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Quote from: OgNasty on April 27, 2023, 08:14:32 PM

^ Giannis was pretty salty in the post game interview. I can’t remember seeing him like that before. His usually sunny disposition turned into personally insulting reporters pretty quickly. Seems like he’s starting to get tired of being on a bad team.

Not even watching basketball tonight. The Celtics and Hawks doesn’t excite me. I’m hoping the Celtics finish off that series so we can get a better matchup.

It is absolutely understandable if Giannis thinks like that. And he was really frustrated. He really tried his best to actually win the game and after such hard work if you lose by 2 points it is obviously going to be very sad and disappointing.

A part of that frustration was the fact that he got an injury on their very 1st game in the playoffs versus the Miami Heat because that was one of the reasons why they lost in Game 1. Sure, they got lucky that they win in Game 2 without Giannis on the court in Game 2 but that was their last win because the Heat became hotter afterwards and Jimmy was just unstoppable. Maybe if Giannis wasn't injured, they could've got a better chance against Jimmy and the rest of the Heat.

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Quote from: boltz on April 28, 2023, 12:57:29 PM

Well well well , this NBA season is quickly changing towards an epic one. Last night , Celtics finally closed the series against Hawks and they should have done that in game 5 and they are still the strongest team from East because we all saw what happened with Bucks and I can't blame them because they really tried but with some of the players really had consecutive bad days that is kinda unlucky and that is why Giannis told us if we can explain what failure means.

Tonight I do see Kings making a huge game and tie the game 3-3 in this series.

I also see Lakers having a solid game and they should win this one. However, with Ja on a good night , Grizzlies will win.

I hope the Kings can extend the series and get their home court advantage back. Tonight is hands down the biggest game of the year for them. Would love to see it go well.

Then you have the Lakers second attempt to send the Grizzlies home. AD and LeBron both made some big promises for tonight, so it should be a great night of basketball. One of the biggest of the year for me as a Kings supporter.

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Well well well , this NBA season is quickly changing towards an epic one. Last night , Celtics finally closed the series against Hawks and they should have done that in game 5 and they are still the strongest team from East because we all saw what happened with Bucks and I can't blame them because they really tried but with some of the players really had consecutive bad days that is kinda unlucky and that is why Giannis told us if we can explain what failure means.

Tonight I do see Kings making a huge game and tie the game 3-3 in this series.

I also see Lakers having a solid game and they should win this one. However, with Ja on a good night , Grizzlies will win.

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Boston finally managed to finish this round, but we can say that they played two more games. Had they been more concentrated, they could have swept Atlanta. The extension of the series to the 6th match only caused them to play another tiring match. The Sixers, who will now be their opponent, have been resting for a long time. This series is going to be very competitive.
As long as Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum play well like this, Boston will be one of the strongest contenders. When they keep their turnover low and their three-point percentage high, they are very unlikely to lose.

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It was as we expected and the Boston Celtics made it to the next round. They will be in the Eastern Conference semifinals by defeating the Atlanta Hawks in Game 6 of the series. Jason Tatum had 30 points, 14 and 7 assists and played an important role in the win, with Jaylen Brown scoring 32 points.
I think the Boston Celtics will continue to perform like this in the next games, we can watch them in the conference finals

For me, Celtics got the good chemistry plus they're gonna start on the home court advantage. Brown and Tatum are doing great things with the Celtics and I think they'll gonna get this and they'll match again with the Heat.

Their last losses is due to their negligence and hawks take advantage with that.

Well, kudos to Hawks for bringing such a tight round for the Celtics, they have extended that one pretty good. I am rooting this will be Celtics win but 76ers was just waiting and has more preparations tbh although Embiid's injury and availability for Game 1 is still questionable so that will be difficult for 76ers.

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Quote from: LogitechMouse on April 28, 2023, 09:08:09 AM

I will only say this to the Kings-Warriors series.

Only one road win is needed for them to win in this series, and now that they've got it, for sure that the Warriors will finish this series in Chase Center. Also the Warriors have 28 straight series with a road win. That currently is the longest streak in NBA history.

The Warriors can't afford to lose at home, as game 7 would be too risky for their chances to win the series. The way the Kings played in game 5, I didn't see the kind of hunger they showed in the last four games. They seemed to give up in the fourth quarter and let the Warriors take over the game.

In game 6, it's a possible end to the series, so the Kings need to start strong early, as they know how strong the Warriors are in the third quarter. If the Warriors have a good lead in the first half, then the series will be close to ending.

Also, watch out for Klay Thompson, as he is not named "Game 6 Klay" for nothing.

Yeah you got it mate for sure Game 6 will be good to watch as we all know that Golden state warriors had a weapon that they can use in the game as we all know that Game 6 klay is very dangerous in court and for sure he will carry his team and by the help of Stephen curry and the rest of the team warriors can do it. All they need to do is to get closer in first half they need to add little bit pressure to their opponent then for sure they will win.

Pretty sure it will be a tough challenge for the visiting team to defend their rim against the home team where they practically memorized all the good spots inside the Chase Center and then they've got so much to do on their hands now because the Warriors core are now all warmed up and ready to keep-up or even exceed anything what the Kings will throw at them.

Current odds for their match-up later is 1.39 for the Golden State Warriors and 3.86 for the Sacramento Kings.

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Quote from: OgNasty on April 27, 2023, 08:14:32 PM

^ Giannis was pretty salty in the post game interview. I can’t remember seeing him like that before. His usually sunny disposition turned into personally insulting reporters pretty quickly. Seems like he’s starting to get tired of being on a bad team.

Not even watching basketball tonight. The Celtics and Hawks doesn’t excite me. I’m hoping the Celtics finish off that series so we can get a better matchup.

He really was and the reporters didn't exactly expect that answer especially from him because anybody who is a fan of the NBA knows that Giannis is not known to bring offensive words out of his mouth, but it is what it is, let's just understand where he is coming from because they did not really expect to have that outcome after having a very good run in the regular season and even clinched the top spot.

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Quote from: Sanitough on April 28, 2023, 09:22:37 AM

Quote from: LogitechMouse on April 28, 2023, 09:08:09 AM

I will only say this to the Kings-Warriors series.

Only one road win is needed for them to win in this series, and now that they've got it, for sure that the Warriors will finish this series in Chase Center. Also the Warriors have 28 straight series with a road win. That currently is the longest streak in NBA history.

The Warriors can't afford to lose at home, as game 7 would be too risky for their chances to win the series. The way the Kings played in game 5, I didn't see the kind of hunger they showed in the last four games. They seemed to give up in the fourth quarter and let the Warriors take over the game.

In game 6, it's a possible end to the series, so the Kings need to start strong early, as they know how strong the Warriors are in the third quarter. If the Warriors have a good lead in the first half, then the series will be close to ending.

Also, watch out for Klay Thompson, as he is not named "Game 6 Klay" for nothing.

Yeah you got it mate for sure Game 6 will be good to watch as we all know that Golden state warriors had a weapon that they can use in the game as we all know that Game 6 klay is very dangerous in court and for sure he will carry his team and by the help of Stephen curry and the rest of the team warriors can do it. All they need to do is to get closer in first half they need to add little bit pressure to their opponent then for sure they will win.

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Quote from: LogitechMouse on April 28, 2023, 09:08:09 AM

I will only say this to the Kings-Warriors series.

Only one road win is needed for them to win in this series, and now that they've got it, for sure that the Warriors will finish this series in Chase Center. Also the Warriors have 28 straight series with a road win. That currently is the longest streak in NBA history.

The Warriors can't afford to lose at home, as game 7 would be too risky for their chances to win the series. The way the Kings played in game 5, I didn't see the kind of hunger they showed in the last four games. They seemed to give up in the fourth quarter and let the Warriors take over the game.

In game 6, it's a possible end to the series, so the Kings need to start strong early, as they know how strong the Warriors are in the third quarter. If the Warriors have a good lead in the first half, then the series will be close to ending.

Also, watch out for Klay Thompson, as he is not named "Game 6 Klay" for nothing.

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Quote from: Japinat on April 28, 2023, 07:21:55 AM

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Miami winning over Bucks is a great proof that basketball is an amazing game, the best record team of this season, ended up losing to 8th seed with one guys sheer willpower and amazing talent. Jimmy Butler just dissected all of Bucks team, obviously Giannis being injured helped Miami seal this win.

That injury indeed gave the Miami Heat a two game advantage because when Giannis was injured in Game 1 after having a bad fall on his back, that pave a way for the opposing team to dominate the game as just like I've mentioned, Giannis skipped two games because of it. Fortunately, the Bucks hustled to force a victory even without Giannis in Game 2 which tied the series but after that game, the Heat mainly Butler figured out the Bucks gameplay and didn't gave them a chance anymore.

That injury gives Miami a good edge against Giannis-less Bucks, they manage to take care of what kind of game plan
to use and execute the right play to win the game.

Butler did not disappoint the fans, both game 4 and game 5, showing a monstrous back-to-back game and literally put the team in his shoulders.

though we all witness the adjustments from everyone, all deserve the credit as it's really a game of trust and determination
to disappoint the top seeder.

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Quote from: Road21Bitcoin on April 28, 2023, 02:52:48 AM

The Atlanta Hawks had a chance in the fourth quarter, but unlucky for them, the Boston Celtics had their lucky clover. Props to Trae Young with 30 points, 10 assists, and 3 rebounds, but it's not enough to keep them in the series. Congratulations to the Boston Celtics for advancing to the Eastern Conference semi finals, they will face the Philadelphia 76ers. Who you got?

What's funny about the Hawks on that game is that, there is a time in the final minutes of the game where Young is inbounding the ball. He can't somebody to pass the ball with so what he's doing is that he just throw it on Smart's foot (he is defending him), and put it out of bounds. I think he did it thrice in a short amount of time. In the end, their possession ended up as a turnover. Kind of funny, but good strategy by Young to reset the 5 second count, and not waste a time out.

Hawks are now eliminated. Now the Philly and the Celtics will battle in the second round. TBH, I'm rooting on the Sixers to win on this one. I mean who in the Celtics can stop Embiid? Add also Harden's passing ability, Maxey's ability to shoot, and their other role players. Injuries aside, I will go with the Sixers with this one, but if Embiid will be injured during the series (I hope it will not happen), I'll go with the Celtics in 7 games.

Quote from: Velvet78 on April 28, 2023, 06:42:16 AM

Stephen Curry is trying his best to have his team in the quarter finals. They have had big issues against Sacramento so far. But I must admit that Sacramento were pretty impressive in the regular season. It is lovely to watch them putting up a solid fight against Warriors in this round. However it looks like Warriors have captured a nice advantage now.

Because they are 3-2 ahead and the next game is in their own court. I don't doubt Sacramento that they will do their best in this game here as well. But Curry and his friends can finish the job by concentrating fully on it before their fans by 4-2.

I will only say this to the Kings-Warriors series.

Only one road win is needed for them to win in this series, and now that they've got it, for sure that the Warriors will finish this series in Chase Center. Also the Warriors have 28 straight series with a road win. That currently is the longest streak in NBA history.

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Miami winning over Bucks is a great proof that basketball is an amazing game, the best record team of this season, ended up losing to 8th seed with one guys sheer willpower and amazing talent. Jimmy Butler just dissected all of Bucks team, obviously Giannis being injured helped Miami seal this win.

That injury indeed gave the Miami Heat a two game advantage because when Giannis was injured in Game 1 after having a bad fall on his back, that pave a way for the opposing team to dominate the game as just like I've mentioned, Giannis skipped two games because of it. Fortunately, the Bucks hustled to force a victory even without Giannis in Game 2 which tied the series but after that game, the Heat mainly Butler figured out the Bucks gameplay and didn't gave them a chance anymore.

But still, Giannis could not carry his team, as he did not win a game when he came back. I think Giannis is a good player, but not really a great player, unlike Butler, who can really carry a team. Although Giannis won once, he does not have the heart of a champion. The Bucks' collapse was a big disappointment, and it may be because Giannis did not have the same kind of energy he had when they won the championship.

As usual, if this team remains intact next season, they might dominate the regular season again but will disappoint us in the playoffs.

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Quote from: FanEagle on April 27, 2023, 03:48:52 PM

Miami winning over Bucks is a great proof that basketball is an amazing game, the best record team of this season, ended up losing to 8th seed with one guys sheer willpower and amazing talent. Jimmy Butler just dissected all of Bucks team, obviously Giannis being injured helped Miami seal this win.

That injury indeed gave the Miami Heat a two game advantage because when Giannis was injured in Game 1 after having a bad fall on his back, that pave a way for the opposing team to dominate the game as just like I've mentioned, Giannis skipped two games because of it. Fortunately, the Bucks hustled to force a victory even without Giannis in Game 2 which tied the series but after that game, the Heat mainly Butler figured out the Bucks gameplay and didn't gave them a chance anymore.

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It was as we expected and the Boston Celtics made it to the next round. They will be in the Eastern Conference semifinals by defeating the Atlanta Hawks in Game 6 of the series. Jason Tatum had 30 points, 14 and 7 assists and played an important role in the win, with Jaylen Brown scoring 32 points.
I think the Boston Celtics will continue to perform like this in the next games, we can watch them in the conference finals

For me, Celtics got the good chemistry plus they're gonna start on the home court advantage. Brown and Tatum are doing great things with the Celtics and I think they'll gonna get this and they'll match again with the Heat.

No big changes happen in the rooster of celtics and that's the reason why they are bagging wins in their campaign. Familiarity is really important that's why we see them dominate and Hawks doesn't really have a x factor because Celtics rooster is so deep. Their last losses is due to their negligence and hawks take advantage with that.

But now they are advancing on next round and they are facing Sixers which is strong contender we will see if which of them will get choke and advance on next round. But pretty much sure that we can see an intense match up since this two team is really aiming to win a championship this season.

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Quote from: xzone on April 28, 2023, 04:05:54 AM

It was as we expected and the Boston Celtics made it to the next round. They will be in the Eastern Conference semifinals by defeating the Atlanta Hawks in Game 6 of the series. Jason Tatum had 30 points, 14 and 7 assists and played an important role in the win, with Jaylen Brown scoring 32 points.
I think the Boston Celtics will continue to perform like this in the next games, we can watch them in the conference finals

Their roleplayers like White, Brogdon, Smart, and Horford made it all easy for their All-Star duo to score more. From spacing the floor to getting offensive rebounds for a second opportunity to score. Although the Atlanta Hawks made a good run winning 2 games against the number 2 seed, it's not enough.
I think Trae Young carried the team too much and it can be easily read due to him always handling the ball while the Celtics have 5 people who carry the ball so their plays will be unpredictable. I like it when Brogdon handles the play, it's mostly a sure score especially when he attacks the paint. That may be the big reason why he was selected as 6th Man of the Year.

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Quote from: xzone on April 28, 2023, 04:05:54 AM

It was as we expected and the Boston Celtics made it to the next round. They will be in the Eastern Conference semifinals by defeating the Atlanta Hawks in Game 6 of the series. Jason Tatum had 30 points, 14 and 7 assists and played an important role in the win, with Jaylen Brown scoring 32 points.
I think the Boston Celtics will continue to perform like this in the next games, we can watch them in the conference finals

I don't know if 76ers will be choked again this time but the one they sweep wasn't that good compare to Celtics. For me, Celtics got the good chemistry plus they're gonna start on the home court advantage. Brown and Tatum are doing great things with the Celtics and I think they'll gonna get this and they'll match again with the Heat.

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Stephen Curry is trying his best to have his team in the quarter finals. They have had big issues against Sacramento so far. But I must admit that Sacramento were pretty impressive in the regular season. It is lovely to watch them putting up a solid fight against Warriors in this round. However it looks like Warriors have captured a nice advantage now.

Because they are 3-2 ahead and the next game is in their own court. I don't doubt Sacramento that they will do their best in this game here as well. But Curry and his friends can finish the job by concentrating fully on it before their fans by 4-2.

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Quote from: xzone on April 28, 2023, 04:05:54 AM

It was as we expected and the Boston Celtics made it to the next round. They will be in the Eastern Conference semifinals by defeating the Atlanta Hawks in Game 6 of the series. Jason Tatum had 30 points, 14 and 7 assists and played an important role in the win, with Jaylen Brown scoring 32 points.
I think the Boston Celtics will continue to perform like this in the next games, we can watch them in the conference finals

But it will be another hard fought series for sure. They will be up against Joel Embiid and James Harden. So it will be a different strategy for now, against Atlanta they have to contained Trae Young. But this time, they will go against a big man, so Al Horford and Williams will have their hands full against Joel. So it's going to be a match-up nightmare for the Celtics. And we all know that Joel is a likely MVP for this year, if not, going to be closed second to Jokic. So that will be the key for them, if they can't stop Joel, then at least handcuff either Harden, Harris or even Maxey. So going to be a good series, and could be another 6 games series and home court might be very important here.

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Quote from: ultrloa on April 27, 2023, 06:38:56 PM

Many didn't expect that happen as the heat is the underdog between this match up, but Butler really show a impressive performance which lift their team to win big against Bucks. Although its unfortunate for this series that Giannis got injured earlier on the series since if he stay healthy with that maybe the result will be different.

This is good indicator that Miami is in best shape although not everyone expect them to reach on finals but for sure for what happen on series between bucks fans want to see if they could advance up to finals.

For me, the outcome of this series turned out to be very unpredictable, as even before the playoffs started, I expected the Heat to be an easy opponent for the Bucks. At least, I assumed the Bucks could beat the Heat as easily as they did in the 20/21 season, but it seems I greatly underestimated the Heat this time. Basically, Butler's phenomenal performance in recent games is the main reason why the Heat were able to beat the Bucks in the first round. But can the Heat rely on the efforts of just one player to make it to the finals? I don't think so.

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Quote from: Road21Bitcoin on April 28, 2023, 02:52:48 AM

The Atlanta Hawks had a chance in the fourth quarter, but unlucky for them, the Boston Celtics had their lucky clover. Props to Trae Young with 30 points, 10 assists, and 3 rebounds, but it's not enough to keep them in the series. Congratulations to the Boston Celtics for advancing to the Eastern Conference semi finals, they will face the Philadelphia 76ers. Who you got?

This is actually the best match-up in the eastern conference because one of these teams is expected to climb to the NBA finals. I think the Boston Celtics are the best in this series unless they will get dominated early by the 76ers. we need to remember that this year 76ers are different and they might gonna upset the defending Eastern Conference champion last year. James Harden was really a good addition by the 76ers and this is his chance to prove his worth to the team and also his chance to get to experience to get to the NBA finals if they win this series here because the next one will be easy for them.

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