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I beg to differ. the perfect conclusion would be the blazers or nuggets taking the chip.

that wld be good but not as thematically coherent

twist ending

Who do you guys like in a Houston vs. Denver/Portland scenario?

I mean, predictions-wise.

houston should be a slight favorite vs both those teams i think

they’d be a huge favorite vs denver imo

i don't think the dubs aren't trying i just think they're thinned out and playing a good team

but i've said all season that i think they're going to lose in the finals to whoever wins the east so i think the tank will hit E eventually just not now...

i would not trust the sixers to be able to beat them

feel like Portland is just a less-good version of Houston -- ball-dominant guards, athletic wings who you hope can make an open 3 from time to time. they wouldn't be able to play Capela off the court so that's a bonus for the Rockets too. unless Harden flamed out I don't think Denver could handle them either -- Nugs just have a lot of B-/B guys and even Jokic isn't the kind of guy who can match the Beard point for point, and I don't think they're defensively sound enough to slow him down.

i don't see how either team guards harden really

one reason why i like the esat teams this year is that i think the big 4 are pretty deep in the backcourt/wing... they all will have a lot of bodies to throw at the warriors guys and harden. you can't really say that for the blazers or nuggets

embiid and especially giannis cld cause big problems for both the rox/dubs too

they are both pretty much problems in general (at least when embiid is playing well he is)

big piece on The Ringer about Embiid made me realize he's 25, which isn't a shock when you really think about all the time he missed but if you'd just made me guess off the top of my head I would have probably put him at 23. what's really wild is that Giannis is younger than Joel.

i feel like i post a reminder that embiid is older than you think like once a month on here

this year people finally stopped talking about him as if he's a prospect tho

sixers are getting smoked

And Kawhi not even having that good of a game

embiid calling in sick again tonight lol

2 sick jams by kawhi tonight tho

(still feel like this comes back to toronto)

this has been a real yo yo of a series so far

Except for playing to the home crowd, there's not much reason for the raptors to keep the starters in with a 32 point lead.

jokic has zbo like touch around the rim, so soft. just get it up around the rim and it drops in most the time.

he’s a god and I love him

dame made plumlee the fool

the side step three is kind of unfair lol im not sure how i feel about it being the hot new move

hot damn murray!

another one!

having a good ass series

sick layups are almost as cool as sick dunks

nothin like some flashy below the rim play

lfg nuggs!!!

this game is a harsh toke bros

murray has been wildin the last couple games i did not expect that

If the blazer boat capsizes, we can always climb onto the nuggets' cruise ship and ride it a while. but there's hope, yet. even this game isn't out of reach, although obv the odds are stacked heavily for the nuggets right now.

yeeeeeeeeeeah i think the blazers might’ve wanted to go ahead and win the quad OT game

they did!

nuggets are the better team imo

nuggs have done an admirable job of shutting down dame for large sections of every game and stotts hasn't really planned around that super well imo

good news tho is i got a cool damian lillard bobblehead today so in the end it's a wash

murray and jokic are playing so well together

Do Zach Collins and Meyers Leonard have a tandem nickname yet?

the trash brothers

Lol easy enough!

oh yeah i meant uh... the other game

That was a fun game to say the least

When I go to nuggets games I get a little upset by people who don’t “get” Plumlee

Hernangomez put on the moves and the Nuggets bench lost it 😂 pic.twitter.com/0wCuC2o8Mz

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) May 8, 2019