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

could be one explanation for why it didnt look like a normal basketball play

they certainly tell you something about intention

― butyrate humbucker bobbins (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, June 13, 2021 10:12 PM (seventeen seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink

watch it again and tell me he was worried at all about what he was going to hit on the way down

Well coming from a guy who apparently thinks a windup is part of stripping a ball, I don't think NBA refs gonna lose much sleep over what Matt thinks of them

*personally* i think he was trying to get the forearm

if the nuggets pulled this out and jokic gets suspended for game 5 ....

it was so obviously a frustration foul and he did it in a dangerous manner not too complicated

It's not a sacred hoops rule about being ejected.

It's one of the main things ref are trained to look for when deciding flagrants

and yeah likely didnt even mean to his paynes face, but also didnt really care

don’t know how you could watch that and not see that he had bad intentions yah

He was trying to commit a really hard frustration foul, strangely almost got all ball. It’s a flagrant 1. Everyone here knows it was a flagrant 1, we’ve all watched a lot of basketball here. It’s weird that they went 2.

Most of us thought it was a 2 tho. Surprised the refs agreed

right matt. so we're arguing the minutiae of the fact that you think it's a travesty that it was a 2 and many of us are saying that it was close and could have been a 1 or a 2.

this sport is definitely soccer now. crazy calls to goose the narrative of a series that was over anyway.

Meanwhile is anyone gonna make a shot in this game

xp that's a bizarre thing to say

the number of times two nuggets have run into each other on offense is not great, most of them seem to involve MPJ

Oh yay after the obligatory "Refs are bad" comment we get the "it's all part of a league-directed conspiracy" comment

nuggs don't have a coherent offense without jokic for a stretch this long, that's not surprising xp

cp3 out there playing like a carefree 24 year old, what a delight

yeah it’s bittersweet as hell watching chris live this out at the nuggets expense ;_;

he is loving life right now

13-17 on 2s, no 3s, 7/7 from the line

Never had so much fun watching the little bastard

For him it's gotta be the most fun team he's been on no? He's been on so many maybe I'm forgetting one. Maybe Lob City initially

cp3 knows his own game and plays within it

Oh yay after the obligatory "Refs are bad" comment we get the "it's all part of a league-directed conspiracy" comment

someone interview julius hodge about having been punched in the nads by chris paul

I was a big Julius Hodge era NC state fan and obviously Marvin Williams is a trigger for me but damn I really enjoy watching Chris play

Lol

that was a pretty sick dunk by MPJ lol

julius hodge could play

I think hodge actually played for the nuggets at one point and got shot in Colorado or something

suns have lost one playoff game in 9 games against the lakers and nuggets, that is pretty good tbh

took a shot to the nuggets at the very least iirc

For him it's gotta be the most fun team he's been on no? He's been on so many maybe I'm forgetting one. Maybe Lob City initially

― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Sunday, June 13, 2021 10:25 PM (three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

this seems like it must be extra fun because the talent is so young and so good. like not everything is on his shoulders all the time but when he needs to command and control he has great shooters and a great roll man and everyone fits.

6 straight wins and none have been close

I think he had fun w okc last year but this is a step up for sure

I really thought this would go at least 6

can't imagine anybody had a sweep here

xp a flagrant 6? really!?

dever defense was just... ineffective

aww booker hugging random suns fans. i have to say i like him, i think he gets it.

Chris Paul in this series:
25.5 PPG
10.25 APG
74.3 TS%
22-22 from the free throw line
8.2-1 assist - turnover ratio

At 36 years old, two years removed from being literally dumped with four first-round picks for Russell Westbrook.

— Josh Eberley🇨🇦 (@JoshEberley) June 14, 2021

Man had a literal perfect series, hope the Suns go all the way this year.

"Earlier in these playoffs the league ruled"

Lol you talking even more about bad refs was exactly what I did not want

cp and monty hugging was so cute

cp3 series numbers are unbelievable

I hate that I have to wait so long to see whether this Nuggets roster really works. I do think they should trade for Grayson Allen just to contribute to the discourse

they have campazzo so that's basically the same thing

campazzo actually translates as 'comparable asshole'

CP3 one of the players who impressed me the most when seeing him play in person. Been at a couple of his games but the one that made big impression on me was the one I had worse seats for. Having that overhead view made it that much more apparent how he plays not necessarily his defender but the entire defense like his puppet. Knew how to get the defense to do what he wanted, and then when they stopped falling into that trap he immediately switched ploys and used the Ds adjustment to his advantage. Point God.