NBA Season - now 24/25
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@canefan said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
@mariner4life said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
Really looking forward to this finals series
Both teams will go in super confident.
I think the Celtics have been the best team in the league since about March. They are young, big, athletic, play good D, and still have plenty of scoring options.
And then there's the Warriors. Built around guys who have been there, done that. And they have been lethal in the play offs, challenged but then taking their opposition apart. Seem to have timed their run to perfection. And they defend way better than they are given credit for.
Interesting that i think the Celtics are the team that will live or die by the 3 the most in the series, and it just might be the Warriors lethal mid-range game that will prove the offensive difference.
What a fascinating match up. The Cs vaunted D against Klay Steph and Poole. Draymond and Williams. If Boston can make life difficult for the Ws back court they will need to score in other ways. The Celtics offense is a bit hot and cold, and GS have a very good defenceas well. I think the Ws and their championship experience might win out, but defence does in championships
The other thing to consider is the Celtics are surely running on fumes at this point. Two gruelling seven game series in a row, do they have another one in them? Rob Williams is running on one leg, Smart has a dodgy ankle, Tatum has taken some blows.
Meanwhile the Warriors have had a lighter load and may have a bit more in the tank down the stretch of some games.
I think the Warriors might just edge it for that reason, maybe in 6.
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@barbarian yeah i am not sure who the extra day between games helps more, the old Warriors or the banged up Celts
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Statistically the two best defensive teams. But it will likely come down to which trio - Tatum, Brown and Smart vs Curry, Klay and Poole - scores more.
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Game 1! lets go!
Basketball is fucking rad
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crazy scoring first quarter.
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everyone is, it's fucking raining 3s!
34 have gone up in total, 17 of them have gone in.
crazy good game.
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C's up at the half
Both teams shooting from 3 a lot still, but the scoring slowed in that Qtr. Celtics defense looked good in that quarter, they slowed the Warriors right down.
Warriors need to get someone else in to the game, Curry can't do everything. Poole and Klay ice cold.
Celtics will be feeling good. Good defending, spreading the scoring around, and Tatum so far happy to give others the shot.
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@mariner4life You know how sometimes you're watching pro sports and you're thinking, "Christ, it's your fucking job to catch that ball, score that goal, make that tackle. And you're thinking, that fecker isn't really much better than I would have been".
Well, this is not that!
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@Chris-B said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
@mariner4life You know how sometimes you're watching pro sports and you're thinking, "Christ, it's your fucking job to catch that ball, score that goal, make that tackle. And you're thinking, that fecker isn't really much better than I would have been".
Well, this is not that!
the level is high as fuck. i hope this series is 7 games of this!
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@mariner4life It's astounding how good these bastards are!
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@Chris-B said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
@mariner4life It's astounding how good these bastards are!
i watch a lot of NBL, and it's insane how much higher this is than even that level. The shots and passes these guys can make, and make look mundane, is just incredible
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like that right there. A 3 from the carpark with a guy in his face. nothing but net.
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Klay and Green are playing shit for a couple of veterans
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@mariner4life said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
@Chris-B said in NBA Season - now 21/22:
@mariner4life It's astounding how good these bastards are!
i watch a lot of NBL, and it's insane how much higher this is than even that level. The shots and passes these guys can make, and make look mundane, is just incredible
And the pace of play too.
NBL has some athletes but the shotmaking in traffic and with such little time and space is on another level in the NBA
