NBA PLAYOFFS THREAD

[ace3g]

[GAustex]

^that is embarrassing

[heyheymymy]

trust the process'd

[scott]

Indeed a very important distinction and I agree. Maybe I should have used another word, nemesis perhaps.

I don't really ever view DAL as contemporaries with SA or championship equals at all. I view DAL Mavericks as the Spurs little brother lol just like PHX and OKC. It's a simple count there, 5 > 1

However DAL is an in-state rival and inter divisional rival to SA as both teams are in the Southwest division but I share your criteria (W/L %, le count etc) for overall league landscape as the objective measure of success as anyone would.

A lopsided or alternating rivalry is still a rivalry imho regardless of le count etc:

NFL: Green Bay Packers vs. Chicago Bears. NBA: Los Angeles Lakers vs. Sacramento Kings. MLB: Boston Red Sox vs. New York Yankees. NHL: Montreal Canadiens vs. Boston Bruins. NCAA football: Ohio State vs. Michigan. NCAA basketball: Kentucky vs. Louisville

the Red Sox-Yankees rivalry began when Boston sold Babe Ruth to the Yankees in 1919, one year after the Sox won the World Series. Thus began the Curse of the Bambino, where the Yankees won 26 les in 86 years while the Red Sox suffered heartbreaking loss after heartbreaking loss and failed to win a single le. The curse was reversed in 2004, when the Red Sox erased a 3-0 series deficit and beat the Yankees. Since that comeback, the Red Sox have won four World Series crowns to the Yankees’ one and the rivalry has essentially flipped.

From the 1920s through the 1950s, Chicago held a decisive 49-26-6 edge. But from the 1960s through modern times, Green Bay leads the series 71-45 and is currently riding a six-game winning streak.

Overall, Kentucky holds a 37-17 series edge and it has won 11 of the last 14 meetings dating back to 2010. They have also met six times in the NCAA Tournament, with Kentucky winning four times.

Historically, the Wildcats own the Cardinals but try telling either team that it's not a rivalry though.

Great points!

[RC_Drunkford]

supreme idiocy right there

[GAustex]

Towns is a big disappointment

[NASpurs]

Proof that not even NBA GMs know what the they're talking about.

[Pauleta14]

Sixers with 2 dudes who can't shoot smh

Wait a minute...

[ace3g]

Even crazier it was actually the same order/teams for the 1st four picks...

[Seventyniner]

The Sixers and Suns really the bed in those drafts.

[DAF86]

Sixers with 2 dudes who can't shoot smh

Wait a minute...

Folks here don't want to learn either.

[Teamduncan21]

The Sixers and Suns really the bed in those drafts.

Fultz is supposed to be the shoot guy though. So that wasn't expected

[ambchang]

Fultz is supposed to be the shoot guy though. So that wasn't expected

I think he busted his shoulder.

Ben Simmons was doing really well until his brain was injured by feelings.

[NASpurs]

Luka going nuclear

[lefty20]

Luka 70 piece incoming, tbh

[Strategic]

Damn Luke

[z0sa]

Luka the real MVP

[Gibbz]

The Sixers and Suns really the bed in those drafts.

Sixers it's more bad luck, really. Both Simmons and Fultz were consensus #1 in those drafts, Simmons being considered a home run #1. But yeah that is some trash for Phoenix.

[Tyronn Lue]

Imagine Victor and Luka on the same team.

[NASpurs]

Congrats to the Mavs on going to the Finals

[mo7888]

Imagine Victor and Luka on the same team.

It'd be league over.... too bad it can't happen..

[Big Empty]

6’2 Kryie’s a defensive FORce! Jk no but Dilly could be Wemby’s Kyrie

[skin27]

Good Offense beating Good Defrense.
Mavs vs wolves series is aone example.

[NASpurs]

Good Offense beating Good Defrense.
Mavs vs wolves series is aone example.

Didn't the Mavs have the best defense after the All Star break? *

It's not like they're chump change on that end

*edit* Last fifteen games.

[Tyronn Lue]

Fathead looks lost out there. Kind of wanted to see Kyle vs Derrick.