NBA Playoffs Season 2014-2015

[sahara]

"And a foul on James"

AHHH YIZZZZZZ

[PhoSita]

Man, I really like Mirotic's neck beard.  Neck beards really make Euro-bigs a lot more endearing.

Wish Mirotic were healthy so we could see him really go big time against the Cavs.

You don´t seem to know what a neckbeard is.

It's a beard that's not just on your face, grows all over your neck, too.  He's got one.  He's got a muskrat living on the lower half of his face / upper half of his neck.

I reject the notion that "neckbeard" only applies to a beard that is growing solely on somebody's neck.

No noooo, neckbeard has no contact with the face, only the jaw

I reject the distinction.

Anyway, I love Mirotic's beard.

[thirstyboots18]

The refs might be taking the concept of 'playoff basketball' and 'letting them play' a little bit too much to the extreme.  Unfortunately though, they're stuck with it for the rest of this game.  They can't all of a sudden come out in the second half and start blowing more whistles

ha!  Oh yes, they can

[SHAQATTACK]

OMG

What a  Le Diva.   

[sahara]

Man, I really like Mirotic's neck beard.  Neck beards really make Euro-bigs a lot more endearing.

Wish Mirotic were healthy so we could see him really go big time against the Cavs.

You don´t seem to know what a neckbeard is.

It's a beard that's not just on your face, grows all over your neck, too.  He's got one.  He's got a muskrat living on the lower half of his face / upper half of his neck.

I reject the notion that "neckbeard" only applies to a beard that is growing solely on somebody's neck.

No noooo, neckbeard has no contact with the face, only the jaw

I reject the distinction.

Anyway, I love Mirotic's beard.

It is impressive. Especially for such a young dude. Those mediterrian machos..

[SHAQATTACK]

Has Rose been taking shooting lessons from Rondo .....

[SCeltic34]

Game changing calls, those bad ones are.  Rose was clearly set.  Shoulda been a charge on LeBron.

[Rondo9]

Man, Noah just has no ability to score anymore.  None.

Yeah at only 30, he already looks like a total shell of his former self.  He's had a pretty down year overall anyway, and I feel like the more games he plays in the playoffs, the worse and worse he's gonna look.

Guess Thibs has mostly used him up and in a year or so Noah will be collecting some other team's money with very little left in his tank.

The way Thibs plays Jimmy Butler, he'll be on the decline in a few years, too.

I wouldn't be surprised if he started sliding down next year.

[Roy H.]

Noah just cost his team a FT attempt by being an idiot.

[rocknrollforyoursoul]

Just tuned in to the Chicago-Cleveland game (early in the third), and I'm amazed at the crazy stuff happening.

First, Rose took his first FTs of the series, and Mike Breen said that officials told Rose that Rose was initiating all the contact on his drives and that's why Rose hadn't been getting any calls. To which I thought, "Wait, that's what LeBron does, all the time, and he almost always gets the calls."

Then Noah's called for a foul when LeBron takes the ball right into Noah's chest—not only was LeBron initiating the contact, but there was literally nothing that Noah could do, nowhere he could go.

Then, after LeBron was rightly given a T, they refs T up Noah for clapping and saying something like, "Good job." Double technicals are stupid.

THEN, Mirotic knocks the ball away and is clearly going to beat James Jones to the ball and get a breakaway layup or dunk, so Jones fouls, but they don't call a clear-path foul. 

[mahonedog88]

Man, Noah just has no ability to score anymore.  None.

Yeah at only 30, he already looks like a total shell of his former self.  He's had a pretty down year overall anyway, and I feel like the more games he plays in the playoffs, the worse and worse he's gonna look.

Guess Thibs has mostly used him up and in a year or so Noah will be collecting some other team's money with very little left in his tank.

The way Thibs plays Jimmy Butler, he'll be on the decline in a few years, too.

I wouldn't be surprised if he started sliding down next year.

Yeah I never used to think much of the whole minutes argument against Thibs...but this year especially I've been swayed.  I mean, when you have multiple starters, including Noah, playing in the 4th quarter of a 40pt game in that closeout game against the Bucks...I'm sorry, there's no defending that.  Thibs is a great coach, elite defensive coach, but he has ZERO clue how to manage minutes

[ImShakHeIsShaq]

I don't know if ETM could hold down the PG duties for a little bit but I would play him instead of Brooks and see if he can do something better defensively.


With the way Noah looks, I wouldn't think twice about starting Gibson. I don't care what Noah has done in the past, he is really hurting them on both ends.  i don't know how hurt he is but the way he looks I would have no choice but to put in Gibson, guy needs more minutes.

[Who]

Great defense by Butler.

[Who]

Brooks is settling for long jump shots. Take it to the basket. No way Delladova can stay with Brooks. Brooks is far too quick for Delladova.

[Who]

Nice movement off the ball by LeBron. Good pass by Mozgov to setup the dunk.