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

Raptors are exactly where the Leafs were a few weeks ago, which is ominous if you're in Toronto: they have to win Game 6, because I can't see them going into Milwaukee and winning a Game 7. I really wish they'd pass the ball more. For long stretches they seem to revert to what they used to do with DeRozan, which is to give the ball to Kawhi and stand around while he does something. He's obviously much, much better than DeRozan, so he usually does. But how long can they ride that? (They're one game from the finals, I know.) When they do move the ball, they're so much better.

How do you not love Kawhi? Great game last night

I do, I do--I just don't know how much you can ask of the guy.

Van Vleet to baby: Bitch you wasn't with me shootin' in the gym.

Giannis got the James harden playoff treatment bud needs to find different ways to get him to his spots. Bud looking like dantoni east this game

― easy ball shooter (Spottie), Thursday, May 23, 2019 11:07 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Let's run Houston's offense but replace Harden with a guy who can't shoot!

How do you not love Kawhi? Great game last night

― (•̪●) (carne asada), Friday, May 24, 2019 8:17 AM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I do, I do--I just don't know how much you can ask of the guy.

sorry this was just rhetorical

Feels like Danny green hasn’t made a shot in the whole playoffs

spurs won the trade (of role players)

i feel like every time a team has had the chance to really take this series over they’ve laid a big egg. it will make for a nice capital-P Playoff Win for whoever emerges but it has really destroyed my confidence that either of these teams could maybe beat GSW

that makes sense. in some ways the finals would be more interesting if one of these teams was rolling in completely on fire.

i haven't thought through matchups or anything but tend to think that any first-time finals team is going to be in a huge hole against the warriors before the tip of game 1.

i feel like every time a team has had the chance to really take this series over they’ve laid a big egg. it will make for a nice capital-P Playoff Win for whoever emerges but it has really destroyed my confidence that either of these teams could maybe beat GSW

― J0rdan S., Saturday, May 25, 2019 9:28 PM (thirty-seven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this is why the warriors are gonna win

some really weird runs in this game

Bucks offense still doing the same stuff

long three from giannis to close the quarter was a really bad look

Bucks offense <<<<<

not ready for prime time

too bad its not a day game haha

Thirty players are averaging more minutes per game than Giannis Antetokounmpo during the 2019 playoffs...

— Ben Golliver (@BenGolliver) May 26, 2019

I’m gonna puke

Giannis has 10 minutes to figure out a counter

it’s like an entire team has the yips

bucks losing this series to fred vanvleet lmao

This is over.

Inspirational series from Lowry and vanvleet

This is exactly what I did not want to happen

Wow kawhi ok

murder

They blew a 90 percent win probability 2 straight games

26-3 run

Yikes

Nice job weathering the storm there

some really weird runs in this game

― call all destroyer, Saturday, May 25, 2019 10:20 PM (twenty-three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

bucks trying to rise from the dead

kawhi chucking

Unlucky bounce on that Siakam miss, coulda iced the game

Bropez calm and collected Giannis still playing for the foul instead of trying to get a good shot

bucks can’t get an inch of space it’s ridiculous

Giannis scared

ya

Had a 5 foot jump hook shot wide open and passed out w 6 seconds on the shot clock dudes are puckered up

game 3, lose in double OT
game 4, lose a game in which Kawhi is notably hobbled
game 5, lose at home by going utterly dead in two key spots
game 6, lose by blowing a 15 point lead late in the game

Bucks only lost 2 straight once this year. really can't imagine a more painful end to this playoff run

has middleton done anything in this game

do or die possession and you turn it over. good game bucks

bud’s out of bounds play was so bad that george hill’s pass could’ve been intercepted by two different guys

god save me from drake in the finals

I’m stress eating skinny pop popcorn.

— Paolo Uggetti (@PaoloUggetti) May 26, 2019

To foul or not to foul

dont imo

what an f'n pass

game ops folks screwed the home team