**NBA FINALS THREAD - RAPTORS DEFY GRAVITY**

[ill steelo]

Houston wasted what will probably be their best night from 3 with 17 turnovers and 18 offensive boards allowed. Both marks would’ve been last in the league.

Warriors got up nearly 20 more shot attempts.

 

[keko jones]

Anyone has a clip for the Harden injury?

 

[monstar]

You'll see. They won't have home court against either one. Both those teams are infinitely better than those Cavs squads.

Infinitely? Really? Have we forgotten how lebron walked through the east with way less then amy of those teams. Boston is the only team with a real shot.

 

[everysingletime]

Warriors got up nearly 20 more shot attempts.

I don't know the score yet but based on this I'm going to guess the warriors won lol

 

[bballkid11]

Love how narrative changes so much with each game

Now it’s dame sucks, rockets are toast, warriors are greatest, Boston sucks.

Will be much different narrative every day. I swear after game 1s, it was: Sixers are horrible, bucks are fools gold. Rockets got screwed and are better team. Etc etc.

When rockets win game 3, it will be: uh oh we have a series!! Rox in 6

Not me.

Rockets in 7. Been saying 6 but now it just changes to 7.
Bucks in 7 also.

 

[B Sox]

Without the personalities needed, these playoffs are going to tank in interest once the EC and WC championship rounds begin. There is no lightening rod. Dudes are boring.

 

[Maximus Meridius]

Shame how the refs will never give Harden a fair chance. They owe him 2 championships now.

 

[addict4sneakers]

Durant, Dame, Jokic and Kawhi been cooking all playoffs.

It’s been far from boring

 

[B Sox]

Warriors have completely committed to spamming the death lineup, with 3 of their all stars playing 40 plus minutes and Steph would have been there if not for foul trouble.

Kerr has went away from the Kumbya rotations and it's death no pun intended.

There's no combating Warriors playing death lineup 40 plus minutes without two elite All NBA level 1 on 1 guys. The length, switching, defensive IQ, just straight hell when THAT lineup is playing that many minutes consistently. I didn't expect Kerr to abuse it this much.

Their bench is awful. They need to play those guys that many minutes in order to win.

 

[shotsrangout]

****, “against Houston?” That dude can get his shot off on anyone, dude is basically 7’9.

Obviously but he just looks even more unguardable against Houston.

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

KHUFU is the lighting rod this thread is missing. Rest of yall dudes boring

 

[KHUFU]

Smart cats know what time it is here..

 

[trynafeelmink]

Dantoni really coming back into another series against GS, where his gameplan is to ISO James Harden & no real backup plan. Crazy indeed

GS is actually out hustling Houston & playing Harder on defense, dantoni might as well go grab a beer and sit witht he fans, dude is doing nothing so far.

 

[dman14]

the biggest accomplishment the nba did was actually convincing some viewers and fans that the warriors were vulnerable
good job by the media this year pushing the KD wants out, his argument with dray, and boogie being a disruption

there's really not much you can do when your roster relies on guys like gerald green, austin rivers, and an ancient Nene Hilario

 

[shotsrangout]

KHUFU is the lighting rod this thread is missing. Rest of yall dudes boring

So you put out the bat signal for race discussion

 

[Fozz]

Their bench is awful. They need to play those guys that many minutes in order to win.

Yup. Outside of Bogut, Jerekbo, and Livingston, I don't trust their bench.

I'm glad Kerr is making the main players play long minutes. They were rested all season long.

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

the biggest accomplishment the nba did was actually convincing some viewers and fans that the warriors were vulnerable
good job by the media this year pushing the KD wants out, his argument with dray, and boogie being a disruption

there's really not much you can do when your roster relies on guys like gerald green, austin rivers, and an ancient Nene Hilario

Dubs are definitely vulnerable. Just not to the rockets

 

[nick.]

Rockets probably should've paid the luxury tax

 

[junglejim]

 

[HIM]

Rockets probably should've paid the luxury tax

Or used the money they spent on Swiss Dalembert on some better players.

 

[firstclass]

Dantoni really coming back into another series against GS, where his gameplan is to ISO James Harden & no real backup plan. Crazy indeed

GS is actually out hustling Houston & playing Harder on defense, dantoni might as well go grab a beer and sit witht he fans, dude is doing nothing so far.

What’d you suggest he do with the current roster?

 

[MVP]

Rockets probably should've paid the luxury tax

They shouldn't have paid Chris Paul 160 million.

 

[B Sox]

Paying the luxury tax for Trevor Ariza wouldn't have done anything for them. Dude averaged 9 and 4 on 33/20 shooting splits and had a -21 net rating against Golden St last year.

Chris Paul needs to have a bigger impact.

 

[addict4sneakers]

The worst thing to happen to the Rockets was cp3 getting hurt leading to “what if’s”

 

[monstar]

Cats mad at bench playrrs who aint logged any minutes all year haha who are underperforming on the road.

This is the nba you are supposed to win at home .

Celtics did what they needed to just like phili steal one on the road. Boston had a gripe eith the refs ij the first half. The nba has dumped harden for giannis. Lol