ITS THE OFFS BABY THE 2023 NBA PLAYOFFS

barrett is good at taking it to the rack but he never has a plan

randle playing pretty well, feinting off his tendency to stop the ball and actually going downhill. i imagine the defense will stop falling for his slow fakes, but for now it is working

heat back in the game

it’s better to make lots of threes as opposed to making none of them

barrett has been called for traveling twice tonight trying to navigate traffic in the paint

uhhh Heat within 4 what

robinson rimmed out an open transition 3 that would’ve cut it to 1 and prob flipped the game

jimmy's a sicko

alright lets see another fanbase feel the wrath of Jimmy

what a play quentin grimes

good stuff

caleb martin stared at duncan robinson wide open for 3 with no knick within 15 feet of him and just… didn’t pass him the ball…

barrett what you doing

barrett what you doing again

5 second call --> bam dunk, beautiful stuff

ah well, nevertheless

this is the first game these playoffs where the heat have just kinda bungled the end. bam fouled brunson trying to help, butler went for an impossible block and gave up an uncontested put back dunk then went down the next possession and fouled barrett for no reason off a miss. bam fouled barrett on help, martin missed a wide open robinson, butler missed a FT etc

i don’t expect game 6 to be very competitive

me neither

these uniforms arent really contrasting enough

this one may not be particularly competitive either

the road team should not be wearing jerseys that match the dominant color of the home team’s floor. this feels like a pretty easy rule to enforce…

ya wild that each team has like 3-4 distinct color schemes and stuff like this still happens

it's essentially camouflage in the paint

man this is entertaining

seems like it might be hard to win 3 straight if you're taking half as many free throws...you basically have to run hot from long distance 3 times in a row

I guess if any team could do it it's them

yeah its kind of their thing, also getting out rebounded

they're down 2 despite being 7/12 from 3, doesn't seem like a great sign

Brow did not seem ok

concussion? poor guy

Lakers center Anthony Davis went to locker room in wheelchair after being elbowed in the face. Lakers GM Rob Pelinka and Davis’ agent Rich Paul are huddled by the visiting locker room.

— Marc J. Spears (@MarcJSpears) May 11, 2023

Darvin Ham said he just checked on Anthony Davis and he seems to be doing well.

— Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) May 11, 2023

“anthony davis leaves the court in a wheelchair” is def a square you look at on the playoff bingo card and think, “you know… this one might hit”

Between this and draymond not even getting checked out after smashing his head on the ground in game 4 it seems like the league needs some new concussion protocols

It appears that Anthony Davis has avoided a concussion, per @ChrisBHaynes pic.twitter.com/MG6d7YROdh

— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) May 11, 2023

seems like ads situation was handled properly but yeah the dray prob shouldve been looked at

“anthony davis leaves the court in a wheelchair” is def a square you look at on the playoff bingo card and think, “you know… this one might hit”

― J0rdan S., Thursday, May 11, 2023 1:15 AM (eight hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

leaves the court in a wheel chair and turns out to be uninjured

he was really in pain it was kinda freaking me out watching him

thinking about it and i believe i would like to see the warriors come back from the 3-1 deficit to defeat the lakers, it would be nice for me

i think id prefer to see lebron win one more. but as long as the celtics and/or nuggets are still in its moot

lebron already has one too many as a laker

theyre both villain teams either way

the dubs are nice

once you win 2 championships you are a villain until the roster turns over completely, sorry thats just how it works

and yes this means the heat are still villains

the dubs are ok because kd isnt on them anymore plus the lakers losing is the most important thing

yeah i just made that up, dont really have strong feelings about either though, this is the least hateable lakers iteration of my lifetime

1. its the lakers 2. its a mercenary superteam

i just wanna see a steph-lebron game 7. i could live with either outcome tho i am a steph partisan bcuz he’s the most fun player to watch

Haslem is retiring after this year though!

fair enough