One of the better words ever used in this space. I might have to change my handle to “portmantiteo.”

"It’s strange to conceive of a team with two of the most gifted athletes in the NBA as working at their best when they’re playing in an ugly, disjointed basketball game."

It helps that Steven Adams (what a postseason he’s having) and Serge Ibaka aren’t oafs, but quick and active enough to stay in and be effective against the smaller lineups and then turn their size into an advantage on the glass; both had double-doubles tonight. I still think GS takes it in 6 or 7 but like…

Kind of like those nine times they got exposed against healthy teams in the regular season, eh? Thank goodness the other 73 games were against injury-ravaged teams such as the Little Sisters of the Poor and Johnson Elementary or they'd never have that record.

“GLORY BOY WARRIORS CAN’T HANDLE THUNDER’S GRIT” - Some columnist tonight/tomorrow

Um,no, the post basically said absolutely nothing. Didn’t mention turnovers (OKC had only two in second half, which was HUGE) or forced shots and bad possessions both which directly led to the OKC win and got 0 mentions in this post.

Yes, because what corporate fat cat doesn’t want all the ratings gold of media market 43 in the NBA Finals instead of market No. 6, represented by a team that has meant big ratings all year and the reigning two-time MVP?

I’ve commented on this story many times and I’m still confused as to how this is an ongoing saga. The man suffered multiple instances of blood clots. That underlying condition could be anything, but whatever it is would have to necessitate life-long treatment with blood thinning medications. I had one clot, a…

It’s a shitty situation - the Heat obviously want Bosh to play, but not at the risk of his health or his life

Could be worse. I mean, blood clots aren't as devastating as the comet that wiped out the rest of his family sixty five million years ago.

Channeling your inner Defensive Samer?

Is it really a totally different series?

Whiteside would be glued to the bench when CLE went to the James/Love/Frye frontcourt, so uhhh, shut up stupid.

Im not usually one to get on here and make disparaging comments about an author, and i realize that doing so is very annoying. But...this guy repeatedly shows a complete ignorance in regards to basketball. I sincerely don’t understand why he is tasked with writing basketball articles.

I promise this the last time I’ll bring up the historically dumb article you wrote, after a whopping one game of the playoffs, that the Heat were the most dangerous team in the East and would most likely beat Cleveland, who you said lpoked very vulnerable. Boy...that sure was dumb.

Super weird that the team with the 4th best record in the regular season is in the final four.

Same, Evan, Same.

In case anyone is wondering, the draft pick Draper here was advocating go to Biyombo was what landed Golden State their current second best player, Klay Thompson.

Portland is fun to watch. I was rooting for them after they beat the Clippers. Lillard and McCollum are great one-on-one players who can create shots on their own when they need to. Lillard may be second only to Curry in ability to hit absurd threes and get hot. And Crabbe impressed me this year. He’s got a great shot…