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[AliasGreed]

Wait, what happened to Kawhi?

? He's not playing today with his ankle sprain / injury

 

[VPhys]

Leonard out

Blowout inc :/

You were right.

 

[Cooter]

Not playing tonight.

lol I was kidding. Just backing you up in that I'm tired of hearing about it every few minutes.

 

[PadWarrior]

Man, this was a sad showing by Rockets.

So Warriors in 5? Spurs can get at least one game right?

Pop never been swept right?

 

[Slizeezyc]

This is like a classic Spurs regular season game where they don't play many guys and still run shit, only it's Game 6 on the road in the Playoffs in an elimination game.

 

[Line_HTX]

Congrats, LeMarcus Aldridge, for finally showing up when people wanted you to be around ages ago. Fucking cretin fraud, hope you Houdini again.

 

[AliasGreed]

I was corrected a couple of days ago, Lakers swept Pop in 2001.

 

[Tommy DJ]

Pop never been swept right?

He has. Got wrecked by Shaq's Lakers in the WCF that year.

To be fair on Pop and Duncan, Shaq was probably the most dominant player ever when he was with the Lakers.

 

[MugiwaraCole]

You think? Everyone just lives in the moment. Now the Spurs are the 2nd best team in the league. Haha. Cavs are really good guys.

Right.

That said, I've gone from thinking the next round is a sweep to thinking Boston and SA take at least one game. Maybe.

Idk, this still feels like that moment in the sports movie where the two rivals are trashing everyone in their paths.

 

[nogoodnamesleft]

You were right.

😂😂😭 and how

 

[Redd]

lol I was kidding. Just backing you up in that I'm tired of hearing about it every few minutes.

I know right. Commentary can't go 5 minutes without mentioning it.

 

[darkwing-buck]

He has. Got wrecked by Shaq's Lakers in the WCF that year.

To be fair on Pop and Duncan, Shaq was probably the most dominant player ever when he was with the Lakers.

Yeah the 2001 Lakers were insane.

 

[metalslimer]

Man I'm glad Harden isn't getting that MVP now. Even westbrook at his worst never played this flat/choke this hard.

 

[perfectchaos007]

From an outsiders perspective, the biggest mistake Pop has made all season was neglecting Simmons throughout the regular season. Dude should have clearly been given more minutes. Other than that though, he obviously has done well with his team just like every year

 

[mjp2417]

Anyone who voted Pop for COTY is feeling pretty smug right about now

 

[jobber]

We going to the bay area!

Spurs are very capable of beating the Warriors. The one problem I see, which has happened a few times, the Spurs have a sucky playoff history vs teams they began the season against. Last time was vs OKC in that season where the Spurs had that long ass winning streak going into the playoffs.

Its a real stat.

 

[PadWarrior]

He has. Got wrecked by Shaq's Lakers in the WCF that year.

To be fair on Pop and Duncan, Shaq was probably the most dominant player ever when he was with the Lakers.

Oh man i forgot about this.

 

[blackaroni]

Typical Houston sports ending.

 

[Line_HTX]

This is all because the Kuroko's Basketball final movie had their cross promotion with the NBA, and goddamn Kuroko was wearing the Spurs uniform. Fucking Spurs and their main character plot armor. Fucking shit marketing.

GG, Xia. D'Antoni just has no answers and every player on the starting lineup and bench just stopped caring and want to go home, oh oops. They are home.

 

[TuXx]

As great as Leonard is, he's really just a cog in a machine that is San Antonio.

 

[Starphoenix]

From an outsiders perspective, the biggest mistake Pop has made all season was neglecting Simmons throughout the regular season. Dude should have clearly been given more minutes. Other than that though, he obviously has done well with his team just like every year

Agreed. Simmons brings a different energy to the floor when he is out. I still remember his game against GS at the beginning of the season.

 

[crazyprac]

Damn harden is just dumping the ball to someone else. He's done.

 

[unknownstranger]

Good effort Harden.

 

[Hyperactivity]

Harden always goes nuts during the summer after he starts getting doubted at least...

 

[jobber]

As great as Leonard is, he's really just a cog in a machine that is San Antonio.

This is a product of sitting players. Pop does it as a teaching method on how the team plays when missing a player.

 

[Line_HTX]

Anyone who voted Pop for COTY is feeling pretty smug right about now

Coach's Association. Not the actual real COTY award.

 

[Redd]

Not gonna bs here. I thought Rockets would take this series in 6 or 7 games when Parker went down. Pop really is the best coach in the league.

 

[CassidyIzABeast]

Harden not trying to shoot the ball. Awful performance.

 

[Heysoos]

Go Spurs Go!!!!!

 

[VPhys]

Is pop not the undisputed GOAT now.



And damn I wish this game was on TNT.

 

[cr_blah_blah]

Harden tried giving up that 6th foul to Pau just to get out of this game already.

 

[FZZ]

Spurs vs. Warriors gonna be fun

Spurs please challenge them

Looking at the ban log, he was permed for being an alt. Let's move on.

HITTA WAS AN ALT?!?

 

[Crimson_Echidna]

Well, this series is ending with thud.

 

[neptunes]

Why has Pop routinely beaten D'Antoni over the years?

 

[Heysoos]

time to empty the benches?

 

[perfectchaos007]

Harden not trying to shoot the ball. Awful performance.

fify

 

[mjp2417]

Coach's Association. Not the actual real COTY award.

I know the real one hasn't been announced yet, but I seriously doubt Pop wins it

 

[Ronin Ray]

As great as Leonard is, he's really just a cog in a machine that is San Antonio.

Hahaha no he carried them all year and all playoffs up untill this game

 

[RedEther]

Rockets wtf happened lol

 

[panthapanda]

Who can doubt LMA's role on this team now? Clearly he is the leader.

 

[Nafai1123]

Thought the Rockets would take this series. Still think they match up better against the Dubs. Hoping for a good WCF anyways.

 

[cr_blah_blah]

Shocking that when you rely on shooting 40+ 3s a game, you are a complete disaster unless you're hitting at a high rate. It's not sustainable.

 

[duxstar]

Rockets looked dead all night .... maybe game 5 destroyed their energy ?

 

[neptunes]

Murray is deceptively long

 

[Bread]

Soooo this was the most well equipped team for D'Antoni and Harden, where do they go from here?

 

[andthebeatgoeson]

Houston fans bolted.

 

[Shamrock7r]

Soooo this was the most well equipped team for D'Antoni and Harden, where do they go from here?

Go smaller, trade nene, Ariza, Anderson and Capella for Isaiah Thomas and mugsy

 

[CassidyIzABeast]

Tom Haberstroh @tomhaberstroh 24s25 seconds ago

Reporting live for #NBASidecast: the Rockets have made 9 2s. If it holds, would be lowest since @bball_ref began tracking in '83, prob ever.

 

[nogoodnamesleft]

Spurs vs. Warriors gonna be fun

Spurs please challenge them



HITTA WAS AN ALT?!?

What happened to harden nigga from the back way range

 

[K.Jack]

MVP candidates this year were trash in the post season.

This is pure fuckery.