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  1. KuzmoBall17

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    Knicks won.
    C Bags shooting 15-60 from 3 25 %

    And Brown 1-10,Tatum 4-15 and White 5-16 were 10 for 48 combined
     
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    Great job by the Knicks. Unexpected, but... I'll take it. Now, get this -- Boston took 60 threes. 60. And hit about 25% of those. That's not gonna do it.
     
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    boston's winning that series, but ny taking game 1 could make it longer than i expected. good for them; the opportunity presented itself and they took it. a lot of non-brunson plays down the stretch sealed it, and they should all remember it's a team game. felt like towns got lost in the shuffle a bit after doing some heroic stuff to help close out detroit.

    anunoby and bridges both made some really big plays. holiday was also everywhere for boston. i'll repeat that boston's superstar role players just continually bail out their mediocre stars, which will be made apparent if they start having to downgrade at those spots...
     
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    Strange the Knicks never seem to run a Brunson/Towns PnR - do they just not trust Towns decision making?
     
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    Caruso with the LeBron style chase down block!!!
     
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    C Bags sum up all that is wrong with today's NBA

    45 missed 3s in a single game is insanity
     
  8. KuzmoBall17

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    For Jokic it's all about offense 40 points ,22 boards.
    Yes he's showing insane stats,but he doesn't defend at all ,except for getting some rebounds here and there
     
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    Lol Oklahoma lost at buzzer beater from Gordon
     
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    That Mark Williams trade is killing me. Lakers would have killed this OKC team just needed one playable big against these massive teams like Sota
     
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    Knew it. OKC is not battle tested, experience matters. GSW won't be a cakewalk for Minny either...
     
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    Yeah wacko job in coaching at the end. Used all the TO's and kept fouling Denver when up by 3...Let Jokic get in thanks to all their fouls.

    Then there's Choke Holmgren.
     
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    Crazy game. We missed out on a really open championship hunt. SMH
     
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    I stand by my statement, we were one rescinded trade away from the Finals. Williams better be a real cripple going forward (not that i wish that).
     
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    It sure seems like a bad call at this point
     
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    nuggets always find that next gear in the playoffs. this is going to be a fun series

    aside from chet's missed FTs, okc's coaching lost them the game with that stupid fouling s***
     
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    Can’t gamble the future for a player who doesn’t play, from a recent McMenamin column

     
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    i wonder if it's simply that they don't want a big being able to trap brunson because he can't throw over the top? no idea. the set screens for him with hart, who's really not a shooter nor much of a playmaker. maybe towns is one of those bigs who thinks he's above setting too many screens?


    yeah, i commented on that in the luka thread. jokic gets a huge pass on that end in part because his team just breaks its back to protect him on defense. okc got wide open three after wide open three (for good shooters!), and as the game wore one, they just got tight and missed or went for other shots.

    if he's going to kill you on the other end (and he is), then you have to keep going to that well, and okc didn't.

    edit: i have a lot more to say about that game, but i'm not sure people are appreciating yet what an incredible chokejob that was by basically everyone on okc's side, from the coach to like, all the players. just mental mistake after mental mistake. it was hard to watch.
     
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