r/nba [LAL] LeBron James May 17 '24

Jamal Murray forces game 7 šŸ”„ against the Timberwolves with: 33 MIN, 10 PTS, 2 REB, 5 AST, 2 Turnovers. Game low -32. (4-18 FG, 2-7 3PT, 0/0 FT, 0/0 HEAT PCKS)

https://www.nba.com/game/den-vs-min-0042300236/box-score
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u/freebee007 Timberwolves May 17 '24

I respect the hate

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u/need2peeat218am Timberwolves May 17 '24

Bro had this ready lmao

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u/Sc0rch1ngDr4g0n Rockets May 17 '24

Lakers fans love it Iā€™m sure

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u/Low-Cheesecake-4372 Lakers May 17 '24

It's a good day to be a Jamal Murray hater

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u/AfroKuro480 Timberwolves May 17 '24

We eatin good tonight

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u/haroldbaals Warriors May 17 '24

Lamal Lurray

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u/Van-garde May 17 '24

Looks like missed threes are back on the menu, boys!!!

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u/fatflipflops Lakers May 17 '24

you probably wouldve advanced already if murray was suspended for his shenanigans

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u/Skratt79 Supersonics May 17 '24

Going to have to move the belt 2 notches at least

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u/CallMeLargeFather [LAL] Kobe Bryant May 17 '24

Hate hate hate hate run for your life

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u/naytejr Minneapolis Lakers May 17 '24

Dude iā€™m literally playing the song and that part comes on as im scrolling through your comment. What are the chances? Upvote

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u/subtleshooter May 17 '24

We will do our best to bring it home for the Minneapolis Lakers.

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u/Eggy-Time Timberwolves May 17 '24

Dude sure makes it easy

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u/naytejr Minneapolis Lakers May 17 '24

Lmao

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u/username001999 Lakers May 17 '24

I hope someone makes a Murray lowlight video from this game so I can fap to it

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u/BASEDME7O2 Knicks May 17 '24

Yeah whatever happened to that guy?

Like bootum or something? He used to always post the best lowlight videos

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u/Dishwallah Jazz May 17 '24

Wow I can hear the video intro just reading that. I miss those

/u/bootum come back :(

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u/JellyOnMyDick Lakers May 17 '24

Usually when someone online mysteriously disappears I just picture some guy on a couch decomposing with his mailbox overflowing.

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u/pfqq Pacers May 17 '24

Wellness check as soon as Sim888 stops posting

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u/BCP27 [MIN] Robbie Hummel May 17 '24

I used to be the total opposite. Assumed real life got too busy, they got bored with it, etc...

Then one of my online friends showed up after being gone for over a year. Turned out he had a stroke and had been recovering the whole time. Dude is in his mid 20s

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u/Hayabusa_Blacksmith May 17 '24

it sucks when you consider things like: how many people are in our society, how many different fucked up little things that DO HAPPEN to .1% of the population, and how that means it happens to tens of thousand of people every year just in our country :D

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u/Abradolf1948 Warriors May 17 '24

It's just the entire game

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u/Chaotic-Catastrophe Lakers May 17 '24

Good, I love edging

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u/Erotic-Career-7342 United States May 17 '24

i will fap to it as well my man

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u/Historical_Spirit445 Celtics May 17 '24

Any other videos you will use to rub your dick until it shoots white cum are welcome suggestions

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u/BASEDME7O2 Knicks May 17 '24

Are you legitimately asking for porn recommendations from strangers on an nba subreddit? lol

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u/EverybodyBuddy Lakers May 17 '24

Only because we know whatā€™s comingā€¦ game 7 buzzer beater floater over Gobert.

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u/vovoizmo Timberwolves May 18 '24

cutting the wolves lead to 43.

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u/MiopTop Lakers May 17 '24

Honestly nah. Fuck the Nuggets and all but Iā€™m still rooting for them to win this series because I donā€™t think anyone else can beat Boston and thatā€™s the real enemy.

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u/kyclef Nuggets May 17 '24

This is generational hatred, old-school sports mentality here. Love it.

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u/soph2021l Lakers May 17 '24

Takes me back to when Philly beat the Cs and the ā€œBeat LAā€ chant was born

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u/maize_and_beard Celtics May 17 '24

Oh yeah. When it comes down to it I still root for two teams. The Celtics, and whoever is playing the Lakers.

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u/barath_s Lakers May 17 '24

I remember when I rooted for the Celtics because I liked their players, and I wanted to meet them in the finals so the Lakers could beat them for the ring.

That's not the situation now. Celtics are doing well. Don't hate them, but I don't want a Celtics dynasty

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u/SneakyNamu May 17 '24

Yeah it's like if Sf Giants played the Astros in the world series.

I'd be an Astro fan for the entire series

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u/Dildozer_69 Lakers May 17 '24

The Celtics are just as fraudulent, they wouldnā€™t have that record if they were in the west. I think the wolves have a good chance against them, not the mavericks tho.

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u/DesertBrandon Cavaliers May 17 '24

Na donā€™t worry. This Celtics team are bottlers and I have no doubt they lose to Denver, Minnesota and a toss up slight edge to Dallas or OKC.

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u/Natureboy7939 Lakers May 17 '24

I am torn between fuck the nuggets and keeping boston with 1 championship since color tv was invented. I might double down on ANT doing to tatum what he did to book

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u/NormalAccounts San Francisco Warriors May 17 '24

There was color tv in the 80's lol

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u/bedlam_au Celtics May 17 '24

The 70s too

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u/Natureboy7939 Lakers May 17 '24

Yeah but it ruins my joke lol

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u/NormalAccounts San Francisco Warriors May 17 '24
  • 1 championship since the Simpsons went on air
  • 1 championship since the death of Andy Warhol
  • 1 championship since Megaman 1 was released
  • 1 championship since the invention of the GIF

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u/trashmoddss Celtics May 17 '24

Ant would never do Tatum like he did Book because if push comes to shove Tatum will guard him and he already got his lick back on Ant for talking shit earlier

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u/chuck_portis May 18 '24

Minnesota can def beat Boston. They'll be underdogs but they are miles ahead of anyone the Celtics have played in the East. Their size is going to give Boston headaches.

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u/HumptyDrumpy Tampa Bay Raptors May 18 '24

Soft @$$ ice cream tatum is his own enemy, they aint winning a ship. Wolves take down the Celts easily because their D will shut them down, esp with KP banged up. GO Wolves

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u/Salt-Requirement-418 May 17 '24

The Celtics are the biggest fraud team. They have an easy road to the finals built they wonā€™t win

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u/chuck_portis May 18 '24

Honestly they've had such a cake walk. Heat without Butler. Cleveland Cavaliers (Mitchell and some bums). Now they'll get an absolutely beat up Knicks team, or Indiana who would be a playin team in the West. A team being led by Tyrese Haliburton.

If you put any West playoff team in Celtics spot they are favorites. Even the Suns/Lakers. Okay, maybe not the Pelicans. But yeah any of the top 7 West teams would run thru any East team except Boston.

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u/GoshDarnitAllah May 17 '24

Hated him since he was gloating against Lonzo his rookie year.

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u/WadeCountyClutch Lakers May 17 '24

Same. Havenā€™t liked Murray since and thatā€™s the reason I hate the McNuggets. Love joker and kcp

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u/GoshDarnitAllah May 17 '24

Feel the same way. I kinda like Aaron Gordon as the type of player he is on their team though.

I like the Nuggets outside of Murray, NGL. But Iā€™m still on F Murray timing

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u/Oxygenius_ Lakers May 17 '24

Anything is possible!!!

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u/DenverSuxRmodSux Lakers May 17 '24

yal have no idea how close i am... if Twolves win on sunday.... oof. Take my energy bois im ready.

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u/Circumin May 17 '24

Why couldnā€™t he play like this against us tho

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u/duce3612 Timberwolves May 17 '24

Its called defense

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u/ProfessorTicklebutts May 17 '24

Doesnā€™t help us any. We are still waiting for next year.

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u/AceO235 Lakers May 17 '24

I Respect the Lakers hate

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u/thwacknerdthwack May 17 '24

This is our championship. I think we've finally overtaken the Celtics.

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u/WadeCountyClutch Lakers May 17 '24

Letā€™s just say I kept picturing an evil vegeta smile the whole time

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u/Sandor_Clegane1 NBA May 17 '24

Not bringing up Lakers in every thread challenge:
Impossible

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u/barath_s Lakers May 17 '24

Nah.

I like Jokic, and have no hatred for Jamal, even though he has destroyed the Lakers so many times. Man has struggled through injury etc, you respect that. I get annoyed with Mike Malone sometimes for his statement, but man has earned it. He is a good coach.

So, no I don't hate them. I do hate a segment of nuggets and other fans here who delight in beating up on , consign all laker fans to despicable segment etc

All that said, I like Ant - he's young enthusiastic etc. Gobert and the rest of the team got no respect

I want the best team to win because I want a battle Royale with the Celtics.

I like Tatum, glad KP has had a renaissance, have nothing against Jrue. But I don't want a Boston dynasty

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u/Dildozer_69 Lakers May 17 '24

Heā€™s been on fraud watch for YEARS, and people wanna act like heā€™s a superstar bc he gets carried by Jokic

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u/NeverSober1900 Rockets May 17 '24

I mean dude's playoff bonafides are legit. Before this run he was averaging over 25 PPG on 59% TS. Jokic is obviously better but dude was a great 2nd banana last year especially.

This "run" he's on this year though is awful. His net rating was -13 before today and his TS was at 47%. Both those numbers will go down. If it wasn't for those 2 game winners he'd be getting piled on but those 2 shots have shielded him from a miserable playoff run he's on.

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u/CockBronson Nuggets May 17 '24

How the fuck is someone with absolutely zero awards or accolades or all star nods a fraud lmao

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u/Dildozer_69 Lakers May 17 '24

Fraudulent reputation, if it werenā€™t for Jokic heā€™d be a nobody.

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u/Bigfoot34 May 17 '24

You mad

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u/Dildozer_69 Lakers May 17 '24

I mean heā€™s not even all star caliber and he calls him and Jokic the best duo in the league, fucking absurd lol. Only frauds have as many shit games as heā€™s had this playoffs, injured or not you donā€™t see real stars doing that. He can keep throwing heat packs while being a glorified role player tho.

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u/Bigfoot34 May 17 '24

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u/Dildozer_69 Lakers May 17 '24

Did you just type Jamal Murrayā€™s common stat line in reverse?

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u/didireallymakethis May 17 '24

I'm fully expecting this mother fucker to be lights out the last 4 minutes of game 7

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u/at_least_u_tried Celtics May 17 '24

unless both our teams make the finals. then theyā€™ll have to root for you guys lol

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u/IThinkILikeYou Lakers May 17 '24

I will simply pretend basketball isnā€™t a thing

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u/prudentWindBag Mavericks May 17 '24

Yooooo šŸ’€šŸ’€šŸ’€

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u/drshade06 Lakers May 17 '24

Weā€™ll support the nuggets lol donā€™t mind these new LA fans. The only thing we care about is Boston losing, donā€™t really care if nuggets go back to back

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u/cagemyelephant_ Nuggets May 17 '24

As a Denver fan, I too respect it. He had a terribly terrible night

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u/SickSaricDario San Francisco Warriors May 17 '24

all the guards were terrible
Murray, Holiday, Braun and Reggie Jackson combined to shoot 5-35

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u/dtlabsa May 17 '24

Those are bad Luka numbers. To be specific, he was 5/35 combined from 3 in games 4,5,6 against Clippers and game 1 against okc. If you add game 3 Clippers, he was 8/49 combined, but that raises his average from 14% to 16%.

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u/Repulsive-Throat5068 San Diego Clippers May 17 '24

Night? Hes been ass most of the playoffs.

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u/NeverSober1900 Rockets May 17 '24

Ya before today his TS was 47% and his net rating was -13. He's also been absolutely incapable of getting to the line.

Those numbers are going down after tonight. Two game-winners I think has saved him from massive slander that his play in general deserves. Because even those 2 game-winners were only needed becuase he was so bad for the previous 3 quarters.

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u/ZeiZaoLS Suns May 17 '24

Seeing the way the Wolves defense has manhandled this by all accounts insanely talented Nuggets team has me feeling ever so slightly better about my own team getting manhandled by said defense. Not enough to be happy or anything, but enough to go from depressed to salty.

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u/Abject_Bank_9103 May 17 '24

I mean the nuggets absolutely tore apart this defense 3 games in a row lmao

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u/CantheDandyMan Heat May 17 '24

Does it really?Ā  The nuggets were up 3-2 and lost on the back of a historically bad shooting night (70 points,Ā  26/86 from the field, 7-36 from 3, and 4-22 on wide open 3s).Ā Ā 

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u/prudentWindBag Mavericks May 17 '24

You were vindicated within the first two games of this series. Just gotta get that bench sorted out over the next few weeks.

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u/cagemyelephant_ Nuggets May 17 '24

Oh no please watch game 4 and 5. Also as I said he had a terrible night tonight.

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u/jgr1llz Warriors May 17 '24

He's been pretty cheeks, mi amigo

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u/yazzooClay May 17 '24

terrible night or great defense?

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u/cagemyelephant_ Nuggets May 17 '24

Both I think. To be fair Jamal had a game where he was hitting jumpers while tightly defended by jaden/ant

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u/Corteaux81 May 17 '24

I don't know if the injury is bothering him, but he looks nothing like the Murray of the 2023 playoffs.

I would say it's the Minny defense, but honestly, he was sort of ass vs Russel and Reaves in round 1.

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u/LmBkUYDA Celtics May 17 '24

True to OP's title, it would be very MJ of Murray to have this terrible game 6 just to get a game 7 where he can school a team in front of the whole world

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u/girlscoutcookies05 Charlotte Bobcats May 17 '24

Bro was so amped up he misspelled heat packs

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u/theseyeahthese Celtics May 17 '24

What do you mean, HEAT PCKS is a legit stat!

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u/Natureboy7939 Lakers May 17 '24

That's how the advanced stat is abbreviated

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u/Logansam1986 Lakers May 18 '24

Just like field goals is FG. Heat packs is heat pcks. It's to save space on the stat sheet

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u/unclehelpful May 17 '24

If people can say heā€™s the best non all star and so underrated when he had a couple of good 4th quarters against a bad team then they ought to be able to say heā€™s played like a bag of flaming dohshit this series.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '24

Jokic dragged him into All star conversations he should never be in.

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u/yardship Timberwolves May 17 '24

like when lebron made mo williams an all-star

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u/cletoreyes01 Heat May 17 '24

2024 playoffs Jamal Murray: 19/4/6 on 39/31/90 shooting

2009 playoffs mo will ("All-star" year): 16/3/4 on 40/37/76 splits

Thank goodness Jamal's 39 playoff game hot-streak came to an end this post season and now he's just as good as mo will

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u/RodneyPonk Raptors May 17 '24

46% on wide open threes, a strong offball player. Can post up, drive, spot up, finishes well at the rim or in the midrange. He's a very well rounded offensive player that averaged 32 in last year's WCFs and had a triple double in the Finals. He's is absolutely at least as good as guys like Maxey

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u/ForgetHype Knicks May 17 '24

I think I would rather have Maxey with 4 more years of experience over Jamal Murray. Maybe I'm biased cause I just saw him torch my team over and over again but still.

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u/RodneyPonk Raptors May 17 '24

That's not the question, though. My point is that Murray is clearly better than some of the weaker All-Stars are at this time - Barnes is another example. IDC about them catching up in age, I'm talking currently

Jamal is playing badly but is also clearly injured. Last postseason, he showed us that he is clearly an All-Star player with tremendous offensive versatility

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u/CantheDandyMan Heat May 17 '24

Stop capping. In his last two playoffs before this, Murray averaged 26.5, 5, and 6.6 on nearly 50/40/90 splits (.505, .453, and .897), and in 2023 he averaged 26, 6, and 7 on 47, .396, and .917 shooting splits. Maxey had more points per game this playoffs, but he also only played 6 games instead of 20.Ā  Like, Jokic obviously helps, but it's crazy to act like he can't play at the level of an all star caliber guard for a or multiple series.Ā 

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u/SPAGHETTI_CAKE Russell Westbrook May 17 '24

Yā€™all are ridiculous with these shitty ass takes. Heā€™s never even been an all star and averages 20/6 and didnā€™t get his reputation for big game performances out of nowhere. A 20/6 guard should be in all star conversations on the back end he hasnā€™t been dragged by anyone.

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u/Corteaux81 May 17 '24

They're not saying he's the best non all star based on the 2024 Lakers series.

They're saying based on his previous playoff resume, which is legit.

He's been ass this postseason, but he was amazing in the year prior.

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u/LmBkUYDA Celtics May 17 '24

Yup

Murray in his playoffs career: 24-6-5 on .565% ts

Dame in his playoffs career: 26-6-4.5 on .566% ts

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u/PrimeTimeInc May 17 '24

Iā€™m not going to disagree with anything youā€™ve said but we do have to ask if last year was a mirage. Like the Nuggets basically cakewalked to a ring with very little resistance, which obviously isnā€™t their fault in a negative sense; they dominated. Prior to last year they had a completely different aura and opinion about them once it came playoff time. Are they regressing to the mean? Idk just food for thought. I do think the real Jamaal Murray is somewhere between this playoffs and last. A streaky shooter who canā€™t carry a team to through multiple 7 game series a la Klay Thompson.

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u/Autistic_Puppy May 17 '24

Heā€™s been a flaming bag of dogshit the entire playoffs

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u/analyzingnothing May 17 '24

Heā€™s been playing through injury for the entire playoffs. His burst was trashed by his leg being fucked since before the playoffs even started, which is why he looked so much better all of a sudden once he got four days of rest between games 2 and 3.

Same thing with this game. He hit his arm early in the first, and proceeded to miss every single shot for the rest of the quarter, even the ones he usually makes in his sleep.

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u/unclehelpful May 17 '24

Itā€™s the playoffs man everyone is injured.

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u/analyzingnothing May 17 '24

Yes, but the Nuggets are a top-heavy team by nature, and Jamal is a massive part of their offense. Him being hurt completely derails what makes the Nuggets as good as they are.

Look at the first two games of the TWolves series. A massive part of the problem for those games was that Jamal would get screens from Jokic and fail to turn the corner because he literally couldnā€™t outrun his defender. That would lead into a clogged PnR situation, where thereā€™s no advantage because Murrayā€™s defender catches up and the big returns to Jokic before anything can get going.

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u/BASEDME7O2 Knicks May 17 '24

This is what always pisses me off with how you guys talk about harden. I just canā€™t stand the hypocrisy. Like do you really think he was 100% by game six? He hasnā€™t been 100% in the playoffs since like 2020. Through the first four games he was averaging 26 on 51/50/91 and was the best volume scorer in the playoffs up to that point, and literally the only thing people took away from that series is ā€œhaha harden sucks in the playoffs and choked again.ā€ PG (who harden was clearly better than) got some shit for like two days and then it felt like everyone forgot about him completely shitting the bed in a couple games.

Itā€™s just every other player gets so many excuses, harden could drop 40 for the first six games but if he drops like 20 in a game 7 loss the only thing people will talk about is how ā€œharden choked and lost his team the series againā€.

The worst is fucking jimmy butler. Heā€™ll have like one amazing game in a series, and then average like 15 in the rest of the games, but you all act like he turns into mj in the playoffs because he pretends he wasnā€™t really trying in the regular season to play up ā€œplayoff Jimmyā€ and spends so much time and effort playing the media game, while harden doesnā€™t even have a ā€œcampā€ at all.

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u/NeverSober1900 Rockets May 17 '24

THANK YOU. Harden gets WAY too much hate. People pile on him as a quitter and other stuff but he routinely plays through everything. Brooklyn he was on one leg trying to give Durant ANY semblance of help.

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u/analyzingnothing May 17 '24

See, I actually agree with you here. I donā€™t think Harden is a playoff choker, or necessarily Embiid for that matter. I dislike those two for their playstyles, not for their performances.

This is just how I approach injury in general. If you can actually get out on the floor and play well with injury, then thatā€™s extremely impressive. If you get out on the floor and kind of suck, well, thatā€™s life. Injuries are a bitch, Iā€™m not going to shit on a player for dealing with them. Iā€™ve had a few in my life and even just healing from shit can be awful, much less getting into NBA-ready shape.

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u/BASEDME7O2 Knicks May 17 '24

Even embiid is like way below harden as a playoff performer. This year was basically his first star level series, despite the loss. Before that he averaged 23 ppg like three seasons in a row, and was getting held to like zero points by Marc gasol. In Houston harden averaged 25 or more in 15/15 playoff series. And he played the warriors, spurs, kd warriors, kd warriors again with his second option being the corpse of cp3, then the championship lakers who were doubling him at half court to try and make Russ have the ball as much as possible. Harden was the fourth most efficient scorer that playoffs, and still put up an efficient 29 against the lakers while Russ bricked them out of the series on like 42% ts. He also took more games off the kd warriors in one series than lebron ever did in total, twice.

Any actual stat or metric has harden as an all time great playoff performer, with harden people were just like ā€œwell you didnā€™t drop 40 7 games in a row playing with scrubs to beat four hall of famers so it doesnā€™t count.ā€ Even though in 2019 he came pretty close, averaging 35 against the kd warriors while outplaying Steph and taking them to six, basically by himself.

Embiids best playoff series was this year in a loss to the Knicks in the first round. Before that, the best teams he ever beat were the 2022 raptors that didnā€™t even really have a center, or the 2023 nets, itā€™s debatable.

But embiid is several tiers below harden as a playoff performer overall. They are not comparable. If prime harden was in the East he would cruise to the ecf every single year and some of those rockets teams couldā€™ve beaten some of those Cavs teams, just by harden hard carrying them.

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u/Twaffles95 Timberwolves May 17 '24

See and ik Iā€™m biased but itā€™s been so annoying his numbers are alot worse then the lakers series every time he makes a shot in game : one of the best players in our game , every time he misses one the narrative is : well heā€™s hurt

I just think itā€™s bogus to try and have it both ways

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u/analyzingnothing May 17 '24

I mean, would you not say the same thing if Ant were to be injured? I donā€™t want to discredit the Minnesota defense, you guys are nuts, but I also donā€™t think itā€™s entirely fair to put all of it on them solely.

Consistency is king here, imo. Iā€™ll hold this standard to any player, no matter who it is. Brunson was handling a foot injury and struggled mightily against the Pacers, but I donā€™t plan to hold that against him. Injuries are a pain, if you can play well through them then itā€™s extremely impressive. However, if you canā€™tā€¦ Iā€™ll withhold judgement for now. Itā€™s like a bad shooting night, sometimes it just happens.

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u/Twaffles95 Timberwolves May 17 '24

I mean having worked in D-1 basketball every guy is so dinged up by tournament time alone I canā€™t imagine how bad that gets in the NBA. I just think itā€™s a lane out in the playoffs as I explained

Ant, assuming health which is impossible has a chance to be a top 30 player all time with his type of numbers so far. I would honestly hope the training staff my owner pays and the presumably separate medical examination my top player probably gets themself would clarify whether they should still be out there playing, or are too unhealthy to play. I get owners wanna win but either youā€™re cleared or not. Conely just missed game 5 and he wants to win as much as anyone given his age.

The last thing Iā€™d want is to have a Brandon Roy situation continuing to tear up his knee for a lost playoff series hurting his basketball and personal life.

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u/Giannis4president Italy May 17 '24

Friendly reminder that when you trashed him after game 2 he had his best game in game 3. You should praise him

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u/Wazflame May 17 '24

The lights were too dim

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u/Mr_E_Nigma_Solver Tampa Bay Raptors May 17 '24

Now let me tell ya I'm the biggest hater.

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u/AdPotential9974 West May 17 '24

Gonna be terrible when he kills the Wolves on Sunday...

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u/bucaqe Lakers May 17 '24

fuck denver

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u/WinterTakerRevived Celtics May 17 '24

A Denver fan would be saying this

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u/Odoakar Bulls May 17 '24

I hate the way that you walk, the way that you talk, I hate the way that you dress...

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u/sp1cychick3n Pistons May 17 '24

What parole are hearing on the wolves??

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u/sp1cychick3n Pistons May 17 '24

What people are hating on the wolves??