General Playoff Thread: The Long 2nd Season

[DJnVa]

No, they say it's not a good shot because you drive to the paint, draw help, and kick it for three.

It's not that black and white. If you are an efficient shooter from that range, it's a perfectly fine shot. If not, it's not.

But JVG made it seem that analytics says every midrange jump shot is bad and that's just not the case.

 

[johnmd20]

What agenda? Iggy is getting screened and they're switching.

You said he is playing against the two worst defenders in history. And followed that up with a comment about James' Game 5, as if a player can shine every game. How about Curry? How's he doing this series?

edit - game 4, not 5

 

[DJnVa]

What agenda? Iggy is getting screened and they're switching.

Who are 2 of the worst defenders in history that the Warriors have guarding LBJ?

 

[Deathofthebambino]

James ain't driving against Iggy.

That's just not true in the slightest, but even if it were, are you saying that because Lebron is effectively using the pick and roll to get free of Iggy, it's not impressive? The guy has 25 points in the 1st half, when the entire offense flows through him and one other guy. If Golden State is playing the two worst defenders in history against him, you should be calling for Kerr's head, because that would be unbelievably bad coaching.

 

[BigSoxFan]

Cavs -31 in 2nd half this series in Oracle. We'll see if they can not suck.

 

[riboflav]

You said he is playing against the two worst defenders in history. And followed that up with a comment about James' Game 5, as if a player can shine every game. How about Curry? How's he doing this series?

edit - game 4, not 5

The second comment was clearly a joke. Sorry for not making it clearer.

 

[riboflav]

Love has 2pts

The Warriors need to figure out how to man the floor because LeBron is killing them on the switch. He has a ton of points against Speights and Varejao. Maybe Kerr goes Curry, Thompson, Barnes, Iguodala and Livingston

This is what's happening.

 

[HomeRunBaker]

James ain't driving against Iggy.

As they show replays of LeBron driving past Iggy for layups. GJGE

 

[BigSoxFan]

That's just not even fair

 

[Deathofthebambino]

Klay in the 1st half, and now Curry will light it up in the 2nd.

 

[johnmd20]

Lebron's jumpshot form looks much better, he's stepping into his shots.

 

[Ed Hillel]

LeBron remembered how to shoot again. This is reminscent of Game 6 in TD Garden.

 

[jablo1312]

GO TO THE HOOP WHEN ITS FOUR ON FIVE YOU IMBECILES

 

[BigSoxFan]

Ouch. But I don't think that injury really hurts the Warriors.

 

[Ed Hillel]

Oh...oh....yuck

 

[johnmd20]

GO TO THE HOOP WHEN ITS FOUR ON FIVE YOU IMBECILES

No, give it to the guy who can't hit anything right now and let him take a three. Good plan.

 

[jablo1312]

LeBron remembered how to shoot again. This is reminscent of Game 6 in TD Garden.

Except the oppostion actually showed up this time.

 

[Ed Hillel]

Ouch. But I don't think that injury really hurts the Warriors.

It does tonight with Green out.

 

[Deathofthebambino]

Kevin Love is an idiot. You have the opponents big man laying on the ground, and instead of taking your 7 foot ass and posting up some little guy down low, you stand out at the 3 point line and take the first shot that's available. God, he drives me insane.

And Bogut looks really hurt, which sucks, cuz now we have to watch even more minutes from Floppy McFlopenstein.

 

[Ed Hillel]

Love was just being a good sport.

 

[HurstSoGood]

So, knees are not supposed to bend that way, huh. Sucks for Bogut.

 

[Tangled Up In Red]

Lebron's jumpshot form looks much better, he's stepping into his shots.

Agree. See if the minutes begin to affect his legs in the 4th...

 

[HomeRunBaker]

Ouch. But I don't think that injury really hurts the Warriors.

2nd half playoff minutes for James McAdoo surely can't help them.

 

[BigSoxFan]

It does tonight with Green out.

Not convinced of that. Speights and Ezeli will be fine our there.

 

[Tangled Up In Red]

Bogut injury is meaningful... But down to 10 active players?

 

[jablo1312]

I don't care about calls any way, but I do hate when refs with awful vantage points call the fouls over guys that can see the play.

 

[johnmd20]

Floppy McFlopenstein. That's good DotB.

 

[Deathofthebambino]

How the fuck does the ref miss that shot by Iggy to himself? He's standing right there?

 

[BigSoxFan]

Kyrie had the lane on Klay.

 

[jablo1312]

Cle needs to go down low every possession with this GSW lineup on the court

 

[Deathofthebambino]

Kevin Love made a positive play. Holy shit.

 

[DJnVa]

He has a ton of points against Speights and Varejao.

Varejao played like 3 minutes in first half. LBJ scored 3 points in that time.

 

[BigSoxFan]

Holy fuck, LeBron

 

[johnmd20]

These refs. Blind. Blind. Blind.

 

[Deathofthebambino]

Wow, these refs are putrid.

 

[Deathofthebambino]

That's a foul? What?

 

[jablo1312]

Lmao how do you miss an out of bounds call by like 6 inches

 

[Bob Montgomerys Helmet Hat]

How the hell do you miss that

 

[Tangled Up In Red]

Bad call on out of bounds... But hitting a shooter in the stomach always a foul.

 

[natpastime162]

Not sure how the NBA can be taken seriously

 

[Deathofthebambino]

3 absolutely dreadful calls by the refs in 45 seconds. The missed travel on the pass to himself by Iggy, the phantom out of bounds, and then the phantom foul call...

 

[Ed Hillel]

They really ought to consider hacking Tristan and getting him out of the game. May be the best way to slow Cleveland down.

 

[DJnVa]

LBJ and Klay--trial by combat. First to 50 wins.

 

[johnmd20]

Kyrie!

 

[BigSoxFan]

No way in hell is that a flagrant. Cmon.

 

[HomeRunBaker]

Bad call on out of bounds... But hitting a shooter in the stomach always a foul.

The hand on his stomach could also have been a foul but Smith didn't allow Klay to land on his jumper which is an automatic whistle.

 

[Deathofthebambino]

That should not be a flagrant foul. Please. These are grown men, and he made contact with the ball.

 

[Tangled Up In Red]

3 absolutely dreadful calls by the refs in 45 seconds. The missed travel on the pass to himself by Iggy, the phantom out of bounds, and then the phantom foul call...

Which was the phantom foul?

No flagrant, btw.

 

[jablo1312]

If anyone except Iggy is on LeBron, then he needs to get the ball in the post.

And if the Cavs don't crowd Curry on the 3 point arc, force him to drive, and try to rough him up in the lane, they're idiots (we already know that they're idiots).

 

[Fishy1]

Thompson impressive one on one with Curry.