part two of the nba 2020-21 anything but regular season

classic 2021 nba game tonight two stacked teams going head to head with all of their good players out

i can tell you what i am looking forward to some nba basketball in the fall

this regular season is way too long

Tatum back baby

why do the celtics have tristan thompson posting up what could they possibly be hoping to accomplish

Whoa.

Fast break points:#Nets 32#Celtics 0

(nba dot com)

— Joel Rush (@JoelRushNBA) April 24, 2021

dont see that every day, not sure how the celtics were in that game tbh

Looks like will Barton pulled a hammy. Tough go for the nugs of late

wizards have won seven in a row

Curry did something to his foot, came back but doesn’t look right.

nba should shut it down for a week or two, let everyone rest up

Big win for the Hawks against the the heat with trae and Capela out

just unfair if this barton thing is bad

May I?

I know avoiding the play-in round is worth a fair amount, but God dammit, just take a few games off, Damian Lillard! Heal up and rest. This team will win 35% more often in the playoffs with you healthy.

Don’t see this too many times

Holy shit! That’s the elusive ledgie right there! https://t.co/Fyo1bySbtP

— J.E. Skeets (@jeskeets) April 24, 2021

Compazzo is blowing up like every play the dubs are trying to run lol

are there any coach holdouts that are still wearing suits every game? can’t think of any off the top of my head

Some very lazy nugs defense going on.

nurk what’re you doin big guy that ain’t the way

What happened on that game?

Blazers last three games all came down to the final seconds. They lost them all. Not exactly punching their ticket as the team of destiny.

blazers were down one with ball under basket oob with idk 10 seconds left. inbound to nurk and he tried to hook a bunny and air balled it, griz got all the way down court before a foul, scene

Ah thx. Nurks numbers looked pretty good hopefully not too late for them to all be healthy and be good

are there any coach holdouts that are still wearing suits every game? can’t think of any off the top of my head

― Clay, Friday, April 23, 2021 11:45 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

the data is in and turns out coaches did not want to wear suits lol

btw appreciate the league went with the very low key athleisure look this year, perfectly unobtrusive, last years borderline golf outfits were awful

i do think the suits looked better, gave the game a bit of glamour, the prime event, but if they dont want to wear them then fine who cares, idk about making it a uniform nfl coaches just wear whatever team gear and look like total shit

stan van gundy coaching in the most hideous oversized pelicans hoodie + unmatched sweatpants and jordans id be willing to give it a try

these knicks uniforms are weird
also the knicks are....good?

yeah whats up with that. something fishy is going on

from the numbers it seems like they decided to finally play defense to win rather than waiting for another superstar to show up

that thibs magic

https://i.imgur.com/PWRqCGJ.png

think i read that the knicks have been the healthiest team this year also getting flukey good luck with opponent shooting and have one of the toughest scheds the rest of the way, so theyre prob looking a lil better than they actually are but theyre def playing good ball

are they better without mitchell robinson?

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/31250045/the-lockdown-defender-blueprint-stopping-luka-doncic

TA’s intensity in this interview is so in character lol

hope the celtics can get into that 4-5 seed series seems like the easiest path by far to make a underdog run this year

yeah you dont want to play all 3 of the good teams

Michael Porter Jr. is a good defender now

why is aaron gordons usage so low on this team? seems like he could do more than hes doing idk

incredible stuff here

No no no no no no no no no no no no Denzel Valentine!!!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/l8yp4mroI9

— Gustavo (@iamvega1982) April 25, 2021

cross post on the basketblolz thread

i think my favorite part is the play by play guy reacting to the replay as if its happening for the first time

You think I’m sent from above. I’m not that innocent!

Denzel Valentine on 30-footer: "I had made 3 in a row before that. It was a bad shot. I just kind of got lost in the game."

— K.C. Johnson (@KCJHoop) April 25, 2021

My friend is arguing that this was actually a good shot

lol

I think we can all agree that it kept the clock from running

i’m not gonna lie when he shot it i just assumed it was going in because as he says he had already made three in a row in the quarter so at that point why not a fourth? i’m no better than denzel

he was talking a lot of shit too

not the best spot for a heat check ie thats not the shot

laddy

Asked Anthony Edwards why the Timberwolves have been playing better in 4th quarters recently compared to the beginning of the season.

His answer: "I was on the bench back then."

— Dane Moore (@DaneMooreNBA) April 25, 2021

send good thoughts to ringer bball writer jonathan tjarks, who just started treatment for stage 4 cancer.