Have been banned from the other thread by an apparently sensitive snowflake (ironically after dozens of pages of political discussion from others) so I'll stick my thoughts on the NBA Playoffs here from now on. We needed a new thread anyway. [Reply]
Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501:
The east has been so bad in the Lebron era it became almost unwatchable. Once he started rolling with the heat, there was a brief "cool" moment to see Cleveland win one. But other than that the east was horrible to watch.
The west was more competitive. But then the warriors started rolling and only thing people started caring about was knocking the warriors out. Then the Lakers won in a year where everyone was tuned out.
Almost every series this year was intriguing. And both conferences actually had good teams. Let alone the awesomeness of watching a new fan base get pumped up. Like the Suns in 4 guy. The same kind of cool shit we saw when the Chiefs and blues won.
I do like that finally the conferences are somewhat balanced after the East was the JV league forever. [Reply]
Originally Posted by crashcourse:
might have had 2 of the greatest plays ive ever seen both involving ayton--his game winner against utah and him getting rejected by the greek
but best series of all time--nah pick any series involving bulls/celtics/lakers/pistons in 80s and they seemed more competitive
spurs teams with robinson/duncan had some great series
this was fun basketball and brought me back mostly because i live in zona now but doesnt hold a candle to nba 25-35 years ago
Those were genuine personal rivalries and had great stories that took years to play out. Today's basketball became just a jumbled mess of arms races. The Bucks had that type of story that draws you in as does Chris Paul..It was more than just a pickup game on a court. [Reply]
Might have something to do with the fact that it is the only 3-1 comeback in NBA Finals History, one of only five NBA Finals series in the last 33 years to have reached seven games, and the culminating achievement of the greatest player of this generation (and let's be honest, the greatest player of all time) with 41-16-7-3-3 in Game 5, 41-8-11-4-3 in Game 6 (and the highest Finals Game Score in NBA History for an individual player), and 27-11-11-2-3 in Game 7 against a 73 win team. It also contained perhaps the most memorable and most significant play in NBA Finals history:
I agree with the other dude. The games were boring and I thought the Heat/Spurs one was better so I picked it as the best one that Lebron won.I picked Dirk going full Giannis against a super team as one of the top individual performances I've seen in a finals given he basically had very little help. It had a nice little story as well with Dirk getting his ring and staying with one franchise. Total David/Goliath series.
The most impressive was the Spurs dismantling of the Super Heat in 13 I think..
.but those games were all such blow outs it was boring. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BigCatDaddy:
I agree with the other dude. The games were boring and I thought the Heat/Spurs one was better so I picked it as the best one that Lebron won.I picked Dirk going full Giannis against a super team as one of the top individual performances I've seen in a finals given he basically had very little help. It had a nice little story as well with Dirk getting his ring and staying with one franchise. Total David/Goliath series.
The most impressive was the Spurs dismantling of the Super Heat in 13 I think..
.but those games were all such blow outs it was boring.
The Lakers/Blazers 2000 series was amazing. Surprised more ppl aren't mentioning it.... the amount of talent Blazers had was unreal. Took Shaq/Kobe combo to beat them in 7.. just barely at that.. [Reply]
Originally Posted by PAChiefsGuy:
The Lakers/Blazers 2000 series was amazing. Surprised more ppl aren't mentioning it.... the amount of talent Blazers had was unreal. Took Shaq/Kobe combo to beat them in 7.. just barely at that..
I guess most are talking finals...Kings/Lakers was great as well even if the Kings got cheated. [Reply]