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

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

Uh oh... pic.twitter.com/guz2uG1ulL

— 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?

cant really say

bad stevens

tristan thompson regularly has trouble executing a simple dribble handoff

maybe not a good fit for the celtics who only do those ever

and marcus has now injured himself moving from left to right so game is really going to form

and now rob williams is down. fuuuuuuck this

think the celtics should just call it a year

wiz are the only playoff team out of the 4 playins tbh

the marv-c webb remote broadcasts were some of the roughest TV experiences in recent memory, RIP to them both

the only reason i want the celtics to win this game is to end the russell westbrook discourse for a few months

yes

It's now a 17-2 Tatum/Kemba vs Wizards run.

— Adam Himmelsbach (@AdamHimmelsbach) May 19, 2021

the 'ins' don't quite feel like the 'offs', yet, but they have their own peculiar energy

the JV ‘ins tonight tbh

marv has been calling nesmith smart all night even when smarts out there too

tatum is going nuts over here

feel like the celtics are permanently putting tatum in a weird version of who he play for where everyone plays for his own team. making him go out there with kornet, nesmith, and langford and being like ok buddy it's all you.

its good practice lol

it's never going to happen but i would love for boston media/fan idiots to lay off tatum for a minute after this game

they shd be kissing his ass every day

it's insane that they do not realize what they have

it's funny, tatum has become basically the 99th% outcome of his duke scouting report. he's not the best athlete. he is definitely a slow-paced iso scorer. he's never going to run an offense. but he's amazing at what he does well.

3 50 point games this year now

he was put on this earth to score baskets

unvaxed lebron partying with drake the night before the play in game lol

https://www.instagram.com/p/CPClJefFYcn/?utm_medium=copy_link

actually have to assume lebron is vaxxed at this point if drake is publicly posting photos of him maskless with a bunch of ppl, feels like a blatant breaking of the protocols otherwise i would imagine

would be the funniest thing ever if he were ruled ineligible

no one will ever convince me that drake has been good for the nba
or music

Skip Bayless set this up somehow

wild

This is kind of amazing. 3PT%, 2019-20 & 2020-21....

Randle: 27.7% -> 41.1%
Barrett: 32.0% -> 40.1%
Rose: 30.6% -> 38.8%
Bullock: 33.3% -> 41.0%

Those are the 2nd, 10th, 11th & 13th biggest jumps among 202 players w/ 100+ 3PA in each of the last 2 seasons.

— John Schuhmann (@johnschuhmann) May 19, 2021

man the knicks are gonna suck next year

chet holmgren babyyy

lol

Have other teams been shooting better against the Knicks? Maybe we've got a deflategate situation on our hands

Everyone else is gonna shoot worse too

matt if I gave you even odds of the knicks being a top-4 seed next year do you take it?

everyones shooting is going to go down but the knicks went up more

they also had opponents shooting worse than expected against them for a portion of the year.

My concern with the Knicks is that Thibs is diminishing returns

Randle and Barrett both played about 5 mpg more under Thibs, naturally.

On the other hand, Thibs played DRose 4 mpg less (than he did in 2014).