NBA Thread

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 9,185]

They went 51-31 during last year's regular season. They're 47-30 right now. Not much different. Besides, LeBron's teams shouldn't be judged by the regular season. They looked "meh" during the regular season last year and then swept the first two rounds of the playoffs and then beat #1 seed Boston in 5. 
The Cavs team that the Pacers took 3 of 4 from last year is much different than the team they have now. I'm not sure much can be gathered from those games. 

And we're 45-18 when Oladipo and Sabonis both play.

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[HoosierAloha 30,068]

The Cavs won't lose in the first round. They won't lose in the second. They MIGHT lose in the conference finals but I doubt it.


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[KingPG21 6,584]

2 hours ago, Joe DeLow said:

I want the Pacers to somehow rise to 3rd or fall to sixth. Only way I am happy in the 4/5 game is if we are playing Washington. I don't want to play Cleveland or Philly first round. 

Philly is gonna lose pretty easily in the playoffs. Teams that young with that little playoff experience don't perform in the playoffs. 

 

Embiid and Simmons are turnovers waiting to happen. Defense in the postseason is better than regular. Individual players issues get exposed way easier. They might be a threat in a year or two, but yeah they aren't their first year

[Hoosierfan2017 21,421]

47 minutes ago, Joe DeLow said:

Eastern conference takes a huge blow with the Kyrie Irving surgery... Celtics with just super bad luck this season. Hayward, Smart and Irving all dealing with injuries this year. They should be darn good next season though.

Boston wasn't making it out of the 2nd round anyway with Kyrie. 

[HoosierAloha 30,068]

That end of game 3 shot "foul" is why I can't fully get behind the NBA. That's a terrible call for their superstar to try and get to OT.


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[Hovadipo 56,230]

I had no idea, but just turned on a G-League conference finals game and found out that friend of the program Jeremy Hollowell is playing for the Erie BayHawks. 

[Hoosierfan2017 21,421]

10 hours ago, HoosierAloha said:

That end of game 3 shot "foul" is why I can't fully get behind the NBA. That's a terrible call for their superstar to try and get to OT.


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It makes up for the terrible no-call on LeBron's dunk earlier in the 4th. Dude swats at him with both arms. But people will still try saying that LeBron gets all the calls.

 

[Hoosierfan2017 21,421]

1 minute ago, Joe DeLow said:

well LeBron does get a lot of calls. That includes the many calls that aren't called, like traveling, which he gets at least 5 games a game. Or getting away with an offensive foul.

If you've watched LeBron play this year you would see that he gets fouled 10+ times a game without any calls. He gets the Shaq treatment. It's intellectually lazy to revert to the "he gets all the calls" take if you don't watch him on a nightly basis. 

[Hoosierfan2017 21,421]

11 minutes ago, Joe DeLow said:

And he gets away with and receives 10+. So I guess it evens out then, eh?

Sure. NBA refs as a whole have been terrible this year. Not sure if it has always been this way, but it's been disappointing. 

[HoosierAloha 30,068]

well LeBron does get a lot of calls. That includes the many calls that aren't called, like traveling, which he gets at least 5 games a game. Or getting away with an offensive foul.

His footwork on that late transition three should have been called a travel. You could have added a technical for how bad it was but the ref was definitely not trying to call that.


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[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,751]

I'm baaaaack!  Trying to catch up on this past week of btb and I want to thank Romeo for not making his announcement in my absence.  I've been on a most enjoyable Caribbean cruise with my oldest daughter and her family and one of our day stops was Havana, Cuba.  Not trying to make a political statement, but I was totally unprepared for what we saw.  Visual evidence everywhere of what a Communistic regime can do to destroy a country.  More than happy to pass along additional info if requested through PM's.  

This past week TB's team opened play in the G-League playoffs and won their first game 126-109 over the Reno Bighorns.  TB with 33 pts. on 12-18 FG's; 5 reb.   Single elimination format and in game 2, they were beaten 104-93 by the Austin Spurs.  TB with 10 pts. on 4-10 FG's; 10 reb.   

04.06			W/L	Min.	Pts.	FG's	3's	FT's	Reb	Asst	TO	Stl	Blk	PF	+/-
Tor	OG	57-22	W	20	4	2-5	0-1	0-0	4	0	0	1	0	1	+23
LAL	TB	34-45	L	3	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	+2
Dal	Yogi	24-56	L	11	5	2-6	1-3	0-0	1	4	1	1	1	1	-1
Hou	EG	64-15
Ind	Vic	47-33	L	21	5	2-9	1-3	0-2	3	2	4	3	2	0	-23
Chi	Noah	27-52	L	Inactive
NYK	Troy	28-51	W	Inactive
Cha	Cody	35-45	W	Inactive

 

 

[mamasa 15,306]

I'm baaaaack!  Trying to catch up on this past week of btb and I want to thank Romeo for not making his announcement in my absence.  I've been on a most enjoyable Caribbean cruise with my oldest daughter and her family and one of our day stops was Havana, Cuba.  Not trying to make a political statement, but I was totally unprepared for what we saw.  Visual evidence everywhere of what a Communistic regime can do to destroy a country.  More than happy to pass along additional info if requested through PM's.  
This past week TB's team opened play in the G-League playoffs and won their first game 126-109 over the Reno Bighorns.  TB with 33 pts. on 12-18 FG's; 5 reb.   Single elimination format and in game 2, they were beaten 104-93 by the Austin Spurs.  TB with 10 pts. on 4-10 FG's; 10 reb.   

04.06			W/L	Min.	Pts.	FG's	3's	FT's	Reb	Asst	TO	Stl	Blk	PF	+/-
Tor	OG	57-22	W	20	4	2-5	0-1	0-0	4	0	0	1	0	1	+23
LAL	TB	34-45	L	3	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	+2
Dal	Yogi	24-56	L	11	5	2-6	1-3	0-0	1	4	1	1	1	1	-1
Hou	EG	64-15
Ind	Vic	47-33	L	21	5	2-9	1-3	0-2	3	2	4	3	2	0	-23
Chi	Noah	27-52	L	Inactive
NYK	Troy	28-51	W	Inactive
Cha	Cody	35-45	W	Inactive

 
 

Welcome back! Cuba is on my short list of travel destinations.


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[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,751]

NBA regular season ends next Wednesday.  3 games on Saturday's schedule involving IU guys and not a one of them played.  

EG out with an ankle injury.

From NBA.com:  Noah Vonleh (calf) is out again for Saturday vs. Brooklyn.  It sounds like Lauri Markkanen is ready to roll, so Vonleh wouldn't have played much anyway.    NOTE:  When Vonleh signed with the Bulls, it was reportedly because of his expiring contract so it's probably unlikely he'll be wearing a Bulls uniform next season.

From Ian Begley - NY Knicks beat writer for ESPNNBA:   Troy Williams suffered a fractured jaw in the fourth quarter of Saturday's game against Detroit and will miss the rest of the season.  Williams impressed the Knicks enough to get a two-year deal, though he only has a partial guarantee for next season. In 17 appearances for the Knicks, Williams averaged 7.5 points, 3.5 rebounds, 1.1 steals and 0.6 triples. With Williams out, the Knicks will be able to get a look at Damyean Dotson. 

04.07

W/L

Min.

Pts.

FG's

3's

FT's

Reb

Asst

TO

Stl

Blk

PF

+/-

Tor

OG

57-22

LAL

TB

34-45

Dal

Yogi

24-56

Hou

EG

64-16

L

Inactive

Ind

Vic

47-33

Chi

Noah

27-53

L

Inactive

NYK

Troy

28-52

L

Inactive

Cha

Cody

35-45

[Brass Cannon 24,803]

20 minutes ago, Joe DeLow said:

Philly with their first 50 win season since 2001. Now on a 14 game winning streak. 

This team is a threat to make the ECF  this year.

Id say the favorites at this point

[TheWatShot 14,000]

1 hour ago, Brass Cannon said:

Id say the favorites at this point

I think they get beat in the first round. When a team wins that many in a row, a slump is inevitably coming. Along with their youth and total lack of playoff experience, I think you have the makings of an early exit.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,751]

Career game for OG.  21 pts. on 7-10 from the field and he added 8 reb.  And Vic also had himself a pretty good ballgame today as well.

04.08			W/L	Min.	Pts.	FG's	3's	FT's	Reb	Asst	TO	Stl	Blk	PF	+/-
Tor	OG	58-22	W	34	21	7-10	5-8	2-3	8	0	2	0	1	4	-1
LAL	TB	34-46	L	9	3	1-1	0-0	1-1	4	1	0	0	0	0	+6
Dal	Yogi	24-57	L	25	6	2-8	1-5	1-2	1	3	1	1	0	1	-10
Hou	EG	64-16
Ind	Vic	48-33	W	27	27	12-15	3-4	0-2	3	5	3	3	0	5	+2
Chi	Noah	27-53
NYK	Troy	28-52
Cha	Cody	35-46	L	Inactive

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,751]

Regular season ends Wednesday and OG, EG & Vic will be playoff bound.

04.09

W/L

Min.

Pts.

FG's

3's

FT's

Reb

Asst

TO

Stl

Blk

PF

+/-

Tor

OG

59-22

W

19

8

3-6

2-4

0-0

4

0

1

0

2

0

+6

LAL

TB

34-46

Dal

Yogi

24-57

Hou

EG

64-16

Ind

Vic

48-33

Chi

Noah

27-54

L

DNP

NYK

Troy

28-53

L

Inactive

Cha

Cody

35-46

[Hoosierfan2017 21,421]

This is a really cool story. He's been in the G League (well the D League before this year) for 10 years and he finally got called up. He has 11 points on 3-3 shooting so far tonight. 

 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,751]

Pacers finished up the regular season against the Hornets and Vic got the night off.  Pacers finish with 48 wins when many of the 'experts' thought 35 wins was the best they'd do before the season started.  Had to be a really disappointing season for Cody because of all the time he lost to injuries.

04.10			W/L	Min.	Pts.	FG's	3's	FT's	Reb	Asst	TO	Stl	Blk	PF	+/-
Tor	OG	59-22
LAL	TB	34-47	L	8	0	0-2	0-0	0-2	1	1	1	0	0	2	-9
Dal	Yogi	24-58	L	7	3	1-3	1-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-3
Hou	EG	65-15	W	27	6	2-9	2-9	0-0	1	2	1	1	0	1	+24
Ind	Vic	48-34	L	Inactive
Chi	Noah	27-54
NYK	Troy	28-53
Cha	Cody	36-46	W	Inactive

[LamarCheeks 18,943]

It just so happens that on the NBA's final night, there are two teams tied for the last open playoff spot. And they're playing each other. And they're now in overtime. Who is the NBA's script writer?