Board 8 > NBA Playoffs Topic - Where 2 > 1

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raptors dont even show up cavs in 0
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actually it might be Cavs in 7 because maybe LeBron is aiming to play the max number of games this season after he played all 82

so it's either Cavs in 4 or Cavs in 7
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transience posted...

predix today

Cavs by 5
Rockets by 11

man I was close today

I need to do these more often, haven't missed one yet
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Announcers kept talking about how great of a move it was to start Thompson today... are we sure that was a great move, or benching him the first 6 was a terrible move ?
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I feel like trusting Tristan "$82 million turnovers" Thompson is generally not a great idea

but maybe he's reverted back to a time where he wasn't complete ass
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depends on the alternatives
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UltimaterializerX posted...

I like Lebron, but Im sick of watching 8 on 5 basketball.

Yes... this has been tiring..SINCE 2003!!!!!!!!
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Not Lebrons fault he's as good as 4 NBA players combined.
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never forget Tim Duncan was called for a technical for laughing from the bench
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just saying even really good players get stupid techs
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LeonhartFour posted...

on that note

SeabassDebeste posted...

I think both Toronto and Houston have harder 4-packs than Boston/GSW, respectively.

are we still sure this is true

with cleveland winning its round 1 matchup, i don't think there's any question that the raptors would prefer to be playing philly in this round

the results here might not bear it out, but they're still playing lebron, in the east

(and realistically, the celtics shouldn't care between philly and lebron, since they're pretty massive underdogs against both now. also, losing jaylen is like a true death knell, ugh. why couldn't you just lie down at home, milwaukee?)
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sure the Cavs have LeBron but that's not a good team

LeBron had to go nuts every game just to barely beat the Pacers and they got their brains beat out whenever he didn't
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LeonhartFour posted...

sure the Cavs have LeBron but that's not a good team

Refs had to go nuts every game just to barely beat the Pacers and they got their brains beat out whenever they didn't

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@Steiner

Get MWC out of here please
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the cavs aren't a good team, but if i'm toronto, i probably still prefer philly (the superior team) to lebron, who seems to have their number

but who knows, lebron might finally be out of gas
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SeabassDebeste posted...

the cavs aren't a good team, but if i'm toronto, i probably still prefer philly (the superior team) to lebron, who seems to have their number

but who knows, lebron might finally be out of gas

I actually was saying this at work yesterday.

That is Raptors play 82 games and lose HCA in the first game, they may collapse given what Cleveland has done to them.
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regular season doesn't mean a ton but the cavs were 1-3 against the pacers in the regular season and 2-1 against the raptors so they may match up better against toronto

but lebron did play a ton of minutes in a 7 game series against the pacers so who knows
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toronto also cooled off significantly in the last month or two of the regular season, including both of their losses to cleveland

one good thing for the trash bros is that they haven't lost at home this postseason yet
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I think the main thing for the Raptors against the Cavs is mental. If they win game 1 by 25 points or something the way Indiana did, that should go a long way for them.
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LeonhartFour posted...

@Steiner

Get MWC out of here please

you really wanna use this on page 10? seems like a waste

anyway mwc get the fuck out
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LeonhartFour posted...

I think the main thing for the Raptors against the Cavs is mental. If they win game 1 by 25 points or something the way Indiana did, that should go a long way for them.

I mean, yeah, winning Game 1 at home by 25 points would be pretty good for any team. Would be good for the Celtics too!
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don't worry I'll use it again on the first page of the next topic so be ready
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Steiner posted...

LeonhartFour posted...

@Steiner

Get MWC out of here please

you really wanna use this on page 10? seems like a waste

anyway mwc get the fuck out

You don't have to be so vile about it

Anyway.

Bye.
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EmDubyaSee posted...

You don't have to be so vile about it

the irony of this post is delicious
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SeabassDebeste posted...

LeonhartFour posted...

I think the main thing for the Raptors against the Cavs is mental. If they win game 1 by 25 points or something the way Indiana did, that should go a long way for them.

I mean, yeah, winning Game 1 at home by 25 points would be pretty good for any team. Would be good for the Celtics too!

would be even better to see the road team win by 25 tbqh
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that would cue up a Cavs sweep for sure yes
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wrong series
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well the Warriors and Rockets already won game 1 at home
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i thought MWC stopped posting who are you responding to leon
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someone on a similar tier to MWC (a.k.a. Philly sports fan)

Curry probable to play Game 2 tomorrow
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kinda feel like the celtics' best option might be to roll out an all-defense lineup of ojeleye/smart/horford/baynes and just hope to win 78-72

this is assuming brown is out. if brown plays, then i actually do like our chances.
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LeonhartFour posted...

someone on a similar tier to MWC (a.k.a. Philly sports fan)

Hey!
Not all of us are like him.
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Smart on Simmons is good so far
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I really like Ojeleye on Simmons too, the few times they crossed paths.

Tatum though...
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Embiid shitting all over Baynes
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Simmons gets the switch but the switch is Smart. Nope haha
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neonreaper posted...

Embiid shitting all over Baynes

I yelled to get Baynes out of there. Then he got the turnover on Embiid, the offensive rebound, the alteration on RoCo's shot, the screen assist for Marcus's 3, and the 3 himself...
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Baynes is fine Embiid is just a destroyer of worlds and he is getting calls so Baynes is fucked but who wouldnt be
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Tatumface after offensive turnovers where he looks for someone to blame and realizes its himself ...
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marcus smart making marcus smart plays
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whoops wrong topic

let me know if philly makes this competitive
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being in the bonus is letting philly get everything at the basket. celtics trying to hit jumpers to maintain the lead.
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sixers have been trash at switching. so many wide open shooters
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The sixers played like a team who has not played in a week and the celtics played like a team who is still amped.

The game should not have been as close as it was.
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Hopefully we win the war, even if we lost the battle.
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