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Jesus, you guys need to stop thinking the game is over just because the Blazers are leading. Warriors have shown that any lead in front of them can evaporate away once Steph heats up.
Wait till the end of the game before writing them off.
Wait till the end of the game before writing them off.
I have no issues with Kerr playing the bench , in the Houston series I was actually pissed that he basically gave up on the bench even before trying them at all . But he could have easily started looney or Bell today or just continued with bogut . There was no logical reason to start Jones . Momentum is so important on the road and you shouldn't be giving opponents a headstart
What happened? Saw Portland leading and couldn't watch the 2nd half.
What a great win led by another insane Draymond Green performance
Crazy stat they showed on the broadcast - Lillard right now for the series 15 Fgs made and 14 turnovers
He has trust issues with Bell and Looney has done well in his set rotations. I think they look at DJ as being one for the future and tonight I think he was hoping to give him prime time minutes. To be honest he essentially replaced Bogut as a starter, and Bogues has essentially been a non-factor in this series.
At the end of the day though it seemed game 3 was a virtual carbon copy of game 2 with the same result. So perhaps Steve does know what he's doing and it's why me and you sit behind a computer.
What a performance from Draymond (kept us going throughout) and Steph (really killed it at the end). Brilliant defence that second half.
The Warriors sat on the Blazers and crushed them into dust. They made them look like complete idiots in the second half. Lillard was kamikaze diving to and failing at the rim, that's how desperate it became.
Think Stotts has to be fired for the Blazers to take the next step. Also need a better 3 and D player.
Why do people want coaches sacked because the team lost to the Warriors? If I'm Portland or Houston there's no way I am sacking Stotts or D'Antoni. That'd be ridiculous. Who is out there that's better?
i no longer think this is a good idea
Good thing you dont make decisions for an NBA team, any basketball fan with a half decent amount of knowledge knows that Stotts is way out of his depth. There are many coaches better than him but not everyone has the player talent.
More to the point, what could they have done differently with those players? Particularly Stotts. Portland really doesn't have the personnel to stop the warriors offence unless Steph and Klay have an off night. And even on offence, they don't really have the personnel to score against a keyed-in warriors D unless the role players shoot lights out from 3(like they did in game 2) or Dame/CJ go thermonuclear and start scoring demented bucket after demented bucket...
Warriors are doing to Dame and CJ what Houston did for most of the series to Steph and Klay. Problem is warriors still had KD and Draymond and Iggy. Portland has...evan turner, seth curry, zach collins, enes kanter, mo harkless, aminu and meyers leonard.......
Anyways, portland will win game 4 by 30
What's a better coach going to do against the Warriors? Steal 1 win?
The talent disparity is the real difference between Warriors and Blazers, not the coach.
You want a coach sacked because he is going to lose the WCF to the greatest team of all time? What available coaches are out there better than him? He is clearly out-matched talent-wise this series. Nurkic is out injured ffs. You have to be trolling.
A gentleman's sweep or a proper sweep ? What do you reckon caftards ?
Proper sweep. I want this to be over.
How did we manage to lose both game 2 and game 3 under these circumstances I’ll never know.
Dame has been abysmal after OKC series, truly dreadful.
Blazers are history.
I understand your disappointment, it's heartbreaking, big leads turned in that same old third quarter. It looks like Lillard waved goodbye his talents too when he did it to Westbrook
In his defence
Not even sure the dubs will close it in 5 honestly. They know they can beat portland whenever they want, and they need KD against the Bucks. They might decide to prolong this by a couple games just to give him more time to come back
Already said next game blazers win by 30
Well, the finals start on May 30, even if both the ECF and the WCF end up in sweeps. I think the warriors will look to finish the job on Monday, to give time for their starters to rest.
Didn't know that. Nevermind then. Dubs will close it in 5 still. Think next game they'll be showing up in flip flops only Dame and CJ will drop a big game and they won't waste energy trying for another big comeback when they know they can close it out easy at home
I don't think that was intentional on Looney's part. I think the issue with Dame is, he is not used to playing this many minutes in the post season and this quality of defense. Coupled with injury and fatigue, and it's no surprise that he hasn't been himself this series.
And, he hasn't figured out how to escape the double trap like Steph curry does. Steph has had a ton of experience on this part courtesy of Cavaliers and the Rockets.
I almost believed you until that last sentence.
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Anyway Warriors will have to play much better against Bucks to win the Finals. It will be a different game when KD is there though.
It helps that Steph can just dump it to Draymond
That's probably the key, Draymond is a great player and his chemistry with Curry is flawless.
If KD and Boogie don't make it, I think the Bucks are the favourites to win the championship. They seem to have an endless supply of players who can shoot and defend. And Giannis is phenomenal.
I think Boogie makes them worse because they are less fluid with him on the floor, KD will be super important though. He will make it back by the end of May though.
With KD I say it’s 55/45 Warriors favor. Without him it’s 65/35 Bucks. Bucks have the homecourt which is huge advantage for them because that crowd is mad crazy this year.
Am I wrong thinking it's much bigger than this if KD is back from game one?
Steph has been great this playoffs, Green phenomenal and with KD in his usual self and all their players rested if they finish it in 4 or 5 it's more 80-20 for them IMO.
Bucks players will be just as rested as theirs, will have homecourt advantage and have been amazing all season long and in the playoffs.
Warriors weren’t actually that great with KD against Clippers and Rockets.
I don’t think it’s anywhere near 80-20 at all. People are really sleeping on how good Milwaukee are and how well they match up against Warriors (always have really).
Steph wasn't playing that well against Clippers and Rockets(first matches). Green also is in phenomenal form. Both stepped up in the playoffs big time.
Bucks do square up well to Dubs, but still the latter have more quality in their starting 6.
Many are well impressed with Bucks (and rightfully so), but the way GSW are coping with missing Durant is IMO equally impressive. Their mental game is also admirable making so many comebacks lately.
Would be very entertaining series IMO, but in the current form of Klay, Green, Steph and KD can't look past them for the finals.
We will see today if Raptors can tire Bucks down a bit as they aren't dead yet. They do have a pretty good home record.
Form of these teams changes from series to series basically. Blazers are an easy opposition for Warriors because Stotts hardly ever adjusts and we don’t have the personnel to defend them.
I wouldn’t say winning four games, three of them against Portland, is equally impressive to what Bucks have done all season long and in the playoffs bar one game against Celtics. They have deserved respect for their 60 wins and bulldozing over Pistons, Celtics and now Raptors for two games. It’s also really hard to judge Warriors based on their games against us, the way we have played in this series I doubt any playoffs team would have too much difficulty beating us. You basically need to show up for one quarter and it’s done and this is what Warriors have done so far.
Of course Warriors will be favourites and will probably win it but I would say it’s far from 80%.
538 gives Warriors 63% chances of winning the title, while it gives 30% to Bucks. The rest are for Raptors and Blazers (with Blazers having <1%). If we remove Raptors and Blazers from the equation, then Warriors have 68% chance, while Bucks have 32%, which I think is pretty fair.
Essentially, Bucks have as much chance on winning the title as Trump had to become a president in 2016.
538 gives Warriors 63% chances of winning the title, while it gives 30% to Bucks. The rest are for Raptors and Blazers (with Blazers having <1%). If we remove Raptors and Blazers from the equation, then Warriors have 68% chance, while Bucks have 32%, which I think is pretty fair.
Essentially, Bucks have as much chance on winning the title as Trump had to become a president in 2016.
Fair enough. I think they gave Blazers around 23% to beat OKC and 27% to beat Nuggets.
I didn't know separated ribs was a thing. I can't imagine how difficult it must be to perform athletically with that sort of injury.
Recently article on the ringer ranked all of GS postseason opponents of the last 5 years plus potential opponents this year and bucks are the best of the lot by rating(both rs and playoffs)
I think even with KD i can see that series going 7 games. But yeah, warriors favourites
Without KD now, i would edge towards the bucks
I think even with KD i can see that series going 7 games. But yeah, warriors favourites
Without KD now, i would edge towards the bucks
Dunno, didn't check it. It gives you 49% to win the next game against Warriors though.