NBA 2018 NBA Playoffs

[Virtanen18]

Gotta agree with him here. Playoffs is a good step but lets relax.

Hey Bill Simmons, on behalf of myself and just about every other non-Celtics fan: shut up. Thanks so much!

 

[Virtanen18]

Jeff Green with that killer 0 pts in 26 mins

 

[Stylizer1]

Indiana showed no fear.

 

[Voight]

Hey Bill Simmons, on behalf of myself and just about every other non-Celtics fan: shut up. Thanks so much!

He's not wrong.

 

[Halladay]

The Cavs cant defend, they aren't going to the finals.

 

[zombie kopitar]

Jazz are rolling OKC right now. Teams with good D flexing their muscles these last few games.


edit- ......aaand it's gone

 

[c9777666]

Indiana showed no fear.

The Cavs got some pushback by an East playoff team for once. Will be interesting to see how they respond to non-Golden State postseason adversity

 

[1976len]

it's weird we live in a world where the Timberwolves will be more competitive in their first round loss than the Spurs will be in their first round loss

 

[Avs_19]

Pacers looked really good and the Cavs had no answer for Oladipo. The Cavs will start making shots so it'll be interesting to see if the Pacers can keep up with them when that happens. Great start though and that one game alone showed it won't be as easy as just flipping the switch for the Cavs. My Cavs in 5 pick already looks bad.

Good first half between the Rockets and Wolves so far.

 

[Halladay]

KAT is a terrible defensive player.

 

[Avs_19]

Only Kawhi knows how his body feels so maybe he just isn't ready but this is such a weird situation. At first I figured it'd blow over and there's no way they'd trade him but now a trade might be the most realistic outcome.

 

[EpochLink]

KAT is a terrible defensive player.

You should see twitter right now, straight clowning Karl-Anthony Towns.

I know it’s his first playoff game but he’s playing really soft.

 

[Virtanen18]

KAT is a terrible defensive player.

He improved on that end a ton this season.

 

[Virtanen18]

He's not wrong.

Coming from the guy who does victory laps of everything the Celtics do slightly well? Meh.

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

Rose is on fire! Wolves up 2.

 

[Avs_19]

Harden is ridiculous.

A lot of stuff Chuck and Shaq say is just to crap on today's game but I kinda agree with them about what the Wolves are doing with KAT. He should call for and get the ball a lot more often inside, especially with those mismatches.

 

[Halladay]

Harden has been great, but Paul has been a no show. Rose is playing much better than him. Also the less Crawford plays, the better.

 

[Halladay]

Chris Paul...

Butler attempted a long two there. Houston has a much tougher road to the conference finals than the Warriors.

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

Somehow, with Butler and KAT barely scoring, MIN has a shot to tie it here.

Yuck, that was ugly.

 

[Avs_19]

Strange ending. Bad turnover followed by a terrible shot by Butler. That one has to sting for the Wolves.

 

[Cassano]

This is what I meant by the Warriors getting a first round bye. The TWolves are way better than Spurs when it comes to talent. Same with every other playoff team in the West.

 

[c9777666]

Strange ending. Bad turnover followed by a terrible shot by Butler. That one has to sting for the Wolves.

Huge missed opportunity.

They got 17 points from Rose, CP3 had a poor night, Dieng gave them points, Gordon/Ariza/Green fired blanks..... and they still lost.

I think they may regret this golden chance missed in game 2.

Watch those Rockets hit the threes they missed.

 

[Virtanen18]

Rose took 14 shots to KAT's 9(!). Thibs is a f***ing joke

 

[darko]

The Cavs cant defend, they aren't going to the finals.

They may not even go to Round 2.

 

[Duke33]

Huge missed opportunity.

They got 17 points from Rose, CP3 had a poor night, Dieng gave them points, Gordon/Ariza/Green fired blanks..... and they still lost.

I think they may regret this golden chance missed in game 2.

Watch those Rockets hit the threes they missed.

Yeah other than Capela and Harden, everyone else was a dud. Take out Harden's threes and the rest of the team shot 3 for 25 from 3-point range. That probably won't happen again.

Minnesota played as well as they could and the Rockets were awful but still hung on. Maybe Minnesota will play up to more of their potential for a change but we'll see.

Next game Wednesday?? I hate the NBA first round.