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5/9/2017 3:18:19 PM

Ok Danny Green. I see you boi

MANU GIN-NOSE-BLE damn son

[Edited on May 9, 2017 at 10:51 PM. Reason : game is fucking tight]

5/9/2017 10:48:02 PM

Los Spurs!

Without Kawhi in OT to boot.

[Edited on May 9, 2017 at 10:53 PM. Reason : .]

5/9/2017 10:52:41 PM

that block by manu on harden was just nasty. ultimate denial.

5/9/2017 11:03:27 PM

Harden had such a great game and was then just terrible in the last minute and OT

5/9/2017 11:05:59 PM

That game was a whole lot of ugly, at least it was a good game though. I am going to miss Manu when he retires.

5/9/2017 11:07:19 PM

Man I must have been watching a diff game, 90% was awesome.

5/9/2017 11:11:50 PM

the first part of OT stunk

they stayed at 101 foreverrrrr...

Why was Leonard out, i didnt have audio

5/9/2017 11:18:57 PM

tweaked his ankle and knee

5/9/2017 11:20:51 PM

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"Harden had such a great game and was then just terrible in the last minute and OT for the rest of the game"

ftfy


It was a great game in that it was competitive...but the last part of the 4th quarter and OT was extremely sloppy. Tons of turnovers, missed wide open shots, etc. I highly enjoyed it, but it wasn't exactly good basketball.

5/10/2017 6:16:47 AM

Your fix is broken and the rest of your post seems to be agree with me so I'm not sure how to respond.

5/10/2017 8:24:00 AM

Harden had 10 points total in the 2nd half and overtime. He had a great first half...he was sub-par for the rest of the game. He REALLY sucked in OT.

5/10/2017 9:58:33 AM

So much fun watching these last 2 teams limp into the semifinals before they get their shit shoved in by the Cavs and Warriors.

5/10/2017 10:03:45 AM

^ absolutely! Cavs and Warriors are getting so much rest!

5/10/2017 11:41:27 AM

How great would it be if the Spurs won the championship. Cementing themselves as the greatest franchise of all time that people tried their hardest to avoid talking about

5/11/2017 9:13:55 PM

Is this the most embarrassing series decider ever? Jesus christ......

5/11/2017 10:04:48 PM

Boy do I feel stupid for buying into all that undue Houston hype. I should have known that any team led by Russel Westbrook's clone wouldn't sniff the WCF. The Rockets just got sodomized by a Kawhi-less and Parker-less team. AT HOME.

The WCF are certainly a lot more interesting now, and as a Warriors fan, I'm definitely feeling a little uneasy.

5/11/2017 10:21:14 PM

http://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/draymond-green-calls-celtics-olynyk-a-dirty-player-i-dont-respect-that-man/

5/11/2017 10:23:22 PM

That came out a few days ago, Tree.

I found the ESPN poll funny though. Draymond "won" dirtiest player in a landslide

He's the type of player that you're glad is on your team, but if he got traded, you'd hate him the second he left.

5/11/2017 10:28:21 PM

Westbrook out the playoffs
Harden out the playoffs
Leonard's team beat the hell out of another team without him

So Lebron is the true MVP?

5/11/2017 10:37:46 PM

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"I should have known that any team led by Russel Westbrook's clone wouldn't sniff the WCF. The Rockets just got sodomized by a Kawhi-less and Parker-less team. AT HOME. "

he was hurt and his coach isn't close to Pops level

not even close to a Westbrook clone

5/11/2017 11:56:38 PM

similar stats, similar playoff outcomes

not a huge fan of either, so I'm glad we don't have to talk about them anymore

5/12/2017 1:43:15 AM

Lol, I just saw the guy trying to call me out on page 2 for stating the Spurs have a decent chance against the Rockets if they don't play Tony Parker too much.

Looks like that was a pretty solid call considering they lost the Parker game by 30 and dominated the series afterwards.

Worst postseason ever THUS FAR.

I think both of these series will be very competitive though. Maybe not necessarily close as in 7 game series, but closer on an individual game level. Only two of the TWENTY gAmes in round 2 have been decided by single digits. That's absurd

The Spurs and Wizards are underrated and the Cavs are overrated.

The Celtics seem properly rated as they were done for against the bulls if rondo hadn't gotten injured and against the Wizards if Morris hadn't gotten hurt. That said, they can absolutely give the Cavs a series.

The warriors are underrated. They'll stomp the Cavs if they get through the Spurs.

I got Warriors over the Spurs in 5 given the injury to kawhi. But let's not forget the Spurs put a 30 point beat down on the Warriors to open the season AND they beat them late in the year last season.

Clearly, the Warriors are a huge favorite but I think the Spurs at 7:1 odds are a nice bet. The warriors are a sprained ankle away from being vulnerable


[Edited on May 12, 2017 at 8:48 AM. Reason : A]

5/12/2017 8:43:36 AM

There is currently no evidence that Harden was hurt, an elbow to the face in the previous game doesn't automatically mean concussion no matter how hard twitter wants it to be. The guy choked when he didn't even have the best defensive player on the other team in the game.

5/12/2017 11:05:45 AM

Quote :

"Boy do I feel stupid for buying into all that undue Houston hype."

Don't be hard on yourself. Casual, bandwagon basketball fans often get their predictions wrong. It happens to the best of them.

5/12/2017 11:31:44 AM

LOL!

5/12/2017 12:15:30 PM

If Zaza isn't suspended for game 2, the NBA is a joke.

5/14/2017 5:23:21 PM

Stop.

5/14/2017 5:58:27 PM

What calls for a suspension? Is it intent to harm? result of harm? time and situation in the game? This checks all three boxes. They suspended draymond twice for less.

5/14/2017 6:16:04 PM

He closed him out. I hate to see Kawhi hurt but Zaza was barely even looking and wasn't looking at his feet.

5/14/2017 6:48:50 PM

Eh. It was definitely a dirty play, probably not suspendable. Wouldn't mind the league making that a flagrant in the future.

5/14/2017 6:50:32 PM

of course he was looking to hurt his already injured ankle more than it already is

5/14/2017 7:07:05 PM

I know people will explain Game 6 against the Rockets as the reason that Kawhi Leonard is not the MVP.

And then you take a game like this and you can argue why Kawhi Leonard is the MVP.

5/14/2017 7:18:10 PM

But Westbrook's triple doubles...

5/14/2017 7:51:41 PM

^^ or you can stop taking so much out of a one game sample size

5/14/2017 9:46:56 PM

I don't. I can take Kawhi's 82 game sample size and justify the MVP for him.

But I can also go ahead and quote every hot take that'll be coming from ESPN's coffers tomorrow.

5/14/2017 11:33:43 PM

Wow people seriously even think that was remotely a dirty play? Just ban all contact in basketball I guess? That was purely incidental it happens all the time.

5/15/2017 9:35:43 AM

Quote :

"And then you take a game like this and you can argue why Kawhi Leonard is the MVP. "

They also beat the Rockets by 40 without him (as well as win the OT game before that).

Man the Warriors got lucky last night. Spurs win going away without that injury.

5/15/2017 9:59:19 AM

Quote :

"They also beat the Rockets by 40 without him (as well as win the OT game before that). "

that's exactly what he said the sentence before lol

5/15/2017 10:30:24 AM

Quote :

"Man the Warriors got lucky last night. Spurs win going away without that injury."

Outstanding basketball analysis right here folks. Pearls of wisdom from a true fan that's been staying up since past his bedtime when he was eight years old.

5/15/2017 10:51:32 AM

^^ I only read parts of posts.

^ So you're saying that the Warriors win if Kawhi doesn't get hurt?

5/15/2017 11:01:20 AM

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"Wow people seriously even think that was remotely a dirty play? Just ban all contact in basketball I guess? That was purely incidental it happens all the time."

ever heard of a guy by the name of Bruce Bowen?

5/15/2017 11:06:20 AM

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"So you're saying that the Warriors win if Kawhi doesn't get hurt?"

No. It's pretty obvious how important Kawhi was to them yesterday and throughout the season, and if you look at the 18-0 run that happened when he went out, it's clear the entire momentum shifted in favor of the Ws.

But saying they got "lucky" by overcoming a 25 point deficit and executing down the stretch is stupid. Counting the Warriors out when they've come back time and time again when down big is pretty foolish, so anyone who was shocked that they pull it off hasn't been paying very close attention this season.

I get that you hate the Warriors, but give them some credit. That game was a tale of two halves, not just one "lucky" break.

[Edited on May 15, 2017 at 11:22 AM. Reason : .]

5/15/2017 11:16:59 AM

Quote :

"That game was a tale of two halves, not just one "lucky" break."

Exactly.

- One half where the best two-way player in the game is healthy and they were up by 20

- One half where the best two-way player in the game is hurt and they lose by 22

That is a lucky break. Of course the Warriors are one of the best teams in the league and they took advantage of him being out (something the Rockets couldn't do). But Kawhi doesn't get hurt and the Spurs probably win easily (Golden State still probably makes a run...but SA wins that game by double digits).

5/15/2017 11:26:26 AM

It was a very lucky break for the Kawhi to go down. This could have actually been a 6 game series the way Aldridge had stepped up. Now we get 2 more boring AF sweeps.

5/15/2017 11:29:41 AM

^^ I mean was there any question? Their offense was basically Manu for the entire rest of the third quarter after Kawhi left. Aldridge was fucking dreadful during that stretch.

Was going to set us up for a potentially epic series and now it's just going to be shit.

5/15/2017 11:44:47 AM

I don't think anyone is discrediting GSW when they say they were lucky that Kawhi got injured. GSW are insane when they get on a run. That being said, the game swung with that injury and I doubt anyone outside of GSW fans would say they would have made a similar comeback with a healthy Kawhi.

Hope he's healthy. With a healthy Kawhi and Pop coaching against Mike Brown, SA might have had a chance to push GSW to the brink. Why you'd sit both Curry and KD at the same time in the playoffs is bizarre. Feels like the defense can just play everyone straight up when they don't have to account for either of those guys.

I'm excited to see what SA does differently going forward. His changes after game one against the Rockets (switching DG and LMA's defensive assignments) and basically giving up the midrange were brilliant. I'm excited to see what happens going forward.

5/15/2017 1:37:22 PM

https://twitter.com/BenGolliver/status/864180522800496642

I didn't realize Pachulia had a history of suspect shit like that.

[Edited on May 15, 2017 at 4:22 PM. Reason : link]

5/15/2017 4:20:23 PM

Oh that dude has always been a fucking asshole.

5/15/2017 5:12:11 PM

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"Teams with a chance to win: Warriors Spurs Celtics Cavs 4/14/2017 10:52:45 AM"

Bold prediction, Cotton!

5/15/2017 11:21:28 PM