hello friends it's the 2018 NBA Playoffs, a place where dreams GO 2 DIE

impressive win for boston... i also wouldn't be surprised if they didn't win another game. goon is right that philly was running hot and on some difficult shots vs the heat but they have 4 good shooters (not even counting covington) around simmons & embiid and they're not gonna shoot 20% in another game this series, and boston probably won't shoot 50% again. when those two things even out (if they don't totally swing in the other direction) i still think boston is gonna have a hell of a time trying to win, especially in philly.

rozier's development kinda makes this playoffs a win anyway tho

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— Andrew Kuo (@earlboykins) May 1, 2018

they're not gonna shoot 20% in another game this series

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, May 1, 2018 2:10 AM (six hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

the thing about that game wasnt really the shooting but the looks, the teams shot roughly what they shdve based on the shots they took, but generally philly just played real bad and im sure will play better

basically philly needs to find a way to get out and run otherwise theyre not going to score very well this series

celtics shd try to get embiid in foul trouble next game hes prob gonna be pushing

Just a massage and some anime to get hype for Game 1. 😂

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— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) April 30, 2018

the celtics were able to move embiid out to the perimeter on both sides of the floor last night on a pretty regular basis. it's going to be tough sledding for philly if that becomes a trend.

yeah five out is prob the best way to deal with embiid, or even four out if you get the right mismatches

the horford-morris frontcourt was looking dece, credit where its do mooks been doing his thing on D despite not having all the physical gifts

def a number of celtics threes were the result of embiid just not feeling like defending the perimeter

wonder about brown or tatum on simmons for stretches, he has no j to punish the size mismatch with, if he gets deep in the post it wld be a problem but being able to stay in front of him when hes facing up which is where hes most dangerous cld be smart

yeah five out is prob the best way to deal with embiid, or even four out if you get the right mismatches

― lag∞n, Tuesday, May 1, 2018 10:31 AM (thirty-four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

when baynes was in there they sent him out to the corner and it was pulling embiid pretty far out. baynes went i think 2/3 on threes to legitimize it lol.

if i were philly id prob just concede that shit lol

oh yeah, no question

looking forward to "the aaron baynes game" 5/8 from 3, 22pts

Beautiful watching Simmons get disrupted by a decent defense finally, although on the plus side Philly knows that Simmons' floor is humiliating half of the league's team defenses, not too bad.

This was so the first time they’ve seen a real defense fully engaged in like 25 games too so I imagine game 2 will have tons of adjustments on both sides

::twitter guy whispering around corner:: this is another playoff game where al horford was the best player on the floor.

― call all destroyer, Monday, April 30, 2018 10:34 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

its actually funny anyone thinking big alfred isnt a stone cold baller

― lag∞n, Monday, April 30, 2018 11:46 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

He’s so good for this team just rock solid all the time then can just direct the flow of the game for long stretches. He is also just never in the wrong place on defense like ever

paragon of a pro fer sure

he was great in ATL too, was always an awesome signing

celtics and spurs were the two orgs most interested in him makes u think

i think the raptors are actually going to win this series

they certainly shd

i don't think either team should win this series

just send them home and promote celtics-76ers to the ECF

otm toronto/cleveland need to show some humility

finding myself becoming okay with the idea of the raptors

stop

the only reliable stream I could find was the canadian TSN feed :/ fuck these homers

i got youtube tv for the offs, will cancel it afterwards since its not nearly as smooth or reliable as i expected from a youtube/google product. still better than reddit streams tho

imagine how much better this show could be if they just replaced shaq and chuck

hoford is my favorite hawk of all time, fyi

lol they finally got lebron on the lane violation he commits every time

Maybe this is the raptors year.

Cancel the NBA if that happens.

lol they finally got lebron on the lane violation he commits every time

― call all destroyer, Tuesday, May 1, 2018 9:36 PM (sixteen minutes ago)

I really felt like I was the only person who noticed this, I couldn't believe it

love u deebo

raptors are shoooook

lmao 5 second violation is the most shook thing

between the timeout on the trap and 5 seconds kyle lowry looked like he had never played basketball before

Canada got this

omg what a trainwreck

oof that elbow derozan caught looked brutal

― Clay, Tuesday, May 1, 2018 7:30 PM (fifteen seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I did what Love just did like 5 times this season in my beer league.

think that was a travel even before the elbow to the face

this is not really basketball at this point

if you worked at the ESPN graphics department and you had the choice between red and white for your TV scoreboard, and the cavs were wearing red and the raptors white, which color would you use for which team?

rooting for the cavs rbh

absurd game obv