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if Bledsoe has shaken his cowardly ways than that changes quite a bit. and they are supposed to get brogdan back here soon. they are deep and can try a lot of different lineup things.

bledsoe and brogdan def key

also who will defend giannis, obvs horf will be primary but who after him last year semi got some burn theyll prob give baynes a shot at bodying him but idk man

not giving the bucks liveball turnovers is huge celtics were a low turnover team all season but then indy got a ton of steals off them as they do

feel like "making teams execute in the halfcourt" is so huge in the playoffs, but its even huger when they have a player whos unstoppable on the break

idk if u can really just let giannis get his and try to guard the rest of the team cause hell just foul yr whole team out if u dont try to take the ball out of his hands at least some of the time

gotta switch up yr looks try to keep him uncomfortable

Giannis' halfcourt scoring efficiency:

vs. Man: 92nd percentile
vs. Zone: 29th percentile

— Max Carlin (@maxacarlin) April 23, 2019

The Celtics played the Bucks 3 times this year:

With Horford: 4-point home win, 1-point road loss

Without Horford: 13-point home loss

— Max Carlin (@maxacarlin) April 22, 2019

celtics r so bad w/o horf lol

Al Horford quietly had a monster impact against the Pacers (as his on/off splits confirm: +15.9 net rating on court, -16.6 off)

Now, the Celtics are likely going to lean even heavier on him in Round 2.https://t.co/fhC7OAAvi6

— Chris Forsberg (@ChrisForsberg_) April 23, 2019

didnt really seem like he played very well

yeah he didnt even really

the heat had defended giannis really well for a few seasons until one game recently he put up like 45 and that was the end of that

feel like Celts would've lost in 5 to Milwaukee last year if not for Horford. dude give 'em fits on both ends.

basically for Boston to win it's gonna come down to Big Al + lots of 3s. you can beat the Bucks that way, but you also have to be a little lucky. last year the home team won every game so not having that advantage could be big too.

yeah celtics are gonna need to hit their threes bigtime

and is it gonna be kumbayakyrie when they lose game(s) or are they gonna get weirddadkyrie. we just dont know. the bucks seem mentally stable this season which is a + for sure

yeah celtics are gonna need to hit their threes bigtime

― lag∞n, Tuesday, April 23, 2019 4:29 PM (four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

it’s like I always say u got to hoist

no hoisty no trophy nuff said

i do think there's lots of unpredictable mental and chemistry stuff that could come into play on both sides depending on how this series goes

it is generally best to pick the better teams in playoff matchups imo

which one of these teams is better

imo the one that led the conference wire to wire and has the best player in the series

lowry is ballin

the magic appear ready for summer to begin. vooch 0/4 and 3 fouls in the first q good job good effort. averaging 12/8/3 on 38/18 shooting for these playoffs.

he's a FA and i have no idea what a fair value is for his contract

~13m a/y supersub

That would be a great deal but probably closer to 3/50 is realistic. Teams might pause a bit after this playoff performance tho.

he was an all-star this year, that's gotta be worth... something

centers who dont play D idk

yeah he had his best season this year, this was his first real playoff appearance though which didn't go so well

his defense was improved under clifford still not above average for a center though

put him on the lakers what could go wrong

guess the nets don't wanna play anymore either

they both missed their chance when they couldnt win a home game after stealing a road one

rip My Nets

spurs blowing game 2 really starting to look bad right now. they look lost af.

lillard has 34 pts with 1:42 left in the 2nd

it's really and very specifically nuts what hes doing

i can't tell if the thunder should be concerned they blew their lead or if blazers should be concerned that dame has scored 34 and they're only up 3

really good game so far

russ still taking early shot clock pull up 30 footers is just unbelievable

weird game for sure. george started off hot then foul trouble. dame on fire the entire half. nobody else seems effective so far.

i can't tell if the thunder should be concerned they blew their lead or if blazers should be concerned that dame has scored 34 and they're only up 3

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, April 23, 2019 8:39 PM (two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

last two blazer wins they came back from early to take the lead late in the half and then dominated the second half as russ came out way too emotional and made mistake after mistake so idk this is kinda becoming a pattern

russ had to start shooting too much once PG sat but before that he was playing a good game

feels weird to say but if portland hadn't lucked into kanter late in the season they'd be absolutely boned

Kanter is really great at two things and if you can’t make him pay on the defensive end then he’s a positive player

The Loves logo on these unis is an absolute travesty btw

i mean without kanter out there it's 48 minutes of meyers and collins getting their faces smashed in by khal drogo

Wow Lillard I mean you just love to see it

russ is noticeably playing anti-elimination game russ tonight and it’s absolutely keeping OKC in the game

russ has been good yeah after a very weird series for him