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[GoBobs]

imagine if someone would have told you in october that the following teams - lakers, suns, warriors, bucks and sixers - would combine for 5 playoff games won.

add the clippers for a total of 7 wins
never in my life seen so many all-stars, top 30ish players in the league not make it to the 2nd round
giannis
lillard
embiid
maxey
curry
lebron
davis
leonard
george
harden
bam
butler
durant
booker
beal

throw in...
fox
sabonis
zion
morant
trae

not a single california team in the 2nd round

Probably more playoff wins than we have in the last 20 years

[SWedd523]

we have 3 playoff wins in the past 20 years, so... yeah... probably

[JMAC3]

imagine if someone would have told you in october that the following teams - lakers, suns, warriors, bucks and sixers - would combine for 5 playoff games won.

add the clippers for a total of 7 wins
never in my life seen so many all-stars, top 30ish players in the league not make it to the 2nd round
giannis
lillard
embiid
maxey
curry
lebron
davis
leonard
george
harden
bam
butler
durant
booker
beal

throw in...
fox
sabonis
zion
morant
trae

not a single california team in the 2nd round

The NBA is by far the most talented it has ever been, along with having a decent bit of parody.

We still have SGA, Ant, Jokic, Brunson, KAT, Haliburton, Siakam, Tatum, Brown, Porzingis, Paolo, Donovan, Luka, Kyrie still in the playoffs. Having two good players doesn't guarantee you anything like it did 10 years ago.

[luciano-davidwesley]

imagine if someone would have told you in october that the following teams - lakers, suns, warriors, bucks and sixers - would combine for 5 playoff games won.

add the clippers for a total of 7 wins
never in my life seen so many all-stars, top 30ish players in the league not make it to the 2nd round
giannis
lillard
embiid
maxey
curry
lebron
davis
leonard
george
harden
bam
butler
durant
booker
beal

throw in...
fox
sabonis
zion
morant
trae

not a single california team in the 2nd round

A lot of those guys were in their mid to late 30's and most of the rest missed multiple games with injury or were playing on one leg. It's not too surprising really.

[Liver_Pooty]

NBA definitely wants a Celtics knicks conference finals.

[yosemiteben]

I'm officially picking the Knicks as my second favorite team. Brunson and Hart are just **** killers

[Liver_Pooty]

I'm officially picking the Knicks as my second favorite team. Brunson and Hart are just **** killers

I love Josh Hart and like Brunson, but damn the ending or that game. Let the players play.

[yosemiteben]

I'm officially picking the Knicks as my second favorite team. Brunson and Hart are just **** killers

I love Josh Hart and like Brunson, but damn the ending or that game. Let the players play.

I'm with you, hate when refs interfere with the way a game ends and that Myles Turner call was crap.

I don't think I've ever seen someone as tough and playing with as much heart as Josh Hart, dude is unbelievable.

I also can't believe how clutch Brunson is. That Knicks offense is embarrassing, so stagnant and such limited shooters, but Brunson carries that team like no one should be able to.

[Liver_Pooty]

I'm officially picking the Knicks as my second favorite team. Brunson and Hart are just **** killers

I love Josh Hart and like Brunson, but damn the ending or that game. Let the players play.

I'm with you, hate when refs interfere with the way a game ends and that Myles Turner call was crap.

I don't think I've ever seen someone as tough and playing with as much heart as Josh Hart, dude is unbelievable.

I also can't believe how clutch Brunson is. That Knicks offense is embarrassing, so stagnant and such limited shooters, but Brunson carries that team like no one should be able to.

Imagine if the Mavs would've given Brunson that initial contract he wanted. I can't remember but it was what like only 60 million? I don't even know if it was that. What a massive blunder good lord.

[yosemiteben]

I guess Mike Malone has entered the Draymond zone of not allowed to be given a technical...

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[Liver_Pooty]

I guess Mike Malone has entered the Draymond zone of not allowed to be given a technical...

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See, **** like this pisses me off. They give a moving screen which happens 30 times a game a foul with 12 seconds a game but don't eject that. The officiating is ridiculous and promoting gambling (which I like) is a problem.

[Diop]

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I dunno, i think the refs tried to play it neutral, Knicks had to challenge a call to get it overturned.

They just got suckered into that screen call. I think they should clamp down on illegal screens as unfair advantage, but they rarely do

[wilson115]

Have we interviewed someone from the Wolves for the coaching job? Ask them what they did at least to make their guys play like this. Honestly thought of Kong against the biplanes watching Jokic get swarmed here.

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[SWedd523]

That's called defensive effort. something we haven't seen in Charlotte since Crash was around

[yosemiteben]

That's called defensive effort. something we haven't seen in Charlotte since Crash was around

I mean...we were consistently a top 5 defense during Cliff's first tenure.

ETA: hm, looked it up and probably more accurate to say top 10, looks like the highest we hit was 6th.

[SWedd523]

Disingenuous stat pulling at it's finest

A team giving big minutes to Al Jeff, Kemba, McBob, and featured guys like Ramon Sessions and Gary Neal.

Let's please not pretend like the two are similar

[JMAC3]

Last night was a classic Round 1 of a boxing match where the Champ comes in fat and realizes he isn't a god. Denver got punched in the mouth, and instead of taking it and just moving to the next play they decided to cry to refs about it all the way from Jokic to Murray to KCP to Mike Malone himself. They need to go watch the film and realize how soft they were being and just play or otherwise their season is over.

Also thought Minnesota put a ton of a pressure on the refs all night with constant constant pressure and the refs let a lot of stuff go because you can't call a foul every play.

[yosemiteben]

Disingenuous stat pulling at it's finest

A team giving big minutes to Al Jeff, Kemba, McBob, and featured guys like Ramon Sessions and Gary Neal.

Let's please not pretend like the two are similar

If they were in fact a top 5 defense I'm not sure how that would've been disingenuous?

[SWedd523]

Nah yeah, for sure, it's totally similar and I'm sure it accounts for things like pace and stats relative to the mean and all that. I'm sure there's also clips of Kemba and McBob swarming guys like Jokic and Murray in a playoff level environment.

[Diop]

Give young mkg his honorable mention