NBA (Basketball)
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I’m not optimistic, but then I never felt great about this series. An MVP on your team has felt like a playoffs death sentence for several years.
I’m thinking Nugs get one road win next game this series and that’s it. I’m here to support them through it all but they haven’t been themselves this whole postseason and even being themselves it would be a tight 7 game series against these Wolves. Could never afford to spot them two home games.
We will need some front office magic to get over the hump next year but this abysmal postseason does nothing to diminish Jokič or his achievement.
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@mclaincausey yeah. I agree with all of that. They’ve had a few nice bursts of dynamic play. But far from putting together 4 quarters of championship play.
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@mclaincausey that’s a hell of a stat
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I would bet this years champ coming out of the Twolves Nuggets series.
Curious to see which Celtics team shows tonight. Having Tatum and Brown is a very solid duo but at the end of the day, a team built around two Scottie Pippens -
Proud of our boys. I feel like a) the refs were way too lenient on the Wolves’ defensive aggression in the first two games and b) the Wolves either tired themselves out or reacted to fouls being called, as the aggression of things like their full court press has waned significantly. Gobert continues to shove defenders on the back in almost every single defensive rebounding scenario and he and the fans were outraged when he got called on it. Ant was the only thing going on offense, and maybe that’s fine: he’s gonna eat, let him eat and shut the rest down. We were shooting like the Wolves were in the opening games, and that can obviously come and go.
The bench and AG were so good last night. MPJ had a horrendous game and still won. Putting up 8 points (the ultimate margin of victory) in the last 30 seconds in the first half right when the Wolves narrowed the lead to single digits was a thing of beauty too. Jokič putting up 16 in the final quarter was what an MVP does.
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Great game. If MPJ and Murray show up a blowout.
But look at what the MVP is doing:
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Sucker for stat lines like this. What is VORP and what website are you pulling this from?
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@flannel-slut https://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/
PER and VORP are advanced statistics that try to figure in how to profile a player more deeply than simple stats like assists, points, rebounds, etc. They originated in baseball sabermetrics and are a good way to quantify the contributions a player makes. The specific definitions for these categories can be found at the link.
@MQR honestly should have 4 in a row IMO
Here’s another crazy one. Career PER. Keep in mind that PER is offensively skewed which disadvantages Jordan, who was a superb defender, but WOW.
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@mclaincausey indeed last year shouldve been him awarded the MVP..
wow, that’s new to me, thanks for that, i did not know there’s a PER
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No such thing as a perfect all in one stat but it’s interesting at least. There’s one that 538 did that’s an extension of PER called RAPTOR and it’s probably the best. Last year regular season since we are talking MVP:
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@mclaincausey yup!! Totally nuts. Nonstop 3 attempts (3-41 or something insane like that)
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Fitting to have a rollercoaster of a game end a rollercoaster of a series. Sorry Denver homies- Jokic fuckin rules, maybe my favorite player in the league who isn’t a Timberwolf. So much respect for him.
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The Knicks never got out of the starting gate last night in game 7 - disappointing to miss out on the Conference Final, but I think the Celtics would have been a step too far anyway - I saw a couple of their wins over the Heat (on TV) whilst in Boston recently.
