2018 NBA playoffs running thread

Except when Tikkanen was on my team, he missed a wide open net in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final against Detroit, and if scores the damn goal, it's probably 1-1 going back to D.C. Instead, the Caps get swept. Sorry for the threadjack, but fuck Esa Tikkanen.

 

I legitimately had no idea Nene was playing for the Rockets these days.

 

LeBron ... my goodness. Has he even been to the bench tonight?

EDIT: Until the bitter end?

 

He was on the bench when the Celtics made a run at the end of the third.

 

Seems like we talk every year about how it's impossible for one player to carry his team, and he's doing it again.

 

Stat of the day: through game 4 of the conference finals, no NBA game this year has drawn the ratings of the NFL draft... Or Pro Bowl

 

Obviously, the NFL is dying.

 

Huh. The Pro Bowl. I might have to rethink my TV watching.

 

They were talking during the broadcast that this Cavs team is reminiscent of the '07 team that Bron carried by himself to the Finals, where they got swept by the Spurs. I tended to agree.

 

Kevin Love out game 7 (concussion).

 

Don't they realize basketball concussions aren't dangerous?

 

So some guy named Tom something posted the following stat on twitter this morning. Kevin Durant, James Harden, Russell Westbrook, Dirk Nowitzki and Dwyane Wade all have seven career postseason games with 40 or more points. LeBron has seven THIS postseason.