ITS THE OFFS BABY THE 2023 NBA PLAYOFFS

its actually only supposed to be a kick ball if its intentional but they just call it on all kicks, maybe they changed the rule idk

not very hard to figure out when a guy sticks his foot in front of a pass bcuz he is beat on the play, i know you watch NBA basketball lol. we let refs decide intent on take fouls, pretty simple stuff. jokic kicks balls all the time.

no sorry gonna have to rule against this one its just not a big deal

celtics dialing it up

running plays is good

flagrant fouls don’t happen very often but there is a mechanism to penalize them & refs decide intent in making those calls. not exactly asking a ref to climb mt everest to blow the whistle when a dude sticks his foot into a passing lane and kicks the ball

they do blow the whistle

its nice to not be watching embiid anymore, pretty annoying to have to always be worrying about some giant man doing good basketball plays

they do blow the whistle

nah

they dont award a free throw for other fouls before a shot either unless its a clear path situation where the outcome is crystal clear

are you guys pro take foul?

put it in the rules thread, the elders can vote

earlier in this game caleb martin threw a pass to bam who was standing unguarded under the basket. brogdon stuck his foot out and kicked the ball. so we agree then that a free throw should be awarded on a play whose outcome was crystal clear if not for an unnatural basketball play?

no

pretty good half i like how both these teams play skilled mobile guys makes for good ball

btw has anyone else youtubetv picture been total ass recently ive switched back to illegal streams thats how bad it is, was thinking it was just my internet being slow but then ive seen some clip videos which look like the game footage is having the same problem

I agree w/ jordan in spirit about the kick balls (even if I saw the jokic reference coming from a mile away) but in practice I agree with lagoon the cure would be worse than the disease, ultimately it's not that big of a deal

we should ask draymond and steve adams to weigh in on kick balls


i use youtubetv and my image quality is fairly good. i haven’t noticed any significant decrease in quality. will monitor and report back

thanking you, you would def notice if it was as bad as mine

legalize ball-kicking imo, give defenders a chance in this league

Yttv espn sucks they only show 720p. Tnt usually slightly better. It’s crazy that all the big games aren’t in 4K yet

marcus smart point god + dpoy

+ 3pt marksman

I know it's the most banal observation but...having never been a fan of a team that's favored this deep into the postseason before, it's amazing the level of nerves you get watching your team vs watching any other high stakes game. I was such a wreck in the 4th quarter last night

kevin love 80 foot chest passes remain a thing

ya it suck lol xp

celtics gotta get more threes up here

marcus heard you

I know it's the most banal observation but...having never been a fan of a team that's favored this deep into the postseason before, it's amazing the level of nerves you get watching your team vs watching any other high stakes game. I was such a wreck in the 4th quarter last night

― k3vin k., Wednesday, May 17, 2023 9:54 PM (three minutes ago)

doc called the playoffs "emotional terrorism" and that was very real!

the funny thing about this heat run is i was actually kinda relieved to not be put thru the ringer this year after doing it last season & now i'm back here again

oh joe threw the clipboard hes mad

awesome stuff from bam tonight, not a lot of guys that size who can do that in transition

xp perhaps we need more teams like the 2017 warriors that just clinically destroy everyone without question

jfc heat hitting so many 3s

lol what was that

I was such a wreck in the 4th quarter last night

― k3vin k.

i remember that second round nuggets/blazers series back in 2018 or 19, i could barely watch game 7 and i even knew the winner was gonna get absolutely flambéed by the warriors lol

basically a perfect quarter of basketball by the heat

45 point quarter good lord

they just would not miss, uncool

that was such a wild quarter. this heat team simply dont make sense

heat culture: do not miss scoring the 3 pt shot

grant getting lost on that rotation by strus and then bringing it coast to coast only to get stuffed in the paint...that was rough

i dont believe my eyes - a traditional jersey matchup with the correct colors designated to the home and away team!

— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) May 18, 2023

grant getting lost on that rotation by strus and then bringing it coast to coast only to get stuffed in the paint...that was rough

― k3vin k., Wednesday, May 17, 2023 10:18 PM (three minutes ago)

my eyes were plaing tricks I mean brogdon

grant for some reason does not play anymore

bam gonna have to play a lot of mins this series

oh shit please be ok Jaylen

hes alright

the way he reacted I thought it was a fracture

bam gonna have to play a lot of mins this series