2016 NBA Playoffs Thread

Thoughts and predictions? I'm thinking whoever comes out of west will take the chip. Cavs playing great but the competition just not the same and they will be in for a wakeup call.

Western Conference:

GSW (73-9) vs OKC (55-27)

Eastern Conference:

CLE (57–25) vs TOR (56–26)

ugly 2nd half from the warriors and a bad loss in game 1. not sure what draymond was doing much of the time

curry needed to be more selfish. I can live with klay shooting around same volume as him but draymond 20 shot attempts when curry has 22? I missed 3rd qtr but damn westbrook went to the line a lot, dunno what happened there but if they can turn westbrick into a shooter w/o fouling then they win this game easy.

That first game with OKC & GSW felt like it was on the verge of a blowout for so many moments though. Russ & KD just kept nailing big shot after big shot to stay in it. Then the last quarter GS only scores something like 19 points? That hardly ever happens.

I think OKC will for sure get one at home but I honestly wouldn't be shocked if GS just crushes the rest of the series and ends it in 6

Cavs series isn't even worth talking about. It's going to be a sweep.

I think Thunder have it actually. It's their length and the rebounds. Warriors hardly have a counter, when they don't shoot superbly and Thunder shoot poor.

Yea Minsk dubs are in trouble. Doesn't help they have played terribly in losses but credit to thunder. Turnovers, rebounds, free throws are killing us

Adams has improved to be a very very good center. Throw in Kanter, Durant, Ibaka, and Collison, those are all mountains, except Collison. And you have .. .. Bogut, to stop them all.

My DraftKings team for May 23-24 is:

PG R. Westbrook GS@OKC
SG DeMar DeRozan Cle@Tor
SF Andre Iguodala GS@OKC
PF Channing Frye Cle@Tor
C Bismack Biyombo Cle@Tor
G Dion Waiters GS@OKC
F Kevin Durant GS@OKC
UTIL Cory Joseph Cle@Tor


This is my third team during the playoffs. I min cashed in the first one, lost the second one. Didn't have any time to follow the playoffs before a few days ago.

Regarding G3 between the Warriors/Thunder: GSW couldn't make any baskets, but the Thunder were also playing good. This is gonna be a fast series if GSW can't make any of the baskets they usually make.

BISMACK! BIYOMBO! love saying the guys name. also great for him, dude is going to get paid this off season.

Crazy how Toronto was up by 18 points, then find themselves down by 3 points with 6 minutes left in the 4th quarter.


Edit: Nice comeback by Toronto to win the game by 6 points. The series is now tied at 2-2.

Hopefully the GSW win tomorrow so both series can be 2-2.

On May 24 2016 00:27 PuertoRican wrote: My DraftKings team for May 23-24 is: PG R. Westbrook GS@OKC SG DeMar DeRozan Cle@Tor SF Andre Iguodala GS@OKC PF Channing Frye Cle@Tor C Bismack Biyombo Cle@Tor G Dion Waiters GS@OKC F Kevin Durant GS@OKC UTIL Cory Joseph Cle@Tor This is my third team during the playoffs. I min cashed in the first one, lost the second one. Didn't have any time to follow the playoffs before a few days ago. Regarding G3 between the Warriors/Thunder: GSW couldn't make any baskets, but the Thunder were also playing good. This is gonna be a fast series if GSW can't make any of the baskets they usually make.

Min cashed with this team. Cory Joseph didn't score as much as I expected him to. Other than that, my other 7 guys did pretty good.

The Warriors are still playing like shit. Glad I made the right choice to avoid stacking my teams with GSW in the 4th game.

so scotty brooks was the problem this whole time....

I never would've thought I'd watch this series and think to myself, "the Warriors have just been figured out" but that's exactly what I've thought while watching those last two blowouts

It's hard to diagnose what is exactly is wrong with them. Steve Kerr hasn't done a very good job coaching wise this series and I think he's made a lot of panic'y type lineup adjustments like playing Varejo extended mins, going big when OKC goes small and visa versa. Something seems wrong with Steph also. He acts like he's just really gassed and/or hurt. He's been super hesitant in a lot of situations to take shots he normally just fires away.

OKC's defense has been incredible and probably the biggest factor in the whole series. Steven Adams is establishing himself as one of the elite defensive bigs in the game now and it's a big part of why they can switch everything on D (which no one ever tried doing in the regular season vs them)

I think this is OKC's year. I don't think Cleveland is good enough defensively to slow down Russ & KD both. Russ especially is going to be a major problem for Kyrie (who has always been a pretty shitty defender)

I have no explanation for the Raptors btw....lol

I just ghost haralabob on Twitter for bball these playoffs supposedly sanantonio tried the switch everything strat vs GS in regular season and others followed suit.

I used to hate on RW earlier/before the days of 538 carmelo. damn was I wrong about him the guy is an absolute monster.

My 4 teams for May 24-25

PG Kyle Lowry
SG DeMar DeRozan
SF Kevin Durant
PF Channing Frye
C Bismack Biyombo
G Dion Waiters
F Serge Ibaka
UTIL J.R. Smith


PG Kyle Lowry
SG Klay Thompson
SF Andre Iguodala
PF Channing Frye
C Steven Adams
G DeMar DeRozan
F Harrison Barnes
UTIL Kyrie Irving


PG Kyrie Irving
SG DeMar DeRozan
SF Kevin Durant
PF Channing Frye
C Enes Kanter
G Kyle Lowry
F Andre Iguodala
UTIL Cory Joseph


PG Cory Joseph
SG DeMar DeRozan
SF LeBron James
PF Channing Frye
C Bismack Biyombo
G Kyrie Irving
F Andre Iguodala
UTIL Steven Adams


My team for May 25-26

PG Cory Joseph
SG Klay Thompson
SF LeBron James
PF Channing Frye
C Steven Adams
G Kyrie Irving
F Serge Ibaka
UTIL Harrison Barnes

Sigh...

The CAVS started the 4th quarter with a 40-point lead in Game 5. All of the starters sat down for both teams, which means that anyone with a Raptors player in their fantasy team will do bad for the most part.

The Raptors scored 34 points in the first half of Game 5... Kevin Love woke up and was the star of the game, while only playing 23 minutes.

On May 25 2016 21:16 hiems wrote: I just ghost haralabob on Twitter for bball these playoffs supposedly sanantonio tried the switch everything strat vs GS in regular season and others followed suit. I used to hate on RW earlier/before the days of 538 carmelo. damn was I wrong about him the guy is an absolute monster.

<3 Haralabob

He was on Bill Simmons' podcast today. Pretty funny that even a guy as intelligent as he is can be so wrong about a series. He admittedly said that he thought OKC had no chance vs GSW and that Billy Donavon was an awful coach. Basketball is a tough sport to analyze sometimes -_-

series line did open at -460 GS or something like that. I wasn't that confident and didnt bet it even though i am from the bay, i did think the warriors would win though. Need a miracle now. I think GS can win the next home game but most likely lose 4-2 in OKC. The could also just be soulcrushed and go out next game. wouldnt be shocked. RWB has been dominating curry or something

I hammered OKC +300 to ring after game 3

Since today could possibly be the final game for the Golden State Warriors, I decided to play 3 more teams for the May 26-27 event. I basically think OKC will win, while I still give Toronto a chance at home, with a lean toward Cleveland.


My 3 teams for May 26-27

PG Kyle Lowry
SG DeMar DeRozan
SF Andre Iguodala
PF Serge Ibaka
C J. Valanciunas
G Andre Roberson
F Kevin Love
UTIL Steven Adams


PG Shaun Livingston
SG Andre Roberson
SF Kevin Durant
PF Serge Ibaka
C Steven Adams
G Klay Thompson
F Andre Iguodala
UTIL Kyle Lowry


PG Kyle Lowry
SG Klay Thompson
SF Andre Iguodala
PF Kevin Love
C Steven Adams
G DeMar DeRozan
F Channing Frye
UTIL Andre Roberson


Edit: Just noticed I have Lowry in all my teams. I'm only able to switch Lowry for Irving in 2 of the teams. I'll think about it more tomorrow since I still have 24 hours to make up my mind.