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

love to take inspiration from english soccer, the most popular sport in the united states

the thing about the various club soccer tournaments is their leagues dont have playoffs just a regular season so it makes sense, but in american sports the whole point is the playoffs

they also have 45 lower divisions who can enter and you get weird/random matchups. or you're crossing between the english league and the spanish league and the italian league. this is going to be thunder/pistons on a tuesday night but it's for the stern cup or something.

they should do my idea instead: all star tournament

i was listening to something and they were suggesting that this type of random gamification is probably the future of the nba. like we're this close to a tournament where the bench guys start and the starters only play 15 minutes or something.

SIGH

Trae man shit

he did it

do i have to like trae young because he trolled the knicks? too soon to say.

When he hit that last shot I sort of rolled off the couch and laid on the floor. The tile was cool so I just stayed there for a second laughing.

Big shot from bogdon too.

How about sweet lou coming thru

Utah looks worn down and Memphis looks like their season just started

love to have a small playoffs for no reason

it's the all-new "re-imagined" nba, loosely patterned after English Premier League, American Ninja, and Pimp My Drive.

gobert's sideline flop represents an exciting new era of flopping

i'm not sure how long they can keep this up but fuck with the grizzlies at your peril

They play hungry

That gobert flop should be a suspension. He’s such a dork I hope they get swept

Felt like the difference in this game was that the Grizzlies’ guys who Do All the Little Things That Don’t Show Up in the Box Score also knocked down shots. The analogous Jazz guys not so much

But given who those guys are that’s not surprising. Jazz offense is in deep trouble if they don’t get Donovan back ASAP

Death taxes and the jazz not being able to score enough in the playoffs.

seems so

I know Anthony Davis was sick when he had that growth spurt in high school, Nigga wanna be a shooting guard so bad

— fab (@fabioszn) May 23, 2021

have no reason to root for the jazz so I’ll ride the griztrain until it falls apart

I really love slomo. 6 steals tonight.

haha wow

Shut the f*ck up you click bait, ambulance chasing, dirt bag piece of sh*t. No one has told you this because this is not reality. Go find someone’s assistant to text abt an MRI or some other human calamity you want to be 1st on. We are good over here. https://t.co/ER5iAkk0J8

— Bernard Lee (@BernieoLee) May 21, 2021

the ja-brooks backcourt seems like it could be something

xp lol fair enough

Donovan Mitchell was furious at Jazz decision to hold him out of Sunday's playoff game, deepening frustrations about his recovery from sprained ankle, sources tell @espn_macmahon & me: https://t.co/2LE9fFzJmW

— Brian Windhorst (@WindhorstESPN) May 24, 2021

laying the groundwork as they say

lmao

Gobert tried to sell this flop after fouling out 😭 @shaqtin pic.twitter.com/lJYxptNx3S

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) May 24, 2021

the bucks have refused to miss a shot

they hit 3 3s since i wrote that

Now THATS what I call reversion to the mean

wow

Milwaukee's 26 point lead after the 1st quarter is lead is the largest in the last 25 post seasons. @ESPNStatsInfo

— Kirk Goldsberry (@kirkgoldsberry) May 25, 2021

bux

the heat are prob gonna regret losing the game where they outscored the bucks by 45 points from three

may come back 2 haunt them

buxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

this is obscene

Hope Milwaukee can get their guys some rest, might have some long series’ ahead of them

Is there a bounty on Middleton or

yeah, this is not watchable right now

If they had called Embiid in the first half yesterday like they are calling Giannis tonight, the Sixers would have won by 30.

heat with some interesting decisions here instead of making shots they are trying to foul their way into more points, lets see how this plays out in the 4th

funny how in the playoffs the Bucks either have 4 guys on the bench who can score or 0

has gordon touched the ball once in the first 10 possessions?

lookin' like another great night of 1st round NBA playoff action

denver is really "playing defense" tonight