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It confuses you that a team as a higher seed with the two best players, won the series?
why can't it be both? my bad, i should have said he didn't have to play against a single healthy starting point guard during the playoffs. that better?
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The Clippers had the TWO best players in that series - how the fukk is that an anomaly? How is that so hard to believe?
Lakers used to have the two best players in the series and still lost to the Spurs.
The overall pedigree of the Spurs>>>>Clippers.
That would be like watching the Cardinals beat the Patriots in the Superbowl.
Certain teams just seem cursed.Whenever you see off-brand topple popular brand
It's some peculiar shyt.
But that's just me
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First of all - you're wrong in stating that he didn't guard a single starting-PG in the playoffs. Second of all - it wasn't an easy ride - don't belittle his postseason-performance by him not having to guard Kyrie, Jrue and Beverly. i) Only one of those PGs would make him work on the defensive end, on any notable scale ii) Klay would typically be the main player used on ball-handlers iii) NONE of those said PGs would subtract away from his play to the point where he wouldn't have been as dominant, to the point where the Warriors wouldn't have won the title.
Leading your team to a championship while averaging basically 10 ppg more than your second option, while being the team's #1 creator on offense is easy now? How many other players in the playoffs had more of a workload in the playoffs?
Last of all, this statement of yours - "You know Bev and Conley would have played a factor in his performance against their teams, right? He wasn't going to be able to waltz on up and drain threes with two of the best point guard defenders on him."
He played five of the six games against Conley (he didn't miss two games like you stated earlier) in the playoffs, and had his way with him. If your point is that Conley was injured (even despite aureating what significance it had on his defensive activity), then explain why Curry actually shot better during the regular season against Memphis when Conley was in the lineup?
In regards to Beverly - these were Curry's numbers when GS played the Rockets with Beverly in the lineup:
20 points on 53% shooting, 7 assists
27 points on 50% shooting, 11 assists
22 points on 58% shooting, 10 assists.
Again, just as he scored more efficiently against Conley (when he was healthy) during the regular season, as opposed to the postseason; he too also scored more efficiently against Beverly in the regular season (53%) as opposed to when Beverly didn't play in the playoffs, where he shot 51% against the Rockets.
Curry vs Grizzlies with a healthy-Conley in the regular season - 44% shooting
Curry vs Grizzlies with an injured-Conley in the postseason - 41% shooting
Curry vs Rockets with Beverley in the regular season - 53% shooting
Curry vs Rockets without Beverley in the post season - 51% shooting
Gil Scott-Heroin
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I see you only gave one example. Wouldn't that in fact be the anomaly as opposed to what you're suggesting? If a team is the higher seed, with the two best players in a series - how is it a surprise if they win? How many teams actually win if they're the lower seed, without having the two best players in a series in a general manner?
What the fukk does that even mean?
The Clippers had homecourt advantage, had a better regular season record and had the two best players in the series - playing against a team centered around a broken-down PG, a declining although still effective PF and a wing player that clearly wasn't ready to take the reins. Not only are you saying that it was a surprise, you're saying it's one of the greatest sports anomalies of the century.
It sounds like to me you're blinded by the Spurs' past achievements and not viewing this matchup with any sense.
That has absolutely nothing to do with the product that's out there on the court. This is basketball. The better team more often than not wins.
That's Rose fault for quitting on his team in the semis.HE DIDN'T
Best PG he played might have been fukking Dellavedova :lupehah:
Gil Scott-Heroin
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I can't believe that dudes are perplexed by the Clippers beating the Spurs in the playoffs. Did yall dudes even watch LA during the regular season?
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SeedingIt confuses you that a team as a higher seed with the two best players, won the series?
Spurs finished a half game back of LA... it wasn't just simple math that the basketball dynasty of this generation got knocked out in the first round. You're gonna tell me that Spurs haven't historically put up a better fight than that... they're old but came into the playoffs winning 56 regular season games rested
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They played LeBron with actual contributions from his team. That's unstoppable
Gil Scott-Heroin
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So what you're saying is the Clippers still had a better record? So how does it confuse you that a team with the better record won? On that second part - what the hell are you talking bout?Seeding
Spurs finished a half game back of LA... it wasn't just simple math that the basketball dynasty of this generation got knocked out in the first round.
It came down to the last basket in Game 7 - is that not putting up enough of a fight for you?
Nonetheless, it really doesn't matter what they've done in previous seasons. It basically has no significance. How could you possibly be confused by how the Clippers won, when - I'm sounding like a broken record - they had the better record and the two best players in the series? There's absolutely nothing confusing about that.
The best players on the best team usually win. It's how it goes. Historical data/trends are a mere footnote.
I said healthy breh and he didn't guard a single healthy point guard the entire time aside from Kyrie for one game.
When did I say anything he did was easy? I said they had an easy ride and they did have an easy ride, especially compared to recent years where the entire Western Conference wasn't getting taken down with injuries. I'm sure you'll tell me he would have torched a healthy Thunder squad too now with some meaningless regular season statistics even though damn near everyone knows regular season doesn't mean shyt when it comes to the playoffs as it's a completely different thing when you're playing against the same team in a 7 game series compared to a random game over the course of an 82 game season...the difference being preparation and getting a feel for your opponent.
I also never said they wouldn't have won the title anyways, but again that's debatable if we're literally making a hypothetical where all these players are healthy as the Cavs would have stood a better chance with Kyrie in the lineup, even though their defense would have suffered.
I'm going to assume Conley wasn't lying when he listed his list of injuries that included:
"Broken face Strained neck L wrist sprain R wrist sprain Lower back tightness R foot sprain"
but nah breh, none of those hindered him in his defense against Curry. I'm sure Tony Allen's injuries didn't fukk them over either, you know when he went from a liability to completely useless on offense and couldn't even stay on the court in the last two games. Nah, no difference was made there.
It boggles my mind that people don't understand how good the Warriors were.
The Warriors have a great lineup for almost every single situation you can think of and the most offensive firepower in the league without Westbrook abd Durant.
The Warriors can compete with any championship team, IMO.
The Warriors have a great lineup for almost every single situation you can think of and the most offensive firepower in the league without Westbrook abd Durant.
The Warriors can compete with any championship team, IMO.