York vs. (7) Boston
Game 1 - Sat April 20, Boston at New York, 3 p.m., ABC/R
Game 2 - Tue April 23, Boston at New York, 8 p.m., TNT
Game 3 - Fri April 26, New York at Boston, 8 p.m., ESPN
Game 4 - Sun April 28, New York at Boston, 1 p.m., ABC/R
Game 5 * Wed May 1, Boston at New York, TBD, TBD
Game 6 * Fri May 3, New York at Boston, TBD, TBD
Game 7 * Sun May 5, Boston at New York, TBD, TBD

(3) Indiana vs. (6) Atlanta
Game 1 - Sun April 21, Atlanta at Indiana, 1 p.m., TNT
Game 2 - Wed April 24, Atlanta at Indiana, 7:30 p.m., NBA TV
Game 3 - Sat April 27, Indiana at Atlanta, 7 p.m., ESPN
Game 4 - Mon April 29, Indiana at Atlanta, TBD, TBD
Game 5 * Wed May 1, Atlanta at Indiana, TBD, TBD
Game 6 * Fri May 3, Indiana at Atlanta, TBD, TBD
Game 7 * Sun May 5, Atlanta at Indiana, TBD, TBD

(4) Brooklyn vs. (5) Chicago
Game 1 - Sat April 20, Chicago at Brooklyn, 8 p.m., ESPN
Game 2 - Mon April 22, Chicago at Brooklyn, 8 p.m., TNT
Game 3 - Thu April 25, Brooklyn at Chicago, 8:30 p.m., NBA TV
Game 4 - Sat April 27, Brooklyn at Chicago, 2 p.m., TNT
Game 5 * Mon April 29, Chicago at Brooklyn, TBD, TBD
Game 6 * Thu May 2, Brooklyn at Chicago, TBD, TBD
Game 7 * Sat May 4, Chicago at Brooklyn, TBD, TNT

PREDIX

west

okc in 5 over rockets
spurs in 4 over lakes
tru wariers in 7 over nugz
clips in 6 over grizz (cp3 takeover)

east
miami in 3.5, bucks contracted at halftime of game four
celtics in 7 over knicks
indiana in who cares over atl
brooklyn in 6 over bulls, boozer and lopez fail to play any defense

okc in 6 over hou
spurs in 5 over lakes
denver in 6 over warriors
grizz in 6 over clipshow

miami in 4
knicks over c's in 6
pacers in 5 over atl
bulls in 6 over bklyn

okc in 5
spurs in 5
nuggs in 5
clips in 7

miami in 4
boston in 6
pacers in 5
nets in 7

Man more lakers titles, ilh in total identify with aggressor mode.

Okc in 5 over hou
spurs in 6 over lakeshow
denver in 6 over warriors
grizz in 7 over clips

miami in 4 over buckaroos
celtics over knicks in 7 knock on wood
pacers in 6 over atl
bulls in 5 over jay-z

Damn it! Another %@##@! Laker's reference in the thread title. I thought we had grown past that.

never, laker haterade is brewed daily up in this piece

mine:
good conference
okc over houston, durant and harden embrace in tears at the conclusion, durant questions life, retires, commits to buddhist monastery
spurs over lakers, kobe confuses kawhi leonard for kwame brown in a bizarre, psychotic flashback and attempts strangulation. busts other Achilles, out for 1 year
denver over warriors in 7, home team wins every game
clips over grizz, cp3 flops so hard in game 7 that the ball flies into the hoop for a miraculous 3 and-1

bad conference
miami over bucks
celtics over knicks, quite possibly the first time a 7-seed has ever been the favorite, only the knicks amirite
pacers over atl, but no one will know for weeks bc everyone will have slept through the games and there will be no witnesses
nets over bulls, drink budweiser

smiling jr take his shirt over (future gif)

they should put Avery on jr

he'll probably get some time on him

rooooondooo... what exactly r u wearing under ur suit jacket

as much as i've tired of rondo i am going to miss playoff rondo

refs are overcalling this game smh

http://i.imgur.com/nMbg91d.png

OMG JR

UH

already epic

wth is this these refs are awful

Kmart to be indicted for hijacking a JET

I totally hadn't even consciously noticed that Carmelo switched to #7 somehow.

what was he before

what's up with Raymond Felton wasn't he literal garbage two years ago

used to be #15 xp

Felton was actually a literal donut last year. xp

what was that chant? "Refs ease off?" That seems a little too literate and precise for a mob.

oh these refs suck duh thx twitter sorry I'm an old man and need a hearing aid

green is completely shitting on the knicks

Benjamin Hochman ‏@nuggetsnews 43s
Doesn't sound like Faried is playing. GK will confirm at 2:10 press conf

ugh

this has to be the most evenly matched 2/7 series in forever.

those cedric daniels light bulbs are $13 a pop damn http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1vZbol/h_d2/Navigation?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053&cm_mmc=SEM|G|VF|DSK|D27E|LightBulbs|Cree#/?c=1&bol=bol

cree

what's a cree

i dunno but i want one. fluoros suck, i admit that im still using incandescents in all my lamps

mic'd-up pierce forever

pierce tryna lose the game

how is @netw3rk so consistently amazing idgi

lol Bradley picked jr clean

http://i.imgur.com/W3VLZtX.jpg

im dead

which Tarantino movie is that a still from

pp just vacillating b/w mvp and bum every possession

im gonna come out and say it: melo is soft

starting a long day out with jvg knowing you'll end it with reggie :: bring terrified of the aging process

*being

Just starting this game, did yall discuss how HOOOOOORRRRIBLE that will.i.am intro/song thing is?! Really embarrassing for everyone.

my friend Casey on twitter re that: Dear @nba and @abc: Please fire all your music licensing people. All of the music has been completely wrong for 11 years.

have never seen a team blow more 2nd chances

this series is mostly going to be pretty entertaining but fundamentally not very good basketball huh

Just starting this game, did yall discuss how HOOOOOORRRRIBLE that will.i.am intro/song thing is?! Really embarrassing for everyone.

― Z S up HOOS down (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Saturday, April 20, 2013 5:02 PM (9 minutes ago)

we did not but matt was right before when he said will.i.am is just the world'd biggest hack. the worst

lol at jvg on-air basically like "the eastern conference playoffs including this game are pointless."

melo my god

nice timing for assist #1

lol c's

really interested to see what kind of defenses they throw at steph

iggy's their best perimeter defender right?

by a lot yeah

sort of shocked evan is getting this start

when gallo went down I wanted to say I wasn't sure if chandler wasn't an upgrade atm. but idk dude has been killin it.

gallo's a better defender and ballhandler but the way willy's been shooting things could be worse

ty's moving well

I don't really think this Iceman Wilson thing is sustainable but man it's been a fun ride

iggy got away with a kick there

JAVALE btw

fucking refs

this series is gonna be a good time

first time I've seen the nuggz try twin towers in a while

that looked like an awful call in real time but it really could have gone either way. javale's rep hurts him

Surprised they didn't t javale up

jack was standing in the paint for 10 seconds there

denver's offense looks terrible right now, everyone is running into each other

man we got awesome jeff green and totally invisible jeff green in two distinct halves that game

i sort of totally hate carmelo and getting assist #1 with like 47 seconds left basically sums it up

sorry for late just caught up on dvr

wtf chandler find a ball handler

why tf is randolph itg

btw avery bradley was god-awful in that game even though he put up a bunch of points somehow

He had some real bad turnovers

my friend Casey on twitter re that: Dear @nba and @abc: Please fire all your music licensing people. All of the music has been completely wrong for 11 years.

― Clay, Saturday, April 20, 2013 5:03 PM (47 minutes ago) Bookmark

no no it's just abc who apparently have like a 68 year old baby boomer picking all their music tryna jam in moody blues and shit every game and thinking will-i-am is really gonna appeal to the kidz

someone at the nba brought us this though!

http://youtu.be/uUmuEDO2gFA

yeah that was v cool

i miss playoff rondo too

I'm sure it's decided by whatever agency they chose every year. Xp

it's weird that our two orange-and-blue teams got matched up against each other

why does willy fucking hesitate every time he grabs a rebound

that Gillette commercial freaked me out.

Gold and blue xxp

yeah they're both gold

haha right spottie i think i am colorblind

i was confused by how much i dislike these nuggets unis in motion but sort of like them in theory

Lol.

Man Landry can't get a shot off in there

I like the nuggz jerseys. Like a nicer version of whatever tf Marquette does

god dammit doofus

why tf is randolph itg

― brony james (k3vin k.), Saturday, April 20, 2013 10:18 PM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

he's been playing good ball

Miller killin it in the post

i'm not having fun rn

Cheer for the other team imo

i miss gallo :'(

Nuggz super lucky that Curry is cold

And the manimal xp

Yah curry wtf

Maybe bogut will prove his worth

Bogut!

oh man mcgee

oh my god

good fucking call

RIP Bogut

Snap

show the goddamn replay

Shoulda been T'd up at some point in this half

whoa mcgee

javale~~~

hyperventilating atm

wowwww

Shoulda been T'd up at some point in this half

― Z S up HOOS down (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Saturday, April 20, 2013 10:42 PM (21 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

no one gets those reaction Ts anymore, other than Cousins

david lee looked so surprised to have been blocked in the slomo replay

Dayum

unreal.

wow what a dumb foul!

#playoffs

Barnes you complete idiot

i assume iggy bricked his FTA

Oh glad they didn't call a foul

http://d3j5vwomefv46c.cloudfront.net/photos/large/760468506.gif

He coulda snapped boguts arm again with that reaction

Nasty thi

faried looks like he can play lol

Though*

oh all the games are espn tonight, I won't close the night w/ Reggie after all.

oh god i forgot the 4-way intersection crash of wilbon-magic-simmons-jalen was gonna follow us to the worldwide leader though

obv that's better than reggie though since they don't ruin the actual game

Otm

Doris Burke congrats for noting that bogut is known for his defense

heh though doris is pretty good and i think for game 1s they usually try to get some basics in for the non-league pass crowd

viagra ad or halftime show, you make the call

it's a sad state of affairs that only the headiest of commentators know that a former shot blocking titlist is known for his defense

Hibachi yeah I like Boris alright though I wish she would get more argumentative once in a while. Only noted the bogut thing cos a couple big name NBA heads (Barkley) believes that bogut is a jump shooting offense only center smh

Haha what Matt just said

Lead the league in shot blocks and charges one year iirc

the year he blew out his elbow he was arguably the best defensive player in the NBA

this is a really poorly officiated game, both ways

Agree

Just go ahead and dive at people's knees

oh man i forgot that barkley basically didn't know who bogut was, i just take it as a given that everyone knows he's one of the better defenders when he's in one piece

Is Javale just way better in the playoffs than Koufos?

Haha these refs!

what the hell

Body's flying

So fugly right now

goaltend!

ou est la bibliotheque

how do you even get that much popcorn

From the stadium lol

ha jack got turned around

@netw3rk “Tell me about the world before the apocalypse, Dad.” “Well, son, we had so much food, we’d fill a person’s car with it as a joke.”

Chandler has been really solid and physical at PF

curry's shook

maybe those openfield tackles bothered him

lol

Haha was gonna say. And his passing has been on point

hahahhaa willy

Travel

yeah,a lot of the stuff CP dre miller does on the floor is some straight up witchcraft.

― carne asada, Thursday, March 12, 2009 2:50 PM (4 years ago

He's my fav

alright corey calm down

Nah keep
Shooting

Damn lee

Fuuuuuuuuck

Hope just a cramp? Arg

yeah i think he'll be fine

man that was so pretty from curry

it definitely looked like a cramp

man karl is a crazy motherfucker for this lineup

Solid run

@coachthorpe: I saw Lee say "I heard it pop" just after he landed.

Oh no

rip

he was walking out under his own power though, who knows

Wtf could that be? Torn quad?

strained hip flexor maybe

a torn quad would sound more like a phone book being torn in half

Haha

Magic Johnson in studio wondering who that white guy is that kinda looks like Bogut

Ugh if I hear one more "that's playoff basketball"

Lol xp

Bogut puttin in work

Andre Olajuwon

ty is gassed

oh bullshit call

Intense

TYYYYYY

Adrian Peterson

that was legit crazy ty

Left his guy wide open

Ouch burning that to

great D tonight by Wilson

who said hot fish grease (I'm not watching)

holy

wow steph

Cccccccccccurrrrrrrryyyyy

GOAT gonna GOAT

hot curry fish grease

http://stream1.gifsoup.com/webroot/animatedgifs2/2085674_o.gif

Fml

DRE

this game just wow

fuckin dre of all people my god

Where was the help!

Dre game of his life

Sucks they had to burn those timeouts

#we #want #nate

can't even look at either of these teams

yeah having trouble caring about this one. might just read a little til the 1030 game

the nike hoop summit is on the deuce

chicago really not looking like much tonight

that's far too kind.

so how about thibby's outfit

deron on some now you see me now you don't last few plays

these brooklyn nets aren't a bad little basketball team

they really put it together down the stretch. Not watching the second half.

I have to give some credit to nets management/ownership to turn a garbage team into a pretty solid playoff team in a year

otoh they turned the pick that was damian lillard into 31 year old gerald wallace and then gave him a big extension.

I guess. But that's just dumb luck, and they didn't need a Damian Lillard anyway and would probably have traded him. Maybe they'd have gotten better value for him.

it was definitely a horrible move

this isn't on topic for the playoffs but this picture of Nikola Pekovic needs to be seen by all

http://www.rantsports.com/nba/files/2013/04/PEKOVIC1.jpg

the mountain that jams

this'll be a good one

@TheRealJRSmith #Happy4/20

ooooh cp3

haha wow crawford

clippers 2013: not just lobs

tirico keeps calling conley "connolly"

broussard almost forgot hollins' name

the hell was that from dooling

lol no one is waching this game

Gonna watch later.

would really rather watch the second half but I don't think I can stay up that late

gonna try to watch this now

classic chauncey

O_O @ billups circus 4pt op

these chris paul commercials all try to do a little too much. there's some funny in there...but i don't know

commercials are all a little too try-hard funny these days, I feel like they all think they're my buddy

"It's really hard to win 5 of 7 games" --Bill Simmons

netw3rk ‏@netw3rk 1h
“You can do that?” RT @talkhoops: "Why are the Nets taking their starters out?" - Coach Thibs

lt daniels burying a lightbulb in the snow, what world is this

this la bar is completely disinterested in the game #clippersnation

in for cedric daniels lightbulb!!!!

ILH group buy on the lt daniels light bulb

http://i.imgur.com/Wa531YO.png

Dre making strong late-season move to join Faried and Javale on 1st Team All ILH.

Kinda surprised no one is picking the LOLakers / expecting them to take the Spurs at least past 5 games? Just don't think the Spurs are healthy enough to go anywhere this post-season, or even waltz through a 1st round.

feel like theyre healthy enough to get at least to the third round tbh, their bracket is not that daunting.

the spurs steamroll teams even when their stats are out, and i just have a feeling parker will be ready to go. i'm not worried about them beating LA easily. the nuggets otoh :)

have a feeling this series is gonna be the lucky one to be banished to NBA TV for games 3-5

@KBergCBS 37s
David Lee tore his right hip flexor on Saturday and is done for the season, league source says. He had an MRI today.

damn RIP

1st playoff game of his life.

i wonder what will happen when kevin love plays his.

Sucks so hard.

Rip warriors

http://www.nba.com/nets/gallery/nets-vs-bulls-playoff-gallery-game-one

oh boy

http://o.onionstatic.com/images/21/21751/original/700.hq.jpg?4168

lmao
fuck the lakers 4ever

ps the lakers look fuckin TERRIBLE right now

duh

and then two seconds later dwight howard remembers he is huge smh

and then red mamba w a baby hook over dwight, love this game

manu's been effective but he's not moving too well

weird foul from pop there giving the lakers a 2 for 1, then NOT fouling when the lakers brought it up with less than a full shot clock. think he messed that up

@kobebruant is live tweeting the game fyi

this is a will.i.am song isn't it

this durant commercial where he's in another dude's pajamas is the weirdest ad on TV atm

i mean you know the "things" mommy has for daddy to do involve vigorous sex

what's weird about it? It's the best ad I've seen in a while.

is it weird cuz you don't think Durant is fuckable

Duncan's beard situation is just a no-go

no it's weird (not meant in a negative way necessarily) because of how suggestive it is

kobe's in game tweets #lackoffocus#gonnalose#drama?

i mean you know the "things" mommy has for daddy to do involve vigorous sex

― brony james (k3vin k.), Sunday, April 21, 2013 4:47 PM (25 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

well

but....the joke is you think this but then she just wants him to do tall person chores

I'm watching yesterday's gsw nugs game and when jacale onearms that shot out of the air O_O

manu

wow what a pass TP

lol who said the lakers could push the spurs in this series

magic picked the lakers but said the spurs adding tmac might give them a shot at an upset

in other news, magic is a moron

@kobebryant: This game has a "steal one" written all over it for us

can somebody give me a tmac update

they should literally duct tape magic's mouth for segments where they talk about the lakers

i don't think tmac is dressed

in a suit

http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18l9v3yk1g0lfgif/k-bigpic.gif

im in love w jarret jacks eyebrows

@kobebryant: @PhilJackson11 I gotta do something. It's horrible not being able to at least be there with them.

@PhilJackson11: @kobebryant read shantaram-great mysterious read of another culture-it will keep you occupied until game time. Patience is a virtue

im gonna repost the simmons gif everytime a new column is shared here. #warned

digital spittle doesn't leave stains

http://www.inkedcelebrity.com/brandonjennings.jpg

Milwaukee needs to trade one of their bigs. Not enough minutes to go around.

what just happened on tnt

oh http://cjzero.com/gifs/ShaqUnderwearJog.gif

Milwaukee needs to trade one of their bigs. Not enough minutes to go around.

― Matt Armstrong, Sunday, April 21, 2013 7:49 PM (1 hour ago

can we have ersan?

Wilson Chandler for Ersan?

thats what i was thinking

feel like ersan's shooting is more dependable. though willy has really grown on me

fournier, mozgov and willy for ersan and redick

i just made that up and i'm a little drunk

damn i'm gonna miss this game and it's the only one today i really wanted to see :'(

beverly vs jackson is a fun backup battle

this is a good game btw after a slow start

Have we never really talked about that Durant commercial, somehow? The crazy juxpstn of the super sexually-suggesting bit in the kitchen -> the chores stuff is so weird; have secretly hoped some bored adblogger would do a little piece about it. Has always struck me as an ad totally built from one bad narrative idea -- "We should connect sex with chores" -- and no one bothered to stop the execution at any point in the process. Durant should've stuck with Doo Doo Jump :/

Was so pumped for the playoffs, and now I just wanna fast-forward through this first round. Still, fantastic to see playoff-grade basketball finally. Since the defensive intensity rises so much, the passing game has to rise with it; so, you end up w/ fewer isos / aimless dribbling. Even if some of these series are gonna be 4-0, the games are still filled w/ great basketball.

BTW Paul George w/ a very un-TMac triple double, basically by the end of the 3rd q. / Lance looking very good in his first real playoff minutes. Probably the most offensively aggressive game PG has played all season-- dude just headed straight for the basket over and over and over.

Don't know the numbers but it seems like the biggest black hole in Harden's game is that straightaway mid-range/3pt game, where he just kinda dribbles/jukes around for 8 seconds and shoots the jumper. Frustrating to see him settle for it all the time, but maybe his % is good from there idk.

haha oh man forgot about foo doo jump

best ilh playoffs thread title of all time

Yeah that Durant commercial is super weird. My wife is creeped out by it.

she wants to bone kevin durant what's the big deal

I do think the ad would be better if it just ended before the chore part but then it probably wouldn't make it on air

its a funny ad, idg whats weird about it

just checked the score, rip rockets

oh wow doo doo jump

lin-harden has to be one of the 10 streakiest NBA backcourts ever

Wow awesome games today!

Lin Harden / Jennings Ellis

Xp

kind of unfairly tars harden with the lin brush doesn't it?

lol @ stupid celtics/ lakers predictions

hah has rihanna always been a heat fan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fFrUP7vNf0

lol reggire

that forgives about a week of terrible game calling

compupost thnx for watching pacers-hawks so we dont have to, please keep it up

something about the durant ad has creeped me out all season, it feels like it was supposed to be more PG rated but the actress sexed it up or something, there's just something about the way she fixes her stare on him that gives it a weird desperate housewives vibe when durant seems more like he'd rather kick it with the kid building legos

also the punch line of gutter-cleaning is weirdly hard to figure out the first time you see it

it's kind of unbelievable how good of a fit birdman is for the heat

i watched the second half of spurs-lakers on mute because i didn't want to hear mambatweets read aloud

it totally feels like it was going for the R vibe!

i think matt is right that durant is harder to sexualize, hes just talla nd skinny and still looks like an overgrown kid basically

yeah the one quirky thing about the ad is that durant is not really sexy but that kind of makes me like it more

http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/04/22/bucks-dalembert-says-he-might-switch-sides-to-play-for-heat-next-season/

lol sam rly??

The fact that she looks like she's about to doodoojump Durant's bones isn't really that creepy; it's just that, normally, the sexual hint usually lingers at the end of the commercial. In this creepfest, she immediately begins to drool, but then the hint is that she's drooling over ... Durant as chore-doer? Like, if they'd just cut out the chores part, it'd be a totally normal commercial. Don't blame Durant for any of the ad's creepfactor

I just had to look it up on YouTube to figure out the product being sold because every time I've seen it I've been too irritated to pay attention! Also isn't there a variation earlier in the season where he's cleaning the bathroom?

If you're curious about an explanation from someone who found the commercial "brief but hilarious," look no further than this very readable, not-at-all-worthless BleacherReport explanation:

Kevin Durant Cleans Gutters, Brings Laughs in New Sprint "Pajamas" Commercial
BY GABE ZALDIVAR (POP CULTURE LEAD WRITER) ON DECEMBER 26, 2012 11,561 reads, 1 comment

Kevin Durant is what happens to good men who get Sprint coverage. If that sounds bizarre, it all becomes clear after watching this brief but hilarious commercial.

A tip of the hat to SportsGrid for spotting this video of the Thunder star in a clever commercial that takes an odd twist right at the end.

It all starts with mom and son kicking it in the kitchen when dear old dad walk in, only, it's not dad.

The father walks in looking like Kevin Durant because he was somehow transformed into the NBA star just by using Sprint's service, allowing for hours and hours of NBA watching.

For a moment, we will go ahead and ignore conundrums like how one turns into Durant or why the mother and son are not more amazed that an NBA star is in their house.

Instead, we will go ahead and enjoy Durant in pajamas that are a few sizes too small and the look on mom's face when she sees her hubby is a new man, literally.

The obvious notion is mom would very much like to do some bad things with her new-found husband, but that all gets extinguished when we see what she had in mind.

Durant and all 6-foot-9 inches of him are cleaning gutters.

I will go ahead and assume mom has some other things for Durant to attend to, like washing dishes and raking leaves.

Come on, Internet. Get your heads out of the gutter.

it's kind of unbelievable how good of a fit birdman is for the heat
― joe smith avatar (agent hibachi), Monday, April 22, 2013 8:34 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Think it's more unbelievable that no one picked him up before the Heat. Birdman getting a ring would be one of the small silver linings of a Heat repeat.

Maybe no one wanted to take the risk with his past drug problems and the child porn allegations?

But I was saying the same thing about K Mart mid season.

http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/2510633/wadebrow.gif

ha that reaction was pretty stone cold and 100% otm

Maybe no one wanted to take the risk with his past drug problems and the child porn allegations?
― Z S up HOOS down (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Monday, April 22, 2013 10:48 AM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Eh, the drug ban is 7+ seasons ago, and he was 4+ seasons worth of back-on-track bball w/ the Nuggs. Seemed like the kiddiepr0n allegations got sussed out pretty quickly after they were reported, and his nosedive on-court seemed directly related to that. Just thought that the air was probably clear enough at the beginning of the season for someone to give him a shot, esp. as a high-energy player whom you wouldn't have to spend much $$ on. Like, worst case scenario, the team that would've signed him for league minimum could just cut him.

Just think he was such a natural fit on that Nuggs team; would've been nice if it'd continued to work out there. Either way, happy to see him producing somewhere.

xp hahahaha please tell me that's Wade's reaction to Jennings' prediction.

yeah thats what the gif was about haha

like im not wasting more than an ever-so-slight brow raise in response to this complete nonsense

I was pretty impressed by that actually, he could have just swatted it away, but he went the extra mile by being gracious and pretending the Heat would actually have to take it one game at a time and even make an effort to beat the Bucks.

like im not wasting more than an ever-so-slight brow raise in response to this complete nonsense

― Z S up HOOS down (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Monday, April 22, 2013 11:17 AM (43 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

and all you other bucks throwing shots at dwyane / you only get half a brow, fuck y'all lames

otm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSlmgnsvu4g

Kevin Harlen otm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSeujug4mXo

lol

On why he isn't on social media, Spurs Tim Duncan says: "Because I have no desire to tell you what I'm doing."

<3

"besides, it took my half-elf fighter-thief way too long to get through the temple of elemental evil, and I didn't want to get clowned on twitter about it," added Duncan.

not gonna lie, i enjoyed harlan getting crazy hyped about birdman

That dunk wasn't even that great which makes his call even better

birdman really does a lot to close the gap between NBA and WWF

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i'm utterly convinced that at some point in the next few years kevin harlan is going to murder a stripper after a cocaine binge in some nba city like dallas, phoenix or okc

spottie is there a gif of javale on bogut?

compupost thnx for watching pacers-hawks so we dont have to, please keep it up

Yeah compu, I'd love to hear ur thoughts on my hawks bc I'm not putting myself through watching that

Lets see if this works
http://cdn.bleacherreport.net/images_root/article/media_slots/photos/000/821/385/AndrewBOgut_original.gif?1366497764

nice

i'd put that over jr's dunk so far

It was a complete merkjob but I'm just glad Bogut didn't get his elbow snapped backwards again.

Yeah compu, I'd love to hear ur thoughts on my hawks bc I'm not putting myself through watching that

― Heez, Monday, April 22, 2013 1:03 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

haha, dawg no matter how bad and unwatchable your team is you have fan duties to uphold.

I've spent more time looking at mock drafts. 4 picks this year what could go wrong

Ha, fair.

hah i knew bron's too funky/funky in here face was gonna make a good gif as it was happening

JR got 6th man of the year btw

nice, I love JR

pretty well deserved imo. good field this year tho

eric bledsoe leading the PER race with a nice 54.8 over the weekend

Kobe's publicist confirms he will not tweet during games anymore after yesterday's reaction.

Marc Gasol defensive player of the year. Good thing NBA finally give this to a rim/paint protector who is miles better than any highflyer. Also his understanding of PnR defense is just another level.

compupost thnx for watching pacers-hawks so we dont have to, please keep it up

Yeah compu, I'd love to hear ur thoughts on my hawks bc I'm not putting myself through watching that

Heh, Pacers held up their side-- plenty of fun PG / Lance plays, out-of-control HBro coast-to-coast dunks, etc. Keeping fingers crossed that Knicks/Pacers both plow their way through the 1st round so there's at least one solid 2nd round matchup in the East. The only worry is that George Hill might aggravate his abdominal strain from a few weeks ago; Pacers won't go anywhere fun w/ Augustin at the point. I'd almost rather move HBro into the starting lineup and shift Paul George/Lance to sg/pg if something happens to Hill.

Hawks ... not really sure how they're the 6th seed! Aside from Horford, Teague and Johnson, no one else really showed up. Korver couldn't keep up on defense; Josh Smith was very low-energy; whole team looked ready for the off-season. Horford could've had a pretty big game-- had a slew of beautiful moves on DWest in the first half for maybe three or four big jams; problem was that Horford didn't even play 30 minutes. Although no one else should care, I love watching the George Hill vs. Jeff Teague matchup. To me, both play a very Indianapolis-style of pg (Conley a little less so ... I forget, but totally wouldn't be surprised that he moved to Indiana for high school). Cool to see them squaring off; just sad that Teague doesn't have much help.

Rough to look at the Hawks' roster for next year, too. Total shitshow. Hope they don't desperately sign Josh Smith this offseason. Heez, from the team as it stands now, who would you want to see return besides Horford and Teague? Just such a MOR roster; Atl deserves better.

i'm whatever on gasol winning DPOY. i think he's kinda overrated

Have been waiting since November to type this: hope the Bulls regret waiving Kyrylo Fesenko earlier this season, esp. since they stuck w/ Radmanovic instead.

i'm whatever on gasol winning DPOY. i think he's kinda overrated

― brony james (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 00:02 (16 minutes ago) Permalink

he's an elite post defender for sure. Sanders or Hibbert deserved it more but they don't have star status.

Marc has incredible footwork and anticipation, he also has reached the Timmy/KG level of defensive captain telling ppl where to be

Hibbert is fine but doesn't do much for me

Sanders blocks lots of shots and is hilarious but otherwise I wasn't watching lots of bux on purpose even w league pass so I dunno

Heez, from the team as it stands now, who would you want to see return besides Horford and Teague?

Well the bench is kind of depleted atm, lou wiliams will be back next year and zaza's a solid backup 5. the rook john jenkins proved that he can play in the league - he's a great shooter and can actually defend. i'd be cool with resigning ivan if the price is right... outside of that it should be a complete rebuild.

the fact that ferry ditched marvin and joe and somehow came out of that with a 1st rnd pick is encouraging. josh smith will get over paid but i agree with simmons that he's actually underrated at this point. the other question is about the coach. not sure if the fact that this roster was a 6 seed has more to do with larry drew or the fact that the east is mostly garbage.

i'd love to steal pek from minny and build slowly from there.

heez, welcome to ILH btw!

i'm whatever on gasol winning DPOY. i think he's kinda overrated

― brony james (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 00:02 (16 minutes ago) Permalink

he's an elite post defender for sure. Sanders or Hibbert deserved it more but they don't have star status.

― Matt Armstrong, Monday, April 22, 2013 8:22 PM (39 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah he's great, overrated might not have been the best word but i just never understand how these consensuses form

pj carlesimo doesn't seem to be shortening his rotation and threw out a full-on second unit featuring lots of kris humphries and jerry stackhouse, meanwhile this is probably gonna play boozer 47 minutes and noah is visibly straining to even get to lopez to defend outside shots

it's interesting

*thibs i meant, not this

Luol Deng led the NBA in mpg

HEEZ if u are new welcome, also please let us know what you think about danny granger, andre miller, and rajon rondo vs luol deng

lol deng xpost

your opinions on whether thabo sefalosha should be left open in the corner would be appreciated too

what was the granger argument i forget

also, do you think chris bosh can hit threes? (he hit one yesterday!!)

well great adjustment from thibs

boozer also clearly on PEDs

"blatche has to step away..."
*closes eyes*

Luke Babbitt got a sixth man of the year vote

justice has prevailed.

Jordan Crawford. probably a typo tho

I wish Belinelli was a better shooter, he would be really cool

heez, welcome to ILH btw!

― 乒乓, Monday, April 22, 2013 8:54 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

"how many games will it take for thabo to pass bosh in threes made" is obv secretly my favorite running subplot of the playoffs

Thabo >>> Curry obv

btw can i take a moment out to lol that we have another lakers themed thread title, wouldve been funnier if they didnt make the playoffs tho

I am a trailblazer fan from the year the franchise came into existance and I am here to say that Luke Babbit deserved that vote for sixth man of the year as much as Shaq deserves an award as Sportscaster of the Year.

Thread title is good despite being Lakers specific imo

lol aimless

i'm fine with it as long as we have no lakers thread titles next year

the lakers were really the only compelling regular season storyline + i'm on board with a #mambatweets thread title, seems particularly relevant

i think we should have lakers thread titles until the become a good team again and then we should stop

the #drama? seals the deal for me

Good to know that people are up on Jenkins-- Hawks aren't the youngest team, and I wasn't sure if he was someone they're looking to make a big 1st -> 2nd year jump.

I would not want my team to spend max money on Josh Smith. BTW does Horford always do that scream when he dunks? Never really noticed it until last night (and btw think they're mic'ing up the court really well this year ... wonder if it's just TNT or broadcast-wide).

to me what makes it funny is the lakers seemed like they shouldve been a compelling storyline but really they were just super dull, and everyone kept on like they were interesting anyway

Yeah #mambatweets lovely enough to draw inspiration from / this one in particular captures the spirit of the playoffs imo.

yeah totally agree lagoon. seriously the only intriguing sub-plot of the Lakers season was Kobe in Nash mode for like 7 games or whatever. Made everyone think hmm "what if" for a minute.

you've just gotta let these guys take open threes

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lol matt and jordan will be sniping at each other about this in 2019

clips lineup on the floor right now is kind of scary offensively

thabo scraping into the >250 criteria

I mean having butler and billups' shooting, griffin and jordan's power and chris paul all at the same time

lol matt and jordan will be sniping at each other about this in 2019

― brony james (k3vin k.), Monday, April 22, 2013 11:01 PM (53 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

no one even remembers how it all started *shakes head*

did cp3 just flop while being helped up by his own team

thabo has now shot well from three in his career for a grant total of four months. but yeah, teams will def have to be guarding him in the playoffs

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, November 27, 2012 4:14 AM (29 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

greg smith looks like the baby from toy story 3

^ btw i tweeted this yesterday, feel pretty good about it but there might be a better comparison that i just can't put my finger on...dude's face just creeps me out

http://cjzero.com/gifs/GriffinFlopZBo.gif

fine him

link broken

;_; zbo playing injured.

looks like he's moving okay.

it's always weird to me how Marc seems like such a composed, leader-like character while his brother is such a whiny preening mess

god the clippers are disguting

Chris Webber Turn Offs: double fouls.

How is this game tied, Memphis has looked like trash most of the game.

is ed davis just out of the rotation?

damn

cp3 doin cp3 things

<3

Kev, was that "fine him" link supposed to be that moment where Tony Allen grabbed the ref?

I almost hate cp3 as much as D Fish at this point. reallllllly cant stand to watch him or his team.

lol that matt went back to november to pull up a sarge post, typical

Kev, was that "fine him" link supposed to be that moment where Tony Allen grabbed the ref?

― Z S up HOOS down (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Tuesday, April 23, 2013 2:21 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

sorry went to her but it was a griffin flop, dunno why it didn't show up

crazy how del negro is still going 10-deep for the playoffs.

would really like to see this Clips team with a better coach -- great pieces, so-so cohesion

their offense needs to be better than 'give it to chris paul'

Was wondering if people were still down on Del Negro. Got some luv for the former wolfpack alum.

popovich talked a lot about how much he likes paul and griffin after the all-star game...

but yeah right now it just feels like their strategy is having a guy who can create shots in the paint, a guy who can create jumpers/threes, and a guy who can create shots anywhere and just get one of them the ball. And they actually do have a potentially very good passing team and they're a reasonably smart team, so I feel like someone else could do so much more with them.

Swear announcers almost have a slapstick routine built around "It's almost like the Clippers have two coaches: Chris Paul and Chauncey Billups." Seems like CP3 + a great coach would be deadly.

Also, coming off Drew sitting Horford / Hollins sitting ZBo for the last four minutes last night ... would love to know if there's some obscure stat about sitting players in foul trouble vs. letting them play through. Have always had a feeling that coaches over-coach those situations and end up sitting their better players too much.

Swear announcers almost have a slapstick routine built around "It's almost like the Clippers have two coaches: Chris Paul and Chauncey Billups." Seems like CP3 + a great coach would be deadly.

― you don't know how to stop pick n rolls (CompuPost), Tuesday, April 23, 2013 10:48 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah, I heard that line once or twice.

At one point watching last night I had the thought "this is the greatest team in the history of pickup basketball."

nah that's houston

Paul George most improved

jesus avery bradley had the first pass of the game deflected

protip: dont pass to knicks

hey guys mike brown! coaching the cavs! lebron is coming back right? right???

i hope his contract is in comic sans

feel bad for mike dunlap :(

I would feel bad for Dunlap if management had made him give all those minutes to Mullens (which they may have)

whoa Jr from deep

JR is just nuts this year where did he come from

i've always believed

JR's offense this season isn't much different from his better seasons in Denver, it's the defense that's better. Also a little less insane.

JR's defense came and went tbh. he just got more minutes this year

hey there it is "you just cannot leave..."

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/9203345/nba-trade-value-part-2

whoa sanders just met lebron at the rim

WADE

JR's career percentages: 43-37-74
6th man season: 42-36-76

really hoping the Knicks give him the full midlevel

surprised jr is that good from three for his career considering how many awful shots he takes

JR's career percentages: 43-37-74
6th man season: 42-36-76

― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, April 23, 2013 9:09 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yeah that's interesting, his increased scoring and rebound numbers also seem to be entirely accounted for by increased minutes. I think part of the reason I felt like he was having a career season is he wasn't as good the last couple years.

did they just refer to "championship possibilities" re: the knicks?

birdman is just dominating this game

lol simmons is gonna regret not jumping off the rubio bandwagon when he had the chance

JR flop

lol @ simmons writing 1000 words defending bosh

having not payed a lot of attention to the celtics during the regular season, their offense seems kind of lost without Allen

catching up on last night's game, i think blake has the ugliest post game of all the big men in the post season

yep

well joel anthony played a couple minutes tonight

When weighed against expectations, though...

weve talked about it on ilh before I think, its really crazy how his post game hasnt grown at all!

well it's always been really effective. he's a better all-around player now too

mike conley is actually kinda nice! also lol @ jamal crawford making everybody look foolish, does he have a nickname yet

is he xp? I thought he took a step back this year, no?

jamal and cp3 are two of the top five ball handlers in the league

I still think BG will improve a lot in the next few years.

is he xp? I thought he took a step back this year, no?

― Z S up HOOS down (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Tuesday, April 23, 2013 10:46 PM (2 minutes ago)

that's been the conventional wisdom but he's just playing fewer minutes. as a passer and team defender he's shown pretty marked improvement

i hope the nuggets are perfect from the field all night

aw

we should put iggy on curry if theyre gonna start jack

yeah I think BG is also actually willingly playing a lesser role due to having more scoring weapons on the team. He's a relatively selfless player for a brand name dude imo.

:) javale

Denver really running hot with these 3s from the Andres

curry is really good at shooting

curry is having one of those games huh

Reggie thinks Karl put Miller in to start the 3rd to match the speed of the Warriors

George Karl substitutions smh

Reggie thinks Karl put Miller in to start the 3rd to match the speed of the Warriors

― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, April 24, 2013 12:10 AM (4 minutes ago)

it was to hit above-the-break 3s obviously

javale just invented the defensive pump fake

i really dislike carl landry's whole face and body

iguodala is being really lazy on defense on steph. what the fuck is wrong w/ him?

lol smh curry rolls his ankle

can karl get randolph out of there?

god Reggie is so fucking dumb

wow that was a fuckin microroll, i couldn't even tell it was turned

why do you hate Randolph kev

rip steph

ezeli just passed up an uncontested putback dunk to pass out to klay for a 3. klay drills it obv

why do you hate Randolph kev

― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, April 24, 2013 12:33 AM (2 minutes ago)

he's a bonehead and he played 8 minutes a game this year

I'm not sure I can fathom a Javale lover who is an AR hater

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yeah I was gonna post that a few days ago

christ steph

sometimes I have to hold myself back or otherwise I'd post bref links on here like 5 times a day

haha

5 on bogut

oh man barnes

Karl should put Mozgov and Quincy Miller in just to complete the insanity

the cliff paul thing weirds me out. like so these twins were separated at birth. how? was one adopted? was the other raised by the birth-parents? were they both? did the birth-parents sue the hospital? why haven't the twins been looking for each other their whole lives? was there a cover-up? so many questions.

George Karl smallball smfh

is wilson chandler the fucking center right now wtf

ugh this one is lost

http://twitpic.com/clid9o