2023 running NBA playoffs thread

[Spartan Squad]

Draymond suspended one game. Welp.

Huh. Someone at the Athletic forked up.

 

[Songbird]

Chris Paul's long national nightmare is over.

14th game with a ref who's got something against him, 0 for last 13, wins by 14.

 

[Cosmo]

Chris Paul's long national nightmare is over.

14th game with a ref who's got something against him, 0 for last 13, wins by 14.

Weirdly enough, Durant was on a seven-game losing streak in the playoffs too. Felt like a bit of a shift at the end of that second quarter, like something clicked and a flip was switched. Booker was unreal in that second half. Suns were just so damn sloppy in the first, couldn't stop turning it over, couldn't get a rebound, were being outplayed and outhustled. They let Westbrook (!) control the game offensively. I admire the heck out of Kawhi but he can't win this series by himself. I have a work thing on Friday that requires a 5:45 a.m. EST wakeup and a 2.5-hour drive so I'm going to have to pass on Thursday's game. Hoping for the best.

 

[MileHigh]

An embarrassing performance from the Lakers. Everyone is on their bandwagon and they come out and put up that garbage.

 

[Gutter]

Bucks put up 81 in the first half … without Giannis.

 

[DanielSimpsonDay]

AD with a pathetic effort.
LeBron coasting.
DeAngelo Russell looking unplayable.

 

[PCLoadLetter]

Love Barkley on the Timberwolves.

Chuck: I like Conley, who is 100 years old, and I like Anthony Edwards.
Kenny: And that's it?
Chuck: I stopped, didn't I?

 

[UPChip]

Embiid's probably going to get at least a fine here, but I also feel like there should be a "play stupid games, win stupid prizes" award here.

 

[PCLoadLetter]

Embiid's probably going to get at least a fine here, but I also feel like there should be a "play stupid games, win stupid prizes" award here.

Yeah, that was a bad, bad idea.

 

[Webster]

It's a bench move to step over someone like that. But you can't kick someone in the nuts.

 

[Della9250]

Embiid's probably going to get at least a fine here, but I also feel like there should be a "play stupid games, win stupid prizes" award here.

He's going to get a game

 

[DanielSimpsonDay]

Embiid did that like he was lobbying for the MVP, making his feelings known then pivoting to acting like he was never bothered at all.