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dahrougem2

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The only player in the league that can guard KD is KD himself when he doesn't feel like being aggressive and starts to settle for long jumpers or threes on the regular.
 
Dr Quincy

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Cody Webster said:
The moving screens, the push offs, the made up fouls. It's an embarrassment
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You still didn't answer the question.

The league gets more money from the networks if there are more games. They had to give back money last year because the number of short series caused a lack of games. This year was on track for that as well. IF someone was a crazy conspiracy theorist, they would think that game 4 was the one that was rigged, since it extended the series and means more $$$. That same person would think that the refs would be trying to extend this game too.

But no, we get a crazy conspiracy theory that makes no sense. The NBA wants Boston, who is depeleted and won't beat CLE in the next round, and is without 2 of it's biggest stars....to win now instead of going with the young 6ers with 2 legit stars that people want to see.

Yeah makes sense.

And what is an embarrassment is someone seeing phantom made up fouls, moving screens and push offs that don't exist.

The better team is winning the game and winning the series. Deal with it.
 
Cody Webster

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Dr Quincy said:
You still didn't answer the question.

The league gets more money from the networks if there are more games. They had to give back money last year because the number of short series caused a lack of games. This year was on track for that as well. IF someone was a crazy conspiracy theorist, they would think that game 4 was the one that was rigged, since it extended the series and means more $$$. That same person would think that the refs would be trying to extend this game too.

But no, we get a crazy conspiracy theory that makes no sense. The NBA wants Boston, who is depeleted and won't beat CLE in the next round, and is without 2 of it's biggest stars....to win now instead of going with the young 6ers with 2 legit stars that people want to see.

Yeah makes sense.

And what is an embarrassment is someone seeing phantom made up fouls, moving screens and push offs that don't exist.

The better team is winning the game and winning the series. Deal with it.
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Lol. Ok.

Embiid got all ball on the call that led to a soft tech. Horford sets a moving pick half the time. The pushoffs down low are pretty obvious too
 
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You seem to laugh out loud a lot.

But you still didn't answer the original question after 5 replies.

Why are you so scared to answer it?
 
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I didn't think Embiid was having a very good game earlier but that was a great finish to the third quarter. He took over in the last few minutes to get them back in it.
 
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What a game, what a finish. I wish the 76ers won so this could go longer but alas, it's Boston/Cleveland once again.

Ben Simmons was bad in this series but it's a learning process. Embiid was flat out dominant in the 2nd half but man, he rushed that last shot of his which resulted in the miss. Beats Baynes handily and still misses.

J.J. Reddick bricking that wide open 3 with under two minutes to play is what sticks out to me, though. That would have been enormous.

These two teams will see each other again I'm sure of it next season and for many to come.
 
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Boston makes the winning plays again. Their players aren't more talented; they're just always one step ahead during crunch time.

Will be interesting to see if Stevens can figure out how to limit Cleveland's supporting cast. If he succeeds the Celtics have a chance.
 
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That was a fun game.

Props to the Celtics for getting it done. I thought they'd have a tough time getting past the Bucks and never thought they could make it to the ECF this year.

Good season for the young Sixers as well. Simmons really needs to add some semblance of a jumper this offseason. He doesn't even need to be a three point threat next season, just be able to hit 10-15 footers. They also need to find a way to get Fultz right if they don't package him in a trade.
 
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dahrougem2 said:
The only player in the league that can guard KD is KD himself when he doesn't feel like being aggressive and starts to settle for long jumpers or threes on the regular.
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Lol your post reminded me of former WR Chad Johnson when he said he was almost unstoppable and that the only person that could stop him is if he played CB.
 
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Avs_19 said:
That was a fun game.

Props to the Celtics for getting it done. I thought they'd have a tough time getting past the Bucks and never thought they could make it to the ECF this year.

Good season for the young Sixers as well. Simmons really needs to add some semblance of a jumper this offseason. He doesn't even need to be a three point threat next season, just be able to hit 10-15 footers. They also need to find a way to get Fultz right if they don't package him in a trade.
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Simmons most definitely needs to add that jumper. Stevens made him virtually useless on offence this series.

That said, it's insanely impressive to me that he was still able to score 15-19 points without having a jump shot whatsoever. But yeah, he needs to be in the gym every single day this summer just shooting, shooting, and shooting some more.
 
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Cody Webster

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The NBA is just dying to see LeBron against a banged up Boston team. Get the F out of here.

You can tell when someone doesn't post in this section often :laugh:
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The more experienced team won. The Sixers, like almost every other game this series, shot themselves in the foot with poor turnovers and poorly timed missed shots, JJ's and Embiid's 3, who needs to stop shooting 3s, and TJ's missed two foot jumper. They are young and inexperienced and it showed, from the coaching to the players. It's tough when you're top 2 player is afraid to shoot the ball outside of 10 feet. They battled and excided expectations, but they have a lot of work left to do. The rivalry was renewed this series and it's only getting started. It'll be a fun run, as long as everyone stays healthy
 

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Šarić and Embiid did all they could to will the 76ers to a win, but sadly for them, it wasn't enough. They'll get better, and I hope this proves to be a motivation going forward.
 
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All things considered, great season for the Sixers. They did better than anyone expected and the young core got valuable playoff experience. Boston was able to exploit the Sixers weaknesses (which were known) so the players, coaches, and management know where they need to improve. Big offseason coming up, with the right moves (and personal improvement) they could be a genuine contender next year, at least to win the East.

So all of that said...

Warriors in 6
Celtics in 7
 
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