2024-25 NBA Thread

[MuggsyB]

Wow.  The C's were up 20?

[Shaka Shart]

Wow.  The C's were up 20?

Source?

[MuggsyB]

Tatum seems to like jacking 3's.  Regardless of the score.  He's 4-16 and Brown is 0-9.  Brunson for the win?

[MuggsyB]

Wow. Celtics are lucky.

[Jay Bee]

Carry, bad pass out of bounds, huge miss... Brunson2G

[MuggsyB]

No way that should be a shooting foul. 

[MuggsyB]

Wow.  15-60 from distance for the C's.  Whoops. 

[MU82]

Difference in the game:

Kolek did a much better job of cheering from the Knicks' bench than Hauser did from the Celtics' bench.

[Skatastrophy]

Tatum seems to like jacking 3's.  Regardless of the score.  He's 4-16 and Brown is 0-9.  Brunson for the win?

I still can't believe those jokers won a championship.

[MuggsyB]

Jokic looks extremely upset.

[forgetful]

Wow! Huge shot by Gordon.

What a collapse by OKC.

[MU82]

Well, we know Mark Daigneault likes to foul up 3.

Twice.

Early as hell in possessions with a sh!tload of time on the clock.

Also ... nice FTs, Chet.

Real fun night of hoops. Pucks, too. Thanks, DVR!

[Jay Bee]

Real fun night of hoops. Pucks, too. Thanks, DVR!

I may need to utilize DVR more and start watching games the next day. I've reached a point in my life where I whine about the games starting "too damn late". 

[MU82]

I may need to utilize DVR more and start watching games the next day. I've reached a point in my life where I whine about the games starting "too damn late". 

Moving to the West Coast solved the "games start too damn late" problem for me. Now they start too damn early!

Forgot to mention in my previous post that one of the times Daigneault fouled up 3 it let Jokic get back into the game. He had been subbed out briefly for defensive purposes and Denver would have had to try to tie the game without him. D'oh!

[MuggsyB]

Last night was really good for the NBA.  I still think Bos and OKC will win their series, but it just made things a lot more interesting.

As for Boston and their 60 threes, this is essentially how they've played the past several seasons.  My counter to that is that doesn't mean each game and time and score don't matter.  A side/step back three is also much different than a spot 3.  There are good threes and bad ones, even if you're Boston.  What defies all logic to me were the ones Tatum took in the 4Q and in particular when the game was tied at 100 with under a minute to go.  Why some one would take a step-back 25 footer, early in tbe shot clock, with that time and score, is beyond dumbfounding.  Even if you're Steph Curry.  Also if you only take threes, which is essentially what Boston did the entire 2H, you're not going to get in the penalty or the other team in foul trouble.  At some point while Boston was pissing the game away, Mazzulla should have gotten in their grills and tell them to attack the freaking basket. Just my take. 

[MU82]

Last night was really good for the NBA.  I still think Bos and OKC will win their series, but it just made things a lot more interesting.

As for Boston and their 60 threes, this is essentially how they've played the past several seasons.  My counter to that is that doesn't mean each game and time and score don't matter.  A side/step back three is also much different than a spot 3.  There are good threes and bad ones, even if you're Boston.  What defies all logic to me were the ones Tatum took in the 4Q and in particular when the game was tied at 100 with under a minute to go.  Why some one would take a step-back 25 footer, early in tbe shot clock, with that time and score, is beyond dumbfounding.  Even if you're Steph Curry.  Also if you only take threes, which is essentially what Boston did the entire 2H, you're not going to get in the penalty or the other team in foul trouble.  At some point while Boston was pissing the game away, Mazzulla should have gotten in their grills and tell them to attack the freaking basket. Just my take. 

As usual, I was rooting against the Celtics. But even I said to the TV several times: "What are you doing? Take the layup!"

I was dumbfounded by the many times they passed up a 5-footer or even a layup to whip the ball out to somebody 24 feet from the hoop.

I get the analytics of 3-pointers, but that's still stoopid because the analytics also say layups are good.

Plus, don't you simply have to recognize when it's just "one of those nights"? I get shooters-gotta-shoot mentality, but at some point don't you just have to realize what's going on and take the ball to the hoop? Especially when you've got several Knicks in foul trouble?

Even Sam was 0-fer, for crissakes!

[MU82]

Not mentioned because of last night's choke jobs and buzzer beaters ...

The best player in the world had 42 points and 22 rebounds.

[MuggsyB]

Not mentioned because of last night's choke jobs and buzzer beaters ...

The best player in the world had 42 points and 22 rebounds.

They were choke jobs.  But you're right, the pass out to three when you have a chippie?  WTF?  Also, if you're Tatum, who many think is one of the 5 best in the league, WTF in general are you doing?  You're 6'10 dude, mix in an attack.  I'm my opinion he was checked out mentally last night which just can't happen.  Brunson is unflappable and if these games get tight down the stretch it could be interesting.

Yeah.....Serbian guy is pretty good.  It's honestly a travesty if he doesn't win MVP.  And props to Westbrook again.  That was a beautiful zip dime, cross-court, right on target. 

[Jockey]

OKC and GS have zero chance to win a title.

SGA and Jimmy are too stoopid. They keep taking midrange shots. The worst shot in basketball.

Everybody knows that.

[MU82]

They were choke jobs.  But you're right, the pass out to three when you have a chippie?  WTF?  Also, if you're Tatum, who many think is one of the 5 best in the league, WTF in general are you doing?  You're 6'10 dude, mix in an attack.  I'm my opinion he was checked out mentally last night which just can't happen.  Brunson is unflappable and if these games get tight down the stretch it could be interesting.

Down the stretch in regulation, unflappable Brunson double-dribbled, threw a pass to nobody that sailed out of bounds, and missed his attempt at a game-winning runner. Then, in OT, he missed all 4 shots he took.

Hell of a player, but he's human. And if the Knicks had lost, many would be talking about him choking after having done so much to position them for victory.

As for Tatum, we'll probably never know if he "checked out," but I agree that his shot selection was poor. He's an immensely talented guy with a variety of inside moves ... and yet he was content to launch off-balance 3s on a night when neither he nor his teammates could make 'em. It was baffling - but as a Celtics-hater since I was a kid, I hope he does it again in Game 2!

[Jockey]

I get a kick out of all of the 'choking' talk here.

[MuggsyB]

Mobley, Garland, and Hunter are out?  Ouch.  That's a problem. 

[MuggsyB]

I get a kick out of all of the 'choking' talk here.

Of course they choked.  And that would include their coaches. 

[MuggsyB]

The Cavs are gripping right now.  Can they hold on?

[MuggsyB]

Huge shot from a former DePaul player.