NBA 2019-20 thread.

Shades of Nets/Spurs in the '03 Finals.

 

Could hardly tell from the terrible announcers. I mean I’m not one to gripe about the broadcast team usually but holy hell Mark Jackson as the main guy really allows him to showcase his enormous lack of talent.

except when he said Rudy Gobert’s defense is infectious.

 

Really wonder about what offense Denver really had besides Jokic/Murray handoff, PNR. When Utah made run, it looked like every shot was a Denver 3 with everyone just standing around watching Murray. Porter has talent but not the smartest player out there. He’s like a young puppy running around and jumping.

Why did Denver shoot layup at end?

 

That layup was pretty dumb -- although I guess if you make it you're up four. Still, better off heading for the corner or kicking it out to the unguarded man and running as much clock as you can.

Fun series.

 

I think that’s a layup you make 95 percent of the time. I get the logic of throwing it to the corner and getting fouled but I can’t fault the wide open bunny to end the series.

 

The Nuggets make the layup and they are up four with 3 seconds to go and Utah has no timeouts. It's game over almost certainly. But for all that's everything, don't miss it, especially since your whole team ran down there with it and no one to play defense. What a crazy ending, especially in that series where every shot fell and the teams combined for like 300 points a game until last night.

 

At least the Sixers tried.

 

Either that or he wants a lot more cash and power.

 

Go for the 90% layup and miss: "Why didn't you take it back out and get fouled?"
Don't go for the layup, get fouled, and miss free throws: "Why didn't you just take the bunny layup and seal the game?"

Or:

"You know the one thing you tried, and it didn't work? You should have done the other thing."