Optimist Prime 197 Report post Posted May 11, 2015 Guess Houston's strategy is to get their entire team in foul trouble and give up 43 point quarters. Bad for morale. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mauro Pedrosa 1,031 Report post Posted May 11, 2015 Bad night for David Blatt. First he tries to call a timeout when he has none left and gets lucky. Then Lebron changes the play call on the last play and sinks the game winner (original play had 'Bron in bounding why? I have no idea.) True Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Optimist Prime 197 Report post Posted May 11, 2015 On the bright side, there's a slight chance hack-a-whoever might be done after last night's game. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fultz4thewin 2,464 Report post Posted May 11, 2015 On the bright side, there's a slight chance hack-a-whoever might be done after last night's game. Yeah. I don't think it makes sense other than a last ditch effort to make a large comeback. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Optimist Prime 197 Report post Posted May 11, 2015 Yeah. I don't think it makes sense other than a last ditch effort to make a large comeback. The only time I ever saw it work was Magic-Lakers after Dwight left and I feel like had a lot of factors which made it work beyond just the hack-a strategy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fultz4thewin 2,464 Report post Posted May 11, 2015 The only time I ever saw it work was Magic-Lakers after Dwight left and I feel like had a lot of factors which made it work beyond just the hack-a strategy. Right. Essentially you're betting that you're better off with extended possessions which is saying that you're offense is better than the freethrow shooter plus whatever offense the other team can muster between hacks. You also have a limited number of times you can effectively hack someone without putting important players in foul trouble. I think you're also limiting your own offense by hacking as a significant number of points each game are generated in transition or in the ensuing chaos (the spurs were hurt by this last series). When it's effective is during the end of games (foul whoever to get the ball back with time) or in the case of that one Lakers game foul Dwight to extend the game and give us time to come back because it's not like we're winning this game any other way. That was basically an extended version of the end of game fouling. I don't think it makes sense to do it in the first quarter though Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mauro Pedrosa 1,031 Report post Posted May 11, 2015 It's nice to see Dennis Schröder get so many important minutes so early in his career, and doing something with those minutes Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mauro Pedrosa 1,031 Report post Posted May 13, 2015 The Bulls are done Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
~O~ 565 Report post Posted May 13, 2015 They are. They're just a cute little team like Indiana was. They aren't killers. They seem more focused on beating LeBron like the entire conference has then winning a championship. It almost seems like other teams mail it in for the other half of the season because they're scared as hell of a LeBron led team. That's why on the Western Conference forums, fans say that the east atrocious. Just absolutely no winners but LeBron in the east. I believe there's winners in the East but they don't work hard enough. Simply don't. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mauro Pedrosa 1,031 Report post Posted May 13, 2015 To me, the 3 best teams still in competition are the Clippers, Grizzlies and Warriors, which is sad since only 1 can make the finals. The Hawks-Wizards series is one of the least interesting I can remember Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fultz4thewin 2,464 Report post Posted May 14, 2015 Wow horford Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fultz4thewin 2,464 Report post Posted May 14, 2015 I want to go to sleep but curry keeps doing curry things Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
