The Basketball Thread

[Yojimbo]

Pretty entertaining opening conference finals this year for sure compared to past seasons recently.

 

[Space Cadet]

Congrats to the Knicks!

 

[Yojimbo]

Whoo, Spurs defense is spanking OKC. Def gonna be a game 7.

 

[PicardMan]

Okay, that was a devastating game 7 for me. Seeing SGA have a great game yet the rest of the team did pretty bad. To be fair, their second best player, Jalen Williams was hurt. The Spurs are probably going to cream the Knicks. There's always next year. My Thunder won the championship last year, but with that Haliburton hurt asterisk. You could put a Jalen Williams and Ajay Mitchell hurt asterisk on the Spurs, but they are one of the greatest NBA franchises out there and played amazing. Back in the early 00s before the Thunder came to OKC, everyone in the area wore Tim Duncan jerseys anyway so I have lots of respect for the Spurs.

 

[BlackCat]

There’s going to be 9 straight years we’ve had a new NBA champion

2018: Warriors
2019: Raptors
2020: Lakers
2021: Bucks
2022: Warriors
2023: Nuggets
2024: Celtics
2025: Thunder
2026: Spurs/Knicks

 

[Space Cadet]

Okay, that was a devastating game 7 for me. Seeing SGA have a great game yet the rest of the team did pretty bad. To be fair, their second best player, Jalen Williams was hurt. The Spurs are probably going to cream the Knicks. There's always next year. My Thunder won the championship last year, but with that Haliburton hurt asterisk. You could put a Jalen Williams and Ajay Mitchell hurt asterisk on the Spurs, but they are one of the greatest NBA franchises out there and played amazing. Back in the early 00s before the Thunder came to OKC, everyone in the area wore Tim Duncan jerseys anyway so I have lots of respect for the Spurs.

Holmgren really lost his confidence against Wemby, you could see it in real time.

A 1999 rematch! Will the Knicks get their revenge?

 

[PicardMan]

Holmgren really lost his confidence against Wemby, you could see it in real time.

I know lots of the Thunder fanbase are shouting "Trade Chet and Dort for Giannis." Don't know if that's going to happen. Still curious to see where Giannis's new home will be after the Bucks have been uncompetitive since their championship run.

 

[Space Cadet]

Knicks won Game 1 of the NBA Finals in a dramatic fashion, making a furious comeback in the 4th quarter. Game 2 is tonight, will be interesting to see how the Spurs will respond.

 

[PicardMan]

Wow at Wemby's turnover single handily losing the game when it looked like he was set to be the NBA's next dominant player. To be fair, none of the NBA's star players has had a consistent postseason. Brunson might become the NBA Finals MVP with the lowest field goal percentage to ever win the award. It seems like he can't hit the broad side of barn until the last five minutes of the fourth quarter when he suddenly comes to life. KAT probably has been the most consistent player of the finals. 2020's NBA is more of an actual team sport than in decades past and it seems like the era of dynasties and that one superstar winning every year is over.

 

[Yojimbo]

Throwing the ball into the back of his outlet. Yeah, that is super embarrassing. That's basics.

Heading to NY 0-2. Tall order to take it to 7.

 

[dmxx116]

Knicks fans can’t have their watch party in front of the Garden because of Trump want to watch game 3 he could have stayed at the White House and enjoy the game there and let the fan have their watch part but no, you wanna make it about himself. That’s not fair to the fans one bit that’s not fair to the fence who wear the 27 years watch the Knicks get back to the NBA finals.

 

[Space Cadet]

Game 3 is tonight at Madison Square Garden at 8:30 PM EST. Can the Spurs rebound after being down 2-0 in the series? Or will the Knicks deliver the decisive blow?

 

[stephane dumas]

Game 3 is tonight at Madison Square Garden at 8:30 PM EST. Can the Spurs rebound after being down 2-0 in the series? Or will the Knicks deliver the decisive blow?

Let's hope so, a NBA championship for the Knicks would be as big as the NY Rangers Stanley Cup championship back in 1994.

 

[Space Cadet]

Well, the series is now 2-1 Knicks as the Spurs finally won a game. Game 4 is tomorrow night.

 

[PicardMan]

Wemby played a much better game after that game 2 blunder, but his rough Draymond Green style of defense looks like he's going to be the next big NBA villain. He seems to have a much different image than the wholesome families values guys of David Robinson and Tim Duncan.

 

[Yojimbo]

Not a good start for the Knicks.

 

[PicardMan]

This was the biggest comeback in NBA finals history for the Knicks and the biggest choke job in NBA history for the Spurs. Shout out to Anunoby for that game winner. Brunson had his biggest game, and a game where he actually hit more shots than he missed. Wemby kept bricking threes in the second half. Wemby also got himself another flagrant in the postseason. With a 3-1 lead, this is pretty much over. The Spurs lack mental discipline and know how to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory with an even more embarrassing meltdown than game 2.

 

[Space Cadet]

Man, what a game! Greatest comeback in NBA Finals history! For those who missed the game winning tip:

 

[Yojimbo]

Won on a tip. That was a stupefying watch. Good luck, NYC. The celebrating resumes!

 

[IAmStripped]

Well I feel pretty miserable,

I honestly can’t stand New York sports teams (outside the Yankees). Sorry, but I just find the Knicks a really overhyped team as they haven’t really accomplished much (and seeing the Knicks beat the Atlanta Hawks really left a bitter taste in mouth).

Unfortunately, it looks like the Knicks are going to win it all and now we are never going to hear to end of it from NYC sports fans.