2018 NBA Playoffs Thread

addict4sneakers · May 2, 2018

Vincent Van Goat said:
He didn't score in the 4th quarter and scored his only fg to end the game with under a minute left in overtime including horrendous turnovers, decision making and shot selection

We were told Playoff Lowry was a narrative

@osh kosh bosh

DCAllAfrican · May 2, 2018

OlDirtyReseller said:
Still believe in Raps, have to. Can't possibly lose to what's left of the Cavs roster

Put some money up

youngthundercat · May 2, 2018

tekthemaestro said:
absolutely not. terrible idea. all the refs that give superstars special treatment would be the only ones working. imagine if jordan could choose that "im sorry michael i didnt see it i blew it!" ref working all of his games lol

no. lowry shivering in his timbers whenever he saw lebron messed up the raptors. Lowry was in the lockerroom talking about "he who shall not be named" on some lord voldemort ****. lowry couldnt withstand lebrons power level. dude was throwing stutter steps and fake drives when he was like 10 ft from lebron AND STANDING STILL. he wanted NO sauce at all. it really made him look like a child last night. even when he hit the bench at the end of the 4th he looked like a kid whos mom just embarrassed him in public and he hoped nobody he knows saw it.

No it has to be a collection of players that choose the refs not just the stars.

WASHED KING · May 2, 2018

Still a foul...what level of basketball is reaching around another players back not a foul?

addict4sneakers · May 2, 2018

michaeln30 said:
Still a foul...what level of basketball is reaching around another players back not a foul?

That’s not a foul in the playoffs.

TT goes over the back almost every possession.
Love hooks on ever post up.
Valance throws elbows every play

Vincent Van Goat · May 2, 2018

Again, if clarkson hood and or love do any damb thing offensively it looks a lot different even if say smith or korver are having off shooting nights

Clarkson been the biggest disappointment of the whole playoffs

Tristan kardahsian has been a revelation pickin up the slack for these three

getback · May 2, 2018

junglejim said:
Love was barely touched and took like 6 steps

Mugged. **** here

Yeah that should have been a flagrant, based on how the game is called today. Dude's chin got rocked like you see an HBO boxing replay :lol:

junglejim · May 2, 2018

michaeln30 said:
Still a foul...what level of basketball is reaching around another players back not a foul?

That's a pretty weak *** foul and like I said, he traveled before the reach. The elbow was completely unnecessary though

WASHED KING · May 2, 2018

addict4sneakers said:
That’s not a foul in the playoffs.

TT goes over the back almost every possession.
Love hooks on ever post up.
Valance throws elbows every play

Whether or not it gets called or not is another story doesn't make the play not a foul...I can name countless times I've seen players catch bows to the face cause they don't know how to get back after a rebound.

LebronHasMoreFinalsMVPs · May 2, 2018

Hood and clarkson are scorers too smh. Hood not getting a bag

WASHED KING · May 2, 2018

junglejim said:
That's a pretty weak *** foul and like I said, he traveled before the reach. The elbow was completely unnecessary though

Fouls a foul...and yes he did travel, but the elbow wasn't malicious. Love was attempting to protect the ball and clear space, he did a trash job at it but thats not a flagrant foul.

junglejim · May 2, 2018

michaeln30 said:
Whether or not it gets called or not is another story doesn't make the play not a foul...I can name countless times I've seen players catch bows to the face cause they don't know how to get back after a rebound.

Regardless of the playoffs or not, thays not a foul. Love barrelled into him after traveling which caused him to lower his arms on his back. Sequence went travel, possible charge on love or foul on DeRozan, and flagrant on love.

The travel would have preceded the foul call.

lamekilla · May 2, 2018

I feel like Clarkson is gonna take off during that Boston series. Them young dudes in green gonna inspire him and his play style

getback · May 2, 2018

michaeln30 said:
Fouls a foul...and yes he did travel, but the elbow wasn't malicious. Love was attempting to protect the ball and clear space, he did a trash job at it but thats not a flagrant foul.

Based on how the game is called and with the sample of flagrant fouls we've had the past few seasons, it's 100% flagrant. Unnecessary contact to the head/face is almost always called a flagrant, even if it's not malicious or intentional.

wavycrocket · May 2, 2018

**** Bron!

dacomeup · May 2, 2018

I thought Tristan's knees were shot. He found his 2nd jump again out of nowhere.

bballkid11 · May 2, 2018

lamekilla said:
I feel like Clarkson is gonna take off during that Boston series. Them young dudes in green gonna inspire him and his play style

Philly done huh??

junglejim · May 2, 2018

michaeln30 said:
Fouls a foul...and yes he did travel, but the elbow wasn't malicious. Love was attempting to protect the ball and clear space, he did a trash job at it but thats not a flagrant foul.

Except you are incorrect. Excessive swinging of the elbow is a flagrant 1 or 2

Flagrant Foul Penalty 1

When a player attempts a move where there is not ample room but despite the obvious risk continues, and makes significant but not excessive contact with an extended elbow, a Flagrant Foul 1 will be assessed. This is also the case if the elbow is swung, apart from a basketball move, and makes significant but not excessive contact.

Flagrant Foul Penalty 2
When a player makes excessive contact with an extended elbow, that is deemed reckless or intentional, a Flagrant Foul 2 will be assessed

WASHED KING · May 2, 2018

getback said:
Based on how the game is called and with the sample of flagrant fouls we've had the past few seasons, it's 100% flagrant. Unnecessary contact to the head/face is almost always called a flagrant, even if it's not malicious or intentional.

If NBA refs were consistent you're 100% correct it is...but with that being said I don't think that should ever be called a flagrant only because plays like that are partially the defenders fault.

lamekilla · May 2, 2018

The accuracy is unreal.

junglejim · May 2, 2018

michaeln30 said:
If NBA refs were consistent you're 100% correct it is...but with that being said I don't think that should ever be called a flagrant only because plays like that are partially the defenders fault.

They outlawed excessive elbow swinging years ago

HIM · May 2, 2018

addict4sneakers said:
Really it’s comes down to Lowry. Like what was he doing on that last play in OT?

Folding.

Idk why you're trying to find another reason.

P C H · May 2, 2018

The Raptors were up by as many as 14, lost game 1 by ONE POINT in OVERTIME and the series is over

:lol:

Lovetohate3000 · May 2, 2018

junglejim said:
Regardless of the playoffs or not, thays not a foul. Love barrelled into him after traveling which caused him to lower his arms on his back. Sequence went travel, possible charge on love or foul on DeRozan, and flagrant on love.

The travel would have preceded the foul call.

exactly even if he is fouled , you can't throw bows to the face cause you fouled.

Running the team , that was the best game LeBron played this playoffs. There was actual ball movement instead of just 100 percent LeBron iso. This squad is good , anyone saying it's trash is just following narratives.

My main man curry back. Curry doesn't play and they lose that game. They was like -21 With curry on the bench. The curry effect is unparalleled .