2018 Playoffs Thread

[Russ Smith]

durant is just being a complete punk tonight. Getting outrebounded by PJ Tucker, just gave up a dunk to harden because he didn't seal the pass from Draymond. i think Draymond is going to get a T for yelling at his own teammate trying to get durant to man up

 

[Folster]

Man, Houston is looking great, but the game is free flowing. If GS can keep it close, Houston will have trouble once the game grinds to a halt.

 

[Phrazbit]

Harden's flop on each follow through routine is maddening... more so because when he actually DOES get fouled he rarely gets the car.

 

[Cheesebeef]

Harden gets blatantly fouled on two 3s, no call.

 

[Russ Smith]

Durant just laid a complete egg in that first half. Punks out at the end takes a 3 and then lets Gordon finish right over the top of him. What a horrible half for him.

 

[Russ Smith]

Harden's flop on each follow through routine is maddening... more so because when he actually DOES get fouled he rarely gets the car.

He is the boy who cried wolf. Yeah he got fouled on both of those 3's by Bell but as you said he's falling down when anybody comes near him so the refs are getting tired of it.

Those 2 no calls were huge though or this is a 17 point game at the half

 

[Absolute Zero]

Harden is killing me. 5-15. Ouch.

 

[Folster]

Anybody think there are issues in GS with maybe Green and Durant? It seems like Durant is disengaged. If they lose, the off-season could get interesting.

 

[Russ Smith]

Harden is killing me. 5-15. Ouch.

The thing with him is he gets so focused on drawing fouls that he forgets to just play. Neither team is making 3's and the warriors have 10 turnovers but the difference is toughness. Tucker and Capela are getting putbacks and the Warriors inside players are getting manhandled and not fighting back.

I would imagine kerr and Draymond are going to get in some faces at halftime

 

[Russ Smith]

Anybody think there are issues in GS with maybe Green and Durant? It seems like Durant is disengaged. If they lose, the off-season could get interesting.

Clearly is tonight, Durant has already caused 3 turnovers on Draymond by just not competing for the ball. I know Durant is not a hugely physical guy but tonight he's been so soft it's unreal.

I don't know what's wrong with him but if he doesn't get his butt in gear he's going home

 

[Folster]

I think D'Antoni found something with JJ running the offense. ItllI be interesting to see if we see it again.

 

[GatorAZ]

Harden is 19-73 from 3 this series.

 

[HeHasRosen]

The officiating is horrible. The Rockets have made a few nice adjustment though which i like. They are using a ton of energy so i hope they keep going to their bench. Klay being taken out with the fouls hurt his rhythm. If Durant keeps it up Klay may need to put the cape on again.

 

[Russ Smith]

Durant has 2 rebounds in 23 minutes tonight

 

[LoyaltyisaCurse]

MY TOILET PAPER IS HARDER THAN KD. Playing soft as hell.

 

[LoyaltyisaCurse]

KD and Green are really hurting the Dubs tonight.

 

[Russ Smith]

MY TOILET PAPER IS HARDER THAN KD. Playing soft as hell.

yep I hope he gets his head out in the 2nd half, his first half was straight garbage. I don't blame Draymond at all for getting on him, he kept not sealing his man and allowing the defender to loop around and get the steal when Draymond was passing to him. Even Curry yelled at Durant when he took that standstill 18 footer against Gordon without every dribbling.

 

[hsandhu]

Hopefully mc d is watching this game and convinced, if he needed any, the idea big man is dead is idiotic, pushed by people who just started watching nba 3 years ago.

Capella was huge in there, and has 0 offensive game other that what harden feeds him. Imagine a big time skilled big man, like an embiid in there. If only there was someone in the draft who had embiid potential....

 

[Russ Smith]

KD and Green are really hurting the Dubs tonight.

Yeah Draymond is the guy they lay off and if he can't make the 3 or make them pay by driving and dishing it works. In the last 2 games they were running him to the rim often, they haven't really done it tonight.

 

[LoyaltyisaCurse]

I blame Kerr for the team'a sloppy indifference...he coasted all season and now its biting them.

It would be nice if the Warriors had--collectively--half the heart of Lebron James.

The hunger deficit in thus game this far is sickening.

 

[Mainstreet]

These are persistent spammers trying to take over the forum.

 

[Carolinacacti]

Hopefully mc d is watching this game and convinced, if he needed any, the idea big man is dead is idiotic, pushed by people who just started watching nba 3 years ago.

Capella was huge in there, and has 0 offensive game other that what harden feeds him. Imagine a big time skilled big man, like an embiid in there. If only there was someone in the draft who had embiid potential....

Thinking the same thing Ayton is going to put The Suns back on the map.

 

[Russ Smith]

Looney and Draymond came to play in the 3rd quarter, both really ratcheting up the toughness. And of course on cue Durant fails yet again to pull a defensive board.

Warriors now 3-10 on Ft's tonight after Looney's 2 misses

 

[LoyaltyisaCurse]

It's like the Warriors watched the Boston Celtics last night and all looked at each other and said "Hey, that seems like a great way to play a game seven...maybe we should do that!"

 

[Russ Smith]

Jordan Bell with the most absurd offensive foul moving screen I've seen all year and gets away with it on the 3 by Curry