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birdman:
I though you were not coming back till finals

Had to witness the reaper being reaped eh?

Baba, I couldn't miss this glorious moment

benji93:
I no know say you still dey around ooo. . Your silence is crazy.

I said I'll be back in the finals, but that's because I thought the Nets would be there.

Kilishihunter:
With ty lue and their crazy comebacks Few would have seen the unpredictability of this post season, In fact very few

Without Kawhi, I'll take my chances.

One down. Now let's focus all our energy on the Clippers.

Good night. What a fitting way to end the series...with an air ball

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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

So the Clippers have woken up finally. I think the fear of getting embarrassed was what woke them up rather than the fear of not winning a championship . At this point I see no hope for Dallas; the momentum has swung in the Clips direction.

benji93:
You better shut up. . I was hoping you won't mention that bullshit. Haven't the Suns been missing a healthy CP3 for most of this series?

I dey fear you?

birdman:
Didnt catch the game. Wetin do AD again? Anyways we all waiting on nets v celts.

Norman normal.

But I don't think we lost this game because of AD's absence. Although him going down put a dent on their spirit. There's always this despondence that comes when one of your best players gets injured in a game. By the time they realised they were actually not that bad without AD it was already too late.

We'll start game 5 without him and I believe we'll be better prepared.

joshboo:
I doubt oo with Blake they have more spacing and more shooting, that's y he's starting over Dj... But bucks in 6 sha. Cos trust me the Ego would start to show sooner than later. Against celtics you see the blame game on kyrie abi? Dem just dey start. Make celtics do mistake even that series then the real Identity problem on that Nets team would show up.

Not saying he'll play more minutes than Blake though. He'll get good minutes is all I'm saying.

The refs don't want to call fouls for the Lakers today. Nice job CP

joshboo:
Honestly wouldda preferred the celtics for the bucks but......... the nets are vulnerable obviously, their D is still terrible especially with Griffin starting at the 5. Expecting a bucks win though

I'm very sure we'll see plenty of DeAndre Jordan in that series, because they still have to worry about Lopez. And KD doesn't want that Giannis smoke.

Bring on the Nets. That's a matchup made in heaven.

Looks like the Bucks are gonna have at least 5 days before they play game 1 of the semis. Vital rest if you ask me. Crucial for the healing of those niggles and bumps.

I haven't seen that much iso ball in one quarter than I saw in the Nets/Celtics game. Good game though. But the Nets gotta be concerned. Maybe not about the Celtics but in the coming rounds. If you can't win a game when your three stars combined for almost 100 points then that's a worry. The role players contributed almost nothing because it was all iso ball.

Onto game 4. Should be fun.

DiVincenzo out for the remainder of the playoffs. Huge blow for the Bucks

birdman:
Frustration foul. That could have ended badly for schroeder. Even suns players dey reluctant to complain

He wanted to eliminate Schroder because he's been giving him some nice D two games running

Kuzma won't kill us with all these bricks

Some people's team are not even in the playoffs. Some others, their team is about to get swept in the first round. But somehow na them get mouth pass for here. I never see this kind thing before o

And meanwhile someone is saying it's his team that pursued LeBron out of Cleveland to South Beach . That very team has won one championship in 13 years. LeBron on the other hand has gone on to win 4 with three different franchises.

That team would go extinct if something is not done soon

benji93:
Not only am i certain that all you do is watch the box score, i am also sure that na night school you go.

Was this supposed to make me angry? I'd love to know so I can play along

Thanos:
I see my mavs have started to put the whole nba on notice. I don't want to hear any more slander concerning doncic not being top 5 atm. And I stand by my prediction towards the end of the season. Both the nets and the lakers are not making the finals!!!

Ah, lemme brace myself for a Bucks/Mavs finals

joshboo:
The only thing that can stop the Lakers is them selves honestly.. See with LeBron on your team at least you guaranteed a conference Final, haters would say otherwise but the records are there to show. They needed to make those necessary adjustments which was actually obvious like giving Gasol more minutes as he can knock down threes while dragging Ayton outta the paint which he did, he's not agile anymore but his basketball IQ is one of the best na why LeBron request for am sef, Drummond was very impactful too he just needs to be more aggressive. The experience the Lakers have is unrivaled.

Apart from having two "superstars", that's just the difference between them and the Warriors for instance. While the Lakers went for veterans and gave them the vet minimum, the Warriors went for rookies and sophomores, basicallyyounger bloods who have lots of energy and upside. Now it has backfired. How can you fill your roster with youngins without one or two veterans who can give moral or on the court support when the chips are down. Every sensible team does that. From Dudley to Gasol to DAJ to Haslem to Javale to Dwight to Rondo to Rose. Every team needs those types of players, whether they're playing or not.

SmooshCHN:
If they call you box score analyst now you'll pick offense. Your MCM and the likes would switch teams if they were in this position. I mean Bron had Kyrie and Wiggins. Two 1st rd pick and he bailed. You have no case. You hate Steph and the Warriors. You'll be alright.

When LeBron was carrying bum teams to the finals people like you thought it was an ordinary feat. Shebi Curry nyash don open now

Abeg, who are those here that don't watch the games? Indicate so we can be sharing link with you. I don't want anyone missing out on this playoffs. . And I don't want you watching highlights and gifs and box scores. Abeg o. Indicate.

Looking at the thread and there's no post about how Drummund can't fit with this team and how no one wanted to take him off the Cavs.

There's no post about how LeBron is a bum and relies on others to get to the final before turning it up just so he can win finals MVP.

There's no post about AD's weak mentality and how he lacks that killer instinct.

Lakers, I thank you o. Thank you for saving me this shame

3pt shooting this season:

Kent Bazemore: 40.8%
Tuscano-Anderson: 40.2%
Mychal Murder: 39.7%
Damion Lee: 39.7%
Andrew Wiggins: 38.0%
Nico Manion: 36.7%
Jordan Poole: 35.1%
E. Paschal: 33.3%

Add to that one MVP candidate and scoring champion. One DPOY candidate and elite playmaker. Hall of fame coach.

G-League indeed.

Plus this team were 5th in defensive efficiency. These guys might not be household names but they can ball. So no matter how you want to paint it, this team was supposed to be in the playoffs causing havoc.

Let's call it what it is: Curry choked.

The Bucks seem to be on a mission this year. If they can steal one game in Miami then it's an early wrap. None of that bubble sh*t for Miami this year. I'm looking forward to that Bucks/Nets matchup.

Portland don't know what hit them tonight. They have the upper hand though because they're going back to Portland now. I see them winning in 6 but they should watch out.

birdman:
inside life!

The Jazz are beatable. At least teams know what they're going to do, which is shoot a lot of threes. If you can match them 3 for 3 then you have a chance. And having a guy like Valancuinis that can drag Gobert out of the paint is valuable.

birdman:
I never got the feel lakers could win this game. It felt like they were down 20 even when they were down 10. I agree its a plus it was so close with Lakers playing badly. If they play with better energy and AD gets going, they should be able to steal one in phoenix. but make no mistake, the suns are very well coached, and they all carry that cp3 poise. you have to beat them to win this series, they aint making any mistakes.

lakers in 5 ke? This is going to game 7 optimistically. I worry about Lebron reinjuring

Yea, they seem a well-rounded team. But if the Lakers can just turn it up one or two notches it could turn into a fairly easy series. We need to play like we're in the playoffs already.

Lol. So many conclusions after just one game. Na so e dey do you?

My analysis of the game.

This game had "blowout" written all over it. We attempted 10 fewer shots than Phoenix. We shot the ball poorly and weren't aggressive
LeBron attempted only 13 shots. For comparison, Booker attempted 26. LeBron and AD combined to shoot 38% from the field. And we couldn't take advantage from the free throw line. We literally could have won the game from there. We missed a whooping 11 free throws, shooting just 60%. Plus Booker and Ayton had the games of their lives.

And yet we lost by only 9. That's the reason I'm optimistic moving forward. I'd be more worried if we shot and played well and lost. There's ample room for improvement. At times it looked like we could claw our way back into the game, but poor decisions at crucial moments cost us. This game has last year Portland game 1 written all over it.

It's a long series. Many things for Vogel and LeBron to work out. We'll watch films and adjust. We might have to use Gasol in this series to drag Ayton out of that paint.

I change my mind. Lakers in 5.

joshboo:
Haters pulling up in 0 1 2 3.........

The thread complete bro. No absentee