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Android22:
Andrew Maple Jordan Wiggins was so instrumental to this ring. But you guys just followed the media to drink the kool-aid again. Wiggins had a sub-par game (game 2 for e.g) as well but Curry needed only 1 before it became like he [Wiggins] was neck and neck with Curry for this FMVP. Come on guys. Even on here some of you started re-echoing this sentiment.

Wow. How I wish LeBron ever had a third option as good as this

birdman:
sometimes the fun is in the ride. I wouldnt feel too bad if I was a celtic. Dem boys played their hearts out every series.

The Lakers priority this offseason should be to try and swap Westbrook for Tatum They desperately need a floor general. And they can't win with two no. 2s

Skrrrrrrr:
Thoughts....
The Celtics need a real point guard, someone that can actually facilitate an offense, and read the floor. This would make the job a lot easier for Tatum and Brown.
This series was won on Defence, the Boston defence limited the warriors to less then 110 points per game, they scored less than they did against Dallas, Denver and Memphis, the difference however was that the warriors no 2 defence Totally smoked Boston's offence while Bostons No 1 Defence couldn't do much again Curry.... He beat them over and over again.
They never solved Curry even in their wins. The one game they managed to lock up curry, they lost.
Going into the Western conferences finals, Doncic and Tatum were ranked as better players than curry. He owned them both. They aren't there just yet but they could be.
The amazing thing isn't just the win, it's the fact that this warriors Team is not fully Blended. Their core played less than 30 games together. They have a very high ceiling. I expect to see them back here, this time next year....

Lol. Come on man . The core of this team had been to 5 finals before this year. Then you add two 17ppg players in Poole and Wiggins. In my opinion they were the most ready team in these playoffs.

greypencils:
I hope this effectively ends the debate about the warriors needing Durant in becoming a dynasty. They just needed any effective small forward and good role players. Good times ahead. Poole and Kuminga heating up.

Without KD, they would have split the two championships against the Cavs

Khanben:
What I just saw from Wiggins this post season just confirms what i have always thought. A lot of franchises waste years in trying to make a player what he is not. Wiggins just put up his best Pippen act, guard the oppositions best wing player, grab as many rebounds as you can, and average 15-18pts.
This guy who was ridiculed for years because he was been given a role that was more than be could handle, just became the 2nd best player on a championship team.

That's why I don't like when people shit on players just because they're on a bad team. You don't get drafted number one if you can't ball.

benji93:
Well, this has been Elusive. What else have they got now?

He needs to win more. Other great players have multiple FMVPs

benji93:
@steady386, avoiding this thread like a plague. My brother come now. I'll be nice.

It's Steady986 not 386 my guy

So Warriors don win without KD. Make I run go twitter see wetin dey happen

Lol. Shame no dey even catch una

KNIGHTBlaed:
This series will be over in game 6. E too sure for me. You ask why ba?
I watched game 1, GSW lose, I vex no watch game 2. They win game 2
Out of happiness I relax watch game 3, they lose again. I no watch game 4, and they win again
Yesterday I no watch game 5, they still win.
As e be now, nothing go carry me watch game 6. No be say victory get anything to do with me o, but make I play my part from this side

Lmao

E fit be say the correct sequence to win na for you to watch game 6

Skrrrrrrr:
Wiggins has been solid the entire finals. Even when Steph was cooking. Even Poole benefitted from the way steph was being defended. The thing with the Celtics is, I'm not sure they have much else to offer. The warriors are defending Tatum and Brown really well. There is no guarantee they can win game 6. The stakes are very high and this is when the inexperience shows. While the warriors have adjusted well to limit their turnovers, the Celtics have not improved.

I don't know what benefit you're talking about. Didn't he score like 14 points? Poole would score that regardless of how Steph is guarded.

But talking about game 6, no team in this series has shown outright dominance over the other. Any team is capable of winning on any given night. I pick the Celtics because they're going back to the Garden, although I realise home court has counted for little in this series. But I think the Celts will make this one count knowing they have nothing else to hold onto. GS should wrap it up in 7 though.

benji93:
If we tell you say you no too smart now you go dey cry. It's operation pick your poison. And by the way why did you have to bring LeBron into this? Person no even get invite to the party.

Who be this midget wey dey talk?

Skrrrrrrr:
He didn't play like thrash. He didn't play as well as he used to. He had 8 assists. The Celtics were guarding him one on one prior, they finally decided to throw everything at him this game. The downside to this strategy is that it leaves the other players wide open. His gravity and conditioning means you cannot fully focus on him. And the other warriors can actually knock down shots if you leave them open.
So the big question for the Celtics is whether they let curry do his thing next game or they stay glued to him and d are others to beat them. The warriors have tasted blood. They are leading the series for the first time, their defence is locked in. I won't be surprised if this ends in 6.

Nah man, did you watch the game? I know they guarded Steph better, but did you see how aggressive Wiggins was? That had nothing to do with Steph. The only person that benefitted from Steph's guarding was probably Klay, as he always does.

You know a guy has enough help when he plays like trash and his team still wins nonetheless.

So now that we've discarded that myth about Steph not having enough help, I can't wait for game 6. I'm predicting a Celtics win and I'm staking on it too. There's gonna be a game 7.

Una want make dem trade Draymond Green. Oya na. You don't know what you have until you lose it.

Khanben:
With the playoffs winding down, is there still anyone taking CJ mccollum over Jalen Brown.

If the game was just offense, I'd probably take CJ. But Brown is a two-way player so he gets my vote.

etidy:
I don't think anywhere is comparing this current warriors team to that 2018 Cavs.
It was a mighty, otherworldly carry job by Lebron to take them to the finals
. Having said that I think a better representation of things would be to compare how badly both supporting cast did in the finals.
I don't think any other warriors has cracked 20 points apart from klay in game 3.

Points are spread out pretty finely in this Warriors team. Klay is giving 17.3, Wiggins is giving 16.5, Poole is giving 12.5. That's over 45 points from 3 players.

It's amazing that some Warriors fans here have been crying that Steph has no help. This is how spoilt they've been in the past decade And they've played 2 fewer games than the Cavs did in 2018

Skrrrrrrr:
Not in this series though. Even the stuff he does well, he has not been doing so well.
He has more fouls than points, fouled out twice and had to be pulled out of the game in the 4th quarter.
For Kerr to take out Draymond in the 4th quarter when they were trailing, know say water Don pass Garri. The comeback was completed without him and he had to be brought in for defense.

Of course if you watched that game yesterday you'd agree defense wasn't their problem. They needed scoring, and the easiest person to pull out was Dray. He still played 32 mins, which is more than what he's averaging in this playoff. I agree he's been a little under par in this series, but we can't suddenly ignore what he's contributed this playoff.

birdman:
Really? Why is it showing up in the box score for other great defenders?

when last did he win DPOY? What is his last year blk/game, steals per game?

Bros, it's showing where it matters. He had 8 assists, 9 rebounds and 4 steals in yesterdays game. I'm sure that counts for something. Don't tell me you expect Draymond Green to score 15+ every game.

Wasn't he an all-star this year?

birdman:
What annoys me is that the guy talks so much, you will think he is the reason they have rings. Meanwhile Curry no dey talk. Klay no dey talk. The guys that make this thing work dey humble. Meanwhile scrub PF/C is doing podcast up and down

What Draymond does doesn't show up in the box score. He's the leader of their defense and instigator of their offense.

Oops, here comes the Warriors. Just when we were getting too cocky

Skrrrrrrr:
The story of that Finals was thoroughly rewritten in favour of LeBron completely sidelining Kyrie. LeBron averaged 29PPG in that series while Kyrie averaged 27. They got thoroughly walloped the first 2 games, won game 3, lost game 4. Then Draymond got suspended and the rest is history.
Kyrie averaged more PPG than Steph in that series but the media would have us believe LeBron carried a bunch of bums to the finals.
LeBron's team were arguably better on a player by player basis.

Lol. Box score analyst

They cooking Steph Curry out there

Skrrrrrrr:
This would have been arguable were they not facts. Curry got doubles 20x more than Durant.
Durant didn't do anything remarkably different, his job was just wayyyy easier because another dude was distracting the entire defense. He could have been 4x finals MVP if he had stayed put. His playing style didn't work with Westbrook because that one was focused on securing his own points.
Any high volume scorer would have won FMVP with curry because playing with curry just makes it easier to score. Put Anthony Davis in that warriors team and he'd be finals MVP too.
Abi no be highest scorer on the winning Team be finals MVP?

Did I hear someone mention Anthony Davis?

Go Celtics

Man, this Heat team though. No one is coming to the party other than Jimmy Butler. How much more can he be able to carry them on his shoulder?

All these new generation Warriors fans sef. Kids wey begin support Warriors 4-6 years ago

Blueelf:
Lakers didn't even make the play in



Team of secondary school drop outs

Your team could win the championship every year for the next ten years and they still wouldn't have as much championship as the Lakers. So sit this one out young fella

benji93:
Either way Barbecue.

You're getting too cocky o. Calm down o

benji93:
Jimmy Buckets.

How far, who you go like meet for finals?

And we have a game 7. Don't we all love basketball?