2026 NBA Playoffs

[Deleterious]

Just now, Sports_Freak said:

Wow. Atlanta beats NY again. I love seeing the Knicks lose but....if Atlanta wins this series and Boston beats philly, the Pistons would have to play the Hawks. And I don't want any part of Atlanta. I would rather play the Cleveland-Toronto winner. 

The NBA doesn't reseed in the playoffs.  If the Pistons beat Orlando we get the winner of CLE-TOR no matter what happens in other series.  

[buddha]

look at that last play.  kat sets a **** screen and then just overs aimlessly around the line.  he doesnt tey to get open, he doesnt crash to the basket, he just floats.

i get the brunson ball hog talk.  he IS  a ball hog and isnt as good as in the past, especially against a team like the hawks with good wing defenders, but kat refuses to take charge.  ESPECIALLY when the game is on the line.

 

[Sports_Freak]

7 minutes ago, buddha said:

watch this 4th quarter.  kat's just standing there in the corner.  when mcbride or brunson have the ball.

New York made 2 threes with the shot clock running out. Pure luck. Wild and desperate shots that somehow went in.

[buddha]

i'd much rather play atlanta than cleveland.

we match up better with atlanta.

[Deleterious]

8 minutes ago, buddha said:

watch this 4th quarter.  kat's just standing there in the corner.  when mcbride or brunson have the ball.

That is more on Brown.  I would have KAT set the screen every time down the floor.  He has the ability to roll or pop which is pretty hard to defend.  

[Sports_Freak]

1 minute ago, Deleterious said:

The NBA doesn't reseed in the playoffs.  If the Pistons beat Orlando we get the winner of CLE-TOR no matter what happens in other series.  

Oh...cool. I didnt know that. I figured we played the lowest seed. Avoid Atlanta...😁

[Sports_Freak]

1 minute ago, buddha said:

i'd much rather play atlanta than cleveland.

we match up better with atlanta.

How about Toronto?

[buddha]

Just now, Sports_Freak said:

How about Toronto?

either toronto or atlanta before cleveland.

the only team in the east i'm more worried about than cleveland is boston.

let's just beat orlando first.

[buddha]

i'd rather listen to george blaha read the phone book than have to sit through candace parker and dwyane wade call a game.

"Alan Anderson!....Bradley Anderson!!  AND IT COUNTS!"

[Sports_Freak]

1 minute ago, buddha said:

either toronto or atlanta before cleveland.

the only team in the east i'm more worried about than cleveland is boston.

let's just beat orlando first.

I' m still thinking of that game Atlanta beat us. They were hitting a lot of shots and it looked like they matched up pretty well against us. But it looks like if we face them, in would be in the East Finals. So yeah, beat Orlando first.

[buddha]

3 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

I' m still thinking of that game Atlanta beat us. They were hitting a lot of shots and it looked like they matched up pretty well against us. But it looks like if we face them, in would be in the East Finals. So yeah, beat Orlando first.

cleveland obliterated us this year a few times.

[Betrayer]

12 minutes ago, buddha said:

either toronto or atlanta before cleveland.

the only team in the east i'm more worried about than cleveland is boston.

let's just beat orlando first.

100%.

Cleveland can shut down the paint pretty well and you can't hide Duncan with both Mitchell and Harden out there. Nightmare matchup for us. We really got the worst matchups with Orlando, then Cleveland, then Boston (if we get that far).

Edited 7 hours ago by Betrayer

[Tigeraholic1]

53 minutes ago, Deleterious said:

They need to look at the challenge rules this summer.  You should keep your challenge if you're successful.  

Hawks just challenged two plays, both successful.  Now they have to go the entire 4th quarter without a challenge because the refs screwed up two plays.  That is so dumb.  

100% why get penalized for fixing refs mistakes.

[Tigeraholic1]

 

Edited 6 hours ago by Tigeraholic1

[Deleterious]

The British guy ****s me up.  The last thing I expect to hear on an NBA game.  

[Deleterious]

If we do play Cleveland and you are going to attend, please learn the Heimlich maneuver.  The life you save might be Donovan Mitchell's.  

[buddha]

14 minutes ago, Deleterious said:

If we do play Cleveland and you are going to attend, please learn the Heimlich maneuver.  The life you save might be Donovan Mitchell's.  

or james harden's.

[buddha]

i think denver is in trouble.

[Deleterious]

2 minutes ago, buddha said:

i think denver is in trouble.

Difficult to win in the playoffs with bad defense.  

[Deleterious]

One takeaway from each game tonight.

Who had CJ and Kuminga leading the Hawks to a 2-1 lead?  OK Johnson is a big part as well, but we mostly figured he would show up.

I like the Raptors offense a lot better when they go through Barnes instead of Ingram.  The ball moves a lot more.

Denver and Jokic are awful on defense.  McDaniels called your entire team bad defenders and you respond by proving him right?  Sad.