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

i mean, they better be right! he’s the entire franchise

it just strains the imagination to me that someone of embiid’s size and lower body injury history is gonna play 3 series on a torn meniscus and lead you to a title and everything is gonna be all good in the future, no harm no foul. i’m not a doctor! but that just seems like an unlikely outcome, to me

does seem somewhat outlandish

atl 70% for the first quarter

not even the end of the 1st quarter of Game 1 yet pic.twitter.com/40m9cmZkfC

— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) June 6, 2021

hubie just called paint points "painted points" and i love it

they put danny on trae and simmons on bogdan but it doesn’t appear as if danny has any shot of staying in front of trae

Philly throwing the ball all over the court for no reason certainly not helping.

9 Philly TOs in the 1st.

doc benching simmons and embiid at the same time is a bad idea

yeah playing a whole bench unit who does that in the offs

Who would have thought the Knicks would put up stiffer resistance than the Sixers.

I underrated the hawks because Gallinari and bogdanovic started the season so cold. Now that they’ve come around this roster makes a whole lot of sense.

danny green is just getting roasted by trae, they’re gonna have to put simmons on him before too long

the hawks are shooting unreasonably well today so we have to see how things go once the shooting normalizes but it looks like danny green and seth curry are at a big disadvantage in this series

neither trae or bogdan can defend but the sixers guards can’t do anything but shoot. the sixers have gotten some buckets by getting simmons or harris on bogdan tho

xxp Seems insane that wasn't the plan all along.

the sixers defensive strategy vs the hawks starting line up should be “let solomon hill shoot everything”

fast break simmons is so cool

it would be great to see simmons on a team that was like top 3 in pace i mean he’s just unstoppable in transition. the hawks have no answer for him or tobias on the fast break tbh & the sixers have been terrible today in the half court

yeah thats another way he doesnt fit with embiid

embiid looks fine physically but he’s gone into the [hubie voice] painted area like 2 times all half. seems pretty content to shoot jumpers

sixers should consider guarding trae

a foul in the backcourt in transition should be 2 shots + the ball, easy fix

Embiid definitely looks a bit limited on defense to me

he doesnt look like hes moving bad but he does look like hes trying to not move too much

a foul in the backcourt in transition should be 2 shots + the ball, easy fix

― J0rdan S., Sunday, June 6, 2021 2:05 PM (two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

otm

Embiid definitely looks a bit limited on defense to me

we call that the brook lopez

Simmons needs to prove he is a DPOY candidate by locking Young up for the 2nd half. Otherwise I don't want to hear about it anymore.

wld like to see it lets do this

brutal halftime medley of embiid backing up on the pick n roll until hes out of the play

the degree to which simmons has a size, athleticism, speed advantage over any player on the hawks is comical. would be a great series for him to, um, assert himself offensively

Those fouls on Simmons were weak.

bogdan shoots threes like he’s playing pop a shot

Simmons foul shooting is depressing. Like he needs another hole in his offensive game.

huerter needs to be playing sooooo many more minutes than solomon hill

probably would if he was available

you’re thinking of hunter

Hawks can't shoot like this the entire series, can they?

oh yeah

They let that stand, Doc might as well guard Young, it won't make a diff.

awful challenge by doc

thybulle was riding trae all the way down the court, you can’t be leaning and pushing on a guy from the half court line all the way into the paint

Hawks def need Hunter back

Crying a little watching that Gallo dunk. We’ve been through so much together and seeing that beautiful white gazelle throw down...

should’ve been an and 1 too

thybulle giving trae some problems. trae was gonna come down to earth in the second half to some degree so hard to say how much of it is bcuz of thybulle but seems obvious he’s their best option on trae aside from simmons. he’s done his part of offense too but will he take/make shots in crunch time

ben simmons impact on this game has been very minimal

wild shit here