[NBA] West Playoffs, Round One

Mr. S£im Citrus · Apr 15, 2022

QWERTYLICIOUS · Apr 15, 2022

Mr. S£im Citrus said:

To be perfectly honest here, the only series I deem to have the POTENTIAL of an upset is the 4/5 matchup. Especially with Luka missing some time, I give the slight edge to the Jazz. I really don't see any of the other series ending in upsets, although Memphis-Minnesota has the potential to go 6 or 7. The other two series, in my honest opinion, will conclude fairly quickly (4 or 5 games).

pdxKingsFan · Apr 15, 2022

Not sure I see much upset potential and I don't think a 4/5 is a true upset, but still I'll vote one because I believe someone will surprise me.

ridingagain · Apr 15, 2022

I voted 2, Denver > golden state and Jazz > Dallas

Mr. S£im Citrus · Apr 16, 2022

I don't know what a "true upset" is supposed to mean, but these teams are all seeded, which means that a 5 over a 4 happens to qualify as an upset, whether it's a "true" one or not.

I think that Utah will beat Dallas. I think that Denver can beat Golden State, but they probably won't. Minnesota and New Orleans have no chance.

Tetsujin · Apr 16, 2022

https://twitter.com/statuses/1515373035649474564

Tetsujin · Apr 16, 2022

Playoffs Hassan!

Tetsujin · Apr 16, 2022

Donovan refusing to pass the ball to Gobert when he’s directly under the hoop with a PG on him is a major problem.

Tetsujin · Apr 16, 2022

https://twitter.com/statuses/1515413014115078145

Tetsujin · Apr 16, 2022

Royce O’Neale dragging the Jazz to the lead in crunch time, just as we all expected.

Mr. S£im Citrus · Apr 16, 2022

The pettiness in me is highkey hoping that the Grizzle™ blows out Minnesota in four straight, and then they stunt on the fans in the Target Center, like the Connecticut Women's team did, after they won the Big East,

pdxKingsFan · Apr 16, 2022

Mr. S£im Citrus said:

More or less my sentiments, although I think Utah is also in the can category. 2 cans = 1 will in my book, I just can't say which for certain.

pdxKingsFan · Apr 16, 2022

I checked and since going to the 7 game format, 4 vs. 5 seed is 19-17 so it's almost a coin flip (this came from 2021 so excludes last year).

However home court has been more decisive, with the home team winning game 7 two-to-one (6 out of 9).

So I'd typically factor popular consensus into matchups like these in determining an upset. I have no clue what popular consensus is right now.

Mr. S£im Citrus · Apr 16, 2022

Popular consensus appears to be that Dallas can't beat Utah without/with an injured Doncic.

Mr. S£im Citrus · Apr 16, 2022

Sawfty begging for a bail-out call, when he tries to take a desperation three-pointer at the shot clock buzzer.

pdxKingsFan · Apr 16, 2022

Mr. S£im Citrus said:

I am one of those here that blacked out Luka rather than watch lustfully. So I was looking from the lens that Utah really cooled off at the end of the season and their two best players are either feuding or the media is manufacturing one. How long is Luka out for?

pdxKingsFan · Apr 16, 2022

Also I feel like I am truly living in bizzarro times tuning into my local ABC and finding a regular season hockey match while playoff NBA is on the pay channel.

KainLear · Apr 16, 2022

pdxKingsFan said:

He has the same injury as KD once had during his last Playoff run with the Dubs, the one where they rushed him out and he torn that Achilles I heard.

pdxKingsFan · Apr 16, 2022

KainLear said:

whoah. I definitely missed that.

KainLear · Apr 16, 2022

pdxKingsFan said:

It's one of those, on its own not so serious (calf strain), but you can't rush it due to a potentially more serious ramification type of injury. So they should definitely tread lightly.

https://www.nba.com/news/luka-doncic-calf-strain-to-miss-game-1-vs-jazz

Kingz19 · Apr 16, 2022

RIP JJJ

and then immediately shows his anger about getting posterized by pushing somebody

KainLear · Apr 16, 2022

Kingz19 said:

The Wolves should definitely exploit JJJ's overaggressive tendency.

Tetsujin · Apr 16, 2022

Jaren Jackson out here trying to hit the showers early

Tetsujin · Apr 16, 2022

Ziare clearly leaned into KAT so not sure what they're wasting their challenge here for.

pdxKingsFan · Apr 16, 2022

easy dunk turned into contested dunk into a missed 3. I don't care what the rules are about 3 pt probabilities when the 2 is like an 85% that changes it.

Tetsujin · Apr 16, 2022

LOL Good thing Memphis wasted its challenge

Tetsujin · Apr 16, 2022

Someone laid KAT the eff out on that Ja dunk

Tetsujin · Apr 16, 2022

Ant Man might be the best player in this series.

Tetsujin · Apr 16, 2022

I mean, technically that might be a clear path but the dude dropped behind Ja to try to poke the ball away sooooo not really?

pdxKingsFan · Apr 16, 2022

that's not worth FTs and possession give me a break.

[NBA] West Playoffs, Round One

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