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View Poll Results: who rang?

Los Angeles Lakers

17 35.42%

Brooklyn Nets

6 12.50%

Milwaukee Bucks

3 6.25%

Los Angeles Clippers

4 8.33%

Boston Celtics

2 4.17%

Philadelphia 76ers

0 0%

Miami Heat

0 0%

Denver Nuggets

4 8.33%

Dallas Mavericks

6 12.50%

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06-20-2021 , 02:21 AM

#9026

Iwreckshop

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Crazy the bucks were like the 9th best team this year and have a good shot to title

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06-20-2021 , 02:32 AM

#9027

Onlydo2days

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Other end seems brutal for Philly though, put Giannis on Simmons and have him cause havoc

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06-20-2021 , 02:34 AM

#9028

EYESCREW

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Originally Posted by MIKE MALONE

Bucks have a really clean path if the Hawks pull it off tomorrow.

Simmons on the perimeter and Embiid in the paint would be tough for Giannis.

Nobody on ATL/LAC/PHX can really slow Giannis.

Bucks are NEVER ‘shipping.

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06-20-2021 , 03:04 AM

#9029

Montrealcorp

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Good post captain

And

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Originally Posted by Hellmuth was right

candybar just has a hate boner for KD. If that was Lebron instead of KD he would have made an 800 word post about how much the rest of his team let down their superstar, how Harden went 5-17 and Harris couldnt hit the backside of a barn. instead the conclusion that he drew from the game was that KD was not mega-efficient.

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06-20-2021 , 05:58 AM

#9030

nucleardonkey

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Some of you are ignoring that Durant hit the game winning three at the buzzer, just his foot was 2 cm too far forward.

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06-20-2021 , 06:07 AM

#9031

All-inMcLovin

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Originally Posted by nucleardonkey

Some of you are ignoring that Durant hit the game winning three at the buzzer, just his foot was 2 cm too far forward.

Yeah that was tragic. You could tell from his post-shot reaction that he really was trying to shoot a 3.

Them's the breaks.

Basketball, like Life is a game of inches centimeters.

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06-20-2021 , 09:07 AM

#9032

jfound

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Suns r winning

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06-20-2021 , 09:25 AM

#9033

jfound

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Harden look 100% to me, same old 100% choke artist

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06-20-2021 , 10:17 AM

#9034

DodgerIrish

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Originally Posted by nucleardonkey

Some of you are ignoring that Durant hit the game winning three at the buzzer, just his foot was 2 cm too far forward.

My +2 was loving it at first glance.

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06-20-2021 , 10:22 AM

#9035

sailorsaint

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Originally Posted by nucleardonkey

Some of you are ignoring that Durant hit the game winning three at the buzzer, just his foot was 2 cm too far forward.

If he was transcendent his feet would be a half shoe size smaller.

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06-20-2021 , 10:25 AM

#9036

jfound

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Originally Posted by sailorsaint

If he was transcendent his feet would be a half shoe size smaller.

Man 2+2 sometime pisses me off with these type of posters. He had a game for the ages and u **** on him

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06-20-2021 , 10:26 AM

#9037

sailorsaint

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Originally Posted by jfound

Man 2+2 sometime pisses me off with these type of posters. He had a game for the ages and u **** on him

You're reading me wrong.

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06-20-2021 , 10:29 AM

#9038

sailorsaint

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Originally Posted by jfound

Harden look 100% to me, same old 100% choke artist

I'm no James Harden apologist, but the guy goes out and plays the full 53 minutes, less 9 seconds, on what looked like one leg and you s*** on him.

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06-20-2021 , 10:33 AM

#9039

jfound

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Originally Posted by sailorsaint

I'm no James Harden apologist, but the guy goes out and plays the full 53 minutes, less 9 seconds, on what looked like one leg and you s*** on him.

Well he didn’t play game 5 n durant won without him, maybe if he didn’t play nets win. Ok yea maybe I cross the line half pun intended since durant cross the line lol but he didn’t help the cause

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06-20-2021 , 10:38 AM

#9040

sailorsaint

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Originally Posted by jfound

Brooklyn lost because the roster couldn't withstand the loss/diminishment of two elite players. What roster can?

Joe Harris hitting a couple of open 3's might have helped too.

Last edited by sailorsaint; 06-20-2021 at 11:01 AM. Reason: NO MORE 5'10" GUARDS!

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06-20-2021 , 10:38 AM

#9041

jfound

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Originally Posted by sailorsaint

You're reading me wrong.

My bad it’s morning n I didn’t have coffee or tea yet still a bit sleepy

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06-20-2021 , 10:45 AM

#9042

jfound

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Hawks+7, philly ML n suns -4 ez money

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06-20-2021 , 10:47 AM

#9043

sailorsaint

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Originally Posted by MIKE MALONE

Both teams missed a ton of open shots.

Harris was 16-49 (11-40 after game one) from three in the series. That's an under-performance that Brooklyn couldn't afford.

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06-20-2021 , 11:52 AM

#9044

sailorsaint

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Originally Posted by MIKE MALONE

Shot 40% making nearly 3 per game in the playoffs.

SSS for just one series.

Jrue shooting less than 25% from 3 in Playoffs on volume.

Mostly healthy Milwaukee was better situated to handle Holiday's regression to Eric Bledsoe status. Brooklyn needed Harris to be their second scorer with Irving out and Harden severely compromised.

Harris shooting low stress situations 47% from three against Boston is irrelevant; 33% (28% after game one) when he was needed to step-up is significant.

We can talk about sample sizes forever, but his small sample fail damaged Brooklyn. It's not like he brings a lot to the table other than sniping.

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06-20-2021 , 12:01 PM

#9045

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Of all the scenarios where ATL wins today, hard to see many where shooting good from 3 is not involved. And with Bogi questionable, where does it come from? Huerter would be the best since he gets the minutes, Gallo since he can just shoot over people. Maybe Snell shows up or Lou can go off with the 2nd team.

Other paths if shooting not there - post up Collins more - or go for defense and maybe Kris Dunn plays to try to shut down Curry.

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06-20-2021 , 12:06 PM

#9046

candybar

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Originally Posted by sailorsaint

The Nets shot 35.3% from 3 and the Bucks just 30.1% this series (in the regular season the Bucks shot 38.9% and the Nets 39.2%), so Joe Harris's shooting regression was somewhat offset by the likes of Jeff Green and Blake Griffin stepping up, while Jrue's regression wasn't offset in a similar manner. With that said, the Nets outscored the Bucks by nearly 3 points per game in this series so they were clearly good enough to win, but were on the wrong end of variance. Game 1/2/4/6 weren't really close, the other 3 came down to the wire and the Bucks happened to go 2-1 in those 3 games.

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06-20-2021 , 12:14 PM

#9047

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If Harris shoots 40% or better from the arc during the series, Brooklyn's waiting for the winner of Atlanta/Philadelphia.

We can throw all kinds of stats around. Brooklyn needed Harris and he didn't come through. It doesn't make him a bad human being.

I got no dog in this fight; I was pulling for Milwaukee (sorry, McLovin) like they were the Boston Celtics.

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06-20-2021 , 12:22 PM

#9048

candybar

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Originally Posted by sailorsaint

Sure but the point is that you could say this about any close series. If player X, who happened to underperform in the series, didn't underperform, they would've won. 3 games were decided in the last minute - any small thing could've changed the outcome of this series.

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06-20-2021 , 12:41 PM

#9049

candybar

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Originally Posted by nucleardonkey

Some of you are ignoring that Durant hit the game winning three at the buzzer, just his foot was 2 cm too far forward.

Shooting is a game of inches to begin with though. Like, you don't get to say, I only missed my shot by an inch. Also, KD did this exact thing again at the end of OT, so it's harder to blame this on luck. With that said, he would've had a much better game in this universe - he was great overall even with his terrible performance in OT, so if you remove that and upgrade his game-tying shot with a game-winning shot, I think that's an all-time performance.

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06-20-2021 , 12:51 PM

#9050

jfound

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Originally Posted by sailorsaint

Brooklyn lost because the roster couldn't withstand the loss/diminishment of two elite players. What roster can?

Joe Harris hitting a couple of open 3's might have helped too.

well i would have prefer harden sat out instead of being 50% then nets might have won but hind sight is obv 2020

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