NBA Playoffs 2023

[Who]

Booker and Durant have been lethal for PHO. The best duo in the playoffs. They will outplay AD and LeBron.

PHO then have CP3 and Ayton who are far and away better than any of LA's supporting cast.

[SparzWizard]

And if we talking about their season history this year-

LAL and Denver split season series 2-2, but obviously that was before Rob Pelinka made all those moves midseason. Now? They have a strong depth.

LAL and PHX split season series 2-2, yeah KD was out the fourth meeting, but refs and Lakers will find a way to shock everyone and AD will thoroughly stomp all over Ayton. Maybe they might put Vanderbilt or Russell to contain or dog Booker the same way they doing to Curry

[rocknrollforyoursoul]

Booker and Durant have been lethal for PHO. The best duo in the playoffs. They will outplay AD and LeBron.

PHO then have CP3 and Ayton who are far and away better than any of LA's supporting cast.

Paul is likely to get hurt again this postseason. That's just reality.

And you're forgetting that the Lakers have two new all-stars—Lonnie Walker and Austin Reaves.

[#1P4P]

Lebron, AD, Steph, and Klay played over 40 minutes tonight. The parity in the playoffs has made the games and series this year particularly grueling.

Our team is built around one of the most durable superstars, I like us to win a battle of attrition.

The two games the Sixers won were razor close with increasingly rare, great Harden performances. Embiid and Harden played 40+ minutes and had to score 70+ points at home to win the last game, good luck doing that again.

A huge part of winning these things is simply outlasting the opponents; and this season will be no different.

[SparzWizard]

Booker and Durant have been lethal for PHO. The best duo in the playoffs. They will outplay AD and LeBron.

PHO then have CP3 and Ayton who are far and away better than any of LA's supporting cast.

Paul is likely to get hurt again this postseason. That's just reality.

And you're forgetting that the Lakers have two new all-stars—Lonnie Walker and Austin Reaves.

And Scott Foster, Zach Zarba, Marc Davis and Adam Silver to back them up

[SparzWizard]

And if we talking about their season history this year-

LAL and Denver split season series 2-2, but obviously that was before Rob Pelinka made all those moves midseason. Now? They have a strong depth.

LAL and PHX split season series 2-2, yeah KD was out the fourth meeting, but refs and Lakers will find a way to shock everyone and AD will thoroughly stomp all over Ayton. Maybe they might put Vanderbilt or Russell to contain or dog Booker the same way they doing to Curry

And, if we talking about BOS-LAL matchup...C's barely swept them both games in OT and those were in December and January, respectively. Now they got better bench players. LeBron is also thirsty for revenge. This team's inexperienced/Finals funk will affect them nevermind the coaching horror that we have.

[SparzWizard]

Wonder if Warriors are open to trading Klay Thompson or Draymond Green. We need experienced, battle-proven players and dirty players on our team. We need guys who can swing elbows and go nut shots on other players. We had those enforcer-roles in Perkins/KG and Rasheed Wallace back then. Looking at this squad currently, everyone is either too friendly or too soft. Just look at Horford, picking up Joel Embiid off the floor in the middle of a freakin' play.

[Who]

$27.5mil for J Poole to play 10 minutes.

[Neurotic Guy]

Sick to my stomach seeing LAL up 3-1. Nightmare.

[celticinorlando]

Media tripping over themselves because of the love for LeChina and the Lakers

[Roy H.]

I don't want to face the Lakers in the Finals.  Losing to Lebron again would be too much, and I'm just not sure we'd be able to overcome Lebron, AD, the officials, and Joe's incompetence.

I fully expect the NBA to put their thumb on the scale in the Suns / Nuggets series to ensure that it's the Suns.  Durant vs. Lebron in the WCF is the matchup they want.

[celticinorlando]

I don't want to face the Lakers in the Finals.  Losing to Lebron again would be too much, and I'm just not sure we'd be able to overcome Lebron, AD, the officials, and Joe's incompetence.

I fully expect the NBA to put their thumb on the scale in the Suns / Nuggets series to ensure that it's the Suns.  Durant vs. Lebron in the WCF is the matchup they want.

Yep. The NBA will do what they can to get that match up and they will do what they can to get the Lakers to the finals. I do think GS wins game 5 at home.

[angryguy77]

I don't want to face the Lakers in the Finals.  Losing to Lebron again would be too much, and I'm just not sure we'd be able to overcome Lebron, AD, the officials, and Joe's incompetence.

I fully expect the NBA to put their thumb on the scale in the Suns / Nuggets series to ensure that it's the Suns.  Durant vs. Lebron in the WCF is the matchup they want.

Got a feeling we get bounced by Miami so it won't matter.

[Roy H.]

I don't want to face the Lakers in the Finals.  Losing to Lebron again would be too much, and I'm just not sure we'd be able to overcome Lebron, AD, the officials, and Joe's incompetence.

I fully expect the NBA to put their thumb on the scale in the Suns / Nuggets series to ensure that it's the Suns.  Durant vs. Lebron in the WCF is the matchup they want.

Got a feeling we get bounced by Miami so it won't matter.

Assuming we don't choke away two of the next three.  There's no need for us to be in this position.

[heyvik]

Sick to my stomach seeing LAL up 3-1. Nightmare.

Funny, I am actually happy that the Lakers are up 3-1. I detest the Lakers but they are beatable. I for some reason fear Golden State more than I do the Lakers. I think the Lakers have vulnerabilities and can be beat 4 games in a series. However, GSW are completely deadly and should be feared. I think the only team left in the playoffs that can't beat them would be the Knicks.