The rebounding margin battle is a HUGE factor imo...gm 2 I believe Warriors outrebounded OKC but gm 1&3 OKC had it. 2nd chance pts and also controlling the tempo of the game is a lot easier to do if your big men are imposing their will down low in the paint

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Posted by shel311

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Posted on 5/23/16 at 8:46 am to 7Tiger7

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The rebounding margin battle is a HUGE factor imo...gm 2 I believe Warriors outrebounded OKC but gm 1&3 OKC had it. 2nd chance pts and also controlling the tempo of the game is a lot easier to do if your big men are imposing their will down low in the paint

GS isn't going to win the rebounding battle and their best chance to improve in this series is to stop trying to.

THey got crushed on the fastbreak last night. They really need to not even bother with offensive boards and focus on transition defense.

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Posted by slackster

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Posted on 5/23/16 at 11:58 am to 7Tiger7

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The rebounding margin battle is a HUGE factor imo...gm 2 I believe Warriors outrebounded OKC but gm 1&3 OKC had it

The rebounding battle is important, but the crux of this series, IMO, is based on the free-throw attempts. Whoever has the most free throw attempts has won each game so far, and it makes sense considering both teams are aggressive when they're doing well. If either team sits back and tries to win with jumpers, they're going to be beaten.

In GSW's Game 2 win, they had a 28 to 19 free throw advantage. In OKC's wins, they had a 32-17 FT advantage in Game 1 and a 37-25 FT advantage in Game 3. OKC is also shooting 78% from the line compared to only 70% for GSW, and OKC was 33 for 37 from the line last night which is filthy.

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