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

The Celtics are only missing four starters, so of course the Bucks are murdering them at halftime 64-63.

Nice work Jrue, shooting BEFORE the buzzer. Boom.

Great game from Jrue, huge fan

Poetl the first 30 spot in 9 years without a 3 or a FT

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Bad look needing that to beat Bostonā€™s bench in OT.

Bostonā€™s bench is incredible. Donā€™t see how anyone beats them at full strength.

https://twitter.com/trailblazers/status/1625719926613856256

Iā€™d prefer not getting blown out by WAS at home, but

https://mobile.twitter.com/sprotzbettor/status/1625611855765839892

kings started a game 10-10 on threes, just a few weeks back

Loved how the Cs were attacking Ingles in the 4th and OT, just absolutely torching him on the defensive end (they scored 21 on him). But then I look up and heā€™s a +11 for the game. So ĀÆ_(惄)_/ĀÆ. I think they waited a little too long to go after him.

Giannis remains the dirtiest player in the game - heā€™s like a 7 foot John Stockton. Heā€™s gonna cause my blood to boil for two weeks in the spring.

I worry about Mazzullaā€™s TO usage. I get the argument for letting teams play against an unset defense, but then when you just see anarchy on offense, heā€™s got to quickly call a timeout.

Who didnā€™t see this coming.

https://twitter.com/_Andrew_Lopez/status/1624849730588098567?s=20

Giannis hurt :(

Racist or not racist?

https://twitter.com/TheNBACentral/status/1626784158436532225?s=20

I would defer to the Asian community.

I would say no in general, as obviously a ā€œlook alikeā€ of an Asian celebrity will likely be Asian, buuuuuttttā€¦that guy looks nothing like Simu Liu, so now weā€™re in ā€œall Asians look alikeā€ territory. I doubt any offensiveness was intentional, but it would have been wise just to stay away from this bit.

Edit: Looks like NoMatterWho nailed it. Simu Liu definitely thought it was racist, so tip of the cap:

https://twitter.com/SimuLiu/status/1626790342912622592?t=lXbMymT4QO2wmyRWnMwA_Q&s=19

https://twitter.com/TheNBACentral/status/1626751024714117120

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Yup. I vote racist.

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Probably. But I think there is a non-zero chance that whoever decided, literally canā€™t tell that they look very different.

Isnā€™t there some evidence that people are really bad at distinguishing faces of people of races other than their own. I feel like I saw some reference to this on Law and Order and similar shows at least twice a year. Is that real or just a bunch of malarkey?

Non recognizing you do a bad job of facial recognition of certain minorities is problem. I struggle with this at my tennis club and work hard to make a more direct connection to help me. I am eternally embarrassed- Iā€™m pretty good with facts and figures, but names and faces are a weakness