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y'all meyers leonard is making almost 12 million dollars next season let that sink in

afaics, part of the home court advantage is that the refs shift how they call fouls, by allowing the home team to 'play its game' on its home court. In Portland, that means allowing a free flowing offense and calling a tight game. In OKC that means letting defenders bang bodies more with offensive players and get more 'handsy'. The visiting team has to adjust to this.

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― be the 2 chainz you want 2 see in the world (m bison), Friday, April 19, 2019 11:16 PM (sixteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol

btw, I'm not exactly down with that approach to reffing, but it is traditional in the NBA offs.

only real contenders rn seem like dubs/rox/bucks

Next round should be flames

i think they shd reseed so the celtics play philly and rox-dubs doesnt happen until the conf round

Or ... the finals

well

i just want to see the celtic punk philly again feel like this isnt too much to ask

yall are runing my spurs' path to the 3rd round, hush

only real contenders rn seem like dubs/rox/bucks

― k3vin k., Friday, April 19, 2019 11:34 PM (thirteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

top tier def, celtics and raps have "the punchers chance"

wld be beautiful if rozier sons bledsoe again lol

the entire season might be an elaborate ruse leading up to this point

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only real contenders rn seem like dubs/rox/bucks

― k3vin k., Friday, April 19, 2019 11:34 PM (thirteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

top tier def, celtics and raps have "the punchers chance"

― lag∞n, Friday, April 19, 2019 11:49 PM (yesterday) Bookmark

i'd put the raptors up there too personally... second best record in the league, third best point differential, and i think their rotation has the right mix of young talent and vets who have played a bunch of games in the conference finals

if i was making tiers i would go

warriors

bucks

rockets/raptors

celtics/sixers

spurs/nuggets/blazers/okc

raptors havent really impressed me though they're definitely better than the sixers

raptors might be cursed

their backcourt is kinda bad too

Dudley is such a punk.

Such bullshit.

No way, he’s just out here making sure his team doesn’t get punked, which is where they’ve been headed the last two games. Top notch goonery I say

Butler is the punk for letting Dudley goad him into getting ejected from a crucial game

Yup. Dudley sucks but he KNOWS he sucks, which makes him dangerous

jared dudley doesn’t give a fuck at all. he’s great.

def a core thing is having a wild shithead who kinda sucks but will go deranged on the other team’s stars in the crucial games

Idk why Atkinson is playing Harris in crunch time, he’s a defensive liability and he’s not hitting his shots

Nice cut, tho

the nets are fun

fantastic game, i wasn’t planning on sitting down to watch the 4th but it’s been worth it.

this is kinda silly

Fuck Brooklyn.

Way to squander a game. Why don't you wait five years then trade three firsts for Al Horford?

the nuggets cannot get into their offense at all

other than jokic looking great, nightmare first quarter. fuck me

denver will close this gap as long as belinelli is in the game and white is out

jokic needs to play 40+ minutes but denver really needs to try to slow it down and get into their offense. don't think big honey is conditioned to run the way they did in the 1Q

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ok fuck patty mills

get millsap back in this game

great fucking third quarter

jokic 27-11-7 with zero turnovers through three quarters

don’t think you can win a game if the other team makes a dozen more threes

jesus patty

ok nuggets really need to slow the pace down a little

if the last two games are any indication these teams are pretty evenly matched and the games are gonna be decided by whose role players get hot

i was runnin a lot errands but i was listening on the radio in the car and bah GOD rudy gay tying to play his way out of a contract for next year

cool to have one competitive series at least