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NBA Playoffs |OT| AKA Derrick Rose's family time
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OKC is not disciplined. They play like having two top 5 players would but it can sting you when you need other guys to contribute. They never get the chance.
Elfforkusu
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Really, GSW outplayed them game 1? I think I must've watched a different game. I seem to remember OKC dominating the 2nd half and winning the game?
Anyway, hoping for a good one game 6.
I might accept this line of reasoning if I hadn't just seen them dominate the Spurs and now (mostly) dominate the Warriors. They weren't disciplined tonight.
ProvenDeadly
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Well there are two halves in a game. GS was up by 13 and got outplayed in the second.
Dthomp
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eBay Huckster
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I wouldn't say GS outplayed OKC in Game 1 for the same reason I wouldn't say Atlanta outplayed Cleveland in Game 3 last round.
Because, well, they still lost.
RastaMentality
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because it's the last time anyone will be on that court this season.
I like you, and I hope you're right
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If they shoot 60 times combined again, that's a bad sign for OKC.
People love saying 'we won't see that again', then it happens again and a team is out of a playoff series. Putting a basketball in a hoop against 6'8 monsters is hard.
Watch the matchups - see how the teams are reacting to each other.
Elfforkusu
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Seems like a stretch to say they outplayed them. It's not like OKC was lucky to win that game, they looked like the better team.
In exactly the same way GSW looked like the better team tonight.
Damn if leading at the half was that important when I played, I would have won like 3 more AAU tournaments.
This is how I thought the series was going to go, well with Curry and Klay shooting a bit better than 5-17 from 3. Durant and Russ combine for 70+, get other people open. Defensively it's a wash, which I don't think anyone expected.
Anyway, the Warriors find themselves in the unenviable position of counting on Steph to have 40 next game. It seems unlikely.
Anyway, the Warriors find themselves in the unenviable position of counting on Steph to have 40 next game. It seems unlikely.
Elfforkusu
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Agreed.
Though, Donovan needs to ration their minutes better. but I think he'll notice if he watches the film.
KD especially was running on fumes for the last few minutes.
DoubleTake
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Im really not convinced the Warriors are gonna be able to nut up for Game 6 in that arena. OKC is going to come out firing on all cylinders like they always do and I'm not sure if the Warriors have the resolve to weather the storm. Sure didnt in game 3&4.
OKC by 20
OKC by 20
draymonds passion
it was almost offensive
That's how they always play. They just happen to have two top 5 players. No other team can say that. Bigger margin for error. I'd say at minimal 75% of the games is the same thing. YNB and Durant taking turns. It is what it is and it generally works.
FrenchMovieTheme
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i like Cwebb
as for the warriors, i don't think they'll win game 6. okc's crowd is going to be rockin' and they haven't sniffed the thunder in okc yet in the series. steph is going to have to go nuts for the warriors to have a chance. it could happen but i doubt it!
They need MVP Curry, Green or Klay and one other guy to step up.i like Cwebb
as for the warriors, i don't think they'll win game 6. okc's crowd is going to be rockin' and they haven't sniffed the thunder in okc yet in the series. steph is going to have to go nuts for the warriors to have a chance. it could happen but i doubt it!
They can do it but I would not get on it.
Yeah they haven't said anything. But if they lose the series we all know a report will come out in July saying he was playing injured.
SlackAdjuster
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I'm not referee crybaby guy like some of the Cavs haters around here but WOW that officiating was comical!
Dr Duncan Steel
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KD's and Westbrook's souls needed to be snatched tonight.
Didn't happen.
This series is ending Saturday.
Didn't happen.
This series is ending Saturday.
Mm, it worked for the most part until they started turning the ball over every other possession. They were within striking distance until the last 6 or so minutes of the 4th quarter.
edit: Actually, they might have lost it at the start of the 4th even.
Elfforkusu
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I mean, I've watched all these games, I see what they're doing. But calling them undisciplined is false, they locked GSW out of the transition game and dominated the series for 2 quarters of game 1 and every minute they've played in OKC.
GS looked much better on Offense tonight, I dunno. I think if they come out with the same game plan in OKC, they're in for an upset. Adams has played so well these last couple games, get him more involved. Same with Ibaka, don't give up on him so quickly. The Thunder are unstoppable when they pass the ball around and get guys moving, they looked BAD at times tonight. Like, guys running laterally with the ball as the clock gets below ten seconds before making any advances into the paint or even just the two point range. I know that part of that is due to good defense, but it isn't hard to play good D when you've got only two guys to worry about getting the ball in their hands a majority of the time. That all being said, they could just as well come out with the same strategy in OKC and Durant and Westbrook could light the floor up. At times Westbrook looked unstoppable out there, as did Durant. The problem tonight was they never kept it going, the great shots came in short spurts while GS splashed 3's from all over the court. Iggy made them pay, in particular.
They didn't find the role players the way they were doing in OKC. At home they were just so smart and picked the Warriors apart.
Warriors played a lot smarter today and that was all Drammond. They have no chance unless he is making a difference on defense. If he can do that AND play well on offense (hasn't done so in this series) then GS will be a tough out. But at times in this series he has been making a ton of mistakes. He has to show up on Saturday for GS to stay in it.
Definitely this, he was the key to their victory tonight imo. His blocks and hustle kept them up big. That silly 3 he hit too was pretty dope
mashoutposse
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Went in for the fist bump, Shaq palms my whole damn fist instead. Cool dude, Charles too (normal bump from him)
Great game. Dubs win in OKC, I'd be a very worried Thunder fan. It was loud tonight, can't imagine G7.
Great game. Dubs win in OKC, I'd be a very worried Thunder fan. It was loud tonight, can't imagine G7.
The dream lives for another day.
Crowd was hype and thought Kerr, Draymond, Bogut and Curry responded well after the debacle in OKC. Kerr has really found something on D keeping Bogut at the rim and not making him switch. Dubs dominated the paint thanks to that (and some of Draymond). Just wish it hadn't taken him 5 games to do it.
OKC's defense is still doing well to make GS work though so will have to play better on Staurday to win. But the dream lives for now!
Crowd was hype and thought Kerr, Draymond, Bogut and Curry responded well after the debacle in OKC. Kerr has really found something on D keeping Bogut at the rim and not making him switch. Dubs dominated the paint thanks to that (and some of Draymond). Just wish it hadn't taken him 5 games to do it.
OKC's defense is still doing well to make GS work though so will have to play better on Staurday to win. But the dream lives for now!
Was Shaq's palm sweaty?
Gully State
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Yeah wish he remembered that Bogut could trigger the offense earlier.
Elfforkusu
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My suspicion is that Bogut's minutes have been limited by injury.
What injury? I have no idea.
Gully State
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Saturday is going to be tough. You know that KD and YNB are going to get theirs but role players always play better at home. Curry is going to have to go nuts for us to have a chance.
Why you got to fight with me at Cheesecake?
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