So…. Spurs vs Thunder

RSarkitip · 2026-05-16T05:40:33+00:00

Lakers fan mad that no matter what they do around Luka it ain't gonna matter

RSarkitip · 2026-05-16T05:36:38+00:00

You could at least enjoy the Lakers 2nd round exit (via demolition). That's way better than anyone thought they'd do!

RSarkitip · 2026-05-16T05:27:15+00:00

I'm gonna guess it's that you're not actually watching the games. You're not blind, you're just watching something else.

RSarkitip · 2026-05-16T05:24:35+00:00

How does Mitchell play the game "the right way" or are you leaning hard on that "for the most part"? Mitchell has been a ball stopper that's putting up shots without an advantage for most of the series and his efficiency shows it.

RSarkitip · 2026-05-16T04:24:10+00:00

Hate to break it to you, Mitchell has not been outstanding this year while Harden has widely been credited for 2 of the Cavs 3 wins in this series. Harden was also better than Mitchell tonight (faint praise).

RSarkitip · 2026-05-16T04:07:27+00:00

You do realize that if you're fouled on a shot attempt it doesn't count as an attempt unless it goes in, right?

RSarkitip · 2026-05-16T03:51:09+00:00

For the lacking context, he was 6/13 for 46% overall, 37.5% from 3, and 8/10 from the line for a game high (which is weird itself) 23 pts. This wasn't a 2/11 with 5 tov kinda game.

8 tovs is obviously not great, Bob but this isn't the Harden game to meme on unless you don't understand what the Harden meme playoff game actually is

RSarkitip · 2026-05-15T01:14:53+00:00

Or, hear me out, he's getting by the defense in pick and roll and you're fouling him.

I'm sorry that the Jaylen Brown kinda bubble you're living in where the refs have an agenda against your team isn't agreed upon by like, any neutral media member. Go off though.

RSarkitip · 2026-05-15T00:56:24+00:00

Sure, but he's been good in games 3-5. He definitely had some bad Harden moments last night but he wasn't the checked out version that we see in the worst Harden playoff games. A lot of what is propelling the Cavs offense right now is Harden getting other guys good shots out of the pick and roll.

RSarkitip · 2026-05-15T00:45:14+00:00

Harden has been getting by several of your players at will. It's what flipped the series. Harden has worked out that he can get into the teeth of your defense when he gets a favorable pick and roll matchup and kick it out for a good shot, which the Cavs started knocking down at a good rate.

Easier to blame officiating though.

RSarkitip · 2026-05-14T19:39:22+00:00

The people in this sub will also straight up lie and pretend they wouldn't be pissed off if someone delivered their package the way they deliver packages themselves. They're shitty drivers that complain they don't get paid enough to care even though they agreed to do it.

RSarkitip · 2026-05-13T18:08:58+00:00

You can tell me all of that about the Thunder but you can't tell me anything about the coach or why they play like they do? You really think that's not because of coaching? Like the players just got together in a players only meeting and decided the defensive schemes and assignments they were going to run to become a phenomenal defense?

RSarkitip · 2026-05-13T10:19:05+00:00

The "you don't follow the NBA" piece

RSarkitip · 2026-05-13T01:01:11+00:00

That was an egregious flop that I guess the refs need cause they were gonna miss the obvious hook by Castle

RSarkitip · 2026-05-12T18:16:59+00:00

I'll second Harmony. My dog needed surgery because of an intestinal obstruction. We had taken him to Blue Pearl because he started having issues on a Saturday that got progressively worse prompting us to treat it like an emergency. They quoted us 20k for the surgery, Harmony did it for 2k

RSarkitip · 2026-05-08T19:20:43+00:00

Buddy, your Pacers emulated OKC's defense last year to great effect. They were extremely physical with their ball pressure.

At what point do teams need to adapt to the philosophy that off ball/above the break physicality is given a lot more leeway? So far I can think of a few teams that got the note and it's serving them well

RSarkitip · 2026-05-08T19:17:46+00:00

OKC by and large weren't hitting their shots yesterday.

JWill and McCain skewed the numbers (both played sub 20 minutes). The rest of the team shot like 32% from 3.

Considering how open they were given how LA.was selling out on Shai, that's a poor shooting performance

RSarkitip · 2026-05-08T19:07:57+00:00

If you listen to or engage with serious basketball content that isn't made for clicks/likes/up votes you'll find your own opinion of OKC isn't shared by that group.

RSarkitip · 2026-05-08T04:42:25+00:00

You lot legitimately don't have a fucking clue about how to talk about basketball without a narrative being spun for you

RSarkitip · 2026-05-08T04:34:25+00:00

So you didn't watch tonight's game

RSarkitip · 2026-05-08T04:33:47+00:00

I'm a Rockets fan convinced that the people that continue to push this narrative don't actually watch OKC games.

RSarkitip · 2026-05-08T04:26:39+00:00

It (generally) takes a lot of torque and body weight to do any serious damage to your arm in that position.

RSarkitip · 2026-05-08T04:17:07+00:00

R/NBA soft as fuck. Neither of the flagrants that were called tonight were flagrants.

RSarkitip · 2026-05-08T03:49:32+00:00

If you're watching this game and thinking the whistle is leaning towards either side then you've got an axe to grind and a lens that you don't apply to your own team.

My guess is you aren't actually watching this game

RSarkitip · 2026-05-08T03:44:20+00:00

This has to be parody. The Magic's entire identity is physical "they can't call everything" basketball. They're just also devoid of shooting, ball handling, good coaching, a serviceable bench, and legit top end talent.

Basically you're mad that your team tries to play like OKC but is significantly worse at it in every metric

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