ITS THE OFFS BABY THE 2023 NBA PLAYOFFS

also wonder whats going on with draymond he sat for a long time in the 4th then looked gimpy when he came back in

kings got 48 points on 14-21 shooting, 6-10 from 3 and 14-14 from the line from malik monk & trey lyles. suffice to say that prob isn’t happening again

i thought the warriors played okay and the kings played pretty great and the warriors were still a missed three from a guy who hasn’t played in months away from sending it into OT. steph didn’t seem very involved at the end, it didn’t feel like the warriors treated that as some hugely important playoff game. maybe it will come back to bite them idk. but if that’s what the kings threw at the warriors in game 1 & they still almost won i think the warriors prob feel like they can get this one in 6

if fox just cooks them the whole series perhaps that could be their downfall. but sabonis & huerter had poor games & that feels more structural to me and that prob won’t be offset in any other game by 50+ bench points. i think the warriors will live with a steph vs fox duel if that’s what it comes down to in some of these games

prob the things that happened in that game wont happen in exactly the same way the next game yeah

the dubs should be able to beat the kings but can they? do they still have the extra gear or are they fuckin cooked? can draymond still go out there and wreck the the opposing offense for five minutes straight? idk which is why i will turn in to see

dubs could still beat the kings even if they are cooked but thats it theres no way they get past the second round in a cooked state

and can the dubs withstand this suffocating defense

Since nobody else is posting it ... https://t.co/uJPq3y81Tq pic.twitter.com/mSEetRF1v8

— John Hollinger (@johnhollinger) April 16, 2023

Sabonis missed some gimmes, Huerter will prob revert to the mean. draymond was great defending the rim, klay and steph were ridiculous down the stretch...should be a fun series!

dubs were just not guarding sabonis on the perimeter kings either need to just let him hoist or figure out what to do with him that doesnt let the dubs pack the paint

they do use him a ton out of the high post but you cant just run every play through him

i think that game proved the warriors can’t just show up and win the series with minimal effort which i think some ppl thought might happen. but we don’t know what this looks like when the warriors show up and play with purpose. imo

my one major worry for the warriors aside from fox cooking their guards is just if wiggins’ shot is off for the entire series. i think we’re gonna see a lot of key possessions like the end of last night where the kings are happy to concede wiggins a wide open 3

def gotta be a worry for them considering hes only an average shooter and then hes rusty

Yeah I think his hot start in the first half raised expectations a little too high for someone who's been out two months.

lol classic dray

One point game. 30 seconds left. Sabonis with the suplex on Draymond with no call. 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/HzYBSUiITA

— AJ King (@allday_ajking) April 16, 2023

great stuff although preventing sabonis from playing defense prob isn’t in golden state’s interest

yeah dray couldve beat him into the play too but when you got a chance to sit on a guy you have to just take it

lebron looks like he’s at 75% at best physically

D-lo jacking up threes early in the shot clock, just like old times

AD hurt already

JJJ looked like godzilla in the paint after brow went out

ad being unable to move his arm from a stinger would be too perfect

Anthony Davis is getting his right shoulder looked at on the bench. Appeared to be a stinger.

— Dave McMenamin (@mcten) April 16, 2023

how bad is it doc give it to me straight

you got hit in the arm

they kept replaying it and it got less clear each time how or why he got hurt

its so funny watching the tv guys not being allowed to talk about how ad has the lowest pain tolerance ever recorded

Lakers star Anthony Davis is believed to have sustained a stinger on his right arm, but is still undergoing testing, source tells ESPN. He hurt shoulder late in second quarter of Game 1 vs. Memphis.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) April 16, 2023

lmao

Davis is available to return, per the Lakers. https://t.co/FnEfZNdeH4

— Dave McMenamin (@mcten) April 16, 2023

“testing”

This game going bonkers

some truly atrocious officiating to the lakers benefit this quarter, shocker

I hate both these teams

neither of them making a strong argument so far that theyre ready to make noise in the 2023 nba playoffs

ok I’m a doctor and I’m not sure what a stinger is…is it the same thing as a charlie horse?

yeah

memphis going to wait for hachimura to make ten threes before guarding him

jjj looks really good out there

hachimura-san being this good in a playoff game is proof that washington is a fundamentally broken franchise that needs to be relegated

austin reeves #tradebron

lol, reaves

i am officially reaves-pilled what the fuck

jjj looks really good out there

― slai gorgeous-alexander (m bison), Sunday, April 16, 2023 5:21 PM (eight minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

I think he’s their best player, at least in the regular season

Lakers really put the pedal to the metal

griz folded once ja went out

beast of a game from AD

the grizz are very light on shot creation

I'm officially on board the "let the Lakers take out those cocky bastards, then fade quietly away" train. jjj was really impressive in this game, but he'll just have to take the loss for the good of humanity.

Sadly this is exactly how I expected Milwaukee to come out in Game 1

Hmmm 14 point deficit and Giannis hurt. Glad I planned my day around this

jrue, middleton & giannis all have 2 fouls, giannis is hurt. this one is in must win territory for the heat

Ja Morant says his status for Game 2 is “in jeopardy.” He was downtrodden and not even able to use his right hand to undo a balled-up pair of socks. “Feels like it’s one thing after another.”

— Tim MacMahon (@espn_macmahon) April 16, 2023

Thank god he’s still out there

Ah fuck he’s gone again