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Worst time for an injury. I am gutted. End of the road for Bucks. I pray for healing for Giannis.

The number of injuries in this playoffs is staggering. The schedule is merciless.

Any of the remaining teams is an injury or two away from becoming champions.

Android17:
Nah, I am not in any way saying CP3 is past it. He is not. He can still play bball and he is indeed a floor General. However, sometimes people conflate a part of something as the cause of that thing. This is essentially the reason why KD and Pippen got into a spat recently. KD was trying to show Pippen that because he was part of a successful team, does not mean he was the reason for that team. My post was to show that CP3 is a part of the Suns success and not the reason. When they blew out Denver, the narrative was that he was the reason. So God gave us a scenario to decide if it was so. He was out and the suns without him (essentially the bubble team) were up 2-0 against the Clippers. Had CP3 played those 2 games, he would have been earmarked as the reason they won the games when he was only a part of it. As for PG13 and his Clippers, you do have a point. But they did load manage most of the regular season and at this point have still played less games than the 2015/16 Warriors. If nobody gave that excuse for the Warriors, I will not tolerate it for the Clippers. What is good for the Goose, is good for Uganda

The way the Sun's players have been hyping his mentorship and leadership points to CP3 having a catalytic effect on their growth, maturity and belief. You do not have to play to affect your team's mentality. I think this is where CP3 has shone through. Leadership.

Booker is the truth! Boy is relentless.

The Clippers are like last season's Playoff Nuggets. Never say die!!! Till the last second. It's going to be an interesting series.

Guyman02:
That's the same way some urchins in this platform also send out Twits using VPN. They are still using Twitter to praise sing Buhari as their darling daddy and thanking him for banning Twitter in Nigeria talk about Stockholm Syndrome.

20 people killed in Igangan yesterday, even Nairaland has not created 20 topics on FP on that killing, the moderators are waiting for Nnamdi Kanu or for ESN to defend their land and they will come here to wail over IPOB threatening our non existent national unity with each thread on Biafra getting to page 20..

I watched the gory video of the Igangan massacre with some people calling for revenge on the herdsmen in the South West but not realising what the South Easterners know all these while and have been telling 'One Nigerianas' that you have to fight the Army and Police first before you can get to the herdsmen who are backed by the presidency and the Cabal led by Malami and this midget in Kaduna who openly admitted to paying them in their countries and talking to them in Fulfude.

We are told the herdsmen came on motor bikes, I recall General Togun former director of Military Intelligence (DMI) warned last week that SW has been infiltrated and the herdsmen have been going around as Okada riders to study the terrain before they strike, some urchins here even called him names that he should do his work as Amotekun Commander and stop making noise, now we have seen that his intelligence report was right.

When Garbage Nshiehu said that SW is the most 'peaceful zone' some urchins from SW jubilated but we warned that that was Taqqiya and a signal to the herdsmen on where to attack next, some of the urchins here failed to get the message, they have no idea how the presidency sends signal to them on Radio Nigeria Fulfude, its coded like the Twitter message that SE people took very serious because they knew what it meant and they reported same to UN Human Rights Agency and Amnesty international which led to his altercation with Twitter and eventual banning.

Killing police and army in Igboland is not a good strategy bro. One, you are inviting a more brutal war against our land by a better armed and hate filled enemy and armed forces. Two, rage filled police and soldiers are carrying out revenge killings on hundreds of innocent Igbos all over Igboland and taking away their corpses without anyone counting the scores. What is the difference between those killings and the Igangan killings?

We are only saying use your head. Out think the enemy. Do not compound our problems.

The Bucks were bricking everything today without which it would have been a very close game and Durant would probably have fouled out. Remember he was in foul trouble early enough but the Bucks couldn't capitalize on it because of their offensive struggles.

I expect the Bucks to overcome this lull and match the Nets intensity for intensity, scoring for scoring.

It's going to be a long series.

Kawhi, the assassin, is back!!

Roland17:
The Mavs can't allow this series go back to LA for the final game because at some point the Clippers will figure out how to win at home.

Luka has gone cold scoring wise since the first quarter. Not a good sign. I don't think the role players have enough of it in them to close out this game.

With game on the line only Kawhi is keeping the Clippers alive on this one. Paul George goes missing in action again when it matters most.

KNIGHTBlaed:
Who else na? If not Mr Steady himself

So Steady is Y'all? When Steady trolls or makes a point pin it on him. The trend here is to generalize everything Steady says to mean every Lebron fan or Lakers fan on this thread said it.

A40:
Anyway we are not here for any salaye from Bronsexuals. Y'all were well aware of the issues at hand and still swore the Lakers would win. Mind you the Suns also paraded a CP3 that was not 100%. Can't bring that excuse when y'all were still so bullish after AD got hurt

Can you show me with receipts guys that were bullish on this thread about a Lakers repeat after the injuries?

steady986:
It was always going to be a tall order for LeBron to overcome the second best team in the league. A 36 year old man in his 18th season who is still nursing an ankle injury, without his sidekick and playing with bums who can't shoot. LeBron will be free of all slander. Anyone who wants to slander obviously just wants to troll And trolling is part of the game so go ahead

At least my guy didn't lose in the finals, because it seems losing in the finals is more detrimental to a legacy than losing in the first round So legacy secured. Off we go to Cancun. After having the shortest postseason of any team in history last year, we can now have what looks like a very long postseason this year.

Meanwhile, make I go through last years championship photos to keep me busy. Our time never elapse yet, we still be the champions

P S. No need to reply me o, I'm going off until the last game of the finals. See ya

Approved, except the playing with bums part. The many staccato of injuries and covid protocol suspensions scuppered any rhythm and cohesion this team could have built to make a Championship run. I believe it affected everything, including peaking, psyche, belief and confidence.

The anti-Lebron crusaders having a good run on this thread. See desecration Enjoy fellas.

birdman:
You mean your vacuum cleaner. We know you bro

Yes bro. I need it to sweep, sorry vacuum clean the house. Lol

Seriously speaking, what happened to Miami Heat? A post mortem examination is required for this kind of 'death'. Didn't see this sweep coming at all.

Looking for my broom here. Did anyone see my broom?

A tree can't make a forest. Dallas role players didn't come to this game. Has the emotions of the playoffs gotten to them? Or is this law of averages coming into play and evening the prior lights out shooting?

Great to see the Lakers enjoying a game after so long. Hopeful signs.

Lakers balling!!! Bullying the Suns at the paint.

We must pray AD's legs does not give way o. He seems shaken by that block.

Write off this Lakers team at your own peril. If they beat the Suns in this series and remain healthy then they as good a contender as any team out there.

The longer they last the better they gel. And that spells trouble for opponents.


AD just answered his critics. Dude needs external motivation to get his juice flowing.

Roland17:
As usual, we sabi say una no watch am but over to you Awon highlight watchers who rely on Twitter for narratives and stats.. A bad loss for the Suns..

You've been harping on this ad infinitum.

This is a fallacy of hasty generalization. That people don't come here to post simultaneously as the game is going on does not mean they didn't watch the match live.

Even at that those that watch repeats or highlights deserve some respect here bro.

Khanben:
Giannis struggled shooting the ball but his energy on the boards was top notch. Bucks got some second chance points because of his hustle

I agree. Game 2 may be different if he starts swishing it in. Same with Bam and Butler on the Heat's side.

Giannis struggled today.

Middleton and Jrue saved the day for Bucks. Middleton showed his game has grown in this game. I hope he keeps it consistent.

Android17:
I can ask you to bring the personal attacks but I know I will wait for eternity. There is a difference between saying a post is dumb or saying a poster is dumb. You cannot prove the latter and as such, that does not constitute to insults in my post.

You are a smart guy. I'll bet on you to extract the wisdom from my post and the admonitions you've so far gotten from others here for your own good and to treat people right and with respect going forward.

Android17:
Nobody talked up the OKC team. I simply showed that the team did not do better - they stayed the same. You can make the argument that Westbrook and PG left, but PG left for 3 valuable assets 2 of which averaged more points than CP3 (individually) or PG (collectively). They replaced PG well and reduced the burden of scoring that CP3 would have had to bear. If you saw any insult, please point it out. I called him a troll because he butted into a conversation without knowing what was being discussed. I will not insult you either so if this was to provoke me, you failed, miserably.

Guy, most of your debates are laced with insults. Pipe down and learn to engage in robust argument without personal attacks.

bluefilm:
The title of this thread makes me to remember one useless movie like that I just couldn't watch to the end no matter how many times I tried, called The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

Jon Snow, you know nothing.

I'll advise you keep to your blue film genre.

Deep movie. A classic.

Lakers on free fall. Lebron injured again. Safe to say there will be a new champion in the NBA come the playoffs.

BrutusOj:
Especially indecent dressing of aunts, neighbors, even mothers around innocent boys. Infact, boys are more molested than girls, just that we make are naturally hard minded and find it difficult to speak out. Abuse is not only about handling or touching, you could abuse a minor' mind with what you display infront of him. Stop molesting our boys!!!

True bro. Very true.

Great article.

Some observations. Some balancing is required.

When you list fathers, list mothers too. It's a mental problem and therefore not gender specific. I've had mothers confess to me that they have an inexplicable sexual feeling for their male child, even though they haven't acted on it.

When you mention anal sex for underaged boys mention sexual molestation by women on these boys too. These are very rampant and remain largely unreported.

aliondo:
Lamarcus Aldridge .

A good player in his heydays tho especially at Portland...Wish you all the best in your future endeavors...

So sad for Lamarcus Aldridge. Heart issues. Not something to be toyed with. May God heal him. Wish him the best.

Roland17:
Jamal Murray has suffered a torn ACL and is out indefinitely. Just when the Nuggets had a slim chance of making some noise in the postseason, this happens!

I wish Jamal all the best and hope he rehabs well.

This is a devastating blow to the Nuggets' post season aspirations. Came at the wrongest of times. So so sad for Murray. May he be healed speedily and come back better and stronger.

A40:
Griping about his shots as essentially a rookie publicly could be construed as problematic but the kid knows his worth and I respect that.

I 100% blame teams that passed on him. Anything from the 3rd pick downwards you should totally take a flier on a 6'10 guy that can score from all ends of the floor. And can rebound at a high level. Thus far I can only definitively point to 3 guys better than him in that draft

Yea, I remember him calling out Jokic and Jamal after they were 3-1 down after game 4 against the Clippers. Dude legit believed in himself.

A40:
KD is a joke man. Pure joke

Another guy that's a well kept secret at this point is Michael Porter Jr. How embarrassed are the teams that passed on him must be feeling now. Doc Rivers I sight you

MAGA Mike is more or less a light skinned KD with elite rebounding. He will be a match up nightmare moving forward. Pree the efficiency

MPJ. I agree. I took a mental note of him when I saw the young dude do some impressive and gutsy things at the Bubble playoffs. This season the game has slowed down for him and he has come into his beautiful own.

I don't blame the teams that passed on him though. Lower back disc surgery at such a young age ďid not look good at all. The Nuggets took a huge risk on him and it's paying off. Lucky them.