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Really wondering now if NY is okay.

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Haliburton's wild shot keys Pacers in stunning Game 1 comeback

Tyrese Haliburton sent Game 1 to overtime with a dramatic buzzer-beater, and the Pacers pulled off their latest playoff comeback in a 138-135 win over the Knicks.
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Entering Wednesday, teams that trailed by nine or more points in the final minute of the fourth quarter or overtime in the playoffs were 0-1,414 since 1998, according to Elias Sports Bureau -- now they are 1-1,414.
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This is pretty cool. That shot is the first time they led the whole game. Plus, I didn't hear anybody taking about them going into the playoffs, despite their strong finish to the season. And few gave them a shot in this game or series. A fantastic postseason run so far.

 
Yeah it was pretty spectacular. My wife and I are rooting for OKC, but an Indianapolis win would be OK because we like their coach, Rick Carlisle, who took our team to its only championship. In any case, this series gives the lie to the conspiracy theory that the NBA rigs the finals so it only includes large-market teams.
 
So, it is the next season, but I don't know if I care enough to justify starting a new thread. I learned some things recently.

Lonzo Ball was on the Cavs. Had no idea.
Cleveland traded for Harden. I needed to double check if there was another Harden that could have been, but it is the overly bearded one.
Cleveland traded gave away two draft picks and Lonzo Ball who is expected to be waived by the team he was just traded to.

I know James Harden is very good, but I lack the chops in having a clue if the Cavs are good enough to make a run for the Eastern Final or even the NBA finals.

Also... Lonzo Ball was on the Cavs?!
 
As trade day nears, the Mavericks finally got rid of their 60 million dollar liability, Anthony Davis. The aging, injury-prone superstar was virtually the only thing the Mavs got in exchange for the generational player Luca Doncic. The GM who engineered that fiasco, Nico Harrison, has since been fired, thank goodness. The Mavs didn't get much from the Wizards, in terms of players, in exchange for Davis, but they got cap room and five draft picks as well.
 
Jimmy Higgins said:
So, it is the next season, but I don't know if I care enough to justify starting a new thread. I learned some things recently.

Lonzo Ball was on the Cavs. Had no idea.
Cleveland traded for Harden. I needed to double check if there was another Harden that could have been, but it is the overly bearded one.
Cleveland traded gave away two draft picks and Lonzo Ball who is expected to be waived by the team he was just traded to.

I know James Harden is very good, but I lack the chops in having a clue if the Cavs are good enough to make a run for the Eastern Final or even the NBA finals.

Also... Lonzo Ball was on the Cavs?!
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B - Neither did he.
For some indiscernible reason, the Cavs power structure thought giving up an excellent defensive player in Issac Okoro for Lonzo Ball was a good idea. Even when Ball did play, he sucked. They got rid of him just to save ten million. I guess Dan Gilbert is two levels over the salary cap and paying through the nose for it.
We traded away Darius Garland for James Harden. Garland is excellent but often injured (not good considering he's only 26) and occasionally runs cold on offense. I think what scared the Cavs with Garland is while he is repeatedly out with a big toe issue, more recently he developed an issue with the other big toe, you know, the one on the other foot, so the Cavs put both big toes on the market.
A healthy Harden should work well with Donovan Mitchell who's always on his game.
 
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Harden is a HoF'er, but I'm reminded of another similar trade back in '09. Granted, I think the Cavs are on better footing than then, but Harden is just one year younger than O'Neal was. And I remember rolling my eyes at the O'Neal trade because here we have one of the best players ever in the game... and for support they get him an aged HoF'er who is past his prime. Players are better now longevity wise, 15 years later, but Harden is 36. Hopefully his court performance is better than his "experience" because experience alone doesn't put points on the board or grab rebounds or fake fouls, court time does.
 
The rare intentionally missed free throw conversion.

 
blastula said:
Really wondering now if NY is okay.

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www.espn.com

Haliburton's wild shot keys Pacers in stunning Game 1 comeback

Tyrese Haliburton sent Game 1 to overtime with a dramatic buzzer-beater, and the Pacers pulled off their latest playoff comeback in a 138-135 win over the Knicks.
www.espn.com www.espn.com
Entering Wednesday, teams that trailed by nine or more points in the final minute of the fourth quarter or overtime in the playoffs were 0-1,414 since 1998, according to Elias Sports Bureau -- now they are 1-1,414.
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Now wondering if Atlanta is okay.

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A statistical analysis of this game is about as useful as a calorie count at Thanksgiving. The entire story can be told with one stat: 65-10. That’s the run that the Knicks went on after Atlanta went up 9-5 — which, as you can probably guess, was the last time this season the Hawks led a game. New York became just the seventh team in NBA history to win a playoff game by at least 50 points.
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65-10 run. WOW!

It was 9 to 5 Hawks -> 70 - 19 Knicks. The good news is the Hawks then responded with a 17 - 13 run to end the half A nice moral victory! :)
 
This may be an even worse scorecard, from their game 6.

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Assuming the second half is when the knock on the head to the Pistons finally kicked in.

Cavs survive the first round in a 7 game sweep of the home team series.
 
So Cavs went up 3-2, lost at home in what was considered a major downer. People started giving up. Then the Cavs apparently walked over the Pistons in Detroit in Game 7. Cavs face the Knicks, who plastered the 76'ers.

The Cavs have played 14 playoff games to the Knicks 10, who swept the 76'ers. Knicks since Game four of the first round have generally been pounding the crap out of their opponents.

Oklahoma City is currently 8-0 in the playoffs and take on second seeded San Antonio who I believe are led by future hall of famers David Robinson and Tim Duncan.
 
OKC's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is the 2026 League MVP as of yesterday, but I believe the Spur's Victor Wembanyama may very well be the better player. Should be a great series.
 
Jimmy Higgins said:
So Cavs went up 3-2, lost at home in what was considered a major downer. People started giving up. Then the Cavs apparently walked over the Pistons in Detroit in Game 7. Cavs face the Knicks, who plastered the 76'ers.

The Cavs have played 14 playoff games to the Knicks 10, who swept the 76'ers. Knicks since Game four of the first round have generally been pounding the crap out of their opponents.

Oklahoma City is currently 8-0 in the playoffs and take on second seeded San Antonio who I believe are led by future hall of famers David Robinson and Tim Duncan.
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Cavs throttled the Pistons in a game seven in which James Harden was basically a garden gnome out there. This is a team that has suffered injury all year and is only now healthy and beginning to gel.
 
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Should be a great series.
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Sours by two points in double overtime.
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OK, I'll see if I can get this right this time.

Spurs won by seven in double overtime.

Knicks, down by 22 with seven minutes left in regulation, managed to tie it up and win by eleven in overtime. Cavs must have been exhausted after their Detroit win.
 
That is some Golden State Warrior bullshit! It should be illegal to be up 22 points with 6 minutes and change remaining and lose.

This playoff, hard to tell if this means the Cavs are going down 4-0... or are going to win by 70 in Game 2.
 
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