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fonzeee wrote:Alright fellas, time to pick ‘em:

Rockets - T’wolves
Warriors - Spurs
Blazers - Pelicans
Thunder - Jazz

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Raptors - Wizards
Celtics - Bucks
Sixers - Heat
Cavs - Pacers

fonzeee wrote:Alright fellas, time to pick ‘em:

Rockets - T’wolves in 5. Really like the Rockets.
Warriors - Spurs in 6. Think SA will steal a game or two...in any case I don’t think GS will win the title if one of KD or Steph is out.
Blazers - Pelicans in 7. Think the Pels could spring a surprise here too.
Thunder - Jazz in 6. Bit of a tossup but the Jazz are something like 28-6 since Gobert returned. Either of these teams will lose to the Rockets though.

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Raptors - Wizards in 5. This one could go longer than that but you just get the feeling things are coming apart out in DC.
Celtics - Bucks in 4. Really don’t rate the Bucks.
Sixers - Heat in 5. Watch out for the Sixers IMO
Cavs - Pacers in 6. Kind of heart over head here as I’ve become quite attached to the Pacers over this season, but they’ve really shown the ability to take apart poor defenses to an extent that I think they can spring a surprise here. The Cavs have been better lately but if Love goes missing they might be boned.

goeagles wrote:Rockets
Dubs
Blazers
Thunder - Jazz the better team but HCA tips it for the Thunder

Raptors
Celtics - only due to HCA and Stevens being a top 2 coach in the league
Sixers
Cavs - too much playoff experience and too much Lebron

fonzeee wrote:Alright fellas, time to pick ‘em:

Rockets - T’wolves
Warriors - Spurs
Blazers - Pelicans
Thunder - Jazz

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Raptors - Wizards
Celtics - Bucks
Sixers - Heat
Cavs - Pacers

Smee wrote:I like the Jazz over the Thunder, Snyder is a very good (and unheralded) coach, they lose Hayward and still make the playoffs in the west, thats been an overlooked achievement this season.

Given the absence of Kyrie the Celtics are vulnerable and I'd pick against them except Ive been underwhelmed by the Bucks all season long. Theyve been the false dawn team of the year.

fonzeee wrote:I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, watch out for the Sixers...and just wait til Embiid comes back...

Smee wrote:Yeah, Miami are nothing to write home about but it was a gutless performance in the 2nd half, 80 pts shipped, Hassan Whiteside did not show up at all and threw attitude at Spoelstra when he subbed him out. Lame.

fonzeee wrote:

Smee wrote:I like the Jazz over the Thunder, Snyder is a very good (and unheralded) coach, they lose Hayward and still make the playoffs in the west, thats been an overlooked achievement this season.

Given the absence of Kyrie the Celtics are vulnerable and I'd pick against them except Ive been underwhelmed by the Bucks all season long. Theyve been the false dawn team of the year.

Quinn Snyder is a legend, actually made Mizzou temporarily respectable at basketball.

Smee wrote:

fonzeee wrote:

Smee wrote:I like the Jazz over the Thunder, Snyder is a very good (and unheralded) coach, they lose Hayward and still make the playoffs in the west, thats been an overlooked achievement this season.

Given the absence of Kyrie the Celtics are vulnerable and I'd pick against them except Ive been underwhelmed by the Bucks all season long. Theyve been the false dawn team of the year.

Quinn Snyder is a legend, actually made Mizzou temporarily respectable at basketball.

Youre a Mizzou fan Fonz?

fonzeee wrote:What a play by Jrue there. Still not sure why they went for two, though.

Marshall Banana wrote:JRUE!!!!!!

What a block!

Well done, vc! If you had bottled that, I think you were in trouble...

Marshall Banana wrote:

fonzeee wrote:What a play by Jrue there. Still not sure why they went for two, though.

Leonard comes in for that?!

Odd.

Really odd.

Meanwhile, Pels late game very troubling. Running everything thru Rondo, Ian Clark over Moore, no offensive pace.

Fatigue? Nerves? Both? Happy you hung on, but running everything through Rondo =

fonzeee wrote:

Marshall Banana wrote:

fonzeee wrote:What a play by Jrue there. Still not sure why they went for two, though.

Leonard comes in for that?!

Odd.

Really odd.

I believe they call that a “head scratcher”.

As a side note I’ve wondered why, especially with the emergence of stretch 5s, that Portland has completely forgotten about Meyers Leonard. Zach Collins looks decent though, I suppose they want him to be that guy.

vintage_cox wrote:

Meanwhile, Pels late game very troubling. Running everything thru Rondo, Ian Clark over Moore, no offensive pace.

Fatigue? Nerves? Both? Happy you hung on, but running everything through Rondo =

They might be buying into the playoff rondo meme a bit too much

It's usually Jrue running things late. Throughout the season Rondo typically wasn't even on the floor witht the finishers but he's picked up his game in recent weeks

Don't know why he says Moore though, he never runs the show

Marshall Banana wrote:

vintage_cox wrote:

Meanwhile, Pels late game very troubling. Running everything thru Rondo, Ian Clark over Moore, no offensive pace.

Fatigue? Nerves? Both? Happy you hung on, but running everything through Rondo =

They might be buying into the playoff rondo meme a bit too much

It's usually Jrue running things late. Throughout the season Rondo typically wasn't even on the floor witht the finishers but he's picked up his game in recent weeks

Don't know why he says Moore though, he never runs the show

I think he means run through Jrue late, and have Moore close over Clark.

Has Clark closed much this season? Moore wasn't on the floor in the final 7 minutes.