[NBA] East Playoffs, Round Two

Who advances?

  • Knicks and Cavaliers

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  • Cavaliers and Pacers

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Tetsujin

The Game Thread Dude
#79
Haliburton with the deeep three! Knicks lead down to 9 with 20 seconds left. I guess that technically counts as clutch points.
 

Tetsujin

The Game Thread Dude
#84
I like the Knicks and hope they beat the Celtics, but don't think its gonna happen.
Would be interesting if they were at full strength but they’re potentially going into things with 3/5 of their intended starting lineup out (Randle/OG/Robinson) and their 6th man gone too (Bogdanovic)
 
#87
It kills me to see DDV play like a freaking stud in these playoff games. If only the Kings could have managed to keep him. He's a stud on defense, a killer making shots under pressure, who has a high BBIQ. The guy is a total winner as far as I am concerned and the Kings could use him as a starter at the 2G position right about now. Oh well.....
You’re right, Dante is a winner and shines in big games at Villanova and tonight was another example. The kings coach (Alvin Gentry) mishandled Dante DiVincenzo by starting Jrue Holiday instead. Dante felt particularly disrespected when the Kings started Jrue in Milwaukee. Imagine getting traded to a perennial loser and not starting. Respect and showing Dante the Kings wanted him would be to let him start and play his way back from injury. Then sign and a fresh start in 2022/23. Dante asked his agent to get him out of Sac. Things are better now with the Kings organization, but were still pretty f’ed in that timeframe. Lucky Trey Lyles also came in that trade.
 

pdxKingsFan

So Ordinary That It's Truly Quite Extraordinary
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#89
DDV was in no position to start for the Kings when he was here. Monte seemed to desperately want him pursuing him multiple times. He pouted in bad faith about signing a 1 year qualifying offer at a reduced value when Kings would have gladly signed him to a multiyear deal at market rate if he wanted to play here. He can f right off along with JET and every other player that refused to report after a trade or dogged it here.
 

SLAB

Hall of Famer
#90
You’re right, Dante is a winner and shines in big games at Villanova and tonight was another example. The kings coach (Alvin Gentry) mishandled Dante DiVincenzo by starting Jrue Holiday instead. Dante felt particularly disrespected when the Kings started Jrue in Milwaukee. Imagine getting traded to a perennial loser and not starting. Respect and showing Dante the Kings wanted him would be to let him start and play his way back from injury. Then sign and a fresh start in 2022/23. Dante asked his agent to get him out of Sac. Things are better now with the Kings organization, but were still pretty f’ed in that timeframe. Lucky Trey Lyles also came in that trade.
If we had Jrue Holiday it would have been an entirely different story. :p
Even injury / ineffective DDV should have started over Justin Holiday when the opportunity arose however.
 
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