National Basketball Association - 2022/23 Season (Part 1)

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I wonder if there has ever been a larger spread in margins for a home win/loss in a series in games 5/7 or even 1/2.

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Speculation on Twitter is that Ayton told Monty Williams he didnā€™t want to play in the game anymore while Monty just said ā€œitā€™s internalā€ when asked why Ayton played so few minutes.

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So crazy when the guy is a free agent.

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https://twitter.com/statmuse/status/1526017546104606720?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed|twterm^1526017546104606720|twgr^|twcon^s1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fforumserver.twoplustwo.com%2F46%2Fsporting-events%2Fnba-season-thread-2021-2022-a-1794001%2Findex107.html

Booker was -41.

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Restricted, but yeah. Some Suns fans seem to think he has wanted out for a while. Aytonā€™s not worth a max and the Suns were the most likely to give it to him, but not with a series like this.

Get ready for some Ayton sign-and-trade scenarios being pushed.

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https://twitter.com/espn_macmahon/status/1526031876971827200?s=20&t=xdDE4L33tc9XeniE8BQS4Q

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Sounds like St. Louis really bombed that one.

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https://twitter.com/NateDuncanNBA/status/1526071538025345024?s=20&t=d7Z-EnVVXbqwqYBSk2Tv4Q

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Giannis was first guy to go 200-50-50 in a playoff series. Luka almost did it too but only got 49 assists,

#USA1

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A possible preview of the ECF. This was written in 2020.

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Ayton only played 17 minutes. Apparently he got really mad at a substitution and said some things to Monty that got him put out of the game.

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Bigger NBA choking hazard, Chris Paul or Latrell Sprewell?

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Mavs vs Warriors is an interesting match up.

Mavs donā€™t have any dominant big men which has been the warriors weakness. Also Iā€™m curious to see if Warriors insane rebounding vs the best rebounding team in the league was a fluke or if they can continue to dominate the boards.

I think Wiggs & Dray are both guys who can defend Luka as well as about anyone in the league. Luka is weird in that heā€™s too big for guards but too fast for big men. I feel like Wigs/Dray are big enough Luka canā€™t completely bully him, and fast enough he wonā€™t run by them. Heā€™s obviously going to get his, but I think they will be able to do good enough that they can just put one or the other on him, not double, and lock down the role players.

Curry shot needs to come back though. They not going to win a chip with him shooting 35% from 3. Also hopefully with Kerr back they wonā€™t be AS bad with the turnovers lol. Looked like they were sleep walking after he went out. Players were straight up coaching lol.

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Wonder if the betting markets are pricing in the fact that Draymond will 100% gouge Lukas eyes in the first half of game 1

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Brogdon + Turner for Ayton in a S&T? Who says no.

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Dray does some dumb shit but as far as I can remember heā€™s never actually hurt anyone so stop being a salty lil baby

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Heat/Warriors is the matchup we need. From 2011-2020, the Heat were in 5 NBA finals, winning 2 and the Warriors were in 5 NBA finals winning 3, but they never faced each other.

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Tatum vs Luka gonna be lit. Whining at the refs on every play!!!

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Love that match up for the Warriors, but I think Celtics will beat the heat and be the favorites in the finals. Their insane length on defense would give our shooters a ton of problems.

I do really like that we have home court advantage for the rest of the playoffs though. Outside of Bucks vs Celtics home court has seemed huge during these playoffs. The warriors especially. Theyā€™ve only lost 10 games all season, including the playoffs, at home this year. Always been so much better at home than on the road.

Home court advantage rankings

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This aged poorly pretty quick. Of course, no could have seen that destruction by the Mavs on the road coming.