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The [Baseball] thread approaches the postseason

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  • DirtyboyDirtyboy Registered User regular
    edited May 2024
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  • ButtersButters A glass of some milks Registered User regular
    edited April 11
    I just can't get over how many good teams are losing games by 40+ this postseason.

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  • KnightKnight Dead Dead Dead Registered User regular
    edited April 11
    3 point shot goes brr. shooting variance causes massive ass kickings. though this year it does feel worse.

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  • TynnanTynnan seldom correct, never unsure Registered User regular
    edited April 11
    Rudy played off the court again in the 4th smfh

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  • ButtersButters A glass of some milks Registered User regular
    edited April 11
    TelMarine wrote: »
    Nuggets only managed NINE points in the 4th. Game was long over but, DAMN.

    Nuggest put reserves in at just under 10 min mark.

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  • Inquisitor77Inquisitor77 2 x Penny Arcade Fight Club Champion A fixed point in space and timeRegistered User regular
    edited April 11
    I feel like the Nuggets winning the championship has papered over the team's desperate need to provide Jokic with more help than he currently has.

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  • KnightKnight Dead Dead Dead Registered User regular
    edited April 11
    I feel like the Nuggets winning the championship has papered over the team's desperate need to provide Jokic with more help than he currently has.

    i would kill a man to have aaron gordon on the sixers lol

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  • Inquisitor77Inquisitor77 2 x Penny Arcade Fight Club Champion A fixed point in space and timeRegistered User regular
    edited April 11
    dlinfiniti wrote: »
    The problem with playing with a guy like jokic is that his teammates have no incentive to improve their game or work on their consistency cause he just outright wins so many games on his own and as the season drags on that becomes really apparent.
    Like Jamal Murray absolutely has the ability to be that guy but it's clear that he hasn't really developed his game over the past two seasons

    I'm a little more forgiving. Murry and Gordon and others have, at the very least, learned how to play with Jokic better over the years. I think they've also improved their respective games. But they are, at best, fringe All Stars on their own. Jokic has absolutely no meaningful help in the same way that Luka has Kyrie or LeBron has AD. He has guys that can compliment and take advantage of his game, but no one else who can take over a game when needed, or who can at least force the opposing team to make harder choices.

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  • burboburbo Registered User regular
    edited April 11
    Murray was dropping 50 pieces in playoff games not long ago. Not sure what happened to that guy.

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  • FiatilFiatil Registered User regular
    edited April 11
    burbo wrote: »
    @Fiatil , what do you think of Joe finally getting the start over Giddey? Certainly Giddey had been an issue, do you like taking him out though?

    I'm okay with it given the matchups and Giddey being back to shooting not too great.

    Unfortunately, as I kind of suspected, it wasn't some magic bullet for victory. Giddey has some plays where it looks rough, but has managed to give us solid offense in spots too. He also gives us size for rebounding and is still an amazing passer, which I think gets overlooked a lot. I wasn't convinced our first quarter struggles were 100% his fault despite the +/-, and yeah didn't quite give us the win. A combination of Dallas doing a good job of shutting down the paint, JDub struggling to adapt as a result, and then just missing open looks that guys normally make once we start to get the offense clicking a bit.

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  • TicaldfjamTicaldfjam Snoqualmie, WARegistered User regular
    edited April 11
    burbo wrote: »
    Murray was dropping 50 pieces in playoff games not long ago. Not sure what happened to that guy.

    If the Nuggets fail to survive and win the Championship, I wouldn't be shocked if Stan Kronke dialed up Danny Gilbert in Cleveland and ask for A Murray for Mitchell straight up trade.

    Because ain't no way Denver is surviving the future Western conference, if they fail to and still keep an injured riddled Murray , who's getting to his Prime real soon.

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  • Captain InertiaCaptain Inertia Central OhioRegistered User regular
    edited April 11
    burbo wrote: »
    Murray was dropping 50 pieces in playoff games not long ago. Not sure what happened to that guy.

    His knee ligaments all exploded

    He missed 1.5 seasons and the half he came back (last year) he was hurting and honestly only got his conditioning/health back around the playoffs and welp

    He’s been hurt a lot this year too

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  • Captain InertiaCaptain Inertia Central OhioRegistered User regular
    edited April 11
    I think Jokic needs Murray and Gordon as much as they need him….at least he needs a guy he can play 2-man with as effectively as Murray and a guy who has burst and a 10’ lob radius like Gordon

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  • burboburbo Registered User regular
    edited April 11
    Right, I know he was hurt, but he dropped a 40 and had 7 games of 30+ last season. This seasons he has one game of 30+ (in roughly half as many games played), and one game of single digits (which he never had last season), and another of just 10 points.

    Although, I'm sure that 6 of those games (thus far) going up against Jaden McDaniels, Nick-AW, and Ant Edwards makes a big difference too.

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  • DirtyboyDirtyboy Registered User regular
    Tough loss.
    Giants OF Jung Hoo Lee will undergo season-ending surgery on his left shoulder.
    https://x.com/MLB/status/1791602095138721982

  • burboburbo Registered User regular
    edited April 11
    Coach Bud sounds really happy to be coaching the Suns. Seems like he must have missed the Doc Rivers memo that coaching good players is bad, actually.

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  • KnightKnight Dead Dead Dead Registered User regular
    edited April 11
    i too would be happy to do anything for 50m guaranteed.

    plus the 8 million dollars he got paid this year to do whatever the fuck he wanted.

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  • Inquisitor77Inquisitor77 2 x Penny Arcade Fight Club Champion A fixed point in space and timeRegistered User regular
    edited April 11
    TelMarine wrote: »
    dlinfiniti wrote: »
    The problem with playing with a guy like jokic is that his teammates have no incentive to improve their game or work on their consistency cause he just outright wins so many games on his own and as the season drags on that becomes really apparent.
    Like Jamal Murray absolutely has the ability to be that guy but it's clear that he hasn't really developed his game over the past two seasons

    I'm a little more forgiving. Murry and Gordon and others have, at the very least, learned how to play with Jokic better over the years. I think they've also improved their respective games. But they are, at best, fringe All Stars on their own. Jokic has absolutely no meaningful help in the same way that Luka has Kyrie or LeBron has AD. He has guys that can compliment and take advantage of his game, but no one else who can take over a game when needed, or who can at least force the opposing team to make harder choices.

    You did watch the Lakers series, right?

    This is a bit like saying that Jordan Clarkson is a superstar because he "carried" a few games in the playoffs.

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  • burboburbo Registered User regular
    edited April 11
    Aww? No between the legs this time from Toppin

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  • BlackDragon480BlackDragon480 Bluster Kerfuffle Master of Windy ImportRegistered User regular
    edited April 11
    Should those count, with them playing the White Sox?

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  • KnightKnight Dead Dead Dead Registered User regular
    i am obliged to say they still count because the phillies swept the white sox and the braves didnt.

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  • ButtersButters A glass of some milks Registered User regular
    edited April 11
    Hart looking like he straight up tore an abdominal muscle. Maybe in hindsight it wasn't a great idea to play him 48 min a game...

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  • TicaldfjamTicaldfjam Snoqualmie, WARegistered User regular
    edited April 11
    The Pacers are younger and more equipped to give Boston a fit for six to seven games.

    The Knicks will get swept by the Celtics, so it is better if The Pacers pull another Reggie Miller comeback in MSG and rip the Knicks hearts out then.

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  • ButtersButters A glass of some milks Registered User regular
    edited April 11
    MSG takes a game away from the Celtics for sure.

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  • burboburbo Registered User regular
    edited April 11
    What if Hart has a ruptured appendix?

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  • ButtersButters A glass of some milks Registered User regular
    edited April 11
    It wasn't from contact so you wouldn't think it was an organ injury, but it's definitely serious. Dude is tough as nails so he must be really hurt.

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  • TicaldfjamTicaldfjam Snoqualmie, WARegistered User regular
    edited April 11
    I hate to say it, but both Doc and Thib's (Boston's last title, was when they were coaching them.. as HC Assistant Coaches.) methodologies are at their end in this New Era of the NBA.

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  • KnightKnight Dead Dead Dead Registered User regular
    edited April 11
    2024 nba playoffs have a close game challenge (difficulty impossible)

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  • burboburbo Registered User regular
    edited April 11
    Well we get at least 2 game 7s. Hopefully they'll be close and fun!

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  • TicaldfjamTicaldfjam Snoqualmie, WARegistered User regular
    edited April 11
    burbo wrote: »
    Well we get at least 2 game 7s. Hopefully they'll be close and fun!

    Add a third if OKC pulls off the Upset at Cubanland.

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  • FiatilFiatil Registered User regular
    edited April 11
    Ticaldfjam wrote: »
    burbo wrote: »
    Well we get at least 2 game 7s. Hopefully they'll be close and fun!

    Add a third if OKC pulls off the Upset at Cubanland.

    I'm in favor of this happening.

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  • marajimaraji Registered User regular
    edited April 11
    Butters wrote: »
    MSG takes a game away from the Celtics for sure.

    So does TD Garden

    My script for a potential Knicks-Celtics series.
    Game 1 - Celtics win handily.
    Game 2 - Celtics go up early, decide they won, lose by 5
    Game 3 - MSG and the energy from the last win inspires the Knicks, Boston looks lost, but manages to make it close in the end.
    Game 4 - Boston overpowers an exhausted Knucks team to even the series. Tatum gives an interview about how he’s the real underdog and also the best player in the league.
    Game 5 - Boston comes home and despite only so-so shooting, wins. In post game conferences, Brown indicates who he thinks he’ll get on D in the finals. Tatum complains that the fans weren’t very loud.
    Game 6 - Knicks disrupt coronation, win by 12.
    Game 7 - Celtics win after a tight first half, Boston fans are obnoxious.

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  • CarpyCarpy Registered User regular
    edited April 11
    Stewie leveled Caitlin Clark on a screen today. Dieing at the pop of her ponytail and then buckled knees

    https://youtube.com/shorts/eoVzqV-NNfM?si=CI5M20DHw58k59xl

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  • Inquisitor77Inquisitor77 2 x Penny Arcade Fight Club Champion A fixed point in space and timeRegistered User regular
    edited April 11
    Carpy wrote: »
    Stewie leveled Caitlin Clark on a screen today. Dieing at the pop of her ponytail and then buckled knees

    https://youtube.com/shorts/eoVzqV-NNfM?si=CI5M20DHw58k59xl

    RIP. Looks like a good screen to me. That's what happens when you don't look at where you're going.

    The hardest screens are always the ones you don't see coming. (The same rule applies for strikes in combat sports!)

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  • CarpyCarpy Registered User regular
    edited April 11
    Carpy wrote: »
    Stewie leveled Caitlin Clark on a screen today. Dieing at the pop of her ponytail and then buckled knees

    https://youtube.com/shorts/eoVzqV-NNfM?si=CI5M20DHw58k59xl

    RIP. Looks like a good screen to me. That's what happens when you don't look at where you're going.

    The hardest screens are always the ones you don't see coming. (The same rule applies for strikes in combat sports!)

    She's set long enough that you start to ask why no one called out the screen

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  • DirtyboyDirtyboy Registered User regular
    edited May 2024
    Kick assist for the out.

    https://x.com/TalkinBaseball_/status/1791979377661444197


    Cubbies walk it off.

    https://x.com/MLB/status/1791929262494097892


    The Yankees now have 3 players in double digit dongers: Stanton (11), Soto (11), Judge (12)


    Gunnar is now the HR leader (14).

    https://x.com/MLB/status/1792009511240114232

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  • KnightKnight Dead Dead Dead Registered User regular
    edited April 11
    i mean she just died on a totally normal screen.

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  • burboburbo Registered User regular
    edited April 11
    This game is so swingy. The Thunder have built and lost like 4-5 double digit leads.

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