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What the hell were they thinking?

Worst 6 quarters of shooting I've ever seen from a player. ****ing Harden. How is it possible Houston won both games?

CP is hurt though, so series over.

Future HOFer Draymond Green and the unbeatable Warriors LMAO

Jesus.... that was a shit last 30 seconds for the Warriors, that being said the Rockets played like the better team.

Jesus Christ:rolleyes:

Shades of Magic Johnson pulling the hammy.

Thank god these 2 teams can actually play an entertaining game of basketball against each other. Watching the Celtics and Cavaliers bumble**** each other depending on who's home and away is getting really ****ing old.

My negativity has been working. Letting it ride.

But seriously. **** Harden.

Why the **** does he force so many dumb shots?

because he makes a lot of them in the regular season.

ROFLfair enough

Draymond really struggled with turnovers and cost them this game IMO

So maybe GSW doesn’t belong among the greatest teams of All time? They choked away a 3-1 lead in the Finals 2 years ago and now they’re about to lose to the Rockets in the conference finals.

Looking more and more like Lebron’s Miami Heat than Jordan’s Bulls . . . . .

GsW wItH dUrAnT iS uNbEaTaBlE. ItS sO uNfAiR!
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Hopefully CP3 can duct tape his hammy for a game.

And this is why I wasn't mad at KD for going to the warriors or LeBron for going to the heat. Championships are rare so I don't blame players for trying to make it as easy as possible. And no matter how easy you think it's going to be, there's still a good chance you'll lose. That's why LeBron only won 2 in Miami and why Durant might not win this year.
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Nick Wright said this series, and the NBA for the foreseeable future was over after the Warriors blew out the Rockets game 1. You think hes changed his mind now or is that also contingent on Lebron advancing?

yup. GS can still win this series but you could just tell how Houston was playing this year that this wasn't a gimme series for GS. Houston can score with them and their D has been excellent the last 2 games.

Was working late so only watched the last minute or so on my phone. Enjoyed the ending.

Some questions: WTF was Quinn Cook doing on the floor though at the end of the game? How did the Rockets win with James Harden choking that bad (0 for 11 from three LMAO)? And what's going on with Kevin "basically as good as LeBron" Durant struggling again in this series? Is he choking too?

Boston sportswriter. See there's your problem.

I don't know about Durant, but Curry looks 85% of what he is when fully healthy. Iggy is out, Thompson is banged up from last game...

Rockets are only playing 7 guys.

I think they are relying on Durant too much and their bigs can't even get off the bench for meaningful minutes.

Iguodala out is definitely a thing. Remains a great defender and lets guys like Durant/Klay not have to guard their better offensive players constantly and expend energy there.

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The choking is real.

The Rockets are defending the Warriors much better than any other team they've faced in the last couple of years. The Warriors have feasted on getting offensive mismatches.. but the Rockets are packed with 3 and D guys who are switching everything.

Also, right now CP3 is showing the heart of a champion. His numbers don't look great but his impact on the game is very clear.

They're forcing Klay to dribble and make plays for himself and he's pretty terrible at it. Like honestly one of the worst guards I've ever seen handling a basketball.
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So....maybe Celtics/Rockets?!? What were the odds on that in Vegas after Hayward went down for the season, I wonder?

Dude, I know it's tough getting off your knees for LeBron to see anyone else in the NBA as being other than terrible, but try to expand your vision a bit.

Especially since the C's are up 3-2, a position NOBODY thought possible for them after Kyrie went down.

Love this...Nick Wright is crying himself to sleep at nights as his whole Lebron narrative goes up in smoke.

GO ROCKETS!

Yes it is...There's a reason for it though - which was one of my reasons for telling you Rockets in 7 long ago. I thought that IF the Rockets could keep things close in games, they'd find a way to win in the end. Why? Because the Warriors are not used to playing close games. It's EASY to "shimmy" when you're killing teams, not so much when a team can play with you and force you into clutch situations. As a result, we're now at 3-2 Rockets. This Rockets team has a lot of "Dog" in them - they're not going to back down. This is them - the Warriors are in a real fight for the first time in a very long time and are not responding. The Rockets have been fighting all season to get in this position. And at the end of the season, their record said that they were the best team in the NBA, thus far they're proving it. We'll see how it all ends up...

If the Rockets beat the Warriors and win it all, I'm fine with that.

Anyone but Golden Showers.

No shit bro - ANYONE BUT GS!

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There are plenty of great players in this league other than LeBron. A guy with absolutely no court vision in Tatum likely won’t be one of them. The fact that the Boston media has hyped these guys up as something they aren’t is hardly surprising to me, though. They do it with everybody.

Chris Paul already ruled out game 6. Can we just go right to game 7?

I'll take my chances in game 6 with the hope that Durant or Curry blows an ACL

Id be shocked if he made it to 7. Hamstrings are nagging injuries.

Yes, this.

But also LeBron and his band of scrubs would be nice though.

So Tatum has no vision and Brown just overall sucks. Tell me how exactly they have gotten this far in the playoffs? Is Al Horford really Wilt Chamberlain and we're all missing it?

Horford is actually good but it has more to do with Brad Stevens being the best coach in the NBA and the Eastern Conference being a pile of trash.

If you put the same group of players in the West with let’s say, Doc Rivers, they wouldn’t be particularly good at all.

I think Horford is underrated. I also think Brad is about the best coach in the NBA, and agree that the East is a pile of trash by and large.

And yet somehow the Celtics are one game from the finals, and nobody is confusing Horford for Shaq or Wilt, are they?

Listen, I'm not saying Tatum is Larry Legend, but for a 20 year old rookie, he's pretty damn good.

:facepalm:


That some great analysis. Next time a good football player goes from a good team to the Browns and sucks then that must be because he sucks as a player. Or vice versa because we have never seen a "shitty" player suddenly become good when they go to a new team or anything. Nope that never happens.

a 20 year old rookie that in 6 months is about to go back to a bench role lol

You've already established that you're a hater.

If anyone goes to the bench or traded it will be Jaylen Brown.

That’s just stupid

Cavaliers might as well contract if Lebron leaves.

Raptors were two games away from the Finals two years ago against a much better Cavs team (wasn't comprised entirely of scrubs and also had Kyrie Irving). It doesn't necessarily mean anything.

I fully anticipate whoever comes out of the West (still think Warriors but please somehow choke) will beat Boston/LeBron with relative ease.

Don't understand your post in relation to mine. I'm just saying that Brad Stevens has gotten a bunch of pretty mediocre players to play extremely well together. If you put the same guys with even an average NBA coach, it would not work at all. There are plenty of other teams in the NBA with more talent than Boston (look no further than the Washington Wizards in the same conference) who do absolutely nothing with it.

its one or the other that moves to the bench once the stars come back. Going to be a nice logjam the Celtics will have after these young guys made a deep playoff run without their leaders. I'm sure they wont be happy being relegated to the bench next season.

When healthy Boston by far has the most talent in the East. Sure Rozier and Baynes are mediocre players, but Brown is an above average player, Tatum is going to be a perennial All-Star and Horford already is.

Just because you think if you ship them off to a shitty organization and they don't do well doesn't mean they are bad\mediocre players. There is alot more that goes into that.

Absolute nonsense unless you're talking about them with Kyrie and Hayward. What they currently have isn't particularly talented at all compared to most decent NBA teams.

He isn't. If you look further than his point totals, he's actually pretty bad.

Maybe, but he isn't right now.

I'm talking team success as a group, not individual success. This is a credit to Stevens.

Yes I am talking about when healthy. But I will post this piece from ESPN today about Tatum and Brown and how the "experts" believe both of these guys are cornerstone franchise type players. Heck I have heard people suggest including from the guy below they should trade Hayward and not either one of these guys regardless of whether they make it to the Finals or not. Don't know if I agree with that especially if you could get AD.

Just from a roster standpoint its going to be hard for Tatum to put up all star numbers for the next 3 or so years. (assuming nobody gets traded)

But with the stars back it's options 1a Kyrie 1b Hayward 2 Horford then probably Tatum?

When the Celtics are full force Tatum is at BEST option 4. Now if the stars never come back healthy or get traded then absolutely. But it's not like he's option 1 or 2 for 82 games like he is right now in the playoffs. There's only one basketball and the max contract guys gotta eat. And Tatum doesn't do enough in the other categories to get in with a low ppg like say a Draymond can.

Hope Tatum and Love don’t have concussions after that collison

I'll take my chances in game 6 and if that doesnt work out, there will be another chance in game 7.. But didnt you say something to the effect that the Rockets were the most overrated team ever? I think they have proven you very wrong.

After reading some of your posts, I think every team or player that you don't like is "overrated." :rolleyes:

I actually like the Rockets. I called them overrated because at the time, I assumed they were going to lose the series badly even though they have talent. They definitely proved me wrong and are the team I want to win it all. There was actually a Rockets fan on here that countered me and said they lacked talent, theyre clearly wrong too. Anyone but Boston and I'm fine.

I am a huge Ariza fan. I like CP3 the most out of the Banana Boat crew as well. Hardens game is a little too much based on touch foul contact for my taste, but I respect his strategy in this soft NBA. I think he will have the best old man game late in his career out the three OKC original stars.

Nice 1st quarter for the Celtics. Lebron is going to have to play 48 minutes if Love is out

Damn these teams suck compared to the other ones. LMAO

Still can't believe Clarkson gets playoff minutes.

Both Marcus’s sucking ass

Smart has played reasonably well. Morris has been his usual terrible self.

this might be the worst cast I have ever seen Lebron have. I thought those 06-08 teams were pretty bad with Boobie Gibson, Delonte West, and Drew Gooden getting some serious run. But at least he had Big Z as a rim protector.

Jeff Green is like his second best player right now, that is pathetic. He shouldnt even be in the league.

Both game 6s are a foregone concluson.

Smart’s D was bad as was Marcus.

Jeff Green is so garbage. It's honestly probably Korver or George Hill. LMAO

If the Celtics don’t make a quick run this is going to a Game 7

They likely can't afford to take LeBron out for another minute of this game. Clearly Love isn't coming back.

Remember Rodney Hood? ROFL

Clarkson doesn't pass to wide open LeBron under basket so he can drive aimlessly at the basket and toss up a layup. Then completely loses Rozier in the half court on defense.

Still have no idea what he's doing on the floor.

That was a pretty crazy block by Smart.

LeBron has been blessed or lucky to remain pretty much injury free in his career. That was close to being a season ending injury

Smart's defensive intensity is incredible.

He's basically a cyborg.

All these Missed free throws is going to be a killer

That is really ****ing nasty. After already scoring 38

The greatest player there ever was. LeBron James.

That is game and Lebron wills his team again. That is why I think the Cavs win game 7

If the Cavs make the finals, I don't know if there is a worse supporting cast around a superstar in NBA history to ever play in the finals.

Hard to count out Lebron in a close-out game.

But the supporting cast has been disgustingly bad in Boston. They need 1 damn support player to hit his shots. Gonna be a very tough one to get through.