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David Robinson was a bad defender because Hakeem went nuts in that one series. Thread's gone in an interesting direction.

Minny did a better job putting Ant in a position to attack, but reckon Denver won the game with that 8-0 burst in 20 seconds just before halftime. Don't think the Wolves ever got the margin under five in the second half, that was crucial. Hope the last three games deliver a couple of close...

Rockets got a nice bonus too. The Nets are the gift that keep on giving. Not a great day to be a Pistons or Raptors fan either.

Minny's best O is still its D. Denver negated that. Pretty physical game. I don't think the Pups managed to get Ant going downhill at all, maybe once or twice. Everything was on the perimeter.

You do need luck, and I'm not picking on the Bulls and saying they were extremely lucky. It's more just a general observation that teams in past eras seemed to be able to keep their players healthier in the playoffs more. I just looked back quickly, to make sure I wasn't looking at it with rose...

Well yeah, the regular season, absolutely. But the playoffs never used to see so many teams get decimated with injuries. I mean take for example the 90s Bulls - how many playoff games did Jordan or Pippen ever miss? And it wasn't just them - I can't even remember many role players ever missing...

It's not, but it ain't gonna help either. It's just odd, because you'd think sports science would help alleviate injuries, but it's going the other way.

I know, it's still stoopid though. They're having enough trouble having players play 70 games.

The underdogs strike back. Also, injuries are out of control. I swear it was never this big an issue 20-30 years ago. But sure, let's pack an in-season tournament into the overcrowded schedule, because quantity > quality, apparently.

You posted all during the Blanks and McDonough eras. Didn't even pretend to support another team either cough Elmer cough

Dannnnnnnnnn - it's happening

I'll swap you.

Desperately need another scorer and better spacing. Their defence is elite, but poor Banchero is working in a phone-box a lot of the time. Good news is their cap is clean, so they have options. They've been linked with Klay, but IMO they'd be better off looking at someone like Malik Monk.

Had a soft spot for Ipswich since the 90s. Great to see them up again, it's a club with history. Looked so unlikely three years ago, their fans must be in disbelief.

Apparently David Adelman has fans in the Laker front office. Something about an Adelman coaching the Lakers just seems wrong.

I said you're damning them with faint praise. Why not give them some credit once in a while? So far you've called them 'meh', 'mediocre', 'average', 'streaky', and maybe 'not awful'. That why I referenced the eight wins this season, but whatever. If I had to put money on it for my life I'd...

Not for me to say, just that their beating the Bucks does seem to bother the hell out of you though.

'Not an awful' team who beat the Bucks 8 times this season? Considering they haven't had a top 5 pick since the 1980s and have one of the smallest payrolls in the league, reckon they're doing alright for themselves. Also the Hawks, the Mavs, the Lakers and the Blazers have made the Conference...

Was a great series. Wasn't manufactured either, just happened organically. Very evenly matched. Nick Nurse needs to calm down though, is going to give himself an aneurism. You're damning the Pacers with faint praise. Dunno why, they're a fun team. Possibly the least talented Philly roster...

Ah yes, just like the Lakers on free throw differential charts, it's nice to be a statistical outlier.

Is that playoff games or playoff losses? Either way we're not on that list in any of our incarnations, which is pretty funny.

Probably more offensive firepower on show. Philly/NY the games have been closer though.

Knicks/Sixers has been the series of the first round, no question. Probably should have been a second round series, but as a neutral I'm not complaining.

''Hello, you've reached the office of Stephen A Smith If you'd like to pre-order some manufactured 'outrage', press 1''

Did Jamal Murray really drop the Cancun line? Nice.

It'll go down in the record books that our season ended on April 29, but in reality we killed our season a few weeks back. Played with our food and deservedly got burned. Tough decisions to be made, and I don't trust those in charge to make them successfully. A bad day for Pels and Lakers...

There are several. I should know, I support a number of them.

They have no way of trading for him right now. They can't aggregate the salaries unless they include SGA, which would be pointless.

I don't see the Thunder making any huge moves in the next 12 months, unless someone really good becomes available. In the short term, they should be looking at Hartenstein. If they could pry Bogdanovic out of Atlanta cheaply he'd also fit their roster for the next couple of years.

Couldn't sleep last night, watched some of Knicks/Sixers live. Some thoughts: - Philly's offence resembled the Pels' in crunch time. Probably a by-product of exhaustion. - Thibs and Nurse would have made great industrial factory owners in Dickensian England. - The fact that Brunson lasted...