NBA Playoffs begin on Saturday.

erikthredd

@keets said:
no ESPN so it looks like I'll miss the game, maybe see part of it catch it some other way. Bummer.

just sent you a PM

erikthredd

Suns get #1,Kings #2 & Hawks #3

erikthredd

Looks like Lebron came to play tonight with 21 in the 1st quarter.

Justacommeman

@keets said:
no ESPN so it looks like I'll miss the game, maybe see part of it catch it some other way. Bummer.

Unfortunately the entire series is on ESPN

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erikthredd

i just gave him a site to try, i'm watching on it now.

DIMEMAN

Boston must not have liked their game plan from game 1.........they sure are not using it tonight!

James is having his usual monster game that he has after a blowout.

erikthredd

Cavs came to play tonight on both sides of the ball. They're not making it easy for Boston so far. the C's defense is looking slow tonight, like they're just going thru the motions.

DIMEMAN

@erikthredd said:
Cavs came to play tonight on both sides of the ball. They're not making it easy for Boston so far. the C's defense is looking slow tonight, like they're just going thru the motions.

That's what I thought. If James wasn't shooting so bad from the line it would really look bad. His free throw shot just doesn't look right.

Justacommeman

Boston is lucky to be only down 7.

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erikthredd

I'd put Baynes in instead of Morris with Horford on Lebron. Hopefully make some stops and start hitting their shots or at least make a better effort taking it to the hoop. With luck the Cavs get in foul trouble early.

DIMEMAN

ARGH! The hated double "T"!!!!

erikthredd

Yeah,like i said,keep Morris in there

erikthredd

Nice little run there to wake up the fans. Keep it going.

DIMEMAN

@erikthredd said:
Yeah,like i said,keep Morris in there

Hindsight is always better!

erikthredd

Baynes is the Gunner from Down Under

DIMEMAN

It's a whole different ballgame when the Cavs are hitting their 3's!

Justacommeman

What a game

erikthredd

@Justacommeman said:
What a game

Hope keets found a way to watch it.

erikthredd

I'll take a 36pt quarter anyday. Keep the intensity up for 15 more minutes.

DIMEMAN

@erikthredd said:

@Justacommeman said:
What a game

Hope keets found a way to watch it.

I thought everybody had ESPN!

erikthredd

I don't have cable either,i watch any sporting event,movie or tv show online.

DIMEMAN

Is Kyrie out for the year? I apologize if this has already been stated.

erikthredd

Yup.

erikthredd

That was a very dirty play

erikthredd

Cmon clock keep ticking

DIMEMAN

J.R. should have gotten a F2.....very dirty play!

bronco2078

@erikthredd said:
That was a very dirty play

why isn't that a flagrant 2? were they looking at a different replay than we were?

erikthredd

@bronco2078 said:

@erikthredd said:
That was a very dirty play

why isn't that a flagrant 2? were they looking at a different replay than we were?

You got me. Maybe because they gave JR a tech on the double tech although i don't see how he didn't get the booth after both.

DIMEMAN

Great game!

Justacommeman

The Celtics imposed their will. Impressive

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erikthredd

- 0

Huge win!

erikthredd

Horford & Smart owned that fourth quarter with both finishing with great statlines:
Horford 15pts,10reb,4ass,2steal,2blocks
Smart 11pts,9ass,5reb,4steals

Brick

Ok. So it will take six games for the Cavs to win.

erikthredd

@Brick said:
Ok. So it will take *sixty games for the Cavs to win.

Fixed

Justacommeman

@bronco2078 said:

@erikthredd said:
That was a very dirty play

why isn't that a flagrant 2? were they looking at a different replay than we were?

It should have been. Bush league play. I liked Mark Jackson’s comment, “ If that happened on the play ground the game would have ended right there”.

pocketpiececommems

Even after the refs went to the monitor they couldn't see "Flagrant 2" I think the Celtic game plan was to lull King James into thinking that this was going to be a cake walk after the first quarter. Then they put the hammer down.

Justacommeman

@erikthredd said:
Horford & Smart owned that fourth quarter with both finishing with great statlines:
Horford 15pts,10reb,4ass,2steal,2blocks
Smart 11pts,9ass,5reb,4steals

I thought the key was Rozier in the 3rd. 14 points erased a 7 point halftime deficit.

mark

erikthredd

They were all great tonight. Brown & Tatum both scoring early trying to just keep pace with Lebron. Rozier & Morris scoring in the 3rd then Al & Smart doing all the dirty work at the end.
That last 4-5 minutes looked like the Cavs outside of Lebron were just going thru the motions.
Hopefully they can go to Cleveland and steal a game.

SanctionII

Did not see the game. My wife and I went to see Earth, Wind & Fire on concert in San Jose.

The concert was awesome and I enjoyed it much more than watching tonight's game.

Phillip Bailey at 67 years still has some amazing pipes.

DIMEMAN

@SanctionII said:
Did not see the game. My wife and I went to see Earth, Wind & Fire on concert in San Jose.

The concert was awesome and I enjoyed it much more than watching tonight's game.

Phillip Bailey at 67 years still has some amazing pipes.

That's neat....last Friday the wife and I went to see Chubby Checker at Effingham (12 miles). He put on a real good show and he is 75!

erikthredd

Someone should let Ty Lue know what the slang definition for "gooning" is.
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/23517080/boston-celtics-players-respond-cleveland-cavaliers-coach-tyronn-lue-gooning-game-remark

Justacommeman

@erikthredd said:
Someone should let Ty Lue know what the slang definition for "gooning" is.
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/23517080/boston-celtics-players-respond-cleveland-cavaliers-coach-tyronn-lue-gooning-game-remark

I saw his presser. I guess playing hard and getting to 50/50 balls is gooning it up to him

Smith was the only thug on the floor last night.

mark

bronco2078

@Justacommeman said:

@erikthredd said:
Someone should let Ty Lue know what the slang definition for "gooning" is.
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/23517080/boston-celtics-players-respond-cleveland-cavaliers-coach-tyronn-lue-gooning-game-remark

I saw his presser. I guess playing hard and getting to 50/50 balls is gooning it up to him

Smith was the only thug on the floor last night.

mark

the worst pressers are always Lebrons after a loss , he is a such a maxi pad

DIMEMAN

@Justacommeman said:

@erikthredd said:
Someone should let Ty Lue know what the slang definition for "gooning" is.
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/23517080/boston-celtics-players-respond-cleveland-cavaliers-coach-tyronn-lue-gooning-game-remark

I saw his presser. I guess playing hard and getting to 50/50 balls is gooning it up to him

Smith was the only thug on the floor last night.

mark

Smith should have gotten a F2 and kicked out of game!

erikthredd

@bronco2078 said:

@Justacommeman said:

@erikthredd said:
Someone should let Ty Lue know what the slang definition for "gooning" is.
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/23517080/boston-celtics-players-respond-cleveland-cavaliers-coach-tyronn-lue-gooning-game-remark

I saw his presser. I guess playing hard and getting to 50/50 balls is gooning it up to him

Smith was the only thug on the floor last night.

mark

the worst pressers are always Lebrons after a loss , he is a such a maxi pad

Lebron acts like these losses are no big deal but he mailed it in with the game on the line last night. Everyone is ripping his teammates today,with good reason,but his Highness should have thrown on his Superman cape and taken the game over like he did in the first quarter.
He hits a jumper with 4:42 left in the game cutting the lead down to just 6 points then takes one shot after that.

SanctionII

Game 2 of the WCF is tonight.

Predictions?

erikthredd

I got GS winning again but the score is much closer this time. If Harden & Paul's support cast doesn't start showing up that series will be over real quick.

Justacommeman

@erikthredd said:

@bronco2078 said:

@Justacommeman said:

@erikthredd said:
Someone should let Ty Lue know what the slang definition for "gooning" is.
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/23517080/boston-celtics-players-respond-cleveland-cavaliers-coach-tyronn-lue-gooning-game-remark

I saw his presser. I guess playing hard and getting to 50/50 balls is gooning it up to him

Smith was the only thug on the floor last night.

mark

the worst pressers are always Lebrons after a loss , he is a such a maxi pad

Lebron acts like these losses are no big deal but he mailed it in with the game on the line last night. Everyone is ripping his teammates today,with good reason,but his Highness should have thrown on his Superman cape and taken the game over like he did in the first quarter.
He hits a jumper with 4:42 left in the game cutting the lead down to just 6 points then takes one shot after that.

I guess he is banking on holding serve at home and bringing it back to Boston 2-2 and making it a best 2 of 3. Plausible and I guess that’s got to be your mindset when your in this spot

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DIMEMAN

Game 3 should be exciting!

erikthredd

@Justacommeman said:

@erikthredd said:

@bronco2078 said:

@Justacommeman said:

@erikthredd said:
Someone should let Ty Lue know what the slang definition for "gooning" is.
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/23517080/boston-celtics-players-respond-cleveland-cavaliers-coach-tyronn-lue-gooning-game-remark

I saw his presser. I guess playing hard and getting to 50/50 balls is gooning it up to him

Smith was the only thug on the floor last night.

mark

the worst pressers are always Lebrons after a loss , he is a such a maxi pad

Lebron acts like these losses are no big deal but he mailed it in with the game on the line last night. Everyone is ripping his teammates today,with good reason,but his Highness should have thrown on his Superman cape and taken the game over like he did in the first quarter.
He hits a jumper with 4:42 left in the game cutting the lead down to just 6 points then takes one shot after that.

I guess he is banking on holding serve at home and bringing it back to Boston 2-2 and making it a best 2 of 3. Plausible and I guess that’s got to be your mindset when your in this spot

m

That could be true but it was just a two possession game with four and a half minutes left in the game so it was far from over. He was very hot in the first quarter from three including a 180 degree jumper from pretty deep that was just ridiculous,where were these shots at the end? Anyone looking at his stat line from last night would think,wow he carried that team, but with the game on the line he got very passive. He deserves all the praise when he's making All-World type plays & Game-Winners but its fair to criticize him when those Lebron moments are needed and don't happen. Thats when the MVP in the GOAT convo needs to take over.