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[NaBarney]

warriors losing would be hilarious. funnier than last year.

 

If the Warriors don't even get out of the west I'm going to laugh so much.

 

The Spurs slaying Memphis, Houston, and Golden State will be legendary. At that point even if LeBron wins he looks like shit. Beating the Pacers and Raptors. As far as I'm concerned this is the Finals

[NaBarney]

3 point shootout to open the second half. Kawhi looks hurt as fuck but still playing hard.

 

This should be a great series.

[NaBarney]

Holy shit Kawhi left injured and the Warriors are rolling

 

Ginobili is their life support/crutch at this point

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injuries injuries injuries injuries...jesus fucking christ. its like im watching the knicks.

 

will there ever be a spurs/warriors game where we can see the full starting line-up actually play.

 

dont get me wrong..i had no doubt that the warriors would catch up..but it just got boring once kawahi left and GS started to have more of a free game.

[StarPanda]

I'm actually surprised the spurs hung in there after the warriors made their run, they made some shots that kept the game there,but it sucks that kawaii got hurt, I honestly think if he dint go out the  spurs would've taken that game

 

[StarPanda]

Now let's talk about pachulias feet and wether or not he did it on purpose because alot of people think he did, I thought it looked clean his foot was just there he contested the shot

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Lol im actually salty about that loss..i feel they absolutely wouldve had that game if kawahi was in..once he left the defense dwindled..GS started to get all these free shots. so bad.

 

i didnt think anyone was talking about pachulias feet.

 

from what i remember of the replay, it looked like kawahi just landed weirdly..but i havent seen it since the game.

[Leon]

i didnt think anyone was talking about pachulias feet.

 

from what i remember of the replay, it looked like kawahi just landed weirdly..but i havent seen it since the game.

 

He landed weirdly because he landed on one of Pachulia's feet.

 

That said, I don't think Pachulia could've done that on purpose without it looking blatantly obvious to everyone.

[NaBarney]

Yeah I feel like zaza is too clumsy to have gotten done that intentionally without looking and it happened pretty fast, but the unnecessary extra step he took to get under Kawhi after he already shot the ball does look really bad when you watch it a few times.

 

If he had been defending Kawhi that dangerously throughout the game I might be more inclined to think it was intentional but I think it was just carelessness.

[NaBarney]

Lol im actually salty about that loss..i feel they absolutely wouldve had that game if kawahi was in..once he left the defense dwindled..GS started to get all these free shots. so bad.

 

For sure it was a pretty upsetting loss. They don't win on a Curry shit shot in the last few seconds with Kawhi in the game.

[NaBarney]

Read that Kawhi is out for the next game. Gonna need 160% of Jonathan Simmons to have a chance.

 

Popovich going in on Zaza for his history of playing like an asshole, calling it manslaughter.

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Popovich going in on Zaza for his history of playing like an asshole, calling it manslaughter.

 

wow.

 

ah. well i did just see the rant.

 

i struggle to see it as intentional, but i hear what pop is saying about the illegal movement though?...i dunno, man.

[NaBarney]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2017/05/16/james-harden-accused-of-paying-for-assault-and-robbery-of-moses-malone-jr/

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2017/05/16/james-harden-accused-of-paying-for-assault-and-robbery-of-moses-malone-jr/

uhh yikes.

 

[StarPanda]

so yeah Golden State beat a depleted Spurs team that dint show up, simmons  was a bright spot in yesterdays game

 

today look forward to Cavs vs Celtics

[StarPanda]

The Boston Massacre

 

Dam and here I thought they might give cleveland a battle, we'll this sucks

[NaBarney]

Hopefully next year we'll get a Washington Cavs series.

[StarPanda]

They have bigger bodies to kind-of stop LeBron

Maybe next year he gets challenged in the first round

[NaBarney]

They have bigger bodies to kind-of stop LeBron

Maybe next year he gets challenged before the Finals

 

Not likely

[StarPanda]

Well Thomas is out for the remainder of the playoffs not like they had many games left

These playoffs have been pretty lame other than that Houston vs spurs and grizzlies vs spurs games

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agreed, panda.

 

officially the Year of the Injury...something that started out ok for a few series' just turned to shit real fast.

 

not even watching the spurs/warriors games anymore. so sad.

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well the celtics didnt get the cock. impressive.

 

but i was kinda hoping for this to be a sweep so the series could end faster, though.

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well the celtics didnt get the cock. impressive.

 

but i was kinda hoping for this to be a sweep so the playoffs could end faster, though.

 

Fixed, I hate to say it but these playoffs have been fucking miserable.

[NaBarney]

Fixed, I hate to say it but these playoffs have been fucking miserable.

 

I blame the Warriors and the entire Eastern conference/the existence of conferences

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I blame the Warriors and the entire Eastern conference/the existence of conferences

 

True...I also blame the buddy-buddy atmosphere between players making plans in the off-season to create a lopsided league....I think it goes back to that big 3 in Miami...the league hasn't been the same.

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True...I also blame the buddy-buddy atmosphere between players making plans in the off-season to create a lopsided league....I think it goes back to that big 3 in Miami...the league hasn't been the same.

 

the warriors organizatany put a great team together the last 3 years. before they added durant the warriors had a team that broke the bulls regular season record.  i blame durant for tipping the scales so heavily in their favor. the nba probably should have stepped in and blocked the trade just like they blocked cp3 from going to the lakers a couple years back. 

 

lebron is simply the best player in the league. weak east or not,  any team that features lebron is gonna go far in the playoffs. and in the last 7 seasons its been all lebron in the finals.  at this point we just have to wait a few years till he starts to decline but in the meantime he will continue to dominate.

 

i agree that the playoffs have been really boring and the nba needs to do something to try and spice things up.

 

 

[StarPanda]

The cavs bounced back although gotta give it to the celtics they could have pulled off a win tonight, kyre was great

LeBron had some bad moments but had 34 points

[StarPanda]

Also kyre bent that ankle but looked fine and love hit his back or something, they better close it out Thursday don't want that injury bug

[Leon]

the existence of conferences

 

I don't see how a lack of conferences would change anything.

 

The two teams that mattered would still be the Cavs and Warriors and they'd still meet in the Finals, making every other team and playoff series meaningless from the start.

[Distortedreasoning]

I don't see how a lack of conferences would change anything.

 

The two teams that mattered would still be the Cavs and Warriors and they'd still meet in the Finals, making every other team and playoff series meaningless from the start.

 

i think it would make things a little bit more interesting but youre right, the power vacuum is too big right now. i just dont see a change in the immediate future.

[StarPanda]

Idk man I think those west teams could upset the cavs

[NaBarney]

Idk man I think those west teams could upset the cavs

 

This, no conferences means the Cavs are not a 50 win team because they don't get to play all the shitty Eastern conference teams 4x a year. They probably finish with like the 6th best record at best, probably worse than that. LeBron doesn't go to the Finals 10 years in a row ​playing teams significantly better than East low-seeds in the first three rounds, so there'd be a better chance of seeing two great Western conference teams in the championship series rather than having to go through each other from the very first round onward just to get there with no margin for error and being virtually doomed by any mild injury to a key player in the first round.

 

Even if the end result of Cavs-Warriors three years in a row was same, which seems extremely unlikely, at least there would be better matchups on the way and fewer teams with absolutely no shot being allowed in while good teams in the West are kept out.

[NaBarney]

I mean the Warriors are pretty much going to be winning every series they play for awhile regardless of what happens, if they didn't have to play Memphis, San Antonio, Houston, LAC, Utah, etc twice as much as they had to play Orlando, Brooklyn, NY, Milwaukee, Detroit, etc they probably would have cleared 73 wins this season. So they're kind of in their own league. But at least they'd have a bigger field of potential Finals matchups than just the Cavs every year, if there weren't conferences.

[StarPanda]

well guys it appears the Trilogy is here Cavs vs Warriors

I see the warriors as favorites but after last year you never know, i dont like the cavs so i hope GSW take it. Should be  fun series

[Distortedreasoning]

place your bets people!

im gonna root for lebron, hope that he catches jordan with rings. he certainly has the opportunity to do so. also would be pretty funny if the warriors lose.

[NaBarney]

As funny as it would be if Golden State loses again, I can't support LeBron inflating his ring count by hiding in the East.

 

Warriors in less than 7.

 

Also I predict designated goon Dahntay Jones does something heinous to troll Draymond Green into reacting and getting himself suspended.

[Leon]

I don't think this is what's going to happen but I decided to make my prediction with my balls instead of my brain.

 

Warriors in 4.

[StarPanda]

I'm pretty sure they are telling green to do everything humanly  possible to keep his cool and not fuck things up

But if that happens the warriors will counter with Zaza and take someone's ankle out

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as always, want the warriors to lose because itd be funny, and all the people who werent warriors fans in the 2000s and earlier when they were a garbage, off the radar team can have their egos shit on. again.

 

but im going with what kenny smith said the other day...they took the cavs to 3-1 without durant...now they have him.

 

*shrug*

[NaBarney]

Going to refine my guess to Warriors in 6, with the Cavs winning one game because LeBron and another because the league fux with things trying to extend the series as long as possible /conspiracy

[Gammenon]

As funny as it would be if Golden State loses again, I can't support LeBron inflating his ring count by hiding in the East.

 

 

That's not LeBron's fault...Anyways, this thing's going to go 7 unless Green or that other goon from the Warrior's start undercutting key Cavalier 3-point shooters while shooting. 

[Leon]

Warriors in 4.

 

LeBron is going to win a game all on his own during this series and I'm going to be wrong but I feel a lot better about this prediction now.

[Distortedreasoning]

this finals is starting off just as shitty as the rest of the playoffs have been. maybe even shittier. this is the future for the next 5 years.

[StarPanda]

It's just game 1 everyone chill

Durant was on fire but nothing is certain especially since last year. I dont think it will be a sweep LeBron needs his team to step it up

[Distortedreasoning]

game 1 or not, this was the same boring shit all playoffs long. it makes it hard to tune to the next game if they are all going to be blowouts like game 1.

[Mix]

bandwagon warriors all the way 

[StarPanda]

game 1 or not, this was the same boring shit all playoffs long. it makes it hard to tune to the next game if they are all going to be blowouts like game 1.

The first half was pretty good tho lol

[Master-Debater131]

Is this going to be worth watching or no?

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riveting game.

[StarPanda]

Is this going to be worth watching or no?

It is but once you see one team getting hot than its best to find something else to watch