2026 NBA Playoffs

[Sports_Freak]

11 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

Pistons were 2-3 against Cleveland this season?

Correction...2-2 against them. The 1st one I counted was an exhibition game.

Edited May 4 by Sports_Freak

[Deleterious]

He should be the face of the Cavs organization.

[Deleterious]

Series odds:

SA -1200

OKC -1600

NYK -270

DET -120

[Deleterious]

So Anthony Black ended up being the Magic defender who defended Cade on the most possessions for the series.  Cade's EFG% was 34% with Black as the primary defender, a full 5 points lower than when Franz defended him.  

[Deleterious]

Look at what Thompson did to Bane this series.

[buddha]

46 minutes ago, Deleterious said:

Look at what Thompson did to Bane this series.

do you put thompson on mitchell or harden?

jb cant put duncan on one of them, can he?

Edited May 4 by buddha

[Deleterious]

2 minutes ago, buddha said:

do you put thompson on mitchell or harden?

jb can put duncan on one of them, can he?

I think Cade will get Harden and Thompson will be on Mitchell.  Ausar could be swapped if one of the Cavs starts going off on Cade.

 

[buddha]

cleveland is a bad matchup for detroit size wise because they can take duren's game away like orlando did.  but theyre soft and their two best scorers are notorious playoff chokers.

i think its cavs in 6, but if it goes 7 i think detroit will win.

[buddha]

"calf strain" might be detroit's secret weapon in the playoffs.

i wouldnt be surprised to see harden or mitchell suddenly come down with a case of the "franz's" if it goes 6 or 7 games.

[gehringer_2]

2 hours ago, buddha said:

"calf strain" might be detroit's secret weapon in the playoffs.

i wouldnt be surprised to see harden or mitchell suddenly come down with a case of the "franz's" if it goes 6 or 7 games.

I wouldn't bet against the explanation of the epidemic of achilles raptures in the NBA being drug induced tendinopathy.

[casimir]

2 hours ago, buddha said:

"calf strain" might be detroit's secret weapon in the playoffs.

i wouldnt be surprised to see harden or mitchell suddenly come down with a case of the "franz's" if it goes 6 or 7 games.

Robinson's calves looked a little strained.

[Deleterious]

The Knicks look like the best team in the east.

[JackMorrisStache]

14 minutes ago, Deleterious said:

The Knicks look like the best team in the east.

Dominant. But we’re in their heads.

[Deleterious]

Minnesota takes game 1

[Deleterious]

 

[Tigeraholic1]

7 hours ago, Deleterious said:

Minnesota takes game 1

Sneaky good. 

[Betrayer]

14 hours ago, Deleterious said:

The Knicks look like the best team in the east.

I have no fear of the Knicks or the Sixers. Getting past Cleveland will be a much tougher challenge.

[Deleterious]

 

[DTroppens]

I think if any of us were out there we could've had two steals or a few deflections in five minutes. 

 

Jenkins and his hustle - love to see it. Yeah he took a few shots in the second half I wish he didn't take, but the guy's heart was on display out there. He was making key paint plays.

[DTroppens]

23 hours ago, Deleterious said:

The Knicks look like the best team in the east.

May be true. I will worry about it in two weeks if it matters then.

[DTroppens]

Sorry. Somehow I ended up in the general NBA playoff thread. Ignore my two posts. 🙂

 

I think if any of us were out there we could've had two steals or a few deflections in five minutes. 

 

Jenkins and his hustle - love to see it. Yeah he took a few shots in the second half I wish he didn't take, but the guy's heart was on display out there. He was making key paint plays.

[Tigeraholic1]

I don't see the Lakers winning a game this series.

[buddha]

good.

[Deleterious]

I mean, not many teams are going to beat OKC in the playoffs.  Maybe San Antonio but they are so young and inexperienced.  

I didn't think OKC played all that well last night either.  You hold SGA to 18 points you better win.  That was the first game this season he failed to score at least 20 points.  

[Deleterious]