The official 2024 NBA Playoffs thread - no tankers allowed

[Gift]

Indy just kept giving Celtics and refs a chance to take over... Inexperience cost them when they shoulda won easily

 

[largebus]

Vintage indy choke

 

[stewie griffen]

This is the worst review in nba history

 

[DT_35]

You reckon Carlisie has learnt to foul when up by 3 yet? That’s the 3rd time they haven’t this season and it’s f****** them.

 

[Slysh]

Indy just kept giving Celtics and refs a chance to take over... Inexperience cost them when they shoulda won easily

They threw it away about 15 different times, this will be a hard loss for them to recover from. Underdog team, on the road, got no calls and still had a chance to steal it.

 

[mumblingpie]

Dude is basically hugging me

 

[stewie griffen]

Not even the Boston crowd could boo that

 

[Slysh]

You reckon Carlisie has learnt to foul when up by 3 yet? That’s the 3rd time they haven’t this season and it’s f****** them.

Why coaches don't do it in 99.9% of situations is so stupid, it is almost always the right play.

The only defence for this one was Pascal got to Brown late and didn't want to foul him in the shooting motion.

 

[stewie griffen]

You reckon Carlisie has learnt to foul when up by 3 yet? That’s the 3rd time they haven’t this season and it’s f****** them.

They needed tj off the floor and to switch off that screen

 

[NSWCROW]

That turnover off the inbound with 10 left in the 4th.....


You're looking at a completely different series if Indiana win game 1

 

[peternorth]

Boston expected to win that. Free hit for the pacers who stuffed up big time.

Jrue who is always there when you call, always on time, massive

 

[Gift]

lol Brown said JT finally woke up in OT

 

[Darksidepoints]

 

[Gift]

Why coaches don't do it in 99.9% of situations is so stupid, it is almost always the right play.

Maybe he thought since Indy barely had any FTs all game and Celtics had plenty it was riskier to play the FT game instead of giving them a chance at a 3. Only logic I can think of

 

[peternorth]

Maybe he thought since Indy barely had any FTs all game and Celtics had plenty it was riskier to play the FT game instead of giving them a chance at a 3. Only logic I can think of

You may be onto something there

 

[Nicho50]

When’s the Halliburton choke shirt coming out.

 

[peternorth]

Rudy is now the highest paid player in the playoffs

 

[Slysh]

Maybe he thought since Indy barely had any FTs all game and Celtics had plenty it was riskier to play the FT game instead of giving them a chance at a 3. Only logic I can think of

Boston had no time outs though, so even if they hit the 2 and foul Indy they then need to go the length of the court again.

 

[mumblingpie]

Imagine the heat on Tatum if Brown didn’t hit that 3

 

[peternorth]

Imagine the heat on Tatum if Brown didn’t hit that 3

Fair or not?

 

[Slysh]

Imagine the heat on Tatum if Brown didn’t hit that 3

It would last 24 hours and then when he wins the series because they have the much better team the narrative would switch straight back to is he better than Luka, Giannis etc

 

[Chadwiko]

Fair or not?

Not really, nah.

Yeah, Tatum missed a couple shots in the 4th quarter he would normally hit, but he still was incredible on defense and without OT would have ended the game with something like a 26-9-4-3 stat line.

If that's a 'bad' game then what do you say about Anthony Edwards in the game 7 vs Denver where he finished 16-8-7 on 6-24 including 2-10 from 3?

Tatum is held to an incredibly high standard without regard for the fact that he's on a genuinely deep team.

 

[stewie griffen]

Not really, nah.

Yeah, Tatum missed a couple shots in the 4th quarter he would normally hit, but he still was incredible on defense and without OT would have ended the game with something like a 26-9-4-3 stat line.

If that's a 'bad' game then what do you say about Anthony Edwards in the game 7 vs Denver where he finished 16-8-7 on 6-24 including 2-10 from 3?

Tatum is held to an incredibly high standard without regard for the fact that he's on a genuinely deep team.

Tatum?

Team?

Those words both start with T and end in M.

That's about the only similarity

 

[eth-dog]

Not really, nah.

Yeah, Tatum missed a couple shots in the 4th quarter he would normally hit, but he still was incredible on defense and without OT would have ended the game with something like a 26-9-4-3 stat line.

If that's a 'bad' game then what do you say about Anthony Edwards in the game 7 vs Denver where he finished 16-8-7 on 6-24 including 2-10 from 3?

Tatum is held to an incredibly high standard without regard for the fact that he's on a genuinely deep team.

Don't bother. They don't care. He could go 35/12/12 including the match winner and he's still have a bad game.

 

[Slysh]

Not really, nah.

Yeah, Tatum missed a couple shots in the 4th quarter he would normally hit, but he still was incredible on defense and without OT would have ended the game with something like a 26-9-4-3 stat line.

If that's a 'bad' game then what do you say about Anthony Edwards in the game 7 vs Denver where he finished 16-8-7 on 6-24 including 2-10 from 3?

Tatum is held to an incredibly high standard without regard for the fact that he's on a genuinely deep team.

I don’t think many claim he had a bad game, just that he was horrendous down the stretch.