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2013-2014 NBA Thread - IND @ WAS and OKC @ LAC on ESPN
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I'd be disappointed if Phoenix drops out after occupying a spot for the entire season thus far.
Hopefully they don't drop any games incorporating Bledsoe back in & then they can get rolling again.
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Bad Boys 30 for 30 premiers next month.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/more/news/20140309/baseball-roundtable-media-circus/#ixzz2vX9Tblio
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/more/news/20140309/baseball-roundtable-media-circus/#ixzz2vX9Tblio
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I personally think MEM can upset the Spurs
I definitely don't want SAS in the 1st round, I know that much.
OKC? Nah, Durant aint letting it happen
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as long as we avoid the clippers in the first round...i'll be happy.
would say the thunder too, but there's no way we'd get matched up with them in the first round at this point really.
would say the thunder too, but there's no way we'd get matched up with them in the first round at this point really.
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I personally think MEM can upset the Spurs :\
I definitely don't want SAS in the 1st round, I know that much.
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do work son
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Shoot, the 3-4-5 spots will be fun too. They change almost every day
It really is a shame how good the quality is in the west, and how poor the east is
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i dont see anyone passing both of your teams to set up a clippers rockets 4-5 matchup
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The Heat were not bad; they were the 3rd seed at 47-35
you must have short memory because miami heat were FAR worse before bosh and lebron landed in south beach and they had wade playing while lakers have no prime kobe. the mess this year has nothing to do with what will happen during the summer
No superstar free agent is coming to this mess this summer.
He's talking about the 07-08 season
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Not in this case. Durant played the distributor role and was willing to let Russ take the shots in those spots. It's not like KD was calling for it and Russ kept waving him off...Lol. Summed up the OKC game.
I kept waiting for KD to ditch that **** and look for his but it never happened.
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That Rocket/Blazers game was ridiculous. Beardgang has been on a mission
The 1st round of the West playoffs is going to be bonkers. Every series will be compelling and all of them will go at least 6 games
The 1st round of the West playoffs is going to be bonkers. Every series will be compelling and all of them will go at least 6 games
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Minnesota State Rep. Pat Garofalo:
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I agree but the gif was more in reference to the airball by Westbrook at the 32sec mark. Read this by some OKC reporters and I would agree.
Nuggets from my notebook from Sunday's loss to the Lakers
Pinpointing the cause of the Thunder’s problem was tricky before this game. Not after. I wrote about it for Monday’s paper. This team is no longer playing for each other. Too many guys have different agendas. Too many are doing their own thing. Too many are playing for the wrong reasons. Kevin Durant is gunning for his first most valuable player award. Reggie Jackson is playing for a lucrative extension this summer. Russell Westbrook is working himself back into shape. It’s selfish basketball, the kind we’ve rarely seen take shape in OKC. It doesn’t define all 48 minutes. But it’s seen in stretches. Far too many of them. The Thunder simply isn’t playing with the right focus. Winning simply hasn’t been the sole mission. Other objectives, various things for various players, are being targeted while winning stands as the greater goal. But that’s become a problem.
Kevin Durant’s triple-double was the unfortunate example of that in this one. He had 10 points, five rebounds and five assists after one quarter. And after checking back in with 7:58 left in the second, he spent the entire quarter padding his stats, searching for the assists he would need to notch the triple-double. It was obvious what he was doing, and it was a bad decision once the Lakers started mounting a comeback.
Durant took just one shot in the final eight minutes of the second quarter. It came with 43 seconds left. My guess is he felt comfortable enough with an 18-point lead to start manipulating the game and playing for numbers. It backfired. Because while he was padding his stats, the Lakers were storming back, cutting an 18-point deficit to two. Durant didn’t score in the period. Didn’t get to the stripe, either. The Lakers were taking command of the game, seizing all the momentum, and the best scorer on the planet got up just one shot while it was happening. That was a problem.
In Durant’s defense, he made some really good passes during that stretch. Deliberate, no doubt. But good nonetheless. He got teammates Derek Fisher, Caron Butler and Serge Ibaka quality looks. They missed. But that’s where Durant should have stopped passing it to them. Ordinarily, it’s ideal to continue to trust your teammates. But the Lakers were rallying and yet Durant continued to be consumed with getting his assists up.
I wonder if the MVP race is getting to Durant’s head. Forget what he says. Study his play. One night after LeBron James scored 61 points, Durant answered with 42 through three quarters. Today, Durant was hellbent on getting a resume-boosting triple-double. His missing free throws — perhaps the most mental thing in the game — at a relatively alarming rate. All these things are potential signs that it’s weighing on him. And how could it not? Despite what Durant or anyone on his team says, this award matters to him. A lot. It would be his first one and would be another step toward solidifying his place in the game’s history. It seems natural for this race to seep inside his head.
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Yep. Personally as a Houstonian and a die hard rockets fan, I don't want the 3rd seed to play GSW. Them and the clippers are the only teams I don't want to see in the first round. I'll gladly take the 4th seed and play the Trail Blazers or the 1/2 seed though. Big week for my Rockets.
From the Rockets thread:
Man. Oh. Man. WCF got tickets. WC got tickets. Let's make this happen. If this man takes us to the promise land, this gif will be forever immortalized.
My last iMessage to a couple of my clutchfans homies I chat with in games.
Man a healthy Lin makes this team a championship team. Can play with harden or Beverly. Can play all 3 with harden sf and parsons at the 4. Versatile team with him when he's playing and healthy. Hopefully his back is fine.
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Dude is just butthurt that the Vikings suck this year
do work son
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At some point, we gotta stop worrying about who we have to play. In the west, there is no easy matchup. To get to the championship, we have to beat teams that will be very tough to beat.
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Understandable but when it comes to matchups you always have your preferences.
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our entire team is going to be free agents this summer so next years team will probably be way differentNo superstar free agent is coming to this mess this summer.
so it could be a promising team... or a new mess
but it wont be "this mess"
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it's so scary to be in the west
Tough competition all the time...
Meanwhile, in the east… smh… a 9th seed team in the west is a 3rd seed in the east
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couldnt agree more. the second round is going to be a round of death though.
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Yep. Personally as a Houstonian and a die hard rockets fan, I don't want the 3rd seed to play GSW. Them and the clippers are the only teams I don't want to see in the first round. I'll gladly take the 4th seed and play the Trail Blazers or the 1/2 seed though. Big week for my Rockets.
From the Rockets thread:
Man. Oh. Man. WCF got tickets. WC got tickets. Let's make this happen. If this man takes us to the promise land, this gif will be forever immortalized.
My last iMessage to a couple of my clutchfans homies I chat with in games.
Man a healthy Lin makes this team a championship team. Can play with harden or Beverly. Can play all 3 with harden sf and parsons at the 4. Versatile team with him when he's playing and healthy. Hopefully his back is fine.
That's ******* dope
Shoot, the 3-4-5 spots will be fun too. They change almost every day
It really is a shame how good the quality is in the west, and how poor the east is
The west playoffs will be insane. Probably the best conference playoffs since I remember. No sweeps.
Put it like this. The Lakers are last place in the west. If they were in the east they'd be 4 games outside of an 8th spot.
Someone commented earlier and said east>west because teams in the east play defense. Dumbest thing I've ever read in this thread
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Lin drawing up plays again?
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if you walk around san antonio you may find some spurs player seting up screens thats how annoying they are
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