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thedoper wrote:

lipoli390 wrote:

thedoper wrote:Jokic is fun to watch. I hope he's not seriously injured.

I didn't watch the game. What happened to Jokic? I agree he's fun to watch. Look at the box score, he put up great numbers tonight with 21 points, 12 rebounds, 11 assists and 2 steals. Murray has also been terrific this series. He apparently came up huge tonight with 34 points on 50% shooting from the field while hitting 11 of 11 free throws. Then there was Millsap with 21 points, 10 rebounds, 2 blocks and a steal. Imagine KAT playing with Murray, Millsap, Harris and Barton instead of Wiggins, Teague and Gibson or Dieng. Rosas has his work cut out for him.

He tweeked his ankle at the end of the game. Came back in and finished, but any big like that worries me when they start limping. They run such a unique offense, really interesting to watch.

Glad he came back. Jokic is the best passing big man since Darko. :).

lipoli390 wrote:

thedoper wrote:

lipoli390 wrote:

thedoper wrote:Jokic is fun to watch. I hope he's not seriously injured.

I didn't watch the game. What happened to Jokic? I agree he's fun to watch. Look at the box score, he put up great numbers tonight with 21 points, 12 rebounds, 11 assists and 2 steals. Murray has also been terrific this series. He apparently came up huge tonight with 34 points on 50% shooting from the field while hitting 11 of 11 free throws. Then there was Millsap with 21 points, 10 rebounds, 2 blocks and a steal. Imagine KAT playing with Murray, Millsap, Harris and Barton instead of Wiggins, Teague and Gibson or Dieng. Rosas has his work cut out for him.

He tweeked his ankle at the end of the game. Came back in and finished, but any big like that worries me when they start limping. They run such a unique offense, really interesting to watch.

Glad he came back. Jokic is the best passing big man since Darko. :).

How is he at eating hamburgers in the locker room or farming? He may have faked an injury just so he could get a break. Still played 39 mins.

How good has Kawhi been in the playoffs? Just looking at the stats it's pretty impressive and his playoff shooting percentages overall are REALLY good. Nearly 44% from 3 shooting 50% this playoffs. This offseason is gonna be really interesting.

monsterpile wrote:How good has Kawhi been in the playoffs? Just looking at the stats it's pretty impressive and his playoff shooting percentages overall are REALLY good. Nearly 44% from 3 shooting 50% this playoffs. This offseason is gonna be really interesting.

Kawhi has been unreal. Almost everybody else on the Raptors is struggling mightily. Leonard is carrying that team.

He did everything for them yesterday. Even when Butler was matching him shot-for-shot... the Raptors simply took Kawhi off B. Simmons and onto Butler... and poof... the Jimmy Butler run was over. He's playing superior basketball on both ends of the court right now.

Still think he's a chump for what he did in San Antonio last year though.

AbeVigodaLive wrote:

monsterpile wrote:How good has Kawhi been in the playoffs? Just looking at the stats it's pretty impressive and his playoff shooting percentages overall are REALLY good. Nearly 44% from 3 shooting 50% this playoffs. This offseason is gonna be really interesting.

Kawhi has been unreal. Almost everybody else on the Raptors is struggling mightily. Leonard is carrying that team.

He did everything for them yesterday. Even when Butler was matching him shot-for-shot... the Raptors simply took Kawhi off B. Simmons and onto Butler... and poof... the Jimmy Butler run was over. He's playing superior basketball on both ends of the court right now.

Still think he's a chump for what he did in San Antonio last year though.

He might be a chump and leave the Raptors this year but...he'll of a player and looks healthy. Despite some real negatives going into this season i'd bet right now pretty much every team would be THRILLED to have him. Some may even be kicking themselves for not going after him with better offers. Regardless it's nice to have the east be more interesting. I think this NBA playoffs is gonna be pretty fun the rest of the way and I've only watched a couple minutes so far.

This round has been great. I wish we were going best of 9 for this round right now!

My biggest takeaway has been Embiid. Any player as big as Embiid with reoccurring lower body issues worries me.

PorkChop wrote:My biggest takeaway has been Embiid. Any player as big as Embiid with reoccurring lower body issues worries me.

But it's been the "shits" and a cold this season that's limited him, right?

In any event, he does seem to have a lot of ailments...

What about the other player from The Process? Ben Simmons is averaging fewer points than James Ennis right now (10.0). And he's shooting only 9 times per game... and he's yet to make a free throw (0 - 3).

I genuinely hated The Process. I thought it was gimmick marketing ploy to buy time (with some legit obvious advantages built in). And I hate how smug and condescending and annoying fans of The Process have become. So I want the gimmick to fail. It was an insult to loyal Philly fans.

Giannis having Horford for lunch in this series. Sorry big Al fans.

CoolBreeze44 wrote:Giannis having Horford for lunch in this series. Sorry big Al fans.

Last weekend I had some family in town for a graduation and my uncle who is a Celtics fan said he had someone ask him after game 1 if the Celtics had figured it out and were going to make a run. He said "No they haven't and they won't". Lol

I noticed George Hill has been putting up some nice numbers. Is he looking good Cool? I haven't been watching.