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Quote from: Dave1 on May 14, 2024, 07:05:07 AM

^^ Cavs are down 3-1 and without their best player and going up against the best team in the league in the regular season, I don't think that they can make this series and it could be 4-1 next and they are eliminated.

Must watch are the series in the West,

Wolves vs Nuggets, 2-2 when we think that the Jordan like ANT can finished the defending champion, Denver came back with a huge win and returning the favor back to Wolves.
OKC vs Mavs, 2-2 as well with the young OKC taking game 4 with a big comeback.

Looks like the semifinal series in this playoffs aren't as predictable as they may have seemed at first, except for the Celtics-Cavs series. Obviously, the Celtics are to be congratulated now for their impending run to the Eastern Conference Finals. As for the other semifinal series, I'd favor the Wolves, Thunder, and Knicks.

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Quote from: Natalim on May 14, 2024, 07:37:44 AM

This 2 series are very unpredictable, although my picks are Nuggets and Dallas, I can't be too confident now that the series are tied. I'll just be thinking of good luck for my teams, hopefully the Nuggets will win tomorrow.

That's so true. I am also both Denver Nuggets and Dallas Mavericks fan but I cannot tell which will win. I thought Dallas would win that game as they had a great start while the OKC Thunder most of the time are the ones trying to catch up.
Like what the commentator said in that game, it felt like watching the 90's game. The defense was so high, that the rim defenders namely, Daniel Gafford with 3 blocks, Dereck Lively II with 4 blocks and, Chet Holmgren with 4 blocks and 1 steal, these guys are playing at a high level of focus to not let anyone get near the rim and shoot.
I love that type of game, the defense will tell which will win the game and it feels like watching old-school NBA.

Right, but we can't deny what SGA shows in this game, mid-range shot is very effective and that shot in the corner, that was a beauty. Gafford is known to be a shot blocker what surprises is Lively turning out to be a good role player, in their center position and a fit for Luka and Kyrie's play.

Unfortunately, I think everyone here is favoring the Mavs, and it will be a great win for us a bettor if they get this one.

Luka is not 100% healthy, I think Irving needs to step us as the leader now, Game 5 is very important as the winner of that is already close to winning th e series. Although Doncic had a triple double in the game but his shooting is awful, only 6-20, I guess next game he needs to share the ball more as the defense was really tough on him.

Quote from: btc_angela on May 14, 2024, 08:14:02 AM

Nuggets vs Wolves, another great series, another unpredictable in next game, Nuggets though is the favorite now as they are back at home.

Yeah, the momentum is now on the Nuggets plus they are playing at home and it will be their first win at home tomorrow if they'll succeed.

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Quote from: danherbias07 on May 14, 2024, 08:04:12 AM

Quote from: Natalim on May 14, 2024, 07:37:44 AM

This 2 series are very unpredictable, although my picks are Nuggets and Dallas, I can't be too confident now that the series are tied. I'll just be thinking of good luck for my teams, hopefully the Nuggets will win tomorrow.

That's so true. I am also both Denver Nuggets and Dallas Mavericks fan but I cannot tell which will win. I thought Dallas would win that game as they had a great start while the OKC Thunder most of the time are the ones trying to catch up.
Like what the commentator said in that game, it felt like watching the 90's game. The defense was so high, that the rim defenders namely, Daniel Gafford with 3 blocks, Dereck Lively II with 4 blocks and, Chet Holmgren with 4 blocks and 1 steal, these guys are playing at a high level of focus to not let anyone get near the rim and shoot.
I love that type of game, the defense will tell which will win the game and it feels like watching old-school NBA.

Right, but we can't deny what SGA shows in this game, mid-range shot is very effective and that shot in the corner, that was a beauty. Gafford is known to be a shot blocker what surprises is Lively turning out to be a good role player, in their center position and a fit for Luka and Kyrie's play.

Unfortunately, I think everyone here is favoring the Mavs, and it will be a great win for us a bettor if they get this one.

Nuggets vs Wolves, another great series, another unpredictable in next game, Nuggets though is the favorite now as they are back at home.

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Quote from: Natalim on May 14, 2024, 07:37:44 AM

This 2 series are very unpredictable, although my picks are Nuggets and Dallas, I can't be too confident now that the series are tied. I'll just be thinking of good luck for my teams, hopefully the Nuggets will win tomorrow.

That's so true. I am also both Denver Nuggets and Dallas Mavericks fan but I cannot tell which will win. I thought Dallas would win that game as they had a great start while the OKC Thunder most of the time are the ones trying to catch up.
Like what the commentator said in that game, it felt like watching the 90's game. The defense was so high, that the rim defenders namely, Daniel Gafford with 3 blocks, Dereck Lively II with 4 blocks and, Chet Holmgren with 4 blocks and 1 steal, these guys are playing at a high level of focus to not let anyone get near the rim and shoot.
I love that type of game, the defense will tell which will win the game and it feels like watching old-school NBA.

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Quote from: Dave1 on May 14, 2024, 07:05:07 AM

^^ Cavs are down 3-1 and without their best player and going up against the best team in the league in the regular season, I don't think that they can make this series and it could be 4-1 next and they are eliminated.

No way they can't win without Mitchell, and even if he'll play in game 5 and win, I doubt they'll survive the series with not a 100% Mitchell.
I think we can already conlcude now that this series will be over soon, Boston will once again in the ECF and hopefully they'll face the Pacers as they are the healthier team compared to the Knicks. I also like the Pacers winning tomorrow and finishing the series in 6.

Quote from: Dave1 on May 14, 2024, 07:05:07 AM

Must watch are the series in the West,

Wolves vs Nuggets, 2-2 when we think that the Jordan like ANT can finished the defending champion, Denver came back with a huge win and returning the favor back to Wolves.
OKC vs Mavs, 2-2 as well with the young OKC taking game 4 with a big comeback.

This 2 series are very unpredictable, although my picks are Nuggets and Dallas, I can't be too confident now that the series are tied. I'll just be thinking of good luck for my teams, hopefully the Nuggets will win tomorrow.

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^^ Cavs are down 3-1 and without their best player and going up against the best team in the league in the regular season, I don't think that they can make this series and it could be 4-1 next and they are eliminated.

Must watch are the series in the West,

Wolves vs Nuggets, 2-2 when we think that the Jordan like ANT can finished the defending champion, Denver came back with a huge win and returning the favor back to Wolves.
OKC vs Mavs, 2-2 as well with the young OKC taking game 4 with a big comeback.

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JUST IN: Donovan Mitchell is out for game 4.

Celtics on -10.5 then.

Yeah.

This is going to be easy Celtics and even with that -10.5. There is no leading scorer for the Cavs, that's sad but that really happens. End of the first quarter as of typing this.

37- Celtics
30- Cavs

For the Money line Boston manage to outrun the Cavs but with that handicap sorry for those who place bets for that as the game ended Boston only win by 7 points, without Mitchell, Garland step up and keep that distance not too far though they unable to snatch the game and protect the homecourt but they did not allow Boston to win in a blowout way.

3-1 now and the game will be back to Boston, a big chance that they will finish this series at home, unless Cavs will make a huge adjustments and manage to counter whatever Boston will bring on their upcoming game 5.

With this loss of Cavs, they have no other option but to win all of the remaining games until game 7. That's highly unlikely and how many teams did abled to win that straight until the end of the series? I don't know.

Game 5 is likely the finisher of this series and it's going to be Boston Celtics that's going first to the conf. finals.

That's hard task to do knowing that Celtics is on momentum that's why I think they would be eliminated on their next game. But still this is good experience for the young team since they could able to reach that far and one thing they need to focus in next season is to improve their skills and roster rotation since there's huge potential for this team to became more better contender.

But also maybe there's some miracle will happen and luck will came on their side so lets still see if Cavs will continue to fight back or they will let this season slide and take it as good learning experience to their team. Most likely Celtics will come up first and I wanna see them to compete with Pacers since for sure we can see a good series with that team. But they still need to defeat Knicks which is hot team this season.

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Quote from: inthelongrun on May 13, 2024, 11:32:25 PM

The Denver Nuggets was like a sleeping giant that is now awake. They're playing better when they're given a very challenging situation. I guess it also have to do with the championship experience they have.

That 0-2 that they've taken was seriously have disappointed a lot of us. But, it seems that they've been awake right now.

Now that the series is tied, the Timberwolves probably are itching with their thoughts and having what ifs right now. What if this is going to be a straight win for the Nuggets until it becomes 4-2?

Quote from: inthelongrun on May 13, 2024, 11:32:25 PM

Minnesota has the ability to win but this series is more than just skills.

They honestly have been the strongest AFAIK but, true that experience is still different as Nuggets have been there and won't make it easy for them to pass.

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Quote from: EFS on May 13, 2024, 09:35:58 PM

As expected the Celtics won, but what they did in offense in the last quarter didn't give any hope for the finals. The appetite of the Western teams must be whetted. This series looks like 4-1 Celtics, it will be over in Boston in the next game.
Garland played a very good second half after a disastrous first half, but it wasn't enough. The Cavs fought well without Mitchell, everyone expected a much easier Celtics win. Still, a win is a win on the road. The Celtics are one step away from the East final.

Yes, and as expecting, Celtics is just steam rolling the teams in the East.

While in the West, it's very exciting match-up, I thought that the Dallas will win this game against the OKC because they have lead most of the way. But Irving is silent in this game, didn't score double digits although he has a few good assists and Luka had triple double. But SGA though, he really lead the team even when they are down, they keep on fighting and clawing with a big 34 big points and the rest of the team also help a lot. So it's now 2-2 and still very unpredictable game although Luka is not really healthy in this series and it might take a toll on him in the next couple of games.

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he lead built early by Indiana. The injuries suffered by NYK really put them into limits. They're heading into this playoffs without Randle and Bogdanovich but now they're without Anonuby and Robinson. Against the young and agile players of Indiana, NYK has to rest it's main players otherwise they cannot catch the pace Indiana is playing and it is showing in this game. Jalen Brunson if I'm correct is also suffering from a minor injury.

It’s really hard Knicks to stop the momentum of Pacers now that they already have the winning formula. This is same with the Nuggets-Wolves series which already even and the momentum is very hard to stop.

I’m smelling a reverse sweep for both series since both Wolves and Knicks already shown weakness against team that is very strong and just have a weak start on their series.

Knicks will be lucky if they steal 1 game on Pacers.

Same thought here. Not a guarantee of course but the momentum had already shifted sides. NYK is just basically undermanned. Even if they survive the next game with the Pacers, they will struggle for the next coming games. Jalen has a big heart though so I am still rooting for him.

Yes, momentum shift already to the Pacers, but it's hard to discredit the Knicks, they have a big heart and this Villanova boys are really playing their hearts out. But they are undermanned and so it will be a difficult road for them.

Quote from: inthelongrun on May 13, 2024, 11:32:25 PM

The Denver Nuggets was like a sleeping giant that is now awake. They're playing better when they're given a very challenging situation. I guess it also have to do with the championship experience they have. Minnesota has the ability to win but this series is more than just skills.

I think it's more of that they have adjusted already to the game plan of the Wolves and so they now how to counter everything. Murray is shooting better in the last 2 games and so is Jokic. And they've shown why they are the champion from last year because they know how to correct themselves in a must win situation.

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JUST IN: Donovan Mitchell is out for game 4.

Celtics on -10.5 then.

Yeah.

This is going to be easy Celtics and even with that -10.5. There is no leading scorer for the Cavs, that's sad but that really happens. End of the first quarter as of typing this.

37- Celtics
30- Cavs

For the Money line Boston manage to outrun the Cavs but with that handicap sorry for those who place bets for that as the game ended Boston only win by 7 points, without Mitchell, Garland step up and keep that distance not too far though they unable to snatch the game and protect the homecourt but they did not allow Boston to win in a blowout way.

3-1 now and the game will be back to Boston, a big chance that they will finish this series at home, unless Cavs will make a huge adjustments and manage to counter whatever Boston will bring on their upcoming game 5.

With this loss of Cavs, they have no other option but to win all of the remaining games until game 7. That's highly unlikely and how many teams did abled to win that straight until the end of the series? I don't know.

Game 5 is likely the finisher of this series and it's going to be Boston Celtics that's going first to the conf. finals.

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he lead built early by Indiana. The injuries suffered by NYK really put them into limits. They're heading into this playoffs without Randle and Bogdanovich but now they're without Anonuby and Robinson. Against the young and agile players of Indiana, NYK has to rest it's main players otherwise they cannot catch the pace Indiana is playing and it is showing in this game. Jalen Brunson if I'm correct is also suffering from a minor injury.

It’s really hard Knicks to stop the momentum of Pacers now that they already have the winning formula. This is same with the Nuggets-Wolves series which already even and the momentum is very hard to stop.

I’m smelling a reverse sweep for both series since both Wolves and Knicks already shown weakness against team that is very strong and just have a weak start on their series.

Knicks will be lucky if they steal 1 game on Pacers.

Same thought here. Not a guarantee of course but the momentum had already shifted sides. NYK is just basically undermanned. Even if they survive the next game with the Pacers, they will struggle for the next coming games. Jalen has a big heart though so I am still rooting for him.

The Denver Nuggets was like a sleeping giant that is now awake. They're playing better when they're given a very challenging situation. I guess it also have to do with the championship experience they have. Minnesota has the ability to win but this series is more than just skills.

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JUST IN: Donovan Mitchell is out for game 4.

Celtics on -10.5 then.

Yeah.

This is going to be easy Celtics and even with that -10.5. There is no leading scorer for the Cavs, that's sad but that really happens. End of the first quarter as of typing this.

37- Celtics
30- Cavs

For the Money line Boston manage to outrun the Cavs but with that handicap sorry for those who place bets for that as the game ended Boston only win by 7 points, without Mitchell, Garland step up and keep that distance not too far though they unable to snatch the game and protect the homecourt but they did not allow Boston to win in a blowout way.

3-1 now and the game will be back to Boston, a big chance that they will finish this series at home, unless Cavs will make a huge adjustments and manage to counter whatever Boston will bring on their upcoming game 5.

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As expected the Celtics won, but what they did in offense in the last quarter didn't give any hope for the finals. The appetite of the Western teams must be whetted. This series looks like 4-1 Celtics, it will be over in Boston in the next game.
Garland played a very good second half after a disastrous first half, but it wasn't enough. The Cavs fought well without Mitchell, everyone expected a much easier Celtics win. Still, a win is a win on the road. The Celtics are one step away from the East final.

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JUST IN: Donovan Mitchell is out for game 4.

Celtics on -10.5 then.

Yeah.

This is going to be easy Celtics and even with that -10.5. There is no leading scorer for the Cavs, that's sad but that really happens. End of the first quarter as of typing this.

37- Celtics
30- Cavs

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Quote from: Volgastallion on May 13, 2024, 01:46:43 PM

What a fucking destroy Indiana Pacers jsut do yesterday against New York Kinghts, thw whole match in the lead in a play-off game and in a semifinal of conference is no joke, i dont know if Indiana play really good or if New York was in their worst day.

No excuse for a blowout like that but if I have to guess then it's the Knicks injuries and Pacers' home court advantage.

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JUST IN: Donovan Mitchell is out for game 4.

Celtics on -10.5 then.

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Both 2-1 for the upcoming games later.

BOS 2-1 CAVS

MAVS 2-1 OKC

Well, will the both series are going to end up with a 3-1 or we're going to see another tie as well for 2-2?

Interesting, this conference semis is taking longer but not boring at all.

JUST IN: Donovan Mitchell is out for game 4.

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What a fucking destroy Indiana Pacers jsut do yesterday against New York Kinghts, thw whole match in the lead in a play-off game and in a semifinal of conference is no joke, i dont know if Indiana play really good or if New York was in their worst day.

Anyways in the other game Denver seems to find the path against Minesota and now they have the upper hand it seems.

Both teams seem to find their rhythms to counter their opponent and it's working for both of them and now both Timberwolves and Knicks are in serious trouble once again. they can't afford to give game 5 for their opponent because that's when they get knocked out in the series because of the pressure. they really need a stoppage to lessen their hype and continue to challenge them by exerting all effort to win until the last second of the game. In the next game, I'm sure the Mavs learned a lot from these scenarios and they better not follow those team's footsteps because they're not a good team to handle pressure once caught in a 50/50 situation.

Knicks just sucked and didn't have it game 4. As they say the playoffs don't begin until home team loses. Knicks need to take care of business back home. The loss of OG was a tough one for them. Starting Precious Achuiwa with no backup for him isn't going to cut it. Hopefully that hamstring is getting better but I doubt it.

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Looks like NBA on TNT is about to be no more. It’s being reported that the NBA has reached a deal with NBC to take the NBA away from Turner Sports. That means no more Ernie, Shaq, and Charles. End of an era. The news is expected to be made public after the playoffs. Sad news for NBA fans.

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