PadWarrior
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What happened to the dubs d?
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NBA Playoffs |OT| AKA Derrick Rose's family time
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M.W.
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No, he's just a fucking tool.
Epsilon-delta
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These 3s in the past two days; it's like everyone is on fire ala NBA Jam or some shit.
Nothing. POR is hitting everything. Like I said, likely won't happen again.
PadWarrior
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Curry needs to play next game. Blazers aren't the rockets.
sf2fanatic
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I expect some salty players after the game complaining about too many threes tonight
Lee Chaolan
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Wonder if they'd hurry Steph back if Portland hung on game 2?
Hmm that sound familiar. lol
Hmm that sound familiar. lol
panthapanda
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haha my cousin went to school with him and Jeremy lamb, I was going to attend the same high school but my family wouldn't let me. ATL is pretty...flamboyant tho, I mean, midtown is like the #1 gay city?
M.W.
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Nah. No worry for the dubs. He can sit.
Gully State
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So this is what it feels like to be Curry'd..
That's nonsense. If Portland hits 17 of 30 threes again more power to them. A fluke game is no reason to rush the MVP back from a knee injury.
Lmao, too true. Fees bad man.
Lee Chaolan
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How good would Portland be if they didn't lose LMA?
PadWarrior
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Blazers have been playing the Warriors pretty tough since game one and have showed more heart than Houston. Warriors keep messing around and this series is gonna be tied.
DataStream
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I still think Steph sits until game 5
And? They still have 2 out of 3 at home with the best player in the world presumably coming back.
PadWarrior
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Game will be tied at 2 a piece if that happens.
You may be proved right but the knee jerk reactions from fans after one game always amuses me.
PadWarrior
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I'm not a warriors fan.
Why are you getting so upset? It's a game upsets happen no biggie.
Not really a dire situation for GSW to be honest.
You just can't rush Steph back. He'll play when he's healthy, but other than that there's not much you can do.
Epsilon-delta
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Because he's a warriors fan.
PadWarrior
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So he gets upset? its a game he has no control over.
Who's upset? You claimed to know the future which I pressume you got from 1 loss.
rokkerkory
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Dubs got this without steph next game
Thought it was interesting that this Blazer team got farther in the playoffs than the Roy and LMA teams. One hell of a game.
Best they did was the year Lillard sunk the Rockets on that series/game-winner. They won a game from the Spurs the next round. This ties it but its better because they got the game down 2-0 as opposed to 3-0.
If the Blazers can win game 4 they've got some serious momentum/house money mojo going on. If they didn't royally shit the bed in G2; they're in control here.
PadWarrior
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Curry needs to bathe in that muscle milk to help his knee lol
I think he'll be back in the next two games. Hopefully game 4, but if not game 5.
PadWarrior
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Hope so miss watching the dude play.
well for half the game GSW actually had the better FG%..and in the second half Draymond hit 3s at an insane level for a career high. That won't happen again either.
Edit: Just checked..GSW still had the higher FG% in the end lol
I'm just kinda shocked that we are the only team that managed to beat the Warriors twice this year, three times if you count preseason.
sir_kevith
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I think what killed GS was the slew of fouls they committed. Kerr was pissed about them. You can be pretty even in all categories and then lose by that one factor.
In game 1 I felt like Blazers got blown out but if you look at the percentages, we lost so bad because of rebounds. Everything else was a lot closer than it felt.
Game 1
http://espn.go.com/nba/matchup?gameId=400875806
Game 3
http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/gamecast?gameId=400875808&version=mobile
In game 1 I felt like Blazers got blown out but if you look at the percentages, we lost so bad because of rebounds. Everything else was a lot closer than it felt.
Game 1
http://espn.go.com/nba/matchup?gameId=400875806
Game 3
http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/gamecast?gameId=400875808&version=mobile
Atomic Playboy
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I feel like San Antonio will join that club in the WCF. But it is pretty cool to be sitting on that right now. It's also testament to how good the Warriors are that they had to get through the regular season and into the second round of the playoffs before any team in the league managed to beat them twice.
Gully State
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Case of home cooking....role player usually make their shots at home whereas away role players don't. That was the difference really. gotta tip your hat off to portland for making so many tough shots.
Andrew Korenchkin
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Honestly...this Cavs team could sweep....
They're in for a serious shock when they get to the finals.
The Warriors/Spurs (I'm assuming SA gets by OKC) play defense that is several orders of magnitude greater than the garbage Cleveland has been facing off against in the east so far. They look cute hitting all these 3's right now but those looks are gonna dry up fast when they face off against the two best defenses this league has seen in a long time.
Furthermore both the Warriors and Spurs are too smart and too well coached to not win in a 7 game series. Kyrie will be exposed for his mediocre defense and Kevin Love is going to be attacked relentlessly in the pick and roll. What's even worse is that LBJ will have to face off against either Leonard or Iggy, meaning all of the easy shots he's been getting in the paint so far will dry up to an extent and he's going to have to live and die by his jumper.
From a defensive perspective it's even worse for the Cavs if SA makes the finals because JR, whose 3 point shooting is absolutely vital to how the Cavs play, will have to contend with Danny Green, who at this point might just be the best defensive SG in the league.
The Cavs won't have home court against either team, making it all the more difficult for them to win the series, let alone sweep either team.
Andrew Korenchkin
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Yeah, they will no doubt not sweep the entire playoffs, but the East? Oh sure.
Is it really that impressive to sweep the Pistons, Hawks, and winner of the Heat/Raptors shitfest?
I think a healthy Dubs team and SA would do the same except with higher point differentials.
I just feel like the overreaction to this Cavs team so far has been ridiculous. There's no doubt they look good, and in any other year they would probably win the chip, but there are two historic teams playing in the west right now and the Cavs are gonna have to face one of them.
The level of competition in the east is putrid at best. Detroit was too young and flawed, the Hawks have regressed heavily and just feel...mediocre at best, and on one end you have a Heat team whose only consistent player is a 34 year old D-Wade and a Toronto team whose 2 "stars" have shot a combined 20% on like 60 shots a game at this point. Just garbage all around.
I'm predicting the Cavs will be absolutely shell-shocked by whichever battle-tested squad comes out of the West.
Yeah everyone has made a big deal about the gap between the conferences closing this year but that really only holds true for the second tier and below teams.
SA, GS and I would argue OKC and a healthy LAC are better then every other team then the Cavs in the East. SA and GS being better then the Cavs though.
The west is still much stronger at the top of the conference. Can't see the Cavs beating a healthy SA or GS. Too much of an uphill battle when the two of the Cavs three best players can't play defense and all three will be hindered by elite defenses and defenders.
Everyone championing the Cavs like to mention how the Cavs were without Kyrie and Love but for Kyrie especielly, he is going to help Curry and/or Klay get going with his putrid D. Plus now Curry and Klay aren't going to be novices to the moment.
SA, GS and I would argue OKC and a healthy LAC are better then every other team then the Cavs in the East. SA and GS being better then the Cavs though.
The west is still much stronger at the top of the conference. Can't see the Cavs beating a healthy SA or GS. Too much of an uphill battle when the two of the Cavs three best players can't play defense and all three will be hindered by elite defenses and defenders.
Everyone championing the Cavs like to mention how the Cavs were without Kyrie and Love but for Kyrie especielly, he is going to help Curry and/or Klay get going with his putrid D. Plus now Curry and Klay aren't going to be novices to the moment.
TrumanBurbank
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OKC is challenging Spurs right now while Westbrook is playing insane hero ball.
I think Cavs can beat a fully healthy Spurs in 7. Also, if Steph is injured they can beat the Warriors too, for sure. A healthy Steph Curry Warriors team is just impossible to beat in a series
I don't see the Cavs being shell-shocked if they ever get into the finals. This team is still basically the team last year that challenged the much superior Warriors team in 6 games without its 2 all-stars. And LeBron is so familiar with the Spurs in the finals. That team knows the strength of the possible Western team to challenge them in the finals. They have additional offensive firepower than last year. They have a much more experienced team outside of LeBron. I'm giving them an equal chance to win it all as much as the Spurs and the Warriors as long as Kyrie and Love remain healthy.
Cosign. People in this thread act like the Warriors are a dynasty already when they only have a championship so far because Lebron was playing with half a team.
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