I see them coming out and playing chippy again. I mean Winslow looked down at the mask or goggles that came off Embiid and deliberately stepped on them and then tried to break them with his hand. It comes down to whether the young guys on the Sixers can keep their cool. If they can they win.

Yeah. His shot is a bit of a wreck. Once he develops that he may well be unstoppable.

Statistically that’s what you should do. Until he proves himself to be a different shooter in playoffs, which as you imply, needs more than a 2 game sample for the proof.

I think those are his regular season stats. When I looked earlier today his playoff Free Throw Percentage was 68.8%. If he keeps that up, you can’t use that tactic; if he regresses to his regular season percentage, then yeah you’d be a fool not to foul him when necessary.

Yeah he was all over him when he was matched up. But hack - a - Simmons is probably not the best idea since he is shooting almost 70% from the line. If he were under 60% then maybe, but if you’re going to foul him 10+ times a game, that’s 14 points. Now, at any given crucial time, like that almost dunk, its not a bad…

The decision to really body up Simmons, and the shooters as well, was perfect by Spoelstra. You could see the frustration on Simmons face multiple times. And Wade was ridic. Every time he got on the court the other 4 Heat players immediately calmed down and executed their game plan to the T. Those 21 or so points…

I’m a Sixer’s fan, as I made clear the other day, but that was a special performance by Wade. Every time he left the court the Sixers would make a run and Miami’s offence would fall off, then he would come back and Miami just calmed down and ran great half court sets and clamped down on D. As much as his 21 or so…

I’m not sure why I associate you with hate of the process, but for whatever reason I can’t shake it. Anyway, riled up a whole lot of people didn’t I.

Ok. I just remember Samer for some reason. And Burneko just hates Philadelphia in all shapes and forms, not just sports so I don’t take anything he says about Philly seriously. Not sure if he’s just a fucking miserable shit and hates everything or maybe he lost his kitten here.

I like that. If it’s ok with you, I’d like to use that the next time my wife asks why I’m hating on something.

I think you may need to talk this anger out with a therapist or something. I get no one likes Philly fans (I would say a small minority, but it’s probably a minority closing in on 40% so not small, that are assholes, that give the rest of us/them a bad rap). I also understand the hatred for The Process, but there are…

Wow. You’re usually a good guy. Why the hatred?

I can see that.

Hurts doesn’t it.

Not this section of the internet.

Not my political party, but yeah everything else!

I find it amazing that the Cavs lose by 18, which happens, and the articles about the end of the Cavs are up; plus an article about each NBA series so far but the Sixers win by 27 and not a fucking word from Deadspin on that. Specifically from Samer who has whined and cried about them for years.

This. I’ve known engineers and geologists that have been with the same company for 15 years and wonder why their friends who’ve changed every 5 or so years are making 20-35% more than them.

I bought a Dremel for that exact reason when we moved into our current house.

I use mine to remove thick rooted scrub bush. Was doing this very thing when I was in 10th or 11th grade with my dad and took a mighty straight down plunge with it to get at a particularly stubborn root... and hit the stump square. Bar bounced back and smashed me in the mouth. My mom made me wait until after dinner…