Excellent bounce back game from Jimmy Butler. Made great plays down the stretch to will the Heat into the playoffs. I fully expect Miami to get swept by the Bucks, but still...
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Sports NBA Thread: 2022-2023 Season
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You might be the biggest Jimmy Buckets fan, but he's one of my favorite players cus he has that dog in him.
What a day of basketball,
As a mavs fan I love Brunson, it really makes me think what the front office was thinking not to consider signing him for 4 year 66 million.
The 76ers game won as expected, Boston were pretty dominant.
Watching this warrior game, boy do I hate Draymond Green but wow he's an incredible facilitator and defender.
As a mavs fan I love Brunson, it really makes me think what the front office was thinking not to consider signing him for 4 year 66 million.
The 76ers game won as expected, Boston were pretty dominant.
Watching this warrior game, boy do I hate Draymond Green but wow he's an incredible facilitator and defender.
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Incredible game! The Fox/Curry duel was everything I wanted it to be! Kings offense looking real good, even with Sabonis playing terrible. Last thing I'll say, but that challenge by Mike Brown was horrible. His foot was obviously on the line.
I should have known AD was never going to play this physical again against younger players. They're done without him.
Edit: And after saying he couldn't move his right arm, he's back.
Edit: And after saying he couldn't move his right arm, he's back.
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Assuming he can stay healthy for the series, AD is probably the best player. The man had 7 blocks and 4 steals. The defense is insane.
Giannis injury is a huge bummer, Herro too. Herro won't be, but I hope Giannis is good to go for game 2. On the other hand, playoff Jimmy showed up in a big way tonight! Hoping it's a sign of things to come!
I wouldn't make too many game 1 judgments if I were you guys.
Rui Hachimura will be Finals MVP
Of course I sarcastically say this, as AD fooled me in like 20 minutes of wondering "can't move my arm" could possibly mean for the Lakers' chances in the series.
Yeah AD always fools me with injuries tbh
Rui has always been nice ngl, not finals MVP but I can easily see him being the 3rd best player on the team
https://pr.nba.com/wp-content/uploa...fensive-Player-of-the-Year-Voting-Results.pdf
Jaren Jackson Jr is your 2022-23 Defensive Player of the Year.
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fan, I wish it was Brook to complete the comeback story but that didn’t seem super likely, but 1st Team All-Defense does seem likely so that’s nice. Great job to JJJ!
Jaren Jackson Jr is your 2022-23 Defensive Player of the Year.
As a
fan, I wish it was Brook to complete the comeback story but that didn’t seem super likely, but 1st Team All-Defense does seem likely so that’s nice. Great job to JJJ!
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https://pr.nba.com/wp-content/uploa...fensive-Player-of-the-Year-Voting-Results.pdf
Jaren Jackson Jr is your 2022-23 Defensive Player of the Year.
As a
Well deserved, I mean I was happy if Brook or JJJ winning it but JJJ was averaging 3 blocks / 1 Steal and Memphis had the 2nd seed. Only argument is Milwaukee had the best defensive rating in the NBA but Lopez plays with Giannis and Holiday.
Could be a road thing, but Klay really lost his defensive chops, and if that's true... will pay close attention to Warrior's team defense cohesion in game 3. They're not going places if he's like this.
Poole, I knew you'd be the reason the Warriors lose any series, but failing to match Malik Monk was not in the cards.
Draymond... that's it. That's the comment.
Kings are playing better defense than they have in the regular season which is... interesting. Is this... Brown?
Fox, Mitchell, Monk, Barnes, Sabonis has enough defense and offense so far.
Poole, I knew you'd be the reason the Warriors lose any series, but failing to match Malik Monk was not in the cards.
Draymond... that's it. That's the comment.
Kings are playing better defense than they have in the regular season which is... interesting. Is this... Brown?
Fox, Mitchell, Monk, Barnes, Sabonis has enough defense and offense so far.
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AD outplayed hard by Xavier Tillman in a playoff game. Not something I was expecting to see tonight.
So glad to be wrong
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