****The Official 2013-14 NBA Thread****

If the nets win tonight, they will probably close it out at home.

 

I do NOT see the Nets sweeping this series.

 

all about tonight like I said. The nets have a killer home court advantage so if the raptors want to make a series of it they need to win tonight. Otherwise they are done

 

The Raptors just need to avoid turning it over as much as they did in Game 1, that and hope Brooklyn shoots as poorly as they did from behind the arc.

 

yeah that's another problem the raptors have. If you lose a game where the opponent has a 4-24 shooting night from 3 point land you have some serious problems. That was the game to win and they couldn't do it

 

Great little D Wade promo for this season a fan made. Love it: http://youtu.be/JbBPehqMtVY

 

Probably one of the better fan made videos. They actually mixed the commentary and music successfully which is rare.

 

good game by the raptors. had a feeling derozan would come to play. the raptors are still in trouble imo. the degree of difficulty for the shots the raptors are making is way tougher than the ones the nets are. so far the nets have shot poorly in two games but i expect that to end when they come home. all those open misses should start translating to points

 

Hawks gonna Hawk. Good defense by Indiana though in the 2nd half. Expected that win.

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Prez, if Toronto wins a game in Brooklyn, I see them winning. I don't like Brooklyn in a long series. Experience is great for grinding out a win, but unless Joe Johnson decides to earn his contract, Pierce's legs are going to fall off.

 

honestly don't see it. People that have watched the nets all season don't see it either. The only way the nets could lose this series is if they keep missing open shots which is hard to imagine over a seven game span. At some point this series the nets will find their touch and from that point on they shouldn't lose another game. As for pierce and garnett, they were rested the entire year. A series where they play every third day isn't going to wear them out

 

I got news for you. Garnett and Pierce are already wore out. Garnett is flat out done, and Pierce is gonna Pierce..which means that Old people become inconsistent. he can be great..or he can be like he was in game 2.

 

Reminds me of Brett Favre at the end of his career. One week shredding someone to the tune of 4 touchdowns and 400 yards. The next 130 yards and three interceptions.

I think that's what a lot of people misunderstand about stars who start to hit the twilight of their career. It's not that they can't do what they used to do. It's that they can't do it consistently.

 

Wow is Chicago in deep poop or what. I think the Wiz have a legit chance to go all the way to the ECF

 

Oy, just......oy.

If it weren't the Knicks I'd feel bad

 

if you're comparing pierce and garnett to their heydays then yeah they wiLl never be those players but on our team they are simply role players. Pierce is more effective thaan KG at this stage but KG gives us a decent 20 minutes per gm. He's playing center again so he will be mismatched a lot of times but for a role player he's still effective. We never brought them in to be stars. We brought them in to toughen up our team. It worked in the regular season. We'll see if it translates to playoffs

 

Kevin Garnett is awful. Paul Pierce is still effective in spurts. But KG is as done as you can get.

 

Even their biggest fan was booing Heinrich at the end.

 

McRoberts is a thug. But what's worse is that none of Lebron's teammates got in his face or even pretended to stick up for Lebron.

 

Maybe he gets some forearm introduced into his diet via one,Udonis Haslem.

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Hope so. That was an intentional elbow to the throat.

 

Do I get credit for calling this Dallas series win? They're 5 minutes short of being up 2-0 going home.

 

Loooong way for a Dallas series win. But if it happens then yes, you would get a lot of credit!

 

2-0 wow. Harden has stunk it up so far

 

According to ESPN he's fifth best in the league, your factual argument is invalid.

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They do all the time. They just didn't see it at the time.

 

He "intentionally" dropped his elbow, but I don;t think he meant to do that. It just turned out that way. he tried to foul hard...and it came out wrong.

I have seen Josh McRoberts entire career, he is not a dirty player.

 

shhhhhhh....

8-28
6-19

This is as if I won the powerball and rigged the first two games to make a point.

 

I disagree with this play Sect. I'll give McBob the benefit of the doubt as far as his career and him being a dirty player, but that play was dirty. He went with full intention of giving Lebron a forearm shiver. Maybe he didn't intend on clocking him with an elbow in the throat, but he made zero play on the ball and definitely intended on fouling him hard.

 

I'm going to repeat myself here.

Isn't it the playoffs? Why are we talking about James Harden?

 

In all fairness, with Lebron's strength any time you don't foul hard you are conceding an and one

 

Well then, foul hard like they did before. Hammer him hard at the hands. That's how you foul hard. Wrapping someone up or giving them forearm shivers are just non-basketball plays, that's not fouling hard that's just being dirty.

 

Sock him with a baseball bat. He's too strong to simply foul on the arms right? Anything short of shooting and or stabbing is just conceeding the and-1.

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We have seen the 4 and 6 hour videos of Harden playing embarrassing defense.....

But Wade doesn't get enough credit for being one of the best SG defenders of all-time...

Look at this play from last night to seal the win, it's ridiculous:

 

Harden doing his best Carmelo Anthony playoff impression.

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Wait, has he hit any clutch shots?

 

Rooting hard for m&m and the griz

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This just in: Kendrick Perkins is still a *****.

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