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Re: NBA Playoffs 2019-2020
« Reply #735 on: September 01, 2020, 10:35:01 AM »

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Is this some kind of a joke? Houston has had "home-court advantage" in the bubble in the first-round and they're 3-3, winning all 3 games at home in front of their virtual crowd, while losing all 3 games on the road in front of OKC's virtual crowd? They played so dang well in Games 1, 2 and 5 with blowout wins.

Maybe home-court advantage does exist in these bubble games, at least for the Rockets.
Well I hope they'll win game 7, they have a shot at taking out the Lakers with their microball lineup.

I am fully invested in seeing this microball experiment fail as fantastically as possible. I have zero interest in seeing any team succeed while eschewing a big man entirely. I'll quit watching the NBA if that happens.

Fine, but can you wait to quit AFTER they upset the Lakers at least  :laugh:
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Re: NBA Playoffs 2019-2020
« Reply #736 on: September 01, 2020, 10:47:30 AM »

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Is this some kind of a joke? Houston has had "home-court advantage" in the bubble in the first-round and they're 3-3, winning all 3 games at home in front of their virtual crowd, while losing all 3 games on the road in front of OKC's virtual crowd? They played so dang well in Games 1, 2 and 5 with blowout wins.

Maybe home-court advantage does exist in these bubble games, at least for the Rockets.
Well I hope they'll win game 7, they have a shot at taking out the Lakers with their microball lineup.

I am fully invested in seeing this microball experiment fail as fantastically as possible. I have zero interest in seeing any team succeed while eschewing a big man entirely. I'll quit watching the NBA if that happens.

Fine, but can you wait to quit AFTER they upset the Lakers at least  :laugh:

Agreed. Do what what you will after they eliminate the Lakers! And if the Celtics remain in the playoffs, even better!


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Re: NBA Playoffs 2019-2020
« Reply #737 on: September 01, 2020, 11:07:27 AM »

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Is this some kind of a joke? Houston has had "home-court advantage" in the bubble in the first-round and they're 3-3, winning all 3 games at home in front of their virtual crowd, while losing all 3 games on the road in front of OKC's virtual crowd? They played so dang well in Games 1, 2 and 5 with blowout wins.

Maybe home-court advantage does exist in these bubble games, at least for the Rockets.
Well I hope they'll win game 7, they have a shot at taking out the Lakers with their microball lineup.

I am fully invested in seeing this microball experiment fail as fantastically as possible. I have zero interest in seeing any team succeed while eschewing a big man entirely. I'll quit watching the NBA if that happens.

Fine, but can you wait to quit AFTER they upset the Lakers at least  :laugh:

Agreed. Do what what you will after they eliminate the Lakers! And if the Celtics remain in the playoffs, even better!

In a weird way, I like our chances better vs Lakers or Clippers than I do vs Rockets. Those guys gave us problems.

My dream scenario:

We beat Sixers--check
We beat Raptors
We beat Heat (we match up better vs them than Bucks for sure)
We beat Clippers

Re: NBA Playoffs 2019-2020
« Reply #738 on: September 01, 2020, 12:41:15 PM »

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Is this some kind of a joke? Houston has had "home-court advantage" in the bubble in the first-round and they're 3-3, winning all 3 games at home in front of their virtual crowd, while losing all 3 games on the road in front of OKC's virtual crowd? They played so dang well in Games 1, 2 and 5 with blowout wins.

Maybe home-court advantage does exist in these bubble games, at least for the Rockets.
Well I hope they'll win game 7, they have a shot at taking out the Lakers with their microball lineup.

I am fully invested in seeing this microball experiment fail as fantastically as possible. I have zero interest in seeing any team succeed while eschewing a big man entirely. I'll quit watching the NBA if that happens.

Fine, but can you wait to quit AFTER they upset the Lakers at least  :laugh:

Agreed. Do what what you will after they eliminate the Lakers! And if the Celtics remain in the playoffs, even better!

In a weird way, I like our chances better vs Lakers or Clippers than I do vs Rockets. Those guys gave us problems.

My dream scenario:

We beat Sixers--check
We beat Raptors
We beat Heat (we match up better vs them than Bucks for sure)
We beat Clippers

Love your scenario.   I know lots of people want LAL for the rivalry/ history...   I prefer to see Lakers lose as soon as possible.  If we get to the Finals and lose, losing to LAL adds insult to injury.  Beating LA is great but I’d rather they are long gone by the Finals.

Re: NBA Playoffs 2019-2020
« Reply #739 on: September 01, 2020, 03:04:06 PM »

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I'm so excited for Denver vs. Utah Game 7 & to see Jamal Murray vs. Donovan Mitchell! For Denver to win, Nikola Jokić, Gary Harris, Paul Millsap, or Michael Porter Jr. has to step up! For Utah to win, it's on Mike Conley, Jordan Clarkson, Joe Ingles, or Rudy Gobert to step up.


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Re: NBA Playoffs 2019-2020
« Reply #740 on: September 01, 2020, 03:32:13 PM »

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I'm so excited for Denver vs. Utah Game 7 & to see Jamal Murray vs. Donovan Mitchell! For Denver to win, Nikola Jokić, Gary Harris, Paul Millsap, or Michael Porter Jr. has to step up! For Utah to win, it's on Mike Conley, Jordan Clarkson, Joe Ingles, or Rudy Gobert to step up.

Lol. Just really solid commentary on par with, "For Denver to win, they need to score more points than Utah. For Utah to win, they need to score more points than Denver."

In fairness, I guess, these guys probably just appreciate being mentioned by a guy like Magic.

Re: NBA Playoffs 2019-2020
« Reply #741 on: September 01, 2020, 04:07:00 PM »

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Re: NBA Playoffs 2019-2020
« Reply #742 on: September 01, 2020, 04:26:41 PM »

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I'm so excited for Denver vs. Utah Game 7 & to see Jamal Murray vs. Donovan Mitchell! For Denver to win, Nikola Jokić, Gary Harris, Paul Millsap, or Michael Porter Jr. has to step up! For Utah to win, it's on Mike Conley, Jordan Clarkson, Joe Ingles, or Rudy Gobert to step up.

I hope all the role players step up and the two guys he singled out throw up absolute duds.
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Re: NBA Playoffs 2019-2020
« Reply #743 on: September 01, 2020, 04:30:02 PM »

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Is this some kind of a joke? Houston has had "home-court advantage" in the bubble in the first-round and they're 3-3, winning all 3 games at home in front of their virtual crowd, while losing all 3 games on the road in front of OKC's virtual crowd? They played so dang well in Games 1, 2 and 5 with blowout wins.

Maybe home-court advantage does exist in these bubble games, at least for the Rockets.
Well I hope they'll win game 7, they have a shot at taking out the Lakers with their microball lineup.

I am fully invested in seeing this microball experiment fail as fantastically as possible. I have zero interest in seeing any team succeed while eschewing a big man entirely. I'll quit watching the NBA if that happens.

Fine, but can you wait to quit AFTER they upset the Lakers at least  :laugh:

Agreed. Do what what you will after they eliminate the Lakers! And if the Celtics remain in the playoffs, even better!

In a weird way, I like our chances better vs Lakers or Clippers than I do vs Rockets. Those guys gave us problems.

My dream scenario:

We beat Sixers--check
We beat Raptors
We beat Heat (we match up better vs them than Bucks for sure)
We beat Clippers

How does a dream scenario doesn’t end with beating the Lakers?

I was rooting for a Celtics-Clippers Finals all season, but after seeing what Morris, Harrell, and Beverly are about, I’m not rooting for them to move anywhere. I like Kawhi. PG13 is fine. Doc is Doc. But the rest of them are pretty annoying, to be honest.

If we make it to the Finals, I want the Lakers.
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Re: NBA Playoffs 2019-2020
« Reply #744 on: September 01, 2020, 04:47:55 PM »

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Is this some kind of a joke? Houston has had "home-court advantage" in the bubble in the first-round and they're 3-3, winning all 3 games at home in front of their virtual crowd, while losing all 3 games on the road in front of OKC's virtual crowd? They played so dang well in Games 1, 2 and 5 with blowout wins.

Maybe home-court advantage does exist in these bubble games, at least for the Rockets.
Well I hope they'll win game 7, they have a shot at taking out the Lakers with their microball lineup.

I am fully invested in seeing this microball experiment fail as fantastically as possible. I have zero interest in seeing any team succeed while eschewing a big man entirely. I'll quit watching the NBA if that happens.

Fine, but can you wait to quit AFTER they upset the Lakers at least  :laugh:

Ideally, OKC will finish the job against Houston and then dispatch the Lakers, as well.

But if they can't, I'll be rooting for the Lakers to sweep Houston.  The Clippers will just have to take care of business if it comes to it.

Re: NBA Playoffs 2019-2020
« Reply #745 on: September 01, 2020, 05:36:09 PM »

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I'm so excited for Denver vs. Utah Game 7 & to see Jamal Murray vs. Donovan Mitchell! For Denver to win, Nikola Jokić, Gary Harris, Paul Millsap, or Michael Porter Jr. has to step up! For Utah to win, it's on Mike Conley, Jordan Clarkson, Joe Ingles, or Rudy Gobert to step up.
Hahaha, too good. That's why Larry won Executive of the Year and Magic... did not
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Re: NBA Playoffs 2019-2020
« Reply #746 on: September 01, 2020, 09:30:06 PM »

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Jazz don’t have a backup center??

Re: NBA Playoffs 2019-2020
« Reply #747 on: September 01, 2020, 09:32:45 PM »

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Jazz don’t have a backup center??

They're really small when Gobert goes to the bench.

Re: NBA Playoffs 2019-2020
« Reply #748 on: September 01, 2020, 09:36:21 PM »

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Jazz don’t have a backup center??
They technically have Tony Bradley, he just stinks
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Re: NBA Playoffs 2019-2020
« Reply #749 on: September 01, 2020, 09:58:11 PM »

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Mitchell looks like he wants to leave the arena.