eBay Huckster
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gimme Thunder vs Cavs so the series is actually interesting
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NBA Playoffs |OT| AKA Derrick Rose's family time
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Well if he would've wrapped up like a line backer he probably wouldve got it. Was way too soft.
They would beat these Spurs I think. SA couldn't score with them. Okc has the better chance, KD usually torches them and WB can actually wear down Steph a bit with his physicality.
Uhhhh have you seen these Spurs?
OKC has been a bigger threat to GSW this year anyways
clevbrowns94
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If you can't beat Oklahoma City, you probably can't beat the (healthy) Warriors. I think OKC could give the Warriors a tougher time because of the explosive scoring potential of Westbrook and Durant. But if they are both off, or even if one is off, then they are screwed.
darkside31337
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OKC's best lineup has been with Kanter + Adams on the floor together. Spurs bigs have been completely dominated on the glass, really think Pop should free Boban. Duncan / West / Diaw is giving them absolutely nothing right now on either end of the court.
my name is ed
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imo Thunders top 7 match up pretty well and is a bit of a push, but anytime you have Randy Foye/Cameron Payne and Collison against Mo Speights and Shaun Livingston well...
If they stick with that lineup against GS small ball they'll be run off the court. Green, Barjes and Iggy will either drive right by them or tear them apart from 3. At some point OKC will have to go small, nullifying their best lineup and biggest advantage.
Durant or Westbrook will be on the court at all times. No way they ever play a lineup without at least one of them. In which case you trap whichever one that is at the moment and make Payne beat you from 3.
Not even two days ago everybody was singing their praises from the highest mountaintops and saying how teams want to avoid playing them. Now we need to play nice and stop writing them off because reasons. Fucking hilarious. Maybe just maybe they are not as good and far ahead of everybody else as you all like to think?
I do think it's a little silly to think they can't go to OKC and win a game. The series isn't done yet, and if OKC takes even a toe off the gas the Spurs will win the next game. Outside of games 1 and 3, this has been a close series. If it comes down to that again, the Spurs have a good shot.
There's having a good shot and there's being unstoppable demigods. People have been pretending they were the latter this whole while so yeah its incredibly funny to see all the caution and unsureness now.
Now that I've had a chance to sober up, in all honesty that was a really great game last night and OKC most definitely deserved to win it.
I just hope the Spurs can bring enough to the table next game. Really need Kawhi to step up in late game situations. The last two games, OKC has gotten the better of him, though I think a lot of that is due to him having to expend so much energy trying to contain KD and Russ.
I just hope the Spurs can bring enough to the table next game. Really need Kawhi to step up in late game situations. The last two games, OKC has gotten the better of him, though I think a lot of that is due to him having to expend so much energy trying to contain KD and Russ.
MetalFearSolid
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Can someone tell me how Steve Nash helped Curry's game out this year? Just curious. He helped Jordan Clarkson.
Bay Area legends / Point Gods.
Nash being a consultant for the Warriors is pretty damn cool. And The Logo being a board member, whew.
Hard to say. He was brought in as a consultant and would sometimes work with the players at practices, but I don't know how often he was actually there.
Can someone tell me how Steve Nash helped Curry's game out this year? Just curious. He helped Jordan Clarkson improved while working with Nash.
They should both be double-fisting statues in that picture. That would be awesome.
TMac weighed in with "today's game is watered down". Old people - stop being old. Scoring is down from mid-90s. Defenses are better now than they were then. And, yes, players still get grabbed and pushed as they drive to the basket. About about :55 you can see the typical grab/hip shove of a player going to the basket. I've seen much harder grabs and pushes not called as well (well, unless you are harden or cp3).
https://youtu.be/adi8uy_lyi8?t=55
T-Mac is awful on The Jump.
I guess maybe he's mad that guys like MJ and Shaq's year on the Lakers weren't unanimous, and I can see that, but it's more a problem of past voters being stupid (and not having their votes made public like they are now). They were a problem, not the current league.
panthapanda
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Can someone tell me how Steve Nash helped Curry's game out this year? Just curious. He helped Jordan Clarkson.
From what I heard, he helped Curry be a better finisher at the rim. More creative scoring and what not. At least that's what my memory recalls. Heard it from somewhere. Can't remember lol.
People forget it took Curry with one of the best game winners I've ever seen to win that last matchup. KD has been unfazed by the Warriors mostly.
CreeperBlocks
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Gully State
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To me that's good news. It means they aren't officiating the Warriors-Blazers game.
PadWarrior
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Wow! Dude stay beasting.
Fuckball karmaOH GOD.
What did The Raptors and Heat do to Deserve this?
KazenY2J
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why you always lying
PadWarrior
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Lol I know
Good. Doubt and minimization fuels Steph da god.
PadWarrior
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50 points incoming
In the first half
good, that's the only half I can watch lol
friskykillface
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What is the point of the nba announcing missed foul calls the day after a game lol
Gully State
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It's the league basically saying "my bad.." which according to urban dictionary.
Crimson_Echidna
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To give "transparency." It's pretty meaningless though.
MetalFearSolid
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Yeah saw that too. Lol
everybody knows what it is though, they wouldn't have been talking about it if it wasn't going to happen
Crimson_Echidna
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I think Dwight handled himself pretty well. Won me over anyway.
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