2023-24 NBA (Playoffs!) Thread: Sad Minnesota fan remembers Vikings season is up next (41 Viewers)

[Ministry of Pain]

Bally Sports is Bankrupt as Xfinity is informing me on the screen
Wow!

No Heat, Marlins, Rays, Lightning, WPT, lot of stuff I catch on Bally which used ot be Fox Sports I think.

 

[Long Ball Larry]

Looks like he does have two. So yea, if he commits a flagrant in the next game he will miss game 7 (if Philly wins)

Thus bringing @Long Ball Larry 's prophecy one step closer to the truth.

Hello exactly

 

[Long Ball Larry]

Bally Sports is Bankrupt as Xfinity is informing me on the screen
Wow!

No Heat, Marlins, Rays, Lightning, WPT, lot of stuff I catch on Bally which used ot be Fox Sports I think.

I believe Amazon bought the rights to at least their nba games, though still unclear exactly how they are going to roll that out. I would assume MLB would handle the rays and Marlins like they did the padres last year, at least for some time.

 

[the moops]

I can’t believe that if you are going for a layup and take a regular shooting motion and a defender gets his face in the way, that’s an offensive foul. It’s dumb

 

[msudaisy26]

Bally Sports is Bankrupt as Xfinity is informing me on the screen
Wow!

No Heat, Marlins, Rays, Lightning, WPT, lot of stuff I catch on Bally which used ot be Fox Sports I think.

You are only going to miss one Heat game and you aren't missing much.

 

[msudaisy26]

I will give the Heat credit for trying the last week and a half. There are a lot of teams that would have tanked the second play in game if their best player was hurt, just to stay in the lottery.

 

[Frostillicus]

In its 2-minute report, NBA says refs missed a travel on Tyrese Maxey on his 4-point play late in 4th Q of PHI’s Game 5 win vs NYK.

 

[the moops]

I can’t believe that if you are going for a layup and take a regular shooting motion and a defender gets his face in the way, that’s an offensive foul. It’s dumb

Hard to see on this replay but I hate calls that like.

 

[the moops]

In its 2-minute report, NBA says refs missed a travel on Tyrese Maxey on his 4-point play late in 4th Q of PHI’s Game 5 win vs NYK.

Also missed an out of bounds with 45 seconds in OT that would have given Knicks possession.

But you know what they didn't miss though frosty? Anything from the Wolves sweep cause it never got close enough for a 2 minute report!!

 

[Moe.]

I wonder why Kawhi doesn’t just retire

 

[Instinctive]

Kidd finally going big big and playing Maxi with Gafford/Lively. Maxi finally finding some of his entire career's worth of shooting rhythm to let it work on offense. Been saying constantly since deadline and health the best lineups are some combos of:

2 of Luka/Kyrie/Exum
2 of DJJ, PJ, Maxi
1 of Lively/Gafford

 

[Moe.]

This one is over, game and series. Time for hockey. Thunder in 7

 

[the moops]

I wonder why Kawhi doesn’t just retire

He made 43 million dollars this year

 

[dickey moe]

That last drive to the basket by Kyrie was sick.

 

[Instinctive]

So much just comes down to shooting luck. Dallas isn't defending any better IMO, but LA is 0/14 on last 14 threes, and down 12. If they hit 3 or 4 as expected, it's a tie game.

 

[scoobus]

So much just comes down to shooting luck. Dallas isn't defending any better IMO, but LA is 0/14 on last 14 threes, and down 12. If they hit 3 or 4 as expected, it's a tie game.

Was just gunna say, seems like LAC made a tactical mistake not shooting 60% from 3 again.

 

[Frostillicus]

I wonder why Kawhi doesn’t just retire

He made 43 million dollars this year

Yeah but besides that.

 

[Instinctive]

I wonder why Kawhi doesn’t just retire

He made 43 million dollars this year

Yeah but besides that.

$48.8M next year

 

[Instinctive]

Is up 30 with 5 minutes left a big enough lead to take Luka out please?

Edit: intentional foul after FT to get subbed out. So yes.

 

[AAABatteries]

The Clippers **** the bed at home with a chance to go up 3-2? No way!

 

[Instinctive]

Clippers 3P% in games this series:
1: 50%, win
2: 27%, loss
3. 35%, loss
4. 62%, win
5. 25%, loss (both at 4 mins left)

They shot 38% as a team for the full season.

Dallas 3P%:
1. 30%
2. 42%
3. 26%
4. 33%
5. 36%

For the season, Dallas shot 37% as a team.

Dallas is destroying LAC in basically all other metrics. Shooting luck is the only thing that prevented a sweep.

 

[AAABatteries]

These two games sucked.

 

[Jayrod]

These two games sucked.

Sucking is in the eye of the beholder.

 

[ShamrockPride]

The Clippers **** the bed at home with a chance to go up 3-2? No way!

Paul George. If that dude and Chris Paul ever played on the same team, the universe would implode.

 

[msudaisy26]

In its 2-minute report, NBA says refs missed a travel on Tyrese Maxey on his 4-point play late in 4th Q of PHI’s Game 5 win vs NYK.

Also missed an out of bounds with 45 seconds in OT that would have given Knicks possession.

But you know what they didn't miss though frosty? Anything from the Wolves sweep cause it never got close enough for a 2 minute report!!

Not possible. There wasn't 2 pages of outrage about it.

 

[Major]

The Clippers **** the bed at home with a chance to go up 3-2? No way!

Paul George. If that dude and Chris Paul ever played on the same team, the universe would implode.

Playoff P btw

Note: Remember to always bet the under on Harden's individual numbers if he has a big playoff game the night before.

 

[SWC]

heat culture that that to the bank brohans

 

[identikit]

Thinking we'll have two good games tonight

:fingerscrossed:

 

[Ghost Rider]

Luka!

https://x.com/lockedupjb/status/1784705798465044898

To be fair, that was late in the game when he had 5 fouls, so it's disingenous to act like that play is indicative of his normal play on defense in these playoffs.

It’s not indicative. It’s terrible defense though

And? He is too valuable to his team to foul out there. I don't see how this is difficult.

There is a difference between playing defense while trying to not foul and doing whatever it was that Doncic did there.

What did you think of Luka's play last night?

 

[the moops]

Luka!

https://x.com/lockedupjb/status/1784705798465044898

To be fair, that was late in the game when he had 5 fouls, so it's disingenous to act like that play is indicative of his normal play on defense in these playoffs.

It’s not indicative. It’s terrible defense though

And? He is too valuable to his team to foul out there. I don't see how this is difficult.

There is a difference between playing defense while trying to not foul and doing whatever it was that Doncic did there.

What did you think of Luka's play last night?

Didn't watch. From boxscore looks like he had a heck of a game. Why do you ask?

 

[Capella]

Thinking we'll have two good games tonight

:fingerscrossed:

I’ll be surprised if Milwaukee keeps up with Indiana but Ny-Phi should be all gas. Excited for that one.

 

[mr. furley]

I wonder why Kawhi doesn’t just retire

money. lots of money.

eta: i see i'm way, way behind the curve

 

[Ghost Rider]

Luka!

https://x.com/lockedupjb/status/1784705798465044898

To be fair, that was late in the game when he had 5 fouls, so it's disingenous to act like that play is indicative of his normal play on defense in these playoffs.

It’s not indicative. It’s terrible defense though

And? He is too valuable to his team to foul out there. I don't see how this is difficult.

There is a difference between playing defense while trying to not foul and doing whatever it was that Doncic did there.

What did you think of Luka's play last night?

Didn't watch. From boxscore looks like he had a heck of a game. Why do you ask?

Curiosity.

 

[Long Ball Larry]

These two games sucked.

Sucking is in the eye of the beholder.

is this the tagline for your onlyfans POV page?

 

[Long Ball Larry]

I wonder why Kawhi doesn’t just retire

He made 43 million dollars this year

Yeah but besides that.

$48.8M next year

and $100 million more after that.

 

[gruecd]

Woj reporting that both Giannis and Dame are trying to play tonight. I'll believe it when I see it...



ETA: My guess is that Dame plays, but Giannis sits.

 

[The Gator]

I wonder why Kawhi doesn’t just retire

money. lots of money.

eta: i see i'm way, way behind the curve

Par for the course

 

[Gr00vus]

The new thread title - it's faaaaaaaantastic.

You should have kept a log of all the thread titles through the season on the first post, there were some doozies.

 

[mr. furley]

Woj reporting that both Giannis and Dame are trying to play tonight. I'll believe it when I see it...



ETA: My guess is that Dame plays, but Giannis sits.

can i bet somewhere on losing both superstars, in the same game, for all of the '24 - '25 season to achilles injuries?

 

[gruecd]

Woj reporting that both Giannis and Dame are trying to play tonight. I'll believe it when I see it...



ETA: My guess is that Dame plays, but Giannis sits.

can i bet somewhere on losing both superstars, in the same game, for all of the '24 - '25 season to achilles injuries?

AGAIN, whore mouth....shut it.

 

[General Malaise]

76ers owner purchased 2,000 tickets to hand out to first responders for tonight's game. Magnanimous gesture for sure, though the real reason is to try and curtail the game sounding like a NY Knicks' home game.

NBA playoffs: Sixers ownership teams up with Fanatics to buy 2,000 tickets to keep Knicks fans out of Game 6

Knicks fans were noticeably loud during Sunday's Game 4 win at Wells Fargo Center.

www.yahoo.com

 

[GroveDiesel]

Bally Sports is Bankrupt as Xfinity is informing me on the screen
Wow!

No Heat, Marlins, Rays, Lightning, WPT, lot of stuff I catch on Bally which used ot be Fox Sports I think.

Not sure what Xfinity/Comcast said, but the issue is that Comcast’s deal with Bally Sports is up and Comcast wants to move them to a higher tier and they haven’t been able to reach a compensation agreement. So it’s not that Bally is bankrupt (though they are going through bankruptcy), it’s that this is the typical hardball that gets played between providers and networks during contract negotiations.

 

[Ministry of Pain]

Bally Sports is Bankrupt as Xfinity is informing me on the screen
Wow!

No Heat, Marlins, Rays, Lightning, WPT, lot of stuff I catch on Bally which used ot be Fox Sports I think.

Not sure what Xfinity/Comcast said, but the issue is that Comcast’s deal with Bally Sports is up and Comcast wants to move them to a higher tier and they haven’t been able to reach a compensation agreement. So it’s not that Bally is bankrupt (though they are going through bankruptcy), it’s that this is the typical hardball that gets played between providers and networks during contract negotiations.

I had no idea GD until I turned the TV on, thanks for the info

 

[gruecd]

Friend with a connection is confirming my suspicion that Giannis almost certainly out, Dame more of a pain tolerance issue, likely to go.

 

[CletiusMaximus]

Bally Sports is Bankrupt as Xfinity is informing me on the screen
Wow!

No Heat, Marlins, Rays, Lightning, WPT, lot of stuff I catch on Bally which used ot be Fox Sports I think.

Not sure what Xfinity/Comcast said, but the issue is that Comcast’s deal with Bally Sports is up and Comcast wants to move them to a higher tier and they haven’t been able to reach a compensation agreement. So it’s not that Bally is bankrupt (though they are going through bankruptcy), it’s that this is the typical hardball that gets played between providers and networks during contract negotiations.

This affects my market for both our local baseball and basketball teams. People who use one of the companies that has a deal with Bally hardly noticed over the past couple years because Bally was always included in their normal tiers. Those using different providers or streamers (I use Hulu live for most sports) had to subscribe directly to Bally ($20/mo) to see most games. As you note, Comcast now wants to move Bally to a higher pay tier and ended up dropping it entirely as part of the negotiations. Bally has reached agreements in recent months (unbelievably imo) with Charter, Cox, DTV and others, but is not included with Hulu live sports and is now no longer on Comcast.

Also agree this is not directly related to the pending bankruptcy, but that process could have major implications for Bally markets. The entity in bankruptcy (Diamond Sports Group, which manages Bally) at one point seemed almost certain to be liquidating, but they somehow came up with a restructuring plan that I think is being considered for confirmation this summer.

 

[Encyclopedia Brown]

Friend with a connection

Brad Lohaus?

 

[Desert_Power]

Bally's is the worst.

 

[Ministry of Pain]

Bally Sports is Bankrupt as Xfinity is informing me on the screen
Wow!

No Heat, Marlins, Rays, Lightning, WPT, lot of stuff I catch on Bally which used ot be Fox Sports I think.

Not sure what Xfinity/Comcast said, but the issue is that Comcast’s deal with Bally Sports is up and Comcast wants to move them to a higher tier and they haven’t been able to reach a compensation agreement. So it’s not that Bally is bankrupt (though they are going through bankruptcy), it’s that this is the typical hardball that gets played between providers and networks during contract negotiations.

This affects my market for both our local baseball and basketball teams. People who use one of the companies that has a deal with Bally hardly noticed over the past couple years because Bally was always included in their normal tiers. Those using different providers or streamers (I use Hulu live for most sports) had to subscribe directly to Bally ($20/mo) to see most games. As you note, Comcast now wants to move Bally to a higher pay tier and ended up dropping it entirely as part of the negotiations. Bally has reached agreements in recent months (unbelievably imo) with Charter, Cox, DTV and others, but is not included with Hulu live sports and is now no longer on Comcast.

Also agree this is not directly related to the pending bankruptcy, but that process could have major implications for Bally markets. The entity in bankruptcy (Diamond Sports Group, which manages Bally) at one point seemed almost certain to be liquidating, but they somehow came up with a restructuring plan that I think is being considered for confirmation this summer.

All that said, I'm getting screwed...i would like to watch the Florida MLB match ups but its not like I'm glued nightly.
NBA season is over, I do NFL on Youtube...might be time to cut the cable and just have high speed internet and see where things go

 

[the moops]

Bally Sports is Bankrupt as Xfinity is informing me on the screen
Wow!

No Heat, Marlins, Rays, Lightning, WPT, lot of stuff I catch on Bally which used ot be Fox Sports I think.

Not sure what Xfinity/Comcast said, but the issue is that Comcast’s deal with Bally Sports is up and Comcast wants to move them to a higher tier and they haven’t been able to reach a compensation agreement. So it’s not that Bally is bankrupt (though they are going through bankruptcy), it’s that this is the typical hardball that gets played between providers and networks during contract negotiations.

This affects my market for both our local baseball and basketball teams. People who use one of the companies that has a deal with Bally hardly noticed over the past couple years because Bally was always included in their normal tiers. Those using different providers or streamers (I use Hulu live for most sports) had to subscribe directly to Bally ($20/mo) to see most games. As you note, Comcast now wants to move Bally to a higher pay tier and ended up dropping it entirely as part of the negotiations. Bally has reached agreements in recent months (unbelievably imo) with Charter, Cox, DTV and others, but is not included with Hulu live sports and is now no longer on Comcast.

Also agree this is not directly related to the pending bankruptcy, but that process could have major implications for Bally markets. The entity in bankruptcy (Diamond Sports Group, which manages Bally) at one point seemed almost certain to be liquidating, but they somehow came up with a restructuring plan that I think is being considered for confirmation this summer.

All that said, I'm getting screwed...i would like to watch the Florida MLB match ups but its not like I'm glued nightly.
NBA season is over, I do NFL on Youtube...might be time to cut the cable and just have high speed internet and see where things go

There are various streams one can find on the internets for just about any sporting event

 

[Ministry of Pain]

Bally Sports is Bankrupt as Xfinity is informing me on the screen
Wow!

No Heat, Marlins, Rays, Lightning, WPT, lot of stuff I catch on Bally which used ot be Fox Sports I think.

Not sure what Xfinity/Comcast said, but the issue is that Comcast’s deal with Bally Sports is up and Comcast wants to move them to a higher tier and they haven’t been able to reach a compensation agreement. So it’s not that Bally is bankrupt (though they are going through bankruptcy), it’s that this is the typical hardball that gets played between providers and networks during contract negotiations.

This affects my market for both our local baseball and basketball teams. People who use one of the companies that has a deal with Bally hardly noticed over the past couple years because Bally was always included in their normal tiers. Those using different providers or streamers (I use Hulu live for most sports) had to subscribe directly to Bally ($20/mo) to see most games. As you note, Comcast now wants to move Bally to a higher pay tier and ended up dropping it entirely as part of the negotiations. Bally has reached agreements in recent months (unbelievably imo) with Charter, Cox, DTV and others, but is not included with Hulu live sports and is now no longer on Comcast.

Also agree this is not directly related to the pending bankruptcy, but that process could have major implications for Bally markets. The entity in bankruptcy (Diamond Sports Group, which manages Bally) at one point seemed almost certain to be liquidating, but they somehow came up with a restructuring plan that I think is being considered for confirmation this summer.

All that said, I'm getting screwed...i would like to watch the Florida MLB match ups but its not like I'm glued nightly.
NBA season is over, I do NFL on Youtube...might be time to cut the cable and just have high speed internet and see where things go

There are various streams one can find on the internets for just about any sporting event

Let me share, I don't know exactly what you are referring but I try and not freeload and no judgement on others, don't care
I thought the NFL on youtube looked incredible last season on my TV, one of the best streams or sports I've streamed and I paid for it.
I'm sure there are other legal ways to stream and pay whatever the freight is.