[NBA] West Playoffs, Round One
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Anyone can identify failure after the fact. Most of these same writers had them penciled in for multiple championships as soon as they picked up KD.
I don't question whether you believe this, but I do think it begs the follow-up question, how much of this belief of yours is informed by your spirit being broken by the last two months of the regular season?
That doesn't matter but so much, because the Kings match up better against the Thunder than they do against the Pelicans. Kings/Thunder would have been a much more competitive series, and one that the Kings had a better than 50 percent chance of winning, in my opinion, simply because the thing that the Pelicans can do to kill Sacramento's offense (neutralize Sabonis), the Thunder can't do.
Either way, I would like to have seen it happen, just to see if my theory about how the Kings played the regular season is correct.
I'll bee dat.
That doesn't matter but so much, because the Kings match up better against the Thunder than they do against the Pelicans. Kings/Thunder would have been a much more competitive series, and one that the Kings had a better than 50 percent chance of winning, in my opinion, simply because the thing that the Pelicans can do to kill Sacramento's offense (neutralize Sabonis), the Thunder can't do.
Either way, I would like to have seen it happen, just to see if my theory about how the Kings played the regular season is correct.
I'll bee dat.
Nuggets got 15ppg from their bench in the first round, which I suppose would be a problem if their starters weren't so productive... but their starters were so productive.
We'll see. Personally, I don't think that the lakers exposed any weaknesses in the Nuggets that can be exploited by any team that does not have LeBron James and Anthony Davis on it. I guess we'll find out, soon enough.
We'll see. Personally, I don't think that the lakers exposed any weaknesses in the Nuggets that can be exploited by any team that does not have LeBron James and Anthony Davis on it. I guess we'll find out, soon enough.
None. I have based my assessment, and will continue to base my assessment, on the fact that we were very inconsistent throughout the regular season. Along with the fact that I had seen enough of the Thunder during the regular season to be confident in my expectations and, ultimately, my prediction.
We all would've liked to have seen that matchup happen. And I would've been the first to publicly admit my mistake IF we had gone on to beat the Thunder. Or if we had managed to keep the series relatively competitive (i.e. 4-2 with our four losses being super competitive games, or 4-3).
We all would've liked to have seen that matchup happen. And I would've been the first to publicly admit my mistake IF we had gone on to beat the Thunder. Or if we had managed to keep the series relatively competitive (i.e. 4-2 with our four losses being super competitive games, or 4-3).
To sum it up, I think MPJ was the "X factor" in the Lakers series, and those weaknesses was the "not so great defense" from Nuggets, especially inside the paint. McDaniels will match up with MPJ and I doubt it will be so easy for him to score that easily.
Will be "neutral" watching this series, cheering for the Thunder in the other one regardless of which the opponent will be.
Will be "neutral" watching this series, cheering for the Thunder in the other one regardless of which the opponent will be.
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