The NBA on TNT: NBA Playoffs: MIA vs TOR

May 11, 2016 11:30 AM - Season 27, Episode 3

The Toronto Raptors, a young unproven team with a rabid fan base trying to get further than they have in recent memory, are tied with a Miami Heat team plagued by injury and age, who nevertheless have played with great guile and ferocity. The Severe North vs the Lackadaisical South. Lannisters vs Starks. And so forth. Meanwhile, Lebron is chilling in an ice bath with the dragons. Game 5 is tonight, 5/11/16.
posted by Potomac Avenue (5 comments total)

I don't have a dog in this race, but I've enjoyed watching Wade out there. I think it'd be fun watching him against the Cavs. I'm hoping the raps don't go out on a totally awful DeRozan game, but that doesn't seem likely.
posted by lkc at 4:56 PM on May 11, 2016

Instead, the opposite! I like Demar and I think he gets slandered a lot by people who only watch the last 5 minutes of games. Nice to see him prosper.
posted by Potomac Avenue at 6:29 AM on May 12, 2016

You could easily build the Lakers around him once the Lakers figure our Jordan Clarkson is their #1 option.
posted by Potomac Avenue at 11:28 AM on May 12, 2016

I'm excited (in a mean way) to see what the Lakers do. I want to see where this downhill nepotism train is going. Max contracts are effectively very cheap this summer and a ton of teams will be able to hand them out. A lot of starters who are not stars are going to get max deals. I imagine the Lakers getting like 3 different "20 points on a bad team" volume scorers together. Glorious.
posted by French Fry at 11:46 AM on May 12, 2016

It'd be like a Lakers team made of Kobe, Shaq, Malone and Payton.

That team was actually pretty good, but couldn't do it, and certainly not as legendary as it sounds.

Wade got 2 of those guys rings a couple years later, which is why I am pulling (a bit) for MIA on this one, but not really by much.

This series seems to be a race to the executioner.
posted by lkc at 10:30 PM on May 12, 2016