Ghostriding Through The 6 For The Chip - Raps v Warriors Finals Thread

[MikelArteta]

 

[MikelArteta]

 

[MikelArteta]

@Miggs
you got a title

im on cloud 9 i cant think

 

[Brandsdale]

Warrios in 5

top 2 defenses in the league but Raps legit cant score and they're playing a team 2ith 2 MVPs and the league's 2nd best defender. This is beyond difficult but raps have done a whole lotta difficult this whjole post season.

 

[MikelArteta]

And whats going to happen when durant comes back? Gasol will be chasing looney and bogut around the floor.

gasol was chasig lopez down and embiid aint worried

people keep doubting the raptors every round i've been hearing the same trash

 

[MikelArteta]

dont write us off

 

[Big Boss]

It's gon be some interesting stories depending who win this series

 

[MikelArteta]

Like I said nursing Leonard to 74 wins

We are at 58 now

First round 4 wins
Second round 4 wins
Conference finals 4 wins
Finals 4 wins

 

[Jordan>>LeFrozen]

 

[<<TheStandard>>]

How much you win in total ?

City is gonna be lit for the next 2 weeks bro...

Probably around 5K plus. I've certainly had days in which I won more money but just from a standpoint of being right when nearly the whole world thinks something else made it that much better for me.

 

[MostReal]

Could Kawhi guard Curry

Him and Green has given him problems during their Spurs years

Let's get it in

 

[MikelArteta]

cray

 

[Big Boss]

It'll be interesting because ever since Durant went down, GSW haven't really won by out-talenting teams, they've done it with their basketball IQ and tenacity for the 50/50 plays. That's how they beat Houston the last 5 quarters of the WCSF. Houston lacked the tenacity and got killed on the glass, esp when Curry was in foul trouble.

And Portland, which was just a dumb defensive team, still was up 10-15 points in 3 of the 4 games before their poor defense and poorer bball IQ got exposed in GSW's late rally comebacks.

Toronto plays perimeter defense like Houston but with better defensive players, and they're a much smarter team than Portland. The two things are (1) will GSW impose their will on the 50/50 plays/offensive boards because Toronto's first line of defense will lead to contested perimeter shots ala Houston.. but that also means potential mismatches if they commit to the switch on the screens.

And then (2) Toronto's offense starts off pretty slow, or whenever Danny Green is on the floor, because he's unplayable. GSW gonna run them off the court if the Raps go through that cold spell/shooting like shyt and Warriors get the rebound on a semi fast break without worrying about a set Raptors defense. i.e. basically how the Bucks had success.

I think the series will be along the lines of the GSW/Rockets series, and it'll be if the Raptors have an answer for the Warriors BBall IQ and tenacity.

 

[MikelArteta]

gotta play mccaw o that revenge tour

 

[Inertia Creeps]

Toronto has more talent than the warriors and a better bench. Warriors gonna get outrebounded like crazy



Boogie back means nothing. Gasol will shut him down like he did everyone else

You're wrong on literally every take but the bolded is by far the worst; Cousins absolutely abuses Gasol in embarrassing fashion.



Boogie's main issue is defense; if he's even 80% healthy and Kerr stop Toronto from spamming constant PnRs on him there's no one on their end that can hope to guard him.