NBA Season - now 24/25
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Haha Perk tried to give it to Beverley. But Beverley giving it back.
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Warriors in 5
The passing and shot making was top drawer. Klay moving off the ball like old Klay. Draymond and Looney both with big games. Dray was assertive offensively and Looney another dominant game on the boards.
Mavs looked helpless defensively in that first half. Made a great run in the 3rd but then the Warriors found another gear.
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This is an intense physical one. Celts getting the rub of the green.
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Really good game
Celtic need to stop this iso shit.
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Huge play by Victor to take that charge
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Jimmy Buckets doin the business. Huge game.
But the defensive effort to read the Celts iso and kick game.
Tatum has been poor down the stretch.
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Game 7 coming
Big advantage to the Warriors
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@mariner4life said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
Big advantage to the Warriors
Hopefully the additional rest time before the finals will give Porter Jnr and GP2 time to get fit.
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the Heat are living and dying by how hard Jimmy Butler carries them.
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crazy finish. Heat had an 11-0 run to get within 2, Butler with the pull up 3 to take the lead...
and it's short. Celtics hang on
Both teams missed some good looks in the last 2.5 minutes.
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@barbarian said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
They almost pinched it in the end! Made the astute call to let Marcus Smart shoot open 3s and he threw up brick after brick.
But the Celtics somehow held on.
Jimmy Butler is a big game player.
Tatum was doing the right thing, hitting the open guy, only for a brick. Reliance on the 3 can be blessing or a curse.
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Arghhhhhh.
I almost threw the remote at the TV when Jimmy pulled up for 3. Everyone will say the right things about that shot because Butler has carried this team big time and he is the man BUT I have a few issues with it:
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you had played 47:40 minutes up until that point, he was running on spare and he had no legs in that shot.
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down 2, you usually only play the 3 on the road…
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you had their centre back peddling, that is either a 17 footer pull-up or if Horford bites, you go around
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you were getting buckets or FTs when you went to the hole
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there was time
Hats off to Miami for their gritty play, particularly on the defensive end and the way they made runs to cut double digit leads. How about that Strus put back dunk and the 3 going to his right from a foot outside the line and a defender right in his grill. That was sweet.
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@ACT-Crusader Yeah I see your point.
But... if he hits that I would put my bottom dollar on the Heat winning. So he puts it all on black and it comes up red. I don't necessarily agree with the option but I can see why he did it.
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@barbarian said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
@ACT-Crusader Yeah I see your point.
But... if he hits that I would put my bottom dollar on the Heat winning. So he puts it all on black and it comes up red. I don't necessarily agree with the option but I can see why he did it.
You play the game for one uncontested shot to win the game. He'd earned the right
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@barbarian I definitely see why he did it but that is not a shot he takes with regularity, in fact I can’t remember the last time I’ve seen Butler ever take a dribble up the court pull up 3. He did a nice catch and shoot 3 from the wing early in the game. If it were Lowry, Herro, Strus, Oladipo, Vincent, I could understand that sort of shot. Was just a strange one for me having watched Butler since he was a freshman at Marquette.
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Really looking forward to this finals series
Both teams will go in super confident.
I think the Celtics have been the best team in the league since about March. They are young, big, athletic, play good D, and still have plenty of scoring options.
And then there's the Warriors. Built around guys who have been there, done that. And they have been lethal in the play offs, challenged but then taking their opposition apart. Seem to have timed their run to perfection. And they defend way better than they are given credit for.
Interesting that i think the Celtics are the team that will live or die by the 3 the most in the series, and it just might be the Warriors lethal mid-range game that will prove the offensive difference.
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@ACT-Crusader said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
@barbarian I definitely see why he did it but that is not a shot he takes with regularity, in fact I can’t remember the last time I’ve seen Butler ever take a dribble up the court pull up 3. He did a nice catch and shoot 3 from the wing early in the game. If it were Lowry, Herro, Strus, Oladipo, Vincent, I could understand that sort of shot. Was just a strange one for me having watched Butler since he was a freshman at Marquette.
He made one from the other side earlier in the game. The guy had played the whole game, he knows his team are banged up. Make the layup or short shot and Boston still get to take the last shot. That's why he's a star. He's willing to take the tough shots
