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Warriors should be scared part two
Posted on 5/23/16 at 1:41 am
Posted on 5/23/16 at 1:41 am
THAT is what it looks like when two of the best 7 players in the NBA get it going at the same time. One going off is enough to carry the team. Both? Unstoppable. Admit it Warriors fans you didn't even know this was possible. But it has been for all the reasons I said before..
Again, I am not a Thunder fan. Just a basketball fan.
Game 1 was a 50/50 game. The Thunder shouldn't have been able to win given the circumstances.
Game 2 was Warriors holding serve.
Game 3 literally hasn't happened to date, Warriors worst case scenario.
Game 4 Thunder pull out in a dogfight at home
Game 5 Warriors blowout at home with backs to the wall.
Game 6 Thunder advance.
Warriors fans should be scared.
Again, I am not a Thunder fan. Just a basketball fan.
Game 1 was a 50/50 game. The Thunder shouldn't have been able to win given the circumstances.
Game 2 was Warriors holding serve.
Game 3 literally hasn't happened to date, Warriors worst case scenario.
Game 4 Thunder pull out in a dogfight at home
Game 5 Warriors blowout at home with backs to the wall.
Game 6 Thunder advance.
Warriors fans should be scared.
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Posted on 5/23/16 at 1:43 am to LSU Fan 90812
quote:interesting way to describe a 27 point win
Game 2 was Warriors holding serve.
Posted on 5/23/16 at 1:46 am to WestCoastAg
The Warriors can and do blow anyone in the league out at any given time. That was a close game then Curry went supernova while the Thunder got unfocused on defense.
The Warriors are always dangerous. The question and assertion is that they should, as a 70% favorite, be scared of an upset.
Yes they should. This thunder team is a bad matchup for them.
The Warriors are always dangerous. The question and assertion is that they should, as a 70% favorite, be scared of an upset.
Yes they should. This thunder team is a bad matchup for them.
Posted on 5/23/16 at 1:46 am to WestCoastAg
Gm 4 will go to the Warriors.. Sorry
Posted on 5/23/16 at 1:50 am to LSU Fan 90812
Just have to add that to the list of teams that are a bad match up for them. Yesterday it was the cavs, two months ago it was the spurs, and now it's the thunder
This post was edited on 5/23/16 at 1:51 am
Posted on 5/23/16 at 1:56 am to WestCoastAg
The list of teams that are a bad matchup for the Warriors actually begins and ends with this Thunder team.
Posted on 5/23/16 at 2:05 am to LSU Fan 90812
quote:
Game 3 literally hasn't happened to date, Warriors worst case scenario.
It literally happened during the regular season when the Blazers beat them by 32.
Posted on 5/23/16 at 2:35 am to 23hella
Sigh. The Warriors also lost to the Lakers big. That's not the point.
The Warriors haven't met a team able to outsmallball them. The Warriors death lineup which had run roughshod over the league was 1-16. Ibaka at 5 and Durant at 4 stifled nay destroyed the most potent offensive lineup in the league.
That hasn't happened. This is a blueprint like game. It shows that what the Warriors trump card which had pretty much guaranteed them an advantage against anyone, won't always work against thunder.
Not saying it can't work, but it won't always work.
This is also different from a Thunder standpoint. This team has been BIG all season bringing Adams and then Kanter. Against the Spurs they brought both. The fact that they were able to be efficient with Roberson and Waiters on the floor is a big change for them. They were still able to protect the rim with Durant and Ibaka. Then they were able to OUTRUN the Warriors on the other end.
Additionally, the Warriors haven't let Westbrook have an efficient game since Kerr has been coach.
Warriors should be scared. That's all I've said. You guys have fun in denial.
The Warriors haven't met a team able to outsmallball them. The Warriors death lineup which had run roughshod over the league was 1-16. Ibaka at 5 and Durant at 4 stifled nay destroyed the most potent offensive lineup in the league.
That hasn't happened. This is a blueprint like game. It shows that what the Warriors trump card which had pretty much guaranteed them an advantage against anyone, won't always work against thunder.
Not saying it can't work, but it won't always work.
This is also different from a Thunder standpoint. This team has been BIG all season bringing Adams and then Kanter. Against the Spurs they brought both. The fact that they were able to be efficient with Roberson and Waiters on the floor is a big change for them. They were still able to protect the rim with Durant and Ibaka. Then they were able to OUTRUN the Warriors on the other end.
Additionally, the Warriors haven't let Westbrook have an efficient game since Kerr has been coach.
Warriors should be scared. That's all I've said. You guys have fun in denial.
This post was edited on 5/23/16 at 2:44 am
Posted on 5/23/16 at 2:38 am to 23hella
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Blazers
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Warriors
You just set off a beacon for 13sainttiger. This thread is doomed.
Posted on 5/23/16 at 2:45 am to LSU Fan 90812
They tried that exact lineup in game 1 and it didn't work well, they ended up with a +/- of -7. Ie, shite like tonight happens
That lineup also netted a -2 in their OT game this year when steph hit the 35 foot buzzer beater. It also netted a -10 in their game in march. So before tonight, that lineup never posted a positive +/- and was worth a combined -19
On the flipside, against the thunder, the lineup of death never had a negative +/- before tonight and had a combined +31
That lineup also netted a -2 in their OT game this year when steph hit the 35 foot buzzer beater. It also netted a -10 in their game in march. So before tonight, that lineup never posted a positive +/- and was worth a combined -19
On the flipside, against the thunder, the lineup of death never had a negative +/- before tonight and had a combined +31
This post was edited on 5/23/16 at 3:03 am
Posted on 5/23/16 at 2:55 am to LSU Fan 90812
Westbrook had an INCREDIBLE and efficient game 3. Dude also locked down Steph for majority of the game. Major props to him for playing tough on both ends of the floor
Posted on 5/23/16 at 2:58 am to WestCoastAg
people love to defend the warriors. not too surprising.
i just think they're going up against a better team right now. durant and westbrook are quite the trump card, and the way the thunder are defending and rebounding in the postseason is pretty advantageous.
warriors could very well win this series, but i feel like people are overvaluing them and giving them so much benefit of the doubt simply because they won 73 regular season games. at the end of the day, those wins don't really mean much right now. what matters most is the thunder having more than a handful of matchup advantages in this series.
i just think they're going up against a better team right now. durant and westbrook are quite the trump card, and the way the thunder are defending and rebounding in the postseason is pretty advantageous.
warriors could very well win this series, but i feel like people are overvaluing them and giving them so much benefit of the doubt simply because they won 73 regular season games. at the end of the day, those wins don't really mean much right now. what matters most is the thunder having more than a handful of matchup advantages in this series.
Posted on 5/23/16 at 3:01 am to 7Tiger7
westbrook has given curry more trouble on both ends than just about any player in the league this season. besides the second half of the game in oklahoma city in the regular season when curry just went off, westbrook was able to contain him pretty well (compared to others).
Posted on 5/23/16 at 3:04 am to UNO
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
This post was edited on 5/23/16 at 3:05 am
Posted on 5/23/16 at 3:04 am to UNO
quote:and because basically all the stats point to them
warriors could very well win this series, but i feel like people are overvaluing them and giving them so much benefit of the doubt simply because they won 73 regular season games.
Posted on 5/23/16 at 3:05 am to UNO
quote:except those didn't exist before tonight. Are we just supposed to assume those have randomly come about tonight but not in any of their previous games?
what matters most is the thunder having more than a handful of matchup advantages in this series.
This post was edited on 5/23/16 at 3:06 am
Posted on 5/23/16 at 3:06 am to UNO
Absolutely agree. I believe in gm 2 Westbrook was tired and got switch happy as well. That combined with Curry lighting up at the right moment killed okc
Posted on 5/23/16 at 3:38 am to WestCoastAg
quote:
They tried that exact lineup in game 1 and it didn't work well, they ended up with a +/- of -7. Ie, shite like tonight happens
except it hasn't. the death lineup has destroyed pretty much everyone. and the thunder haven't played particularly well small well ever. this is a new and dangerous precedent.
quote:
except those didn't exist before tonight. Are we just supposed to assume those have randomly come about tonight but not in any of their previous games?
these possibilities always existed. thunder warriors have always been a close matchup. do you not remember that it took steph going absolutely apeshit and hitting a half court shot to win that game? He pretty much single-handedly kept them in that game with his individual brilliance.
the point is that the Warriors lost game 1 that they should've won. that's putting them behind the 8 ball here. the thunder always had the capacity to play an A game and kick the shite out of just about anyone.
The Thunder is one of the few teams in the league athletic enough around the perimeter to switch everything one the Warriors when they go small while still keeping rim protection. The other is Boston. But the difference is that on the other end, Westbrook and Durant and Ibaka can outrun everyone on the Warriors team. They proved it last night.
apparently, you're a huge Warriors fan. not scared? cool. even the people covering your team recognize that something different is happening this series. And if they lose, you're gonna be like. "No one saw this coming". except here we are, saying it is coming.
You've drawn the one team in the league capable of doing what you do as well enough to keep them in the game til they can win with their other advantages. Too bad the Spurs didn't advance. I'm sure the Warriors would beat them and then steamroll the Cavs.
This post was edited on 5/23/16 at 3:45 am
Posted on 5/23/16 at 3:41 am to 7Tiger7
quote:
Absolutely agree. I believe in gm 2 Westbrook was tired and got switch happy as well. That combined with Curry lighting up at the right moment killed okc
well said. they got tired and lost focus and that's super dangerous. steph is gonna steph whether he's at 80 or 100 percent. dude is light's out. and it'll definitely happen again this series.
but the point is, thunder are up 2-1. it is incredibly hard to win at OKC. and if draymond gets suspended, we're looking at 3-1 OKC for sure, because Bogut is injured and can't keep up with Adams. And Ezeli can't stop fouling.
Posted on 5/23/16 at 3:54 am to LSU Fan 90812
quote:not really
except they did if you know basketball theory.
quote:it really hasn't. They lost their first game by 8, their next game was the game that went into OT, and then they lost by 15. They won game 1, and then they lost by 27. They really haven't been consistently close games
thunder warriors have always been a close matchup.
quote:however they are playing a team that literally has an answer for everything. You were just lauding the lineup of westbrook, waiters, roberson, ibaka, Durant. But guess what, that lineup hasn't worked all year
The Thunder is one of the few teams in the league athletic enough around the perimeter to switch everything one the Warriors when they go small while still keeping rim protection
quote:this is the 2nd straight day someone has said this all because I don't think Cleveland or OKC is going to beat them. No. I'm a humongous and probably most prominent laker fan on the MSB
apparently, you're a huge Warriors fan
quote:the something "different" was the Warriors couldn't make a basket tonight. It happens
even the people covering your team recognize that something different is happening this series
quote:these type of threads have been made after every single loss the Warriors have had all year. It was supposed to be the spurs, then it was supposed to be the cavs who were playing the GOAT basketball, now it's the thunder I guess
except here we are, saying it is coming
quote:that has literally never statistically existed until tonight. In fact it's literally been the exact opposite
You've drawn the one team in the league capable of doing what you do as well enough to keep them in the game til they can win with their other advantages
quote:shocker
Too bad the Spurs didn't advance. I'm sure the Warriors would beat them and then steamroll the Cavs.
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