Series Thread: 2nd Round: 1) Cavs vs 4) Pacers

[bksballer89]

i get to go from my extremely talented but underacheiving basketball team to my very mediocre but somehow always plays better than the sum of their parts baseball team.

A definite dissapoint- especially since the league is so wide open. Ill let some time wear off before I do a full post mortem

I’ll be at the edge of my seat waiting for it

 

[Mr. Friscus]

I’ll give the Pacers tons of credit.. they had guys who had an answer over and over and over in these games. They wouldn’t give up, they hustled and grinded. Hats off to them

This series had vibes of when the Magic beat the Lebron Cavs back in 08-09ish… The Magic had Howard in the middle but had 3-4 guys who would just not stop draining clutch 3’s, and a dynamic Hedo Turkoglu at the point. The Magic upset the Cavs 4-2 in the Eastern Conference finals. It would have been 4-1 had Lebron not drained a game winning historic buzzer beater 3 that puts any MJ shot to shame

 

[fightinfunbags]

Good to see somebody else have to wear this 2nd round bull shit for a change

 

[Battlelyon]

Garland or Allen got to go imo

Probably more Allen than Garland

How about both?

 

[Battlelyon]

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They need Altmsn on there

 

[bksballer89]

How about both?

Should be the move but hard to do if you want to compete for a title

 

[logic]

Congrats Pacers. I'll admit I thought they made it to the ECF last year as a fluke, but all season and this post season they proved that they are a legit team. There is a reason I didn't want the 5 seed to see them in the first round.

 

[bksballer89]

Congrats Pacers. I'll admit I thought they made it to the ECF last year as a fluke, but all season and this post season they proved that they are a legit team. There is a reason I didn't want the 5 seed to see them in the first round.

Built not bought

 

[fightinfunbags]

Should be the move but hard to do if you want to compete for a title

They should make a move for Embiid. Garland and Allen for Embiid and salary.

 

[shopson67]

No way.

Hunter was way worse than Turner.

Hunter and Mathurin should have both been gone, no question about it.

They were both 2 handed shoves?

 

[shopson67]

How about both?

Allen to the Lakers sounds good to me. Welcome to Cleveland, Gabe and Maxi!

 

[Shanemansj13]

Keep them in bubble wrap till the 2nd round

 

[Shanemansj13]

Allen to the Lakers sounds good to me. Welcome to Cleveland, Gabe and Maxi!

Not possible

 

[Shanemansj13]

They were both 2 handed shoves?

Yes Hunter and Turner were both shoves. Mathurin was a punch.

Hunter and Turner got T's. Mathurin an ejection.

Seems fair to me.

 

[tlance]

Yes Hunter and Turner were both shoves. Mathurin was a punch.

Hunter and Turner got T's. Mathurin an ejection.

Seems fair to me.

Until you actually look at the context surrounding each player’s shove.

One was protecting a teammate.

The other was escalating a potential fight.

 

[dtgold88]

this is a very strange series. Cleveland is still not playing their game and their shooting has been terrible. They get leads by attacking the paint and being aggressive getting to the line

Yep.....and then they go away from it and the guards shoot them out of the game.

Very frustrating series. Guessing some by choice and due to new CBA core 4 stays together as ill most of the team. Hopefully Jerome comes back. Maybe Merrill. If Okoro can be moved I could see it, but only if it helps.

Hate being a Cleveland sports fan.

 

[dtgold88]

Elimination game lol unless he couldn’t walk he wasn’t going to let some little ankle sprain keep him out

He let a calf sprain keep him out last year. But figured he'd play. Guessing he'd have played game 4 if not so lopsided.

 

[dtgold88]

Ty Jerome DNP-CD

Unreal

Yeah I was thinking way earlier than they did when Indiana was making their run at least give him a try. Too little too late.

 

[dtgold88]

Nothing looks right for the Cavs. It stems from
Just missing everything. They are ice cold. You can’t win when you miss every three and then Halliburton is hitting impossible 3’s back to back to back

Yep.....and didn't help they went away from what was working going to bigs, often inside. as they could not be stopped.

 

[dtgold88]

Awkward interview with Mobley....LOL.

Heard him talk afterward....never a good interview.....curious what you were talking about here if you recall.