Steph Curry Supernova
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the_batman
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Bulls and other teams back then had to work their asses off to win those games. these days you can't play as tough of a defense, allowing the warriors to keep chucking up shots.
Hydrogen Bluebird
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Team with higher regular season wins gets home court advantage in a playoff series. Order of games is first 2 games at home of higher seed, next 2 games at home of lower seed, game 5 at home of higher seed, game 6 at home of lower seed, and game 7 at home of higher seed.
winning or losing one of the 7 games doesn't affect it though?
the_batman
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the schedule is H-H-A-A-H-A-H
the team that starts off at home is the one with the better regular season record.
if you start off at home, you have a better chance at being up 2-0 in the series, and even if you lose the next two, if you win game 5, you'll be up 3-2 and you'll be in a better position.
Hydrogen Bluebird
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No, the order/number of home-away games do not change.
TheAutomator
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73 wins Warriors is still one of the best NBA teams in history. Let the haters hate.
Hydrogen Bluebird
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Well, their greatness isn't in question but the greatest team in a single season is the team that gets the Larry O'Brien trophy in June.
the_batman
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it doesn't matter how great your regular season record is if you don't win the championship.
Better than the 2014 Spurs?
DeaconKnowledge
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Wait, are people actually saying they'd rather have 73-9 and a championship rather than two championships? !
Why are you even watching the playoffs then? Seasons over lifelongs!
Why are you even watching the playoffs then? Seasons over lifelongs!
Fair weather fans it feels like.
Do people remember the year Pat's went 18 - 1 as great? No, they remember the Giants winning and beating them. What will be remember from this season if GS loses, OKC stopping them in their tracks.
MisterR
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Of course not. LeBron would be crucified if he flopped like Curry has so far. Let's not forget Steph sucked in the finals last year too
entremet
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Doubtful since it's the WCF. The decision is what earned Lebron a lot of haters. Plus the sports media is in love with the dude and his family.
elrechazado
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Let your meltdown continue
Red Blaster
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stealth fox became a literal family man and doesn't watch bball anymore
teruterubozu
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Even the 2007 Pats reached the Super Bowl.
tbh the WCF may as well be the finals this year
Nah LeBrons still going to win one for Cleveland.
Also it's hilarious this Automator guy is arguing about EPL to justify why the GS Warriors should be crowned champs.
GTFO dude. Champions league is the playoffs for soccer.
Bruce Springsteen
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Take what L?
This will forever be known as the team with the best record that didn't win a title, no one is going to give a shit about regular season accomplishment after this
It's 18-1 all over again except they don't even make the finals
he's not winning 4 tho
Vicetrailia
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It just goes to show you how hard it is to make it back to the finals in the west.
the_batman
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who knows if he'll even beat the Raptors.
Being undefeated in NFL regular season is much bigger deal than 73 and 9.
Pats suffered worse imo. Not only did the perfect season come to an end but Tom Brady got wrecked by everyone for talking shit about not scoring a lot vs the Giants D. There was a lot of salt in general from all directions after that Super Bowl. Much more than now.
73 and 9 is just not a big deal tbh. I think Warriors could very well push for 74 wins next year if they get some more firepower in free agency.
honestly I think 73 wins is a bigger deal. it's a larger sample size and they had to play every other team in the league multiple times. plus for some added context teams were going at them night in and night out to be the team that beat golden state, especially when they opened the season undefeated.
I'm not a warriors fan so I feel in the clear to celebrate their regular season regardless of the outcome
TheAutomator
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Only idiots mock such a great achievement.
Ask the Patroits how celebrated their crazy regular season was.
friskykillface
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Lol talks about going for 74 wins next season , they ain't ever going for any regular season records anymore if they lose this series
The Giants were a much bigger underdog back in 2007 compared to OKC. They were a wild card team that year. This OKC team just knocked off the Spurs who were also really good. It was just much bigger impact in 07. Plus Eli threw that one impossible pass for the dagger. Going undefeated in the NFL for an entire calendar year is just more special imo. Giants legit crashed a historic event.
The Artisan
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he balls so hard, mothafuckers wanna fine him.
If the Thunder close out the series, are they one of the best teams in history? They would certainly be a better team than the Warriors since they beat them on the court.
If they don't win a championship this year and don't make it to the final/win the ship next year with Luke(people are saying is the mastermind behind this offense) leaving. The love for this dude and family will go down.
I think it shows what happens when you are too cocky and just don't play basketball.
oh I was just talking going undefeated in the NFL vs. getting 73 wins in the NBA
the super bowl loss for the pats was much worse than this OKC series will be for the warriors
TheAutomator
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They are the better team in the series, but they are not the better team throughout the season. It's simple.
Mass Appeal
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Only idiots think championships are won in the regular season.
You can keep living in this dream world which is fine but no one else will take you seriously. What the Warriors did was a good achievement but I am sure if you ask anyone on that team what they cherish more, a record or a championship, I am 100% confident that every player would say the latter.
Edit: also, that great record that GS got on that night wasnt even the biggest NBA story of that night, it was Kobes last game and him dropping 60. If the Warriors do lose this series, more people will remember Kobes last game over their record.
CraigerGamer
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Doesn't it change to H-H-A-A-A-H-H during the finals?
So to start, the order (for the team with the better record) is H-H-A-A-H-A-H.
IF the away team wins game 1, now the away team only has to win their home games to win the series since 3 games will be played at each arena and they've already won 1 of 4 needed. That's why people will say something to the effect of "HCA has shifted to OKCs favor".
Make sense?
Skellig Gra
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Not really that simple. They played different schedules so you can't compare directly. The ONLY direct comparison is what we are witnessing right now. It's a 7 game series, the better team almost always wins in that scenario assuming there aren't major injuries.
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Sweet! The Spurs are better than the Thunder too! And since the Spurs took so many games off to rest players (causing losses) and so far have looked better versus the Thunder than the Warriors, I am going to declare this years Spurs as one of the all time great teams as well! Who needs to decide anything on the court when comparing two teams?
Skellig Gra
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Oh shit, for some reason I thought they switched it back when they shook up the days the finals games were played on.
TheAutomator
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Nope. Spurs are inferior and got smacked hard by GSW.
Lol. Which is why it's happened several times, and 73 and 9 has happened once. Not to defend Clown Fiesta Curry. I don't like defending Clown Fiesta Curry.
I believe Greg was not worried about them losses and was seeing what worked in the Xs and Os
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