Final Eight thread

This is the impact Kevin Love had-

Lebron 2015 Finals 38% fg 31% 3p
Lebron 2016 Finals 49% fg 37% 3p

Igoudala won a Finals MVP because the Cavs had to play Thompson and Mozgov together, clogging up the paint. The Lebron Stopper got his ass roasted when there weren’t 4 players standing in the paint all game in 2016.
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Kevin Love sucks. Hardly even a loss the year he was out. Losing Kyrie was big. Love is actually a bad player.
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He can be or good or as bad as you want him to be. Teams wouldn’t leave him open for 3 which created space for Lebron.
 
It feels like the series changed (aside from the Irving injury) when Bucks decided to just hammer the paint and play physical and if they foul out of the series it's better than getting shelled.

Holiday and Middleton were great down the stretch.
 
Harden was awful in the 4th and OT. Couldn't throw the ball in the ocean if he tried.

Not one player on the Nets' bench attempted a single field goal the entire game.
 
Wow. Doc Rivers is a shitty coach.

But it’s hard to get a bunch of quitters over the hump.

Nate ain’t great but He’s better than shitty Doc Rivers.

 
I think the Bucks did enough for that to be a respectable win. Durant was amazing and Harden gave the Nets something but the Bucks did enough. It was certainly more earned than the Raptors beating the Warriors a couple years ago.
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Harris choked all series. Went 1-11 in one of the earlier losses. Some guys falter when the pressure is on. Sometimes it’s a fluke, sometimes it’s because they really can’t handle it.
 
Wow. Doc Rivers is a shitty coach.

But it’s hard to get a bunch of quitters over the hump.

Nate ain’t great but He’s better than shitty Doc Rivers.
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Doc has always been a shitty coach and his Celtics championship would have been won by 95% of coaches. That team coached itself.
 
Harden was awful in the 4th and OT. Couldn't throw the ball in the ocean if he tried.

Not one player on the Nets' bench attempted a single field goal the entire game.
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Chasing Championships seems to be a little harder than it used to be.
 
Per Sixers fans

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1 NBA title among the 4 teams

No dynasty

New players applying for best in the game today

Missing superstar (s)

Wide open i don't care who wins entertain me
 
1 NBA title among the 4 teams

No dynasty

New players applying for best in the game today

Missing superstar (s)

Wide open i don't care who wins entertain me
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There will be a Book Report due after these finals.

 
Technically the Hawks have a title as well. :People forget that the St Louis Hawks were the only team to beat the Russell Celtics in the Finals. In 1958. Bob Pettit
 
This is either a one-year aberration or finally a changing of the guard from the LeBron thru KD/Steph era. I'm still having difficulty picturing any of the final 4 teams as ones which could become mini-dynasties.
 
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I hope Giannis and the Bucks win. I hate how the media always tries to get stars that exit early traded to bigger markets. I was glad he re-signed and I hope he gets rewarded for it.
 
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