GS was sloppy and rushed shots. They can't mess around with OKC. This ain't the Blazers.
too many turnovers...awful shot selection and bad defense ...they didnt deserve to win 2nite
OKC has won 4 in a row against the spurs and warriors.
Gsw can't handle the size of OKC.
I'm surprised Kerry played Bogut at all. He should have pulled him immediately when it was clear he wasn't going to be able to help.
OKC's defense was superb but . . . I think Kerr could have handled the game a little better. When Curry was out, Greene could run the team at times but it's not ideal to have Green play point and then have Curry running, basically, isolation plays . . . it throws their offense out of whack. Seems to me that Kerr should have gone small ball from the beginning, let Curry and Livingston run things and have Greene and Iggy focus even more than they did on defense and making the OKC bigs work harder. It's not that Greene is bad running the team but Curry is much better at handling the overall flow of the game, conserving energy, changing tempo and so on. Something along those lines. I can see GS losing this series but I suspect they will be better at managing the flow of the next game. Even if his knee is still hurting, Kerr's going to push him to run the team first, score second.
OKC is playing amazing ball right now. It's not just Westbrook . . . Adams and Ibaka were perhaps as good as I've seen them, only Waiters seemed like dead weight at times.
Some woeful shooting by winning teams in the playoffs so far and another win for the iso team- what has happened to mreinman lately?
Why are the refs there? If they can't make a call towards the end of the game no point having refs. Might as well make it play ground rule where you call your own fouls and violations. Westbrook travelled and no call.
I'm starting to be confident that the Cavs are going to win everything. Assuming their series goes 4, 5 games max, and the Thunder Warriors will go 7, I like their chances. They're the most healthy and rested.
Also really pumped for the JR Smith celebration.
Cav's need to stay healthy and dispense of Raptors quickly.
GSW and THunder need to beat on each other and be banged up.
I Cav's can cruise and Lebron at full beast mode that could be the ticket.
JR can get a nice Tatoo for his ring. At least he'll have that after he needs to sell his on Ebay in 10 years.
Vmart wrote:Why are the refs there? If they can't make a call towards the end of the game no point having refs. Might as well make it play ground rule where you call your own fouls and violations. Westbrook travelled and no call.
You realize there are dozens upon dozens of travels that are never called in NBA games -- why make a big stink about yet another non-call on a travel.
NBA officiating has always been reprehensible === it's not going to change until the NBA wants it to change.
Nalod wrote:JR can get a nice Tatoo for his ring. At least he'll have that after he needs to sell his on Ebay in 10 years.
JR getting to the FINALS before Melo, now in a situation of getting a RING before Melo LMFAO
Kemet wrote:Nalod wrote:JR can get a nice Tatoo for his ring. At least he'll have that after he needs to sell his on Ebay in 10 years.
JR getting to the FINALS before Melo, now in a situation of getting a RING before Melo LMFAO
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Kemet wrote:NumberTwoPencil wrote:I'd like to think that Iggy and Barnes > Durant but, nah, I'd go with Durant. As for Curry and Westbrook . . . I keep thinking Westbrook is going to toast Curry but that has seldom happened. Curry vs. Westbrook stats tend toward Curry. Although, yes, at times Westbrook can take Curry one-on-one, Curry is a slightly smarter, slightly better team player. Their shooting stats aren't that far apart but Curry's crazy shots end up causing more overall defensive problems for OKC than Westbrook's drives to the basketball cause problem for GS. Anyway, even though Westbrook has been playing amazing ball, I'd say Curry has the edge.
This will probably be the best exciting series in the 2016 postseason
Im looking forward to Westbrook out playing Curry each game
Aiiiiight !!!
Westbrook - 40 min, 27 pts (7-21), 6 rb, 12 ast, 7 stl, and 3 TO
Curry ----- 40 min, 26 pts (9-22), 10 rb, 7 ast, 3 stl, and 7 TO
My opinion .. Westbrook has been the best athletic all-around PG in the NBA the past 6 seasons
CrushAlot wrote:Kemet wrote:Nalod wrote:JR can get a nice Tatoo for his ring. At least he'll have that after he needs to sell his on Ebay in 10 years.
JR getting to the FINALS before Melo, now in a situation of getting a RING before Melo LMFAO
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LOL
Kemet wrote:Kemet wrote:NumberTwoPencil wrote:I'd like to think that Iggy and Barnes > Durant but, nah, I'd go with Durant. As for Curry and Westbrook . . . I keep thinking Westbrook is going to toast Curry but that has seldom happened. Curry vs. Westbrook stats tend toward Curry. Although, yes, at times Westbrook can take Curry one-on-one, Curry is a slightly smarter, slightly better team player. Their shooting stats aren't that far apart but Curry's crazy shots end up causing more overall defensive problems for OKC than Westbrook's drives to the basketball cause problem for GS. Anyway, even though Westbrook has been playing amazing ball, I'd say Curry has the edge.
This will probably be the best exciting series in the 2016 postseason
Im looking forward to Westbrook out playing Curry each game
Aiiiiight !!!
Westbrook - 40 min, 27 pts (7-21), 6 rb, 12 ast, 7 stl, and 3 TO
Curry ----- 40 min, 26 pts (9-22), 10 rb, 7 ast, 3 stl, and 7 TO
My opinion .. Westbrook has been the best athletic all-around PG in the NBA the past 6 seasons
nobody argues with westbrooks athleticism. As far as a consistent basketball player, he is nowhere close to curry at this point.
Last night it was a tale of two halfs.
I do have to admit that westbrook has played way beyond my expectations of him but he is still a bit too feast or famine and also relies too much on his athleticism which can be an issue as he ages.
Good sign for Toronto is DeRozan staring hot. They're gonna need him and Lowry to step up against the Cavs.
GEEZ the Cavs just blew past the Raps! So much for good starts.
Man, I forgot Frye played for these guys too. How many ex-Knicks does it take to change a ... no, wait, to win a championship?
smackeddog wrote:Some woeful shooting by winning teams in the playoffs so far and another win for the iso team- what has happened to mreinman lately?
which ISO team?
Cleveland is playing the best playoff ball and they are as small ball as you can find.
OKC (ISO team?) is super talented and really big. Who is ISO? Durant? I am perfectly ok with ISO if its efficient ISO. Same with ISO lebron in Miami.
OKC is a weird team and it all relies on the feast or famine of superfreak westbrook. Not much structure there really.
mreinman wrote:Kemet wrote:Kemet wrote:NumberTwoPencil wrote:I'd like to think that Iggy and Barnes > Durant but, nah, I'd go with Durant. As for Curry and Westbrook . . . I keep thinking Westbrook is going to toast Curry but that has seldom happened. Curry vs. Westbrook stats tend toward Curry. Although, yes, at times Westbrook can take Curry one-on-one, Curry is a slightly smarter, slightly better team player. Their shooting stats aren't that far apart but Curry's crazy shots end up causing more overall defensive problems for OKC than Westbrook's drives to the basketball cause problem for GS. Anyway, even though Westbrook has been playing amazing ball, I'd say Curry has the edge.
This will probably be the best exciting series in the 2016 postseason
Im looking forward to Westbrook out playing Curry each game
Aiiiiight !!!
Westbrook - 40 min, 27 pts (7-21), 6 rb, 12 ast, 7 stl, and 3 TO
Curry ----- 40 min, 26 pts (9-22), 10 rb, 7 ast, 3 stl, and 7 TO
My opinion .. Westbrook has been the best athletic all-around PG in the NBA the past 6 seasons
nobody argues with westbrooks athleticism. As far as a consistent basketball player, he is nowhere close to curry at this point.
Last night it was a tale of two halfs.
I do have to admit that westbrook has played way beyond my expectations of him but he is still a bit too feast or famine and also relies too much on his athleticism which can be an issue as he ages.
The gap between Curry and Westbrook is not nearly as wide as you make it out to be. You may not like the way he plays but he has been a top 5 talent in this league for the last couple of seasons. Athleticism may catch up with him later in his career, but what does that have to do with the way he is playing today?
