NBA Playoffs 2013-2014 - Page 97

On May 09 2014 10:42 cLutZ wrote:
Honestly, I think the "best first round of the playoffs" tagline has to be tempered by the reality that there is only one team in the East that is a contender. And the other team in the East that people ever thought was one, really was just thought in that way because they match up perfectly with said contender.

Also, the Clippers and Spurs massively underperformed in the 1st round. I thought it was more of a sad 1st round than amazing, save for 2 actually amazing western conference series.

On May 09 2014 11:42 Ru ba wrote:
jesus christ are you guys out of your mind,do any of you remember last year or 2011 even?last year it was a fucking snooze fest all the way to the east finals,other than the philly series.2011 was blowout after blowout after blowout
this years playoffs are the best thing since sliced bread compared to that

I think we'd rather have a boring 1st round if there were actually 4 ok teams at the top.According to Basktball Reference's ratings, the Nets are the 20th best team (I'm not sure if it keeps updating in the post season. I assume not.). The Wizards are the 15th best.

On May 09 2014 11:35 Jerubaal wrote:
There's a difference between competitive basketball and good basketball, though. The East was competitive because they were all uniformly bad teams.

On May 09 2014 11:52 Ru ba wrote:
can you imagine going from playing against the Houston offense(and defense) to playing against the Spurs lol

so you base your opinions rankings rather than the games that are being played right at this moment.
that's a pretty shitty mindset to have

idk i think you guys are really splitting hairs,the only problem I had with this years playoffs is that I couldn't watch every single game.obviously were going to judge them as a whole when its all said and done but I dont see a reason to complain about anything up til now

On May 09 2014 12:22 cLutZ wrote:


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No. Its not about arbitrary rankings, its about how close games are not good games. Indiana vs. Atlanta was close, but still terrible, Chicago vs. Washington was very sad, like watching an energetic puppy being tortured till it becomes a dog you see on one of those late night commercials, and Nets vs. Toronto was an odd assortment of players that all, IMO are mediocre, and played mediocre-ly.

I mean, I don't totally discount Dallas (particularly) and Golden State, but really it was an embarrassment for the Clippers and Spurs.

On May 09 2014 13:24 andrewlt wrote:


The East is terrible. I only watch to see Miami run a basketball clinic against some hapless, overmatched team. It gets boring quickly, however.

I disagree about the first round being an embarrassment for the Clippers and Spurs. Dallas and Golden State won 49 and 51 games respectively in the regular season. Those are good records and teams like that are capable of giving higher seeds trouble. Neither team got to pad their records against the easier eastern conference either.

Those kinds of teams can easily stretch a series if they catch a few breaks and both did. Carlisle is a matchup genius and managed to steal a few close games against the Spurs. The Clippers had to deal with the Sterling distraction and was playing a Golden State team that has a huge upside if they get hot. And Curry, Thompson et al managed to go off at certain times. Yeah, Bogut wasn't around to play defense but they managed to get some offensive mismatches by going small.

On May 09 2014 11:25 Haiq343 wrote:
Give Dallas and GS credit, both played quite well. GS without Bogut gave the Clipps far more than they wanted, and Dallas did several things strategically to give themselves life against a better team. Whats sad is that PHX (and every playoff team out West) would be at worst second to Miami.