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2014 NBA Playoffs: 2nd Round

BTP said:
Not patting myself on my back. But I wrote in October that Teletovic may have some impact on the Nets' offense.



I'm really trying to figure out if the 7 game first round series for San Antonio was them coasting the first 6 games and then finding the switch.
OR if it was simply Houston AND Portland being horrible and making a good horror show.
OR is it Portland running out of gas and not being able to keep up with the Spurs' deep playoff rotation?
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I think part of it was that SA hadn't hit their stride.

Another part of it was Rick Carlisle. The man is money. Kept Indy competitive through injuries and the Malice in the Palace. Got Dallas to buy into defense and team ball. The only team to have shred Lebron's Heat and best them down pretty easily.

Another part was that Dallas is a confident and proud veteran team. Dirk is just too damn good to allow his team to be smeared all over the place like Porty is letting SA do. Dallas wasn't your typical 8th seed. I think one could argue that had they played porty in the first round that we would be watching a Spurs vs Mavs second round.

Btw, great call on Tetlovich. I'd rather have him than Hayward.
 
It's embarrassing how bad OKC's offense is. People want to blame it on Westbrook, but I blame it on Brooks.
 
Cyrone Torbin said:
It's embarrassing how bad OKC's offense is. People want to blame it on Westbrook, but I blame it on Brooks.
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Truer words have never been said.

Brooks = Corbin

OKC wins in spite of his horrid coaching. He literally makes zero adjustments and doesn't have any offensive structure. Seriously, their 2 stars just take turns going 1 on 1. Sometimes Perkins sets a screen to help get them open. But it's a pee wee offense that makes even the Heat's basic offense look amazingly complicated.

Compare what OKC does to Pop's smooth coaching... Or Doc's (amazing adjustments going with 3 PGs) compared to Scotty's cheerleading is just hilarious.
 
Fabtrey said:
let's see if thunder can beat the clippers first.


thunder in 7 against clippers and loses to spurs in 7.
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I wasn't assuming the Thunder beat the Clippers. This series will be close all the way, and I really have no clue who will win.

If the Thunder win, they will beat the Spurs in less than 7 games. The Spurs can't beat the Thunder. Do you even watch basketball?
 
are you serious? you are basing this on regular season games? please tell me you are joking.
nets swept miami in the regular season. who cares about the regular season? it's the damn playoffs! can they beat spurs? of course. they have the star power. spurs are old. westbrook won't be contained. but can spurs beat the thunder? oh hell yes.

nothing is guaranteed in the playoffs. only surest thing in this playoffs were miami beating bobcats.
 
Fabtrey said:
nets swept miami in the regular season. what's your point?
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This has nothing to do with it. I don't even know how the regular season matchups went between the teams tbh.

Thunder did make them look silly the last time they played in the playoffs iirc
 
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