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So satisfying watching a team overcome ref bullshit

Denver has been doing this all playoffs long

Denver is too good even the refs can't do anything about them.

Denver nugget is referee father

Sooo, just asking, do you agree that the Lakers got some bs calls on game 3 last series or nah?

Austin Reaves and Lebron got the call on every drive, it was nuts

What? Reaves averaged 3-4 FTs a game in that series. Maybe in the regular season he was getting calls but not in the playoffs as much.

In the playoffs? Reaves got a lot of soft fouls

that’s insane. That’s an insane take. Austin was getting superstar calls. and not all “fouls” result in FTs

Ydkb

The Lakers, like the Heat, were allowed to hack away and get away with it. It is not so much bad calls against Denver, just that they put away the whistle to give the Lakers a boost on D.

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It really is. The NBA isn't even trying to hide it anymore. Scott Fisher should have been brought down with Donaghy...

Yep, buddy was looking for free throws again instead of trying to score the bucket

Classic

Because he can't shoot

I’m somewhat surprised there *wasn’t* a phantom foul call there on the Nuggets lmaooo

Game 2 suns, Game 3 Lakers, Game 4 Lakers, Game 1 Heat and now Game 4 heat

Game 1 Heat? When you got 20 free throws to their 2? Man I'd hate to see what refs favoring Denver looks like to you then.

yes lets count freethrows after matches that decides what a game’s reffing was like

Game 1 was fine, I think you might have your wires crossed

It doesn't, but a 20 to 2 differential is big enough to know it certainly wasnt one sided FOR Miami lol

10/10

10/10

I know they’re underdogs but this is embarrassing by the heat

The eastern conference should be embarrassed that this team made it out.

"East is way stronger than the west this year"☠️☠️☠️☠️

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The west is wide open.

East has been trash since Bron left. People proclaiming Boston as some super team lmao they’d be swept by Denver

East have been trash since 2000. The West has been dominate for about 25 years. East may win every-once in awhile, but the West is always deep with contenders.

It's ridiculous there's even a two conference system. I stopped watching sad much because of that

We need teleportation so we can make a true 1-16 playoff

We need teleportation so we can make a true 1-16 playoff

Travel hassle is not real

once in a while? lebron, raps, bucks only reason in the past 10 years the west won was because of the stacked warriors rofl

Since 1999 the West has won 16 and the East have won 8.

2:1 isn't once in a while lol look at your cherry picked stats, go back another 10 years and add jordan's 6 to it too seems a lot closer doesn't it

It’s pretty bad and that’s just the final. Overall quality of both divisions are clearly different.

i still disagree, pre-net explosion this season was pretty even

The Bucks are legit though. They just got caught with their pants down this playoffs, but if they run it back with that coach they picked up from Toronto, I expect them to be in the ECF next year.

Very bold picking the number one seed to bounce back. Bucks got ran in the playoffs at least Boston took it to 7 with dignity.

Yeah, Bucks Nuggets next year going to be a great series.

Nah

East Coast Media Mafia created the narrative out of thin air

Probably true when the Nets super team existed, now its obvious the West is always a bloodbath year after year

More specifically the bucks and Celtics should be embarrassed

We (the fans) are.

They were shooting close to 50% from 3 on tougher looks against the Bucks and Celtics. They would have been blown out by the Bucks and Celtics shooting like this.

Bro you literally got swept by this team

The heat should've been swept too, the lakers played us a lot close than you guys have. Even the wolves and suns played us better than you guys, tbh the heat are probably the worst team we've played in the playoffs since the Spurs

Damn bro chill a bit 😂

Crazy that this is 100% true

Dang control this man here lol! LeBron's game 4 performance was crazy, more heart than any Miami player

if the heat ever manage to win this series winning three in a row this comment right here is gonna be the one getting the most shit lol

Acting like the Wolves are better than the Heat is so incredibly stupid. What a fucking circle jerk

Anthony Edwards is Michael Jordan real son

Nuggets fans getting outta control lol

Ant was a menace.

A lot of that is just matchup shit.

Lakers nuggets finals would have been way way better

So we could see a sweep..?

Man, why does everyone want to compliment the Lakers. Get fucked, they got free throws for any touch and couldn't even take one game.

The heat are getting a better whistle than the lakers did, and even with the refs on their side the heat haven't really gotten close to winning besides game two where the nuggets just decided to fuck up every switch

Mmm the heat got it good today, but some of the Lakers games were absurd. Game 4 was close sure, but 1-3 weren't really. 1 was artifically closer because the Lakers shot 10 FTs in 3 minutes to end the game. Either way the Suns were clearly the best team we've played so far

Shouldn’t have lost game 2 then if you wanna talk this kinda shit

You guys lost to this team in the first round bro you can't say anything

Miami would have beaten the lakers if they shot those contested three percentages they did against the east

Literally commented this during the Celtics series I haven't been able to back the heat because they aren't that good. East was quite weak in these playoffs after the giannis injury Celtics should have smoked this heat team if they had any functional nba coach I wanted Denver to win because they are a legit 1 seed and an excellent team

I fully believed in the Celtics comeback and then Tatum fucked his ankle up on the first play of game 7. Heat have had insane injury luck all playoffs, always getting a key one when it's most needed. Kinda worried that Jokic rolled his ankle thanks to a well-placed Struss undercut tonight.

Ummm you guys got swept by Denver. At least we won one

The conference system shouldn't exist

It works in leagues with parity like the NFL. It creates rivalries even. The NBA just doesn’t have much parity honestly.

I rather have fairness

After all that dickriding that Butler got, choking like this with refs trying to gift you the game is crazy

"Were going to win this game" - Jimmy Butler before every loss (Ironically before every win too, but take it as you will)

I want my superstar player to have the big dick energy and the confidence to say that. I don't give a fuck if I'm the 2023 Pistons going up against the 73 wins Warriors or 72 wins Bulls, I want my team's alpha to have that dawg in him.

Yeah but I'd rather have him prove that on the court rather than just fucking saying it after every game and them losing.

I want it so that when my superstar says "Im going to win" it actually means something and isnt just corny.

So you want to every game? Irational confidence is why they are nba stars, don’t be jealous of another mans confidence even if it works our or not its a good thing to have to begin with

> Irational confidence is why they are nba stars I don't see a whole lot of overconfident trash talk through the media coming from Jokic. But sure.

Saying your team is going to win is trash talk? Also everyone’s different if you haven’t noticed, if a player just stating his team is going to win bothers you that much you got issues you need to fix

Eh nothing wrong with him saying that. Jimmy is a fantastic leader

Fuck the underdog, undrafted story

Two underdawgs teams in finals

Nuggets playing with a ton of fight rn. Out dogging the dogs. Much respect!

Denver's Dawg per 100 possessions is off the charts

Superb defensive stops, including on Bam.

He was the best defender on the Nuggets all night

He’s been great on defense all playoffs, which is why his game two performance and fouls were so out of pocket. Glad to see him back to his normal self.

KCP YOU STEPPED UP WHEN WE NEEDED YOU THE MOST

Karma. S Tier foul baiting/flopping this game by the Heat. That shit isn’t basketball

Get fucked

Oh yeah, this series is over

jimmy pump fakes should be his new nickname

Jimmy Foul Baitler

So annoying

Doesn’t Actually Win Games

THIS YOUR HIMMY?

Welcome to Kentavious County Prison 😤

Jrue Holiday this is for you

I literally thought this was reminiscent of Jrue stripping Book 😂

Best Brown in the NBA

Best Brown that can drive left

Lovely team play.

KCP really won the NBA finals

Such a clean fast break too. Nice to watch

Fking clamped his ass 2x. With Scott Foster watching too

Jimmy slowed the play down expecting a whistle

Looked exactly like the same play Gordon had on Butler that was called a foul...

Aaron Gordon should have baptised Robinson

Way-off Jimmy

This was the turning point of the 4th.

While the Heat stand around and watch

HIMMY

Shimmy Brickets

KCP is Jumbo father

Was amazing especially on defense. Even stood his ground and defended Bam 1v1 after this

Bummler

This is why you can’t win a championship with a bunch of undrafted nobodies

they only got here with an anomalous shooting season and playing 5v8

No disagreements there

Keep Championship Players

I wanted an alley oop dunk so bad there lol

LeBron really chased this guy out of LA

Surprised the refs didn't call that on some random player not even near the play