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Celtics struggling to beat the Pacers...yet they getting out the east 
**NBA FINALS THREAD - RAPTORS DEFY GRAVITY**
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- Jan 29, 2013
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Rockets stomping out the jazz. Time for bed.
- Jun 1, 2011
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I said this would be an exciting scrappy 5 game series and I’m sticking to that. Expecting the Jazz to win game 4 out of desperation then get closed out game 5
- Nov 5, 2012
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Mitchell improved his 3 point efficiency and considering his teammates, holding serve on the other scoring numbers he put up is impressive. Ingles and Rubio regressed big time. Crowder is supposed to be their stretch 4 and shoots 33% from 3
Defenses literally do not have to worry about anyone else outside of Rudy's rim running
- Nov 11, 2007
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Ingles has shot 41% from deep for his career and Shaq thinks he isn't a shooter.
He and Chuck are always trying to out-stupid each other.
He and Chuck are always trying to out-stupid each other.
- Mar 11, 2002
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Yup...he's that high energy guy you need off the bench. And he got some hops.
- Jun 14, 2006
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Harden unboxed the playoff stepback 
- Jan 30, 2010
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Looking like an extra couple hours of sleep tonight...Thanks for the blowout Harden 
- Apr 5, 2008
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Jonny Flynn > Rubio
- Dec 11, 2014
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nah it goes in cycles, he's flourishing rn so its all love. when he hits GS the slander bus is gonna start up
- Jun 14, 2006
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seems awfully dumb to call a timeout there .... your up 20 ..
- Apr 28, 2009
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Celtics struggling to beat the Pacers...yet they getting out the east
Pacers and Nets play every minute harder than basically everybody in the East. if you’re not dialed in vs either of them you’ll lose no matter how talented you are.
- Feb 17, 2019
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The Rockets remind me of D'Antoni's 7 seconds or less Phoenix Suns of yesteryear in that his regular season juggernauts beat everyone else during the season but when it was time to face the Spurs in the playoffs his Suns couldn't overcome the great Popovich. Much like his current squad still having difficulty getting past Kerr in the postseason.
- Jun 14, 2013
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MDA's Rockets have only played Kerr's Warriors once. And they took them to 7 and were up 3-2 before CP3 got hurt
- Dec 11, 2014
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yeah kerr is the reason they cant beat the warriors...
still get your point tho, but harden >> nash
- Jun 3, 2012
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This is hilarious to read.SF media really trying to cape for Durant saying that he's receiving the same criticism as the likes of LeBron if they don't win A PLAYOFF GAME. Please! All the outrage was Durant should be able to handle a smaller defender. The writer tries to say that everyone expects Durant to put up big numbers to win, which isn't remotely close to true and is the whole point that there is no real expectation on Durant because he has 3 other hall of fame players that can still win a game without his scoring. He got scorched for about 30 hours on the internet and TV but noone cares once Game 3 starts.
KD can literally have an appalling game, but it gets buried by the fact that we all expect them to win out in the end so it softens the amount of real criticism he can get because people would look foolish if they said that one game means the end of the Warriors.
Also is this isn't a huge middle finger, and only how most people view Durant's last 3 seasons, the writer drops this gem:
"He’s just a preposterously talented cog in the system"
- Feb 17, 2019
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True, there's not much of a sample size but....
Next round when Rockets play Warriors is going to be the biggest series of D'Antoni's coaching career. If Rockets beat Warriors, I will finally be able to tip my hat to him. I never thought he was a good coach because I always felt he couldn't adapt his teams defensively to adjust to playoff style basketball. We shall see soon...
- Jun 1, 2011
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Anyone else not minding the shorter length shorts other than Kelly Oubre and that one dude from the Hawks, Collins I think ?
- Feb 17, 2019
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D'Antoni's Rockets are definitely better than his Suns teams as far as being equipped for the style of basketball that's needed to win in the postseason. I agree Harden >> Nash and in the playoffs, Capela >> Stoudemire, and CP3 >> anyone else on that Sun's team.
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What?
You okay?
- Jun 14, 2013
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Warriors are the most talented team of all time and still the prohibitive favorite by a decent margin. Most will find it hard to knock him unless he's vastly outcoached
- Jun 1, 2011
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Lmaoooo #RocketsAfterDark
- Feb 17, 2019
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Warriors of last year and this year being "the most talented team of all time" is highly debatable. '85-'87 Lakers would annihilate them imho, and so would the '96-'98 Bulls. But that's a debate for another day. For the record, I have the Warriors losing this year (possibly to HOU) but if GSW faces MIL in the Finals, Bucks gonna take the trophy.
D'Antoni has been vastly outcoached several times in his career during the postseason, including his ridiculous tenure with the Lakers.
- Apr 28, 2009
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You late as hell
but yeah I can’t even play in anything but the above the knee shorts now
