A40:
Hehehe. I've seen too much playoff ball to overreact after one half. This is what the Warriors should have done game 1 that they were faffing about.

I've not seen the Nuggets in a tight game and their level of composure vs these Lakers to say it's over for certain. They did a bit of wobbling in the Suns and T.Wolves series.

But you're right offensively the Nuggets have way more points of attack than the Nuggets and the personnel to execute it. It's more of mental and how composed they can stay when the Lakers inevitably fight back in games in this series

That is the only question they've not answered so far this playoffs. Half Court execution during the last 2 minutes of a must win game with all the marbles to play for

Roland17:


How Brown transitioned from the 3/4 with the Nets to playing guard position with the Nuggets is impressive.

Last playoffs Nets vs Celtics, he was IMHO the Nets 2nd best player. That said what he has been doing this season has been short of extraordinary. Dude will get paid this offseason, because I don't see him playing for 6mil next season

donlittle25:
Baba i know say you they throw caution to wind or wind to caution but my guy i no know o.

I just no know how you wan counter this denver team. Denver no they rely on three like warriors hence all that ball wey lakers go get when basket no enter no enter don cancel out.

Unless denver starts shooting threes like say them no get sense, i no see wetin go happen but make we dey watch sha

As the Lakers were a bad match-up for GSW, so too is Denver a worse match-up for the Lakers. They have the size, the better starting 5 and enough bench scoring to cancel out the Lakers own bench scoring.
AD is legitimately playing great D and this dude has 19pts and 16 rbs through 2 quarters

Jokic is the basketball equivalent of a Trequartista. He just sees and makes reads from the center position that few guys will ever be able to do.

I still don't get why people believe the nba rigs the draft. In what world is Wemby to Spurs rig worthy

Skrrrrrrr:
The funny thing is that people are saying that steph needed KD to beat Lebron. And ignoring the fact that Lebron needed Kyrie and AD to beat steph....
Like why aren't we seeing the irony?

Kyrie? What has he achieved without Lebron. KD has been a 4 time scoring champion, MVP with Steph. Kyrie has never been top 5 in MVP voting ever.

I just remembered something, in the bubble season the Lakers where the number 1 seed right. That means they were robbed of the home court advantage to win that title

donlittle25:
Monty Williams has been fired

It's the nba adapting to the world. 1-2 bad games/series and you are either a choker, or a quitter or a bum.
In this day and age coaches like Jerry Sloan, Van Gundy, George Karl to name a few would never have lasted how long they did in the 90s and 2000s

steady986:


Oh. Rumours had it that he found out his children were not actually his. Twitter is a terrible place

That is why it always important to delay judgment on things like that. Some people just want to bring others down and they use every opportunity to sling mud even when they know it is a lie. I don't know Wiggins girlfriend or best friend, but imagine how their interactions will be now that lies where put on the public space that the dude is the father of Wiggins children.

SmooshCHN:
He lost his Dad hence the absence.

Sorry his father was just sick, he did not die

Djreloaded:
Game 6 Klay

Dude is on the last year of his contract

The nba off-season will be good, a lot of teams will have to retool. at least 6 teams have the core to challenge for a title next season and just need to fill out their high end role players.

iLoveYouToo:


Warriors should traded Draymond Green, man is a problem to himself and that team. That Jordan Poole incident was the ultimate red flag

He has a player option, if he declines it he becomes an UFA. It's just funny reading through the tread and seeing people talking about trading Green. There is a chance Draymond just played his last game for GSW

Baba don old

haykinzz:
Where I fit stream Gsw v lakers abeg

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Lebron offense still works in spurts

steady986:
What did my boy Schroder do to deserve that second technical?

The refs made a mistake IMHO. But it's what it is

larride:


The boy just Dey amaze me everytime he steps on the floor.

He his a poster boy of why the 2-way contacts were expanded in the new CBA

O just saw Poole take a 3rd foul that a rookie should not even attempt and you are talking about faking, give me a break

PS: Did you see his 4th one

steady986:
Shebi we're watching all the fouls on shooters now, after the game now someone will come and ask why Lakers shot too many FTs.

I sometimes think that some people don't even bother to watch the games and just look up the box scores to create narratives. Wondering why the Lakers in this match-up get more FTs is like wondering why Shaq in his prime always got FTs, if you watch the games it will be self evident.

etidy:


On this free throw issue. I have a simple take:

Its the playoffs, let' the players man up.

We are here to watch hardcore physical defence and sublime skill based offense in the playoffs.

Off course I don't support borderline murdering or injuring your opponent but we are not here to watch freethrow fest either. The refs should swallow the whistle and let these men play.

Something is either a foul or not, there is no manning up. You can play physical defense without fouling, the idea that ignoring clear fouls make a great game is seriously bad because that leaves a game open to manipulation. We all can remember Lakers vs Kings how the Refs handed the series to Shaq and Kobe, because they were selectively choosing when not to call a foul a foul.

Steady981:


They have the best starting 5 in the league

Denver is an example of what happens when competent people are in charge, they were patient and gradually built a core that fit their best player to a tee.

KD is no longer a top 3 player, and if what I am seeing this playoffs continues next season, he might no longer be the best player on his own team

One of Jokic or Booker will go home after this series after putting up historic individual performances. 2 years down the line some idiots will include this series loss as an example of them choking

donlittle25:
Brunson. Always hitting big shot man. Cuban, You do this one o

Cuban played stupid games and got the results

Blueelf:
I'll take Seth Curry over that fraud Jordan Poole anytime any day

We don't need another all star guard or big. Just a reliable one that knows his role and plays to instructions

I thought some GSW fans wanted to trade Klay and elevate Poole to the 2nd option.

If AD was Nigerian I will say he has gone to one baba and made a deal to only play great on odd numbered games, the performance gap between odd and even numbered games is just too much

Nick nurse to the Bucks, they need a top level x and o's coach down there

A40:
That might go down as the worst contract in league history. If the Warriors are smart this offseason they will package him for any half decent big they can get.

He will never have Steph's IQ or feel for the game. He's just a guy that can get hot once every 3 games but his floor is unacceptable for a $30m+ guy. They should jump out while there's still time

Some people here was saying Poole was a 2nd option at the beginning of this season if I remember correctly

birdman:
Many players have tried to copy Lebron, try to be a player/GM and recruit other stars to play with. Only Durant has been disciplined enough to play his part, and no other player has been succesful in getting a ring from it.

Kawhi is a huge flop imo. I cant tell if he is actually injured, or is just really selfish. Im thinking its the latter, because I noticed PG3 too now claimed he was injured and missed the playoffs. The old PG3 would play on one leg come playoff time!

Other players could start doing the same - if you are load managing one guy, what about me? Why should I get injured, risk my career while the highest paid cat on the team does nothing.

So you know that PG13 used to play with one leg, but now that he did not play instead of thinking that his injury is way worse than what he usually plays through, your assumption is that he decided not to play.
As for Kawhi information that was leaked boils down to, his knees are gone, he has an issue on par with what ended Brandon Roy career, yes he is trying to save himself for the playoffs like he did in Toronto, but anyone who knows about any health stuff that is classified as deneragative, know it gets worse over time not better.

PS: The only way I will blame Kawhi is, if he confirmed that his knees are this bad before he signed that extension.

Roland17:
@A40 did you see the Garcia v Tank fight. I am not even sure why it was marketed like it would be close because I knew Garcia was all mouth. Man was dropped in Round 2 and waved the white flag by kneeling in the 7th after suffering serious body shots who was just looking to punish him.

Also, your boy Cujedo is on the cards for next month…

Agree with every thing, Tank is a monster, he and inoue, both have power that is way stronger than their size.
Also big props to both guys for making the fight, we have seen too many toothless boxers in recent times protect their zero loss like it is a dragons hoard.

steady986:


I'm borrowing the words of some of our analysts here . Maybe that was reaching. But my point is, when you really expect him to have a foothold on a game, he defers. I'm not mad though. Age is catching up on him.

Okay now I get what you are saying. I have also noticed that deferring stuff too. I just take it as Ham telling him that is the way the Lakers has to play, because the Lakers are top 2 or 3 in pace and we all know Lebron prefers playing at a slower pace.