Ghostriding Through The 6 For The Chip - Raps v Warriors Finals Thread
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Doubt that. He showed a lot of signs of fatigue vs Milwaukee.
He might of been overthinking those situations. A lot of dribbling and passing out instead of attacking.
Box Factory
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Everyone keeps saying "Pascal and Gasol wont play really well again"
But if you're continuing to play Jordan Bell and Looney big minutes, why wouldn't they continue to play well.
Those guys fukking suck and are tiny and weak and offer no resistance.
The Warriors have alot of garbage on their rotation and they should be worried about that
the next guy
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Raps are losing this if Durant comes back. That said GS needs to step it up on Sunday and win game 2. Then take the two at Oracle. Raps win gm 5. Warriors take game 6.
Nah he hurt his knee in the Bucks series. He’s visibly laboring going up and down the court
A lot but he was also hitting a lot of tough shots and giving Draymond the business 1v1 which people didn't expect.
they didn't give a fukk about the clippers
they won before KD with the same core 4/5. They're fine. If siakum gonna shoot 90% again or for the rest of his natural born life?
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Pass me the rock nikka
Siakam is not inconsistent
He’s consistent AF and has one of the most efficient, analytically satisfying styles of play mostly shooting corner threes, running the floor, cleaning the glass, pushing the ball in transition and posting up.
murksiderock
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I picked the Raptors and this was a masterful defensive game...
Going forward, they are gonna need the role players to step up on the road. Toronto role players have been inconsistent all playoffs, so I am a little reserved until I see them carry this contribution throughout...
I also want to see Kawhi attack the Warriors. His gotdamn overdribbling and stalling the offense gets annoying. He is looking like someone with only average BBIQ, because you have to know these traps are coming, you have to see them coming. His point of attack seems really narrow, and at times he seemed deterred by the Dubs defense. Credit to GS because they played good D on him, but he's the superstar. As someone mentioned, Curry started figuring out ways to penetrate the Raptors defense as the game went on. If Kawhi is the guy we all say he is, he can't be as bad as he was last night...
All great players have bad games, and pretty much all GOATs have had bad games in The Finals. So the bad game isn't the issue.....I have a broader view---->Kawhi has never been the best player in the series in either of his two previous Finals. He wasn't the best player last night. Win or lose, you can't give me a mediocre or subpar series from a SUPERSTAR, in his unique case this would be three Finals and not the best player in any of them...
I picked Toronto in 6 because I've been calling the '19 Dubs the reincarnated '04 Lakers all year, I've felt it. But they cannot win if Kawhi doesn't play to his level this series...
Going forward, they are gonna need the role players to step up on the road. Toronto role players have been inconsistent all playoffs, so I am a little reserved until I see them carry this contribution throughout...
I also want to see Kawhi attack the Warriors. His gotdamn overdribbling and stalling the offense gets annoying. He is looking like someone with only average BBIQ, because you have to know these traps are coming, you have to see them coming. His point of attack seems really narrow, and at times he seemed deterred by the Dubs defense. Credit to GS because they played good D on him, but he's the superstar. As someone mentioned, Curry started figuring out ways to penetrate the Raptors defense as the game went on. If Kawhi is the guy we all say he is, he can't be as bad as he was last night...
All great players have bad games, and pretty much all GOATs have had bad games in The Finals. So the bad game isn't the issue.....I have a broader view---->Kawhi has never been the best player in the series in either of his two previous Finals. He wasn't the best player last night. Win or lose, you can't give me a mediocre or subpar series from a SUPERSTAR, in his unique case this would be three Finals and not the best player in any of them...
I picked Toronto in 6 because I've been calling the '19 Dubs the reincarnated '04 Lakers all year, I've felt it. But they cannot win if Kawhi doesn't play to his level this series...
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Nah let him.. shyt going to be funny as fukk when we run his ass off for the summer in shame...Dont do this to yourself breh
They are playing Boston styled defense they ran against Kobe
Every time kawhi touches it he's being forced to his weak side into 2 or 3 shading defenders
Its why siakim was snaking thru the lane with no defensive attention.
This was definitely pops plan
NormanConnors
Detroit/MSU Spartan Life
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Pass me the rock nikka
Siakam is capable of having a hyper efficient series shooting 55%+ from the field. Y’all nikkas clearly haven’t watched that man throughout the season.
Also him killing is not an indictment on Draymond. Siakam kills switches in the post and scores in transition and off corner threes and takes slower bigs off the dribble. It’s not like he’s taking it iso on Dray every time down. His IQ, length, agility, speed, and touch is a problem for any team.
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NormanConnors
Detroit/MSU Spartan Life
Yeah his knee is jacked up