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[Tom Penny]

Game of the season going on in SA right now.

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[notoriousKTR]

I wish this was Game 7 of the Finals.

 

[Dug]

Can't believe that shot by Tim went in.

 

[MetalFearSolid]

Pop gonna rest Duncan the next 5 games after this..

 

[Kobe24]

7 game series please.

 

[MetalFearSolid]

WHY MANU WHY.

 

[perfectchaos007]

Well deserved win by Memphis. Spurs will be gassed for the next couple games now

 

[cr_blah_blah]

Fuck off, Manu.

 

[MezzoForte]

so disappointed.

 

[Uno Venova]

Gonna be hard to top a game like that all season, wow.

 

[maladroid]

I don't really care what the records are. Spurs and Grizz are on another tier. Awesome game.

 

[MetalFearSolid]

ESPN sources say Los Angeles Lakers and Houston Rockets are also among the teams to engage Celtics in Rajon Rondo trade talks in recent days

. Lakers fans you guys have hope.

 

[Pathos]

damn, that game was intense af. definitely the best of the season so far.

 

[jbug617]

Stein says the Mavs deal would be Brendan Wright and a 1st

 

[BobLoblaw]

The Grizzlies' last 4 games have been the shit of legends as far as clutch shots go. Can't believe they keep pulling this stuff off.

 

[Cloudy]

What a great game!

Updated MVP standings:

Curry
Gasol
Griffin
Harden
Lowry

 

[Cloudy]

Stein says the Mavs deal would be Brendan Wright and a 1st

This is shit-tier considering the Mavs pick will be garbage. Too bad Lakers have no picks to trade cos we used them on Nash -_-

 

[Chezzymann]

Damn, harden has 23 points and the first half just ended. On pace to beat his 44 point night from a couple days ago!

 

[Starphoenix]

Yo Spurs... ;_;

I just don't have a good feeling about them.

 

[jbug617]

This is shit-tier considering the Mavs pick will be garbage. Too bad Lakers have no picks to trade cos we used them on Nash -_-

Ainge better hope more teams are serious about doing a deal.

 

[Cloudy]

Damn, harden has 23 points and the first half just ended. On pace to beat his 44 point night from a couple days ago!

15 fts in the first half. Fuck this guy and the refs who enable him

 

[Cloudy]

Yo Spurs... ;_;

I just don't have a good feeling about them.

They will lose before the WCF at this rate. They really don't want to play their first 2 series on the road

 

[Coldnoodle]

It's fun to have an unpredictable season again.

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

Stein says the Mavs deal would be Brendan Wright and a 1st

That's the best the C's can do for a guy making only $11 million per? Damn.

 

[Cloudy]

Oh man. What was he thinking?

https://t.co/hbrf2Ebe4h

Anticipating Chandler?

 

[fertygo]

Western Playoff would be so fucking crazy..

 

[jbug617]

That's the best the C's can do for a guy making only $11 million per? Damn.

would be more but that is the starting offer it seems.

 

[Syphon Filter]

They will lose before the WCF at this rate. They really don't want to play their first 2 series on the road

spurs will repeat.mark my words.

 

[Chezzymann]

15 fts in the first half. Fuck this guy and the refs who enable him

What's wrong with that? From what I see he's just really good at drawing contact and playing smart. Maybe that's just my rose tinted homer goggles. Also that number was kind of inflated by a 3 point foul + a couple of technicals. I guess his game is just boring to watch because of all the free throws?

 

[neptunes]

It's fun to have an unpredictable season again.

Yup, I couldn't tell you who for certain is going to be in the Finals this year

It's like 2004-2006 again

 

[Cloudy]

Yup, I couldn't tell you who for certain is going to be in the Finals this year

It's like 2004-2006 again

It will be Golden State vs. Cleveland

 

[Chezzymann]

Harden makes some of the dumbest passes I've ever seen sometimes.

 

[overcast]

Bullshit. Lol.

 

[Cloudy]

No D in Faried?

 

[Cloudy]

How can anyone stand to watch Harden?

 

[overcast]

How can anyone stand to watch Harden?

Goddamn, you keep hating. Top 3 player in the league atm.

 

[Chezzymann]

Good game. Huge, clutch shots by harden with some amazing defensive plays. Four ice cold free throws by Beverly. Hopefully we still have enough gas in the tank for the pelicans tomorrow.

 

[Jonm1010]

Goddamn, you keep hating. Top 3 player in the league atm.

Not that hard to do when you single handily practically get gifted more FT attempts then the other team combined.

God I can't wait til his game falls apart in the playoffs again when refs don't give him his flops every other play.

He embodies everthing I hate about the modern NBA.

 

[Branduil]

Goddamn, you keep hating. Top 3 player in the league atm.

Average player. God-tier flopper.

 

[overcast]

Lmao. He plays smart, has upped his defensive game, and has good assist numbers. Like there isn't a league wide conspiracy to gift harden FT's. He drives to the basket, and draws contact.

I'll be the fist to tell you he choked itll the playoffs last year, but he's playing out of his mind this year.

Edit: Average player has led a completely mediocre (with the injuries) team to the 3rd best record in the league. Cause Howard and Beverly didn't do it.

 

[Branduil]

48% eFG is playing out of your mind? LOL. No one would care about anything but his ugly beard if he wasn't gifted a million free throws in every game.

 

[watershed]

Harden is good but he does get way too many calls. There are a lot of players who know how to drive and create contact but Harden just knows how to get calls,

 

[overcast]

Plenty of great players have shot in the 40% range. Kobe comes to mind.

Rockets led by an average player have built up one of the best records in the league with victories against the Spurs, Mavs and Grizz. Okay man. Thank god for... Our bench?

 

[Chezzymann]

Lmao. He plays smart, has upped his defensive game, and has good assist numbers. Like there isn't a league wide conspiracy to gift harden FT's. He drives to the basket, and draws contact.

I'll be the fist to tell you he choked itll the playoffs last year, but he's playing out of his mind this year.

Edit: Average player has led a completely mediocre (with the injuries) team to the 3rd best record in the league. Cause Howard and Beverly didn't do it.

Just don't try to argue with them. They've already made up their minds that, despite how he vastly improved his defense, leads the league in scoring, and almost single handedly carried a hobbled and injured team to the third best record in the league and is up for MVP as much as anyone in the league, that he's just an average player who gets a bunch of bullshit calls. Its just going to turn into a stat war.

 

[perfectchaos007]

Harden has been amazing this year. He only draws fouls because players reach in and hack him. If defenders just laid off, then he would score all his buckets from the field instead of the charity strike!

 

[Branduil]

Harden jumps into guys and commits charges that get called as blocking fouls.

 

[The Last Emperor]

Bulls beat them with Derozan in Toronto.

Bulls suck lnao

 

[Jonm1010]

Harden is good but he does get way too many calls. There are a lot of players who know how to drive and create contact but Harden just knows how to get calls,

Yep.

Tyreke Evans has shot 212 shots at the rim. 378 FGA.

James Harden has taken 122 shots at the rim. 427 FGA.

Tyreke Evans has taken 90 FTA.

James Harden has taken 220 FTA.

You are telling me that Harden has had more legitimate contact on his shot attempts then Evans? Maybe, sure, but over 2X as much contact?? Bullshit.

Harden has made his career by flopping and charging into people and using his acting and positioning skills to manipulate calls.

 

[Pathos]

Harden is one of the best floppers I've ever seen

He has definitely improved from last year tho, I will admit that.

 

[Jonm1010]

Harden is one of the best floppers I've ever seen

He has definitely improved from last year tho, I will admit that.

Blake is maybe the one person i am not hurt seeing Harden flop against.... Still, fuck Harden.