In which the NBA is discussed.

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That's the worst Thunder game I've watched since the 2011 WCF.

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Thunder pretty lucky they won that game. So many overtimez. They probably win the serious now.

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No, they probably shouldn't have won a game with Westbrook and Durant stinking it up as much as they did, but they had to twin one of these OTs. Losing three in a row in OT would have been flukey, too.

I love Reggie.

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Blazers-Rockets is so fun. Lin and Bev are a disaster.

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Blazers-Rockets is terrific. Every game is just huge shot in crunch time. I'm like jumping up and down. MY BOI WESLEY GETTING THAT STEAL. Wesley will get in someone's grill he does not give a shit. Fuck you Dwight. Mo Williams is a dirty bastard. BATUM.

I lived in Portland once so I'm not bandwagon or anything.

Lin's missed-open-court-lay-up tour is really embarrassing. Por will probably get it next game--and this is good, because these games are just too intense. If Portland does win the series next game, they'll have time to rest and could spank a tired Spurs, who really needed to sweep Dallas and get their rest--but it looks like that's going to be a 7 game series now.

[Sobchak]

I'm losing my mind watching these Blazers-Rockets games, and I absolutely can't stand James Harden these days playing for the whistle so much. Dude's good but every time he drives the lane with his elbows up just trying to throw them into someone's arms so he gets to the line is aggravating.

That steal by Wes was amazing. He did that against Dallas a couple years ago in the game Brandon Roy scored 18 points in the fourth to win it.

I can't hate on Troy Daniels.

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Glad Silver was here to put the old slug to rest. Imagine of Stern was still comish?

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I can't handle this.

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That must have been tough.

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Way to take one for the team, Adams.

[badfo]

I'm not sure that's even in the top 5 of people reacting to Adams. Randolph has to know better.

[pano]

Lillard tho

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I bet The Eug went crazy. Sobchak's gonna be hungover all weekend.

[fallenchicken]

That was amaz. Glad I was watching it live.

[Sobchak]

Yeah, Eugene went pretty crazy. Bars were pure chaos.

[Sobchak]

Also, good call by Grantland's Andrew Sharpe after (surprisingly) putting Lillard in the top spot of his playoff power ranking thing.

1. Dame Lillard

But with all due respect to Allen, nobody’s had a better first round than Dame Lillard. It doesn’t matter that he doesn’t play defense and sometimes takes horrible pull-up jump shots. Watch him for an entire game and you will forget all of that. Whether he’s drilling pull-up 3s or blowing past people for floaters at the rim, he has a special knack for just breaking people’s hearts.

“I don’t really believe in the clutch gene,” my roommate was saying Sunday night. “But man. Dame Lillard makes you wonder.”

He’s been doing this all year, but the playoffs — and Houston’s horrible defense — just amplify all of it on national TV.

So a league full of stars officially has another one, and he’s got two chances to finish off Houston this weekend. That means this section is either the greatest jinx ever, or Lillard’s playoff debut is about to get even more ruthless. To be continued …

Then he went and hit the series-winner that night.

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I wish Randolph was playing.

[Sobchak]

Good series. Steven Adams seems like a tough kid.

[badfo]

Glad that is over with.

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Also I am going to be so pissed if they don't extend Reggie. FFS.

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Thunder Clippers gonna be EXPLOSIVE. WCF could end up Bado vs Chak. Could destroy selkath.

[Sobchak]

At this rate, we'd have to play the Spurs about which I'm not very confident. I think our front court matches up well but their back court is going to murder us. Lillard won't have to play as hounding of defensive guards like Beverly (and Lin actually) and will probably score well but he and Mo Williams are going to bleed us trying to guard Tony Parker, Manu, Danny Green or whoever we try to hide those guys with.

I think... Thunder in 7,
San Antonio in 6
Heat in 4

Indiana vs Wizards I have absolutely no clue. Indiana can still figure it out and make the ECF, but the matchups seem to be a wash. Nene/Gortat vs Hibbert/West, Wall/Beal/Ariza vs Hill/Stephenson/George. Can Hibbert play like he did in Game 7? Will Wall's jumpshots fall? Is Stephenson a legitimate crazy person?

WIZARDS IN 6 O0

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I want Nene to have the playoffs he deserves. So good. Kill those Pacers. All four west teams that were just eliminated would have smacked dat ass.

I'm too anxious to pick Thunder stuff so I'll avoid WC too.

Really though the Mavs couldn't just know out the Spurs? Asshats.