NBA Finals Prediction

[leftwinger]

Hey, I just repeated exactly what Steven A Smith said before game 3. And for the record, they're making fun of him this morning. He was wrong about NY and Denver.

I like Steven A. Always have. Yeah that is probably where I heard what you posted. On Sirius CH#81 7AM-8AM drive time show.

Nothing is over. Both NY and MINN have 2 of 3 at home? correct? Both Series tied 2-2? INDY is young.

OKC is young. DAL has more experienced players and it is showing up. OKC has more flash and shooters but.....

 

[sealybobo]

I like Steven A. Always have. Yeah that is probably where I heard what you posted. On Sirius CH#81 7AM-8AM drive time show.

Nothing is over. Both NY and MINN have 2 of 3 at home? correct? Both Series tied 2-2? INDY is young.

OKC is young. DAL has more experienced players and it is showing up. OKC has more flash and shooters but.....

Here's how I "feel"

Boston is going to win their series
NY is too beat up. Indy advances
Denver wins in 7
It seems like OKC and Timberwolves are too young. They need to get beat this year, learn their lessons, improve where they are not good, get better role players.

This is what I love about all the greats. Kobe, Lebron, Jordan all worked on their games. Wherever they were weak. Tatum seems to be a guy who wants to master every shot, move, etc. A student of the game.

 

[odanny]

Jokich is the best big man I have ever seen in my 40 years of watching the NBA. What he is doing to the reigning Defensive Player of the Year (Rudy Gobert) is just embarrassing. As a 7 footer his shooting and passing game is better than half of the starting point guards in the NBA.

 

[sealybobo]

Ah....I see the Black-backed seal is listening to Skip Bayless and the boys. got it//

No I have always thought this way since the days the Bad Boys got whipped by the Lakers and Boston. We were told to be a great team you have to first get beat up by great teams before you become great.

So if this is true, Boston is going to win and Minnesota will win it all next year.

 

[sealybobo]

Jokich is the best big man I have ever seen in my 40 years of watching the NBA. What he is doing to the reigning Defensive Player of the Year (Rudy Gobert) is just embarrassing. As a 7 footer his shooting and passing game is better than half of the starting point guards in the NBA.

Not in game 6 or 7.

“I agree,” Malone said. “So let me tell you why we’re getting our asses kicked. You’re not taking care of the ball. You’re not rebounding the ball. We’re playing with no physicality and no toughness.”

Minnesota defeated the Nuggets 115-70 Thursday night. The Timberwolves were able to do that as Malone told his team at halftime because they were tougher than the Nuggets. The Wolves outplayed, outrebounded and defended better.

For three consecutive games, the Nuggets were the team taking the fight to the Wolves. At the end of Game 5, the Timberwolves had slumped shoulders and bad body language. At the buzzer, Karl-Anthony Towns limped off the floor and into the locker room. Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards said that Denver star Nikola Jokić, who turned in a historic Game 5, deserved his flowers.

Now, after the incredible high of Game 5, when Jokic reached the stratosphere, the Nuggets are going to have to rebound from playing one of the worst playoff games in NBA history. Just how historic? Thursday marked the Nuggets’ fewest points in a playoff game. No defending champion has ever lost by more points in a playoff game.

 

[sealybobo]

Jokich is the best big man I have ever seen in my 40 years of watching the NBA. What he is doing to the reigning Defensive Player of the Year (Rudy Gobert) is just embarrassing. As a 7 footer his shooting and passing game is better than half of the starting point guards in the NBA.

Game 5

The top-line numbers will tell you quickly that it was one of the great masterpieces in recent playoff annals; he finished with 40 points, 13 assists and nary a turnover and did it while shooting 15 of 22 from the field and 8 of 9 from the line. Doing this against the league’s No. 1 defense, while matched up against four-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year Rudy Gobert, made it even more impressive, not to mention Jokić doing it in one of the highest-stakes games of the season.

Game 7 34 points, 19 rebounds, 7 assists and 1 block.