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Quote from: boyptc on September 20, 2020, 10:59:26 PM

Quote from: Oasisman on September 20, 2020, 10:20:08 PM

Bottom line, the blame will be on Plumlee for not keeping his body to AD that leads to an easy inbound pass and a wide open jumper. Jokic's block was late and doesn't bother AD's momentum.

I wonder if they had blamed him in the lockers. Grin

I don't think so.
They are not that type of team. They will just go back stronger and try to win it next time.
It could have been a win if Murray had thrown the ball on the other side of the court after blocking Green with 2 seconds remaining.
But I am not blaming him neither. He may not be in a good position to do it or may have not thought of that.
I do think right now he is having flashbacks of "what ifs". Grin

Great game. This is how Conference Finals should be.

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Quote from: Oasisman on September 20, 2020, 10:20:08 PM

Bottom line, the blame will be on Plumlee for not keeping his body to AD that leads to an easy inbound pass and a wide open jumper. Jokic's block was late and doesn't bother AD's momentum.

I wonder if they had blamed him in the lockers. Grin

Quote from: Oasisman on September 20, 2020, 10:20:08 PM

Nevertheless, its an overall very good and entertaining game for both teams, but not with the folks who had +3 and above point spread against the Nuggets lol.

Too bad for them, they got 1 point lead if they ever had that spread. Tongue

That's why I don't take bets with that spread or favor.

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Quote from: Yogee on September 20, 2020, 09:26:51 PM

Quote from: Eureka_07 on September 20, 2020, 09:15:00 PM

Lakers just took game 2 from Denver. Anthony Davis' super 3-point clutch shot was just right hooped in the hole before the the clock ends. Wasn't expecting that he will actually make it.

I don't think even the Nuggets expected him to take that shot. I didn't watch the post interview so I'm not sure if that last play was designed for him. If so, it was bold of the Laker's coach to take that risk but when you consider the fact that it'll be hard to block Davis due to his height and his ability to shoot from the outside, maybe it wasn't a bad idea even if the shot didn't go in.

Tough luck for the Nuggets but we know what this team is all about by now. They'll grind it out each game to get the W and maybe the series.

In my views and opinion. That play was designed for AD because :
1. He scored the last 10 points down the stretch.
2. Heat check? Yes he's on fire and the concentration and momentum was there.
3. If AD will move towards the paint, it would be difficult because Jokic was there and Plumlee is guarding him. So, what's the easiest shot selection? Yeah behind the arc.
4. As you can see from the replay, every Laker hasn't moving that much even LeBron wasn't moving. Noticed Green cutting towards the paint? That's to split the defender.
Bottom line, the blame will be on Plumlee for not keeping his body to AD that leads to an easy inbound pass and a wide open jumper. Jokic's block was late and doesn't bother AD's momentum.

Nevertheless, its an overall very good and entertaining game for both teams, but not with the folks who had +3 and above point spread against the Nuggets lol.

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Quote from: Eureka_07 on September 20, 2020, 09:15:00 PM

A breakdown for Nuggets, they were near the victory and suddenly taken away by Davis. What a shot!

I'm very much hyped by this buzzer beater and winning three point shot by AD. I thought that it's already for Denver Nuggets but what a way AD showed us.

Although with the snatch AD did, we can really say that Denver is a good candidate and strong team. Looking forward for game 3.

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Quote from: Yogee on September 19, 2020, 11:45:01 PM

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@Yogee. Casual fan's observation here. I reckon that it was the Heat not giving their 100% for this game in order to give 100% on game 4 and 5.

+6.5 for the Heat next will be a good bet hehehehe.

Easing up in game 3 to prepare for the next game does not makes sense from a player's point of view. Why waste energy?
If you are talking from a gambling perspective, maybe there's some truth to that. I don't think we need to go deeper hehe.
What sportsbook is giving +6.5 odds?

I was only speculating that might be the spread after the result of game 3 hehe. The sportsbooks predicted it similar to games 1 and 2, however. The Heat might be back to their old self after that exhale.

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Quote from: Eureka_07 on September 20, 2020, 09:15:00 PM

Lakers just took game 2 from Denver. Anthony Davis' super 3-point clutch shot was just right hooped in the hole before the the clock ends. Wasn't expecting that he will actually make it.

I don't think even the Nuggets expected him to take that shot. I didn't watch the post interview so I'm not sure if that last play was designed for him. If so, it was bold of the Laker's coach to take that risk but when you consider the fact that it'll be hard to block Davis due to his height and his ability to shoot from the outside, maybe it wasn't a bad idea even if the shot didn't go in.

Tough luck for the Nuggets but we know what this team is all about by now. They'll grind it out each game to get the W and maybe the series.

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Lakers just took game 2 from Denver. Anthony Davis' super 3-point clutch shot was just right hooped in the hole before the the clock ends. Wasn't expecting that he will actually make it.

A breakdown for Nuggets, they were near the victory and suddenly taken away by Davis. What a shot!

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Quote from: agustina2 on September 20, 2020, 05:33:22 PM

The heated argument on the locker room makes the Celtics team energized the next game. They won and it's impressive.

I think it is not kind of an argument but a vent of frustration. They know they can win, they know they can take the Miami Heat on but they aren't playing like it. Boston Celtics should keep on pushing especially to this kind of team that as you've said, that they kept on rallying, and if Boston can't answer those, they're in big trouble. The fact that they gave a great game last game means they can still win the series.

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Quote from: agustina2 on September 20, 2020, 05:33:22 PM

Miami Heat has to do something as they always rallying from the game even during the first and second rounds.

Noticed that too. They always coming from behind.

Actually this was addressed by the Miami Heat itself:

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/29925382/miami-heat-jimmy-butler-says-playing-gets-old

Let's see how they will performed at the early period on Game 4.

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Quote from: agustina2 on September 20, 2020, 05:33:22 PM

The heated argument on the locker room makes the Celtics team energized the next game. They won and it's impressive.

Miami Heat has to do something as they always rallying from the game even during the first and second rounds.

Celtics is in trouble if Miami Heat works on that.

There would be adjustments for sure yet those argumentation are just part of letting your anger and frustration on the outcome of the game which I can say its normal and can really happen anytime on any team specially now they are on the hunt for that Finals spot.

Everyone is rooting for Miami to have some sweep game but I was surprised about penetration on offense from Celtics from Kemba and Tatum which on the same perspective above
but they shouldn't let their guard down on next game yet Miami can make adjustments and which it wouldn't make it more easier.

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The heated argument on the locker room makes the Celtics team energized the next game. They won and it's impressive.

Miami Heat has to do something as they always rallying from the game even during the first and second rounds.

Celtics is in trouble if Miami Heat works on that.

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Quote from: Captain Corporate on September 19, 2020, 02:40:37 PM

Basketball is not played on paper, we should have already figured this out already this year with how clippers lost and how miami blowing out all expectations from them and almost at the finals now, also the biggest comeback ever was 73-9 record breaking team to actually go ahead and lose a 3-1 lead on finals, that was literally something to show you that how basketball can't be played on paper. So at the end of the day Lakers could be looking great and by all means they are great as well but when it comes down to basketball we can't know everything, we just have to watch and see what happens because maybe Lakers will destroy Denver and beat them 4-0 sweep, or maybe it will go to 7 games nobody knows until it happens.

All of those possibilities is likely with basketball, NBA or any league and sports that we know. There could be great comebacks, redeeming from loss after to loss through winning. It's all about how they are playing the game and that's why fans are hype talking about it.
Yes, you may say that we can only watch and look after what's next to it but being a fan of it, we can't stop ourselves talking about possibilities and potentials of the players and upcoming matches, nothing stops us from being like that.

Honestly I'm not expecting a 4-0 here, when we think a lot that it will happen, it would normally not because most of the time we are wrong. Denver might have been dominated in the game 1 but it doesn't mean they will be sweep easily, there's still 3 games to be played or the Lakers has to win to sweep the team and I think Denver has proven enough they are better than the Blazers this playoffs which beat the Lakers once.

That's fine if you're not expecting a sweep for this matchup. Denver Nuggets isn't an easy team to beat but as we know, Lakers have been on fire since Bron has been transferred to the team and he's very pushy to take this season's ring and championship.
In the end of it, it's still both teams will show us greater performance as we're getting nearer to the finals for this season's league.

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Quote from: wiss19 on September 20, 2020, 11:52:15 AM

Celtics acted like they are a great three point team and when Miami threw them all the zone defense they failed to score as well as they have so far in the season and playoffs because they played against man to man or switch defense, usually these days switch is easier because everyone is similar in height except maybe centers and point guards but even they do end up switching as well, however when you play zone defense things get a lot harder and that is where Celtics got confused.

This game they tried more inside and that resulted with them scoring a lot easier as well, plus they played a lot harder defense as well, it was quite rigid and they really didn't budge so it was hard for Miami to score as easily. Hopefully this series gets more interesting, I do not support both teams so it is fun to watch them play no matter who wins or loses.

That's correct.
Kemba penetrating and so is Tatum. They should do that most of the time.
Switch Bam to guard them and use their speed to make a score in the paint.

I just hope they can make it better since Spoelstra could have made a strategy for that already.
That 4th quarter looks like he already figured it out. They almost got near the lead of the Celtics.

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Celtics acted like they are a great three point team and when Miami threw them all the zone defense they failed to score as well as they have so far in the season and playoffs because they played against man to man or switch defense, usually these days switch is easier because everyone is similar in height except maybe centers and point guards but even they do end up switching as well, however when you play zone defense things get a lot harder and that is where Celtics got confused.

This game they tried more inside and that resulted with them scoring a lot easier as well, plus they played a lot harder defense as well, it was quite rigid and they really didn't budge so it was hard for Miami to score as easily. Hopefully this series gets more interesting, I do not support both teams so it is fun to watch them play no matter who wins or loses.

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Quote from: gadado on September 20, 2020, 08:53:19 AM

That was a pretty tough game from Celtics a earlier however they managed to win anyway, do you think they would be able to beat the Miami on the next game? I busted my bet on Miami heat thinking they are going to win today.

On the series? There's always an endless of possibilities but I'm rooting for Heat to be the one that will goes on the Finals. I'm confident they have that capability and they proved it when they have defeated the reigning team in the East during the regular season and with an MVP-DPOY on that team.

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Quote from: mirakal on September 20, 2020, 08:55:15 AM

Other players take care of the offense, 4 of the Celtics players have scored over 20 points.

1- J. Brown - 26 points
2- J. Tatum - 25 points
3- K. Walker - 21 points
4- M. Smart - 20 points.

And take note, they are very aggressive as they have more points in the paint in this game.

Nice.
I didn't realize that.
I was just looking at the score praying it would go over 206.5. Grin

This is the reason why it's difficult to bet on either side. Both are strong and can be unstoppable if they feel a good momentum.

But, I am still kind of amazed on how Duncan Robinson shoots the ball. That's literally catch and shoot and that guy could get a higher salary in his next payroll with the sharpshooting skills he have.
He's just 26 and scaring the hell out of the Celtics team. I really thought they could at least tie the game.

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Quote from: Pamadar on September 20, 2020, 08:13:07 AM

Tatum and Brown Combo plus the presence of Hayward. He helped with good defense he intimidated the Heat's offense, it's good to see that Boston makes this win to extend the series and bring good hope for the fans, having 3-0 deficit won't bring good support from the fans unlike with what happened today where they're bringing the competition to the next level, interesting to see a do or die game 7 for this two teams.

Hayward played 30 minutes, contribute a little in terms of points but his impact on the floor is very valuable. He got 4 assists and 3 steals, that's what you get if you play real defense and Hayward did a good job on that area.

Other players take care of the offense, 4 of the Celtics players have scored over 20 points.

1- J. Brown - 26 points
2- J. Tatum - 25 points
3- K. Walker - 21 points
4- M. Smart - 20 points.

And take note, they are very aggressive as they have more points in the paint in this game.

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That was a pretty tough game from Celtics a earlier however they managed to win anyway, do you think they would be able to beat the Miami on the next game? I busted my bet on Miami heat thinking they are going to win today.

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Quote from: Yogee on September 19, 2020, 11:05:16 PM

Celtics got one back. It seems Marcus Smart taking his frustration to his teammates after losing game 2 worked hehe. I've read a lot of negative reactions to what he did but that just shows how badly he wants to win. Great players like Jordan and Bryant (RIP) have done more or less the same thing.

Boston got one back that helps them stay alive. If Miami was making the 3-0 things would be very difficult for Boston.
It is obvious that Boston won this game in the first period where the score was 10 points on their favor.
Miami tried to recover this difference they only managed to make a comeback in the 4th period but it was already too late for them.

I hoped that Miami would own today's game but Boston took over this game. Well, thanks to Brown and Tatum. They were able to dominate. On the last quarter, I thought Miami could comeback because they were only down by 5 points, and there were still 40+ seconds on the clock. Guess today wasn't really for them. Looking forward to the winner on the next game.

Tatum and Brown Combo plus the presence of Hayward. He helped with good defense he intimidated the Heat's offense, it's good to see that Boston makes this win to extend the series and bring good hope for the fans, having 3-0 deficit won't bring good support from the fans unlike with what happened today where they're bringing the competition to the next level, interesting to see a do or die game 7 for this two teams.

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Quote from: Russlenat on September 20, 2020, 05:53:56 AM

BUT.. I'm okay with game 7, that would be fun compared to the WEST.

Every fans wants a game 7, but if you are betting, you would hope that the game will finish by a sweep from the team you are backing.

The way I see it, Boston would tie the series in game 4, then Miami, Boston, then may the best team win in game 7.

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