[NBA] West Playoffs, Round One

How many first round upsets?

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pdxKingsFan

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doesn't the fact that he could have intentionally fouled Ja but instead chose to make a play that could have been a clean steal count for anything there? I thought the rule was there to erase strategic fouling on breakaways, not actually playing defense.
 
pdxKingsFan

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Mr. S£im Citrus said:
Looks like Barkley may have had it right: Timberwolves are playing with house money, and the Grizzle™ look like a team that's feeling the pressure of being favored in a series, for the first time ever.
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If that's all there is to it have to think it's correctable.
 
pdxKingsFan

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Mr. S£im Citrus said:
I don't have to think that at all. How's the saying go? Pressure makes diamonds, but it also busts pipes?
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Fair.

There's also another alternative that it isn't just high seed yips and Minny is just coming into their own. How many games can Edwards play like today?
 
SacTownKid

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#46
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I know Dirk always had questions about his game and eventually won one after all the doubts, but I think the question of whether or not a big like Jokic can win when it counts with his lack of pnr defensive ability are waaay bigger. The Mavs built a perfect defensive team around Dirk, but I'm not sure how you do it with Jokic. He's got to destroy offensively to get it done or he needs like 2 other HOF level talents with him.
 
SacTownKid

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Tetsujin said:
Warriors fans talking about the adversity their team has faced when the Nuggets are currently missing their presumed second and third best players and have been missing them all season
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Yeah, they have to be the one to root for. And this unfortunately is the year if healthy they might have had the most talent on paper in the West without a true super team to face off with in either conference.
 
Tetsujin

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#55
The thing about the Nuggets roster is that even if Murray and MPJ were healthy, they only gave Mike Malone one, yes one, plus defender to work with (Gordon) and a whole roster of bad defenders around their immobile on defense star center who also can't block shots at a high rate.
 
SacTownKid

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#56
Tetsujin said:
The thing about the Nuggets roster is that even if Murray and MPJ were healthy, they only gave Mike Malone one, yes one, plus defender to work with (Gordon) and a whole roster of bad defenders around their immobile on defense star center who also can't block shots at a high rate.
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If I'm Malone I'd consider running a Cuz/Jokic combo and run that post feed set the Zags run big to big. If you can't run with the competition, run over them.
 
pdxKingsFan

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I had a music lesson just now and game went from fun to garbage in the hour I was in the other room :(
 
Mr. S£im Citrus

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SacTownKid said:
If I'm Malone I'd consider running a Cuz/Jokic combo and run that post feed set the Zags run big to big. If you can't run with the competition, run over them.
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I think that aside from a two minute stretch, when Aaron Gordon picked up four quick fouls in a game, and JaMychal Green was unavailable, Cousins has only played for the Nuggets when Jokic was on the bench, and vice versa.
 
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