GS needs to be going to the basket more. I know it isn't their game but getting to the line with this deficit would be so key.
General Playoff Thread: The Long 2nd Season
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I've been rooting for Golden State since the playoffs started. Before this series, I was just hoping for 7 games. Now, I'm firmly rooting for the Cavs. Between people not giving Cleveland a chance, Draymond Green's bullshit, Varejeo, and the nonsense I've seen from Curry on a number of occasions, I would rather see the fans of Cleveland get a championship than to see the Warriors get a second one.
Harrison Barnes 0 pts 0-6 (0-3 from 3) 2 rebounds 1 foul in 11 minutes.
Klay Thompson 5 pts 2-9 (0-5 from 3) 0 rebounds in 19 minutes
Klay Thompson 5 pts 2-9 (0-5 from 3) 0 rebounds in 19 minutes
You summed it up better than I. Plus, this:
But Lacob won’t accept that what the Warriors have achieved is a product of anything but a master plan. “The great, great venture capitalists who built company after company, that’s not an accident,” he said. “And none of this is an accident, either.” [...]When I asked him about the previous night’s game, he could hardly contain himself. He boasted that the Warriors are playing in a far more sophisticated fashion than the rest of the league. “We’ve crushed them on the basketball court, and we’re going to for years because of the way we’ve built this team,” he said. But what really set the franchise apart, he said, was the way it operated as a business. “We’re light-years ahead of probably every other team in structure, in planning, in how we’re going to go about things,” he said. “We’re going to be a handful for the rest of the N.B.A. to deal with for a long time.”
If you hate every great player who works to sell calls you may not have anyone left. This is the NBA circa 2016 where selling calls and working angles is a HUGE part of the game. Gotta accept it or you'll hate everyone lol.
Thompson is a matchup problem against GS, but he is a role player against most teams.
I would put him above "role player" but he does present matchup issues for GS in the same way Love is rendered less than useless against them. But TT isn't a role player.
He averaged 8ppg and 9rpg with little rim protection. What would you call him?
Bc Jones didn't go after the ball. Dray didn't touch him above the waist. Lower body contact is allowed.
Jones leans over, Dray had free path to ball.
Little rim protection because he has the extremely rare ability to pick up PNR ball handlers as a big. That's arguably more valuable than rim protection in the NBA right now.
Didn't think it (Bogut) would be as big a deal. But getting either mauled on the glass, or changing your offensive flow has proven the difference.
Or else just start shooting like you have for the past 200 days?
Tha is why, IMHO he can't be GOAT. Bird, Magic, Jordan crushed guys smaller than them in the post.
I mean, Lebron is a monster under the basket. The knocks on Lebron are so weird. Haters gonna hate I guess.
He is bigger than Karl Malone. You imagine the Mailman kicking it out against Iggy? He could be a lot better.
Cool.
Warriors playoff games last two seasons without Scott Foster: 21-5.
With Scott Foster: 4-4.
NBA moved him off game 1, but on game 6.
This shit is so boring at this point. LeBron James is, legitimately, without much debate, a top 3 post player in the NBA. The lengths people go to pick James' game apart are just hilarious. And to answer your question: no, I can't imagine the Mailmain kicking it out against Iggy. Because the mailman wasn't the best passing forward of all time.
Harrison Barnes has missed almost all his shots, too. And the refs have called a few phantom calls on Cleveland, so it's clear they aren't in the tank.
If Iggy looks like he does tonight, Cleveland. If both teams are healthy, it's going to be a helluva game. I still think Golden State's gotta be favored at home.
GS playing like OKC did when it got away. Dribbling around trying to do it 1 on 1. This is the first time I feel the Cavs are going to win the series. GS can't guard LBJ or Kyrie.