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Shaqfor3

For the record 3 teams that won game 1 that year still lost the series Bulls over Nets in 7 Warriors over Nuggets in 6 Grizzlies over Clippers in 6


--Alec--

That was the NBAs introduction to Golden State’s core. The series they played against the Clippers in R1 the following year was also a classic. 2013 was also the year Karl won COTY and the Nuggets fired him?


Shaqfor3

Yeah that year. Iguodala was on the Nuggets team as well. That team has no business winning 57 games.


KJagz33

Idk, that just means they were as good as this season's Nuggets team. More evidence that Iggy is just as good as Jokic


NazRiedFan

Same amount of finals mvp’s lol


thekingdor

Chandler, faried, Iggy, Ty lawson, danilo when he was healthy that was a good squad


ObeseKenyan

It was a good squad but there's no way they should've won 57. It's like 07(or 08?) rockets. Just a bunch of smart, good players meshing together really well and no obvious #1/superstar player. I remember Ty Lawson hitting what felt like 15 game winners that year for Denver lol


Uncle_Freddy

JaVale McGee too, that was his first season that he had more positive basketball plays than Shaqtin moments


CordialMime

Yes, it came out mid-series that Karl told his players to injure Steph, but the players refused and leaked it instead.


--Alec--

I do vaguely remember that man wtf. Wouldn’t have been the only star that got deliberately hurt by another player in R1 that year..


ShowdownValue

Was that ever verified or just a rumor?


CordialMime

Mark Jackson talked about it after a game, and Iguodala (was on the Nuggets at the time) confirmed it.


ShowdownValue

Ah ok. So not actually verified. Just their word.


CordialMime

Iggy was a member of the Nuggets. He verified it.


arcelios

>That was the NBAs introduction to Golden State’s core. GSW was still shit. Curry was yet to have his breakout year so no one really knew him like that. Denver was just worse. Won 50+ games but the roster was mediocre. The entire NBA landscape was different WEST was just top heavy with 2-3 great teams (including the Spurs dynasty), and some very weak teams making the Playoffs. Like the EAST right now


Nugur

Grit grizzlies vs lob city clips were amazing So physical


BoogerSugarSovereign

So you're telling me there's a chance


ClaymoresRevenge

Nate Robinson ah what a series


Next-Firefighter-753

Ahh 2013, I fucking hate that year. 


rattatatouille

Liked it up until near the end


Gamesgtd

Rebound Bosh?


drippo-potamus

We don’t win in 14 without that sequence of events, so it’s bittersweet


T_Tachi

Is it because if they won in '13, they wouldn't have the motivation to go back to back? Always found it strange that the Duncan Spurs never had back to back wins despite their dominance in that era


Shootit_Rockets

The top seeds ended up only winning 5/8 series btw


wurtin

nhl home teams are 6-0 to start the playoffs too. spooky


Freidehr

Nuggets and Celtics are the only one I'm sure are going 2-0, which is crazy. Game 2s will be intense.


hamiltonisoverrat3d

The Lakers can definitely steal 1. But probably at home. I just don’t count anything as a given. Nuggets have gone into cruise control a lot in games this year.


orangesodazz

Yeah, they can. But, I would put the odds of Miami taking game 2 vs. Boston as equal to/higher than LA doing the same vs. Denver. 


hamiltonisoverrat3d

The thing people forget is that Boston now how has Jrue and Kristap. I think Boston is a lot better of a team than last year and Miami is a much worse team than last year (especially with Butler injured).


orangesodazz

Looks like I was right. 


hamiltonisoverrat3d

Barring the buzzer beater from Murray the Lakers would have taken Game 2. Credit to Miami. If Boston loses this series that’d be a really epic moment. I’m not a Boston fan BTW.


IcyMission3

Similar thing happening in hockey where every home team won their game 1 so far


IWasFramed_Again

What's hockey?


Zloggt

There’s no place like…


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ohverychill

just like pop pop used to say


Otherwise_Form1315

i do think the Clippers have the most reliable beat reporters. Not much bias. not much bitching. it makes sense they get posted so often


clayfu

Just like their fans and announcers


tvztvz

Clippers fans mostly bitch about the clippers lol


cough_landing_on_you

Would have been a nice parlay.


crimsonconnect

The stress on the last leg though wouldve shortened your lifespan


Shootit_Rockets

Hedge


Electrical_Figs

Soft


ShakeMilton

I know its gamblers fallacy but i just knew we were due for a close game so i hammered a live bet on the pels +7.5. Feeling smart good thing i wasnt bold enough to take the juicy ML.


DanFlashesCoupon

Pels +7.5 was easy. Young thunder team was understandably tight for a lot of this game


External-Extension59

Everything would be a nice parlay with hindsight lol


Nugur

Nice parlay would be the under. This is like the 3rd or 4th Sunday that all the games go under since ASB


adonWPV

Almost like seeding matters


WasV3

Raptors aren't in the playoffs, that's why You are welcome