2015 NBA Playoffs - your official Eastern Conference thread

[stewie griffen]

That was not the worst play ever by Casey

 

[Son of Skeletor]

Lel

Never change randy

No surprise that Washington stopped scoring as soon as Toronto got a couple of shots to drop.

Bill Simmons was right, it's time to call this guy.

 

[stewie griffen]

Toronto imploding

 

[stewie griffen]

Gotta hit that lou

 

[stewie griffen]

Much as I hate that foul it's not clear path

 

[stewie griffen]

What a shocking sequence by Toronto

 

[Ron]

Four points in OT is pretty pathetic

 

[Son of Skeletor]

What a shocking sequence by Toronto

Was pretty mind-numbingly awful playoff basketball

The Wiz will be thanking their lucky stars they pulled that one out - almost guaranteed they'd lose Game 2 brooding over throwing away a lead in Game 1.

 

[Son of Skeletor]

West thread is up:

http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/nba-playoffs-2015-the-wild-wild-western-conference.1094238/

 

[jod23]

Geez I didnt even notice the first playoff game had started and finished. Washington already 1-0 up and have stolen home court.

 

[flight23]

#3 Chicago Bulls vs #6 Milwaukee Bucks


These two teams met 4 times during the regular season

November 5 in Milwaukee - Bulls 95 def Bucks 86 - Taj Gibson top scored with 23 points
January 10 in Chicago - Bulls 95 def Bucks 87 - Pau Gasol went supernova with 46 points
February 23 in Chicago - Bulls 87 def Bucks 71 - Tony "Lazurus" Snell top scored with 20
April 1in Milwaukee - Bucks 95 def Bulls 91 - MCW scored 20 and the Bucks waxed the Bulls on the boards grabbing 20 offensive ones

HOW WE GOT HERE

Record - 50-32

104.7 points scored per 100 possessions (10th in NBA); 101.5 points allowed per 100 possessions (11th in NBA).

For years this Bulls team has been a defense first, get a journeyman point guard to play the best they have in their career and then cry quietly in the corner because of the injuries and realise that what was left on the floor just wasn't good enough.
The 14-15 Bulls are a completely different unit literally
Pau Gasol who most thought was on the way out the NBA became

Jimmy Butler went and did this

Derrick Rose is ready to go in his first playoffs since 1974 and these jokes have stopped

..............
but the most fun part of the Bulls ride has definitely been

no one has any idea what this guy can become, but hearing Derrick get annoyed at him for not shooting was one of the great interviews for Bulls fans everywhere

HOW THE BULLS WIN - by everyone doing their job, sounds simple, but put bluntly they are more talented more experienced and need to knock this over in 4-5 games and keep their foot on the neck of the Bucks. By acting as the older wiser team never letting a team who is just happy to be getting the experience never feel as tho they are in with a real chance

Flights hidden stat - All season the tall timber of Chicago has meant to scare oppositions and yet they rank 19th in defensive rebounding a stat Milwaukee knows too well, when they beat the Bulls they out rebounded them 48-40 with 20 of them being offensive rebounds

Record 41-41

100.5 points scored per 100 possessions (26th in NBA); 99.3 points allowed per 100 possessions (2nd in NBA).


First things first, the new logo scares the crap out of me and looks like Batman in the new Batman v Superman movie

secondly - the Bucks are the third team in history to make the playoffs a year after finishing with the worst record in the league, therefore Jason Kidd is a freak, anyone who had the Bucks finishing at the 6 spot even in the depleted East doesn't follow the game and must think the colors are cute, and that was before the injury to Parker and the retirement of Larry Sanders, it has been nothing short of amazing

One of the main reasons is highlight reel that is THE GREEK FREAK

leading Reggie Evans to say what we were all thinking

This kid is special

Michael Carter Williams is going to have a huge say in this series, their most recent win against the Bulls he scored 21 and grabbed 10 boards and if he can play like that he can put all the pressure back on the Bulls but he needs to play within his limitations

and forget that he ever played for the sixers

since the trade the Bucks have outscored their opponents by 6.4 per 100 posessions in 758 minutes with Michael Carter Williams on the floor and were outscored by 11.4 in 654 minutes with him on the bench

HOW THE BUCKS WILL WIN - They need to make their 3's and they are probably going to need to shoot at 50% from there, scoring is the Bucks biggest problem and they need to be efficient, the other key which they know works is to take control of the offensive boards, Chicago aren't a team that punish you on the fast break in general so the long limbed Bucks need to get after anything loose

Flights hidden stat - The Bucks finished second in defensive efficiency to the Warriors

KEY MATCHUPS
Derrick Rose vs the world - no matter what, everything will be on the kid from Chicago, he's a humble dude but everything in Chicago defers to him and if he starts slow without getting temmates involved the air will go out of the United Centre

Pau Gasol vs The forrest of length - The Bucks have struggled containing him and he was brought here for his playoff experience among other reasons he is averaging 24.3 points and 13.3 rebounds against the smallish Bucks

 

[Dez!]

What the hell? I thought ESPN was doing this game? I'm on the home feed and I get the Buck rejects doing the pre-game.

 

[flight23]

What the hell? I thought ESPN was doing this game? I'm on the home feed and I get the Buck rejects doing the pre-game.

me too and the feed is cutting out and weird

 

[flight23]

Snell in for Rose not Brooks thats weird

 

[Dez!]

Snell in for Rose not Brooks thats weird

Not really with the length of MCW, good move by Thibs.

 

[flight23]

Not really with the length of MCW, good move by Thibs.

yeah i don't mind it, just wasn't expecting it

 

[Dez!]

Brooks with the treeeeyyyyyy.

Offense looking good.

 

[flight23]

playoff Niko is active

 

[Dez!]

What a shot Aaron Brooks!

 

[Burningleviathan]

lol Brooks, what a three on the buzzer. Great start to the game. Will be interesting to see if both teams can keep up the tempo

 

[Dez!]

TONY!

 

[J Shuttlesworth]

Let's go Bucks!

There is enough of you other guys.

 

[Dez!]

There is enough of you other guys.

THERE IS NEVER ENOUGH!

 

[J Shuttlesworth]

THERE IS NEVER ENOUGH!

There has been enough since 91!

 

[Dez!]

There has been enough since 91!

MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORE WE NEED MOOOOOOORRRRRREEEEEE!!!!!