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Boston’s bench has 32 points while the 76ers entire team has 32.

I don’t think there’s any question that Boston will be in the Finals and put up a tough series against whoever comes out of the West. They’re just so damn deep.
 
Boston’s bench has 32 points while the 76ers entire team has 32.

I don’t think there’s any question that Boston will be in the Finals and put up a tough series against whoever comes out of the West. They’re just so damn deep.
If the Spurs faced the C's in the Finals that would be a tough matchup. Mazulla is a wizard and has a great squad. Their 5 out offense neutralizes the Wemby Effect a bit. The way the Lakers are playing it could be an old-school Lakers/Celtics rivalry. Still a ton of basketball left to be played, but I'd say Celtics are the best bet out of the East and OKC, Lakers and Spurs are the front-runners in the West.
 
With Donte & Edwards confirmed out, Wolves best and only shot at winning this series now is Game 6 at home. Offense by committee with role players riding the home crowd leading to outlier performances and hope Gobert and overall team defense continue to frustrate Jokic and the Nuggets players who are ready to quit.

Otherwise, the smart money is on Nuggets in 7 after getting disgustingly bailed out by injuries in a series where they got outplayed for large majority of it.
 
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I hope the Fakers can at least rough up OKC a bit tbh.
 
I hope the Fakers can at least rough up OKC a bit tbh.
Luka can always go god mode and do us a solid to win that series tbh.

Hopefully Minny can close Denver out. As ass as Jokic has been, I have no doubt in my mind he’ll average 40 against us.
 
Watching Reed Sheppard getting pushed around, how long before this guy is out of the league?
 
Luka can always go god mode and do us a solid to win that series tbh.

Hopefully Minny can close Denver out. As ass as Jokic has been, I have no doubt in my mind he’ll average 40 against us.
I want the Thunder tbh
 
I want the Thunder tbh
Im always tip toeing between wanting the hard path and the satisfaction of having gone through that (and the potential acceptable heartbreak in losing to the best team/s) or just taking the ring esp with all the injuries and uncertainties tbqh
 
You never ever ever throw a playoff game... but I wonder if the Lakers wouldn't be better off dropping a game here. OKC is going to sweep PHX and a LAL sweep just means that series starts even sooner. They probably want to give Luka and AR as much time as possible.

On the other hand, the league might just delay the start of that series for that exact reason... they already stretched out the schedule of this series with HOU a bit unreasonably.
 
LOL, Marcus Smart made the same inbound error as he did against us earlier in the year
 
You never ever ever throw a playoff game... but I wonder if the Lakers wouldn't be better off dropping a game here. OKC is going to sweep PHX and a LAL sweep just means that series starts even sooner. They probably want to give Luka and AR as much time as possible.

On the other hand, the league might just delay the start of that series for that exact reason... they already stretched out the schedule of this series with HOU a bit unreasonably.
Also better to let Reaves get his feet wet in a friendly home environment against an easier opponent imo. Throwing both Doncic and Reaves back into the fire on the road against a physical OKC team would be rough, though maybe their first game back in the same arena they both got hurt in (also considering how the interaction went when Luka went down with the fans) will light a fire under their asses.
 
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