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Post by gk on Apr 12, 2018 6:37:33 GMT -6
Rock Solid Predictions:
TOR over WAS - 6 games
BOS over MIL - 5 games
MIA over PHI - 6 games
CLE over IND - 5 games
HOU over MIN - 4 games
GSW over SAN - 4 games
NOP over POR - 7 games
OKC over UTA - 7 games
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Post by fatmenace on Apr 12, 2018 9:16:14 GMT -6
TOR over WAS - 5 games
MIL over BOS - 6 games
PHI over MIA - 7 games
CLE over IND - 5 games
HOU over MIN - 4 games
GSW over SAS - 4 games
POR over NOP - 6 games
OKC over UTA - 6 games
Some interesting differences. I've watched the least amount of Eastern conference this year than I think I ever have.
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Post by fatmenace on Apr 12, 2018 9:16:48 GMT -6
I may edit the SAS before the playoffs start to make it five games. Seeing a predicted sweep there, no matter how logical, pains me.
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Post by gk on Apr 12, 2018 10:01:20 GMT -6
I will say this is probably the most wide open first round I can remember. Literally any outcome of any series wouldn't surprise me. I could see the Spurs beating Golden State, thanks to Pop. I could see the Pacers beating the Cavs with their inconsistency. I could see the Raptors raptor-ing against Washington and Houston falling into bad habits against a fiery T-wolves team.
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Post by fatmenace on Apr 15, 2018 5:26:32 GMT -6
Well then.
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Post by gk on Apr 16, 2018 21:48:57 GMT -6
For the record, I am not terribly worried about a game one shellacking. This team has barely played with one another. They got good looks. And their defense was actually ok in non-turnover situations. Although, I think Love and Hill are both nursing injuries, which doesn't bode well for Round 2 if the Cavs get there.
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Post by fatmenace on Apr 17, 2018 7:31:40 GMT -6
If the Cavs do get bumped in the first round, I'm assuming Lebron is gone. How about a straight up trade Kawhi for Lebron? Lebron can finish things out with Pops, like he seems to want. Kawhi can go to a, uh...larger market and get his shoe money.
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Post by fatmenace on Apr 17, 2018 7:34:56 GMT -6
If Kawhi really is gone, fuck him. I have no idea how things went so bad. We were up by 20 on the Warriors in the conference finals...and then all this.
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Post by gk on Apr 17, 2018 9:26:39 GMT -6
If Kawhi really is gone, fuck him. I have no idea how things went so bad. We were up by 20 on the Warriors in the conference finals...and then all this. Windhorst - being the shit-stirrer that he is - was suggesting he and Lebron could be a package deal for Philly or the Lakers. I'm not sure Pop and Buford have gotten enough criticism for their bad offseason. Some puzzling contracts to older guys and letting Simmons go. |
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Post by gk on Apr 21, 2018 11:05:55 GMT -6
I am SO looking forward to not rooting for the Cavs any more this season. They have to be the most inconsistent team. I'd almost rather they just suck than looking like worldbeaters for a half and the Knicks the second half (or reverse the halves!). I'd like to see Rodney Hood get more time next season (if the Cavs retain him), I'd like to see Nance actually learn to play defense to go with his athleticism.
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Post by fatmenace on Apr 21, 2018 13:30:44 GMT -6
Yeah I can't wait for the Spurs to end. Pops' wife dying was a perfect bow on this season.
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Post by fatmenace on Apr 23, 2018 11:01:20 GMT -6
That game was like drinking an ice cold beer to wash down the shit sandwich of a season we've been fed. We will probably follow it up with warm piss chaser on Tuesday night, but it was nice to have something positive happen. This franchise really needed that considering everything else that has been going on.
Fun game, fun win, and 20 years from now some idiot is going to be arguing with me that Manu Ginobili wasn't that good by citing a bunch of meaningless statistics that won't come close to doing justice to how great of a basketball player he truly was. Tim Duncan is the best player ever to wear a Spurs uniform but Emmanuel David Ginobili is the greatest Spur of all time.
And two other things: (1) You can't be the first team to come back from 0-3 if you don't win game 4 (yeah, right) and (2) Spurs probably win game 2 of this series if they come anywhere close to shooting the ball like they did yesterday. Golden State hasn't been playing that well on defense. The Spurs just haven't been able to throw it in the ocean. Their shooters have struggled off and on this year, but they aren't nearly as terrible as they have been the first three games.
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Post by fatmenace on Apr 24, 2018 14:11:11 GMT -6
Man I whiffed on the NO series.
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Post by gk on Apr 24, 2018 21:02:36 GMT -6
Man I whiffed on the NO series. I am veeerrrrrryyy interested to see how Golden State matches up against them. If Curry isn't back, I really like their chances. Not enough to favor them, but I'd have it 60/40 GS. I also really like Utah's chances over Houston. Even with that dynamite 50 point quarter from Houston, I don't really like how they've been playing. |
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Post by fatmenace on May 4, 2018 6:45:16 GMT -6
In the NBA playoff gambling manifesto, one of the first rules should be Never Trust Portland and Never Trust Toronto.
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