NBA 2019-2020 Season

[Malenko]

NBA league pass is free until April 22nd if anyone is interested. I have the paid version anyway and it's pretty cool. If anyone feels like (re)watching any game from the 2019/20 season or any other from their "classic" game collection there you have it.

[Pooker]

What classic games do they have on there? Is there a list of them somewhere?

[Malenko]

5 minutes ago, Pooker said:

What classic games do they have on there? Is there a list of them somewhere?

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04/24/1963

Bob Cousy's last game

3/30/66

Bill Russell faces off against Oscar Robertson

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10/18/69

Lew Alcindor's first game

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05/8/1970

Gutsy Willis Reed rallies Knicks

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04/30/1971

Lew Alcindor and Oscar Robertson lead Bucks to title

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5/20/75

Warriors Championship run led by Rick Barry's 36 pts

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01/27/76

Final ABA dunk contest featuring Dr. J

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04/18/1976

Bob McAdoo scores 34 to lead Buffalo

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06/04/76

Celtics battle Suns through 3 OTs in epic Finals game

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2/13/77

Dr. J is named 1977 All-Star Game MVP

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04/24/1977

Bill Walton and Maurice Lucas

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5/17/79

Seattle pulls out a Game 7 victory with a wild finish at the buzzer

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05/23/1982

Dr. J and Andrew Toney lead Philadelphia

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04/29/1983

Birdless Celtics unable to stop the Bucks

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05/14/83

"Fo', fo' fo'" Moses Malone's Sixers charge through the Playoffs

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01/29/1984

OT thriller Magic Johnson 22 assists

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06/06/84

Physical Celtics storm back to force OT

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06/10/84

Lakers force Game 7 in first Bird-Magic Finals showdown

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12/25/84

Bernard King scores 60 pts against the Nets on Christmas Day

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3/3/85

Kevin McHale scores career-high 56 pts

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4/20/85

George "Iceman" Gervin leads the Spurs to a Game 2 win

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12/25/85

Celtics blow a 25-point lead and are pushed to 2 OT's

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02/07/86

MVP Isiah Thomas leads the Eastern NBA All-Stars to victory defeating the West by 7 points

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02/08/86

5-foot-7 Spud Webb scored two perfect scores of 50 to win the 1986 NBA Dunk Contest

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04/18/86

Trailing by 17 with 4 minutes to go the Bullets went on an 18-0 run to close the game

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5/11/86

Bucks end an intense playoff series winning Game 7 by 1

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05/21/1986

Ralph Sampson miracle jumper

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5/14/87

Hakeem Olajuwon records 49 pts, 25 rebounds, 6 blocks in Game 6 loss

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06/7/1987

Celtics recover after 2 crushing defeats in LA

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05/01/88

After dropping 50 in Game 1, Jordan goes for 55 in Game 2

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05/21/88

Malone & Stockton vs. Magic

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05/22/1988

Bird vs. Wilkins in epic 4th quarter battle

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06/04/88

Mark Aguirre's Mavs fall to Lakers in 7

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05/7/1989

Michael Jordan "The Shot"

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05/28/1989

Magic Johnson 21 pts 20 ast Lakers sweep

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02/09/91

Dee Brown used his "Peek-A-Boo" dunk to win the 1991 NBA Dunk Contest

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03/19/91

Mitch Richmond scores 40 points for the Warriors beating out the Trail Blazers

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05/8/1991

Magic and Mullin shootout

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06/12/1991

Michael Jordan and Bulls win 1st Championship

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12/07/91

Dominique Wilkins' 52 pts not enough vs. the Knicks

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6/3/92

Michael Jordan hits six 3-pointers in the first half, then shrugs his shoulders in disbelief

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5/5/93

Alonzo Mourning lifts Hornets to franchise's first playoff series win

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5/14/93

Alonzo Mourning takes Patrick Ewing and the Knicks to double OT

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05/9/1993

Drazen Petrovic's final game

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06/1/1993

Barkley's triple-double with 43 pts is rivaled by Kemp's 33 pts

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05/07/94

Eighth-Seeded Nuggets upset Sonics in NBA's biggest upset

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11/09/94

Shaq goes off for 46 pts vs Hornets

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12/15/95

Mitch Richmond puts up 47 pts vs. Rockets

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03/29/96

Alonzo Mourning career high 50 points lands Miami Heat vicotrous over Washington Bullets

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4/29/96

Karl Malone's 35/10 not enough vs. Trail Blazers

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6/1/97

Give the ball to Michael and get out of the way. Jordan hits the game-winner

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12/14/99

Dikembe Mutombo puts up 6 blocks vs T-Wolves

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06/14/00

OT thriller with Shaq and Kobe

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06/19/00

NBA Finals Game 6 the Lakers' 116-111 Game 6 victory

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02/11/2001

Allen Iverson MVP

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05/9/2001

Sixers Iverson 54 pts

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05/20/01

3 probable Hall of Famers face off in a classic Game 7

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06/03/01

Iverson scores 44 pts as Sixers clinch a wild series

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1/22/06

Kobe Bryant Scores Career High of 81 points against Toronto Raptors

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02/19/06

5-foot-9 Knicks guard Nate Robinson wins 2006 NBA Dunk Contest

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5/5/06

Cavs beats Gilbert Arenas and the Wizards in OT to advance

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5/31/07

The LeBron game. Cavs win in 2 OT after LeBron goes off

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06/17/10

Kobe Bryant leads Lakers over Celtics for 2nd straight Championship

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11/12/10

Kevin Love posts NBA's 1st 30-30 game in 28 years

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02/06/15

Anthony Davis hits a 3 pointer beating the buzzer, winning over Thunder 116-113

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[Benjamin]

Nothing very interesting, TBH. 

They have Game 6 of the 2013 Finals on their YouTube page, you know the one, with "The Shot". Just watched it earlier today, still hurts when Breen says "BANG! TIE GAME WITH 5 SECONDS REMAINING!"

[Malenko]

I personally like the selection. Thing is I've already watched all of those. There are websites where you can find more stuff if you dig in but the League pass has better vid quality.

[Pooker]

Yea, I was thinking that it was a pretty decent selection. Besides that game from 1997, that should never be allowed to be shown to anybody.

[Benjamin]

KAT's mom has passed away due to complications from the coronavirus. 

[Maxx]

The Lakers managed to get money from the small business association relief loan program.  They have since returned it, which does nothing to change the fact that it was incredibly scummy and unethical for an organization valued at around $4 billion to be applying for a loan from the program in the first place.  It’s also fucking absurd they got approved.

[JasonM]

12 hours ago, Maxx said:

The Lakers managed to get money from the small business association relief loan program.  They have since returned it, which does nothing to change the fact that it was incredibly scummy and unethical for an organization valued at around $4 billion to be applying for a loan from the program in the first place.  It’s also fucking absurd they got approved.

Yeah but they have less than 500 employees, so they're totally a small business!

[VerbalPuke]

 https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/scottie-pippen-recalls-karl-malone-trash-talking-incident-that-helped-bulls-win-game-1-of-1997-nba-finals/

That is good.

With the season on hold I got to thinking about the Bad Boy era Pistons. We love that team here, they embody us, they're tough, they're blue collar, and they are the antithesis of the glitz and glamor of the Lakers. Detroit sports fan fucking lap up the "blue collar" mentality in sports. 

With that said, I totally get why other NBA fans/teams/everyone fucking hated them. They played dirty and honestly, Laimbeer and Isiah are pretty shitty people. They were probably irritating as fuck to people outside of Detroit. 

[Pooker]

One of my all time favorite Jazz memories is Karl Malone elbowing Thomas in the face.

I've seen very few Bad Boy Pistons games. I love the way they played the game. Hard-nosed, physical, and didn't give a shit about anybody. But I can't stand Thomas. I don't mind Laimbeer so much. But, Thomas is a piece of shit.

[GhostMachine]

Laimbeer was the basketball equivalent of a hockey goon. 

 

[Krabby]

29 minutes ago, GhostMachine said:

Laimbeer was the basketball equivalent of a hockey goon. 

 

Yes and no, he was a very effective basketball player though whereas many hockey goons are only good at the goonery

[RoHitman Reigns]

Following the whole revelation of even Jordan admitting the Flu Game was actually Food Poisoning Game from bad delivery pizza, we were given this gem.

 

[gunnar hendershow]

I have never been to Salt Lake City but I am extremely doubtful any pizza in that entire part of the country is good enough to risk food poisoning over.

[Pooker]

You're probably right. But the way they made it seemed, like the pizza workers purposely gave him food poisoning is a bit of a joke. Why didn't they order it under an assumed name? Or have somebody meet the pizza guy in the lobby?

I told a coworker today that I went to a couple Finals games in 97 and 98 and he was amazed that I got to watch Jordan play live. Made me feel old.

[Pooker]

Jerry Sloan passed away this morning. Pretty crushed about it. RIP to one of the greatest coaches of all time.

[gunnar hendershow]

I know he had been sick for awhile and his last few years must have been extremely hard. Still very sad.

[Pooker]

Yea, he's had Parkinson's and Lewy Body Dementia. Was a regular at Jazz games but hasn't been the last couple of seasons. Sad to see him go down hill, but grateful he is now out of pain.

[The Buscher]

Patrick Ewing has tested positive for COVID-19.