NBA Thread 2022-23 Season

[OttoinGrotto]

Celtics got something here to turn this around? Heat are taking their soul.

 

[Eric15]

Reminder that the Heat lost their first play-in game to the Hawks at home, and then in the second play-in game were losing to the Bulls almost the entire fourth quarter until a little over two minutes left.

 

[Fireball Jr.]

The refs suck, but no urgency by the Celtics on transition D

I wish there was a “refs suck” filter, with all due respect.

I haven’t been watching, but looking at the score and the fact they lost two games at home, maybe the Celtics suck.

 

[CuseFaninVT]

I wish there was a “refs suck” filter, with all due respect.

I haven’t been watching, but looking at the score and the fact they lost two games at home, maybe the Celtics suck.

Both can be true.

And if you were watching, Chuck just said the same thing.

 

[Eric15]

A Heat/Nuggets Finals would likely be a ratings nightmare for the NBA, but an absolute treat for people who actually appreciate basketball.

 

[UpstateSM]

Brad Stevens should coach the rest of the series. Seriously.

 

[samspann1]

The refs suck, but no urgency by the Celtics on transition D

No urgency in half-court D either.

These guys are running for the bus.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

A Heat/Nuggets Finals would likely be a ratings nightmare for the NBA, but an absolute treat for people who actually appreciate basketball.

Yeah, fantastic clash of styles.

High stakes for the legacies of Jokic and Butler.

It would be a lot of fun.

 

[CuseFaninVT]

Could these whistles be any later?

 

[CuseFaninVT]

Get Horford out and retired

 

[samspann1]

 

[samspann1]

Reminder that the Heat lost their first play-in game to the Hawks at home, and then in the second play-in game were losing to the Bulls almost the entire fourth quarter until a little over two minutes left.

Yeah, this is more about the ineptitude of the Celtics than about the “Heat Culture”.

Nobody was talking about the Heat Culture at halftime of the 2nd play-in game.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Yeah, this is more about the ineptitude of the Celtics than about the “Heat Culture”.

Nobody was talking about the Heat Culture at halftime of the 2nd play-in game.

It's a bit of column a and a bit of column b.

 

[CuseFaninVT]

That was a foul first

 

[OrangeDW]

Celtics aren’t even playing hard, lolsmh.

1, 2, 3, Cancun!

 

[samspann1]

This obviously will not be one of those games, but I’d love to see the Celtics record in “close” (for argument’s sake, within 5 points at the 4:00 mark) playoff games over the past 5-6 years.

It’s the players, not the coaches …and no, I am not defending Mazzulla at all.

 

[CuseFaninVT]

Taking off for vacation tomorrow. Glad I won’t be missing anything.

 

[UpstateSM]

This Celtics core will never do it

 

[samspann1]

This Celtics core will never do it

Has any team won a ‘ship with a Duke player as their alpha?

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Has any team won a ‘ship with a Duke player as their alpha?

Only Kyrie I think, but James was the alpha.

 

[shandeezy7]

It’s so perplexing how one of the worst three point shooting teams in the league in the regular season lost their best 3 point shooter in makes, attempts and % and somehow became one of the best 3 point shooting teams in the league. Wild.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

It’s so perplexing how one of the worst three point shooting teams in the league in the regular season lost their best 3 point shooter in makes, attempts and % and somehow became one of the best 3 point shooting teams in the league. Wild.

Teams can get hot.

 

[shandeezy7]

Teams can get hot.

Yeah but this is ridiculous.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Yeah but this is ridiculous.

So the current box has the Heat at 42% from three this game. That's really good as a team percentage, but seems within realistic performance boundaries.

Celtics are shooting 20% from three. That seems way more outside of expectation.

 

[dasher]

This is the kind of effort that gets a coach fired.