nba playoffs aka the 'offs (which includes the 'ins) 2021

knicks are going to win the series imo.

sincerely,

hoops expert jim

tbf macmillan’s portland teams were always beat up to hell with injuries by the time spring rolled around but he was a pretty shit coach at the time, he’s better now

i will be happy for knicks fans if they win tho, they deserve a lil win

too bad the celtics imploded and got injured celtics knicks in the 4-5 matchup wouldve been a low stakes classic

the last game the hawks and knicks played the hawks were up by double digits and then trae got hurt and the knicks won in OT.

i don't think regular season match ups have much predictive value for the playoffs in series where the two teams can reasonably considered competitive, prob has even less value this year

yeah article along those lines trying to sus out how good the teams playoff rosters will be https://nba.nbcsports.com/2021/05/18/adjusting-for-postseason-rotations-should-clippers-be-title-favorite-are-trail-blazers-sleeping-giant

too bad the celtics imploded and got injured celtics knicks in the 4-5 matchup wouldve been a low stakes classic

― lag∞n, Tuesday, May 18, 2021 5:24 PM (four minutes ago)

3 of the 4 teams in the bubble conference finals had deeply disappointing, injury riddled, listless seasons. the one exception was the team w/ the MVP and even then one of their best players blew his knee out

yeah the fatigue has been clear

celtics too lost the most games to covid and their best player says hes still affected by it, not great!

are the hawks gonna win any games in a post-covid madison square garden tho?

err, post-covid-capacity-restrictions

anyway im taking the knicks in this series because in the playoffs grit, resilience determination etc matter. this is this something thibs teams have in spades but ive seen trae chuck many a tanty when things dont go his way

too bad the celtics imploded and got injured celtics knicks in the 4-5 matchup wouldve been a low stakes classic

― lag∞n, Tuesday, May 18, 2021 5:24 PM (four minutes ago)

3 of the 4 teams in the bubble conference finals had deeply disappointing, injury riddled, listless seasons. the one exception was the team w/ the MVP and even then one of their best players blew his knee out

class contract push from mcdermott this season.

mcdermott has made himself into a guy, i tip my cap

ugly shooting from ye ol hornets here yikes

ya i just turned it on looked at the score and turned it off lol

There was a moment in one of the last couple lakers games, which were essentially must win, where there was a loose ball that went to the back court and an opposing player hustled back and got it, and lebron just calmly walked to the other end of the court and let the lakers play 4 on 5 defense. Honestly think he should have just taken the season off.
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, May 18, 2021 6:38 PM (fifty-one minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

yeah feel like thats been his mode everytime ive watched them this year

but can he turn it on like he always does? will the ankle let him. big questions for the ins and offs.

def some bron ???s this year that were not used to asking

he hasn’t lost an in-conference playoff series in 10 years i feel like his confidence is well founded. their biggest variable (brow’s health) is out of his hands anyway

id say his health is a bigger variable.

yeah davis hasnt show any signs of being still injured where bron has, but on the other hand bron is obvs insanely more robust generally

wasn't lebron like top 3 in mvp talk before he got hurt?

also they havent played with drummond really at all. i wonder if he'll be out of the rotation as early as tomorrow vs the small ball warriors.

yah lebron was pretty locked in pre injury imo. they were pretty easily the best defense in the league.

obv also just weird that bron had a big long injury, sometimes it's that one flash of mortality and it's like welp he's done now

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E1tTLRzVgAEacGN?format=jpg&name=medium

he even said so basically said "now im cooked because of the ankle rip me, lebron" xp

they don't make magazine covers like that anymore

yeah davis hasnt show any signs of being still injured where bron has, but on the other hand bron is obvs insanely more robust generally

if so i support it

i watched brow pretty closely ~2 weeks ago vs portland (w/o lebron) and he had a monster game but just... something seemed off, like he was mentally stopping himself from going as hard as he naturally wants to go

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welp congrats to the nets, thats a wrap

no clips votes ay

the mercenary superteam votes went to the nets and lakers

clips cld do it tho

Pacers just had so much energy tonight

rip lamelo we barely knew ye

pacers have so much playoff experience. even their dickhead coach has a championship

its too bad they arent healthy they coulda been at least a tough out in the east

im scared now

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— Michael Lee (@MrMichaelLee) May 18, 2021

Marv looks really thin I hope that’s not related to the retirement

noticed his voice has sounded weak recently too

I haven't heard him in a while (rarely listen with sound), and immediately thought he sounded like he might not make it the half.

yeah he was struggling the other day. super raspy.

Over on ILM one of the thread titles is Past Critics' Darlings Re-evaluated as Duds? and I keep thinking they are disrespecting the mighty 2021 Dubs.

is there a reason semi is playing in this game?