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Sports › Re: The NBA Begins by Eruditor: 5:22am On May 25, 2018

BarthramLestat:
Lol. Rubbish. Try benching Durant and see what Houston will do to them.

KD..West Brook...Waiters...Adams..Kanter..Ibaka were on the team that Klay..Curry..Iggy..Draymond and Harrison Barnes beat.

KD can bail you out. But when your whole system is ISO (and he is doubled) he can lose the game for you. He is still our best player but we need to play Warriors ball to beat Houston.

Sports › Re: The NBA Begins by Eruditor: 5:20am On May 25, 2018

SmooshCHN:
Damn!!! Our bench and the splash brothers need to show up.. They need to. We can't be getting outplayed every fuckîn time.

Bro, choking. No other way to explain it. Last 2 games have been lost in the 4th Q with stupid plays. I have been reading comments.

Sorry to Birdman as he has been a good sport all through but I am hoping CP3 does not recover or plays through injury in game 7. We have to just game the system this time if we hope to get to the final.

They are forcing us to play ISO and that is not us.

Sports › Re: The NBA Begins by Eruditor: 5:18am On May 25, 2018

BarthramLestat:
And you conveniently grew up in 2015?

2013-14. I keep telling you. I watched Mark Jackson play ISOs with Harrison Barnes against Spurs. I saw Curry go nuclear in game one and we lost by 2 (127-129) where Curry dropped 44.

I repped this team not knowing a ring was in the offing the following year under Kerr. That is why I don't tolerate the slander he gets atimes.

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Sports › Re: The NBA Begins by Eruditor: 5:11am On May 25, 2018

Roland17:
Too many mistakes by the Warriors.

It is the choking that is troubling. It now feels like GSW need to be up 30 to be sure they have won a game. The same regular season mistakes all over.

Sports › Re: The NBA Begins by Eruditor: 5:09am On May 25, 2018

BarthramLestat:
Like you rode with the pistons huh?

Supporting Pistons was thrust on me. When I grew up, I made my choice.

My first NBA Jersey was a Pistons one in 2001 because a family member lived there (Michigan).

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Sports › Re: The NBA Begins by Eruditor: 5:06am On May 25, 2018

Manutd19:
He thinks Cavs has a better chance than the Warriors. Tbh that might be the case. If LeBron and co (Adam Silver) decides to show up.....

KD will be up for it. Will Curry and Klay step up?

I don't know where people get all these KD being up for anything. Was AD or Russell not getting buckets even in losses? Scorers will score regardless of how inefficient they have been. It is the constant need for ISOs that we are reverting to due to KDs presence that hurts us when he does not make them. Takes nothing away from who he is, but it is partly responsible for the recent wobbles.

I am worried but not the way people are making noise here. I still felt GSW would have won game 6 with CP3 playing but I won't front and claim I don't hope he is out of game 7 because I am. It is war, we would wish him well after we win.

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Sports › Re: The NBA Begins by Eruditor: 5:02am On May 25, 2018

BarthramLestat:
Eruditor Donlittle25 and co running to jump on the next bandwagon. Guess who's leading the charge?

No. Truth is, I did not expect much from the game so I did not watch. I wanted to be pleasantly surprised but I was not. Rockets are playing good D, they deserve all the plaudits. If I am disappointed it is simply because we are choking in the 4th Q. That is what puzzles me the most.

I ride with my team come rain or shine.

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Sports › Re: The NBA Begins by Eruditor: 5:15pm On May 23, 2018

SmooshCHN:
Steve Kerr really Sat Curry after his amazing 3rd quarter, allow Houston a 9-0 run before taking a timeout and Curry still siting. Couldn't call a timeout..

Where was the Curry/KD pick and roll in the 4th?
I need to talk to him.. Face to Face. His rotations sometimes just makes me tired. Can't call a fuckîn timeout.

I don't have much input because I did not watch the 3rd Q down. In hindsight, I am happy I did not. 14 assists is not us at all.

Now the dust has settled, I guess we just have to take the loss in good fate. Some of the questions you are asking I saw people ask online. I genuinely did not expect GSW to squander 2 double digit leads in a game of such high magnitude but I also think they were tired. You know that Iggys injury as well as Klay's in between the game made some rotation players play more minutes than they are accustomed to. Looney for instance is one.

I read that Draymond tried to call a timeout but the refs did not see it. That happens as well. I was very sad before I slept but I am fresher now and can air my views with much clarity. The series is tied 2-2.

You don't need to get irked by some posts here. It comes with the territory. We are ruining the league when we win and overrated when we lose. I have been saying it since. I am happy Klay and Draymond are not all star players so the excuse of us being too high powered will go to bed. My only disappointment is that it only takes one more win for them to flip the script and change the narrative.

Rockets are a pretty good team and if we are being honest, they deserve at least 2 games in this series. I won't pretend that I did not prefer them to get those 2 games on their ground than splitting ours with us but it is where we are now.

Fact is, if there is one team that can go to any ground to win a game that is necessary, it is us - especially after a hard deflating loss. Interestingly, we are accustomed to playing our best when we feel threatened. Which we definitely are now.

My basketball senses tell me (based on what has transpired) that they get game 5 and we take game 6 and then it goes back to their home in game 7 which will be a toss up at that point. My heart tells me it still ends in 6. Like I always do, I go with my heart. My final post on the matter.

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Sports › Re: The NBA Begins by Eruditor: 4:56am On May 23, 2018

donlittle25:
Wasn’t it a 12 point lead in the fourth?

Ah if these boys go to the Finals and disgrace me

Sango will blow up the arena

Very morale deflating loss.

I don’t even know what to say.

Sports › Re: The NBA Begins by Eruditor: 4:55am On May 23, 2018

BarthramLestat:
You weren't this humble after game 2. Seems CP3 and harden have humbled you.

I agree.

Sports › Re: The NBA Begins by Eruditor: 4:54am On May 23, 2018

BarthramLestat:
Eruditor and co. I have a nice Houston bandwagon here waiting for you lot to jump on.

You have your moment.

Take the floor.

You deserve it.

Sports › Re: The NBA Begins by Eruditor: 4:52am On May 23, 2018

Congrats Rockets. Did not watch 3rd Q down.

I am sad.

Sports › Re: The NBA Begins by Eruditor: 3:10am On May 23, 2018

EnigmaticEnigma:
These guys shouldn't break my heart though, I'm up late partly cause of this. actually i have to be up to work, but still, i'm watching the game

We were bad in the last 2possessions that got 4buckets on KD.

But make no mistake there were at least 5 uncalled fouls in that quarter which were called on the other end.

Foul calls mean players sitting on the bench which should not be. Harden and Tucker guarded KD twice and even their body language showed they expected a foul call against them which was not called.

We have to play the 3rd quarter like we started the first. The offense will flow. We kinda relied on ISOs a tad too much but that is because we wanted fouls.

Sports › Re: The NBA Begins by Eruditor: 3:07am On May 23, 2018

EnigmaticEnigma:
I'm starting to doubt kds handles though, like, he's not just smooth driving the ball.

left to me, he should be catching it deep in the post, since he is ungaurdable and that shot that close would be an automatic turn around.

guess they need him out on the perimeter at times to shoot threes, but man, he is very sloppy with his drives

I have always preferred Curry to bring it up but he had foul issues. The major issue is the fouls that KD usually gets he has not gotten in this game. 3 different times, same as Looney before that skirmish with Tucker and Nick Young was fouled on his last 3 attempt.

Credit to Houston who have picked KDs pocket in the last few possessions but if any one wants to explain part of Houston’s recovery it is down to good ball movement on their part, missed shots from KD and Free throws. Warriors had 5 To Rockets 14 or so.

Sports › Re: The NBA Begins by Eruditor: 2:53am On May 23, 2018

Neat fouls on KD.

Twice he was hit.

Sports › Re: The NBA Begins by Eruditor: 2:46am On May 23, 2018

SmooshCHN:
He landed wrongly I think it affected his knee but Capella stepped on his foot and my nigga refused to step off.

I think the knee worried him more and they took him out to assess it. He was seen walking on his ankle.

Sports › Re: The NBA Begins by Eruditor: 2:45am On May 23, 2018

Wonderful ISO player like CP3 fishing for fouls.

It is crazy.

I know the refs are trying their best but darn it Livingston was fouled twice on 2 possessions.

Sports › Re: The NBA Begins by Eruditor: 2:43am On May 23, 2018

EnigmaticEnigma:
knee or ankle, sigh

we are loosing bodies men

If it is knee it might be slightly more worrisome but if it is his ankle, he will return since we saw him walking on it.

Sports › Re: The NBA Begins by Eruditor: 2:31am On May 23, 2018

EnigmaticEnigma:
starting to think the iso is to wear harden out

Smart eyes.

You are right. MDA took him out because of it.

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Sports › Re: The NBA Begins by Eruditor: 2:24am On May 23, 2018

Apart from the ISOs. I love the effort.

Jordan Bell is young so he gets too excited. Harden missed that Layup without the goal tending.

Sports › Re: The NBA Begins by Eruditor: 2:18am On May 23, 2018

SmooshCHN:
Great start.. I also hope we keep this up.

I don’t like that relaxed I’d take it easy body language from Steph.

Sports › Re: The NBA Begins by Eruditor: 2:16am On May 23, 2018

Very very sloppy play.

I hate this.

Take what the D is giving you.

You did not need that pass to Draymond who was not expecting it.

Sports › Re: The NBA Begins by Eruditor: 2:15am On May 23, 2018

Steph NO!!!!!

Sports › Re: The NBA Begins by Eruditor: 2:11am On May 23, 2018

Good start.

Please don’t relax.

Sports › Re: The NBA Begins by Eruditor: 1:24am On May 23, 2018

donlittle25:
The truth on lebron

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqnM3Q73Jjk

Sports › Re: The NBA Begins by Eruditor: 1:17am On May 23, 2018

As a GSW fan, I worry a little when we win so convincingly. The reason is because we tend to be careless the following game.

It is for this reason I am happy that offensively Klay did not have very good games 2 and 3 because I expect a spark from him in this one.

Steph is a killer that has been woken up. I don’t see another shooting slump again. In KD we have pure consistency offensively. Someone we can rely on come rain or shine. We are definitely going to miss Iggy. So only D may not win this game for us.

We will need a blistering attack today that must be housed by determination and hunger to secure home court. No sloppy play thinking you could just flip the switch in the 3rd. These Rockets are not the ones to try that with.

We don’t want their role players to get going at all.

In a way, Iggy's absence may be a blessing in disguise. It may become that motivation to win even after playing really well the last game.

So be it.

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Sports › Re: The NBA Begins by Eruditor: 1:11am On May 23, 2018

BarthramLestat:
Adam Silver, David Stern, heck add prime Jeffrey to this team, they're not beating golden state the way they're built.

Anybody can beat anyone. The problem is first to get to 4. So if Cavs find a way to win once, GSW can adjust before the next game which is the advantage they have; they have multiple layers to switch to and that is the issue Rockets and Pels etc faced.

Sports › Re: The NBA Begins by Eruditor: 1:09am On May 23, 2018

Manutd19:
I personally doubt Adam Silver and the NBA would want Lebron in another final only to lose to the west AGAIN. This is another championship year for Lebron.

You have a unique way of expressing your own opinion.

Sports › Re: The NBA Begins by Eruditor: 4:31am On May 22, 2018

Apparently, Kardashians are not cursed.

So demonstrates Tristan in this series.

Sports › Re: The NBA Begins by Eruditor: 4:16am On May 22, 2018

BarthramLestat:
Agreed. Performance leaves a lot to be desired. Lebron played horribly given his standards in my opinion. Hopefully the celtics didn't lose because they were playing away and this is an indication that the Cavs can stand up to their dangerous home form.

I can't wait until Durant wins finals MVP again.

Cavs won't fear...they have found a way to play the celts. But Celts are another team a home.

Rebounding for Cavs was huge today. That is what covered up for the TO's.

Sports › Re: The NBA Begins by Eruditor: 4:15am On May 22, 2018

Bron ends with 44.

They could not have won this game if he did not put up such numbers.

Cavs win 111-102 but the last 2 by Jalen was pure garbage time points.

Sloppy..sluggy game.

Sports › Re: The NBA Begins by Eruditor: 4:11am On May 22, 2018

This game lasted for 3hrs +

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