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

it would’ve been funny if he had hit the side of the backboard

Run that simulation 100 times and that’s probably what happens on at least half of them

Sad state of modern sports with replay that everyone is only half celebrating 'cause they know it's going to get reviewed.

also second time down the stretch where the refs just didnt make a call and went straight to conference, which i dont think it what theyre supposed to do, you can see them looking around at each other like what do we do lol

lol

Anyone else see this? Watch to the end! @Suns #priceless pic.twitter.com/ThaHxhE6pM

— Jeremy Rodriguez (@jeremyr_az) June 23, 2021

beautiful

things of that nature

wilbon looks like his face is about to slide off his head

lol that is great

feels like the birth of a meme

lil bastard back

BREAKING: Phoenix Suns star Chris Paul intends to make his return for Game 3 of WCF against the Los Angeles Clippers barring unforeseen setback, league sources tell @YahooSports. https://t.co/UgzGxX4aaZ

— Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) June 23, 2021

the suns going up 2-0 without chris paul and then losing four straight with him back would be pretty hilarious

cursed thought

i thought the clips did a solid job on book last night. he was pretty flustered for much of the game, some really bad turnovers. this will open it up for him again.

yeah def a bunch of spots where they really couldve used cp

cam payne deserves so much credit. 29-1-9-2-2 and 0 TOs

Incredible that he was such a non entity while on the Bulls

and the thunder

i still don’t understand how he’s good, nothing about his game looks right. but i guess you can’t argue with the results at this point

the amazing thing is that given his journey out of and back into the league he carries himself like he’s the best player on the court

maybe thats all he needed? just to get his confidence up. his quickness is really off the charts, he can get by anyone without resistance.

i dunno, i can't say i was deeply familiar with his nba work prior to this stint but from what i remember confidence never seemed to be an issue for him. i think his decision making has improved so that he is actually able to use his quickness to greater effect. the tutelage of the point god can't have hurt in that respect

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUQDIdRBJCA

great DN Spottie

ty, lebron blessed us

Portis just did a Mario-style buttstomp on Trae

whoa that off-the backboard pass from trae, can’t remember seeing someone do that from an angle like that before

Trae to Collins Level 2 Gamebreaker pic.twitter.com/feACr2AmAw

— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) June 24, 2021

trae is going nuclear

Bucks do not seem prepared for this

if Middleton gets hot they should win

btw i'm a 60-something sportswriter just itching to jam out my "in game one we saw a giannis who refused to impose his will" column i've had percolating for three days

yea in the 4th alone he's committed 2 bad turnovers, had one really dumb foul and blew 3 layups, also he keeps doing that thing where he tries to take on all 5 defenders at once

hawks are looking tired

keep on taking those 35 footers Trae

he doesn't want to go at giannis for whatever reason

yeah they seem out of their depths xp

if jrue can feast like this it's over

Hawks making some crazy plays though

these conf finals games have been pleasingly well matched so far

if the bucks lose this game.....

solomon hill is a guy who is playing crunch time minutes in an ECF game

realistically giannis should have 80 points and 35 rebounds, like just look at the guys the hawks are rolling out

bucks switching is kind of helping yet kind of fucking them up

the very thought of pat connaughton airballing a crunch time 3 in a conference finals game

oh my god Pat

oof, tough look for pat

what a total fucking disaster these last few minutes have been

not shocked the hawks are about to lose this game tbh, we know who they are. they won the last round because KD’s foot was on the line

what was that play down 3??? seriously wtf

the bucks lost the plot a bit