NBA Official 2026 NBA Playoffs Thread

[bozhemoi]

Didn’t affect the Thunder from curbstomping the Suns.

I don't know. These may be different teams.

 

[Wemby_Island]

Best game of the week so far.

Refreshing to see refs calling a good game.

 

[100%Duncan]

Pistons are still winning the series but a Celtics finals is so obvious here

 

[wEmBoY]

Magic took game 1

 

[Ariel]

Couldn't catch the game but looking at the boxscore I see Duren only took 4 shots and 4 FTs in almost 33 minutes, almost half as many as Jenkins... wtf?

 

[wEmBoY]

Duren choked big time with only 8pts

 

[spursistan]

Game 1s are in the books..Rockets with objectively the worst performance of the weekend: losing to 41-yo Lebron and a bunch of rejects and has beens

 

[Spursgenius]

wish the Spurs were in the East. Dumb organization not playing wemby in two Denver games at end of season will cost them Finals run

 

[Spursgenius]

The Celtics are the only legit contender in the East tbh.

Knicks would whip that spurs azz

 

[Robz4000]

Knicks would whip that spurs azz

Knicks might not get out of the first round tbh.

 

[Spursgenius]

Knicks might not get out of the first round tbh.

i understand they have weaknesses, Im just saying they own the Spurs. Spurs arent beating the Nuggets or Knicks in a seven game series if they face them in playoffs. They could have cleared the way for themselves in game 83 but were too dumb to do it.

 

[Robz4000]

i understand they have weaknesses, Im just saying they own the Spurs. Spurs arent beating the Nuggets or Knicks in a seven game series if they face them in playoffs. They could have cleared the way for themselves in game 83 but were too dumb to do it.

If the Spurs manage to make the Finals and somehow meet the Knicks they win in 5 tbh. Spurs getting there means they've overcome their 3-pt defense and long rebounding issues. That said, I do think the Nuggets beat the Spurs in 6.

 

[DaSlicer]

Knicks might not get out of the first round tbh.

They will get out of round 1 for sure. I watched game 1 the other day and one of the major problems the Hawks have is they have nobody that can guard KAT. KAT is too big for any of their bigs who look undersized guarding him. This will be a problem throughout the series for the Hawks that I don't think they can overcome.

 

[Paramore]

 

[Spursgenius]

If the Spurs manage to make the Finals and somehow meet the Knicks they win in 5 tbh. Spurs getting there means they've overcome their 3-pt defense and long rebounding issues. That said, I do think the Nuggets beat the Spurs in 6.

yup. the whole world saw what they needed to do that last game to clear it for themselves except Brian Wrong and Mitch. Frankly disappointed in Wemby too. Last chance to go at Joker to get more MVP votes, Play the game win and knock them on OKC side. Just not smart. Now okc has two byes before the wcf.

 

[Robz4000]

They will get out of round 1 for sure. I watched game 1 the other day and one of the major problems the Hawks have is they have nobody that can guard KAT. KAT is too big for any of their bigs who look undersized guarding him. This will be a problem throughout the series for the Hawks that I don't think they can overcome.

I have the Knicks in 6, but KAT often gets in his own way tbh. Wouldn't shock me in the least if he has a few bone-headed plays to cost them a game.

 

[DaSlicer]

I have the Knicks in 6, but KAT often gets in his own way tbh. Wouldn't shock me in the least if he has a few bone-headed plays to cost them a game.

KAT has the tendency to do stupid fouls on defense but he has earned my respect the last few years as a playoff performer by going 2 straight years in a row to the conference finals and having a bunch clutch games. He's a proven playoff performer which very few guys are.

 

[Robz4000]

KAT has the tendency to do stupid fouls on defense but he has earned my respect the last few years as a playoff performer by going 2 straight years in a row to the conference finals and having a bunch clutch games. He's a proven playoff performer which very few guys are.

No complaints about last season, but KAT was horrendous for the T'Pups for much of that 2024 postseason tbh. He did play well the last two games once the series was decided after the Mavs went up 3-0.

 

[TAPS]

KAT has the tendency to do stupid fouls on defense but he has earned my respect the last few years as a playoff performer by going 2 straight years in a row to the conference finals and having a bunch clutch games. He's a proven playoff performer which very few guys are.

I no longer rely on KAT being a knucklehead in these matchups even against Spurs. He is a problem. Goofy motherfucker

 

[Robz4000]

I no longer rely on KAT being a knucklehead in these matchups even against Spurs. He is a problem. Goofy motherfucker

Clumsy as fuck tbh. For someone not seen as a dirty player he seems to injure a lot of people iirc.

 

[Raven_]

@Robz4000 did you see today what I mean by Castle's defence?

 

[Robz4000]

@Robz4000 did you see today what I mean by Castle's defence?

Thought he was fine on Avdija for the most part tbh. He got called for a couple terrible foul calls but he still struggled at times against him, especially off-ball. The refs definitely got in his head most of the game. Overall I wasn't impressed by the team's defense against him in general.

 

[wEmBoY]

Thought he was fine on Avdija for the most part tbh. He got called for a couple terrible foul calls but he still struggled at times against him, especially off-ball. The refs definitely got in his head most of the game. Overall I wasn't impressed by the team's defense against him in general.

Advija with 30/10/5 12-21 from the field.

 

[Robz4000]

Advija with 30/10/5 12-21 from the field.

Again, the whistle he gets is insane; almost as bad as SGA. Unfortunately I don't see that changing anytime soon. Best they can do is tire him out over the course of the series so he won't have his legs under him to hit his threes tbh.

 

[Raven_]

Thought he was fine on Avdija for the most part tbh. He got called for a couple terrible foul calls but he still struggled at times against him, especially off-ball. The refs definitely got in his head most of the game. Overall I wasn't impressed by the team's defense against him in general.

I thought he did a decent job at staying in front of him for the most part, but got scored on every time deni attempted to do so, and even on the shot he missed, castle wasn't near contesting the shot.. Keldon on the other side, couldn't keep up with his drives.. They both bodied him on the rebounds though, but that's not all that valuable tbh. In general i prefer champ and vassell on pure sfs, by a lot actually.