Indiana Pacers (#1) vs Atlanta Hawks (#8) Playoff Series Thread

[Venti Quattro]

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[sook]

Agreed, such a shitty playoff series it doesn't deserve a prediction.

[spurraider21]

If Horford was playing, it would actually be a solid series

[D-Wade]

I'll call this the NBATV series.

[ElNono]

Spursfan has coach Bud vs George Hill... probably gonna peek...

[RsxPiimp]

Don't sleep on them Hawkz. Teague and Antic always presents matchup problems for the Pacers. When Korver and Milsap contributes on top of that, things could get dicey. You don't need to score a lot of points to beat Indiana.

[Robz4000]

Hawks in 6 or Pacers in 5.

[Jacob1983]

The official NBATV series. ESPN and TNT probably gave it to NBATV for free.

[kjhip1]

Indiana in 5. Got a good win against okc, should have confidence back up although hibbert looks like he forgot how to play

[Venti Quattro]

Hawks in 6
http://www.threadbombing.com/data/media/24/lol_no.jpg

[ambchang]

Pacers in 5.

[Trill Clinton]

Pacers in 5

[DD]

Pacers in 6

[The Gemini Method]

Indiana is the favored in this series. They're the bi-polar chick that you met at a Applebee's or Golden Corral. She is that waitress that you'd probably guess is in her mid 20's, dropped out of U of Indiana, and probably would be the closest to Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction being your fling one minute and the next boiling your kid's rabbit. They're mercurial in the sense that you don't know what you're gonna get. The Hawks are not even worth mentioning...Pacers win in 5.

[sook]

Indiana is the favored in this series. They're the bi-polar chick that you met at a Applebee's or Golden Corral. She is that waitress that you'd probably guess is in her mid 20's, dropped out of U of Indiana, and probably would be the closest to Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction being your fling one minute and the next boiling your kid's rabbit. They're mercurial in the sense that you don't know what you're gonna get. The Hawks are not even worth mentioning...Pacers win in 5.

:lmao

[baseline bum]

Great, I gotta watch Hibbert go 1-8 from the field with 3 rebounds waiting for the OKC/Memphis game. I'm surprised people are picking Indy in 5. Indiana closed the season way worse than the 2011 Spurs even. Now Atlanta isn't Memphis so I don't expect a sequel to 8, but I'm thinking this series goes 7 with how Indy looks.

[baseline bum]

I'll call this the NBATV series.

The NBATV conference tbh. Miami and maybe Washington are the only teams I have any interest in watching.

[Robz4000]

The best game of the day is here !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Malik Hairston]

I bet on Indiana, hopefully they step up tonight, I have a feeling they will, tbh..

[Otaku]

The best game of the day is here !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GS vs Clipps was fun tbh. I'm not expecting much from today's 2 remaining games. Both should be clear home wins imho.

[djohn2oo8]

Hopefully Atlanta wins just to make it somewhat watchable.

[ElNono]

0-2 so far in holding HCA... I get the feeling Indy wins this one though

[ElNono]

Rooting for coach bud though

[Darth_Pelican]

The spread is only 8.5???

[Malik Hairston]

The spread is only 8.5???

I got it at -7 this morning, I couldn't resist it, tbh:lol..

[Darth_Pelican]

I got it at -7 this morning, I couldn't resist it, tbh:lol..

:lol those are one of those bets that you feel so good about that it's destined to fail and make you want to murder the Pacers

[Darth_Pelican]

But yeah this should be a 101-86 type of win for the Pacers

[Spur-Addict]

Oh boy, this looks like it's about to be light.

[Spur-Addict]

Milsap 4 point play

[ElNono]

damn mah nig Millsap with the long range bomb

[ElNono]

love to see that lil bitch David West mad, tbh

[BatManu20]

Atlanta in 3.

[Nathan89]

Should Hibbert retire?

[313]

The Pacers are sooo bad it's not even funny

[Spur-Addict]

Indiana looking really sloppy

[313]

:lmao Pacers

[313]

If the Pacers get swept, that would be worse than 8 lol

[Spur-Addict]

Teague getting into the paint at will

[313]

The Hawks aren't bad, they just started tanking once Horford got hurt. Unfortunately, the East is so bad they still made the playoffs.

[Raven]

indiana is unwatchable offensively.. their issues are very real.

[Budkin]

Something awful must have happened between Pacers players or something. It just makes no sense the U turn their season took.

[Axegrinder]

Something awful must have happened between Pacers players or something. It just makes no sense the U turn their season took. Bynum:downspin:

[ElNono]

Pacers D is what's lacking... coach Bud really has his guys playing the system well

[BillMc]

The Hawks aren't bad, they just started tanking once Horford got hurt. Unfortunately, the East is so bad they still made the playoffs.

This man speaks the truth.

[Raven]

Bynum:downspin:

indeed.

[spurraider21]

too many x chromosomes on the commentating team

[spurraider21]

Bynum:downspin:
or granger

[Texas_Ranger]

Watching Indiana on offense is like watching Melo.

[Axegrinder]

or grangeror turner

[CGD]

Hawks in 4

[RD2191]

Struggling against the Hawks:lol

[Raven]

Watching Indiana on offense is like watching Melo.

solid.

[Spur-Addict]

Calf Tats West

[Clipper Nation]

:lmao Hibbert
:lmao KORVER swatting his shit

[Raven]

hibbert denied by korver :lmao

[Nathan89]

:lmao Hibbert

[Robz4000]

RIP Hibbert

[LakerHater]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bln5EV5CcAATrqU.jpg

[Spur-Addict]

Dumb ass Lou Williams

[Cry Havoc]

What a shitshow this game is.

The East is even more pathetic than has been billed this year. Unreal.

[Cry Havoc]

Dumb ass Lou Williams

I can't believe NBA players are still dumb enough to give CP fouls.

[Spur-Addict]

I can't believe NBA players are still dumb enough to give CP fouls.

Likewise. Just goes to show there are a lot of zombies out there just playing.

[ElNono]

Dorissss Burke issssss unbearable

[Raven]

hibbert with his best bynum impersonification :lmao

[Cry Havoc]

Dorissss Burke issssss unbearable

She's a bad white boy!

[Cry Havoc]

Indiana is going to win this series by default. So ugly.

[ElNono]

:lol Paul George

[Cry Havoc]

PG24 wants to be like Kobe. That explains a lot as to why he's such a shitty overrated player. :lol Doesn't explain why he tries on defense though.

[Raven]

nice close by george, cocky as fuck

[Robz4000]

:lol PG

[Spur-Addict]

Body Surfing :lol

[lefty]

She's a bad white boy!
:lol Boris Durke

[Cry Havoc]

Hibbert, who's gotta be one of my worst calls/most underachieving players in NBA history, on pace for a sterling 4 and 10 with 0 blocks this game.

[spursparker9]

:lol

How the hell PG look like league MVP in the early season?

[davethedope]

Im so sick of hearing about the pacers as if this team with zero charisma and a legit NBA superstar is compelling for any reason whatsover. I'd like to see them lose to this other also-ran squad just to get them outta the media

[Nathan89]

When did Hibbert turn into a 36yo Theo Ratliff?

[ElNono]

Pace still favor the Hawks, but the Pacers have done a better job defensively in the 2nd quarter

[MeloHype]

That crowd looks bored

[ElNono]

George Hill and David West are getting murdered on defense

[Spur-Addict]

That crowd looks bored

They look disappointed too

[jimbo]

These Hawks are so much more watchable than the Joe Johnson/Retarded SF shooter variety

[Nathan89]

That crowd looks bored

They should be. Their team is boring and terrible.

[Spur-Addict]

Milsap doing the Indi front court dirty

[ElNono]

West thugging it up per par... aryan boy not backing down... :lmao

[ElNono]

What Teague is doing to George Hill shouldn't be legal, tbh

[Spur-Addict]

OH SHIT!!! TEAGUE :lmao

[ElNono]

:lmao Evan Turner

[Franklin]

Some people say "defense wins championships but it only makes sense in the context where most teams ignore the significance of defense and where the significance of defense needs to be emphasized. Of course defense is very important but the defensive approach is a negative strategy and it'll sooner or later defer to an offense-oriented strategy which's more positive and creative. Good defense may help you survive in the short term but sooner or later your defensive line will be penetrated and your troops would be annihilated, and a defense-only strategy will always turn out to be costly like what you see in Stalingrad, on the western back of River Volga in early 1943, which would later turn out to be a decisive turning point of the world war at large. Good defense only has some value when accompanied by sharp counter attacks, and that's exactly what makes the main difference between Mourinho's team and those teams in the relegation zone.

[Mal]

Wow, coach Mike is doing good job out there. And Pacers :lmao

[StrengthAndHonor]

Don't sleep on them Hawkz. Teague and Antic always presents matchup problems for the Pacers. When Korver and Milsap contributes on top of that, things could get dicey. You don't need to score a lot of points to beat Indiana.
+1 Pacwrs have no answer for Teague.

[ElNono]

What happened to George Paul? Had to change the tampax?

[davethedope]

this paul george willis reed moment- as close as he'll ever get at least

[Spur-Addict]

Hawks getting busy on these fools.

[ElNono]

Millsap all over Scrubla

[Mal]

Hibbert just lost it.

[Raven]

Some people say "defense wins championships but it only makes sense in the context where most teams ignore the significance of defense and where the significance of defense needs to be emphasized. Of course defense is very important but the defensive approach is a negative strategy and it'll sooner or later defer to an offense-oriented strategy which's more positive and creative. Good defense may help you survive in the short term but sooner or later your defensive line will be penetrated and your troops would be annihilated, and a defense-only strategy will always turn out to be costly like what you see in Stalingrad, on the western back of River Volga in early 1943, which would later turn out to be a decisive turning point of the world war at large. Good defense only has some value when accompanied by sharp counter attacks, and that's exactly what makes the main difference between Mourinho's team and those teams in the relegation zone.

i don't see how is having a good D related to only taking mid range jump shots on offence.

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooool

[BatManu20]

ATL about to be up 16 on Indy at their place :lol

I predicted the Pacers wouldn't make it past the 2nd round. Not sure they'll make it out of the 1st at this point.

[LakerHater]

WooooooooW!!

[ElNono]

Hibbert about to meltdown

[ElNono]

Pacers do dumb shit too though...

[jimbo]

:lol Pacers

This would be so awesome if the Hawks knocked em off. Premature ejaculation but still.

[Baam]

Damn this might be one of the worst PO in a while level wise... Top seeds dropping like flies...

[crc21209]

Wow. Pacers look like garbage...

[crc21209]

Teague is taking George Hill to school...

[lefty]

:lmao mental midgets

[HI-FI]

Hawks and Bobcats playing with house money, dangerous teams imo.

[Darth_Pelican]

I bet on Indiana, hopefully they step up tonight, I have a feeling they will, tbh..

:rollin

[lefty]

:rollin
Another great basketball take from HarlemHeat :lol

[Clipper Nation]

You'd think Teague was prime Magic from the way the Pacers are getting owned by him :lol

[Cry Havoc]

Greatest collapse in NBA history. This has been 3 months in the making. This isn't "oh this team just has bad matchups" or "oh this team had a bad series". This has been a progressive implosion of one of the most promising young teams in recent League history. From Finals favorites to being completely dismantled by an 8 seed. Really, really sad to see. They might win the series but wow I don't recall anyone ever falling farther than Indiana has, at this point they'd be underdogs to all but about 2-3 teams in the playoffs.

[Robz4000]

Hawks in 6 or Pacers in 5.

Prolly gonna be the former I guess...

[lefty]

lol Boris Durke easily impressed by a 3 pointer following a crossover


Nick Van Exel used to that in his sleep

[Darth_Pelican]

Have home teams ever started the playoffs 0-3?

[Chinook]

Pacers were always due for a collapse. They rely on players who aren't all that good to play way above their heads. It would be like the Spurs relying on Green, Leonard and Diaw to carry them.

[baseline bum]

Wow. Pacers look like garbage...

It's not just a look

[lefty]

Vogel is surprisingly composed for a black coach

[Cry Havoc]

Pacers were always due for a collapse. They rely on players who aren't all that good to play way above their heads. It would be like the Spurs relying on Green, Leonard and Diaw to carry them.

Leonard is better than anyone on the Pacers.

[baseline bum]

CROFL Indiana getting booed in their building.

[StrengthAndHonor]

Pacers are done tbh.

[baseline bum]

CROFL down 18 at home to one of the worst teams to make the playoffs in recent years.

[Raven]

:lol

[testies]

the pop system bros

[Baam]

Leonard is better than anyone on the Pacers.

No. If he had to carry scrubs he couldn't do better than George and Stephenson...

[Will Hunting]

CROFL down 18 at home to one of the worst teams to make the playoffs in recent years.

:lmao I just turned the game on and had to do a double take when I saw the score

[baseline bum]

What the hell is Bird going to do with this team this summer? They have to blow that shit up now.

[Raven]

let's see what is PG made of tbh.

[Baam]

Hopefully Stephenson leaves this sinking ship this summer, the Pacers are fucked for the remainder of the Hibbert era...

[RD2191]

Indy probably still wins this but damn, they really look bad. The body language looks liks they've given up.

[Chinook]

No. If he had to carry scrubs he couldn't do better than George and Stephenson...

Pretty much. We know those three can carry the Spurs in some games, but there's no way that would be sustainable.

[jeebus]

What the hell is Bird going to do with this team this summer? They have to blow that shit up now.
but they made the evan turner trade

[Will Hunting]

but they made the evan turner trade

Evan pls :cry

[Budkin]

I seriously don't get it. It's like a curse was put on them.

[jimbo]

CROFL down 18 at home to one of the worst teams to make the playoffs in recent years.

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[Chinook]

What the hell is Bird going to do with this team this summer? They have to blow that shit up now.

He's the Elway of basketball. He's horribly overrated.

[Franklin]

Good D has to combined with good fast breaks. The marriage of defense and counter attack would be deadly (like today's Spurs and Mourinho's Chelsea).

[crc21209]

I seriously don't get it. It's like a curse was put on them.

"The curse of knocking up strippers and taking dick pics for dudes"

[Will Hunting]

This is pretty atrocious basketball altogether tbh

[Clipper Nation]

I seriously don't get it. It's like a curse was put on them.
It's not a curse, Hibbert is just an overrated product of bogus verticality calls :lol

[sook]

holyshit :lmao

[313]

I seriously don't get it. It's like a curse was put on them.
Bynum

[RD2191]

Hawks choking.

[skut_farkus]

Cofl pacers

[BatManu20]

457686810525589505

[testies]

you don't fuck with chemistry and locker room.. they loved Granger, eventhough he is a sack of shit of a player

plus they also were just overrated

[Venti Quattro]

THIS is the team that will beat Miami in the East? :lmao

[Raven]

he sure showed, an air ball and a blocked shot

[Spur-Addict]

:lmao Shelvin Mack

[crc21209]

Mack shitting on Hill..

[Chinook]

Hibbert dogging it trying to get traded to the Spurs.

[Seefourdc]

Paul George chucking like his hero: 5/17 atm.

[baseline bum]

West just jacking shit up and not caring. What the hell happened to this team? Did Stephenson, West, and Hill gang-rape Hibbert's woman or something? This team is way too talented to be so horrible.

[BatManu20]

George Hill is so awful. He's actually regressed somehow.

[crc21209]

Can you imagine if the Hawks pulled off a series win? That would mean that one of the Hawks, Bulls, or Wizards would be in the ECF :lol

[Franklin]

i don't see how is having a good D related to only taking mid range jump shots on offence.

They have good mid-range jumper makers at all positions (Scola and West's jump shootings are both among the best of PFs) there's no reason for them not to play to their strength. Hibert is a defensive beast but on the offensive end he has little to contribute, and the likes of George and Hill are shooters more than slashers. Turner and Stephenson need to drive for the basket more though.

[313]

Fire Bird, fire Vogel, blow it up

[djohn2oo8]

West just jacking shit up and not caring. What the hell happened to this team? Did Stephenson, West, and Hill gang-rape Hibbert's woman or something? This team is way too talented to be so horrible.
Evan Turner. Locker room hates him.

[Raven]

He's the Elway of basketball. He's horribly overrated.

well, what they did with no high picks is pretty amazing tbh

[dg7md]

Pacers are done tbh.

Another Miami Heat Eastern conference win. :sleep

[Raven]

They have good mid-range jumper makers at all positions (Scola and West's jump shootings are both among the best of PFs) there's no reason for them not to play to their strength. Hibert is a defensive beast but on the offensive end he has little to contribute, and the likes of George and Hill are shooters more than slashers. Turner and Stephenson need to drive for the basket more though.

it's been shown many times that the long jumper is the worst shot in bball. If all your team shoots them at some point, you have a problem.

[crc21209]

Antic dropping 3's on the Pacers now...

[Raven]

Antič shitting on hibbert :lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao

[Thread]

Larry Bird

[ElNono]

You'd think Teague was prime Magic from the way the Pacers are getting owned by him :lol

You called it, my guy... full blown meltdown by the Pacers, tbh

[Spur-Addict]

Calf Tats West with the nice dime

[Clipper Nation]

:lmao Stephenson

[RD2191]

They're not just losing, they're getting blown out.

[Raven]

blown out by pero fucking antič :lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao

[Axegrinder]

PG supasta! :downspin:

[ElNono]

:lol 3 on 1 fastbreak = Stephenson chucks a 3

[baseline bum]

Hibbert dogging it trying to get traded to the Spurs.

Fuck that shit. Don't need a center who shoots 30%.

[crc21209]

Ever since that news about the stripper came out, it's been alllllll down hill :lol

[ElNono]

Pacers gotta charge this one to tha game...

[Venti Quattro]

Never knew that trading away one player would cause a nuclear meltdown within the Pacers. If the NBA allowed playoff trades they'd probably give everything to get back Granger tonight

[baseline bum]

Evan Turner. Locker room hates him.

Link?

[Axegrinder]

Ever since that news about the stripper came out, it's been alllllll down hill :lolwhich pacer strips? Hill still?

[Clipper Nation]

Fuck that shit. Don't need a center who shoots 30%.
Shitter wouldn't be the softest big on the team anymore though :downspin:

[djohn2oo8]

Link?
http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/sports/sixers/Evan-Turner-labeled-selfish-in-Indiana.html

[Darth_Pelican]

The spread is only 8.5???

:lmao

[Chinook]

Fuck that shit. Don't need a center who shoots 30%.

I didn't say it was gonna work.

[Spur-Addict]

Hibbert sighting

[Darth_Pelican]

Has a team with a losing record ever won a playoff series? Lol no

[D-Wade]

:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao

[baseline bum]

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This Hawks team is truly horrible. Teague, Millsap, and Korver are the entire team's talent with Horford out.

[ElNono]

props to coach Bud on his first solo playoff win... he had his guys primed and ready...

[Robz4000]

:lol Hibbert padding his stats

[ElNono]

gotta hit up Pacers Digest later tonight

[djohn2oo8]

This is why conferences should be abolished.

[LakerHater]

Game is boring

[ElNono]

Hill gonna have Teague nightmares tonight

[Venti Quattro]

The Hawks are 6 games below .500. They shouldn't even be in the playoffs :lmao :lmao

:lmao Indiana

[chief keef]

hibbert.. over rated ass nigga

[Arcadian]

:lmao pacers
:lmao Has any #1 team in history lost to a team with a losing record?

[Will Hunting]

The Hawks are 6 games below .500. They shouldn't even be in the playoffs :lmao :lmao

:lmao Indiana

All 8 Western Conference playoff teams + probably Phoenix would be shitting on Indiana :lmao

[baseline bum]

http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/sports/sixers/Evan-Turner-labeled-selfish-in-Indiana.html

:lol Still remember how much retard upstairs fan wanted RC trading for this faggot

[BatManu20]

https://media2.giphy.com/media/4LZMbup07YECO91HBCEg/giphy.gif?t=1

[Malik Hairston]

Wow, what a piece of shit team, tbh..

Never go against Vegas, tbh, they always know..

[baseline bum]

Damn, could Indiana go down in four to this horrible Hawks team that would go down in four in round two? :rollin

[Spursfanfromafar]

Awesome coaching job by Bud maximizing his team's potential by so much despite Horford's injury. Hawks play the quirkiest lineup in the league with everyone from 1-5 a 3 point threat.

[jeebus]

:lol retard upstairs fan
I think I posted more upstairs this past season than the 2 previous seasons combined. I won't be doing that again any time soon; it's like hanging out the Jerry's kids with extreme down syndrome

[Raven]

the thing granger was important for, is to keep stephenson's ego in check, he knew he could get benched in he would have gone full dribbling mode. Now with that issue gone, it's 1-3 players that only dribble..

[Franklin]

Pacers are still sleeping in the late-season coasting mode. Hawks have to demolish them in 4 games if they wanna qualify for the 2nd round, otherwise the Pacers would be awakened and the Hawks would be consequently annihilated, just like the Reich from 1943 to 1945.

[BatManu20]

This is where it all went wrong tbh. Ever since then they've been the lifeless losers you're watching right now

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bhu-It3CYAAVRgJ.jpg:large

[Malik Hairston]

Coach Bud already looks like a top 5 coach, tbh, his roster has virtually no talent and they lost their best player in the first month of the season, yet they're on the road to making the 2nd round:lol..

He has a solid system, too, he doesn't rely on motivational tactics:lol..

[Clipper Nation]

:lol Hibbert is retarded....

[Clipper Nation]

:lmao Hibbert blocked by Korver AGAIN

[ElNono]

:lmao Stephenson head-faking himself

[Spurs9]

:lmao overconfident mental midgets on the verge of losing

[Will Hunting]

:lol West is just blindly chucking

[pgardn]

This is a d league game.
Its pitiful.

[Venti Quattro]

Awesome coaching job by Bud maximizing his team's potential by so much despite Horford's injury. Hawks play the quirkiest lineup in the league with everyone from 1-5 a 3 point threat.

Chicago may as well be partying right now and punching their tickets to the ECF. A Chicago vs Miami rematch would be good for the NBA and for this board, tbh.

:lol Bulls reaching the ECF without Derrick Rose.
:lol Derrick Rose
:lol ignorant disguised as humble
:lol gangbanger

[Spurs9]

This is where it all went wrong tbh. Ever since then they've been the lifeless losers you're watching right now

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bhu-It3CYAAVRgJ.jpg:large

Surprised hill didn't have his shlong hanging out tbh no homo

[baseline bum]

Larry Legend looks like he's getting ready to eat his shotgun just like daddy

[Will Hunting]

A Chicago vs Miami rematch would be good for the NBA and for this board, tbh.

:lol Bulls reaching the ECF without Derrick Rose.
:lol Derrick Rose
:lol ignorant disguised as humble
:lol gangbanger

:lol I think another :lol Derrick Rose thread might be coming in the near future

[Malik Hairston]

Chicago may as well be partying right now and punching their tickets to the ECF. A Chicago vs Miami rematch would be good for the NBA and for this board, tbh.

:lol Bulls reaching the ECF without Derrick Rose.
:lol Derrick Rose
:lol ignorant disguised as humble
:lol gangbanger

Chicago could easily lose to the Wizards, tbh..

[RD2191]

Gotta go through Hibbert. It's their only hope, tbh. I know he has looked like shit but that's all I can think of.

[Robz4000]

:lmao what a disgraceful performance

[Thebesteva]

Chicago could easily lose to the Wizards, tbh..

LOL r u permanently banned under Harlem or not?

[Clipper Nation]

:lol This only wasn't a 20 point blowout because the refs stepped in late to make it respectable....

[Robz4000]

Chicago could easily lose to the Wizards, tbh..

This. I think a Washington/Miami ECF is highly possible.

[Venti Quattro]

Chicago could easily lose to the Wizards, tbh..

Yeah they certainly could. The playoffs have started off weird but I think the Bulls do enough to beat the Wizards. In 7, if it really takes that long to close out the Wizards


This. I think a Washington/Miami ECF is highly possible.

Chicago in 6 imo

[gambit1990]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2RcPYb1HTs

[baseline bum]

Yeah they certainly could. The playoffs have started off weird but I think the Bulls do enough to beat the Wizards. In 7, if it really takes that long to close out the Wizards

What has been weird about today though? Toronto doesn't have the talent to win in the playoffs and Indiana is in the worst funk I have ever seen a team of that talent in. LA losing a cllose game to Golden State is only mildly surprising.

[IrisHockey]

Chicago may as well be partying right now and punching their tickets to the ECF. A Chicago vs Miami rematch would be good for the NBA and for this board, tbh.

:lol Bulls reaching the ECF without Derrick Rose.
:lol Derrick Rose
:lol ignorant disguised as humble
:lol gangbanger

Do we really need another backdoor sweep after an Jacob1983 blows his load?

[djohn2oo8]

What has been weird about today though? Toronto doesn't have the talent to win in the playoffs and Indiana is in the worst funk I have ever seen a team of that talent in. LA losing a cllose game to Golden State is only mildly surprising.

Probably just that all three home teams lost HCA On the first day.

[Malik Hairston]

^^:lol..

David West is one of the fakest niggas in the league, tbh..

He only fucks with Whites/Euros and niggas that are half his size..

[apalisoc_9]

letting Stepehenson shoot 18 times :lmao

[Clipper Nation]

Probably just that all three home teams lost HCA On the first day.
Choke Paul and soft-ass Hibbert choking in the playoffs isn't really a surprise :lol

[Venti Quattro]

What has been weird about today though? Toronto doesn't have the talent to win in the playoffs
Brooklyn looks like the higher seed and the series just feels weird overall. BKN's very shitty start to the season is to blame for this.


Indiana is in the worst funk I have ever seen a team of that talent in.
It's quite shocking to see them like this, tbh, even though tagging LkrFan in his Pacer jinx threads is a fun exercise. Hibbert looks like he's just gonna break down and cry in one game in this series.


LA losing a cllose game to Golden State is only mildly surprising.
:lol Clippers
:lol bitchmade

[baseline bum]

^^:lol..

David West is one of the fakest niggas in the league, tbh..

He only fucks with Whites/Euros and niggas that are half his size..

Still love when my nigga Rob put that elbow in his back in 08

[Malik Hairston]

Still love when my nigga Rob put that elbow in his back in 08

:lol and he didn't do shit..he only stepped up to Fab Oberto:lmao..

[JoeTait75]

It's too bad the Cavaliers are a bunch of fucking knuckleheads b/c they could play w/the Pacers right now. Not that it's high praise or anything.

[Franklin]

Hi Harlem, why don't you make another self-admission thread and get your main account back?

[Mark in Austin]

What the hell is Bird going to do with this team this summer? They have to blow that shit up now.

On offense, they gotta find a pass-first true PG. And they should think very seriously before signing Stephenson to a long term deal. Ever since the alleged all-star snub and the following media blow job that he got he's been playing with more stupidity / selfishness in his game.

But biggest issue is Hibbert. He wears down every year. They need to put him on a different training regimen / diet / rest regime. No 7'2" defensive centerpiece should ever average 4.6 rebounds in March and 3.2 rebounds in April. Ever.

[baseline bum]

But biggest issue is Hibbert. He wears down every year. They need to put him on a different training regimen / diet / rest regime. No 7'2" defensive centerpiece should ever average 4.6 rebounds in March and 3.2 rebounds in April. Ever.

$15 million next year :lol
$15.5 million the year after :lmao

[jimbo]

This Hawks team is truly horrible. Teague, Millsap, and Korver are the entire team's talent with Horford out.

Obv not on the same level, but you coulda said something similar about the 2010 Spurs who still won a ton of games. (Manu was the best player on that team! TOSB Tim. A Parker that the fans wanted traded to Toronto. Turd towers. RJ) They played good team ball though.

These Hawks have played good ball, it's just been VERY streaky going both ways. It's ranged from great to truly awful. You hit them while they're on a good streak and they're as good as any bottom level team in the playoffs.

[StrengthAndHonor]

Gotta go through Hibbert. It's their only hope, tbh. I know he has looked like shit but that's all I can think of.
Actually no. They need to go smaller and quicker.

[Clipper Nation]

Actually, what they need is spacing as well as moving the ball and moving off the ball.... looking at their positions, most of them, everyone without the ball in their hands is just standing around... their offense is too predictable, too iso-heavy, and too easy for playoff defenses to shut down....

Unfortunately for Indiana, their biggest problems on offense can't be solved until the offseason....

[Mark in Austin]

$15 million next year :lol
$15.5 million the year after :lmao

Could you imagine the level of butthurt in Portland if the Pacers hadn't matched that contract and Hibbert was pulling this in Rip City? Jesus. :lol

[PingPong]

Too many selfish niggas in the Pacers. Too much ego. To make it worse, they are stupid, have low iq basketball. I called it past year.

[Brunodf]

Could you imagine the level of butthurt in Portland if the Pacers hadn't matched that contract and Hibbert was pulling this in Rip City? Jesus. :lol
Hibbert wouldnt be able to walk...

[Jacob1983]

If the Hawks win this series, this will be an epic chokejob by the Pacers. I am a little surprised that the Hawks spanked Indy like they did. Imean yeah it's a surprise but is it that shocking? The Pacers have been fading since March and it's the East so the Hawks might just pull it off. Still very early in the series and the Pacers could win 4 in a row.

[RsxPiimp]

I said Teague will create mismatch based on just watching one regular season game and guess what Vogel unsurprisingly did not make adjustments :lol

Why would you not put PG on Teague?

Vogel :lol

[Venti Quattro]

Vogel :lol

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/Plain-Bagel.jpg

[sook]

I didn't make my prediction in this thread but I had ATL in 7.

[~O~]

This next game will be the last chance Indy has of winning this series.

[Axegrinder]

Coach Bud be pimpin

[ElNono]

And Indiana wasted no time in giving back the home-court advantage it spent the entire season chasing.

"It's frustrating. It's frustrating, but it's a long series," George said before explaining he believes the Pacers can regain the upper hand -- if they figure out how to defend better. "It's just one game and that's the way we have to look at it."

That won't be easy against this team.

Atlanta set a franchise playoff record with 30 3-point attempts and matched the franchise's second-highest playoff total for 3-pointers made (11). Both were set May 10, 1996, when the Hawks were 12 of 27 on 3s in a 26-point loss to Orlando.

"I thought our ball movement was great," Kyle Korver said after scoring 12 points. "That's one of the things we've tried to play to all year and tonight it kind of worked out."

[Jacob1983]

Kyle Korver could play hero ball the rest of the series, LMAO. That would be hilarious. Being eliminated by a 38 win Atlanta Hawks teams that didn't have Al Horford. That would be embarrassing.

[Gummi Clutch]

No surprise here, the Hawks just sniffed that vag and never quit after that. Doubt Indy will be able to walk straight tomorrow.