NBA Season - now 24/25
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Outstanding finish, and Phoenix draw first blood. Booker with a superstar performance and a 40 point triple double.
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I want either Giannis or CP3 to win a ring from here, both are great blokes.
Main thing was not the Nets or Clippers to win so we're halfway there
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@bovidae said in NBA Season 20/21:
And the Hawks advance...
What a finish. Trying to work with that on wasn’t easy.
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@kiwimurph said in NBA Season 20/21:
Ben Simmons....
5 points.... in a Game 7
Ben Simmons is taking an absolute kicking
I've seen him passing off an open dunk because he saw the foul coming and didn't want to go to the line
In 4th quarters this series he shot 100% from the field. 3/3. in seven 4th quarters. That's diabolical.
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Simmons is copping shit, and rightly so. But they all failed the test. Embiid needed to step up and carry the load, but he kept making incredibly frustrating decisions - taking deep 2s instead of taking it to the basket, giving away soft turnovers including one in crunch time.
Tobias Harris also needed to do more when the heat was on.
Embiid needed to be the alpha male, like Jimmy Butler was a few seasons ago. But I wonder if he's got it in him.
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Simmons is copping shit, and rightly so. But they all failed the test. Embiid needed to step up and carry the load, but he kept making incredibly frustrating decisions - taking deep 2s instead of taking it to the basket, giving away soft turnovers including one in crunch time.
Tobias Harris also needed to do more when the heat was on.
Embiid needed to be the alpha male, like Jimmy Butler was a few seasons ago. But I wonder if he's got it in him.
@barbarian he’s 7’2 and he’s shooting fadeaways. You ain’t Dirk mate…
Ben has lost all confidence on the offensive end. Once he passes the ball to the wing or whatever he’s a passenger. It wasn’t always like that but he’s had a very poor season offensively. Defensively he is still all-NBA.
Happy for the Hawks. They made those moves last season and added one or two others and have a decent unit.
Bucks in 4.
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ESPN reported that Simmons’ 34.2 per cent free-throw percentage through the postseason was the worst in NBA history from a minimum of 70 attempts.
@voodoo said in NBA Season 20/21:
ESPN reported that Simmons’ 34.2 per cent free-throw percentage through the postseason was the worst in NBA history from a minimum of 70 attempts.
If the rumours were true the 76ers should have traded Simmons to Houston for Harden. He's gone from a centrepiece player to a defensive role player in one series
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@barbarian he’s 7’2 and he’s shooting fadeaways. You ain’t Dirk mate…
Ben has lost all confidence on the offensive end. Once he passes the ball to the wing or whatever he’s a passenger. It wasn’t always like that but he’s had a very poor season offensively. Defensively he is still all-NBA.
Happy for the Hawks. They made those moves last season and added one or two others and have a decent unit.
Bucks in 4.
@act-crusader yep I'm pretty sure I was talking about Atlanta at the start of the season when i said that I didn't see their off season moves as being much of anything, or words to that effect. Happy to be proven totally wrong on that one.
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Joel Embiid: "I'll be honest. I thought the turning point was when we — I don't know how to say it — is when we had an open shot and we made one free throw..."
Wow
@voodoo said in NBA Season 20/21:
Joel Embiid: "I'll be honest. I thought the turning point was when we — I don't know how to say it — is when we had an open shot and we made one free throw..."
Wow
He goes on to say they then didn't defend well, and acknowledge he also then turned the ball over, but in isolation he totally threw Simmons under the bus. I think Simmons is in trouble in Philly and will also be moving in with his uncle and aunty in Bel Air...
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Playoff P misses two free throws at the death so the Suns go up 2-0 on a great Monty Williams inbound play, Ayton dunking a lob with 0.8s left. CP3 and Kawhi both didn't play again.
