who is winning nba final!

As much as I love the Rockets (I live in Houston) after watching them play the Lakers, they just weren't hitting their shots except for harden who had 30 points while westrbook only had 10. If they continue playing like they did against LeBron there's just no way.

 

The Lakers' defensive schemes were the primary reason that the matchup against the rockets worked so well. Westbrook was a nonfactor that series. The stats he would put up in the games were not contributing towards team success, and ultimately ended up screwing the team over. Now, that's not to say that Westbrook was a bad player, however in terms of the offensive structure the Rockets had the looks that ended up being generated for Westbrook were threes and contested layups. Russ, especially in this series, cannot shoot the damn ball. It was tragic. On a team that attempts more threes than twos, it was really sad to see Russ get all these open shots and either miss them or go straight at either AD or Lebron and get absolutely stuffed. The lakers played this well because they deep dropped on Russ and went over screens for literally everyone else. There's a photo going around on some accounts on Insta with a pic that explains it perfectly between the difference in coverage of Russ and Lillard. Russ was good for his own things on the rockets such as pushing the pace and making them a more transition oriented team, or just being able to blow by defenders and attack bigs, however switching a big onto him is ultimately how the lakers killed the rockets. Less playing time for him would've been optimal for this rockets team.

An interesting stat that backs this is that in game 2 the offensive rating for the rockets with Russ on the floor was 97 something, while with him off the floor it was hovering at around 149. To put it in to perspective how hyper-efficient a 149 offensive rating is, through the total season the Mavericks had the highest offensive efficiency in NBA history for a single team at 116.7. The rockets without russ on the floor for game 2 had a rating 33 points higher than the team with the highest in history.

 

I’m changing my pick and switching to the underdog Heat... (they’re not going to win but fucking hell have they impressed)

 

they will win
I knew the heat would kick the bucks' ass.

 

Giannis isn't playoff ready.

 

wdym? he got to the conference finals last year. hes playoff ready, but Mike bud isn't. I blame him the most for the bucks not doing well against good teams in the playoffs, and sometimes even the regular season.

 

I did 1 myleague season and bol was a 90 ovr in 2 years

I don't think they will get passed the lakers, but it'll be close. we will see

 

UPPP THE CELTICSSSSSS

 

Honestly, I had hopes the Raps would make it back to the finals, but we came across the worst opponent we could go up against: Boston. Either Boston or Miami would've been bad for us and unfortunately, we ran into Boston in the second round. It was a really close series but in the end, Boston deserved the win.

However, in the East Finals I do expect Miami to pull out, however, in a close fashion. I think they'll win in maybe 6, possibly 7. I don't think anyone's going to take the series in 5 just by looking at the strength of both teams.

In the west however, hoo boy. 2 3-1 leads blown against the Nuggets and they just stole those two series. Clippers curse lives on, 50 years without going to the conference finals. How ironic is it when they talk absolute mad shit and they can't back it up? Playoff P turned into Pandemic P and it's really starting to show. I don't want to hear anyone call Paul George a superstar ever again. If you can't perform when it counts the most, you do not deserve to be called a superstar. The future of the Clippers is extremely bleak with Sam Presti committing a robbery by stealing all of the Clippers' draft picks. If they don't win the chip or make the finals next year, this trade deal to acquire Paul George is gonna make the Billy King deal looks like a straight up masterpiece. Holy mother of god.

My predictions from now on?
- ECF: Miami in 6
- WCF: Lakers in 5
- Finals: Lakers in 6

I do think Boston can win the series, but after seeing how the series with Toronto went, it's clear that a lot of their flaws have been exposed that Miami can exploit. Game 1 was a really close endeavor, but I expect Boston to tie the series 1-1 and we'll see how it goes from there.

 

bandwagon alert!

 

Better hope his GF shows up to every game

 

If the Celtics don't win, I'll riot

 

houston rockets baby

 

sorry they ded

3-1 rn, better hope for a denver nuggets story

 

game tonight - keep watch.
match point for the walking buckets

 

miami in 1

 

Lakers take it here. Simply enough, the heat are not a defensive team... and to play against AD and Lebron with an already shaky defense is an L.