NBA Playoffs Season 2014-2015

[Roy H.]

Steph is back in the game.  When he hit the floor, I figured he'd be out at least a week.

[Roy H.]

After that airball, and a 19 point deficit, I'd get Curry out of there.

[Endless Paradise]

After that airball, and a 19 point deficit, I'd get Curry out of there.

He also almost tripped over some camera wires and just seems a bit... stunned out there. I'm obviously not a doctor, but I'm not sure that he's totally fine.

[Sievers81]

I could go either way on the Horford ejection, but since he did get a flagrant 2 how is this only a flagrant 1 on Dwight?

https://vine.co/v/ebBrXMQQWDq

It's the inconsistency in the rulings that irritate me.

[Sievers81]

Steph doesn't look right at all.

[PhoSita]

Oh, the MVP is limited by an injury?  No worries, the other impossible to cover perimeter shooter in the league is ready to catch fire and hit 5+ threes in his place.

[jpotter33]

I could go either way on the Horford ejection, but since he did get a flagrant 2 how is this only a flagrant 1 on Dwight?

https://vine.co/v/ebBrXMQQWDq

It's the inconsistency in the rulings that irritate me.

It is SOOOO irritating. It's even in individual games from quarter to quarter, too. This league has no consistency in its officiating, and it makes the game hard to watch when you don't know what kind of game the refs will allow on any given night.

[Yoki_IsTheName]

After that airball, and a 19 point deficit, I'd get Curry out of there.

He also almost tripped over some camera wires and just seems a bit... stunned out there. I'm obviously not a doctor, but I'm not sure that he's totally fine.

Me too. But he did go thru the concussion tests and passed. I'm sure medically he's okay, but mentally he's still probably dazed and getting into rhythm.

[SCeltic34]

Haven't been able to watch the game until now.  Alarming free throw disparity, 31-13 in favor of the Rockets.  Has the game been called fairly?

[Sievers81]

Haven't been able to watch the game until now.  Alarming free throw disparity, 31-13 in favor of the Rockets.  Has the game been called fairly?

Playing Hack-a-Smith right now.

[SCeltic34]

Haven't been able to watch the game until now.  Alarming free throw disparity, 31-13 in favor of the Rockets.  Has the game been called fairly?

Playing Hack-a-Smith right now.

Aside from the intentional fouls?  Harden with 13 FTAs, which is as much as the entire GSW team.

[Sievers81]

I missed the first half, but it's reasonable right now. Harden just getting the calls going to the basket.

[BitterJim]

Haven't been able to watch the game until now.  Alarming free throw disparity, 31-13 in favor of the Rockets.  Has the game been called fairly?

Playing Hack-a-Smith right now.

Aside from the intentional fouls?  Harden with 13 FTAs, which is as much as the entire GSW team.

The Rockets are driving, while GSW are settling for jump shots.  Add in the intentional fouling and those free throw numbers seem about right

[rocknrollforyoursoul]

Well if Curry is hurt

Just hand LeBron the trophy .

This was my first thought. Boy, if the Cavs get to face a Curry-less Warriors team in the Finals, Cleveland will have been gifted one of the easiest title runs in NBA history.

"Gifted" probably isn't the right word, since they're playing without their second and third best players.

I hope Curry is fine for the Finals.  It is frustrating, though:  the Finals could have been epic if both the Warriors and Cavs were at full strength.

Well, this is my thinking:

1) First-round opponent: A Celtics team that basically overachieved and had no stars, and the Cavs had Irving the whole series and Love for most of the series.

2) Semifinals opponent: A Chicago team that had a cooked Noah, injured Gasol, and a head coach who (in my opinion) made a lot of questionable decisions, especially in regard to rotations and player minutes. Cavs had Irving for 95% of the series.

3) Eastern finals opponent: A Hawks team whose particular brand of starless team ball has been exposed in this postseason, not to mention missed games by two of their best players (Carroll and Korver). In fact, the Cavs' success in this series despite missing Love and Irving shows just how lacking this Hawks team is.

[SparzWizard]

Curry lands on his head and loses all his shooting skills 

A LeBron-led Cavs now have an advantage.