The Official NBA Season Thread: NBA Cup Night

[tay1]

They took 22 more threes in the first half and they crying about fouls

WARRIORS FANS #DONTKNOWBALL

They delusional.

They acting like Steph don’t get calls as soon as you breathe on him. Also like they didn’t shoot 53 threes.

 

[antidope]

The Warriors deserved to lose.

 

[storm2006]

jet lag hit me HARD yesterday so I missed the live game. What the hell happened?!!?!

 

[had pants]

 

[had pants]

jet lag hit me HARD yesterday so I missed the live game. What the hell happened?!!?!

 

[WASHED KING]

Not Warriors fans insinuating this game was rigged.

Color me shocked.

THEY don’t ever lose due to their play lol

 

[antidope]

I actually didn't mind that shot. It's a clean look and that's all you can ask for game on the line.

 

[antidope]

THEY don’t ever lose due to their play lol

They lost this game cause of how the Lakers played.

 

[WASHED KING]

They lost this game cause of how the Lakers played.

Thank you for being objective. I don’t see how anyone could watch that game and say the refs decided it.

I also don’t see how Poole can get blamed either when it was easiest his best game this year in the playoffs.

 

[had pants]

 

[king j]

Poole really should’ve been ejected for his push on AD then him taunting D’Lo,but the refs looked the other way.We in here talking bout refs and the game being rigged

 

[allergic2broke]

Get ready for the turn on AD when he has a bad game next game.

Like clockwork.

 

[ill steelo]

Assuming Bron remembers how to catch and shoot, these guys are gonna be knocking on 120 consistently. There’s no adjustment beyond a few possessions of zone here & there.

The Warriors’ biggest adjustment will be offensively. They have been resistant to this, but you’re gonna need more Steph on the ball. TBJ is the only Laker dying on the off-ball screens. Everyone else did a tremendous job fighting over & trailing.

Another adjustment will be the fouls, from everyone not named Poole of course Dray/Looney are gonna be fighting with Bron & AD in the paint so naturally that’ll happen & pretty unavoidable. Only 8 attempts for AD is actually pretty good. As you saw if you keep him off the line he’ll have a few quarters with some offensive lulls here & there

What killed them is guys like Schroeder. He cannot get 10 free throws. Half of that came from Poole which will continue to happen but the other vets have to be more disciplined.

You imagine Austin Reaves will be more aggressive in at least 1 of these games so that’s another guy they will have to be mindful about not fouling.

The Warriors have long had an issue with fouling so keep an eye on how many free throws the guys outside of AD & Bron get.

 

[pmatic]

Lakers don't force a lot of turnovers, but we're bound to get one super boneheaded Warriors game with 18+ turnovers.

 

[WASHED KING]

Grizz had to send doubles to stop AD. Will Kerr resort to that?

I don’t think so.

 

[IATT]

Poole really should’ve been ejected for his push on AD then him taunting D’Lo,but the refs looked the other way.We in here talking bout refs and the game being rigged

 

[shotsrangout]

I mean there was a point where draymond kept hounding Ed Malloy and most would have been ejected but draymond gonna draymond.

Got his own set of rules.

 

[QU!K]

Poole really should’ve been ejected for his push on AD then him taunting D’Lo,but the refs looked the other way.We in here talking bout refs and the game being rigged

Dray should have been ejected too

 

[ill steelo]

TBJ is a low volume 3 guy so he’s playing for his supposed defense and was probably the worst defender in purple & gold yesterday. Absolutely no reason for him to have guaranteed minutes. Look for Rui/Vando to get more run eventually

 

[trynafeelmink]

it’s a marathon, not a sprint. how many times we gonna anoint someone “the curry stopper” after one game, only for steph to bust their *** after they get exhausted chasing him around for multiple games?

did we not just see what he did to the DPOY in the finals last year?

Big difference between coming off that screen & seeing Al Horford/Robert Williams

The same way there’s no simulating dealing with Steph until you play him, there’s no simulating AD on the defensive end until you play him

He’s gonna get off but I don’t know how many times I gotta remind y’all that fatigue works two ways & the longer this series goes the harder those threes are going to get

Looney is their only hope on the boards & gives em a big boost but him & Dray together is forcing GS to not even look at shots at the rim

 

[DripNick]

Get ready for the turn on AD when he he gets injured next game.

Really not trying to #NTjinx it but fixed

 

[703 hwy]

Based on that saying, something about the home team losing at home. I guess the series has officially started?

 

[pmatic]

TBJ is a low volume 3 guy so he’s playing for his supposed defense and was probably the worst defender in purple & gold yesterday. Absolutely no reason for him to have guaranteed minutes. Look for Rui/Vando to get more run eventually

I think you need him to buy 8-10 minutes at backup guard/forward. He's the best of the bad options because Beasley and Walker are too undisciplined on D.

 

[QU!K]

Grizz had to send doubles to stop AD. Will Kerr resort to that?

I don’t think so.

Kerr will send Dray to sweep the leg

 

[WASHED KING]

GS lose game 2 this is over in 5