2026 NBA Playoffs Thread

[leclerc]

Nice to see our old center in the huddle for the Spurs. Always liked that guy.

 

[Adrian]

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[Adrian]

Legion Hoops

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The cheapest pair of tickets for Knicks-Cavs before Game 1: $536.Cheapest pair of tickets following the Knicks’ comeback? $710… (!!!) MSG prices are out of this world. (via @TickPick)

 

[Superbone]

Nice to see our old center in the huddle for the Spurs. Always liked that guy.

Wemby respects him greatly. I always see them talking on the sidelines.

 

[Mainstreet]

If Dork is diving into Wemby he should be thrown out of the league. Can't ruin a young man's future like that. He's the next face of the league. I fracking hate dirty players.

Wemby has been known to throw some elbows, but I'm definitely against career threatening plays.

 

[carrrnuttt]

Effing OKC, especially Caruso, are fouling like crazy and keep getting away with it.

Who TF decided that that dirty f gets the star treatment somehow?

 

[Phrazbit]

OKC plays such a detestable brand of basketball.

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They do this crap on offense all game long, endless flopping, then on the other end of the court they play dirty as hell, stomping on feet so guys can't go for rebounds, arm bars, and then Dort trying to trip everyone in sight and occasionally diving through some knees.

I hope they get smashed and then in the off season their arena burns to the ground.

 

[Phrazbit]

Despicable

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[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

OKC plays such a detestable brand of basketball.

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They do this crap on offense all game long, endless flopping, then on the other end of the court they play dirty as hell, stomping on feet so guys can't go for rebounds, arm bars, and then Dort trying to trip everyone in sight and occasionally diving through some knees.

I hope they get smashed and then in the off season their arena burns to the ground.

Yeah that’s ridiculous. He’s a great player but I’m losing a lot of respect for him.

 

[Superbone]

And what about Harkenstein pulling hair?!

 

[Phrazbit]

And what about Harkenstein pulling hair?!

I posted that one earlier.

Then you've got this...

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So, OKC has a guy literally drag a guy down by his hair... no foul, immediately leads to a Thunder 3.

Right before half time, an OKC player walks into a Spurs player, who is not moving or doing anything at all, not even attempting to screen, the OKC player acts like he has been killed, it cancels out a 3 pointer on a whistle that came 2 seconds after the foul.

It's just gross.

To have the the softest, most prone to dive team in the entire NBA, simultaneously be the dirtiest team, and the league tolerating it, is a level of revulsion that is hard to stomach.

 

[Phrazbit]

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It is legitimately one of the worst officiated games I've ever watched.

 

[Carolinacacti]

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It is legitimately one of the worst officiated games I've ever watched.

At least they got the challenges right

 

[Crimson Warrior]

I posted that one earlier.

Then you've got this...

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So, OKC has a guy literally drag a guy down by his hair... no foul, immediately leads to a Thunder 3.

Right before half time, an OKC player walks into a Spurs player, who is not moving or doing anything at all, not even attempting to screen, the OKC player acts like he has been killed, it cancels out a 3 pointer on a whistle that came 2 seconds after the foul.

It's just gross.

To have the the softest, most prone to dive team in the entire NBA, simultaneously be the dirtiest team, and the league tolerating it, is a level of revulsion that is hard to stomach.

Truly despicable considering the Spurs didn’t foul once the entire game.

And I don’t think you’re cherry picking calls and replays at all. I think you’re completely unbiased.

 

[Cheesebeef]

OKC plays such a detestable brand of basketball.

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They do this crap on offense all game long, endless flopping, then on the other end of the court they play dirty as hell, stomping on feet so guys can't go for rebounds, arm bars, and then Dort trying to trip everyone in sight and occasionally diving through some knees.

I hope they get smashed and then in the off season their arena burns to the ground.

this is really pathetic. Just play dude.

 

[Cheesebeef]

Truly despicable considering the Spurs didn’t foul once the entire game.

And I don’t think you’re cherry picking calls and replays at all. I think you’re completely unbiased.

we don't have a dog in this fight. The Spurs owned us for years. We have no reason to lean towards them and be biased.

Hell, we thought THE LAKERS were getting jobbed a lot in the last series and this board ROUNDLY LOATHES the Lakers more than any team, in pretty much ANY LEAGUE.

Your team is already great. You have incredible depth, arguably the best player in the league and still have a bajillion draft picks.

There's just no reason for them to be such flopping, cheap shot artists on top of all of that.

 

[AzStevenCal]

Truly despicable considering the Spurs didn’t foul once the entire game.

And I don’t think you’re cherry picking calls and replays at all. I think you’re completely unbiased.

Nice try. I'm sure it's frustrating to finally "be on top" and have to live with so much sour grapes but they are sour for a reason. No one can stand your team. That isn't basketball. I can't stand to watch any of them play, almost to a man.

The Thunder are the most talent-laden team in the NBA and deserve to win it all (and they likely will) but I don't believe their domination will last very long. The league will push back. No one, and I mean NO ONE, wants OKC to rule the basketball world. And if the league doesn't take action (mostly through rules changes and referee instructions) against that style of play, the whole league will copy it and exceed it.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

I posted that one earlier.

Then you've got this...

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So, OKC has a guy literally drag a guy down by his hair... no foul, immediately leads to a Thunder 3.

Right before half time, an OKC player walks into a Spurs player, who is not moving or doing anything at all, not even attempting to screen, the OKC player acts like he has been killed, it cancels out a 3 pointer on a whistle that came 2 seconds after the foul.

It's just gross.

To have the the softest, most prone to dive team in the entire NBA, simultaneously be the dirtiest team, and the league tolerating it, is a level of revulsion that is hard to stomach.

If I were the ref that called that foul and then watched that afterward I’d be embarrassed. It would make me want to call everything against that flopping player and team in the next game.

OKC is very talented. But I’ve learned that I don’t particularly enjoy watching them. They’re kind of embarrassing.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

Nice try. I'm sure it's frustrating to finally "be on top" and have to live with so much sour grapes but they are sour for a reason. No one can stand your team. That isn't basketball. I can't stand to watch any of them play, almost to a man.

The Thunder are the most talent-laden team in the NBA and deserve to win it all (and they likely will) but I don't believe their domination will last very long. The league will push back. No one, and I mean NO ONE, wants OKC to rule the basketball world. And if the league doesn't take action (mostly through rules changes and referee instructions) against that style of play, the whole league will copy it and exceed it.

Img we will have players laying on the ground all over the place. It was one thing when it was LeBron and he was rewarded for it because he’s LeBron. But when you reward an entire team all game long you’re right, the rest of the league will eventually start replicate it. It’s already silly watching OKC do it. If it becomes contagious the nba will just be a farce and no one will watch it.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

I liked OKC before this offseason. But that’s because I hadn’t watched much of them. When I did, I saw crisp passing, beautiful spacing, clutch shooting and swarming defense. Now having watched a lot more of them I’m just kinda laughing AT them. All the flopping whilst trying to be tough at the other end of the court is just pathetic. And stupid. And hypocritical.

Shai was one of my favorite players coming out of that draft. Now I shake my head watching him play.

 

[Adrian]

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[Adrian]

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[Proximo]

Legion Hoops
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The cheapest pair of tickets for Knicks-Cavs before Game 1: $536.Cheapest pair of tickets following the Knicks’ comeback? $710… (!!!) MSG prices are out of this world. (via @TickPick)

Pretty ridiculous. They are likely just playing to get swept in the finals.

 

[Superbone]

I posted that one earlier.

Then you've got this...

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So, OKC has a guy literally drag a guy down by his hair... no foul, immediately leads to a Thunder 3.

Right before half time, an OKC player walks into a Spurs player, who is not moving or doing anything at all, not even attempting to screen, the OKC player acts like he has been killed, it cancels out a 3 pointer on a whistle that came 2 seconds after the foul.

It's just gross.

To have the the softest, most prone to dive team in the entire NBA, simultaneously be the dirtiest team, and the league tolerating it, is a level of revulsion that is hard to stomach.

Come on, man! Barnes moved his left hand an inch.

 

[Superbone]

Nice try. I'm sure it's frustrating to finally "be on top" and have to live with so much sour grapes but they are sour for a reason. No one can stand your team. That isn't basketball. I can't stand to watch any of them play, almost to a man.

The Thunder are the most talent-laden team in the NBA and deserve to win it all (and they likely will) but I don't believe their domination will last very long. The league will push back. No one, and I mean NO ONE, wants OKC to rule the basketball world. And if the league doesn't take action (mostly through rules changes and referee instructions) against that style of play, the whole league will copy it and exceed it.

And obviously, to a man, they're taught to violently flop like they do. I don't know know if it's coming from the coaching staff or the players themselves, but it's ruining the integrity of the game. Obviously the refs haven't caught on.