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And what's scary is that there are reports that KP might be back in Celtics line up in the next game,

Then that's going to be 4-0 for the Boston Celtics.

Pacers need to learn more. I think that they're not yet ready for the finals. It's hard to see them lose with that kind of lead. But this is Celtics.

Are there still folks that can't move on that our Jordan's boy(Butler) is the Celtics weakness? But kudos to the Celtics, they might sweep Pacers.

Yeah if porzingas is in the game there is no way the Pacers can hold them up. Who is gonna cover him out in the perimeter, myles? Jalen brown and tatum will have a field day driving to the bucket. Hate to see Boston go to the finals but this year it's inevitable. The real race is put in the west between Dallas and the wolves.

We might even see that Dallas and Wolves match later as a decider.

If the Dallas wins the game later then it's all completely the end of these conferences finals. Dallas for the West and Boston for the East.

It's very likely that it's what the stats are showing right now.

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Quote from: Jating on May 26, 2024, 06:18:09 AM

And what's scary is that there are reports that KP might be back in Celtics line up in the next game,

Then that's going to be 4-0 for the Boston Celtics.

Pacers need to learn more. I think that they're not yet ready for the finals. It's hard to see them lose with that kind of lead. But this is Celtics.

Are there still folks that can't move on that our Jordan's boy(Butler) is the Celtics weakness? But kudos to the Celtics, they might sweep Pacers.

Yeah if porzingas is in the game there is no way the Pacers can hold them up. Who is gonna cover him out in the perimeter, myles? Jalen brown and tatum will have a field day driving to the bucket. Hate to see Boston go to the finals but this year it's inevitable. The real race is put in the west between Dallas and the wolves.

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Boston almost guaranteed the series now thanks to this, 3-0 means that it's nearly impossible to have a loss there, I think nobody ever came back from 3 down right? If that is the case, Pacers do not look like they could do that. In fact, Boston should fight harder on the fourth game, so that they could get the win and relax until the finals, that could give them the much needed rest and would allow them to do better, it would be a great situation for them and I would be able to say that they could have advantage on the finals.

I see that Wolves will probably win some games, if Dallas wins again then it is going to be quite hard but I feel like Wolves may get a win or two, or maybe even make a comeback and get two in a row to tie, in that case both Wolves and Dallas will be tired when they face Boston.

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Quote from: Jating on May 26, 2024, 06:18:09 AM

And what's scary is that there are reports that KP might be back in Celtics line up in the next game,

Then that's going to be 4-0 for the Boston Celtics.

Pacers need to learn more. I think that they're not yet ready for the finals. It's hard to see them lose with that kind of lead. But this is Celtics.

Are there still folks that can't move on that our Jordan's boy(Butler) is the Celtics weakness? But kudos to the Celtics, they might sweep Pacers.

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The Pacers narrowly lost both the first and third games. Now all they can do is win Game 4 to avoid getting swept. The Celtics will end this series 4-0 or 4-1. One game for Tatum, one game for Brown. The Celtics were tough to deal with, Pacers fought well. They played very well without Haliburton, but they made the wrong decisions in critical moments. Players like Nembhard and McConnell exceeded expectations. Siakam and Turner were good. They were efficient in the paint. But it's hard to win when you shoot 5/22 from three. It's over in the East.

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Quote from: Jating on May 26, 2024, 06:18:09 AM

And what's scary is that there are reports that KP might be back in Celtics line up in the next game,

https://x.com/CelticsUnite18/status/1793065185768358093

This is good news for Celtics fans, and for sure they are looking for a sweep next game in Indiana. Although it could backfire or disrupt the chemistry of the team, but I think it was a good plan in preparation for whoever they will face in the NBA finals.

This is good, but I think the Celtics played better with KP. Maybe don't give him a lot of minutes, as they are still grabbing rebounds. They have Horford, who played some quality minutes and was the main reason for that big win in Game 3, as he was able to make open three-point attempts. Just like the old days, Horford is at it again. Come playoff time, he plays with great composure and remains very competitive.

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He will have his hands full as either the Mavs and the Wolves had bigger man.

nah, this is will be Mavs in the Finals vs Celtics, KP will be back in Dallas as an opponent, but I wonder what can he do against a the two big men of Dallas who have been contributing very well in the series with the Wolves so far, if Gobert and KAT can't stop them, I'm not sure with KP now.

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And what's scary is that there are reports that KP might be back in Celtics line up in the next game,

https://x.com/CelticsUnite18/status/1793065185768358093

This is good news for Celtics fans, and for sure they are looking for a sweep next game in Indiana. Although it could backfire or disrupt the chemistry of the team, but I think it was a good plan in preparation for whoever they will face in the NBA finals. He will have his hands full as either the Mavs and the Wolves had bigger man.

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Woj is reporting that there will be no Tyrese Haliburton for game 3 with Indiana already down 0-2 in the series. That doesn’t inspire much confidence for them to make it out of this round. Looking like we are going to see Boston and Dallas in the Finals unless Minnesota or Indiana steps things up real fast.

"I would agree for Boston, but not for the Wolves right now. If the Mavs make it 3-0, then maybe I can say yes to this. I don't think the team that beat the Nuggets will just allow that to happen. If ANT still has a low field goal percentage in game 3, then it's not good for them since KAT is also not consistent.

I hope it's a different Wolves that we will be witnessing in game 3 as it's a must win for them. They can't go down to 0-3 as that's automatic elimination due to the fact that no team has ever came back from that deficit. ANT was a major problem honestly, his shots aren't falling like its usual, so really need some big help and I guess improve his game as well, after all he is the best player of the team, if he'll struggle, we can't expect the team to win.

They are so exhausted and losing two consecutive games in a row for sure drain their spirit especially if they see that both Kyrie and Doncic is doing good plus their Gafford,Lively and rest of the crew is doing so well. I don't know what adjustment will be made by Wolves since they really see that Ant can't guard Kyrie so that would really a problem for them especially for continue chasing him to defend will totally exhausting for the part of ANT. So maybe they should adjust and assigned other perimeter defender so ANT can do other thing and save up his energy so he can score more or work well inside the court.

They need to recover and get a win since if they fall again and let Dallas win then take a 0 - 3 advantage then maybe we could really agree that they are already done. I'm not expecting this result for wolves since they are really so good and have a lot of potential but they fall so bad on Mavs.

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Quote from: Baofeng on May 26, 2024, 05:49:24 AM

But matchup, I'm sorry but I have to disagree with you on putting Kat or Naz Reid on Luka. Doncic will just take advantage of that "mismatch" all night, taking outside shots like he did against Gobert, or going inside to bait for a foul.

Wolves are doing good, until that switch and Luka with his trade mark step back 3, and I think that is hard to guard as if you try to get close, he could illicit a foul on you or just pass and then get the ball back. Turnovers though will be the key for the Wolves to win in next game. They have to limit their turnovers and not just give up easy points inside.

Totally agreed, those height advantage is only working for players that doesn’t have any accurate perimeter shots like Nuggets during their match against their Wolves that’s why Wolves looks like overwhelming strong against Nuggets because they can’t forced the paint points.

Now with Dallas line-up which Luca is a great outside shooter, any big man guard from Wolves is useless since he can always use screen, dribble or fadeaway shots just to avoid blocks from this slow big man. The way to defend Luca is to provide a defender that can match his speed or put him on double team which is not a good choice for Wolves because they have slow line-up while Dallas has a lot of shooters aside from Luca that can be another threat.

The WCF shows that having a big line-up can dominate basketball. 3 points accuracy and speed is still the best strategy which is being popularized by Warriors before.

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Quote from: Shinpako09 on May 26, 2024, 03:53:49 AM

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Woj is reporting that there will be no Tyrese Haliburton for game 3 with Indiana already down 0-2 in the series. That doesn’t inspire much confidence for them to make it out of this round. Looking like we are going to see Boston and Dallas in the Finals unless Minnesota or Indiana steps things up real fast.

"I would agree for Boston, but not for the Wolves right now. If the Mavs make it 3-0, then maybe I can say yes to this. I don't think the team that beat the Nuggets will just allow that to happen. If ANT still has a low field goal percentage in game 3, then it's not good for them since KAT is also not consistent. Also, I would put Reid or KAT on Luka instead of Gobert.

But matchup, I'm sorry but I have to disagree with you on putting Kat or Naz Reid on Luka. Doncic will just take advantage of that "mismatch" all night, taking outside shots like he did against Gobert, or going inside to bait for a foul.

Wolves are doing good, until that switch and Luka with his trade mark step back 3, and I think that is hard to guard as if you try to get close, he could illicit a foul on you or just pass and then get the ball back. Turnovers though will be the key for the Wolves to win in next game. They have to limit their turnovers and not just give up easy points inside.

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Quote from: Shinpako09 on May 26, 2024, 03:53:49 AM

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Woj is reporting that there will be no Tyrese Haliburton for game 3 with Indiana already down 0-2 in the series. That doesn’t inspire much confidence for them to make it out of this round. Looking like we are going to see Boston and Dallas in the Finals unless Minnesota or Indiana steps things up real fast.

"I would agree for Boston, but not for the Wolves right now. If the Mavs make it 3-0, then maybe I can say yes to this. I don't think the team that beat the Nuggets will just allow that to happen. If ANT still has a low field goal percentage in game 3, then it's not good for them since KAT is also not consistent.

I hope it's a different Wolves that we will be witnessing in game 3 as it's a must win for them. They can't go down to 0-3 as that's automatic elimination due to the fact that no team has ever came back from that deficit. ANT was a major problem honestly, his shots aren't falling like its usual, so really need some big help and I guess improve his game as well, after all he is the best player of the team, if he'll struggle, we can't expect the team to win.

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Also, I would put Reid or KAT on Luka instead of Gobert.

I'm not sure that would work, yes Reid and KAT are both taller than Luka, but the speed though, they can't cope up with Luka Magic for sure.

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Quote from: OgNasty on May 25, 2024, 03:31:47 PM

Woj is reporting that there will be no Tyrese Haliburton for game 3 with Indiana already down 0-2 in the series. That doesn’t inspire much confidence for them to make it out of this round. Looking like we are going to see Boston and Dallas in the Finals unless Minnesota or Indiana steps things up real fast.

"I would agree for Boston, but not for the Wolves right now. If the Mavs make it 3-0, then maybe I can say yes to this. I don't think the team that beat the Nuggets will just allow that to happen. If ANT still has a low field goal percentage in game 3, then it's not good for them since KAT is also not consistent. Also, I would put Reid or KAT on Luka instead of Gobert.

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That could've been a big win for the Pacers without Haliburton.

They did great and that was what I was expecting for Myles Turner. Dominate the paint, he is the tallest guy on the floor and he must be the main scorer for the team. But there's just too many turnovers that happened. They had the lead for almost the whole game except the first quarter and they even put it to a 17-point lead if I remember correctly. All they need is to protect that lead but they are still playing fast ball at the end of the quarter which I think was not a wise thing to do. Plus that last possession, Coach Carlisle should've called for a timeout after Nembhard got it to the other side of the floor.

Nembhard stepped up his game, McConnell too, Siakam did his normal, and Turner did more, that's the recipe for a win but they were unable to protect it.
A bit sad for the Pacers but it's the strong Celtics so I guess it will be really difficult to win against them. This will crush their confidence, all that hard work for nothing.

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A much closer game than expected, but Boston came through in the end. 1 game away from the Finals and possibly winning their first in the Tatum era.

Yeah, it was really a close game, and probably the Boston Celtics biggest come back in recent times, after being down by as much as 18 points in the 3rd Quarter, they just kept fight possession after possession, and Jrue Holiday after completing a 3 points play to help Celtics restore parity, he then had a very big defensive play in the succeeding possession with a clean strip of the ball from Andrew Nembhard, that was the game winning and play of the match in my opinion.

I'm glad the Celtics did make amends for my lost bet on the 1st half -2.5 handicap I had on them, while they down by 8 points towards the end of the 3rd the Odds for Celtics to win was at 3.50, so I tailed that with the hope that they would complete the comeback, and so they did

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Can the Celtics complete the sweep now ? If Haliburton is available for game 4.

Congrats for your win, that's really sweet from Boston not giving up and push everything to complete this snatch from Pacers homecourt, I like Holiday's effort as he keep his job and manage to make that big impact for this win, most of the fans and viewers might think that Pacers got this at home after that good lead from the that 1st half run, but like how you described it, Boston did not let the game to be a blow out but instead push it and complete that win.

Game 4 might be possible for Pacers as Boston might take this series in front of their crowd, just my opinion, if they allow Pacers to win and take the game 5 at home, that's really something to pay back for the support of their fans.

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Quote from: OgNasty on May 25, 2024, 10:10:10 PM

A much closer game than expected, but Boston came through in the end. 1 game away from the Finals and possibly winning their first in the Tatum era.

Yeah, it was really a close game, and probably the Boston Celtics biggest come back in recent times, after being down by as much as 18 points in the 3rd Quarter, they just kept fight possession after possession, and Jrue Holiday after completing a 3 points play to help Celtics restore parity, he then had a very big defensive play in the succeeding possession with a clean strip of the ball from Andrew Nembhard, that was the game winning and play of the match in my opinion.

I'm glad the Celtics did make amends for my lost bet on the 1st half -2.5 handicap I had on them, while they down by 8 points towards the end of the 3rd the Odds for Celtics to win was at 3.50, so I tailed that with the hope that they would complete the comeback, and so they did

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Can the Celtics complete the sweep now ? If Haliburton is available for game 4.

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A much closer game than expected, but Boston came through in the end. 1 game away from the Finals and possibly winning their first in the Tatum era.

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Game 3 of the Indiana Pacers - Boston Celtics series will start in half an hour.
My favorite again tonight is Boston Celtics, I think we will watch a good game again.

Well, The Indiana Pacer have started the game in an impressive manner and if they can keep this momentum in the 2nd half, they sure should get an easy win here, they were up by as many as 19 in the 2nd Quarter, but went into the break with a dozen lead.

Andrew Nembhad, TJ McConnell and Myles Turner all have exceed my expectations of the them, they've been crushing the Celtics inside the paint with some terrific midrange scoring, they put 69 points in the 1st half and only scored only 2 3-points field goals, that shows how effective they've been from close range. The Celtics doesn't seem to have a defensive response to this yet because it's all the Pacers guys making the right plays and getting involved with the ball rotation. The second half should be even more interesting, we'll see what adjustments Joe Mazzulla would implement to stop this bleeding.

Exactly, they started hot and play good defense too that's why they are leading at the halftime. But hopefully they can sustain this run in the second half. We all know that Boston is a good second half team as well, so this game is still far from over even though the Pacers is leading by double digit.

So let's see what Mazzulla's up to in the second half, they need to score in a bunch and half some stops. They can't just give the Pacers open look, as what T. J. McConnell is doing or Andrew Nembhard which is the leading scorer of Pacers after two quarters.

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Game 3 of the Indiana Pacers - Boston Celtics series will start in half an hour.
My favorite again tonight is Boston Celtics, I think we will watch a good game again.

Well, The Indiana Pacer have started the game in an impressive manner and if they can keep this momentum in the 2nd half, they sure should get an easy win here, they were up by as many as 19 in the 2nd Quarter, but went into the break with a dozen lead.

Andrew Nembhad, TJ McConnell and Myles Turner all have exceed my expectations of the them, they've been crushing the Celtics inside the paint with some terrific midrange scoring, they put 69 points in the 1st half and only scored only 2 3-points field goals, that shows how effective they've been from close range. The Celtics doesn't seem to have a defensive response to this yet because it's all the Pacers guys making the right plays and getting involved with the ball rotation. The second half should be even more interesting, we'll see what adjustments Joe Mazzulla would implement to stop this bleeding.

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It was a very exciting game again, Luka Doncic won with a game winner.
It was a very very good game, I'm glad Dallas won, hopefully we will see them in the finals.

Game 3 of the Indiana Pacers - Boston Celtics series will start in half an hour.
My favorite again tonight is Boston Celtics, I think we will watch a good game again.

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I wasn't expecting this series to become 2-0, led by the Mavs. ANT has not been consistent for how many games already. Although he is scoring in double digits, it's far from impressive considering he had a lot of field goal attempts. Tonight, he only made 5 out of 17. Also, KAT. One of the Wolves' problems is consistency in offense, unlike in Dallas, where they have Doncic.

The Wolves continue to frustrate their fans in this series. It looks like the Wolves players underestimated their opponent and were very irresponsible in the second half. Just look at the fact that the Wolves led by 18 points with 3 minutes left in the first half but still managed to lose by 1 point. That's an epic fail.

It's not about underestimating since we all know 18 points isn't that many in the NBA and a lot of teams came back from that. This is more like the coach not knowing what he's doing in the last three to four possessions or that ANT simply choked. He threw two bad passes which allowed the Mavs to score more points and take the lead.

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