2018 NBA playoffs running thread

Seeing Draymond screw up late does my heart good.

 

Credit for that may go to Daryl Morey, for bringing in quite a few players (Paul, Ariza, Tucker, Gordon) known as outstanding defenders. Even with a coach known for an all-O mindset you'll still play pretty good D if you're putting damn good defensive players on the floor.

But it has been enlightening seeing even Harden making some big defensive plays in this series. That's a new thing.

 

Nine years later, still wish Lakers had kept Ariza.

If Warriors do lose series and repeat history, who do they get from a team they eliminated earlier? Anthony Davis or Kawhi?

 

I don’t want to credit Daryl Morey. He’s an asshole.

 

These playoffs have been like a spinning wheel to figure out the "narrative of the day." Overrated, underrated, all-time choke, greatest coach ever, etc. etc. Wasn't it just last week that the Rockets were supposed to be planning a fire sale?

 

If the Rockets win this series, the fourth quarter of Game 4 will haunt the Warriors all summer.

 

We just might get a whole new slate of Chris Paul insurance commercials.

 

This is a year I’d actually like a third-place series. LeBron vs. the Warriors.

Because there’s no stakes Draymond in full karate mode, LeBron one foot out the door throwing bullet passes at Rodney Hood’s and JR Smith’s head when they’re not looking, Steph Curry wearing a papier mache cast and Fisher-Price doctor kit bandages onto the floor and a special guest appearance from a feral, unwashed Dellevadova, who swings in from the rafters to tackle KD at mid-court at a crucial juncture.

 

Bingo.

Before last night, a friend was like, “when the Warriors lose, what does it mean?” And all I could think was, let’s let life play out.

 

Chris Paul out for Game 6.

 

Houston's best strategy now might be just to rest everybody so they're better prepared to go balls out in Game 7. Because they ain't winning in Oracle without Paul.

 

I don't think they can win Game 7 without him either.

Of course, I've been dead-on all series long beginning with the Warriors in 5 prediction.