NBA Playoffs Reaction: Rockets-Lakers, 76ers-Celtics, Hawks-Knicks | Colin Cowherd NBA
Colin Cowherd and ‘Hoops Tonight’ host Jason Timpf react to the Game 1s of the NBA Playoffs. They start off with the Lakers win over the Rockets and hit LeBron’s performance without Luka Doncic & Austin Reaves. Will Rockets take control when Kevin Durant comes back or is Houston in trouble? They talk about the Celtics blowout win over the 76ers and if Boston is better this year than last year. They hit the Nuggets win over the Timberwolves and how Anthony Edwards needs some help to beat Jokic, Murray & company. The Knicks beat the Hawks to take a 1-0 lead but are they worried about Jalen Brunson & Karl-Anthony Towns working together in the playoffs. Lastly they hit Jerry West and the health of the NBA.
TIMELINE
00:00 Rockets-Lakers
14:16 76ers-Celtics
20:59 Timberwolves-Nuggets
26:14 Hawks-Knicks
31:33 Jerry West
34:40 NBA Health
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37 Comments
Everyone loves Boston. Did we forget New York completely whooped that @$$ last year?
Colin has the worst takes and is out of touch from regular people and I have Netflix and amazon . But he just sounds like a clown who only cares about money and sponsors not fans at all
OKC is going to win back to back titles and then have a lottery pick in a loaded draft.
Send this video to the Sixers and the NBA is trash all the the games were trash except for the Pistons game I can’t this nonsense anymore
Getting Amazon, Netflix, peacock and cable just to be able to watch major sports can be up to like $800-$1,000 a year, that can go a long way for some people and not worth it for many others
Do you think the ride of international stars has helped the load management piece? Kevin Durant is able to say "I gotta play for that those KD fans in Miami" on the back the back night in January a lot easier than a guy from Slovenia cares about each American city's fans
**FIRST TIME**
I had to blast Coward on Twitter despite deactivating all my socials 5+ yrs ago. I have NEVER did that b4. Even when younger & immature. I can’t let this go. I actually reactivated Twitter just to call his tone deaf, have too much money to relate, classist azz. If anyone agrees, cook him too or repost my tweet. Idc which but he needs a quick G check.
Man Colin couldn’t be more wrong about the Knicks. Literally everything he said.
– no bench scoring this is the best the bench has ever been. McBride, shamet, clarkson, Robinson, alverado. It’s incredibly deep
– KATs scoring numbers are down bc this is the best defense he’s played in his career
– They have been a top 5 defensive team in the league.
– Mike brown has the team better in maybe every category from Thibs last year
– consolidating the roster and sending 3 players for an injury prone Giannis is a terrible idea
Banner 19 incoming. Go Celtics!!!
I’m shocked that Amazon Prime has 180 million subscribers 😮
I’m fine with leagues partnering with a streaming service but giving 30% of their catalog to one and 20% to another and playoff games to a different one pisses me off. It’s no longer buy this to get the games it’s buy 7 of them and you still don’t get all the games. It’s ridiculous
Damn. That Netflix, and Amazon take was harsh for people that can't afford it and just want to watch a game….
Never gonna get me to subscribe to Netflix…. or Prime…. or Youtube premium…
First 20 seconds in, I don't want to watch anymore because colin doesn't get the pov of regular people.
Such an elitist Colin
if u cant afford streamers get your bread up 😂
This dude just hates on the Knicks lol even when we good he can’t admit it 😂
“Hey LeBron, you can go. We’re good. We have Ben Simmons now.” Hey Colin, are we still good for Lebron to go 10 years later? Also, is Sam Darnold the best QB in the league yet? Is Mark Sanchez going to come back and be considered elite? Maybe Reggie Bush and Matt Leinart will.
These corporations pushing us to the limits with these subscriptions. I dont have none of them. Im happy with my choice.
I kinda get what Colin is saying. Amazon prime is like a primary delivery service for large quantities of the world. So most people should have it and by that extension have Prime video. However peacock is just so far fetched to have. I only have it because of a friend I share it with like 5 different others lmao. But for the most part I’m still illegally streaming these games on my desk top while I play video games on my Xbox so it’s a moot point lmao
Colin "Where Colin Is Always Wrong" Cowherd
Sorry I am not buying extra subscriptions for products that I used to be able to get just on basic cable or network television
I love Uncle Colin, but my man's NBA basketball takes are BADDDDD lol The guy doesn't miss when it comes to the NFL tho to be honest
What if lebron was just feeling it out ? Like he always does . Im just saying if that was a feel out it's just gunna get worse .
Wait NOOOOO stay over there, Colin we don't want your Laker support NOW I thought we were going to get bounced in the first round?
Colin is always fond of billionaires price gouging the customer lol. Netflix and Amazon can suck my sack
The Knicks beat the Celtics last year, were 3-1 against them in the regular season this year, and finished just one spot behind the Celtics in Net Rating, and somehow they're "drawing dead". Okay, dude.
Load management fix every time you miss a game for “injury” you must sit out the next 5 games as well. Also if you start and play less than 18 minutes then you have to miss the next 5 games
Boston not beating Knicks bro 😂
14:59 clearly Colin doesn’t have ADHD. Some days I solve world hunger, some days I forget to put shoes on when I leave the house. Some days I do both
You can tell when someone hasn't watched the Lakers all year.
just for the record, marcus smart was NOT good on defense this year come on colin do your reserch
The same boomers (or as I call them bombers) that told us that we can't get a house because we have Netflix and eat avocado on toast, are now telling us that if we don't have Netflix we are living under a rock.
No matter how haters feel about him, the fact is that LeBron looked and played like the only one on the court who was being tactical, strategic, focused and raedy for playoff ball period. He was dissecting coverages as he went along, getting everyone in a rhythm and on defense he was really good, calling out coverages and reacting great. He also resisted the urge to come out and try to drop 40 on them with Luka and AR out, he really let his points come to him and kept the entire team engaged the whole game. Not saying the Lakers will win the series, but experience in the playoffs becomes very pronounced as games go on and LeBron has seen it all hundreds of times (so has KD though). It would not surprise me if he is able to methodically get the Lakers to win this series. His court awareness on both sides is so advanced compared to everyone else in the league.
Dawg thy already beat the thunder? Tht squad can beat any team coming out of the west if thy made it to the finals, dnt get it twisted.🍀🏀💪😤
“Injuries happen. They just, happen”
High iq analysis that will definitely curb load management 🤣
People talk down are harder but he is my favorite player and he was godly… but he choked so bad so many times. Once it happens once, it will happen again