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patrickmuf:
The thing is; it's almost unthinkable to imagine Liverpool and Salah won't get a sniff at goal...Liverpool are well positioned for a counter attacking game and trust me, they just might leave Rome with 3 pts and a place in the final perfectly locked in...

They are a very good attacking outfit but football is all about momentum. Did you expect Juve to be 3-0 up at Santiago after suffering at home?

This is how to execute in the clutch. Not all that rubbish OKC and Blazers were doing.

That was a home game. With the same goal margin we had when we beat Roma. Why is everyone not factoring that Liverpool are semi-useless away from home?

Roma beat CFC and us by 3-goals.

How old are you?

So posting someone’s personal information is getting even with them?

There are variations of dumb and then there is you.

SIRcumalot:
Watch 2nd and the 3rd quarter of the OKC-jazz game before I bailed.
Melo is over.
OKC will take the next game and jazz will win the series.
Then PG moves to the Lakers.
This big two and a half na big mistake.

“They were built to beat the warriors” they said.

freaskie:
Playoff basketball is as sweet as candy bars to kids

Mitchell is explosive man...and for a rookie?? dude is phenomenal

I miss my man Andre..

But Russ will calm down and finish the job with Adams on the PnR...good thing Adams has learnt his lesson and will play his game

Ofcourse Playoff P is here for game 4

We'll see who else steps it up

For some reason, can’t bring myself to watch the game. Was hoping to read comments here and perhaps watch the last quarter.

Adams needs to be away from foul trouble to give you guys interior. It has been the Jazz’ go to strategy all series long.

NictisZorander:
Or maybe the rockets are just as scary as you fear them to be they make the timberwolves look paltry?

I have barely made a post about the Rockets. My criticism has always been directed at Minnesota for underperforming. I did not care about Houston all regular season long and won’t pretend I care now.

Speaking about Timberwolves, they did lose one game by a point, the next by 20 and won the 3rd by a greater margin. I doubt I am afraid of a team that is barely scraping past a wobbly 8th seeded team.

Let me entertain your spin-reasoning a bit, Cavs of last season billed to play this Rockets team who is your money on?

The Kerr line is about Tom Thibodeau not about Rockets.

Let someone come and tell me San Antonio Spurs is the worst team in the West let me commit murder here.

104-70 by the first min of the 4th quarter in your own home after being down by Just one with all those stars. But if Kerr wins they will say it is because he has all stars.

I never bothered watching the game.

Spectators.

I was saving my eyes for Jazz vs OKC.

Unlimited22:
What happened in 2009 with Ovrebo??
See ehn, don't angry me.

How old are you?

Your seniors have regurgitated this lie that you are doing same now even when the evidence is blatantly against this fact.

Go back and watch that game and bring the ojoro that helped Barca qualify. Especially how the Ref helped Iniesta score a long range shot or how he gave Barca an undeserved red card so they could play one man down for large swaths of the game away from home.

Onechancearmy:
Infringing on people's privacy doesn't mean calling them on private numbers. It usually involves something of a physical nature such as spying on them, invading their personal space etc. If someone calls you on a supposedly private number, you can always block that person's number or instruct your service provider to do so. Iweala's account is just too one sided. I did some "investigating" of my own and this was what I found. Feel free to listen:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aACh9l95nkA

Good work. I remembered this audio like it was yesterday.

Take note when he said "Can you hear me ma?" Her response was "No I cannot hear you" then kept saying something was wrong with the line. When it was clear that NOTHING was wrong.

This book is calculated to wipe out the candidature of Donald Duke and Sowore in one fell swoop.

Of course this is a one-sided story.

Of course it is a packaged lie.

Of course, Sowore called her and even asked her if she could hear him. Her response was "No I cannot hear you". LOOL.

She heard him enough to know she could not hear him and even formed something was wrong with the line. Then she stopped picking the calls.

Thieves are looking for justice but gave none when stealing. Listen to this fat faced liar at your own peril.

SmooshCHN:
These are pure lies.. You're just hating on the mvp. How dare you? He doesn't even care about his stats and triple doubles even if he got mad Rubio had one yesterday more than he should be mad at his team's loss or his 0 FG attempt in 4th quarter or the disappearance of OKC big 3 in 4th quarter of game three where they went 0-14 in FG. BTW, he a better defender than Steph Curry, James Harden, Kyrie Irving, etc. Stop hating dude.

LMAO.

Neymar1095:
Kante (1G,1A) won PFA player of the year last season, for contributing to 2 goals in 38 matches Harry Kane had (29G,7A).

But Salah(31G,9A) wins this season, not De Bruyne(8G,15A). And you expect us to take the award seriously? RUBBISH

The argument has been that Silva split KDBs votes being on the same team and what not. Salah has been remarkable as a scorer and recency bias was a factor I guess.

But Salah will trade that award for an EPL title in a heartbeat and for players like KDB, the lack of awards will only increase his desire for more which will mean more trophies and inevitably awards.

freaskie:
So in your mind now, OKC will lose this series?...Cmon man

Utah will push...maybe even to the brink...but no way OKC is losing this series

I actually don't care who wins at this point. I wanted a 7 game series to wear both teams out. Dazzall. I actually expect OKC to win in 7 but stranger things have happened.

aliondo:
Its because of the so called 'good roster' (that could not even win a game against the warriors),i brought up the regular season. Although our performances are bad but this our roster is unpredictable.

The so-called good roster could not win a regular season game because GSW were that much better as a TEAM. Although we got lucky in the final regular season game where Curry had that monster 46pts.

In the playoffs, the series should never have been 3-1 at any point. OKC were getting lucky all through that playoff series until game 6 when luck deserted them.

You may not recall, but game 1 GSW led by 13 into the 4th Quarter. That was the game that Russell lost the ball in the final seconds of the game but the refs pretended he called a timeout and gave possession back to OKC. After the break, him and KD took turns to flop for free throws. Game ended 107-101 based on more FTs from OKC.

GSW fans walked out pissed both at Kerr and the team because that was an easy win. The only other 2 games OKC deserved to win were games 3 and 4 where you guys were monster good. But Refs also called easy fouls on GSW and Curry was always in foul trouble in both games.

Y'all came back to Oracle game 5 and got blown out back. But y'all did not care because you thought the same blitzing will happen at Chesapake for game 6 and then Klay had those 11 3s and the rest is history.

When you hear me say luck, I am referring particularly to the Spurs series y'all won 4-2. Find out what happened in 2 of those close games. Games 2 and 4 I believe. I cannot start typing it.

So yea, if that OKC team could not beat us then from 3-1. They won't bro. Quote me.

As for NOP and Blazers, NOP deserve it but remember they won game 1 and 2 by 2 and 1 point I believe. They squandered huge leads in both games and Blazers had final possession in key times to do damage but failed in the execution. Basketball is funny like that. 4-0 sometimes does not mean that NOP are that better and are therefore finals ready. After matchups, execution in key moments is vital.

freaskie:
No sir...I wont be happy as i won't take Oladipo over PG.
Obviously Oladipo is still improving..this is his 4th year.. i believe.. so he made a huge leap from last season...kudos to him..I actually like the dude and wished we kept him...but dude was on a big contract already sef

Are you trying to compare CAVs last year's roster with this year?
Last year's CAVs roster will have swept this pacers and i even doubt it will be as close as last year's games were.

Just watch Russ be Russ and win the series to begin with alongside playoff P

You are apparently losing to a worse team than Rockets last year after having the same season in terms of win "without" help.

OK.

E be like we wan tank this game for Steph to be fit.

aliondo:
If after sweeping OKC in the regular season..if someone told you that OKC will be 3-1 up,would you have believed?

Is that not what I should be telling you? Are you not the one to list regular season as an evidence for your claim?

Abi you no see the roster I put there? If you guys could not win leading by 3-1 with that Roster with game 6 in your home is not proof you stand no chance ?

aliondo:
I slightly disagree with your opinion. Is it not the same Warriors we played 2-2 during the regular season. We have also been 3-1 up when we met them in the playoffs. I know i criticize Russ a lot but to be honest, Russ is very talented..All he needs is a coach to change his mindset and develop positively. I have watched Russ all these years and he has not developed. Look at his former teammates like Harden and K.D. Harden's shooting has improved drastically and Durant's defense is amazing.

Russ should watch clips of Rondo and CP3 and more importantly, Magic(who in my own opinion is the greatest point guard in the league history).
This will teach him to share the ball more and improve his decision making.

Sacramento Kings beat GSW 2ce this season.

Lakers swept San Antonio this season.

Wanna guess how NOP and Blazers regular season games went?

LOL. If you had KD, Ibaka, Russell, Adams, Enes Kanter and still could not beat GSW with an injured Curry.

Sorry, you have no single hope. None. Zilch. Zit. Nihil. Diddly squat. Zero. Nought. None.

Especially when KD now plays for virtually the same GSW team.

Fun Fact; that GSW team swept that OKC team in the said regular season. But were down by 3 games to 1 in the playoffs. Proving again that the regular season is not a good tool to gauge post-season winnings.

Thank you.

freaskie:
Are you saying OKC's team last season could have beaten Rockets if you replaced Russ with another pg?
Cos you just said Russ having no help wasn't a good enough reason..

When you expend so much energy all game and play extended minutes, you definitely get tired in the 4th and missed shots and turnovers are the resultant effect.

The same arguments all over.

So I have one question and I need a very genuine response.

If you heard at the end of this season that Oladipo was getting traded to your team, at the expense of PG and Melo all other things being equal will you feel that you have a solid enough roster capable of competing in the West?

I need a genuine response because a weaker Pacers team headed by same Oladipo are leading a CAVS team that swept PGs Pacers. I said swept.

chic2pimp:
Expect the Clippers to be give Seth a nice juicy contract.

Doc is a loyal man. I agree.

I mean Rubio got a triple double and I did not even notice it till just now.


LOL.

Organic triple double. Not the anthropogenic one.

SmooshCHN:
I took my time to watch this OKC game from A to Z.. The two 3 pointers that closed the game were from Ingles hitting two wide open threes because Westbrook went back to the paint and left him open not to mention his signature clutch turnovers.. Make I keep quiet..

Who remembers when I said lack of other stars was not a worthy excuse for Russell last season? Who remembers when Russell went 4/18 in the 4th Q against Rockets and people said it is because Oladipo and co did not show up?

I remember after scoring 44 against us I said Russell should show leadership. Leadership is about doing everything possible within your powers to make your team win. Leadership is more than scoring buckets or getting rebounds or assists. Leadership says if this is what we need to win I will do it. Not to excuse a player by saying nobody else has done it before so he should chase it.

The fact remains, when push comes to shove, a coach playing with a system will make Russell look mediocre. Nobody can say now that Quinn Synder has better players. But he has forced everyone to buy into his system and they are looking more like a team.

I noticed Russell playing shambolic D all game today but resisted posting until I saw yours. Russell would have taken D seriously if they counted defensive stops as a stat. Those are the type of things that get him going.

Supremely talented PG but IQ in PH values (more acidic than neutral or alkaline).

SmooshCHN:
Bruh!! Houston just played like they wanted to lose. Harden kept bricking open shots as well as turning it over pretty well.

But this Houston loss dent my pocket no be small

If it makes you feel better I would have made he same bet because Timberwolves were annoying in both games especially the latter.

Rockets need to wake up. They are in over their heads. They actually think they are that good. They have been poor at least 2/3 games in the P/Os this season. I was not joking when I said against a better team they would have been down 3-0.

Roland17:
If I was Paul Allen, I am sitting down first with Lillard to determine which is more important to him, Basketball or Music. This is because you cannot give both equal attention. Moreso, while basketball is a sport and some form of entertainment, it is also a competitive business with serious financial implications and the owners are investing a lot to pay these players. If he chooses music, then a trade is inevitable.

On the court, Portland's backcourt played far too many ISO basketball as the ball failed to move. Lillard, CJ, and Turner took turns to dribble the ball without results and ended up attempting difficult shots or by the time they were done dancing their "one corner" they passed the ball with 5-7 seconds left. Lillard and CJ are too similar, one has to decide who the facilitator should be, I mean, get the other players involved when it matters. I know how many times I saw Nurkic post up in the paint waiting for a pass but Lillard or CJ was busy dancing "one corner" which forced the big man to commit a lot of useless fouls.

The Blazers may never get this lucky again in a long time to come. They came third in a very difficult conference and got swept by the number 6 seed. I don't like when coaches become too friendly with their players, it leads to hesitation and questionable tactics and that is what is also going on in Portland. The fans have to be frustrated with this showing and a blow up should be seriously considered.

You are right in terms of CJ and Lillard being similar but coaching let them down. Terry is a good coach, but like you said, being too friendly with your stars can cause issues.

NOP trapped Lillard all series. Not just double teamed but trapped to prevent mobility. They did that from game 1 so I expected an adjustment but it never came. And instead of Lillard to become a facilitator, he got into his head and felt if he launched some dagger 3 or forced his way out they would change their strategy against him but it backfired.

It was clear NOP were going to continue with that method till Stott adjusted but like I said earlier he never did. He left it to his Allstar guard to figure it out and well...we know the rest.

Like Smoosh added, I don’t think his music is a distraction. I think they need him and CJ. Every other person is expendable. They need cheap scorers on their bench. For the contract ET is getting he should be a force. I know he had some injury but he has not earned his money in my eyes.

I guess everything seems clearer in hindsight which is what is happening now. I never expected them to get swept by a Boogieless Pelican team. 22 ESPN analysts did not either.

Awesome 3pt shooting from Minnesota.

Feels flukey though.

Hope it continues into game 4.

Iseeeeeeeee

Some of the calls Harden gets though.

This is what I expected from Minnesota.

A team with this caliber of players should not have offensive issues.

Harden being as inefficient as ever without free throws. Imagine my surprise.

Used up all his core and leg strength chakra to blitz teams in the regular season. Playoff time and nobody is giving him cheap fouls again.

In other news, Seth knocked up Doc’s daughter Callie.

Not like I care, but I seen pictures of her with PG, Kyrie, DeAndre Jordan and some Strictland dude on Google.

Seth can do...

Well what do I know?