[Highlight] In a very low scoring 1st half the crowd is happy to see the ball finally goes into the basket.
That was the worst half of playoff basketball I’ve ever watched
both teams clearly not a fan of the 1pm start
What if this was actually a protest to make Adam Silver stop the afternoon games
Afternoon games are great.
I disagree
(Ignore my flair)
Fuck that having hoops on all day yesterday in the dogshit weather was a blessing and a gift.
Raptors played really well on Sundays at home this year and we had a bunch of 3pm starts, admittedly not as early as this one, but still, should be in their wheelhouse. Harden probably at Whisky A GoGo until 4am so yeah probably groggy.
As a European fan, please no, it’s a blast to finally be able to watch some basketball at humane hours even if it’s just two days a week
The worst half of playoff basketball you’ve watched so far.
But you have watched me
The Raptors are guaranteed at least two more playoff games!! Will have to dust off our copy of Billions of Bricks.
Teams combined to build a new firehouse in the first half
We still got the second half to go brother. Let’s our teams make history together
You can’t have it both ways. You can’t want more defense in the NBA but more scoring.
A very small minority wants more defense. Scoring is awesome
He wants it one way. But it’s the other way
I want more scoring lol
It’s just not great basketball. The defense I wouldn’t say is elevated. Enough plays where they look like they’re taking the play off. This has led to some wide open shots, but they’re not falling either. Just a tough watch all over
The best you mean
Round 1 Game 1 Raptors vs Wizards was also very rough
I was at a lacrosse tournament, checked the score and it happened to be halftime. Couldn’t believe my eyes. Like a NCAA game score
One of the worst 1st half playoff games in recent memory haha everyone is ass out there
Ingram finally decided to show up
8 straight for him to close
5⁄19 now 😬
In defense of BI in this game only
EVERYONE shot like ass.
They were building shelters for the homeless with those bricks
Dumb coach puts strus on ingram and now ingram has a mismatch and is cooking again. Good job kenny atkinson, youre going too far
I’m tired of Dean Wade man, give us a goddamn break
I am happy
I take full credit for this, or my dog. Had to take her out 4th quarter last game, and then had to take her out this half.
These teams bout to sink the brick market today.
Mitchell playing like he’s still half asleep. Walter might literally be unconscious. Kwame Bro–I mean Evan Mobley–is trying his best but just no.
Where is Allen?
They so bad they making Ingram look good.
Notorious B I 3 🤔
I like it lol that names tough haha.
It’s like a Euroleague score at half, i absolutely love it
Nah this was diabolical basketball
This is more entertaining that super high scoring games. Yall tripping
Guys missing wide open shots lol
Funny as fuck. I get to root every possession for a miss or turnover and 9⁄10 times i win. This is fascinating stuff
People love the 90s.
Dog Toronto bricked at least a dozen wide open 3s and like 10 easy putbacks in the first half, I miss the 00s too but this game isn’t it. Harden flopped into a backcourt violation and had like three of the laziest pass TOs I’ve ever seen. This game is like the worst of both worlds, you still have to watch a million early 3s but none of them even go in
I dont think you realize but by listing the lowlights youre only making it funnier
This is bad offense; not good defense.
“The 1990s were so much better”
I’d much rather watch a slugfest playoff game than the usual nba product they have these days.
For real, would rather see them bricking contested shots and fighting for loose balls than the new transition game where one guy shoots a 3 before everyone is even on that side of the court and then they already have to scramble back, the modern style looks like a pickup basketball game sometimes.
The only thing similar to 1990s is the low scoring. Not because of rough physical defense but both teams spamming and missing threes. They are not the same.
yeah in the 90s they’d be spamming and missing long 2’s instead. but hey at least there’d be some thrilling jakob poetl post-ups too
The game was slower, the pace of life was slower, so the pace of the game seemed normal back then.
The 1v1 matchups were fun to watch.
These days, people don’t have patience anymore and can’t appreciate the arts.
The higher pace is more fun to watch, no doubt, but you can see how fewer people appreciate the game, the art.
Lol his could legit be used in a modern day diss video. It’s legit evidence against that “we done with the 90’s” agenda. This half was so ass. Been watching Raptors playoff basketball close to 30 years and this is the worst stretch of play from our team. This is the god damn PLAYOFFS and THIS is the product the NBA puts out? Mad lol
Brandon finally woke up
Schröder calming down the game, improving the offense and making a few buckets -> benched for the rest of the game
This game is giving me late 90s Knicks-Heat playoff basketball vibes
Was the pace slow, defense good, or were both teams just throwing bricks?
yes.
I think the entire east is just dogshit this year
People where pumped about BI getting going more than anything else
2011 ncaa championship vibes
We live in the other side of the planet and we get to watch just a few games at a normal hour.
That was one of them and I said to a friend of mine so you want to watch the NBA game?
So I went to his home , we watched the first quarter, it was something like 17-12. Ridiculous basketball, we stopped watching at halftime, now I got back home before the game even finished.
how many times have we seen this Cavs team just be unable to score in the playoffs? feels like every year this happens
Is the east conference ok
Ingram said “I’m Brandon fucking Ingram, I’m not Jokic!”
What
Notorious B I 3 is levels of cringe only Toronto is capable of
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I don’t think a Chokic fan should speak out right now tbh
They just lost their starting backcourt, you should win the series.
So did the Lakers. Look how that is going for Houston
Houston is ass though. Also they lost their best player.
Most people were saying they would beat the Lakers just like me. Besides they played better without KD and his turnovers in game 3.
They just shifted the responsibility of back breaking turnovers to somebody else. Next man up 💪
So you are saying it was shifted on Reed Shepard when KD is out. Interesting
More like ‘if’ you get some good defenders that McDaniels won’t slander lmao
Sorry, bro, I didn’t think my comments would hurt you that much. My bad
Imagine being down 3-1 and still talking shit and losing to a team with both its starting guards hurt lol