NBA Playoffs Conference Semis Open Thread: Better late than never

The NBA Playoffs no longer include the Detroit Pistons, but they are still offering plenty of intrigue. I’ve been negligent in not providing a space for the Detroit Bad Boys faithful to talk all the ongoing series, surprises, disappointments, and downright collapses.

Our old foes the New York Knicks are currently up 2-1 on the Boston Celtics, and I guess that makes the Knicks our friends now? Brunson foul-batiing aside, even when they were facing the Pistons, it was hard to put too much hate on New York, if I’m being honest. Brunson is a stone-cold killer, Karl-Anthony Towns is fun to watch operate in the post, and Mikal Bridges has the longest arms on a person I’ve ever seen in my life.…