Arena The NBA Thread

30 for 30 really doesn't fit anymore at this point.

 

bucks hire budenholzer

 

Massive coaching upgrade. They were by far the worst coached team in the playoffs.

 

Are you guys watching this? This is amazing. Houston pushing the pace, zipping passes. Golden State playing one on one. Durant trying to keep them in it.

Chris Paul is playing like a madman. I don't know that I've ever seen him play like this.

PJ Tucker suddenly hitting shots when he couldn't get them off against Golden State's length in game one. All the movement has left him wide open.

 

Loving Chris Paul!

 

amazing what happens when you move the ball. instead of dribble for no good reason for most of a shot clock almost the whole game.

would be nice if both teams would actually play well at the same time so we could get a good game though. because the warriors were pretty terrible most of the game other than durant.

 

a lot of the credit for that goes to the rockets d. they were glued to klay. steph could have shot it better but most of his outside looks had a high degree of difficulty. rockets were just the hungrier team and they made great adjustments.

 

I'm not at all surprised of how Game 2 between the Rockets and Dubs turned out. I posted the day after Game 1 how the Rockets would bounce back in Game 2 with getting into their offense earlier, forcing the Dubs into turnovers by getting in the passing lanes and Curry pressing on the offensive side. I also mentioned how surprised I was that most of the media was saying the series was done after Game 1.

 

no argument on that @tom, the rockets definitely played better defence, but the warriors didn't exactly play well on offense at all, missing a lot of shots that they normally hit. that's why i was wishing both teams would actually play well for once.

guess lebron isn't going to make it to the finals again. at least we're getting one different team this year most likely.

 

so when i said that, i saw a game on at the mall and thought the cavs were losing by 25 since that was the score at the restaurant. ignore that please.

 

i was wondering. looking forward to seeing how the cavs look at home and what adjustments they make, expecting lebron to try to get his teammates involved early.

 

yea... >_> i was looking for the score when i got home and realized that the game isn't til a little later. suffice to say i feel silly.

 

Well, the Cavs definitely bounced back for Game 3.

 

indeed. but another blowout. just like tonight. one decent half quarter of basketball... and then not so much, and then oh. well that happened.

 

it was glorious.

 

a one-tweet video single highlight summary of WCF Game three:



Terrible

 

Kendrick Perkins Unaware of Chewbacca, Doesn't Keep Up with 'That New Stuff'

Not sure if Perkins would consider the world being round instead of flat as being "that new stuff" as well.

 

iguodala doubtful for game four with left knee soreness.

 

Should Iggy be out for Game 4, I'd suspect Looney to get the start as he has been the first player off the bench in this series, with Bell subbing for Looney. But if Bell is constantly out of position defensively, Kerr won't hesitate to go with Livingston or West.

I didn't see Curry's mom at the game, but she saw Steph mouth out some bad words and sent him a text to wash out his mouth with soap.

 

tbf it was just one bad word.



agreed on the rotations. kerr is riding his most athletic guys, which leaves zaza and west out of the rotation. they are also basically forcing the rockets to go small, which is why we haven't seen much javale. but i think javale could give them something if bell struggles.

 

"THIS IS MY ****ING HOUSE

EXCEPT WHEN LEBRON ****ING TOOK IT AND I NEEDED ****ING KEVIN DURANT TO HELP ME LITIGATE"

is actually the full quote the camera just pulled away

 

well that's just rude.

 

As normal, Zach Lowe is a god among NBA writers: http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/...land-cavaliers-vs-boston-celtics-nba-playoffs

 

So, I tuned in to watch a basketball game last night and ended up watching the Browns vs. the Patriots as there was a 70 yard bomb from Love to LeBron for a TD.

 

This might be my favorite highlight of the series so far, though: