2020 NBA Bubble Ball Finals: Lakers vs Heat - Who You Got?

AD gonna feast this series

i picked lakers in 6

i cant remember what i picked

You let the Lakers knock down open threes this will be over in four

yeah theyre getting some very easy looks

the heat look small out there

did someone grease up the basketball haha

so far doesnt seem good for the heat

i think the lakers will win

yes my earlier prediction is looking spot on

heat too small, do not have enough lebron jameses

lebron jameses are not evenly distributed across the league

i think it's a fact to which the league must wake up

will the heat dare to introduce meyers leonard to the game?

AD might have no ability to lead a team to this stage on his own without superstar help... but I don't think anyone in the league is more unstoppable or impactful on both ends once they're there than he is. Like Bam was looking like one of if not the best overall player in these Eastern conference playoffs... and AD has effortlessly dominated him while completely locking up half his team on defense.

lost the game, potentially lost Goran, and you're now a meme:

pic.twitter.com/xREKQ307EH

— rebekah entralgo fernández (@rebekahentralgo) October 1, 2020

it will really suck if this turns out to be a noncompetitive finals

Goran thing totally sucks. Bubble playoffs started off so well...

yikes, this may be a sweep if goran is done

it will really suck if this turns out to be a noncompetitive finals

The fact of a first game blowout isn't all that indicative usually. Teams bounce back as a rule. What's much more troubling is the probable loss of Dragic and having Butler hobbled by an ankle injury. At the competitive level of an NBA Finals your starting five can't be half-crippled, especially your one and two options on offense..

torn plantar fascia for goran? :(

bam was hurt, too. legit sucks for the heat.

Yikes these injuries...

Jimmy’s ankle turned and touched the ground no idea how he continued to play.

welp

The Heat say Goran Dragic (left foot) and Bam Adebayo (MRI revealed a neck strain) are doubtful for Friday's Game 2 of the NBA Finals

— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) October 1, 2020

well that fucking sucks

lEbroN hAd a cAkeWalk fOr This TiTLe

but can he do this in the East?

gee this is kinda reminding me of last year's finals

gross

the miami hurt

i have never seen alex caruso fully close his mouth

I think this is the first finals game I haven’t watched in like 20+ years

Same.

it seems weird to me the game is even going on like there's so much going on and there's also a game???

i've got it on but just in the background, this is 100% a lakers sweep unfortunately

i think the one thing i can't really deal with is that dwight is going to get a ring

unreal display by Davis

500 year old udonis is yelling at the heat; what exactly are they supposed to do my man?

pray away anthony davis

pix
r1
lal v por, lakers in 5
lac v dal, clips in 5
den v uta, nugs in 4
hou v okc, thunders in 7

mil v orl, bux in 4
tor v bk, raps in 5
bos v phi, celts in 5
ind v mia, mia in 6

r2
lal v okc, lakers in 6
lac v den, clips in 7

mil v mia, heats in 7
tor v bos, raps in 6

r3
lal v lac, lakers in 7
tor v mia, raps in 7

finals
lal v tor, lakers in 6
AD FMVP

― methinks dababy doth bop shit too much (m bison), Saturday, August 15, 2020 6:39 PM (one month ago) bookmarkflaglink

i didnt get all these right, but that last one is lookn good

lol davs wouldve busted haslems ass mb he couldve tried giving him a speech

holy fuck that Lebron block/steal

lol 16 - 47 3pt lakers
Finals record on attempts

AD is special

when AD is comfortable with the situation there is no one better, and right now he's really comfortable

No bam or dragic again no thx

oof, most anticlimactic finals in a while

when's next seasons start

Normally in a couple of weeks :/

yeah preseason would be starting just about now it's very weird

when you talk about huge beneficiaries of the bubble, robinson and herro go to the top of the list for me as rookies who got to play four playoff series w/o having to ever handle the ball or shoot in front of a road playoff crowd.

that having been said i thought both played above expectations... robinson held up far better than most ppl thought and was basically the second best player for them in the finals which is pretty crazy and explains why they lost but he also had a few huge games and wasn't overwhelmed physically in a series w/ a bunch of grown ass dudes, which was my major concern. herro was a borderline revelation, the stuff he was doing as a ball handler, finishing at the rim, passing out of the pick and roll... we did not see any of that in the regular season. he was having big problems finishing over anyone and then in the bubble was like dropping and 1 mixtape lay ups on anthony davis and jayson tatum. to me the question is how much further he can push it, dan le batard said on zach lowe's pod a little bit ago that the heat think he can be better than devin booker. personally i see him as more of a supercharged lou williams type, a second unit monster who can singlehandedly win games but w/ the added benefit of having a modern killer three point/step back arsenal in his game. there's a pretty decent gap between sixth man of the year and devin booker so we'll see which end he lands closer to

yeah i mean you are saying things that basically make sense but i just need another season of herro before i'm ready to even suggest what he actually is. has to be one of the most unique rookie seasons ever.

you are saying things that basically make sense

this is the promise i make to this board ever day

nba talking heads - keep making sense

lol

i really dont buy any speculation that herro might be a 6th man. he will get starter level contract offers and he will be a starter.

i just realized that demarcus cousins is gonna get a ring

do they give those to people who have played 0 minutes for the franchise

iirc if youre not on the playoff roster the active players vote whether to give u a share of the playoff bonus/a ring

boogie will almost certainly get the nod, if just to keep AD happy.

ok

i dont think he'll get one.

really sad career trajectory for that dude.

yeah never really had a chance to establish himself outside the Bad Franchise

we never got to see what he and brow woulda looked like in the playoffs. they were just figuring it out when he blew his achilles.

i think he gets one but doesn't wear it out

https://thesportsrush.com/nba-news-lakers-championship-will-have-an-asterisk-pat-riley-takes-dig-at-lebron-james-and-co-after-historic-bubble-title/

guess we need to go through the rosters and injury status of every nba finals matchup

there should be a one to four asterisks rating on each championship

― lag∞n, Monday, October 12, 2020 1:24 PM (one week ago) bookmarkflaglink

keep coming back to this

It could be like those internet polls where anyone can vote as many times as they like.

2011-2016 had minimal asterisks but they've been increasing since

all human life since the invention of agriculture should have several asterisks

(shrugs) yeah, but it was invented independently at several different times in different places, so what can you do?

pat riley is such a baby

it was just recently that i heard how riley became head coach of the lakers, what a weird story