About Sixers@Boston, s/o to Brad Stevens. What a hell of a coach. Celtics 20+ pts behind and the team and Brad didn't lose their cool.
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Conveniently late to the posting party but LOL at rubbing it in about picks after the series is two games in. :^)
Embiid can't guard Horford on the perimeter, and Stevens is just plain taking advantage of almost every match-up on the floor. Boston is just quicker, more athletic at almost any position in any line-up by at least one player thus far. Brett did a good job getting Redick off Tatum and on Smart, and fighting against those switches a bit more.
But Horford at center screening for Rozier is a problem. Too much quickness.
Bro I posted that after the first game but I've been saying it even while the Cavs were at their lowest point in the regular season, not that I regularly post here because I don't particularly care about the modern NBA so y'alls in particular wouldn't know that. It wasn't meant to be directed at anybody here per se, but suffice to say if any of you actually believed LeBron was going to lose at any point before an opposing team puts a 4 in their L column for the series... 
also lolsimmons
also lolsimmons
Post where? I didn't see you here anywhere. At least in the last week or so.
Ayyyyyyyyyy
Playoff Rondo is here for your SOUL
Also shoutout to Solomon Hill for drilling 3 big threes in the 1st then scoring 0 the rest of the way
Idc that we lost this game. Rondo has been one of my favorities. Been a joy watching him this playoffs and him dominating. We're coming for them next game >:)
Okay D'Antoni. You've learned something at least. Will see if i can breakdown any adjustments later.
Annnnnnd there wasn't anything major other than less trap switching defense, bench Anderson, and hugging Gobert. Offensively, I'm shocked they went the route of taking MORE mid range but it worked in their favor because the Jazz left the area open willingly.
Also more minutes of Paul/Harden/Gordon which is small and strange for most teams but somehow works in tgis game.
Annnnnnd there wasn't anything major other than less trap switching defense, bench Anderson, and hugging Gobert. Offensively, I'm shocked they went the route of taking MORE mid range but it worked in their favor because the Jazz left the area open willingly.
Also more minutes of Paul/Harden/Gordon which is small and strange for most teams but somehow works in tgis game.
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Watching LeBron nail fadeaways over and over again was incredible. He stole Toronto's cake and ate it lol.
Hi sixers fan can you apologize for overrating the shit out of your team?
wait, are you the confetti guy who celebrated too early this game?
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Celtics. Al Horford. Brad Stevens.
Don't ever make this statement again..
LeBron is the best player off all time, he is a Toronto Killer, but let's give a shout out to Kevin Love...
double-double 21 pts 16 reb, a block and a steal, plus/minus +20, bullying in the paint. He isn't the Wolves All Star anymore, but we must acknowledge him. He isn't an All Star for nothing.
double-double 21 pts 16 reb, a block and a steal, plus/minus +20, bullying in the paint. He isn't the Wolves All Star anymore, but we must acknowledge him. He isn't an All Star for nothing.
Raptors' drop down defense just doesn't phase Lebron
Honestly if i just assumed Casey would never adapted to switching defense i would have been like Cavs in 5
Honestly if i just assumed Casey would never adapted to switching defense i would have been like Cavs in 5
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Well coach contracts don't count for anything so you can throw Casey out for nothing
Anyone else catch this play? Absolutely filthy play by Harden
Okay, I know a lot of people thinks that all those fouls that Harden digs are a pain in the ass, but pay attention closely in Exum's movement. It's the same kind of foul that everyone commits against The Beard: Reach In Foul. When you guard a player with the ball you have to contest his movements, not disrupt or put the hand in the middle of the move. Exum already gave an example of how to guard Harden in Game 1, same series:
No reach in, no disruption, no hands on body, no hands on his arms, only contesting Harden's moves. This is how you guard The Beard.
PS.: Obviously is a tough task, Harden is probably the next MVP, but this is the NBA, if you can't take the heat, stay out of kitchen.
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