2018 NBA Playoffs

[DarthFed]

CP3 will always be injury-prone and yes he is on his way down. Still very good but I expect in a couple years he will look like D-Wade right now.

 

[DarthFed]

Looks like a lot of the other games, Rockets are hot to start and KD and Curry look like average NBA players. Early though.

 

[kskate2]

Yeah, but remember what I said. They needed to punch Rockets in the mouth early and snatch the momentum. That hasn't happened and just like last game, Klay is keeping them from being down 20.

 

[kskate2]

Now Dantoni must have them ready for the Dubs 3Q run. It happens every game and they failed pretty miserably at containing the damage.

 

[DarthFed]

This is now entering 2002 Lakers-Kings territory with the refs. Incredibly one-sided for the Warriors so far.

 

[kskate2]

Yeah, it's pretty bad and very obvious they want GSW/Cavs part 4

 

[DarthFed]

Rockets have missed 24 straight 3's. That'd be hard to do on full court shots.

 

[DarthFed]

The finals will be a sweep whereas I think LeBron would've beaten the Rockets with a gimpy or absent CP3.

 

[kskate2]

Rockets pulling a Boston jacking up a bunch cathedral building 3s

 

[DarthFed]

These are mostly contested though so there is that difference. Still no excuse to miss 27 in a row. That's an odds-defying streak of futility.

 

[kskate2]

Won't be a sweep. Cavs will win one game at home. Lebron will have his customary 40 odd points and JR and Hill will actually contribute at the same time.

 

[DarthFed]

I doubt it. They had Kyrie last year and LeBron averaged 34, 12, 10 on 56% shooting and they lost 4-1

 

[kskate2]

Let's see. So what have we learned this postseason? Boston (except for Tatum) and Houston need to spend a considerable amount of time in the gym this summer shooting contested and non-contested 3's. They need to spend the rest of their time w/ a sports psychologist learning how to bring it for 48 min when the pressure is on.

 

[DarthFed]

Let's see. So what have we learned this postseason? Boston (except for Tatum) and Houston need to spend a considerable amount of time in the gym this summer shooting contested and non-contested 3's. They need to spend the rest of their time w/ a sports psychologist learning how to bring it for 48 min when the pressure is on.

Well in Houston's defense they were without Paul the last two games. Without Paul they are just another good team out West that on paper shouldn't be competitive with the Warriors. Boston just had a bad game at the worst time. They shouldn't have even gotten that far and they almost got past Thanos.

 

[kskate2]

I'm out of town again this weekend so I will miss the first 2 games of the series. I'll have to catch NBATV playback.

 

[Federberg]

good riddance to the theatrical Harden. Drives me crazy. If he played in Europe his nickname would be The Gypsy because of all the travelling he does.

 

[DarthFed]

Warriors are -1000 favorites lol. Apparently it's the most since Lakers-Nets in 2002. Thinking about the matchup it's kind of like the 2015 finals, Bron was without Irving and Love and the second best player on the team was JR. The current band of scrubs is only slightly better than that but now Golden State has KD.

Remember that formula I mentioned before the playoffs that LeBron by himself is more valuable than any 3 teammates from other teams with the exception of Golden State. Given what happened in the East I may change that to any 4 or the whole starting 5. But on GS I'd take KD and Curry combined over LeBron, possibly even KD and Thompson, and possibly even Curry, Thompson and Draymond combined. Given that I'd be really shocked if this isn't a sweep.

 

[Federberg]

^I'm with you. What the Cavs had to do last year just to win one game seems beyond this iteration

 

[DarthFed]

^I'm with you. What the Cavs had to do last year just to win one game seems beyond this iteration

Yeah I'd say the 1/10 chance Vegas is giving them is for the chance that KD and Curry both get hurt or the chance that LeBron averages 60 points on 30 shots because that's probably what it'd take.

 

[the AntiPusher]

Won't be a sweep. Cavs will win one game at home. Lebron will have his customary 40 odd points and JR and Hill will actually contribute at the same time.

It will be a sweep