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There's nothing wrong with Golden State's numbers. With good D you can win averaging 25 a quarter. But when you live by outscoring your opponents and the other team is hotter than you...
At first I thought you were starting a thread about Barroid Bonds. 
Well golden state is great defensively. They were 4th in defensive rating during the regular season which accounts for pace. The reason their points given up per game wasn't great is because of the number of possessions they go through a game. Of course they were 1st in offensive rating and had arguably the best offensive season ever (best effective field goal % of all time) but they don't just gun it to ourscore opponents. You don't win 73 games without being elite defensively. The thunder seem to have the athleticism and just sheer talent to beat them. They want to run with golden state and they're even beating them badly when they both go small. It's really impressive.
Not really. GS can't play tough D. They go small and it works when they outrun their opponents. Just like football, basketball is all about matchups. If the Warriors cannot pull out this "defense" you talk about they are finished. They went for the record (73 wins) and it may have been at the expense off the post-season. We will find out.
Ok so the arguments are you personally say they dont play tough d, or an 82 game sample says they were the 4th best defensive team in the NBA. Yeah, I think I'll go with the numbers. Also no warrior was even in the top 20 in minutes played per game so the whole worn out going for 73 isn't really accurate either. They're just getting beat.
Oklahoma City vs Toronto in the finals would be amazing. Everybody thought it was guaranteed to the Cavs vs. Spurs/Golden State.
Haha I'm actually a thunder fan so I'm pretty happy, thanks for asking. Just when people dismiss a season's worth of data with their uninformed perceptions over and over it gets annoying. No point in arguing about it, hope they can close it out in 5.
Welp, the Warriors proved me wrong. I still think that this is the Cavs tro lose. It will be fun either way. Congrats to Golden State.
Finals should be fun. Will be interesting to see how much Lue is able to play Kyrie and Love. Those 2 will get absolutely roasted defending Steph-Draymond pick and rolls, but I don't know where else you hide them. I guess love can guard Bogut. Should be a lot of 3s, will definitely be entertaining.
Contemplating getting a ticket for Game 2 Sunday but its at least 800 right now and a 12 hour round trip drive
Golden State is the only reason I watch an NBA game these days. Just a lot of fun to watch.
Very good series.
If Westbrook remembers he has Durant on his team they probably win the series. Westbrook looked a lot like he did in the 2012 Finals against the Heat in my opinion. Plus him and Durant were mocking Curry and his defense, but we see who got the last laugh.
Very good series.
If Westbrook remembers he has Durant on his team they probably win the series. Westbrook looked a lot like he did in the 2012 Finals against the Heat in my opinion. Plus him and Durant were mocking Curry and his defense, but we see who got the last laugh.
Eh, Russ averaged 11 assists per game in the playoffs. For anyone that got out of round 1 Lebron is second with 7 per game. Also in game 6, when they really needed to close out, KD was 10/31 (and 12/31 in game 5). He definitely takes some really bad shots but he's not the reason they lost. He brings so much else to the table, including setting up a bunch of teammates that just simply can't get shots for themselves. Adams and Ibaka are good but both need to be setup. Roberson is barely competent on offense but Russ gets him a few lobs and a bunch of open corner 3s every game. Plus he defended Steph and got 7 rebounds a game as a point guard.
So.... and Kyrie will absolutely roast anybody that Golden State can throw on him.
Yeah, they get set up off misses on the offensive glass. That's what the Thunder are and why Durant was pissed in the last minute or two when a wide open teammate didn't have the balls to shoot a wide open three. Westbrook is so overrated it's not even funny. He's flashy, but I'd rather the ball be in his hands rather than Durant's when the game is tight.
Eh, scoreboard.
