2026 NBA Playoffs Thread

[Adrian]

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[Phrazbit]

I watched some of this game. What astounds me is the coaching. Against the Suns it appeared they limited Durant handling the ball like a point forward and made him more of a catch and shoot player or coming off screens and getting it to him in rhythm. He can still be deadly in that mode. However, KD reverted to his point forward/iso mode and it killed them with 9 turnovers.

DO NOT let Durant get into Point Foward mode or you are screwed Houston.

Durant has made it no secret, the ISO, slow as a snail, no ball movement, is how he wants to play. He isn't reverting to it, it's his primary option.

"Hoopin"

I guarantee you that Irme isn't calling for Durant to lurk 30 feet from the hoop, dribbling around until a double team comes, which he waits to react to until he's trapped.

 

[Phrazbit]

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I like how on the last one Durant clearly blames Sengun.

 

[AzStevenCal]

Seriously. I was not aware of how sloppy he is with the ball until he got here but it's been a problem throughout his career.

I don't know that there is another high usage player (that isn't a center) that is as sloppy as him with the ball.

I was aware but not from watching him play, it was from listening to Stephen A Smith rant about him following the Nets/Celtics series. He talked about how unplayable Durant has become in clutch moments because he turns the ball over worse than Booker does when the double team comes hard.

 

[Adrian]

Shams Charania

@ShamsCharania
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42m


Victor Wembanyama will indeed travel with the Spurs today to Portland ahead of Games 3 and 4 this weekend.

 

[Adrian]

DNVR Nuggets

@DNVR_Nuggets
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: Aaron Gordon (left calf tightness) has been downgraded to QUESTIONABLE tonight in Game 3

 

[Adrian]

Fullcourtpass

@Fullcourtpass
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Joel Embiid participated in parts of today’s 76ers practice, per
@SixersAdam

 

[Adrian]

Adam Wexler

@AdamJWexler
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#Rockets Alperen Sengun was asked if it was discouraging coming back home down 0-2 to Lakers, “no, it’s a long series, we are confident, we’re gonna go game be game…we have two home games now, we’re going to protect home and go back to L.A. for 5th game.”

 

[Adrian]

Dave McMenamin

@mcten
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“He has a very, very low grade, minor, minor, minor ankle sprain” - JJ Redick gives an update on Jake LaRavia, who tweaked his right ankle in Game 2. An MRI came back clean and he is day-to-day

 

[Adrian]

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[Adrian]

Sean Highkin

@highkin
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Tiago Splitter did not outright say Damian Lillard won’t play in the playoffs (his answer to a yes/no question was “probably not”) but reiterated that Lillard has a plan for his recovery that they’re sticking to. Since July the messaging has been that he’s not playing this year.

 

[Adrian]

Brett Siegel
@BrettSiegelNBA
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Kevin Durant, who is dealing with a knee injury, is now on the Rockets injury report and listed as questionable for Game 3 tomorrow against the Lakers due to a left ankle sprain.

 

[Adrian]

Rockets going to get swept

 

[Adrian]

Brett Siegel
@BrettSiegelNBA
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33m
Joel Embiid is officially listed as DOUBTFUL for Game 3 against the Celtics, a step in the right direction and a telling sign that he could return for Game 4 in Philadelphia.

 

[Adrian]

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[Adrian]

Chris Haynes
@ChrisBHaynes
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Denver Nuggets forward Aaron Gordon (calf) will not play tonight in Game 3 against the Minnesota Timberwolves, league sources tell me.

 

[Phrazbit]

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Good news. The math checks out.

 

[Adrian]

Brett Siegel
@BrettSiegelNBA
BREAKING: Austin Reaves has been upgraded to QUESTIONABLE for tomorrow's Game 3 between the Lakers and Rockets.

 

[GatorAZ]

Kuminga has been awesome for Atlanta.

 

[BooksOrangePlanet]

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[Phrazbit]

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Durant: Questionable. Status: Quitting?

 

[Carolinacacti]

Durant: Questionable. Status: Quitting?

I was wrong about that SOB. Now I hope Booker proves me wrong.

 

[Mainstreet]

Kuminga has been awesome for Atlanta.

Yeah, I think Suns fans remember that guy.

 

[Adrian]

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[Adrian]

Mike Conti
@MikeConti929
NBC is sending in their #1 crew of Mike Tirico and Reggie Miller to call tomorrow's Hawks-Knicks Game Four.