NBA Playoffs 2019-2020

[RPGenerate]

Remember when I thought Houston would give LA a series?



Pretty embarrassing showing by them.

I don't blame you. Everyone drank the microball coolaid without realizing that 6'5" P.J. Tucker had a zero percent chance of defending the basket against AD and Lebron. Combine that with having two perennial playoff chokers as their stars, and you have... this series lol.

I think the blame falls squarely on the shoulders of Westbrook and D'Antoni

^this, blaming Harden and the system is asinine when it saved their season (people forget how bad the Rockets were before they shifted to microball).

It also ended their season, as microball couldn't stop Lebron and AD destroying them in the paint and the Lakers out-rebounding the Rockets by 63 boards for the series.

[ederson]

Interesting....

https://twitter.com/TheNBACentral/status/1304814431336046595

nice way to create a story out of nothing (i mean the tweet guy not hpantazo )


Antetokoumpo unfollowed everyone except for his family and Kobe Bryant

unfollowing everyone is something you do when you want to start fresh on a new team

It is also something you do when you want to avoid reading stupid takes about you. The last two post seasons he stayed clear from the social media to focus on the play offs. Now he took it a step further

[Somebody]

Remember when I thought Houston would give LA a series?



Pretty embarrassing showing by them.

I don't blame you. Everyone drank the microball coolaid without realizing that 6'5" P.J. Tucker had a zero percent chance of defending the basket against AD and Lebron. Combine that with having two perennial playoff chokers as their stars, and you have... this series lol.

I think the blame falls squarely on the shoulders of Westbrook and D'Antoni

^this, blaming Harden and the system is asinine when it saved their season (people forget how bad the Rockets were before they shifted to microball).

It also ended their season, as microball couldn't stop Lebron and AD destroying them in the paint and the Lakers out-rebounding the Rockets by 63 boards for the series.

They'll probably take this result over a first round exit as a low playoff seed. Microball was an excellent concept to maximise what they had, I'm excited to see what the Rockets will do this offseason to tweak the system (maybe get a Theis-like big to bang against bigger teams while stacking up on more perimeter talent to bolster the offence?).

[BitterJim]

Remember when I thought Houston would give LA a series?



Pretty embarrassing showing by them.

I figured that LA had no answer for defending both Westbrook and Harden. As it turns out, I forgot about playoff Rondo (and Westbrick)

[hpantazo]

Not sure about the reliability of this source, but here it is

https://twitter.com/37in1Q/status/1304939880666075136


Nevermind, looks like it was a joke.

[GreenCoffeeBean]

Houston’s microball failings to LA’s inside size are an important reminder for our Celtics who love to chuck: Unless you have Curry and Klay, you shouldn’t shoot that many threes. We have 3-4 guys that can get nice shots all over the court. No reason to shoot so many 3s when you can take high percentage 2s.

[SparzWizard]

Woj: Mike D'Antoni will enter free agency and will not return to Rockets.

Will be considered among the group of candidates for the vacant 76ers coaching position.

[hpantazo]

Woj: Mike D'Antoni will enter free agency and will not return to Rockets.

Will be considered among the group of candidates for the vacant 76ers coaching position.

If the Sixers hire him, how does his offense style fit with Embiid and Horford? Sixers could be planning to move Embiid and move to a smaller, faced paced offense.

[SparzWizard]

Clippers up 63-47 at the half. Hope they put them away or else Nuggets gonna force a Game 7

[SparzWizard]

Wow Clippers about to choke this big lead.

[RPGenerate]

This Nuggets team plays with heart, while this Clippers team is looking like a fraud. How do you give up huge leads two games in a row like this? Embarrassing.

[apc]

Clippers up 63-47 at the half. Hope they put them away or else Nuggets gonna force a Game 7

Crazy, I stopped watching , looked like it was over.

[SparzWizard]

Clippers about to blow another 3-1 series lead again.

I...just don't see how this Clippers team, who are perennial chokers, be able to stop the Lakers. But on the other hand, Jokic has been balling today.

[hpantazo]

This Nuggets team plays with heart, while this Clippers team is looking like a fraud. How do you give up huge leads two games in a row like this? Embarrassing.

The Nuggets are an excellent team. People don't give them enough credit. Very talented.

[konkmv]

They have out6sco clippers 64-32 in the second..