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Post by rock on May 25, 2023 22:00:12 GMT -5
do you really think the Hawks, 6ers and Heat are capable of something the Nuggets are not? THIS Nugget team? Yes, he really thinks that. He thought Portland and Utah were going to be the top 2 seeds, too. I do. 30 years of nuggets losses, disappointment and frustration have honestly fried the logic part of my sports brain.
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Post by famicommander on May 25, 2023 22:02:37 GMT -5
Yes, he really thinks that. He thought Portland and Utah were going to be the top 2 seeds, too. I do. 30 years of nuggets losses, disappointment and frustration have honestly fried the logic part of my sports brain. This team is better than every other Nuggets team. This is the only one good enough to be confident about.
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Post by Coach Sticky on May 26, 2023 0:18:07 GMT -5
Guys what is the f***ing problem? Boston jimjam is doing game 6 thread so we’ll be fine
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Post by Coach Sticky on May 26, 2023 0:19:19 GMT -5
Also, Boston REALLY (they won’t…) turning 0-3 in 4-3 is going to exhaust them badly. They’d play every second f***ing day… while we’re 9 days off… hell man let it go 7 games and I don’t even care who’s winning, we’re f***ing both teams in their anus
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Post by duh88 on May 26, 2023 0:30:19 GMT -5
Also, Boston REALLY (they won’t…) turning 0-3 in 4-3 is going to exhaust them badly. They’d play every second f***ing day… while we’re 9 days off… hell man let it go 7 games and I don’t even care who’s winning, we’re f***ing both teams in their anus This is true. If Boston takes this to 7 games, that is terribly punishing for them. They've played 5 games, and Tatum is over 40 mins in 4 of those, already.
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Post by duh88 on May 26, 2023 0:50:23 GMT -5
Looking at the box score....
Smart and White had two Thanos games (Brown and Tatum got their points).
For Boston to win Game 6 in Miami, they need White and and Smart to have a similar performance (10 made threes out of 14) - I don't see them maintaining that for two more games.
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Post by wizardofcozz on May 26, 2023 8:04:40 GMT -5
Looking at the box score.... Smart and White had two Thanos games (Brown and Tatum got their points). For Boston to win Game 6 in Miami, they need White and and Smart to have a similar performance (10 made threes out of 14) - I don't see them maintaining that for two more games. I agree with you on Smart. White had been a elite shooter all season. Can't leave him open. I think key when playing Boston is to make Smart and Horford beat you
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Post by scooter on May 26, 2023 11:16:21 GMT -5
Wait who's terrified of the Celtics? lol It's just obviously a better matchup with the Heat. Even Butler who it seemed like some were terrified of .. has had quite a few amount of games where he's completely human. Home court in Denver is a big advantage especially against an older team. Nuggets don't need to be afraid of anybody but the odds will be far more in there favor vs Miami than they will be against Boston. Agree with all of this. The Celtics are a more difficult matchup although the only way they can win this is in 7 and they will be dealing with fatigue issues. The Celtics also have chemistry and turnover issues that have plagued them for multiple seasons. But they do have much better size and overall athleticism and lineup versatility than the Heat. The Celtics have a legit shot to make history and win this series as the Heat were playing way over their heads and may just be coming back to earth.
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Post by freakns on May 26, 2023 11:23:10 GMT -5
Last win in Boston…March 2019 We were never a 1 seed until we got the 1 seed. We were never in the Finals until we got the Finals. We were never able to beat the Lakers is a series until we beat the Lakers in a series. We never swept a team until we swept a team. Boston has no size, no coach, and no heart. They're not going to win game 6 against the Heat, and even if they do it's not guaranteed they win game 7, and even if they do the Nuggets will beat them. ummm, what do you mean they have no size? Marcus Smart, despite being short, plays much bigger. he weights more then Murray. and Brogdon is huge for PG. Brown and Tatum are above average for their position. and they would put Horford on Jokic with Robert Williams behind. even Grant Williams was giving Jokic some issues. thats more then enough size. Derrick White is the only slim and short player there. Prichard also, but he aint playing. what Boston is lacking is true playmaking. they are way too dependent on iso plays from Tatum and Brown. if we gets to play them, AG will have his hands full of Tatum, and KCP will need to stop Brown. and then outrebound them and kill them in transition. Horford is like 89 years old, so run like crazy, cause despite his lack of athleticism, he is strong and smart defender, and you need to attack him before he gets to set on defense. you saw how good was he defending Embiid. and it wasn't like Lakers and AD, where they tried to cheat with AD. Horford was straight up defending Embiid 1 on 1. second thing they miss is their backup plan. they play same type of game all the time. so when Jokic resolve them, they are cooked. but they are dangerous team, cause they can shoot themselves into 4 wins. btw, Miami is winning game 6, so all of this is not important
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Post by scooter on May 26, 2023 11:30:45 GMT -5
Rock is right. Too much overconfidence by fami and others here. Please, root hard for Miami in Game 6. If they choke that one away, then odds favor Boston becoming the first team of 151 teams to come back from 0-3 to win a playoff series. The part of this that people — including the TNT guys — are getting wrong is that this series is over if the Celtics win game 6. Game 7 would be no sure thing for the Celtics despite being in Boston.
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Post by GBG on May 26, 2023 11:38:11 GMT -5
Rock is right. Too much overconfidence by fami and others here. Please, root hard for Miami in Game 6. If they choke that one away, then odds favor Boston becoming the first team of 151 teams to come back from 0-3 to win a playoff series. The part of this that people — including the TNT guys — are getting wrong is that this series is over if the Celtics win game 6. Game 7 would be no sure thing for the Celtics despite being in Boston. The odds would still favor Boston becoming the first team of 151 teams to come back from 0-3 to win a playoff series. I don’t take comfort in “no sure thing”.
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Post by scooter on May 26, 2023 11:47:19 GMT -5
Looking at the box score.... Smart and White had two Thanos games (Brown and Tatum got their points). For Boston to win Game 6 in Miami, they need White and and Smart to have a similar performance (10 made threes out of 14) - I don't see them maintaining that for two more games. Another way of looking at that is that because White and Smart were so good, it took the ball out of Brown’s hands, which leads to fewer turnovers, which leads to winning. In this game, just about everything went right for the Celtics — hot shooting from their role players, lots of steals and few turnovers, an absolutely awful game by Adebayo, etc. A big question for the Celtics is always whether Brown (of the 1:1 A/To ratio) is willing to play on offense more like MPJ and less like Jaylen Brown.
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Post by JB on May 26, 2023 12:06:05 GMT -5
I've been watching the NBA long enough to ascertain that teams that use the playoffs to figure out their identity and find consistency almost always lose to the teams that figured out that stuff way before.
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Post by scooter on May 26, 2023 12:32:16 GMT -5
I've been watching the NBA long enough to ascertain that teams that use the playoffs to figure out their identity and find consistency almost always lose to the teams that figured out that stuff way before. Agree. A big yet undiscussed factor in the Nuggets going 12-3 in the playoffs so far is offensive game plan discipline. Porter in particular has really impressed me with his discipline, which is why he is averaging only 0.5 turnovers with a 3.5:1 A/To ratio through 15 playoff games. Every Nuggets player is doing a great job of playing the way that maximizes the team’s chance to win. The Celtics — despite having a ton of talent — are still figuring it out.
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Post by famicommander on May 26, 2023 12:47:51 GMT -5
Remaining playoff leaders
Scoring: 1. Nikola Jokic - 29.9 2. Jimmy Butler - 28.8 3. Jamal Murray - 27.7 4. Jayson Tatum - 27.7 5. Jaylen Brown - 22.7
Rebounds: 1. Nikola Jokic - 13.3 2. Jayson Tatum - 10.4 3. Bam Adebayo - 8.9 4. Michael Porter Jr. - 8.0 5. Al Horford - 7.1
Assists: 1. Nikola Jokic - 10.3 2. Jamal Murray - 6.1 3. Jimmy Butler - 5.5 4. Marcus Smart - 5.3 5. Jayson Tatum - 5.3
Steals: 1. Jimmy Butler - 2.1 2. Jamal Murray - 1.7 3. Marcus Smart - 1.3 4. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope - 1.3 5. Al Horford - 1.3
Blocks: 1. Al Horford - 1.8 2. Robert Williams III - 1.3 3. Jayson Tatum - 1.1 4. Derrick White - 0.9 5. Nikola Jokic - 0.9
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Post by game on May 26, 2023 12:52:19 GMT -5
That's crazy.
Starting to try to wrap my mind around a Celtics series. I'm certain they'll try to repeat what they did with Embiid and play the two bigs and ignore Gordon. Of course, Jokic is so much more versatile than Embiid.
On the other end, it creates interesting defensive matchups for Denver. Hard to not have Gordon on Tatum, which means you're probably putting Porter on Horford in the corner. Need Jokic available to rebound the ball and go.
I actually think it's probably smarter to go Smart/White/Brown/Tatum/Horford and make Jokic guard Horford from 3, and make Jokic a scorer on the other end. Gordon should be able to absolutely bully or draw fouls against Tatum (if that's who guards him) in that scenario. Defensively, that won't be easy for Denver, though.
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Post by GBG on May 26, 2023 12:54:26 GMT -5
I've been watching the NBA long enough to ascertain that teams that use the playoffs to figure out their identity and find consistency almost always lose to the teams that figured out that stuff way before. Agree. A big yet undiscussed factor in the Nuggets going 12-3 in the playoffs so far is offensive game plan discipline. Porter in particular has really impressed me with his discipline, which is why he is averaging only 0.5 turnovers with a 3.5:1 A/To ratio through 15 playoff games. Every Nuggets player is doing a great job of playing the way that maximizes the team’s chance to win. The Celtics — despite having a ton of talent — are still figuring it out. Still “figuring it out”? Or maybe they’re simply in a postseason slump. I think you and others are forgetting that Boston finished as the 2-seed in the better conference this season, with 57 wins. They had the 2nd ranked offensive rating and 3rd ranked defensive rating in the NBA. They ranked 1st in point differential at +6.5 ppg. This is a team that has “figured it out” and simply has been having tougher than expected struggles against their opponents in postseason. If they find themselves to the extent that they win four straight to advance to Finals, after being down 0-3, fatigue won’t be an issue. They’ll be on such a high and have the adrenaline sufficient to sweep us in Games 1 and 2 at home in the Finals. Go Heat!
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Post by rock on May 26, 2023 13:02:00 GMT -5
That's crazy. Starting to try to wrap my mind around a Celtics series. I'm certain they'll try to repeat what they did with Embiid and play the two bigs and ignore Gordon. Of course, Jokic is so much more versatile than Embiid. On the other end, it creates interesting defensive matchups for Denver. Hard to not have Gordon on Tatum, which means you're probably putting Porter on Horford in the corner. Need Jokic available to rebound the ball and go. I actually think it's probably smarter to go Smart/White/Brown/Tatum/Horford and make Jokic guard Horford from 3, and make Jokic a scorer on the other end. Gordon should be able to absolutely bully or draw fouls against Tatum (if that's who guards him) in that scenario. Defensively, that won't be easy for Denver, though. I’m past the we-beat-the-lakers phase. The honeymoon is over This Celtics team terrifies me. And they have homecourt. When it was 3-0 I would actually catch myself dreaming about the Larry o Brian. Those have stopped. I cannot see a way we beat the Celtics 4 of 7. They are on fire and have too many weapons. I hope I’m wrong but the last few days have been really depressing.
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Post by rock on May 26, 2023 13:02:44 GMT -5
Agree. A big yet undiscussed factor in the Nuggets going 12-3 in the playoffs so far is offensive game plan discipline. Porter in particular has really impressed me with his discipline, which is why he is averaging only 0.5 turnovers with a 3.5:1 A/To ratio through 15 playoff games. Every Nuggets player is doing a great job of playing the way that maximizes the team’s chance to win. The Celtics — despite having a ton of talent — are still figuring it out. Still “figuring it out”? Or maybe they’re simply in a postseason slump. I think you and others are forgetting that Boston finished as the 2-seed in the better conference this season, with 57 wins. They had the 2nd ranked offensive rating and 3rd ranked defensive rating in the NBA. They ranked 1st in point differential at +6.5 ppg. This is a team that has “figured it out” and simply has been having tougher than expected struggles against their opponents in postseason. If they find themselves to the extent that they win four straight to advance to Finals, after being down 0-3, fatigue won’t be an issue. They’ll be on such a high and have the adrenaline sufficient to sweep us in Games 1 and 2 at home in the Finals. Go Heat! Yup. We have to find a way to split the first two in Boston. Otherwise it’s over.
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Post by famicommander on May 26, 2023 13:05:07 GMT -5
Still “figuring it out”? Or maybe they’re simply in a postseason slump. I think you and others are forgetting that Boston finished as the 2-seed in the better conference this season, with 57 wins. They had the 2nd ranked offensive rating and 3rd ranked defensive rating in the NBA. They ranked 1st in point differential at +6.5 ppg. This is a team that has “figured it out” and simply has been having tougher than expected struggles against their opponents in postseason. If they find themselves to the extent that they win four straight to advance to Finals, after being down 0-3, fatigue won’t be an issue. They’ll be on such a high and have the adrenaline sufficient to sweep us in Games 1 and 2 at home in the Finals. Go Heat! Yup. We have to find a way to split the first two in Boston. Otherwise it’s over. Who covers Jokic and how? Gobert, Towns, and Anderson couldn't do it. Ayton, Landale, and Durant couldn't do it. Davis, Hachimura, Vanderbilt, and LeBron couldn't do it.
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