NBA Playoffs 2023

[rocknrollforyoursoul]

Wow, Warriors really choking this down the stretch. Turnovers, as always, are their downfall.

Turnovers and bad shooting. Curry and Thompson were pretty much ice cold over the last few minutes.

[SparzWizard]

Warriors trailing 3-1. Don't think they'll be a team to come back up from 3-1.

[CelticSooner]

Why the hell doesn’t this crap happen against the C’s? You have scrub role players knocking down shots against them smh

That's what I was thinking. Lonnie Walker and Austin Reaves are all-stars now, apparently.

I would say that if you thought Boston played badly at the end of the last game, the Warriors were just as bad tonight.

It's not funny, though, because tonight's win virtually guarantees that the Lakers are going to the WCF, and, IMO, virtually guarantees that they're winning the west—I don't think the Suns or Nuggets get past a healthy Lakers team.

If AD and LeBron stayed healthy they were a threat and so far that has happened.

[rocknrollforyoursoul]

Anyone want to just take me out of misery. I hate the %%^^^>}| lakers so much

Me too. Hate to say it, but I think the Lakers are winning the title this year, as long as LeBron and AD stay healthy. When they're healthy, and then guys like Walker and Reaves are playing like all-stars, no one's gonna stop them.

[SparzWizard]

Anyone want to just take me out of misery. I hate the %%^^^>}| lakers so much

Me too. Hate to say it, but I think the Lakers are winning the title this year, as long as LeBron and AD stay healthy. When they're healthy, and then guys like Walker and Reaves are playing like all-stars, no one's gonna stop them.

We saw 2020 season, healthy AD and LeBron meant winning the chip. This is team so much better with Reeves, Hachimura, Vanderbilt, D'Lo, and (smh) Lonnie Walker.

Even with the talented C's team, they prob ain't beating them in a best of 7 because they just mentally lack it. And Darvin Ham will just outcoach Joe Mazzulla. Can't believe the Lakers who lost like 7 straight games early in November are going to the WCF and potentially win banner 18 the same year. Sickens me, but that's how it's scripted.

[CelticSooner]

Anyone want to just take me out of misery. I hate the %%^^^>}| lakers so much

Me too. Hate to say it, but I think the Lakers are winning the title this year, as long as LeBron and AD stay healthy. When they're healthy, and then guys like Walker and Reaves are playing like all-stars, no one's gonna stop them.

We saw 2020 season, healthy AD and LeBron meant winning the chip. This is team so much better with Reeves, Hachimura, Vanderbilt, D'Lo, and (smh) Lonnie Walker.

Even with the talented C's team, they prob ain't beating them in a best of 7 because they just mentally lack it. And Darvin Ham will just outcoach Joe Mazzulla. Can't believe the Lakers who lost like 7 straight games early in November are going to the WCF and potentially win banner 18 the same year. Sickens me, but that's how it's scripted.

Can't even think about because the C's gotta finish this series and much less beat a mentally tough Heat team before that. The split between Finals games will help LA a lot as well. Tonight was huge for them because now they get to pace themself and just win one more.

[tenn_smoothie]

This is gonna be beyond sickening if the Lakers win.
Curry sure hit those crazy 3's against us last year, but he misses them tonite.

Yes, the Celtics should win if they played in the Finals, but we are not mentally disciplined enough, we have dumb players and an incompetent coach. If Celts do not win the title this season, there should be major shakeups with this team, roster, coach and GM. Time to hire some real pros to run this proud franchise. But they won't. Nobody wants to step on anyone's toes over there.

[Who]

Not at all convinced LAL can beat DEN or PHO in the next round. I am surprised so many are.

[CelticSooner]

Not at all convinced LAL can beat DEN or PHO in the next round. I am surprised so many are.

Why do you have Phoenix so high? They have like 6 guys lol Denver do not have anyone to even think about bothering AD much less LeBron. That will be a free throw fest.

[SparzWizard]

This is gonna be beyond sickening if the Lakers win.
Curry sure hit those crazy 3's against us last year, but he misses them tonite.

Yes, the Celtics should win if they played in the Finals, but we are not mentally disciplined enough, we have dumb players and an incompetent coach. If Celts do not win the title this season, there should be major shakeups with this team, roster, coach and GM. Time to hire some real pros to run this proud franchise. But they won't. Nobody wants to step on anyone's toes over there.

It would be absolutely sickening if the guys in purple gold beat the C's in the Finals to raise Banner 18.

This goddang C's need to pull their head out their bums and play like they're the best team in the NBA, and when I mean that- I mean routing teams every game and/or not blowing leads or losing stupidly like last night, Game 1, or Game 5 of previous round. But, just asking them to do the possible is nonexistent. And even when they won those few playoff games this season, they almost blew it. The only secured, "Gino-time" win was Game 2 of this series. Other games it came down to the wire or they nearly blew the lead.

[SparzWizard]

Not at all convinced LAL can beat DEN or PHO in the next round. I am surprised so many are.

AD3 > Jokic
Lakers depth > Denver depth
Refs > Denver

AD3 > Ayton
LeBron > KD35 for some magical reason
Lakers depth > Suns depth
Refs > Phoenix

That's how it's set up

[rocknrollforyoursoul]

Not at all convinced LAL can beat DEN or PHO in the next round. I am surprised so many are.

Call it what you will—destiny, fate, the will of Adam Silver—but IMO LeBron will be in the Finals this year. He and the Lakers are way better for ratings than Phoenix or Denver.

[tenn_smoothie]

This is gonna be beyond sickening if the Lakers win.
Curry sure hit those crazy 3's against us last year, but he misses them tonite.

Yes, the Celtics should win if they played in the Finals, but we are not mentally disciplined enough, we have dumb players and an incompetent coach. If Celts do not win the title this season, there should be major shakeups with this team, roster, coach and GM. Time to hire some real pros to run this proud franchise. But they won't. Nobody wants to step on anyone's toes over there.

It would be absolutely sickening if the guys in purple gold beat the C's in the Finals to raise Banner 18.

This goddang C's need to pull their head out their bums and play like they're the best team in the NBA, and when I mean that- I mean routing teams every game and/or not blowing leads or losing stupidly like last night, Game 1, or Game 5 of previous round. But, just asking them to do the possible is nonexistent.

It just ain't in them.

[rocknrollforyoursoul]

Not at all convinced LAL can beat DEN or PHO in the next round. I am surprised so many are.

Why do you have Phoenix so high? They have like 6 guys lol Denver do not have anyone to even think about bothering AD much less LeBron. That will be a free throw fest.

I think AD would absolutely murder Ayton and Jokic.

[Who]

Not at all convinced LAL can beat DEN or PHO in the next round. I am surprised so many are.

Why do you have Phoenix so high? They have like 6 guys lol Denver do not have anyone to even think about bothering AD much less LeBron. That will be a free throw fest.

I like PHO's bench more than most. TJ Warren, Terrence Ross and Cameron Payne are solid to good players. Biyombo and Lansdale are solid backup bigs. Shamet and Okogie are useful wings. I blame Mo Williams for their lack of production thus far. They played well the other night though so maybe that is turning around.

More worried about DEN's bench. I do view them as a 6 man team.

LAL do not have Dwight Howard & JaVale McGee this time to bother Jokic. They have only one big body on their whole team in AD and he is tall rather than thick. Jokic can do a lot of damage against them. Last time around they had AD play weakside help defender againt Jokic. They do not have that this time round. Denver have the best player in the series. The better starting five. The better top 6 players. LA's depth beyond that is better but not great. DEN have the better coach.