2021 NBA Playoffs

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Tue May 18, 2021 11:45 am

Hey, they start tonight. Maybe the most wide-open in recent memory.

Here's some words from our old friend Oil Can Boyd:

I don't know which scenario would make me laugh more, my guys taking them down in Round 2, or the Knicks going down to the most "just there" team in sports in Round 1.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Tue May 18, 2021 11:49 am

Since my team is out for the first time in a very long time, I am rooting for the Knicks due to a friend of mine even though he sometimes wears a fucking Astros trash can shirt. Plus, they don't have a Rockets version of this bad boy.

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Tue May 18, 2021 2:00 pm

I tend to think the Knicks’ lack of fourth quarter offense is going to catch up with them in this series. They’ve been barely hanging on the last couple of weeks. Atlanta is not a good defensive team, but perhaps they’ll watch some instructional videos this week.

None of the other series really matter.

Post by **brian** » Tue May 18, 2021 2:10 pm

I don't remember what Michael's handle was in the Swamp, but it wasn't Oil Can Boyd. That's a different guy.

rass · Post by **rass** » Tue May 18, 2021 2:12 pm

GritsGoBlue?

Post by **brian** » Tue May 18, 2021 2:23 pm

rass wrote: ↑Tue May 18, 2021 2:12 pmGritsGoBlue?

That's it.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Tue May 18, 2021 2:46 pm

OilCan is BJ

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Wed May 19, 2021 8:39 pm

Bears have 5 toes on each paw. Who knew?

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Wed May 19, 2021 9:10 pm

Uh-oh.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Wed May 19, 2021 9:17 pm

NBA making sure it is 8 on 5 in a game that matters for the Lakers I see...

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Thu May 20, 2021 11:00 am

Not for nothing, but the Lakers-Warriors game last night was a total banger. More than worth staying up late here on East coast.

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Fri May 21, 2021 10:15 pm

Steph is inevitable.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Sat May 22, 2021 12:19 am

L-Jam3 wrote: ↑Fri May 21, 2021 10:15 pm Steph is inevitable.

Ja is inevitable.

Pure fan bliss for me.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Sat May 22, 2021 6:09 am

tennbengal wrote: ↑Sat May 22, 2021 12:19 am
L-Jam3 wrote: ↑Fri May 21, 2021 10:15 pm Steph is inevitable.
Ja is inevitable.

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L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Sat May 22, 2021 11:08 am

tennbengal wrote: ↑Sat May 22, 2021 12:19 am
L-Jam3 wrote: ↑Fri May 21, 2021 10:15 pm Steph is inevitable.
Ja is inevitable.

Pure fan bliss for me.

I gotta admit, once Golden State had the ball with the final shot in regulation I thought it was a done deal. Ja was fantastic.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Sun May 23, 2021 10:23 am

I know they will be lucky to win a game against Utah, but I don't care. I am so excited Memphis is back in the playoffs. It was two years from tearing this down to the studs to getting back (after two years of last gasps from the former group that came up short).

Also, the transition shot and beat from the old to the new in this short hype video from the team is exceptional...

Rams Fanny · Post by **Rams Fanny** » Sun May 23, 2021 6:58 pm

Proper playoff atmosphere in NY. 15000 screaming/chanting every possession.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Sun May 23, 2021 7:03 pm

Rams Fanny wrote: ↑Sun May 23, 2021 6:58 pm Proper playoff atmosphere in NY. 15000 screaming/chanting every possession.

It's so damn good. I've missed crowd noise and crowd reactions so much.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Sun May 23, 2021 7:33 pm

Hook the MSG crowd roar to my veins. So fucking glad to hear it.

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Sun May 23, 2021 7:59 pm

Which is going to make it that much funnier when they fuck it up, classic NYK style.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Sun May 23, 2021 8:30 pm

L-Jam3 wrote: ↑Sun May 23, 2021 7:59 pm Which is going to make it that much funnier when they fuck it up, classic NYK style.

Helluva game. Just fun as fuck to watch.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Sun May 23, 2021 10:09 pm

Hey guys ... just got up to use the bathroom and I think I just fouled Trae Young!!!

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Sun May 23, 2021 10:14 pm

tennbengal wrote: ↑Sun May 23, 2021 10:23 am I know they will be lucky to win a game against Utah ...

Yeah I wish I agreed with you.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Sun May 23, 2021 10:50 pm

Steve of phpBB wrote: ↑Sun May 23, 2021 10:14 pm
tennbengal wrote: ↑Sun May 23, 2021 10:23 am I know they will be lucky to win a game against Utah ...
Yeah I wish I agreed with you.

Can't breathe here. At least they are not scared.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Sun May 23, 2021 11:24 pm

Ja Morant is good and stuff.*

*Analysis

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Mon May 24, 2021 12:49 pm

tennbengal wrote: ↑Sun May 23, 2021 10:50 pm
Steve of phpBB wrote: ↑Sun May 23, 2021 10:14 pm
tennbengal wrote: ↑Sun May 23, 2021 10:23 am I know they will be lucky to win a game against Utah ...
Yeah I wish I agreed with you.
Can't breathe here. At least they are not scared.

When I posted that, the Jazz were on their way to closing to within one. I turned around and then they were down by 9.

I have to hope that the Jazz's terrible shooting and turnovers are just a fluke.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Mon May 24, 2021 1:03 pm

The terrible shooting absolutely a fluke. The TOs...dunno. Memphis forces a lot of turnovers - their D is quite good and really under-rated (probably b/c they are so young). They force mistakes.

blundercrush · Post by **blundercrush** » Tue May 25, 2021 4:04 pm

mister d wrote: ↑Sun May 23, 2021 10:09 pm Hey guys ... just got up to use the bathroom and I think I just fouled Trae Young!!!

I know Harden is the one most famous for hunting/drawing fouls, but as Zach Lowe put it, Trae is also very good at it. I'm sure NY fans will react accordingly.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Tue May 25, 2021 4:30 pm

Bring back those 90s Knicks and let him really earn those FTs.

rass · Post by **rass** » Tue May 25, 2021 5:44 pm

Since the 90s Knicks came up, I have a pretty distinct memory of sitting in a line of cars at the Meadowlands waiting to leave a Devils playoff game* and listening to the game when Van Gundy went for Mourning's ankles and trying to figure out WTF was happening based on just an audio description.

Amazingly that was both 21 years ago AND I was just able to verify that there was a Devils game that night (they beat Ottowa 3-1 before heading north to lose the series) so I'm not completely full of shit.

*free tickets from work, I guess no one cared to see a possible elimination game against Ottawa, biggest question is whether I was in the car with s/cerrano or my wife (then girlfriend), or could have been my roommate at the time, but I don't think he went to games very often with me

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Tue May 25, 2021 7:22 pm

The contrast between this bored crowd “enjoying” a 25-point Nets lead and MSG the other night is.....something.

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Wed May 26, 2021 2:56 pm

tennbengal wrote: ↑Mon May 24, 2021 1:03 pm The terrible shooting absolutely a fluke. The TOs...dunno. Memphis forces a lot of turnovers - their D is quite good and really under-rated (probably b/c they are so young). They force mistakes.

I feel better now ...

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Wed May 26, 2021 3:00 pm

Did I miss a story on why John Cleese is a Utah Jazz fan?

ETA: never mind. I looked it up on the googles.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Wed May 26, 2021 3:09 pm

Member of most overrated comedy troupe ever a fan of the team with the most overrated stars ever? /hottake

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Thu May 27, 2021 6:07 am

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Thu May 27, 2021 8:31 am

Watching Ja get the national attention he should have been getting all at once is rather delightful.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Thu May 27, 2021 8:46 am

And, in case you all were rightfully asleep and then missed this on your timeline:

Grizzlies lost by 12 but it should have been about 35. Was only close because of Morant. And that was with him attacking Gobert and the lane on his way to 47.

rass · Post by **rass** » Sun May 30, 2021 12:28 pm

Not sure how old I thought Derrick Rose was before these playoffs started but it was definitely older than 32-and-still-an-effective-basketball-player.

A lack of a daily commute has definitely hurt my baseline level of knowledge of the status of the Knicks, Yankees and Mets (WFAN stalwarts). Not really complaining about that.

HaulCitgo · Post by **HaulCitgo** » Sun May 30, 2021 1:09 pm

Ja who? Tatum another 50.

Post by **brian** » Sun May 30, 2021 8:09 pm

What happened to all those championships the Celtics were gonna win when they had all those draft picks?