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

i like when players just lay motionless face down on the ground until the refs review the play for a flagrant

Damian Lillard had one turnover

That man is wearing glasses

Bron headed to the locker room with 6 mins left lmao

Dennis Schroder:

— 0 points
— 1 assist
— 0-9 shooting
— 0-4 from three
— 84 million dollars turned down

He is the first Laker to go scoreless in a playoff game while attempting 9+ shots since the franchise moved to LA. pic.twitter.com/XbVHD3nVCT

— StatMuse (@statmuse) June 2, 2021

if he can't create his own offense he's pretty useless especially for this lakers team. there were multiple possessions in the first half where bron kicked the ball out to him at the arc and instead of pulling up for three he pump faked, held the ball and did nothing with it which is like the ultimate sin if you're a roll player on a lebron team

matt I wanna hear your thoughts on the nuggets/blazers related malarkey

it's a bummer that the Blazers didn't win given that Dame arguably had like a top 5 all-time playoff performance but it would've been a travesty if the Nugs lost given the way regulation ended

Sixers center Joel Embiid has a small meniscus tear in his right knee and will be day-to-day, team says. He's out for Game 5 tonight.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 2, 2021

Fuck.

nba is melting down

crazy

nuggets need to keep jokic encased in glass on the off days

the demands of the nba game are approaching the limits of human physical capacity

fuck man

cant meniscus tears get worse?

this thread explains:

Re: Embiid: He’s had a lateral meniscus tear in the opposite knee and needed surgery. The new tear, in the opposite knee, is described as small but the location of the tear is more important.

— Jeff Stotts (@InStreetClothes) June 2, 2021

welp

sound like even if its low probability of getting worse hes still going to be at least a little bit injured

very few injuries "can't get worse" esp. when knees of large men are involved.

yeah id def be thinking about shutting him down if i were philly

Shutting him down until the next time he gets on the court when he will get injured again.

invoking the name of andrew bynum, never good

just thinking about what the officiating is going to look like tomorrow night in staples with lebron playing an elimination game

can the sixers beat the hawks without embiid? my instinct is yes but how are they going to score points

will be a much more intriguing series. but my guess is embiid plays

i think the hawks would have to be favored without him

I read Hawks as Wizards in the last three posts and agreed with lag∞n.

The Larry "Least Injured Team" O'Brien Trophy

nets vs clippers it is

Root for the upper deck of Barclays to cave in.

torn because i never get tired of seeing kd or kyrie play but harden's style of ball is deeply unwatchable

cmon harden's good to watch when he's not at 40% usage

he's a good enough passer most of the time but his offense is offensive to me. he is the game genie of the nba.

i know why there’s a lot of dwight howard in the mix for the sixers but damn that’s a lot of dwight howard in the mix

dwight has been hanging around for so long, maybe too long

complete no show by the wiz in the second half with a chance to bring the series back home with no embiid, pretty embarrassing for westbrook and beal. what’s the point of those two guys if you can’t beat george hill, seth curry, ben simmons, tobias harris and dwight howard in the second half of a must win game

meanwhile MSG sounding like a graveyard

xxp Philly media keeps talking about how Dwight is a really good teammate, always hustles, etc. and all I see is he plays like a maniac fouling everyone in sight and arguing with the refs.

yeah i switched from one game to the other but they both pretty much suck

I watch wizards games and at the end am always dumbfounded that Beal has 30+ points.

Hawks knicks is ugly

theres been such a push for the dwight redemption narrative, they were even talking about it tonight, but he still lead the league in techs, and as a bench player no less, also its pretty funny that the thing hes redeeming himself from is being the most annoying person in the world

Yah congrats you’re now the 2nd most annoying player in the world and only cos we we see you for less than 18 minutes per game now.

panic staring boban i respect it

The Mavericks have officially moved Boban Marjanovic into the starting lineup in Game 5 in place of Maxi Kleber.

— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) June 3, 2021

Lol mavs are thirsty for anything

I guess Dwight's redemption is his teammates like him instead of hating him now.

pic.twitter.com/kM0LlcrIPT

— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) June 3, 2021

I guess Dwight's redemption is his teammates like him instead of hating him now.

the knicks and MSG are the two greatest things to happen to the trae young narrative