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

Yep. If it doesn't happen this year, it's not happening for this process (there will be others, I'm sure).

That was Miami's 7th game in franchise history with 20+ made threes. Three of those games have come against Milwaukee in the past calendar year.

— Couper Moorhead (@CoupNBA) May 22, 2021

The Bucks shot 5/31 (16.1%) from 3, their worst mark in any game, regular season or Playoffs, since January 14 2018, when they shot 4/28 (14.3%) against the Miami Heat.

They still won the game.

— Dean Maniatt (@AllTheBucks) May 22, 2021

luka is absolutely shredding the clippers defense

expose the clippers

I understand NBA coaches don't want to believe or acknowledge it's a thing... but "Playoff Rondo" is real and he should start the rest of the playoffs if the Clippers don't want another early exit. One of Kawhi or PG13 needs to step up and take on the Luka assignment going forward too; can't be leaving little guards like Pat Bev on an island against him. That's barely defensible when it's like LeBron leaving JR Smith hanging against KD on the Warriors so he can drop 50; when you have the luxury of 2 of the supposed best wing defenders in the league one of them should be on Luka at all times.

i think kawhis lost lateral mobility is really hurting their help defense. he cant cover ground after doubles like he used to. the clips might yeah be better served putting pg on luka single coverage and trying to lock down on the mavs back cuts a bit more

Congrats to Khris Middleton on a truly legit playoff game winner

celtics deciding to play very fast... interesting

makes perfect sense if you're the weaker and younger team

yeah i like it i mean you gotta try something

one thing thats fun about the playoffs is how refs stop giving fouls where the guy just falls down after he shoots

signs are pointing toward luka being the best player in that series

certainly was today

we havent really seen a dominant kawhi since hes been on the clips, hes a bit of a cipher

kawhi and PG put up 26 and 23, no one else on the clippers scored more than 11. batum and rondo the second leading scorers, marcus morris 4 points, serge ibaka 8 points and luke kennard DNP-CD. lawrence frank is the reigning executive of the year

celtics hot start appears to be winding down

I mean the clippers roster >>> the mavs roster and the fact that luka has given them the business two years in a row just kind of speaks to the fact that he’s the best player on the floor in their games, no disrespect to kawhi

i like the clippers supporting cast, kennard aside who is one of the worst defenders in the league, but also they could totally shit the bed

its a cliche but true that role players who step up or not can really make the difference in a series

within recent memory morris, rondo, and ibaka were contributing to winning in the playoffs. there are things i would like to be different about this team, but neither leonard nor george had efficient scoring nights. if those guys aren't really really good the rest of the team doesn't matter.

kawhi 26 pts on 22 fg attempts; pg 8/18 and 2/8 from 3. that's like two lines that would make warriors fans keep talking themselves into andrew wiggins.

lol

too bad jaylens not here, would be nice

within recent memory morris, rondo, and ibaka were contributing to winning in the playoffs. there are things i would like to be different about this team, but neither leonard nor george had efficient scoring nights. if those guys aren't really really good the rest of the team doesn't matter.

it would! but their two supposed superstars need to play like superstars! at least one of them could!

the lakers won last year with two guys playing like superstars, not like two guys playing like they're "in the conversation" for all-nba 3rd team

yeah pg is obvs a huge playoff question mark but if youre not even getting near peak kawhi well you might just lose to the mavs

rob williams has 6 blocks and is all over the place again

beautiful

Robert Williams just blocked a James Harden stepback. Sheesh.

— Jay King (@ByJayKing) May 23, 2021

just completely destroyed claxton twice in a row

hes so good

all i want for next year is a full season of rob playing well

yeah its just a matter of his body being able to take big minutes at this point

not sure about all this jabari parker

i didn't see much of the first half but that looks like found money that isn't carrying over

he made a couple nice plays this half but its just not worth the nets targeting him

Robert Williams puts the CLAMPS on James Harden pic.twitter.com/UmgTrllij7

— Taylor Snow (@taylorcsnow) May 23, 2021

the lakers won last year with two guys playing like superstars, not like two guys playing like they're "in the conversation" for all-nba 3rd team

it was funny seeing harden pull up in the middle of that drive realizing it wasn't going to happen

evan fournier would be the __th best player on the clippers?

this era of the clippers has been 2 seasons and 1 postseason so yes that stands to reason

This Nets team is so unfair lol; KD the GOAT at assembling stacked superteams for sure.

i mean do you think pg and kawhi played well enough to win today? i didn't see the game so i'm just looking at their lines and i'm not impressed!

btw i put my head down to check on the baby and type a couple posts and the celtics are down by double digits which i guess makes sense

rough second half for tatum

kind of unfortunate the celtics are doing a good job of limiting the nets but cant but the ball in the ring themselves

Robert Williams has blocked 1 out of every 6 Nets 2-point attempts in this game, He's played 21 of the 46 minutes.

— Nate Duncan (@NateDuncanNBA) May 23, 2021

ah celtics doing their thing turning hopeless blowouts into quasi respectable final scores

kawhi and PG played decently they mostly missed a bunch of threes. it was still a close game from beginning to end. luka had a good tho not great game, porzingis is played like shit. fact of the matter was dorian finney smith, tim hardaway and jalen brinson were better than anyone else on the clippers, i don’t think it’s a huge ask for the clippers to have a third player who can score

clippers were the best 3pt shooting team ever this year had like seven guys finish over 40%, so basically if they want to win i suggest they keep doing that