[Western Conference Finals] (1)Golden State vs. (3)Portland

Four NBA playoff games for blazers in six days.

Last Sunday was gm 7 for blazers.
Game 1 of wcf was Tuesday.
Game 2 of wcf was Thursday.
Game 3 today.

 

Media will run that shot over PG until the end of time. People just like Dame. He will never get that moniker..

Even If I hated the way Harden went out, and think he should/could have done more, Harden has been going up against the Warriors who have an Avengers level roster of All-Stars for goodness sake and he gets no love for making it at least close.

Harden and the Rockets have actually put fear in the Warriors. No team can say that.

The NBA had to spot the Warriors one game!!

 

How fitting the only team left that has a chance against the warriors also plays moreyball basically.

 

Man screw that, I dont want to have to give them credit for anything. I hate these guys and we should have beaten them.

 

The Finals will mirror the Rangers-Cardinals World Series for me.

I bypassed my disdain for STL since everyone knew they were already championships.

Warriors sweeps are well-welcomed.

 

My son said the same thing. He said CJ appears to have shot all his bullets in the last series. Dude is on empty.

 

All the crap about analytics but no one talks about the Bucks that play the exact same way. Threes and layups/dunks.

 

Haha I feel you, Im just disgusted that its come to this again.

 

Haha, fair enough!

 

That maybe true, but that's a tired excuse.. If Media uses that to excuse this terrible performance in the WCF, I will be so angry.

 

Yeah. We didn't handle up.

So now it's like.... Pick your poison. Lesser of two evils.

 

Evan Turner and Aminu turn into world beaters against the Rockets. Looking like trash right now.

 

You know they will.

Dame’s gamewinner vs the thunder and CJ in game 7 vs the nuggets will give them a pass.

James harden averaging 35 ppg with no all stars on his team is a testament to his choking ways I guess.

 

Same here. I'm just shocked that CJ is playing this bad. In one stretch in the second he missed 4 out 5 free throws! You ain't even beating the Knicks playing like that. CJ is making Capela almost decent by comparison.

 

yup, there is a reason why kerr keeps pushing to shorten the regular season. It will definitely benefit them. DURANT prevents injury. in the east its easier to manage load and still be contending. in the west even with three all stars one major injury even in the regular season could mean goodbye play offs.

 

NBA is full of bs. Going back to the beginning of the year fans were upset over GS GETTING Cousins but the media and lots of former players tried to hype it down saying it's not a foregone conclusion they will win... horse ****!!! This is the most feminine predictable league in sports.

 

This is why reading is fundamental. Did you notice that what you quoted literally said: "Despite the scores, Rockets were never close to winning that series."

Notice the part in bold. Read it, then read your post. Try again, if needed.

The Warriors routinely will play sloppy for halves or even lose games due to it. But they have demonstrated over many years - including a ton of games against the Rockets - that they make plays when they need to. They weren't losing that series. Rockets like to point to things like close games or losing Paul or regular season results or other things. But the Rockets had 20 pts leads last year and lost. They had a Durant injury in 2 games this year and lost them both. They had critical must-win games against injured opponents against the Spurs in 2016 and Warriors this this and played horribly in all of these things in the important moments. The whole delusional narrative ignores the fundamental truth that the Warriors know how to win when they need to - they simply turn it on in the key moments that other teams can't. We've seen it very clearly these last 2 Portland games and the last 2 Rockets games, even if you want to ignore the rest of the last 3 years. It sucks, but it's true.

 

Blah blah blah, a bunch of garbage narrative talk and no stats or anything about ball. Yea the Warriors play sloppy sometiems, thats who they are but they also played their Hampton 5 lineup 40plus mintues through 4 games. They took us seriously, go look at interviews from their players and coach. You gotta come with more substantial stuff than this.Made no good points whatsoever.

 

Except they don't. They take 7 fewer 3's per game despite taking 4 more shots per game. They also move the ball a ton. They were #7 in assists/game, while the Rockets were #28 - ahead of only Cleveland New York.

 

Of course they took the Rockets seriously - that's how and why they win. When they need to, they raise their game up. They have multiple gears they only use when needed. That doesn't mean the Rockets were close to winning. But hopefully, the Rockets are smarter than you. Otherwise, they will just do this same nonsense again and lose yet again and you'll come up with excuses yet again.

Amusing that you reference interviews - as though the Warriors say anything different about their other opponents. You are extremely gullible.