NBA 2018/19

NBA Playoffs Summary - 14th May 2019

Trail-Blazers 94-116 Warriors

POR:
Lillard 19 pts 4 Rebs 6 ast 4/12 FG
McCollum 17 pts 3 Rebs 7/19 FG
Harkless 17 pts 4 Rebs
Hood 17 pts 3 Rebs
Kanter 10 pts 16 Rebs 3 ast

GSW:
Curry 36 pts 6 Rebs 7 ast 9/15 Threes
Klay Thompson 26 pts 3 ast
Draymond Green 12 pts 10 Rebs 5 ast 3 blk
Jerebko 9 pts 5 Rebs

Takeaways

Warriors still just way too good

Steph is BALLINGGGG

Warriors bench has been coming through big time recently

CJ and Dame gotta be much better than in G1

Pelicans win the lottery, grizzlies 2 Knicks 3 Lakers 4 Cavs 5 Suns 6

That’s tuff on the Knicks Cavs and suns 😄 , happy with the 4th pick for the Lakers we really jumped here. Pels GM David Griffin defo rigging these lotteries how many has he won now ? Crazy

2019 NBA Eastern Conference Finals – Milwaukee Bucks vs Toronto Raptors Series Preview



The Eastern Conference Finals are here and we have the top 2 seeded teams face off against each other as Milwaukee Bucks take on the Toronto Raptors!

Playoff Run for both teams so far

Milwaukee Bucks: Just like throughout the Regular Season, the Bucks have been the most dominant team in the NBA Playoffs by far so far. 8-1 record, sweeping the Pistons then dispatching Boston in 5 the Bucks have clearly proven that they are every bit of legit as they were in the Regular Season and should be considered as Easts favourites. 7 of the 8 Bucks wins came by double digit margin and the average margin of their 8 wins have been exactly 20 points with 5 of those wins being by 20+ pts. The Bucks have been dominant on both ends throughout this post season not only being the 2nd best offensive team but also the 1st BEST defensive team during this run so far!

Toronto Raptors: It hasn’t been quite a straight forward run so far for Toronto, but led by Kawhi Leonard’s incredible play they ended up getting to their first Conference Finals in 3 years! Toronto have dispatched Orlando in 5 after blowing Game 1 and then were taken to the absolute limit by the 76ers as they beat them in 7 with a buzzer beating game winner from Kawhi Leonard who played absolutely out of his mind for Toronto to get them through that series. Raptors have had issues offensively during this run at times as other players not named Kawhi or Siakam have struggled to score consistently, but due to Kawhi’s greatness and their extremely good defense (2nd best in post season) which is going to be especially crucial in this upcoming series they have been able to advance and will now look to make their first ever Finals.

Full preview - betblog.com/previews/nba...-raptors-series-preview/

Kawhi vs Giannis. Get your popcorn ready! This is gonna be a GOOD ONE

NBA Playoffs - 15th May 2019 Summary

Raptors 100-108 Bucks

TOR:
Leonard 31 pts 9 Rebs 3 stl
Lowry 30 pts 8 Rebs 10/15 FG 7/9 Threes
Siakam 15 pts 6 Rebs 3 ast 6/20 FG
Marc Gasol 6 pts 12 Rebs 5 ast 2/11 FG

MIL:
Brook Lopez 29 pts 11 Rebs 4 blk
Antetokounmpo 24 pts 14 Rebs 6 ast 3 blk
Brogdon 15 pts 3 Rebs 3 ast
Mirotic 13 pts 6 Rebs
Middleton 11 pts 11 Rebs 4 ast
Bledsoe 9 pts 5 Rebs

Bucks Lead Series 1-0

Bucks depth is just insane. They can let Giannis buy way more rest than Toronto can for Kawhi. I just don’t see how Toronto Win this series if their bench don’t produce more scoring. Bucks might even win this in 5 but we’ll see

Report: Kevin Durant 'not close' to returning from calf injury

“Everyone needs to slow down a little bit on the Kevin stuff,” Kerr said on Monday, via ESPN. “He hasn't even stepped on the floor yet. ... He still has pain. So there's some time ahead of him on the rehab process.”

Durant missed the Warriors’ 116-94 win in Game 1 against the Portland Trail Blazers on Tuesday, and will miss Thursday’s Game 2 at Oracle Arena. Warriors coach Steve Kerr said that Durant would be reevaluated on Thursday, which would hopefully provide a “more detailed update

NBA Playoffs - 16th May 2019

Trail-Blazers 111-114 Warriors

POR:
Lillard 23 pts 5 Rebs 10 ast
McCollum 22 pts 3 Rebs 5 ast
Seth Curry 16 pts 4 stl
Harkless 12 pts 4 Rebs
Hood 12 pts

GSW:
Curry 37 pts 8 Rebs 8 ast
Klay Thompson 24 pts 3 Rebs
Draymond Green 16 pts 10 Rebs 7 ast 5 blk 8/12 FG
Looney 14 pts 7 Rebs 6/6 FG
Jordan Bell 11 pts 3 Rebs

Warriors Lead Series 2-0

Milwaukee Bucks - Toronto Raptors Game 2 Flow.



Someone should step up from Raptors or this series would be end maximum in 5 games IMO.

NBA Playoffs - 17th May 2019

Raptors 103-125 Bucks

TOR:
Leonard 31 pts 8 Rebs
Lowry 15 pts 4 Rebs 4 ast
Powell 14 pts 4 Rebs 6/9 FG
Ibaka 8 pts 10 Rebs 3 ast

MIL:
Antetokounmpo 30 pts 17 Rebs 5 ast the
Ilyasova 17 pts 3 Rebs
Mirotic 15 pts 6 Rebs
Brogdon 14 pts 4 Rebs 5 ast
George Hill 13 pts 5 Rebs
Middleton 12 pts
Bledsoe 8 pts 5 Rebs 7 ast

Bucks Lead Series 2-0

Milwaukee Bucks have covered 10 of their 11 Handicaps in these Playoffs which is 90.9%. Quite incredible really considering they're nearly always the favourites

Blazers blowing another big lead against the Warriors. Not surprised

NBA Playoffs - 18th May 2019

Warriors 110-99 Trail-Blazers

GSW:
Curry 36 pts 6 Rebs 3 ast
Draymond Green 20 pts 13 rebs 12 ast 4 stl
Klay Thompson 19 pts 5 Rebs 5 ast

POR:
McCollum 23 pts 3 Rebs 5 ast 7/20 FG
Lillard 19 pts 6 Rebs 6 ast 5/18 FG
Meyers Leonard 16 pts 3 Rebs 4 ast

Warriors Lead Series 3-0

Curry is outplaying Lillard so badly in This series like damn man..

It's amazing how Warriors need just 2 quarters to demoralise Portland

NBA Playoffs - 19th May 2019

Bucks 112-118 Raptors

MIL:
George Hill 24 pts 7 Rebs 7/9 FG
Brogdon 20 pts 5 Rebs
Brook Lopez 16 pts 6 Rebs
Antetokounmpo 12 pts 23 Rebs 7 ast 4 blk 8 TO 5/16 FG
Bledsoe 11 pts 4 Rebs 5 ast 3 stl 3/16 FG
Mirotic 10 pts 5 Rebs 3 stl
Middleton 9 pts 9 Rebs 3 ast 3/16 FG

TOR:
Leonard 36 pts 9 Rebs 5 ast
Siakam 25 pts 11 Rebs 3 stl
Powell 19 pts 4 Rebs 3 ast
Marc Gasol 16 pts 12 Rebs 7 ast 5 blk
Lowry 11 pts 4 Rebs 5 ast

Bucks Lead Series 2-1

Kawhi willed Toronto to that win man. Offensively and defensively while playing hurt.

10 of his 17 Playoff career 30 pt games have come during THIS postseason. This for sure is a legendary status type run by him

But I do gotta say, milwaukee forcing 2 overtimes and nearly winning despite Giannis Middleton and Bledsoe shooting 11/48 combined and totalling 16 turnovers is quite insane. I’ve talked about The depth of this team many times and I’ve gotta mention it again, to keep close in that game despite star men being bad is incredibly impressive. Depth is why they’ll win this series in 5/6

Giannis when guarded by Kawhi in Game 3:

41 possessions
4 PTS
2-12 FG
0-3 3PT
1 AST
2 TO

Rodney Hood has been swept by the Golden State Warriors in all 3 of his career post seasons while playing for 3 different franchises (2017 Utah, 2018 Cleveland, 2019 Portland)

Hood is now 0-12 against Golden State in the Playoffs

Hood just can’t catch a break from the warriors 😄