ITS THE OFFS BABY THE 2023 NBA PLAYOFFS

I haven’t read or listened to much of anything since game 1 but given their lack of depth on the bench, I imagine the suns adjustments are going to be something like hammering the pick and roll on offense and increasing their 3 point rate. they’re probably fucked in terms of stopping the nuggets offense but if they can limit turnovers and try to close the 3 point gap they have the talent to win, assuming their players can hold up playing 42+ minutes for 4+ more games

you just have to deal with Joker and Murray, they are who they are, but the times in the Wolves series when Porter Jr. started going off as well.... that's rough

suns shot 50% in the first game would be good to get more threes def but its not really who they are theyre gonna have to find a way to play some defense

joker coasted his way to a cool 24-19-5

slowing the game down in order to conserve energy would be good for them too

he missed a bunch of layups/putbacks too didnt have his best game

yeah his touch has been way off the last couple of games at least, I do wonder whether he's still nursing that calf injury

as a resident kd liker i am not super invested in proving the suns are bad actually but i wouldnt bet on them to win any of the denver games

KD isn't actively unlikable like Kyrie or Dillon Brooks. I'd say he's just a bit off-putting and I think he prefers it that way. He doesn't want to be loved so much as to be allowed a bubble of privacy, within which he can safely make comments over social media when he chooses to. His game reflects his personality, being more about controlling the shots he gets than it is about being venturesome and risk-taking.

idk if this is because of social media but it seems like a lot of all-star caliber players these days are also gigantic weirdos who are both easy to love and easy to hate

Sixers’ Joel Embiid (right knee sprain) is out

— Keith Pompey (@PompeyOnSixers) May 1, 2023

I'm not free until 9 or 9:30 so I'm recording the game. Might not even have to watch.

celtics already with better ball movement than the entire atl series

these teams not missing

celtics 26 paint points in quarter

this game is insane

celtics should simply shoot 80% for the rest of the playoffs

no excuse after this proof of concept

worth a try

old man horf playing some stout d. he really likes these sixers matchups

horfs still got it i dont know how but he does

wow nice little run for Philly to close out this half

first fts with 30 secs left in the half

was rooting for the ft less half

whoa that was a sick play by Philly to get the 3

fast first half

philly 58% from 3, boston only 57%

rough

tatum with great plays to finish the last two quarters

PJ tucker 0 shot attempts in 26 minutes so far

its not really his thing

got a shot in on tatum tho

0 FGA 1 NPM

lol

dirty stuff

i just listened to monty mccutchen explain that and idk, maybe there should be a rule that you can't flail your arms on the court when you're mad at a teammate because your arms might run into another guys balls?

im just flailing if you happen to walk into it thats your fault

big horf again, solid

kinda ugly refball stretch here after a smooth game

what a boner

lol ok

HARDEN

damn who’s the real mvp

would joel be mvp if james didn’t selflessly defer to him all year, hmm

to say that this feels like one of those game 1s where the underdog has to pull off the win to have a chance in the series feels like an understatement at this point…

jfc

yeah i think if i’m joe mazzulla i’m taking “let’s put the ball in marcus smart’s hands” out of the crunch time playbook

dat harden three was really something

nice to see harden can still do it without the whistle

celtics going with their patented slow down crunch time offense that has never worked