iowamcnabb
Hall of Famer
If I’m Grizz I would ask to forfeit and get to Cancun haha
[West] 2025 Playoffs, First Round
- Thread starter Mr. S£im Citrus
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Yeah the NBA has a problem on their hands. I DVR the games and watch them before bed but I'm finding myself just fast forwarding through the games if a team is up by 20 and the other team never seems to close the distance.
First of All™, it's the first round of the playoffs; aside from Nuggets/Clippers, the good teams haven't played each other yet. It'd be a bigger problem if the 1/8 matchups were competitive, IMO.
Second of All, y'all don't know what you're talking about. Through the first six days of the playoffs, we've had exactly the same number of games decided by three possessions or less (9) than we've had decided by 5 possessions or more. You have to be really loose with your definition of "blowout" to characterize these playoffs as having a blowout problem.
Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
Everyone calling the playoffs boring this season obviously didn’t watch the Pistons somehow almost pull off a miraculous three possession comeback in like ten seconds only for them to inexplicably let their center throw the ball to the announcers in the most important pistons possession of the last decade.
Don't you get sassy with me sister.
The Pistons series has actually been by far the most entertaining so far.
Most of these games have been interesting, even the blowouts. Watching OKC doing their thing is ****ing compelling, and anybody who says otherwise doesn't like watching good basketball.
The perception of these playoffs being non-competitive has largely been distorted by the Bucks being unexpectedly sorry. Outside of what may or may not have been a fluke Game 1 win for Minnesota, the other seven series have more or less gone the way that they're supposed to go.
kingsboi
Hall of Famer
love using the DVR feature to fast forward reviews that take a long time and little scuffles and of course the three and a half minute commercials
Joshyjosh31
Starter
KFC, UFC, ABC Lakers in Cancun!
If it weren't for my antipathy for Sam Presti, I would be all-in on the Thunder this postseason; they are fun to watch.
At least she's actually paying attention to the game, I guess? Like, it's basically her, Jack, Spike and Jason Sudekis, and every other celebrity is just there to be seen.
I have no idea who she is, but it didn't take me too long to recognize who she was with.
Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
She was a big Disney channel star in the late 2000s and she’s been in a lot of stuff since then. She’s had a bit of a career resurgence lately and was in that Showgirls movie with Pam Anderson.
But yeah, she’s also married to the Culk.
Joshyjosh31
Starter
Houston would lose to every playoff team besides Miami
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It was awfully close for sure, but there are a few angles where it looked like the ball definitely left his hand prior to the clock hitting 0.0.
Regardless, the whole point of the basket standing was because there was inconclusive evidence to overturn the call.
For the record, I don't think things would've been any different had they initially waived the basket off. It truly was that close.
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Starter
I wouldn't trust them against Miami either...
Joshyjosh31
Starter
Miami is pretty mid
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Angelo127
G-League
I think they should just get the call right regardless of what the initial call was
