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NBA Season - now 24/25

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  • ACT CrusaderA ACT Crusader

    The strategy of being up 3 late in the game and fouling to avoid the opposition shooting a 3 - was a disaster for OKC. I’m not a fan of it and when you are the best defensive team in the league it smacks of desperation rather than trusting your D.

    But the analytics…..

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    @ACT-Crusader said in NBA Season - now 24/25:

    The strategy of being up 3 late in the game and fouling to avoid the opposition shooting a 3 - was a disaster for OKC. I’m not a fan of it and when you are the best defensive team in the league it smacks of desperation rather than trusting your D.

    But the analytics…..

    It was unbelievably stupid, more so because Joker was off the court and they had no timeouts left

    Fouling immediately after the SGA score also took no time off the clock - Gordon’s 2 made FT’s, the Denver foul, and Chet’s 2 misses, made it a 1 point game and only sucked a single second of playing time

    They should have raced back on D after the dunk, and if they wanted, fouled in their half to at least use us 5 seconds of time - but I would have just played D and denied the 3 (no Joker remember). Worst case Denver make a 2 after at least 5-7 seconds. Worst, worst case is a tough contested 3 to tie I guess - but you still get the final shot then

    Complete fuck up

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      And Boston setting a new record for most missed 3’s - they went 15-60 - was a glorious loss

      60 fucking 3’s is just disgusting 🤢

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        bad fucking day for the nerds who are trying desperately to fuck up sports so they can feel included.

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          It won’t happen again but I really want the Celtics to tank like that again and get sent home.

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            And Jesus Christ, the Mavs could have kept and built around Brunson if they wanted the Mamba vibe. That boy is a killer in the clutch.

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            • gt12G gt12

              And Jesus Christ, the Mavs could have kept and built around Brunson if they wanted the Mamba vibe. That boy is a killer in the clutch.

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              @gt12 said in NBA Season - now 24/25:

              And Jesus Christ, the Mavs could have kept and built around Brunson if they wanted the Mamba vibe. That boy is a killer in the clutch.

              After letting Steve Nash go surely they wouldn't make the same mistake?

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                Jeez, bad time for the Cavs to forget how to box out

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                • voodooV voodoo

                  Jeez, bad time for the Cavs to forget how to box out

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                  @voodoo said in NBA Season - now 24/25:

                  Jeez, bad time for the Cavs to forget how to box out

                  So many NBA players don't know how to box out!

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                    these play offs have been pretty great, and showing how even the modern NBA is. We got two game 7s in the first round, now the Cavs are down 0-2, the Thunder and the Celtics both lost their opening games, and it appears the Warriors, who lost Steph early, are going to win as well.

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                    • mariner4lifeM mariner4life

                      these play offs have been pretty great, and showing how even the modern NBA is. We got two game 7s in the first round, now the Cavs are down 0-2, the Thunder and the Celtics both lost their opening games, and it appears the Warriors, who lost Steph early, are going to win as well.

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                      @mariner4life said in NBA Season - now 24/25:

                      these play offs have been pretty great, and showing how even the modern NBA is. We got two game 7s in the first round, now the Cavs are down 0-2, the Thunder and the Celtics both lost their opening games, and it appears the Warriors, who lost Steph early, are going to win as well.

                      5/5 wins for the road team so far in Round 2

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                      • voodooV voodoo

                        @mariner4life said in NBA Season - now 24/25:

                        these play offs have been pretty great, and showing how even the modern NBA is. We got two game 7s in the first round, now the Cavs are down 0-2, the Thunder and the Celtics both lost their opening games, and it appears the Warriors, who lost Steph early, are going to win as well.

                        5/5 wins for the road team so far in Round 2

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                          Celtics a little more selective on their 3 ball today, but still a bit of a struggle

                          Knocks have struggled even more with Brunson and Bridges building houses out there. But the Knicks have cut a 20 point lead to still be hanging around in the 4th.

                          An ugly game all round

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                            Another crazy finish.
                            Another team winning on the road.

                            MSG is going to be epic.

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                              Here's an idea Celtics - with the game on the line perhaps run the offense through anyone except Tatum

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                              • KiwiMurphK KiwiMurph

                                Here's an idea Celtics - with the game on the line perhaps run the offense through anyone except Tatum

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                                @KiwiMurph said in NBA Season - now 24/25:

                                Here's an idea Celtics - with the game on the line perhaps run the offense through anyone except Tatum

                                Or call a timeout at the very least!

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                                  Looks like the Nuggets have called it in…

                                  They’ve got their home court advantage with the game 1 win.

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                                    Celtics dropping game 1 at home is really nothing new. Ho hum, I thought, especially when they missed a thousand shots.

                                    But dropping that game... wow. A choke job of the highest order. This was going to be Tatum's year but he's just gone cold at the worst possible time.

                                    They are still $1.90 to win the series (Knicks $1.86) and I think that's probably good value. If they take game 3 I still think they have enough to win the series, but that's a bigger and bigger IF as every day passes.

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                                        Well it looks like the Mavs got their compensation from the NBA for giving Luka up by getting the number 1 pick.

                                        Nothing dodgy about it lol.......

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                                          looooool

                                          the whole "NBA is a rigged game show" calls that were already tediously loud are going to be thunderous now

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