[NBA] NBA Playoffs first round
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Looking forward to Indiana vs Toronto and Portland vs Clippers the most, I been on the Indy bandwagon since the start of the year and hope they make the 2nd round while the Raps choke again,
I'm really hoping the Pacers can beat the Raps down so they fire Casey and we jump in and sign him.
I'm really hoping the Pacers can beat the Raps down so they fire Casey and we jump in and sign him.
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Avery Bradley looks like he's gone for the rest of the year he could barely walk after hearing a pop in his hamstring, Boston had a great comeback but to much Al Horford and Jeff Teague while Mike Scott makes his annual WTF he can't miss performances in the playoffs. Aside from Portland/Clippers there is not another interesting series in the West while to me every East series has some type of drama to it, I even think the Pistons could cause the Cavs a couple issues.
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Pistons are not a easy team to play against they grind hard, they had chances to win the game (or at least have a lead in the last 2-3 mins) but lost there composure and Cavs showed there experience. Despite Harris/Jackson playing like crap they were still in it and Stanley Johnson for a 19 year is as physical as they come dude was banging with LeBron like it was nothing I think his future is going to be very good..
22 year old Drummond may be a major problem for the Pistons. A historically bad FT shooter and like Cousins has troubles to close out to the 3 pt line and to guard the pick&roll. As Tyrone Lue I would put Love at center everytime I'm in the penalty and trade a Lebron+Love pick&roll versus a hack-a-Drummond on the other side, if he gets deep post position on Love. Obviously a cheap tactic, but Drummond has major holes in his game any competent coach should exploit to the fullest.
Stanley Johnson really brought his A+++ game yesterday. Very mature and fearless for a 19 year old. But in the end the switches on the pick&roll, that caused Jackson to guard Lebron just killed the Pistons. Jackson did a good job on D, but the ref's allow Lebron to dish out so much contact it's simply too much to overcome for such a "small" player.
It's got to be really interesting how this plays out during the series. I would expect Stan to come out with some kind of adjustment.
Stanley Johnson really brought his A+++ game yesterday. Very mature and fearless for a 19 year old. But in the end the switches on the pick&roll, that caused Jackson to guard Lebron just killed the Pistons. Jackson did a good job on D, but the ref's allow Lebron to dish out so much contact it's simply too much to overcome for such a "small" player.
It's got to be really interesting how this plays out during the series. I would expect Stan to come out with some kind of adjustment.
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We had a discussion earlier in a Rajon Rondo thread about if Rick Carlise is a elite coach and what he's done this year and the fact they just beat OKC on there home floor WITHOUT Parsons/Deron (got injured only played half the game)/JJ Barea/David Lee and they got Wes on one leg he's as elite as it gets. The guy is winning games with Justin Anderson (PJ Tucker 2.0 with way more athletic ability), Dwight Powell, Selah Mejri (Tunisian Gobert) and he's revived Raymond Feltons career, a banged up Devin Harris.
People also forget they could have beat the Spurs when they won a title if it were not for Dejuan Blair (who shockingly was dominating the Spurs in a crucial game) idiotically kicking one of the Spurs players on the floor and getting ejected and they lost 4-3 to a Spurs team that rampaged over the Miami Big 3 with a past prime Dirk and Monta Ellis as there two best players.
People also forget they could have beat the Spurs when they won a title if it were not for Dejuan Blair (who shockingly was dominating the Spurs in a crucial game) idiotically kicking one of the Spurs players on the floor and getting ejected and they lost 4-3 to a Spurs team that rampaged over the Miami Big 3 with a past prime Dirk and Monta Ellis as there two best players.
