NBA 2018 Playoffs Thread

[liam]

Boy, even if he wasn't worth the 4 picks Danny offered for him, I still like Winslow. Very Smart-esque defensively.

This is the Heat team I was expecting playing with a slow, grind-it-out, in-your-face kind of game.

Imagine having Smart and Winslow together. That would be tough.

[tarheelsxxiii]

Is this the game that Wade wins for the Heat?

It can't last all game.  Way too old.  He looks like Earl 'the Goat' Manigault at the end of the movie Rebound.

[liam]

Is this the game that Wade wins for the Heat?

It can't last all game.  Way too old.  He looks like Earl 'the Goat' Manigault at the end of the movie Rebound.

He's got at least one game in him...

[Bucketgetter]

This game is hilarious.

[tarheelsxxiii]

Without Embiid, the Sixers need to keep the pace fast.  Miami is controlling the flow by mucking things up.

[jpotter33]

Amazing what a change in pace does. Without Embiid, this Philly team really struggles to score in the halfcourt. Even though largely surrounded by shooters, in the halfcourt set Simmons being a non-shooter is a big problem, as that allows the defender to really sag off him and prevent any significant penetration. It's essentially what they used to do to Rondo.

[liam]

Heat/Sixers II is a good game so far.

[tarheelsxxiii]

I kinda miss Olynyk.  He seems a little edgier.  The game 7 heroics may have given him some extra mettle. 

[liam]

I kinda miss Olynyk.  He seems a little edgier.  The game 7 heroics may have given him some extra mettle.

I want Mo Wagner with our late 1st rounder to replace Kelley...

[tarheelsxxiii]

I kinda miss Olynyk.  He seems a little edgier.  The game 7 heroics may have given him some extra mettle.

I want Mo Wagner with our late 1st rounder to replace Kelley...

I'm game for that.  Just came across this recently:

https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/moe-wagner-thank-you-michigan

[liam]

I kinda miss Olynyk.  He seems a little edgier.  The game 7 heroics may have given him some extra mettle.

I want Mo Wagner with our late 1st rounder to replace Kelley...

I'm game for that.  Just came across this recently:

https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/moe-wagner-thank-you-michigan

Mo seems to have his head on straight!

[celticsclay]

Amazing what a change in pace does. Without Embiid, this Philly team really struggles to score in the halfcourt. Even though largely surrounded by shooters, in the halfcourt set Simmons being a non-shooter is a big problem, as that allows the defender to really sag off him and prevent any significant penetration. It's essentially what they used to do to Rondo.

Yes j potter. Yes!

[Bucketgetter]

It's been pretty fun seeing some old guys (Rose, Wade, Rondo) have such good games in the playoffs.

[footey]

D Wade in time machine performance.

Go Heat!

[tarheelsxxiii]

Amazing what a change in pace does. Without Embiid, this Philly team really struggles to score in the halfcourt. Even though largely surrounded by shooters, in the halfcourt set Simmons being a non-shooter is a big problem, as that allows the defender to really sag off him and prevent any significant penetration. It's essentially what they used to do to Rondo.

Yes j potter. Yes!

Literally said the same thing sooner minus the negative slant. 

Without Embiid, the Sixers need to keep the pace fast.  Miami is controlling the flow by mucking things up.

You guys hate on the Sixers too much.