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

[Point Blank]

How much of that did he benefit off the Warriors entire defensive scheme being focused on Kahwi?

The more I look at this a lot wasn't solely because of the scheme focused on Kawhi. He was aggressive and took advantage of every matchup given to him.

 

[OJ Simpsom]

Crowd at Scotiabank was pretty dead last night on a count of all the rich cacs in the building.

 

[Point Blank]

I think he'll drop 22 and 5 and disappear on defense. He won't be as good. Warriors will look at the tape.
He was fine until the last play. Kerr had no confidence in him and it showed.

It's only a matter of time before we hear the "Cousins has heated exchange with Steve Kerr in the locker room" storyline if that happens again.

 

[L. Deezy]

The issue with doubling Kawhi is that you open up the flood gates and give all their other players a confidence boost. Toronto is a bad matchup for this warriors team without KD. Kerr messed up by playing Boogie so much in his first game back. Bogut should have been out there as a rim protector at least for a few minutes but Kerr gave him no burn at all. Their bench guys have to make shots too for them to even have a chance to winning without KD. People saying this is only game 1 don't kid yourself Raptors will make adjustments too they didn't have a perfect game by any means. Yes Siakam probably won't have a game like that again but Lowry might hit a few more 3s and not be in foul trouble and Kawhi might be more aggressive and attacking the double team right away or maybe swinging the ball around faster.

Cousins played 8 minutes bruh...lol
Yall just throwing out anything. Bogut wont be a factor either..

Fact is Toronto just WON tonight. Aint no deep excuses or Kerr didnt do this or that... Draymond couldnt handle Siakam. He better do better going forward.

 

[Kski]

That was fun as hell to watch, but yeah these 9 pm start times are terrible. Tired as hell this morning

I passed out at half time

 

[CrimsonTider]

Drake is the GOAT

 

[UpAndComing]

Absolutely not. Draymond is a very, very overrated individual defender but Siakam will never make 11 shots in a row (including one not even looking at the basket) again. Kerr is absolutely terrible at in game adjustments but he’s usually decent from game to game.

Nah you haven't been watching Siakam this season. He is easily good for 20 ppg

Siakam and Gasol got those points because Warriors front line is extremely small with Durant out, Cousins hobbled, and only Looney there. And even Iguodala who plays the 4 often is hobbled as well

It doesn't matter how much "heart" Draymond has. He'll get punished in the post of he continues to play the 5

 

[G.O.A.T Squad Spokesman]

 

[MostReal]

The more I look at this a lot wasn't solely because of the scheme focused on Kawhi. He was aggressive and took advantage of every matchup given to him.

The man looked like a franchise player, no role player is expected to go 14-17 and hit 32pts. The guy was isoing on Draymond, crossing over and stuff. Hitting mid range and 3's with no problem. He hasn't looked like this. He looked like a player that demands a double.

 

[Squirrel from Meteor Man]

He doesn’t have to

Seeing as they only one by 9 with the Warriors playing one of their worst games of the postseason, I’d say he will have to do something similar for the Raptors to win

Nah you haven't been watching Siakam this season. He is easily good for 20 ppg

Siakam and Gasol got those points because Warriors front line is extremely small with Durant out, Cousins hobbled, and only Looney there. And even Iguodala who plays the 4 often is hobbled as well

It doesn't matter how much "heart" Draymond has. He'll get punished in the post of he continues to play the 5

He’s capable of scoring 20, he’s not capable of scoring 30 shooting 75 percent from the floor over multiple games. Draymond will do a much better job on him next game especially having some tape to see where he likes the ball. They dared Siakam to beat them and he did.

The other issue was GSW kept switching for no apparent reason. Danny Green dribbling off the pick and roll, why are you switching? He can’t shoot off the dribble to save his life, make him make a play.

 

[MostReal]

Montrezl Harrell averaged19 points 6 boards on 73% shooting

meyers leonard went for 30 points 12 boards on 75% shooting against the warriors bigs

Pascal is better than both

yep

 

[MikelArteta]

Crowd at Scotiabank was pretty dead last night on a count of all the rich cacs in the building.

The Yonge and Dundas crowd was lit

 

[GunRanger]

Raps go up 3-0 then a desperate warriors get kd back

 

[RubioTheCruel]

Wonder if they’re gonna put Cousins or Looney in the starting lineup, obviously Jordan Bell at the 5 is not going to work this series

Cousins looked OK offensively but he was flat out bad defensively last night plus he doesn’t look like he’s in the best of shape. They’re gonna have to play Bogut and Looney much more to negate Gasol’s effectiveness

 

[the next guy]

It's only a matter of time before we hear the "Cousins has heated exchange with Steve Kerr in the locker room" storyline if that happens again.

I'm saying smh. Kerr needs to stop over relying on Curry and Klay. Boogie can play play. He needs a full practice and to get up to speed up like now.