2018 NBA playoffs running thread

Do we need to put together a 10-minute blooper reel of JR Smith having the ball go off his knee when trying to execute a six-foot runner?

 

I just did, and I'm still not convinced. There is some separation to get a shot off -- so of course he should've taken it -- but I still don't believe JR Smith, of all people, would've made it.

 

I'm surprised 13 players averaged more than 9.1 rebounds in the playoffs. Only 12 averaged more than that in the regular season, with almost double the sample size.

 

KD had his back to him as he didn’t block out and was under the hoop because he thought it was going in. No guarantees by JR had a 3 footer just to pop back up with.

 

he played most of the series with 1hand.
He had a triple double in the finals against the GSW with a BROKEN HAND his shooting hand. He might have scored 100 if only he could have played with 2 hands.

 

Actually that play represented a mistake by the Cavs. Normally you do not have a guard lined up in one of the first two offensive rebounding positions but rather someone with more size, like LeBron. I am sure the reason that LeBron was behind the shooter and not lined up on the side of the foul line is thee Cavs were trying to rest LeBron.

Normally that makes sense. NBA players make 75% of their free throws and the defensive player with inside position probably gets 80% of the rebounds. So the situation rarely occurs where the player for an offensive team gets a rebound. Having LeBron play back means he does not have to run back on defense and can get a little bit or a rest.

But with four seconds left Golden State was going to call a timeout on a missed free throw. So at the end of the game a coach should not have guards in the rebounding position but ensure his biggest guys are down there.

 

Lebron who has the highest basketball IQ in the game should have known this and positioned himself accordingly. He overrules the little coach all the time. Lebron also should have known that he had timeouts left.

 

You want to be as dumb as @heyabbott ?

 

Normally you make the goddamn freethrow

 

Yeah, but it’s counting guys who played as few as five games. Westbrook was at 12. Simmons at 9.4. Mirotic at 9.6.

 

Clyde has something to say about KD. He's not wrong.

Hall of Famer Walt Frazier: Kevin Durant's legacy will have an 'asterisk next to his name'

 

I hope he called Earl the Pearl to tell him what a chickenshit he was too for coming to the Knicks.

This shit is getting old.