By livefromkyoto Go To PostI mean you could try not missing 26 straight threes.The looks in the corners were mostly decent. The garbage Harden threw up wasn't much different to the BS 3s Curry and Durant actually hit. Like Smokey said, if CP3 was in, he'd go to his midrange.
By Stern Go To PostReally hoping for the Dubs sweep.KD in the discussion for better than Kobe tbh
It’s really an utter tragedy that 2016 happened, because 4 straight would be amazing.
The alternative is rooting for LeBron.
And yeah, KD very well could be better than Kobe. Steph too. The fuck would I care?
And yeah, KD very well could be better than Kobe. Steph too. The fuck would I care?
By diehard Go To PostCavs bench is underratedIf Nance and Clarkson are the reason for the Warriors losing, then I don't know what to say.
lol Chuck
By diehard Go To PostKD in the discussion for better than Kobe tbhwat, nah,
By Stern Go To PostThe alternative is rooting for LeBron.
By giririsss Go To PostIMA TAKE MY MORAL VICTORY AND THUMP MAH CHEST.When people are trying to kick me and my team when it's down? You bet.
Before this season even started, people had Minnesota and the Thunder ahead of this team, where Harden and Paul were never meant to mesh. You can shit on the team all you want. I get it, the Rockets are everything your team shoulda been but failed miserably to be. Stockpiling assets, 3 guard lineups, attracting free agents. Trying to drag a team that took the Hampton-era Warriors to 7 to the piece of shit franchise you have to follow is how you get your kicks, but I'm happy that this team didn't get blown the fuck out like most of you haters wanted to happen.
By chandlerparsons Go To PostThe looks in the corners were mostly decent. The garbage Harden threw up wasn't much different to the BS 3s Curry and Durant actually hit. Like Smokey said, if CP3 was in, he'd go to his midrange.The CP3 narrative doesn't' work when he's one of the biggest chokers in world sports.
The thing that I didn't understand was why the went away from the Harden / Capella PnR. Capella was getting free game all night. went 9/10.
And, Houston were going to have a game where the role players stepped up (game 2?) and one where they fell flat.
Ariza and Tucker got a lot of good looks. wide open. Just didn't hit em.
Thought Houstons defense was really good this series though. I loved the "dare draymond" defense.
i would've been happy with houston winning tbh
rockets/celtics finals would've been awesome and new - but houston's ref cheese is unholy and going 0-27 is proof that the basketball gods don't approve
rockets/celtics finals would've been awesome and new - but houston's ref cheese is unholy and going 0-27 is proof that the basketball gods don't approve
By chandlerparsons Go To PostWhen people are trying to kick me and my team when it's down? You bet.
Before this season even started, people had Minnesota and the Thunder ahead of this team, where Harden and Paul were never meant to mesh. You can shit on the team all you want. I get it, the Rockets are everything your team shoulda been but failed miserably to be. Stockpiling assets, 3 guard lineups, attracting free agents. Trying to drag a team that took the Hampton-era Warriors to 7 to the piece of shit franchise you have to follow is how you get your kicks, but I'm happy that this team didn't get blown the fuck out like most of you haters wanted to happen.
LMAO. Tell me more about your storied Moral Victories. And how your team is going to win just as many chips this year as the Suns.
I mean ultimately LeBron beat a team literally missing two All Stars in 7.
Probably his last Finals appearance, tbh.
Probably his last Finals appearance, tbh.
By DY_nasty Go To Posti would've been happy with houston winning tbhEh. I don't think the Ref's had as much of a play as Houston wants you to believe. They got dudded. But so did the Warriors. If they did, it was only a call or 2 at best.
rockets/celtics finals would've been awesome and new - but houston's ref cheese is unholy and going 0-27 is proof that the basketball gods don't approve
I'm glad the W's are there though. Hope they win the chip and trade draymond for KAT.
Draymond is taylor made for Thibs.
By DY_nasty Go To Postthread titles for the finals pls
NBA 2018 Finals | Not this shit again
By DY_nasty Go To Postthread titles for the finals plsNarrator: they died
By DY_nasty Go To Postthread titles for the finals plsSomething about the extinction of other NBA teams.
By DY_nasty Go To Postthread titles for the finals pls
Cavs-Warriors IV because fuck James Harden
By DY_nasty Go To Postthread titles for the finals plsNBA 2018 Finals | Teammates Are For Wimps
By giririsss Go To PostEh. I don't think the Ref's had as much of a play as Houston wants you to believe. They got dudded. But so did the Warriors. If they did, it was only a call or 2 at best.naw.... i think houston got hosed by the refs pretty much the whole series. after game 3 draymond saw they weren't calling anything on screens anymore and just committed to bear hugging people whenever he felt like it. and gordon was getting zero love on any drive he made. (at the same time im not counting how every drive chris paul makes is a shove but that's his whole life now. also fuck him).
I'm glad the W's are there though. Hope they win the chip and trade draymond for KAT.
Draymond is taylor made for Thibs.
either way its what they get for 'its not a travel' and harden grabbing peoples' arms to a mvp trophy. like whenever kentucky loses despite having godlike recruiting classes year after year
its what they fucking deserve. 0 for-ever and no love from the refs at home on a game seven lol. karma is real. both teams played hard
By DY_nasty Go To Postnaw…. i think houston got hosed by the refs pretty much the whole series. after game 3 draymond saw they weren't calling anything on screens anymore and just committed to bear hugging people whenever he felt like it. and gordon was getting zero love on any drive he made. (at the same time im not counting how every drive chris paul makes is a shove but that's his whole life now. also fuck him).Nah. Both teams stopped getting a lot of calls. For literally every non-call on James (where a lot of them were actually correct. I'm not talking about not getting calls he does in the regular season. But not getting actual foul calls), and there were several. There were just as many non-calls on the other end.
either way its what they get for 'its not a travel' and harden grabbing peoples' arms to a mvp trophy. like whenever kentucky loses despite having godlike recruiting classes year after year
its what they fucking deserve. 0 for-ever and no love from the refs at home on a game seven lol. karma is real. both teams played hard
Which is probably overall to Houstons detriment. But not by much.
By giririsss Go To PostNah. Both teams stopped getting a lot of calls. For literally every non-call on James (where a lot of them were actually correct. I'm not talking about not getting calls he does in the regular season. But not getting actual foul calls), and there were several. There were just as many non-calls on the other end.you're right. both teams played hard
Which is probably overall to Houstons detriment. But not by much.
I actually wish they called all games this way in the regular season. I know they won't, to protect stars through a 82 game regular season. So i get it.
But it creates these weird story lines in the playoffs :(
I don't think GSW have been pressed in a long time. Combined with a really disjointed regular season through injuries and fatigue, not sure they ever found a rhythm this season.
Houston really forced them to. Was really impressed with their defense.
Also, PJ Tucker may have earned him self another 15M this series.
But it creates these weird story lines in the playoffs :(
By DY_nasty Go To Postyou're right. both teams played hard
I don't think GSW have been pressed in a long time. Combined with a really disjointed regular season through injuries and fatigue, not sure they ever found a rhythm this season.
Houston really forced them to. Was really impressed with their defense.
Also, PJ Tucker may have earned him self another 15M this series.
By diehard Go To PostRockets fans here didn't rain on my moral victory parade so imma not say shityou thought smokey would troll your boys
By RATHasReturned Go To Postok this got me.
By DY_nasty Go To Postyou thought smokey would troll your boysafter how much shit he talked in the regular season i did, made a business decision with the Warriors up next though i think
By RATHasReturned Go To Postded.
the entirety of slaent was saved, straight up. this bytch was about to be burned down all night. i wasn't gonna stop posting until the sun came up, even if i was talking to myself. on some post a rhetorical question, and answer it 30 secs later type shit.
but alas
but alas
By Smokey Go To Postthe entirety of slaent was saved, straight up. this bytch was about to be burned down all night. i wasn't gonna stop posting until the sun came up, even if i was talking to myself. on some post a rhetorical question, and answer it 30 secs later type shit.You should have come out swinging before half. You miss all the hot takes you don't take.
but alas
The Westgate SuperBook in Las Vegas opened Golden State as a -1,000 favorite to win the best-of-seven series, which tips off Thursday. The Warriors are the largest Finals favorites in at least the last 16 seasons, according to odds database Sportsoddshistory.com.
Cleveland opened as a +650 underdog against the Warriors in the series. The Cavaliers were around +360 underdogs against the San Antonio Spurs in 2007, James' first trip to the Finals.
The Warriors opened as 12-point favorites in Game 1. That's tied for the largest point spread in a Finals game since 1991, according to ESPN Stats and Information. The Los Angeles Lakers were 12-point favorites over the Philadelphia 76ers in Game 1 of the 2001 Finals.
Golden State never opened anywhere close to this big of favorite in the previous three Finals meetings with the Cavaliers. The Warriors were around -300 over Cleveland in last year's Finals. Golden State won that series four games to one.
The Cavaliers were only +180 underdogs when the upended Golden State in the 2016 Finals.
The Cavaliers were around +360 underdogs against the San Antonio Spurs in 2007, James' first trip to the Finals.
congrats again, slaent
By Smokey Go To Postcongrats again, slaentWho are you kidding that Houston would't have been either?
The only thing that could have got the Cavs over HOU was a serious case of choke.
By Smokey Go To Postthe entirety of slaent was saved, straight up. this bytch was about to be burned down all night. i wasn't gonna stop posting until the sun came up, even if i was talking to myself. on some post a rhetorical question, and answer it 30 secs later type shit.shook like your team 😷
but alas
By reilo Go To Post
1017 bricksquad relocated to Htown for the night
a good 15 of these never barely even brushed rim goddamn.
By giririsss Go To PostWho are you kidding that Houston would't have been either?
The only thing that could have got the Cavs over HOU was a serious case of choke.
Vegas is literally saying this trash squad is relatively WORSE than the corpses Lebron took in 2007, against the Warriors.
Let that sink in. Do you remember that Spurs/Cavs series? Does Lebron even remember it?
But yall wanted to see this shit?
That is unfathomable to me. That 2007 Cavs squad was AWFUL.
By Smokey Go To Postthe entirety of slaent was saved, straight up. this bytch was about to be burned down all night. i wasn't gonna stop posting until the sun came up, even if i was talking to myself. on some post a rhetorical question, and answer it 30 secs later type shit.I'm having trouble sleeping, it's not too late. Think of all the moral victories we could claim, and the hypotheticals. Imagine if D'Antoni could trust Luc for 10 minutes a night this series.. probably woulda only lost by 6
but alas
By Smokey Go To PostVegas is literally saying this trash squad is relatively WORSE than the corpses Lebron took in 2007, against the Warriors.who WANTED cavs in the finals over Boston? Over ... anyone?
Let that sink in. Do you remember that Spurs/Cavs series? Does Lebron even remember it?
But yall wanted to see this shit?
That is unfathomable to me. That 2007 Cavs squad was AWFUL.
Shit i think most of us would have preferred Toronto.
And this is probably the shittiest team to come out of the east. It just has LBJ on it.
