I hate that the Wolves and Grizzlies are playing each other in this first round. I wouldn't mind seeing either team win. Minnesota hasn't won a series since 2004 and Memphis has had a bunch of solid teams over the past decade that just couldn't make much noise come playoff time. They did make the conference finals in 2013 but got swept by the Spurs.

Kyrie is a weirdo but is a great ****ing player. What a shot

TATUM for the win!

I see Playoff Demar is 6 for 25. Seen that before.

Agreed. I like both teams a lot, but I'm cheering for the Wolves.


I wonder what the idiots who claim "there's no defense in the NBA" think about literally every playoff (and play-in) game up to this point.

Oh right, the Suns.

Looks like they're good again.

The last time I relocated to a city the Blackhawks and Cubs both won world championships.

Let me repeat that in case San Diego is reading, the last time I relocated to a city the Blackhawks and Cubs won world championships.

Oh, so NO has the guy who wanted $100k to play college ball and the guy with the attention whore dad.... nice. I hate them already!

Gonna need you to move to Denver for a few months, but definitely no longer than that....


And if the ****ing Cards host the Super Bowl next season....

Booker out with a hamstring issue. That sucks ass, hope it’s not serious.

Phoenix can still beat the Pelicans without him, but that's a potentially championship deciding injury if serious.

Ingram was incredible.

Agreed.

Yep, dude just couldn’t miss.

Gawd damn Jason Tatum

Embiid says **** your stupid face.

Embiid. One of all-time Goats at center.

Jokic. Garbage man.

Was at the game tonight. What a performance by Embiid. Effectively won them a game by himself they had no business winning. I still don’t trust Harden but maybe this is the year he can get them to the Finals?

What do you think of FVV? He had a rough game tonight.

Not a good one, no. He makes a few more of those shots usually, but I think he's been out of gas (possibly playing hurt) for quite some time now and has never looked quite the same since the ASB. In any case, this particular Raptors team doesn't have a true offensive #1 option and they're asking FVV and Siakam to do more than they are really capable of.

They need to hope Scottie Barnes can be that guy in the future. He just might be.

Just an amazing shot

If he doesn't gas out. I thought the Raptors series would be more challenging.

Still, the 76ers will have to go through both Miami and Bucks/Celtics/Nets. Those are tough matchups.

Warriors-Sixers would be a fun series as a KU fan.

Give me Embiid and Wiggins in the Finals.

That's always the problem. He tends to get hurt somewhere along the line eventually, but until then, he's a dominating force.

And yes, this current iteration of the Raptors is no competition compared to the Heat/Bucks/Celtics (I don't think particularly highly of the Nets right now if Simmons is not going to play). We'll find out about the 76ers soon enough.

Embiid is just an unreal talent. Hard to think of many more physically gifted players. He’s just incredible.

Saw a headline showing 2-3 weeks..... "grade 1 strain".

Once in a generation type physical talent. Guys his size just don't move and have a skillset like that.

Plus his skillset was pretty much non-existant 8 months before he got drafted.

30 college games and his NBA career he went from 0 to where he's at now.

That's truly incredible.

I hadn’t heard anything yet, thanks for the update. Oh well, I guess it could have been worse. I know Paul will be fine, but the rest of team will just have to step it up. I wish Shamet would be more what we hoped for.

I've never been so excited about watching a particular basketball prospect than watching Embiid's few months at KU. You could see flashes of the HOF/MVP level player he'd become and it just happened so quickly. It truly felt like his potential was limitless.

That was a big time run to end the half and hopefully swing the momentum back in the Grizzlies favor. Was getting out of hand quick. Hopefully Edwards injury isn’t anything too serious for Minnesota. He’s been playing great…hate to see injuries in the playoffs.

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This is when we all knew.

Anyone have a stream? Hulu took a shit.

Crazy game in Minnesota tonight. T-wolves were up 47-21 in first half. Grizz cut it to 7. T-wolves took it back up to 83-62 late in the 3rd. Grizzlies went on 21-0 run to tie it. Grizzlies lead by 5 with 5 minutes to go.

Up 10 now with 1:17 to go! Unbelievable!

Wow I was watching in the first half and figured the wolves were destined to win this one. Guess not

Woof. 9 points in the 4th quarter.

Fantastic comeback by the Grizzlies. I think benching Adams has affected Ja a little offensively with the drop-off in pick and roll action, but it looks like the decision to change up the lineup has become the difference in this series. Brandon Clarke was huge tonight. The most talented 1-15 roster in the league stepped up big time and never gave up even with Ja having an off night.

It was also fantastic watching Pat Bev try and convince himself he could carry a team offensively in the 4th quarter tonight. I cheered every time he put up a 3. ROFL

Whatever shuts Beverley’s mouth. Can’t stand that guy.

That was one of the worst and most quick collapses I’ve ever seen from the Wolves.

The non-Jokic Nuggets are so, so bad.

The Nuggets gave the Warriors their best shot in that 3rd quarter.

Any asshole could have stepped up and won it for Minnesota last night and all of them stood around with their dicks in their hands. ****ing AIDS.

Towns took 4 shots? Had 5 rebounds? I mean what is he even doing out there?

I hope Boston wins tonight so there can be another chance for a 3-0 comeback. Toronto has that opportunity also. I hope they do it. I don't know why but I've always wanted it to happen since it has never happened. I've seen 2-0 comebacks when it was a best of 5 series.

Orlando got beat by a combined 58 points in games 1 and 2 against the Heat in 97, and they were down by 25 in game 3. They came back and won game 3, won game 4, then lost a close game 5. Could've been one of the greatest comebacks and upsets in NBA history. The Heat were a Finals contender as a 2 seed and 7 seed Orlando had an interim head coach and only like 7 active players. I was so disappointed when they came up short because I never gave up on them.

Nets going to get swept in the first it seems.

What's the deal with all these idiots running on the floor and gluing/chaining themselves to objects at TWolves games?

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That explains that, I guess. I can think of better ways of promoting animal rights than rushing a court and getting immediately tackled with nobody having a clue what you're doing.

At least glue girl did damage to the court

She got waxed. That can't have felt good.

The Timberwolves owner owns the huge corporate egg farm that uses an inhumane (but legal) way of suffocating the chickens to death. That’s why the protests have been aimed at the Timberwolves.

Former owner

Why are they still protesting if it's the former owner?

I thought he was still the majority owner until Lore and Rodriquez purchased the other 40% in 2023 from what I was reading. I know he’s definitely on his way out, but I thought currently he was still the majority owner. You would definitely know more than me about the T-Wolves though.

It’s been a great series. I was lucky enough to be in Memphis this week for work so I got to go to a little watch party here last night and will hopefully get to go to the game on Tuesday.

Dunno. Why glue yourself to the floor?

Crazy is as crazy does.

Bulls are cooked and the Nuggets are about to be bounced

Only two series look interesting at all, Memphis/Minnesota and Dallas/Utah. Don't think the winner of Memphis/Minnesota have any real chance against the Warriors based on what I've seen, though.

Maybe Atlanta can make a series of it against Miami if Lowry is seriously injured, but I doubt it.

yep agree

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Yeah that sounds about right. Not sure how any of his teammates can ever respect this guy.

Darn but that was a fun game

Maybe this is the year the 3-0 comeback happens. There's 3 teams with an opportunity right now. Denver just won and made it 3-1. The Raptors won and made it 3-1. Brooklyn is down 3-0 to Boston.

Let's go Raptors, Nuggets, and Nets!

Bitchmade Ben Simmons. He really should be banned for life--not because he's at risk to play, mind you---but because he is going to try and earn money for work he has no intention of doing when he's fully capable of doing it.

Mavs should be up 3-1, they gave that game away. I think the Mavs pull it out. Utah is soft.

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This Suns Pelicans series is pretty competitive with Booker out.

They need to find some way to survive until Booker's return otherwise I'm going to have to deal with another Warriors finals appearance.

Just a complete loser since LSU. I'm fairly certain this back injury is simply just a way for him to win his salary grievance hearing against the 76ers this summer. He wants that money but he's never going to get it.

Alvarado is bothering these guys.

I expected CP3 was gonna hit somebody like that a few minutes ago and sure enough he did.

These Pelicans are a scrappy bunch. The Suns are in trouble if Booker can't return this series.

ROFL

Christ. Why the heck do they always have to keep chucking up 3s, especially when it's painfully obvious that they can't hit one? Actual basketball has apparently gone the way of the dodo bird.

And these officials suck.

Oh my, what a steaming hot take!

So what are the chances come the next CBA there's a rule in place named after Ben Simmons?

Nets well on their way to getting swept in the first.

YES. Are the Celtics for real?

Game was alot closer thanks to Scott Foster

That makes it worse for me. You had the help of Scott ****ing Foster and STILL got swept.

That last foul on Tatum was one of the worst calls I have ever seen. Gets pulled down by Dragic and gets the hook. Just bad.

TIL I get the NBA channel.

Over/Under how many burners Durant makes after tonight?