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Muscala hasn't shown the ability to hit big 3s in the playoffs like Antić has....

That looked to be in Scott's reach.

i'd rather that than JR Smith... and I'm probably alone

You were saying.....

Not even gasoline and a match could light a fire under Teague's ***

Dellavedova is punking Teague

Arya.

Let's put a hurting on Thompson tonight!

It being the the ECF doesn't light a fire under them... Nothing will.

Look at the starters on the bench, they don't care.

I want to fight Paul Millsap.

Paul Antić is making Thompson look like Barkley

We're missing Horford out there........

Not liking Korver's Kobe impersonation.

Which is why I said even if DMC were healthy he'd probably have 2 fouls 2 minutes into the game.

Who had Thompson prior to DMC's injury? (It's a rhetorical question.)

Sh*t I'd like to see the starters for 5 minutes in the first half.

Lmao!

And that's a fact. We're all bummed about the injury for obvious reasons. It's a huge loss offensively because he's been the best offensive player this post-season. This puts pressure on the two All Star big men who allowed Thompson and Mozgov to both get double doubles. With DMC, James was always going to get his. And if DMC were to be effective, we know damn well the refs would start calling fouls on DMC for breathing the same air as James. The deciding factor in this series isn't DMC's injury, it's Sap and Horford stepping it up and taking charge. There are also things like worthless Antić and reckless Schrader, but neither as big as Horford and Millsap needing to dominate inside.

That's up to Sap and Horford and if they decide to play like men, that's what the series depends on. DMC was never going to stop LeBron. DMC is a bigger loss offensively than defensively in my eyes.

I still think if Sap and Horford can keep Thompson and Mosgov off the offensive glass we'll be okay, even without DMC. If LeBron beats us, so be it. We can't let Mosgov and Thompson have double-doubles, and not let a chucker like JR Smith get going. That's a recipe for a quick series for Cleveland. On the Antić front, nothing shocks me at this point, not the lack of shoe-tying or Dellavedova getting a rebound from his grasp. Nothing new.

I'll agree with you until Bud puts Brand's 6 fouls to work, putting LeBron and Thompson on their backs.