Western Conference Playoffs - 2nd Round Discussion Thread

[jeebs9]

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Top 10 player this season for sure. That 3rd quarter last night was superb.

And you know that was literally the different last night. Once Donovan started getting in the lane. It unleashed their offense and defense. Not to mention Derrick Favors (and Clarkson) play off the bench. They lost nothing defensively going to him.

I expect Donovan to get the tough match-up now. And double teams and traps off any pick and roll actions. But they need to involve Gobert on some lobs.

[dfsJunkie]

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Really want to see Mitchell and Booker headline the WCF

[jeebs9]

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Really want to see Mitchell and Booker headline the WCF

First I'm going to say is early lol.

Second, I'm not going to front. I'd like to see some fresh faces in both conference championship games.

[jeebs9]

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Oh man. Porter Jr hurt his back? Didn't even know.

https://arizonasports.com/story/2681372/michael-porter-jr-tweaked-back-nuggets-game-1-loss-suns/

[dfsJunkie]

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Oh man. Porter Jr hurt his back? Didn't even know.
https://arizonasports.com/story/2681...e-1-loss-suns/

I really hope he's ok and recovers. This dude was supposed to the top pick when he came out and when he's healthy, we can see why. He has superstar potential. It's really a tragedy.

I don't buy that "he's ok and will play".

[JazzMan]

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And you know that was literally the different last night. Once Donovan started getting in the lane. It unleashed their offense and defense. Not to mention Derrick Favors (and Clarkson) play off the bench. They lost nothing defensively going to him.

I expect Donovan to get the tough match-up now. And double teams and traps off any pick and roll actions. But they need to involve Gobert on some lobs.

Clips were bringing traps and doubles instead of switching in the 4th quarter and he split them almost every single time

He abused Kennard on switches, then split the double teams once those came. Next step is probably just throwing Kawhi or PG on him for a whole game and see if they can slow him down at all. But, he's just way too quick for both of them to keep up laterally at this point in the careers. While they're both still good defenders, neither is really the shutdown clamps guy anymore

If Conley comes back strong this series could get ugly but we'll see, far from over obviously

[JazzMan]

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With only one game tonight you'd think the NBA would start at like 8pm est instead of 9:30

[jeebs9]

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With only one game tonight you'd think the NBA would start at like 8pm est instead of 9:30

I get it though. Trying to make 2 coast happy. It's basically impossible. 9 and 930 ET is the closest to the middle. That that's 6 and 630 PT in Cali time. NBA is a world game now. It's watched everywhere, I can't imagine if I lived in a way different time zone. Like Vni is in Paris. It's 3 and 330 am over there. I've been more happy understanding I get to watch these games before bed [emoji23].

[jeebs9]

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Ruby Gobert 3rd

https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/1402794246407553024?s=19

Rudy Gobert joins Dikembe Mutombo, Ben Wallace and Dwight Howard as only players to win the award three times

[jeebs9]

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Will Barton is back. Minute restriction though. Make it count!

[Master Live 013]

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TNT stat they thought was worth to tell us:

"Nuggets started 1/1 in FG, but are 0/6 since".

Ok.

[Master Live 013]

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And Ayton with 2 fouls, not good.

[jeebs9]

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And Ayton with 2 fouls, not good.

He has kept him in the game. I like this move. You got to trust your players some times. I think his minutes have to match Jokic.

[Master Live 013]

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Suns going small, Jokic needs to pound.

Edit: More like Ayton came out for his normal rest and Jokic was still in.

[Master Live 013]

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CP3 is so high IQ.