Grabbing lunch before starting my g3 watch. Gotta skip those time outs baby.

Brooks wrote:

I recommend doing what I did - pick a very meh team with a standout youngster. You will win the chip in less than a decade.

Rofl

ChopperByrne wrote:

If you like teams with basket case owners that keep fucking themselves over, the New York Knicks are the team for you.

How could I forget the Knicks?
Game 3 was excellent, a 7 point trip isn't something you see every game.  Celtics are so inconsistent for a finals team but the length & defense might just be enough.
Always feel like game 4 (not 5) is such an important point (assuming it's not a sweep) 2-2 or 3-1 is such a difference with 3 to go.

Great video, forgot some of that stuff and hadn't seen that letter (wholly fuck) before.  Been to a few Knicks games, the crowd is brilliant and far more edgey than other US sports fans.

I consistently swing from super optimism to suicidal watching this team.
After game 3 I am positive because...
- poole is doing little on offense and much less on d
- older players have great games (Draymond game 2 and Klay last night) but not consistently
- Steph isn't 100%
- Celtics length is starting to tell on the glass and having Draymond on Brown doesn't seem to be a long term strategy due to this.  No one else on GSW bar Wiggins who is paired with Tatum can guard Brown when he is cooking.  Pick your poison. 
- Tatum started to look himself, that was his best game for a while.  As above not having Draymond in the middle really helped him get to the rim.  

Tune in on Saturday roughly 11am CET for all the reasons I am sure GSW are going to march to the title

Finally watched game 4. That was nuts.

Meanwhile, at Ballarat tourney this weekend. 4-0 and in semis this morning. Tournaments are so much fun.

Congrats Face, guessing you weren't running the Celtics crunch time offensive playbook (14 second dribble on the spot / failed iso / missed 3 from a poor shooter)?

If anyone tries to tell you curry was disappointing tonight then they don't know Bball.

Wiggins was amazing. But that was an incredible team performance. Defense was immense.

Credit to Boston for not rolling over when down 22. Still half a quarter to go, but man, Tatum rim finishing and their decision making when they have a mismatch is making life hard.

That's a shame, they do indeed do the slammy dunkos. Have some good writers too. They've been paywalled out the wazoo for a while though, so I don't often partake.

Congrats to GSW, fantastic organization filled with such likeable people (yes, including, Draymond) - really special to win a championship while in transition
Can't be too disheartened with the celtics, certainly no lack of effort or guts but it's going to be hard to win a championship when your best player's performance decreases as the playoffs continue - probably some mix of youthfulness, fatigue and injury.
The biggest problem Celtics have moving forward is structural, defensively the are going to be a beast for years but offensively the ride with Smart as PG is always erratic (partially his nature, partially because he is a combo guard).  The bench was also really bad in the last three games and needs a more reliable Vet.
Tatum, Brown and both Williams are all 25 or under(!) and now with finals experience - I can't imagine there are many franchises that wouldn't swap their current situation for where the Celtics are.
Confident banner 18 is coming to boston before it gets to LA

AndCallMeCharlie wrote:

Congrats to GSW, fantastic organization filled with such likeable people (yes, including, Draymond) - really special to win a championship while in transition Can't be too disheartened with the celtics, certainly no lack of effort or guts but it's going to be hard to win a championship when your best player's performance decreases as the playoffs continue - probably some mix of youthfulness, fatigue and injury. The biggest problem Celtics have moving forward is structural, defensively the are going to be a beast for years but offensively the ride with Smart as PG is always erratic (partially his nature, partially because he is a combo guard).  The bench was also really bad in the last three games and needs a more reliable Vet. Tatum, Brown and both Williams are all 25 or under(!) and now with finals experience - I can't imagine there are many franchises that wouldn't swap their current situation for where the Celtics are. Confident banner 18 is coming to boston before it gets to LA

Yeah. Celtics look like they're in a good place.

Curry forever though.

Wiggins was Finals MVP for me. Fantastic throughout.

Also delighted for Gary Payton Jr. Hard work, and persistence paid off.

Meanwhile. Lost our game last night with my 18s boys.

We were absolutely bostonesque. Turnovers, missed FTs, and giving up O boards. Got ourselves down 7-8 early. Came back to get lead then late game execution was 4 turnovers on final 4 possessions to lose by 5. Grrr.

Even more frustrating because we didn't execute basic offense. They sat in a press, which we could get through, but we didn't then run offense. They'd drop back into a 2-3 zone and we would go on dribble drive adventures. Making just enough to not let game get away, but not enough for other coach to change tactics.

I spent first 2 qtrs imploring them to run our simple but effective post play. Finally, mid third, they run it 3 times. 7 points instantly. Other coach changes to m2m instantly. And then they forget it again for the majority of the 4th. Picard facepalm.png.