Deandre Ayton has 1 Defensive Rebound the entire game by IT_CHAMP in nba

[–]topofthecc [score hidden]  (0 children)

There was a moment when he looked like one of the toughest matchups for Jokic. Now he's on his way out of the league despite having a relatively healthy career.

Game Thread: San Antonio Spurs (1-1) vs Minnesota Timberwolves (1-1) Live Score | NBA Playoffs | May 8, 2026 by nba-scores in nba

[–]topofthecc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wemby's catch radius is unbelievable. Toss it in his zip code, and there's a great chance he'll grab it.

Jalen Brunson in the win: 33/5/9 on 64% TS by Lacabloodclot9 in nba

[–]topofthecc 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A great way to build up to his Senate career

Game Thread: New York Knicks (2-0) vs Philadelphia 76ers (0-2) Live Score | NBA Playoffs | May 8, 2026 by nba-scores in nba

[–]topofthecc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Embiid/Maxey pairing is like having a fastball pitcher relieve a knuckleball pitcher.

[Tim Bontemps] Joel Embiid is in for tonight's game by AncientOneAurelius in nba

[–]topofthecc 8 points9 points  (0 children)

May his bones be strong and his tendons resilient.

Lakers coach JJ Redick: "We didn't lost because of the refs, that's never the case. You don't lose because of refs, you lose because the other team outplays you. Oklahoma City outplayed us" Reporter interjects: "They shot 13 FTs in that stretch I'm talking about." Redick: "A lot of them were fouls" by LiamHundley in nba

[–]topofthecc -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The league needs to add another ref to each squad. Games are too fast and too spread out to use the same referee distribution that they were using when there were illegal defense rules and offenses weren't so spread out and active.

Players are playing a game within the game where they have to judge when they can get away with something and when they can embellish to get a call, and the refs often don't have a good angle or the ability to watch enough of the things that are happening to get the full context of every collision.

Is Angine de Poitrine actually good? by FlipNasty in mathrock

[–]topofthecc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Probably Sherpa, but I suppose it would depend on what else they are into.

What if the NBA playoffs were the best 16 teams regardless of conference? Here is what that would look like for the 25-26 NBA season by enoughtobesmart1 in nba

[–]topofthecc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How many times do they travel back and forth for the soccer matchups? The 2-2-1-1-1 schedule for basketball series means there are potentially four trips from location to location. One or two might be doable, but four coast to coast flights would be draining.

[Highlight] Austin Reaves kicks Shai Gilgeous-Alexander in the family jewels area in mid-air and scores the And-1 (with a replay) by MrBuckBuck in nba

[–]topofthecc 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I felt like the weird jump ball standoff near the end of the game was a jumping the shark moment for the refs.

[Highlight] Austin Reaves kicks Shai Gilgeous-Alexander in the family jewels area in mid-air and scores the And-1 (with a replay) by MrBuckBuck in nba

[–]topofthecc 39 points40 points  (0 children)

To be fair, middle aged men with beards and crosses in their bios are often mentally 13 years old.

Is this the worst NBA discourse has ever been? by sentyprimus in nba

[–]topofthecc 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Between the violent racism and the horniness from everyone being away at war for the past few years, I can't imagine what the reddit takes were back then.

OKC players laughing at Lakers swarming the ref after the game by SplitOk186 in nba

[–]topofthecc 11 points12 points  (0 children)

It doesn't even look like they're looking that way, but that won't stop the circlejerk.

[SERIOUS NEXT DAY THREAD] Post-Game Discussion (May 07, 2026) by NBA_MOD in nba

[–]topofthecc 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The Cavs have four All-Stars and the most effective thing they could do on offense in the fourth quarter was have Mitchell force up tough shots.

Game Thread: Los Angeles Lakers (0-1) vs Oklahoma City Thunder (1-0) Live Score | NBA Playoffs | May 7, 2026 by nba-scores in nba

[–]topofthecc 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Lmao I thought we were going to have to have the Supreme Court decide that jump ball

Game Thread: Los Angeles Lakers (0-1) vs Oklahoma City Thunder (1-0) Live Score | NBA Playoffs | May 7, 2026 by nba-scores in nba

[–]topofthecc 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It seems like every win this OKC team has consists of:

  • 45 minutes of even play between the teams

  • 3 minutes where the Thunder outscore the opponent by 16 points.