Shoot Bears From A Distance Or Get Mauled: Official Warriors VS. Grizzlies Western Semifinal Thread

[inndaskKy]

Yall dudes have short memories.

I repped you as compensation for your L breh. Try to stay positive.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

I repped you as compensation for your L breh. Try to stay positive.

Harden stans. So delusional.

 

[Squirrel from Meteor Man]

This was somewhat expected, as these pre-game award ceremony games always put the home team at a slight disadvantage due to the hype and change of routine. Coupled with the extra rush Memphis had from Conley's return, this was a game for the taking.

A ton of credit to Mike Conley and Tony Allen and their defense on the Splash Bros. I expect a better Warrior team next game

 

[Fckumeen]

So lets review

James Harden puts up 20 and 12 on 46% shooting, loses a game at home as a slight underdog.

Slight underdog? CP3 was hurt and Austin Rivers started.

 

[RiffRaff]

I'm not saying all of sudden the Grizz are going to rattle off 4 wins, but mad feelings are being caught by the GS faithful in here. Y'all sound like some hurt females in here

Be the best defense in the league and don't realize the effect that aggressive harrasing defense can have on your shot, even open ones breh. Easy to tell which fukkboys never played the game outside of some intramurals

I expect Klay to play better, I also expect Marc to play better so we will see.

 

[Loose]

Klay dropped 28 points on Allen on 10-17 shooting in less than 30 minutes during the regular season. It's far easier for Klay to lose Allen than it is for Durant - he's better at running around screens, the Warriors' sets are far more intricate in getting shooters open and he can put it on the floor against Allen better than Durant can because he has a lower center of gravity and shorter arms.

I counted about five occasions where Klay put the ball on the floor and got past Allen.

His video shot chart - http://on.nba.com/1EWMW3R

Missed five open shots, a few of these were him dribbling right past Allen (he missed two shots in the paint contested by Randolph, one missed after Lee contested his shot on a 3 and one shot where Allen hit his arm on 3, which was deemed a block). The ball just didn't seem to go his way often enough - Curry definitely needs to give him the ball more instead of playing a one-two game with Green.

Regular season is meaningless so I'm not going to discuss that. The issue with Tony allen for durant has never been isolation defense it's ball denial defense. Tony allen is good holding, breaking and running through screens and pin downs. Klay will get open shots but they will be low quality shots. This isn't the regular season refs are going to let him get away with holds.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

Slight underdog? CP3 was hurt and Austin Rivers started.

at @GoddamnyamanProf calling Houston a slight underdog in Game 1. How the hell did he come to the conclusion that Houston were slight underdogs, playing at home, being the higher seed against the Clippers w/out Paul? And he failed to mention Harden's NINE turnovers too.


That agenda. @houston911

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

Regular season is meaningless so I'm not going to discuss that. The issue with Tony allen for durant has never been isolation defense it's ball denial defense. Tony allen is good holding, breaking and running through screens and pin downs. Klay will get open shots but they will be low quality shots. This isn't the regular season refs are going to let him get away with holds.

That's what I said in my post -

"It's far easier for Klay to lose Allen than it is for Durant - he's better at running around screens, the Warriors' sets are far more intricate in getting shooters open and he can put it on the floor against Allen better than Durant can because he has a lower center of gravity and shorter arms."

Out of the open shots Klay missed, only one of them was of low quality and that was because he thought he was Dirk with the one-footed 3-pt jumper. Regular season isn't meaningless, he was breaking Allen off the dribble just like he was in Game 2, difference is he didn't hit a few shots he'd normally make and he picked up his dribble without looking where his teammates were beforehand far too often.

Randolph was actually more responsible for his sub-par performance than Allen was.

 

[Loose]

That's what I said in my post -

"It's far easier for Klay to lose Allen than it is for Durant - he's better at running around screens, the Warriors' sets are far more intricate in getting shooters open and he can put it on the floor against Allen better than Durant can because he has a lower center of gravity and shorter arms."

Out of the open shots Klay missed, only one of them was of low quality and that was because he thought he was Dirk with the one-footed 3-pt jumper. Regular season isn't meaningless, he was breaking Allen off the dribble just like he was in Game 2, difference is he didn't hit a few shots he'd normally make and he picked up his dribble without looking where his teammates were beforehand far too often.

Randolph was actually more responsible for his sub-par performance than Allen was.

So you just going to ignore the part right under what you bolded

 

[G-Zeus]

That's what I said in my post -

"It's far easier for Klay to lose Allen than it is for Durant - he's better at running around screens, the Warriors' sets are far more intricate in getting shooters open and he can put it on the floor against Allen better than Durant can because he has a lower center of gravity and shorter arms."

Out of the open shots Klay missed, only one of them was of low quality and that was because he thought he was Dirk with the one-footed 3-pt jumper. Regular season isn't meaningless, he was breaking Allen off the dribble just like he was in Game 2, difference is he didn't hit a few shots he'd normally make and he picked up his dribble without looking where his teammates were beforehand far too often.

Randolph was actually more responsible for his sub-par performance than Allen was.

or he panicked and thought it was as clean a shot as he would get instead of driving...

this series isreally the one that will test GSW...and if they win it.. then they will meet a team who is tired of losing...i think clips might take it to the finals.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

So you just going to ignore the part right under t what you bolded

Klay was actually losing Allen on quite a few possessions. He just didn't get the ball.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

or he panicked and thought it was as clean a shot as he would get instead of driving....

Funnily enough the shots he took where he panicked he actually made. He missed some simple shots and that dunk. When he did have the ball he drove too far in the paint without looking where he was going; picking up his dribble and either throwing the ball away or forcing one of his teammates into a tough shot.

this series isreally the one that will test GSW...and if they win it.. then they will meet a team who is tired of losing...i think clips might take it to the finals.

Memphis are the only team that will give the Warriors trouble, if they manage to progress into the next round - neither the Rockets or Clippers will stop them.

 

[CSquare43]

I only got to see a little of the 1st quarter.....so i missed basically the whole game. Not surprising that Memphis punched us in the mouth last night. They looked ready to fight from the start and we didn't.

"...both teams played hard..."

 

[thaKEAF]

Fell asleep in the 3rd I think but I'm glad we finished this game. I don't care how hype the grindhouse is you don't wanna go home 0-2.

I picked us in 6 but it can go either way of course. Those bringing up the regular season are missing that we were without a starter in every game except the one that we beat them. Whoever said we are their toughest matchup is right IMO if they beat us they will make the finals.

 

[Big Boss]

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