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2025 NBA PLAYOFFS & PLAY-IN DISCUSSION

Discussion in 'NBA Dish' started by Mr. Dominant, Apr 13, 2025.

  1. A_3PO

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    Jokic with the final Nuggets blunder that cost them the game.

    It's amazing they stayed close with Kawhi 15/19, the living breathing definition of a cheat code.
     
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    Good finish. Kawhi has risen from the dead.
     
  3. Rocket River

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    Denver without the Altitude advantage ...
    Will it matter?

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  4. Reeko

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    NBA really has game 3 of this series and the 1st ever playoff game at Intuit Dome on NBA TV while OKC-Memphis gets the TNT game

    lmao
     
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    Leonard is really fun to watch when he's on. I miss having confidence that one of our rotation guys will get a bucket when they shoot.
     
  6. Rocket River

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    Two great games tonite

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  7. A_3PO

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    Games 3 and 4 may tell the story. I think the Clippers will win the next 3 and close it out in 5.
     
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    Jokic is too big to be doing all that flopping, and I’m sorry, but there’s no way Westbrook continues to hit these threes

    Clippers should be up 2-0 right now
     
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    I have no opinion on whether one team was favored by the whistle, I'm just saying the Knicks are horrific to watch play.
     
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    i mean what is harden supposed to do with the 3x mvp flopping and getting rewarded with every call
     
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    well i meant the missed bucket and Braun getting open for a wide open 3. could have been a disaster.
     
  12. Reeko

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    Harden haters gonna have to try again on Thursday…he did his thing game 1 with Kawhi being mediocre, and tonight was Kawhi’s turn
     
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    It's nice to see Harden have a teammate who can carry the load for him at points in the playoffs.

    Masterful game from Kawhi.
     
  14. DreamShook

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    I said Kawhi is going to have to close to win games. Kawhi closed today. He didnt do it game 1. Clippers should have won game 1 too. but all they needed was one game in denver.
     
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    Kawhi did what he needed to do in G1. He closed the game out making plays on both ends. He went at Gordon for two huge baskets instead of getting a switch and allowing the Nuggets to trap him.

    Jokic is putting up numbers,but the Clippers are taking him out of his game. He was turning the ball over because the Clippers seem to know his next move. That has to be Van Gundy. Jokic will have to go to his third and fourth options because the Clippers have the first two covered. He even missed free-throws.

    If Porter Jr. is hurt, the series will stop being this entertaining. He seemed to be saying his shoulder popped. Westbrook is due to turn into Westbrick. They don't want to have to rely on him.

    Next game has to be a Harden-Powell game for the Clippers. You could expect Kawhi to be great again, but today he was unreal.
     
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    Great game
    Harden with pretty good defense from what I saw.

    LAC is fun to watch , so is Denver. There's a chance those are the two best teams I nthe west
     
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    I agree with that. The Knicks are an unnatural creation where you have players that are more gifted offensively than defensively, but with Thibs as coach. It's like Frankenstein's monster where a different head has been transplanted on a body and the fit is bad.
     
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    That is why the record matters, Clippers and Nuggets wearing themselves out gives more rest to a Thunder team for example.

    And Thunder having better benches than Clippers and Nuggets and no Westbrook.

     
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    Lord knows I was not the biggest JVG Fan when he was here
    but the man is a Defensive Savant (like Big Bzdelic)

    Jokic normal circus passes are getting tipped . . .some make it through but it be closer and not as clean as normal


    Weirdly Hilarious

    Rocket River
     
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