a small pond between lebron and any other player but that morris court vision gene is alive and well
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 10 October 2020 04:19 (three years ago) link
even davis had his man sealed
― lag∞n, Saturday, 10 October 2020 04:20 (three years ago) link
lakers were down the whole game lol
Anthony Davis: “We have to win one, they have to win two. We have to keep that in mind. But this is a tough one because we had this one in the bag.”— Rachel Nichols (@Rachel__Nichols) October 10, 2020
― lag∞n, Saturday, 10 October 2020 04:24 (three years ago) link
insane lebron has lost two finals games directly bcuz of completely boneheaded plays by jr smith and markieff morris
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 10 October 2020 04:32 (three years ago) link
its a good plot detail i support it
― lag∞n, Saturday, 10 October 2020 04:33 (three years ago) link
bron's weird teammate curse outside of the heatles years is a very amusing component to his career and myth
― Clay, Saturday, 10 October 2020 04:34 (three years ago) link
next question is how hurt brow is... if he’s only at 50% or something the rosters start to look far more even, maybe even tilted in miami’s favor
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 10 October 2020 04:38 (three years ago) link
Markieff Morris: 0 points in 23 minutes, three turnovers, four fouls, also made the biggest mistake of the game— Ricky O'Donnell (@SBN_Ricky) October 10, 2020
he *was* playing unreasonably well, but...
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 10 October 2020 04:42 (three years ago) link
the thing about the lakers is you can play morris who was -2 or you can play kuzma who was -17.....kuz had to have been playing some of those minutes with no lebron or AD in the 1st half when AD hurt his foot but yeah, one of those guys needs to play and the results have not been strong.
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 10 October 2020 04:45 (three years ago) link
honestly morris has been about as bad guarding jimmy as kuzma has, i would roll w/ kuzma's offense, which has seemed pretty good to me this series
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 10 October 2020 05:30 (three years ago) link
hard to imagine a better advertisement for the concept of culture and fit in team sports than jimmy and the heat. he hasn't changed a bit, he just found ppl who can tolerate him
Duncan Robinson said Jimmy Butler has a meeting with him in his room after game 2. “He’s hard on me but that’s because he expects a lot” pic.twitter.com/eHnlfWNYHD— Brendan Tobin (@Brendan_Tobin) October 10, 2020
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 10 October 2020 05:39 (three years ago) link
Watching both Morris bros on LA title contenders want nothing to do with the ball in crucial moments has been fun to see. Whole career built on being tough hard nose players but are everything but.The two heat wins thus far have made up for a lot and I’m happy with the finals now. Jimmy is a hero.
― Spottie, Saturday, 10 October 2020 07:17 (three years ago) link
― Matt Armstrong, Saturday, 10 October 2020 16:13 (three years ago) link
looked like he could barely run in the last stretch of the game
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 10 October 2020 16:38 (three years ago) link
yeah. i wonder how much they'll hedge their bets if the heat get out 10 or 12 points early in the 4th if AD is a little gimpy.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 10 October 2020 16:54 (three years ago) link
― Clay, Saturday, October 10, 2020 12:34 AM (twelve hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
it’s not a curse! he’s handpicked all his teams since like 2012 at least
― k3vin k., Saturday, 10 October 2020 17:26 (three years ago) link
― J0rdan S., Saturday, October 10, 2020 1:39 AM (eleven hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
helps to be winning. we’ll see how well he’s tolerated next year when (presumably) the heat aren’t in the finals
― k3vin k., Saturday, 10 October 2020 18:04 (three years ago) link
yeah they will probably turn on him
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 10 October 2020 18:07 (three years ago) link
― k3vin k., Saturday, October 10, 2020 1:26 PM (fifty-five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
the ultimate curse is the one we cast on ourselves, something to think about.....
― lag∞n, Saturday, 10 October 2020 18:22 (three years ago) link
kendrick nunn’s not shy, is he?this game was bananas. I LOVE BASKETBALL
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 10 October 2020 22:12 (three years ago) link
is there a chance dragic comes back or nahyea this past game was a good watch
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 10 October 2020 23:13 (three years ago) link
dragic's chances for playing are slim or none
― the unappreciated charisma of cows (Aimless), Saturday, 10 October 2020 23:15 (three years ago) link
herro, bam and iggy - or some combination thereof - have to get more points if the heat are gonna do this imo
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 10 October 2020 23:28 (three years ago) link
bam got double digits in points actually - i would not have figured that
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 10 October 2020 23:30 (three years ago) link
the formula for the heat is davis being hobbled, the lakers role players crapping the bed, and the heat getting good games from their role players. it’s not inconceivable but still requires jimmy going toe to toe with lebron again bcuz you know bron is coming with another 35-12-8 game
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 10 October 2020 23:42 (three years ago) link
Totally nuts. According to Game Score, in the past week, Jimmy Butler has turned in two of the three most productive individual Finals performances in the last 35 years. https://t.co/w0X50Efqc8— Dan Devine (@YourManDevine) October 10, 2020
...But they're winning solely because of Jimmy lol; he's leading his team in literally every counting statistic this series. People keep talking like his performance right now is a fluke like he wasn't an all-time lucky game-winning roll from being in the ECF last year over the eventual champs and didn't dismantle the #1 seed and 2x MVPs team in the 2nd round to get here in the first place. Heat are very young outside of him and their vets and will have the assets and cap space to add another star so as a team they aren't going anywhere anytime soon either. Unless you really think a post-full achilles rupture 30 year old KD or Doc Rivers with the most ill-fitting roster in the NBA is going to be the bane of their existence like LeBron was for the Raptors lmao
― Sabre of Paradise (trevor phillips), Saturday, 10 October 2020 23:47 (three years ago) link
the celtics, bucks, and probably raptors are going to be favored over the heat next year. not saying they’re not a good team, just saying that jimmy’s well-known issues as a teammate might not get the same warm reception if they’re not two games away from an NBA championship
― k3vin k., Sunday, 11 October 2020 01:25 (three years ago) link
you’re making a tautological argument... they weren’t 2 games away from a title when they were a 4th/5th best team in the east during the regular season
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 11 October 2020 02:41 (three years ago) link
the heat self selected for players who will tolerate jimmy butler before they even had jimmy butler
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 11 October 2020 02:42 (three years ago) link
the devil will be in the trades - the heat are on the hunt for a big free agent, the raptors have to decide on fvv, and the celtics need to upgrade a starter who isnt tatum or brown
― micah, Sunday, 11 October 2020 02:46 (three years ago) link
as great as the basketball has been i'm taking the bubble results with a massive grain of salt. it's pretty clear that neutral site has had a huge impact on the playoffs so i'll hold off on retconning that the heat were actually the best team in the east all along, etc.
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 11 October 2020 02:57 (three years ago) link
i agree & have made similar arguments... that said i think the rosters are far more even on paper in the east than they are in the west w/ the LA teams heading into next season. and you could reasonably make the argument that jimmy is the playoff alpha dog in the east rn until proven otherwise. giannis, tatum, embiid etc may have better regular seasons than him but going into next year's playoffs i think the consensus will be that he is the one guy (in the east) you'd want for the playoffs. but there's no way the bucks and celtics series go the way they did if the heat had to play road games... i don't think that's very controversial to say
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 11 October 2020 03:17 (three years ago) link
yup, agree completely
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 11 October 2020 03:40 (three years ago) link
I for one do not think Jimmy Butler has two more historically great Finals games in him
― frogbs, Sunday, 11 October 2020 03:45 (three years ago) link
I agree but that’s why they play the games I suppose.I thought lakers in 6 when this started and - though I certainly didn’t imagine this route there - I still think Lakers in 6
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 11 October 2020 04:08 (three years ago) link
he's 2 rebounds and 1 assist away from four straight triple doubles... i think the total point differential over the last 4 games is like 2 points. i don't think the heat will win game 6 bcuz i would never bet against lebron at this stage but i do think they can
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 11 October 2020 04:23 (three years ago) link
― J0rdan S., Saturday, October 10, 2020 10:41 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
he could “wear out his welcome” as they say. anyway I’m rooting for it to not happen because the heat are fun
― k3vin k., Sunday, 11 October 2020 11:33 (three years ago) link
neutral court playoffs should totally be a thing from now on but obviously won’t
― k3vin k., Sunday, 11 October 2020 11:34 (three years ago) link
bruh
― micah, Sunday, 11 October 2020 13:43 (three years ago) link
playoffs crowds rule and are a massive part of nba lore
― micah, Sunday, 11 October 2020 13:44 (three years ago) link
yeah red card for kev, rabid home fans rule
― lag∞n, Sunday, 11 October 2020 14:30 (three years ago) link
Wishful thinking but I was imaging how awesome Klay would be in the Duncan Robinson role ... but then again every team could use some Klay in their life
― that's not my post, Sunday, 11 October 2020 17:34 (three years ago) link
Especially in a game 6
― Fetchboy, Sunday, 11 October 2020 18:10 (three years ago) link
Today is the day the largest number of ILH denizens picked the Lakers to win it all. Sorrowfully, for some of us, but our allegiance to hoops is strong and this is what our collective hoops wisdom said would happen. I'd be happy to be wrong. A Game 7 would be sweet!
― the unappreciated charisma of cows (Aimless), Sunday, 11 October 2020 21:17 (three years ago) link
gotta have game 7 baby
― Clay, Sunday, 11 October 2020 21:21 (three years ago) link
i kinda want to be right abt picking lakers in 6, it is v important to me that i am right
― cointelamateur (m bison), Sunday, 11 October 2020 21:57 (three years ago) link
Frank Vogel says Anthony Davis’ right heel contusion will likely cause him to experience “soreness” in Game 6 but said that the adrenaline rush from the competition should help him push through it.— Dave McMenamin (@mcten) October 11, 2020
*distant chanting growing louder* contusion contusion CONTUSION
― lag∞n, Sunday, 11 October 2020 22:17 (three years ago) link
GORAN ACTIVE
― cointelamateur (m bison), Sunday, 11 October 2020 22:41 (three years ago) link
activate goran-o-bot
― lag∞n, Sunday, 11 October 2020 22:43 (three years ago) link