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

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lol im happy to be the board laker bro

my most fervent hope is a repeat of another 2-7 suns lakers series:

https://www.landofbasketball.com/playoffs_series/2006_suns_vs_lakers.htm

smush parker flashback

That was a really great series

maybe kobe's two greatest shots in game 4, and definitely his greatest dunk on mvp steve nash. but raja bell's mom offering kobe a hug after game 7 was the highlight of the whole series of course

whoaaa

Derrick Rose and Taj Gibson will start tonight for the Knicks in Game 3 in Atlanta, along with RJ Barrett, Julius Randle, and Reggie Bullock.

— Mike Vorkunov (@MikeVorkunov) May 28, 2021

gonna go ahead and start his best guys huh

lol @ knicks

clearly missing the elfrid payton magic tonight

randle appears to not be a playoff performer huh

3/20 fg between him and barret so far tonight

hawks are also shooting the lights out

i know that they're different things and i like the guy and dislike seeing him struggle but i wonder how all the people who put randle on 2nd team all nba are feeling

he is the EXACT type of player a focused playoff defense can shut down

yeah, rough

Through 3 games, Julius Randle is 13 of 54 from the field in this series.

— Kirk Goldsberry (@kirkgoldsberry) May 29, 2021

Luka is good folks

ive heard that

need him to be a bit better so the knicks will give him a $100 extension this offseason

$100m !! working his way towards the $100 one sadly

knicks will pay him anyway what else are they gonna do

jayson tatum guys

tatums got 40 through 3 quarters here celtics up by 12

blake just made a very dirty play

what did he do

this clippers mavs game reminds me of the eastern semis the year after the heatles lost to the mavs. they had the pacers in the second round and were down 2-1 and it was becoming do or die on the big 3, bosh was hurt and lebron and wade had this incredible game where they ripped off like 40 points in a row to singlehandedly win the game

celtics young players trying to guard kd and harden... lol

which is to say paul george and kawhi have made what feels like 22 shots in a row

what did he do

― call all destroyer, Friday, May 28, 2021 10:43 PM (thirty-three seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink

jumped on smarts back and tried to lever his arm out of the socket

What do we think about this call on Blake Griffin? pic.twitter.com/fqz2fI20Vp

— BBALLBREAKDOWN (@bballbreakdown) May 29, 2021

cant quite see it from that angle but hes got his arm pinned the whole time

my god luka is so good

i’ve never seen anyone play at the speed he plays at. he almost strolls down the lane

man blake is gonna be this year's dwight on the lakers isn't he

randle is just a guy who does not get buckets imo, not made for that life

luka doncic otoh

Luka really is a joy to watch

he's feeling it

tatum fourth 50 point game in the last couple months and second in 4 games of the offs+ins

porzingis is a statue out there

celtics won too

my god luka is so good

clippers just killing porzingis

he for real cannot move his feet, batum took him off the dribble and you could immediately see carlisle call for cauley stein

smh they need to give him the play in game too

Youngest Players with a 50-Point Playoff Game

NBA Postseason History (Years-Days)

1967 Rick Barry (23-21)
1986 Michael Jordan (23-62)
2021 Jayson Tatum* (23-86)
2020 Jamal Murray (23-182)
2020 Jamal Murray (23-189)

*Friday Night pic.twitter.com/0BYiBIUL5I

— Kirk Goldsberry (@kirkgoldsberry) May 29, 2021

as usual for the celtics, good things happen when jayson tatum scores 50

having a guy score 50 is good, recommended

damn i already forgot about those jamal murray games but tbf the bubble was a fever dream

he was out of his mind that series

i'm not sure why they are so baffled by this cauley-stein shove, it's a pretty standard cheap shot

zubac is really playing well

zubac has been great. WCS is too skinny for him