It is the 2018-19 NBA Playoffs discussion thread for hoops friends ONLY

i admit i needed to see jokic have this kind of sustained success for me to believe it.

his playoff run has been incredible. even the conditioning concerns have been m/l answered as he's played a ton of minutes and produced late in games. he's playing like he realizes he's the best player on the court.

zach lowe and jackie macmullan we’re talking on lowe’s pod today about how all the shit jokic has gotten about his defense and his conditioning has always been bullshit. he’s averaging 40 mins per game and putting up better numbers than he does in the regular season. he’s a fucking beast

part of it is prob cause he looks tired and confused all the time

yeah he's a player that breaks the eye test for sure

at least if the celts go out tonight they’ll do so wearing their good jerseys

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bucks dying w/o giannis

the true sign of an mvp

giannis is +17

as is basically their entire starting line up

why the fuck am i watching this

didn’t realize kyrie wanted to emulate lebron so bad that he was going to put up a weirdly lifeless performance in an elimination game

did kyrie smoke weed before the game

Celtics going home. It'll be interesting to see what this team looks like next season.

bout to see scary terry in the starting lineup

Way to go celtics

when ilyasova is working you on the glass in an elimination game i think your heart might not be in it

Celtics should be up 15

by what measure...

wow horford

Well pretty ready for this cs squad to head to the offseason

yeah i'm not gonna miss these guys

rest in peace weird vibes

cusrise

cusgohome

cusgetdifferentplayers

Playoff kyrie was a hoax

I am enjoying these few minutes of Tatum and Brown attacking the rim and pushing the tempo like it was last year's playoffs.

Preseason Title favs from both conferences are gonna go out in the 2nd round it’s a wild world out here

playoff kyrie*

*lebron jame version

weird game celtics can’t come back but the bucks can’t pull away

this game is making me appreciate marcus smart

Bucks should be up by 25

Marcus Smart gonna will this team to at least go out busting ass

Yeah Celtics absolutely shouldn’t be in striking distance. Bucks are missing a ton of shots

If I’m Brad I sit kyrie and roll with anyone trying

Celtics are missing more shots.

Celtics +/- is pretty interesting

J. Tatum 	-18
A. Baynes 	-22
A. Horford	+3
K. Irving	-18
J. Brown 	-16

Wow that last 2 minutes like 8 offensive rebounds for the bucks then give up a layup to end the half too

Rough go for the celtoes

the bucks have physically dominated and completely demoralized the celtics, basically there was just nothing they cld do w giannis he owned them completely, kudos to the big man

Three players with positive +/- this game (and the only three players that averaged a positive +/- in the series):

A. Horford  +1
M. Morris   +4
M. Smart    +1

they could've sat giannis tbh

Kyrie gaf meter on zero

LOL come on, man. pic.twitter.com/0RpFoDJC9F

— :( (@NekiasNBA) May 9, 2019

Yikes, man. pic.twitter.com/JAWdCynNKa

— :( (@NekiasNBA) May 9, 2019

excellent game for kyrie to go 6-21 all things considered

he figured since hes done it the last 3 games why not keep doing it

This is exactly how I pictured this game in my wet dreams

too bad philly prob wont advance wld like to see embiid-simmons take a shot at defending giannis

i will say this--the worst thing about this celtics season was just trying to enjoy the team on a day to day basis. like, i would turn on the game on a random weeknight, set aside time or whatever (or at least tell my wife that we were not watching something together that night), and watch them get completely blown out by some team like orlando. it wasn't fun. i've seen plenty of toxic teams and probably rooted for a couple in other sports but this one really stung.