NBA Playoffs 24

[DeletedUser]

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[pdub]

A lot of signs pointing to Porzingis suiting up, which is great, but how effective will he be with over a month of no game action?

[RainbowsandUnicorns]

A lot of signs pointing to Porzingis suiting up, which is great, but how effective will he be with over a month of no game action?

My guess is somewhere between very, somewhat, and not at all.
Sort of like how my guess is if the Celtics win the Championship and he plays in every game, he will finish either 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, or 12th in Finals MVP voting.

Being more serious, from whatever you can get out of a scrimmage, he looked a bit tentative to me a few days ago. I have zero idea how his conditioning will be. We shall see.

Meanwhile, Luka is saying he's not feeling physically better despite the rest. Yep, as the not so great Gutter says, "Excuses are for losers". He had his excuse already prepared.

https://twitter.com/MikeACurtis2/status ... 4278303109

[Overlander]

I didn’t take it as an excuse.

[DeletedUser]

I didn’t take it as an excuse.

Me either. He's played in 87 games so far this season+playoffs.

[pdub]

So I can't bet against my Celtics in the first game of the playoffs ( following heart ) but the logical me would take Dallas to cover the spread tonight ( if not outright win ). I think Dallas will take 1 of these 2 games in Boston.

[ousdahl]

New thread!

Who ya got, Svi or Kieff?

[Overlander]

Mavs.

[KUTradition]

hey everyone, post here…q needs his validation

[pdub]

This is a nah fam for me.
( largely due to superstition to be honest )
I'll be moving this.

[ousdahl]

I was gonna ask, where’d the finals thread go?

But at least pdub admits it’s largely due to superstition.

Btw bro I know your lucky boxer briefs haven’t been removed since Ray Allen played in Boston, but for the sake of everyone else’s nostrils, holy shit would you wash those crusty things?

[pdub]

I have the Celtics if Porzingis can play through the series.
Otherwise, it's a toss up, because I think Al Horford has gotten abused from lesser players these playoffs and Dallas is both elite at getting Luka and Irving switched to the matchups they want AND attacking the basket with lobs ( of which I don't think Horford will be able to contain ).

With no Porzingis, it's going to come down to whether Tatum makes his 3's I think.

[pdub]

I was gonna ask, where’s the finals thread go?

But at least pdub admits it’s largely due to superstition.

Btw bro I know your lucky boxer briefs haven’t been washed since Ray Allen played in Boston, but for the sake of everyone else, holy shit would you wash those crusty things?

TMI but I do have a pair of shamrock boxer briefs that I wear during big Celtics games.
But I wash them.

[ousdahl]

I call bullshit!

We all know that’s a shamrock banana hammock.

[DeletedUser]

hey everyone, post here…q needs his validation

LOL. So many threads.

[pdub]

Um plz hit your 3s Celtics.

[DeletedUser]

Kristaps looks good. Boston is the better team. Dallas may struggle to defend the Boston guards. Luka and Kyrie are going to have to be extra special for this series to be exciting.

[pdub]

Porzingis so far so good.
His defense is so helpful.

[DeletedUser]

Porzingis so far so good.
His defense is so helpful.

Yes. Even if he's a bit rusty on offense, his defense shouldn't be rusty.

[pdub]

Kristaps looks good. Boston is the better team. Dallas may struggle to defend the Boston guards. Luka and Kyrie are going to have to be extra special for this series to be exciting.

Tatum on a milk carton though.