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All semi finals going to game 6. League has got to be happy

A40:
So no Ayton no Chris Paul. Be like Suns dey face their own bad luck wey them benefit from the last round

Ayton is useless imo. I think they are better off without him.

Roland17:
Mark Jackson is never getting another NBA coaching gig. He keeps digging himself into bad situations.

What he do this time

steady986:
Bros. I'm talking of a full season or something like that. Then we can judge. Don't forget a bulk of that time was with KD as well.

Heres the full season ratings for PFs in 2023 season

http://www.espn.com/nba/hollinger/statistics/_/position/pf

Can you find your buddy's name? No? Because its on page 2! At #56! On a team with Curry/Klay/Poole where all the heavy lifting has been done already.

Even Rui Hachimura and Zeke Nnaji rank higher

steady986:
Bros you don't seem to get the point. Even LeBron has a poor record without AD. The tree cannot stand without it's root. Dray is not built to carry a team. Never has. Never will. But as a key piece in that GS system, there's no one better at that. And we haven’t seen Curry lead this team without Draymond either. They have been successful together.

If this was all you said, no one would argue with you. But you made it sound like its a big 3 down in warriors land, when we clearly know it is not.

Roland17:
A bunch of lazy and entitled idiots who from the start of the season think they will just stroll to the finals. You fools better get this series back to TD Garden for game 7. Mazzulla sounding humble during the post game is even disgusting to my ears.

Too harsh. This was a one off bad game. Those were wide open shots tatum was missing. I think game 6 will be better

steady986:
The way you people talk shiit about Dray's game is shocking sometimes. I can understand the non GS fans like you but I get infuriated when I hear it coming from the GS fans themselves. It just shows they are ungrateful. Draymond has been a central figure for this team for a decade. Yes he might not be this usefull on another team, but you see him in that GS team? I'll repeat myself, GS would have only 2 championships if he wasn't on that team. I don't know whether you guys trash him because he doesn't score 25 a night like Steph and Klay, or because he doesn't shoot 35 footers and do the flashy crossovers. Who do you think has been slowing AD down in this series? What happened to Looney in game one? The poor lad lost his starting spot after that game even though he is their best rebounder. If GS are wise they should trade Klay before they even think of Draymond. And I suspect that's what they'll do. You can get a Klay replacement easily in this league. But you can't get another player to do what Dray has been doing for GS in the past 10 years.

Are you not the stats guy? Go check draymonds record with curry injured and klay out. Then come back and apologize in shame

Durant is cooking!

celtics look sluggish. Every team will have one of this type of game per series. Unfortunately celtics played with their food early and this is happening now

Blueelf:
Bro, when I saw it on twitter, I was like "No way Draymond says that"

But mhen, I was really disappointed with his comments

Let him go to LA Lakers and spend his honeymoon with Lebron

You guys fed his foolishness for a long time. No one else will pay what you paid for Draymond

edit: ok I went to go look, what did he say that was so offensive. I didnt see anything crazy. His last podcast was actually more humble than usual lol

Roland17 wahala dey o. Pls stop thinking of Mazulla

Im being repititive. But I raised eye wen dis guy started podcast on nba while still in the nba. Curry should have put a stop to a lot of Draymonds shenannigans a long time ago.

Forwards that can move the ball well plenty for league. I have never been a Draymond fan. And the things folks say he is good at..is is that he is good or just playing on a good team. Because we saw his output when Curry was out.

Roland17:
Make I no hear with humility or underdog from your mouth

every underdoggy has his day. 2day na my day abeg

How I wan take enter gym dis morning

Some folk in here, when Lakers were down double digits, they had already typed all kinds of abuse for Lebron. Already happy to see Lakers lose this game. Then Mr young legs, Lonnie the Walker comes in, and Lakers take a win from what should have been defeat.

The same guys, quickly erase their abuse, and start typing how they knew Lakers would win this. How they are so sad Warriors never had any chance. In the same game where Curry is dropping 4pt plays? We see you. We hope you slept well though, not too many nightmares as LeKing was all smiles after that win

A40:
Let's be grateful Jokic was not suspended. That would have been incredibly harsh

Also this 3 and D player thing be like na scam. What's the work of KCP and Aaron Gordon with guys like Booker dropping 40 on their head a night?

League would have never done such. Because the other owners would pitch a fit and start something the league doesnt want. The fault is squarely on Suns owner, for getting too involved. Even Mark Cuban has the sense to NOT seat courtside in his own arena.

Thats why we play the games.

That being said, Suns duo had to play out of their mind 2 games in a row to win by a whisker. Can they make it 3 in a row in Denver? I dont think so. I still give the edge to Denver.

None of these remaining 4 playoffs series is a sure banker for anybody. On any night any team can go off and win one on their home court, and steal one on the road.

Celtics are in striking range for sure. 76ers have to know that

Roland17:
@Birdman

After last night’s win, how you take enter gym today?

Na church I go o. I entered humbly, make I no offend the One wey fit scatter everything

steady986:
One blowout deserves another. On to game 4.

Abi o. On to game 4.

Roland17:
You don’t want to see me, my heart dey my mouth. This was a better execution of the final 3 minutes of the 4th. This was a professional performance.

I think you guys may have taken the best punch 76ers could muster. So much for Harden using Vegas as motivation!

roland17 con take style quiet today ba? abi e wan claim underdog 2day. I hear philly cheesesteak will be served for breakfast tonite

Roland17:
We are stealing or at worst also splitting the 2 game series in Philly! If not for Mazzulla's madness, we should be 2-0 going into Philly.

I would say split. Embiid has yet to have an MVP game, and its likely he has one at home.

Afromentalist:
Today's game may be an indicator of how long the series will be. If the Lakers win this, it will be a very short series. Max 5 Games.

If GSW wins (this is my expectation actually) then the series might go to 7 games. If it gets to 7 games , then GSW will win it all.

The Lakers therefore better play this game as a Game 7.

AD hasnt solved the off nights yet, and this might be one of them. So Im with you Warriors win this one easy.

I entered the gym like underdog today

Roland17:
Don’t just beat them, break their soul!

wicked somebody. But they accomplished their mission already. Stole home court

Roland17:
D. Hamm, the rookie head coach of the Lakers did not need rocket science or head coaching experience to assign a double team against a lethal shooter like Curry immediately he crossed into the Lakers half with seconds to go.

But you see Mazzulla, he needs a data analyst, fans and the entire world to tell him Harden who had been smoking us all game needed to be doubled before he hit that 3, which ultimately cost us game 1.

Forgive and forget baba

Tinneh:
I can't still understand why Poole did that Tbh

Those shots go in all the time. For the warriors, those are normal shots. Go look at all the 3ptrs Warriors took that game. With the exception of Klay, Warriors shooters like to break the rules of long range shooting. Feet set? Nah. Lean in? Nah. Square shoulders? Nah. Its why they are about impossible to guard, you cant predict when they will let the ball fly. And it has won them more games than they lost. So I dont think this can be put on Poole. If that shot goes in, folks would be singing a different tune.

donlittle25:
Anytime you praise lebron, I go remind you say your team gan gan they house.

“Fink” about that

That guy na agbero. He no go do anything. Wonder why he took so long for memphis to send him packing.

And I will remind you how Dallas went from 4th seed to 7th seed, to play-ins to trying to make play-ins to shutting it down. With Luka and Kyrie

donlittle25:
Birdman, You and I team no make playoffs o

why u wan remind me na? allow make I pontificate small I hear Dillon Brooks might be a Rocket next year. Una go hear am

donlittle25:
I didn’t see any bad calls.

Them pursue curry like thief sha. Be like say that guy took a page from Dellavedova.

He just gum body with curry

What scared me tho, it the one or 2 times d guy make split second mistake, na 3 Curry take punish am. Its one thing to be an excellent shooter. Its another thing to have the legs to do it in the 4th q after running all game.