The Ultimate 2022 NBA Playoffs Thread - Boston Celtics vs Golden State Warriors (Game 1 Friday 3 June)

[HODGEYROAD]

So rough on the Celtics not having Horford or Smart to begin the series.

 

[Slysh]

So rough on the Celtics not having Horford or Smart to begin the series.

It is but they also came up against a Bucks team with no Middleton and the Heat are down Lowry.

Sounds like Smart should definitely be back for game 2 so they will be fine.

 

[LB#16]

MIAMI HEAT (wear white)
LBJ6
Lockyer24
Angus Young
ThePezDispenser
JDavey
tigs2010
LB#16
PVF


Boston
Scully2Folau
Moo
BluesMan

State your case

That's a lot of Heat fans for a team thread that goes back and forth between tigs2010 and I.

 

[HODGEYROAD]

It is but they also came up against a Bucks team with no Middleton and the Heat are down Lowry.

Sounds like Smart should definitely be back for game 2 so they will be fine.

Yeah if the Bucks were healthy I probably think they'd still have won it all.

 

[peternorth]

Heat in 5

Who your team Suns?

 

[tigs2010]

Who your team Suns?

Suns Supreme is my alt account. I think that makes him a Heat fan but will let him confirm...

 

[Supersuns]

Who your team Suns?

Pacers

 

[Supersuns]

Suns Supreme is my alt account. I think that makes him a Heat fan but will let him confirm...

Oh you're a Heat fan?
Celtics in 5 then.

 

[tigs2010]

Pacers

 

[Supersuns]

Reggie Miller baby

 

[tigs2010]

Reggie Miller baby

Thought you were going to say Dale Davis who I used to like using in NBA Live 99

 

[Supersuns]

Thought you were going to say Dale Davis who I used to like using in NBA Live 99

What a man

 

[Marcel Proust]

Yeah if the Bucks were healthy I probably think they'd still have won it all.

Idk Middleton is hot and cold (apart from going MJ against Boston all the time)

And timelord was very good prior to the injury

 

[stewie griffen]

What a man

What a mighty good man

 

[Slysh]

Idk Middleton is hot and cold (apart from going MJ against Boston all the time)

And timelord was very good prior to the injury

Middleton doesn’t even need to ply well to be impactful, just being in the court would have opened up more space for Giannis

 

[Marcel Proust]

Middleton doesn’t even need to ply well to be impactful, just being in the court would have opened up more space for Giannis

He had 34/7/15 vs Boston

Not sure how much more you can expect from him

 

[Slysh]

He had 34/7/15 vs Boston

Not sure how much more you can expect from him

He also shot under 50% from the field, give him more room to work with and i think we see that a lot closer to the 56% mark.

Giannis was incredible, but Middleton being on the court helps even when he is not playing well. Not sure why you are arguing that.

 

[HODGEYROAD]

Idk Middleton is hot and cold (apart from going MJ against Boston all the time)

And timelord was very good prior to the injury

Even 3 hot games with 4 cold ones probably would have been enough to sway the series.

 

[stewie griffen]

Bucks owners are such tossers

Have you seen Mallory?

You wash your mouth out sir

 

[LB#16]

I am biding my time looking for an opportunity to photoshop a Celtics logo onto this.

tigs2010

 

[peternorth]

There is a polarity in experience between GSW and DM.

 

[Slysh]

So excited for todays game, legit no outcome would surprise me.

Two strong defensive teams with offensive juggernauts. Should be a fun series.

 

[Memphis]

It is but they also came up against a Bucks team with no Middleton and the Heat are down Lowry.

Sounds like Smart should definitely be back for game 2 so they will be fine.

We did have no Williams in the Bucks series. Heat actually are playing better without Lowry tbf.

Smart will be but big Al not being able to play is hurting us still.

 

[Harlequin Dream]

I am expecting the Mavs to win the series. They defend the three point line as well as anyone. Their half court offence is more mature than Memphis' as well.

 

[stewie griffen]

This is what im intrigued by

'Defensive Estimated Plus-Minus ranks Doncic 241 among 516 ranked NBA players (the 53rd percentile) on defense. That’s in line with other advanced metrics like Regularized Adjusted Plus Minus and RAPTOR, which portray Luka as a middle-of-the-pack, “neutral” defender.'

Phoenix targeted him in the first couple of games, and Dallas adjusted

The Dubs will try to get him in the pick and roll action with Poole and Curry, and Dallas will probably try and keep him matched up on Green or Wiggins

Dinwiddie is a net negative defender, but so important offensively of the bench.

Gonna be a real interesting coaching matchup