Board 8 > NBA Discussion - can this regular season just end now

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57-49 to the Magic at half time. Magic were up 57-41 with like a minute left so that could have been a lot worse for the Raptors.

Augustin has torched them. 19 points in the half and he's played fantastic.

Game 1 Raptors are indeed in the building!
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I mean the Magic were absolutely stifling on defense in the paint during the 2nd but yeah Raptors missed quite a few open 3's earlier in the quarter when they were in the lead. The Magic have too but we're not a prolific 3 team so that's kinda expected from us.

Oh and if you want a culprit. Look no further than Kyle Lowry and his 0 point first half.

Raptors on a 17-2 run to cut the lead down to 1. 59-58.

Magic taking some pretty bad shots during that stretch.

Raptors fans cheering refs you suck after getting correctly called for a blocking foul. This is after they already had 2 go their way that shouldn't have in the first.

Anyway, Raptors looking a lot better now. They have switched Green onto Augustin which has made a massive difference. 67-64 to Raptors. Magic really struggling to score due to good Raptors defense forcing bad Magic shots.

ShatteredElysium posted...

57-49 to the Magic at half time. Magic were up 57-41 with like a minute left so that could have been a lot worse for the Raptors.

Augustin has torched them. 19 points in the half and he's played fantastic.

DJ Augustin is secretly very good
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Lowry is chanelling his inner playoff Demar tonight. He's the reason this game is so close.
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Cut Lowry in between quarters imo

Tired of his playoff performances, he actively makes the team worse.
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Michael Carter Williams literally bleeding from the face and the refs don't call a foul lol

Like it's absolutely fucking gushing. What a joke.

Have I mentioned that Lowry sucks
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I haven't been able to watch the game but I've got my Raptors friend telling me the refs have been horrendous to the Raps and Shattered here saying it's bad the other way.

I don't know who to believe.
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I mean you literally had Lowry break Carter Williams nose and his face is absolutely gushing with blood. Like the full lower part of his face is caked in blood and the referees not only don't call the foul, Raptors score in transition whilst Carter Williams is down on the floor.

Game 1 Raptors are alive and well it seems.
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Magic win!

Augustin was amazing and Lowry was abyssmal. His biggest contribution was taking out Carter Williams.

Refs made some bad calls (both ways) but it wasn't slanted too much one way or the other. It was just the calls that were bad, were super bad. Like I know the one your friend complained about was likely the out of bounds call that went the Magic's way when it came off Fournier.

Oh ya go nets oh ya go magic

Pistons still probably not going to be without Blake tomorrow
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Wow. This is pretty startling

It's pretty unreal that the Orlando Magic traded Dwight Howard to the Los Angeles Lakers on August 10th, 2012 and the Magic won a playoff game before the Lakers since that trade.

ShatteredElysium posted...

Wow. This is pretty startling

It's pretty unreal that the Orlando Magic traded Dwight Howard to the Los Angeles Lakers on August 10th, 2012 and the Magic won a playoff game before the Lakers since that trade.

That's ridiculous
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Additionally

https://www.instagram.com/p/BwNtHtJghA5/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=p3564zb8qxwy
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Lol

https://mobile.twitter.com/Goodfella0/status/1117219990363607042

https://imgur.com/SlyXEoN
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Just woke up

Lol raptors

P.S. lol Sixers
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Probably not going to win games when Paul George is the worst player on the court

But were only down 6
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Kanter with that 10 step layup
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KommunistKoala posted...

Kanter with that 10 step layup

I just told my dad "this might be the first time someone pulled up their dribble behind the three point line and got a layup."
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blake not playing game 1 vs bucks
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Over/Under Bucks by 30.5.
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"scoreboard messed up and gave Detroit the first 2 instead of Milwaukee. biggest lead Detroit may have all series"
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My poor pistonz
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oof
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hey um at least it's not at home like it was for the celtics 2 years ago
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That was horribly depressing.
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Celtics win 84-74

Is it 2005?
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MZero11 posted...

Celtics win 84-74

Is it 2005?

this was my comfort zone! clamping down and fighting hard!
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The Pistons without Blake might actually be the worst playoff team ever
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Watching my first playoff basketball as I was not able to over the weekend

very much enjoying Brooklyn and Philly. Not sure who I am pulling for. I like Philly squad a lot, but its hard not to root for DLo after what I saw him do against my Kings.
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Also I dont know the name of that ref, but he often comes to commentary to inform them more of key situations like that when he can. I always appreciate that
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Okay that game was heated even though blow out at the end

Lets see whats up with the dubs now

lets go yay area
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Cousins just fell untouched holding his left thigh/possibly knee

uh oh
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Im just never gonna get to see my guy play in the playoffs
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KommunistKoala posted...

Cousins just fell untouched holding his left thigh/possibly knee

uh oh

uh oh warriors are boned
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Did I hear correctly that the Warriors were up by over 30 at one point?
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I imagine a lot of people are in for a surprise tomorrow
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Damn, that's a bad loss.
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The Warriors Blew a 31 Lead
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now they might start trying
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Boogie will be out significant time, MRI tomorrow
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They gave up 85 in the second half, were they literally playing defense with their eyes closed
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cousins tore his quad
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Doing his best Kevin Nash impression clearly.
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