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Khanben:
In the first 2 games Kyle Lowry joined to make that a quartet.

And that dude is very small. He can't easily pass out of double or triple teams like a big guy like LeBron would.

DeeMain:
MVP will still show why he is MVP bro but
Draymond slowed him down in this series and that's impressive to me. It's like the effect P.J.Tucker has on bigger players defensively, it's praise-worthy.

This PJ Tucker wey una dey always call, shebi I don dispute this narrative for here before I gave you KD's numbers and that of AD in 2020. The cream of the crop will always eat against smaller players. And most of the time, these smaller players either foul out or are on the brink of fouling out because of their lack of size. Dray fouled out this game, in game 3 he had 5 fouls.

DeeMain:
Not stop literally, but how he is able to hamper their play or make them play outside their comfort zone.

I agree. Dray is a menace no doubt. But even Dray himself said after game 3, "he (Jokic) got the better of me tonight". But like you said, he make it harder for Jokic.

DeeMain:
Nuggets nicks it.

How Draymond Green is able to stop Jokic and other guys much bigger than him in this NBA is baffling. Respect.

Did he really stop Jokic though?

Na wah o. All this hustle na just to avoid sweep Where was this energy the last few games?

Dorris doesn't sound happy after that Barton dagger 3

The amount of physicality the refs are allowing in this game though. Not just this game, this entire playoffs.

benji93:
Remember you brought him up. So take it when we drag LeBron through the mud.

Lmao, which mud? There's no mud dirty enough for LeBron.

Bones is unconscious.

Are the Warriors really telling me that Stephen Curry is now a bench player?

Russell Wilson and Ciara. I approve.

birdman:
Lebron is not in the playoffs, and yet they talk about him more than all the games combined. If that is not GOAT worthiness, I dont know what is

You get the point

Ah shiit, I made this guy angry again. Like he isn't already angry enough. Our resident angry man Lemme leave him be biko.

Meanwhile, the way Scottie Barnes scooped the ROTY award ahead of Evan Mobley though. Perhaps playoff qualification was the deciding factor. Cade Cunningham had no shot because of how abysmal his team was.

donlittle25:
Lol see am.

This is how you separate the newcomers from the rest.

Go watch the 2011 NBA finals against Dallas. They called him 75 cent

Lol. Na why I put 2010 there na. Abi na 2011 I for write? OK sorry, 2011

Lol. People are always quick to showcase their shamelessness. So only LeBron is not allowed to have a sidekick abi. As if AD didn't go down injured. As if KD is in this series all by himself. Try again bro

Lmao. Not one single person/analyst was mad at the way LeBron played this season. In fact he garnered more praises that criticism. The only thing they criticize him for is "bringing" Russell Westbrook to the Lakers and offloading the good guys. So if you think this current LeBron with Kyrie won't do better than what KD is currently doing, think again.

Check am na. All three games in this series have been close. It could easily have been 3-0 to the Nets just as it is 3-0 to the Celtics. KD has not shown up in this series and that's a fact. Just a little more production from him, especially down the stretch, and we'd be having a different conversation about this series. Have we ever seen LeBron choke like this in the playoffs? (Yea, go ahead and mention 2010, 12 years ago ) Bruce freaking Brown is outshining KD in this series. E no right naw?

benji93:
. How can you mention Lebron that couldn't even get into the play in?

2021/22 LeBron and prime Kyrie would pipe these Celtics. No joke. Not to even mention the shooters available.

benji93:
Just shut up. You have no idea what you are talking about. Keep watching, maybe you will eventually understand basketball.

Lol. Anytime una just hear LeBron for this group, una prick go just stand

steady986:
Just a reminder...

To put in context, the Celtics were the number 2 seed in the east that year and had the 2nd best defensive rating in the league. The Cavs on the other hand were 29th in defensive rating. But they had prime LeBron so it didn't matter.

Khanben:
Lebron and KD are not in the same category. If you replace even 37 year old Lebron with KD in this current Nets team, they will beat the Celtics.
Did you observe that the few times the Nets just moved the ball they got very good looks, and their role players shot a very good percentage.

Yep. I saw it a lot down the stretch. Kyrie especially tries too much to force the issue, taking awkward shots that are contested closely.

Just a reminder...

The Celtics really smothered the existence out of the Nets

Meanwhile, who ever thought Jason Tatum would be far better than KD in a series? After this series I don't ever want to hear that "KD is the best player in the league" bullsh*it Skip and Stephen A regularly spill out.

Fury with the K.O

felix00:
Yeah. I'm calling a sweep for the Celtics. The nets ain't a serious team

Lol. That would be bad on KD's résumé. I see them taking 2 games though.

Robert Williams to return in game 3 for the Celts. Things just got really interesting.

birdman:
There was no allure. It was a boneheaded move by front office, and they tried to rope Lebron and AD in by spreading rumors that they wwere in on it. Same front office tried to spread rumors again that Lebron and AD were OK with not making a trade. That time around, Lebron kukuma raise voice because it was obvious Pelinka was trying to sneakily use Lebron as cover for his moves.

To me, the fact that Lebron never sat WB down and set him straight means Lebron was just going with the flow, trying not to offend.

I just dey look everybody dey laugh. They really think that LeBron, with all his basketball IQ, would single out Russell Westbrook as a guy he wants to play with. Lmao. But hey, let's keep going with the narrative.

donlittle25:
Bulls is suffering from lack of a decent Big Man

So Vucevic is not a decent big man?

Somebody said KD can't have two bad games in a row. Oh well, there you go.

BykeLaByke:
Demar DeFrozen is horrendous.

You were saying?

Khanben:
He is what I call a low end number 2. The gap between his floor and his ceiling is just too wide.

Lmao. Una too complain. Even Pippen in his prime was scoring 9 points in a playoff game. The difference between the two is that unlike Pippen, Middleton can errupt for 40 in a playoff game. What more are we asking the guy to do as a number 2 abi na 3? He closes games, gives you solid defense, is a secondary ball handler and facilitator. This is a guy who averaged 23/7/5 the entire playoffs last year, and 24/6/5 on 45% shooting and 88% from the stripe in the finals. Abeg, what more do we want him to do?

So Jokic got ejected tonight. This playoff thing no easy o.

Let's all calm our tities down though. This is just one game.