Board 8 > NBA Playoffs topic 3: nerf the Warriors

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i mean to be fair this is his 7th straight, he started 2 for 7 when he had "no help"

This will be Durant's 5th in 7 years which might surprise some people
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but anyways lol eastern conference forever
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You can't count the years he wasn't in the playoffs.
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Dr_Football posted...

i mean to be fair this is his 7th straight, he started 2 for 7 when he had "no help"

It's annoying how his fans always made the excuse that he had "no help" when he lost but now that he's winning just ignore his team. Haters do the same thing in reverse too, and it's just as bad. Why does everyone focus on him so much?
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Because when you're that good, you become a polarizing figure. People forget that Jordan used to get criticism too

Jordan got murdered throughout the 80s
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MZero11 posted...

Dr_Football posted...

i mean to be fair this is his 7th straight, he started 2 for 7 when he had "no help"

It's annoying how his fans always made the excuse that he had "no help" when he lost but now that he's winning just ignore his team. Haters do the same thing in reverse too, and it's just as bad. Why does everyone focus on him so much?

He's the big man. He hass the rock
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lol raptors existential crisis
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Wizards look like the better team through 4 games and seem to have figured out how to handle Thomas, but it also feels like it could be a series where the home team wins every game.

Spurs vs. Rockets is going 7, so I'm glad they have home court.
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Just realized that the playoffs have almost been as boring as this contest. Is Spurs/Grizzlies game 4 the only great game so far?
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Washington/Boston game 2 was pretty interesting, especially if you like Boston. OKC game 2 was pretty fascinating.
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yeah, isaiah going for 53 in an OT game has to be up there as well

i agree that boston/washington feels like washington is better, but i think that the whistles are different on the road and at home. we'll have to see about game 5 - the celtics are like a team of almost all role players, so their 'home court advantage' should be magnified, perhaps, by details like marcus smart re-learning how to dribble the basketball.

no idea what to think about san antonio. they can't win games like 1 or 4 where houston goes off. but if houston doesn't go off, they seem pretty solid to win...
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Warriors won lol
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that is a game i am happy to have watched none of
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CaptainOfCrush posted...

Warriors won lol

The Only post on the game.

The official NBA board didn't even go a full page...

Says a lot about these Warriors alright.

it's weird, the NBA had an amazing season only to have possibly the worst round 2 in the history of the league. Houston and Boston haven't been close despite the 2-2 - it's up to them to salvage this.

the worst part is that no matter who wins in the Houston/SA series, that team goes shorthanded against the Warriors.
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why are there 2 days between every Celtics-Wizards game recently? All the other series have been every other day
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Probably trying to ensure at least one game on per day.
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that dunk by ginobli goddamn
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kawhi choking bad. can't score on harden.
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a good game?!
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yeah, incredible. but kawhi is playing awfully (relative to his standard) and now sitting - probably injured.

houston's really showing how the 3 is more powerful than the 2. keeps look like SAS is playing better D, getting better shots... and they can't keep up in the score column.

houston also seems way more athletic in the rebounding game.
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harden can't stand up to the defense, just decides to fall over from 32 feet out and shoot free throws

ugh
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on the other hand MANU GINOBLI
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this game is fantastic

Houston misses Nene so bad
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BIG TIME flop by jonathan simmons

serves you right james
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Damn, wish that had been in time.
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Wow....

ffffffffff goddamn
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as an isaiah thomas fan, it feels like harden's been amazing on D this game

can't help feeling like houston has more explosive potential, have to favor them heading into OT
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I'm spending entirely too much money going to Game 6 so it'd nice for that to be a potential clincher for the Rockets!
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you moved, smuffin?

feels like the spurs are getting the benefit of the doubt on a lot of calls
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first to 102 wins
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That bad call is probably game...

this game is so good
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No one scores in 3 minutes.. then there is 9 points in less than a minute.

Basketball is such a weird game.

xp1337 posted...

first to 102 wins

We were due one this round.

this was pretty awful to watch.

Houston looks like they just want to get this game over with and go back home.
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omg that block
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Harden was AWFUL.

Russ 4 MVP
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MANUUUUUuuuuuu
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KommunistKoala posted...

MANUUUUUuuuuuu

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that was unbelievable
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great fourth, terrible overtime

man, Houston really imploded there. if we're gonna kill Westbrook for his ballhoggery we have to do the same to whatever the hell happened to Houston's offense there
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ExThaNemesis posted...

this was pretty awful to watch.

Houston looks like they just want to get this game over with and go back home.

I don't know a lot about basketball but "hold the ball for 24 seconds and then chuck it up from a couple feet behind the line with someone right on you" does not seem to be the best offensive strategy
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Spurs have been pretty good at blocking last second Harden shots this season.
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REALLY hope kawhi recovers.
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Yeah, the last thing we need is to make things even easier for the Warriors in the conference finals by Kawhi not being able to play at full strength.
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it might make it fair for them compared to the road lebron has to the finals though lmao
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is there really a noticeable difference between Pacers/Raptors and Blazers/Jazz
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