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[HoosierHoopster 8,516]

19 minutes ago, Redcamaro said:

Because they started 47 games with that lineup. Confident.

it was a dumb move, it wasn't their primary lineup and it cost them on boards and let the P's get out and run. I'd bet they return to their usual lineup for G2.

[Lebowski 3,483]

 

 

[Demo 23,998]

https://x.com/NBAMemes/status/1930839318769107000
 

Have become such a fan of international calls. 

[Rico 3,587]

2 hours ago, Lebowski said:

 

 

I was pissed.

[pappy1865 2,282]

Grays closed? Dang... best pies I've ever eaten...

Sunday is the last day!

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[pappy1865 2,282]

Let’s just win in 4. 

I'll take that as well.

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[Demo 23,998]

Ok, I don’t know if this is actually accurate but I just heard Legler say it and I trust that guy so I’m going with it:

In this year’s playoffs, shots taken with under :15 left in the game to tie or take the lead:

Every other player in the playoffs 4-27

Haliburton 5-5

To steal from the 2 guys in Tombstone:

”You ever seen anything like that?”

”Hell, I’ve never even heard of anything like that.”

Un-freaking-believable.

[Brass Cannon 25,512]

3 minutes ago, Demo said:

Ok, I don’t know if this is actually accurate but I just heard Legler say it and I trust that guy so I’m going with it:

In this year’s playoffs, shots taken with under :15 left in the game to tie or take the lead:

Every other player in the playoffs 4-27

Haliburton 5-5

To steal from the 2 guys in Tombstone:

”You ever seen anything like that?”

”Hell, I’ve never even heard of anything like that.”

Un-freaking-believable 

Heard that a few places now. I thought I heard it as 4 of 24. But yeah it’s insane 

[Demo 23,998]

4 minutes ago, Brass Cannon said:

Heard that a few places now. I thought I heard it as 4 of 24. But yeah it’s insane 

When some Nate Silver, stats to the exclusion of all else, type  tries to say that there’s no such thing as clutch, they really need to shut the hell up. 

[sirhoosierlot 3,873]

1 hour ago, Demo said:

Ok, I don’t know if this is actually accurate but I just heard Legler say it and I trust that guy so I’m going with it:

In this year’s playoffs, shots taken with under :15 left in the game to tie or take the lead:

Every other player in the playoffs 4-27

Haliburton 5-5

To steal from the 2 guys in Tombstone:

”You ever seen anything like that?”

”Hell, I’ve never even heard of anything like that.”

Un-freaking-believable.

 

[Brass Cannon 25,512]

2 hours ago, Demo said:

When some Nate Silver, stats to the exclusion of all else, type  tries to say that there’s no such thing as clutch, they really need to shut the hell up. 

Yeah that’s just ridiculous that transcends sports. 
 

Clutch is the ability to not panic when the pressure is on. I think that’s one reason Carlisle doesn’t call timeouts. Doesn’t want the other team to have time to prepare. Mentally or tactically. Hali doesn’t need time to do that. 
 

[OliviaPope40 7,476]

7 hours ago, Demo said:

When some Nate Silver, stats to the exclusion of all else, type  tries to say that there’s no such thing as clutch, they really need to shut the hell up. 

Nate Silver annoys me like no other. 

[Demo 23,998]

The extra off day is pi$$ing me off. There should be a game tonight. 

[TheWatShot 15,551]

54 minutes ago, Demo said:

The extra off day is pi$$ing me off. There should be a game tonight. 

It's 2 days between each game, except for Games 3 and 4. Might as well get used to it. 

[HoosierHoopster 8,516]

6 hours ago, Brass Cannon said:

Yeah that’s just ridiculous that transcends sports. 
 

Clutch is the ability to not panic when the pressure is on. I think that’s one reason Carlisle doesn’t call timeouts. Doesn’t want the other team to have time to prepare. Mentally or tactically. Hali doesn’t need time to do that. 
 

It’s fitting- Reggie was Mr Clutch now it’s Hali

[Hovadipo 61,568]

1 hour ago, Demo said:

The extra off day is pi$$ing me off. There should be a game tonight. 

This is the first night in a long time where it’s sinking in that the pre-football dead zone is rapidly approaching. Absolutely nothing on. I’m soaking up every minute of hockey and basketball I can for the next couple weeks. 

[Demo 23,998]

15 hours ago, Hovadipo said:

This is the first night in a long time where it’s sinking in that the pre-football dead zone is rapidly approaching. Absolutely nothing on. I’m soaking up every minute of hockey and basketball I can for the next couple weeks. 

Have tried to get into hockey for 10+ years and it just hasn’t come. Our niece and her husband have ridiculously good Blues season tix that I can have whenever I want and I’ve never taken them up on it. Too many basketball games to watch. Now, if they’d just move the NHL season to summer we might be on to something. And, yeah, the summer has racing and nothing else. And when you get excited that Formula E is running this weekend you’ve officially run out of stuff. 

[Brass Cannon 25,512]

32 minutes ago, Demo said:

Have tried to get into hockey for 10+ years and it just hasn’t come. Our niece and her husband have ridiculously good Blues season tix that I can have whenever I want and I’ve never taken them up on it. Too many basketball games to watch. Now, if they’d just move the NHL season to summer we might be on to something. And, yeah, the summer has racing and nothing else. And when you get excited that Formula E is running this weekend you’ve officially run out of stuff. 

Interesting point about moving the schedule. Honestly the NBA could think about that with decreased viewership. 
 

That and honestly in conjunction with their desire to end super teams I think they need a massive expansion. Tons of big markets lack a team. 
 

Id add an expansion team to each division.  To keep balance.  
 

Division opponents - 4 games each 20 total

Other conference - 2 games each 56 Total

Same conference - 2 games each 80 Total 

And you play the other teams from your conference you placed the same place in their divisions to round it out to 82.  
 

And if you give the expansion teams the first 6 picks for a few years you might stop tanking.  

[Hovadipo 61,568]

2 hours ago, Demo said:

Our niece and her husband have ridiculously good Blues season tix that I can have whenever I want and I’ve never taken them up on it.

You have to take them up on it next season. I had always enjoyed hockey as an outsider but never really cared (like you said, the overlap with football and basketball)…then I saw an NHL game down on the glass and it completely shattered my sports worldview. I spent the first period cackling like an idiot and I’ve been a full-on fan for about 10 years now. Hands down the nuttiest sport to see the pros play at eye level.

Also, Enterprise is just an excellent place to see a game. 

[Demo 23,998]

This is a little weird: Apparently, the NBA is giving the Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award tonight to Don Nelson. Never heard of it but that’s certainly a good call because Nelson was a pretty good player and hell of a coach. Apparently, it’s being presented an hour before tipoff. So, they drug an 85yo man from Hawaii to OKC to give him an award in an arena that will probably be less than half full? Isn’t that a halftime sort of thing?