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S3 playoffs

Posted on September 3, 2020 at 12:15 PM.

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Playoffs. Round 1 vs Sixers

Well to start , Iverson avg 34 points 5 Reb 6 ast and 4.4 stl agaisnt us. Shooting 48 percent from 3 and 56 ovr. He killed us in alot of matchups , but didn't have the help to take us past 5 games. Game one was a blowout . But game 2 was a one point win. We took 3 , they took 4. And we closed out game 5 at home.

Round 2. Fighting Irish.

We faced the Celtics in Rd 2. We went down 2-0 in the first two games. Game one was a one point loss.we then came back to win the next four. Got a feel for how to shut them down.24 year old Paul piece was a problem.
24 pts 4 Reb , 6 ast 1.2 stl 0.8 Blk
Antoine Walker had good stat lines as well
19 pts 8.6 Reb 3.4 ast 1.5 stl 1.3 Blk
(For the playoffs )

One storyline here against a conference rival. I couldn't make my mind up about who to choose. Tyson Chandler or Zach Randolph . I went with Tyson and the Celtics chose Zach. I felt I needed a rim protector and rebound to compliment Vince and Tmac . But Randolph would have been good as well. Now every game we play it's a bit of a competition to see who impacts the game more. Great rivalry .

Round 3. Couldn't keep up with the Pace

Round 3 saw the pacers beat us. Not necessarily because they were the better team . But Doug Christie had a severe ankle sprain to start the series. And he is one of our main guys with playoff avg of
8 pts 3.7 ast 0.8 stl and a 3p percentage at .556 !
We sorely missed his defense and his playmaking this series . Pacers had too much depth and they had size down low that negated our lack of starpower. This was also Tyson Chandler's first season. He will only get better .

For the playoffs Vince had
27.4 pts 4.2 Reb 5.3 AST o.8 stl 1.1 Blk. .527 FG and .407 from 3
Tracy had
24.3 pts 6.2 Reb 6.5 ast 1.5 stl 1.5 Blk .500 FG and .439 from 3

Kg and the Wolves took the championship and kg was the playoff mvp.
27.4 pts 15.6 ast 6.2 ast 1.2 stl 1 Blk with .476 FG
Peja was a great roleplayer with 18.8 pts with .391 3pt
Szczerbiak had 16.8 pts shooting .435 from 3.

Kevin Garnett with two snipers is a fearful thing to watch for next year. Portland went back to back , but looks to not be a serious contender . Their time is done. Looking forward to offseason!