Which teams do you say overachieved in these playoffs? And underachieved?

[insidehoops]

In the first three rounds of the 2019 playoffs, which teams do you think advanced further than expected, or at least were more competitive than expected?

And who do you think should have done better, but underachieved?

Name teams, but also any key players of course. Or coaches.

[bullettooth]

Boston underachieved.

[imdaman99]

Great. A thread trying to mask the amount of trolls that run rampant on here. You ain't fooling me buddy.

PS Raps overachieved, I wrote this so I'm on topic.

[NBAGOAT]

blazers overachieved. Plenty had them losing easily in the first round with no nurkic. I thought Denver would beat them in 7 but guess the inexperience kicked in

[LostCause]

Portland is an obvious choice for overachieving, especially after losing Nurk
In that same token, OKC underachieved, but not as much as Boston (Though given their regular season, maybe they only underachieved according to pre-season expectations)

[Doranku]

Overachievers:
Raptors
Kawhi Leonard
Blazers
Nikola Jokic
Steph Curry

Underachievers:
Boston
Kyrie Irving
Joel Embiid
Thunder
Russell Westbrook
Paul George

[TheCorporation]

Overachievers:
Raptors
Kawhi Leonard
Blazers
Nikola Jokic
Steph Curry

Underachievers:
Boston
Kyrie Irving
Joel Embiid
Thunder
Russell Westbrook
Paul George

Good post :applause:

[Wally450]

The only one I'd say didn't underachieve is Westbrook because he's known to shoot poorly and essentially cost his team games in the postseason. Especially since Durant left.

With that said, underachiever of the year is the Celtics.

[superduper]

The only one I'd say didn't underachieve is Westbrook because he's known to shoot poorly and essentially cost his team games in the postseason. Especially since Durant left.

With that said, underachiever of the year is the Celtics.

****ing Bruins got the lead wtf

[MJistheGOAT]

Overachievers
Blazers, Nuggets

Underachievers
Celtics, Thunder

[red1]

heaviest balls:


raptors
raptors fans
raptors fans friends and families

[tanibanana]

Over: Blazers, Raptors
Under: Celtics, Thunders

[MrFonzworth]

Nets overachieved.

Sixers underachieved.

[nashwade]

yall forgot the elephant in the room






Rockets

[LAVAR BALL]

Not sure anyone really Underachieved or Overachieved in the East: to me, Philly and Boston were inferior to Tor/Milwaukee. Milwaukee is the young up and coming team in the East. Barring any seismic change, East is their to take next year

Boston has never been so strong this year. They were the 4th best team in the east and finished as the 4th best team in the East, nothing to see here.

In the West however:

Thunder were thinking about NBA Finals 2 month before the playoffs. Russ getting killed by Dame all playoffs while talking smack is totally an underachievment

Houston had their full team and have been kicked by GS, kind of underachievement

Who had Portland here at the start of the Season? I thought so. Despite the crashing against the Warriors, they had th ebest season they could have dreamed for without any dominant Big Man. + Who can still have Irving or Westbrook in front of Lillard?

LA Clippers won Twice at Oracle. That is a damn overachievement

[LeCola]

Over: Raptors
Under: OKC

[Gougou]

Over: Obviously my home team Raptors, Blazer had a very good run aswell.

Under: OKC... lose to Blazer in 5??? Holy smokes.

Can't say about Denver cuz they are too young.

[red1]

Overachievers:
Raptors
Kawhi Leonard
Blazers
Nikola Jokic
Steph Curry

Underachievers:
Boston
Kyrie Irving
Joel Embiid
Thunder
Russell Westbrook
Paul George
:cheers:

[kkb_12]

Overachieved:
Portland - Western finals without the third option in Nurkic
Houston - Team that has one play only - iso at top of three and step back should play in G-league. Any win they get against legitimate basketball teams is overachievement.
OKC - same as Houston, to get to play off with type of game Westbrook is playing is overachievement

Underachieved:
Boston - second year in a row going to play off as favourites, just to get their assess kicked...
Denver - Expected to see them in conference finals
Philadelphia - most balanced team with more talent than anyone in the East - expected to see them play Boston in conference finals
San Antonio - anything below second round is underachievement for them.

[jayfan]

Underachieved

OKC (2 superstars, but poorly led and poorly coached)

Houston (losing game 6 was a monumental underachievement)
Denver
Milwaukee (up 2-0, nearly 3-0, and then...)

[Levity]

Crazy so many of you feel raptors over achieved. Immediately after the trade they were favored to come out of the East as much as Boston. And im sure thats a huge reason as to why PHI went all in on jimmy and harris.

[superduper]

Nets overachieved losing in the first round.