2019 NBA Playoff Discussion

[Russ Smith]

now I'm going to whine. yes the rockets are killing u

Durant just BLATANTLY elbowed Paul in the face. Jumped in the air, was coming down, looked back at Paul, bent his elbow and then jabbed it back in Paul's face. That was ridiculous.

Yeah I think Paul pushed him before that but I have no idea how the refs missed the elbow.

the first half has been tough to watch. Gordon shoves Klay into Tucker who flails and Klay gets afoul. Paul hooks Iggy's arm on a screen pulls back and gets 2 FT's. The elbow by Durant you mentioned. Curry hit a 3 falling back to the bench got high fived by Gerald Green no call, Curry gets fouled by Gordon on a 3 no call. Looney commits a lane violation on a missed FT and they call a foul on Gordon trying to block him out.

Huge 3 at the end by Iggy, the way the Rockets are shooting the 3 it's no surprise they had a double digit lead

I have to say given how many points hte Warriors have in the paint that they had 4 FTA's with 4 minutes left in the half was pretty bizarre. Durant was really working the refs late in the half I suspect he's going to start to get some more calls in the 2nd half.

it seems like everytime the Rockets miss a 3 and they get the rebound and hit a 3.

 

[LoyaltyisaCurse]

Warriors missed 6 layups in the first half continuing a ridiculous trend from last game. Rockets are defiantly getting away with contact in the paint. Dubs need to execute.

 

[LoyaltyisaCurse]

Aaaand another missed freaking layup...

 

[Russ Smith]

is it me or does it seem like Capela is coming in from out of bounds on those plays and hasn't established both feet? Draymond clearly thought so on the one Capela made as he immediately pointed out his foot was on the line coming in without having touched.

The way the Rockets are shooting 3's going to be tough. This is why I have said all along I think the Rockets will win, just such a tough matchup with those 3 guards.

Curry has to avoid his 4th foul

 

[LoyaltyisaCurse]

Dubs are going to lose this 4 games to 2 if they don’t start playing like they care about winning. They are missing the easiest shot in the game like it’s a 50 footer.

 

[LoyaltyisaCurse]

Why don’t they ever call the push off on Harden it’s so blatantly extended arm in front of the refs every time and they never call it.

 

[LoyaltyisaCurse]

These Amazon commercials are entertaining...

 

[LoyaltyisaCurse]

Dubs are clearly tired...you don’t miss that many layups consistently otherwise. They don’t have enough juice because bench is such trash.

They really miss JaVale’a energy and David West toughness. Every one of their bench players are finesse and soft.

 

[LoyaltyisaCurse]

Kerr is on freaking autopilot.

 

[LoyaltyisaCurse]

AAAND...that’s why you never put Jordan Bell in a game. SMH@Kerr

 

[Russ Smith]

Why don’t they ever call the push off on Harden it’s so blatantly extended arm in front of the refs every time and they never call it.

I'm ok with that but what is infuriating is they won't call his reaches and pushes on defense. Curry crosses over drives in clearly fouled, not by harden bucket good no call. then he drives harden pushes him he switches to the left hand for the and 1, misses and they don't call it. Then he finally get a call on Rivers and is between FT's talking to Harden about the uncalled push.

The way the Rockets are shooting 3's this game is looking like a loss.

 

[Russ Smith]

AAAND...that’s why you never put Jordan Bell in a game. SMH@Kerr

Yeah that was unreal what was he thinking?

 

[GatorAZ]

KD needs a change of scenery. Preferably and up and coming young team with a trustable coach and dry climate.

 

[Russ Smith]

not that it matters this game is over but Harden commpletely wiped out Iggy on that missed 3 no call and then Tucker gets the putback.

Warriors look totally gassed this looks like a 20 point loss now

Frustrating they had it at 4, should have been 3 if they'd called the foul on Curry's layup, and since then all Rockets

 

[Russ Smith]

Chris Paul for a great player the amount of absolutely punk moves he makes is unreal. There's a play a minute ago he gets the ball in the post against Klay and with his back to the basket he kicks back with one foot trying to kick Klay in the nuts. Klay was running downcourt after it yelling at the ref about it.

But then Paul hit a huge 3 to cut the momentum.

I hate the guy but great player

 

[Russ Smith]

KD missed a great look to tie it, Curry's was tougher 2 guys there but a shot he can make.

I have to ask, how was that not 3 FT's for Curry on that one where they called the foul but said non shooting? They never really showed a replay but both announcers immediately said that should be a shooting foul. I just don't get how Curry can't get ft's in this series, 15 FTs in 4 games, 5 in the 2 in Houston combined.

Oh well back to Oakland they gotta figure out how to get Klay going.

 

[95pro]

Great game! Love seeing the whiniest team lose!

 

[Lefty]

It looks like those pundits are wrong. With Giannis, the Bucks will become a destination point for free agents if they decide to clear room.

Can't believe the Suns took Len over Giannis.

 

[BC867]

Can't believe the Suns took Len over Giannis.

They probably would not have given him the leadership to succeed.

The Suns have never been known to develop big men.

 

[Yuma]

Can't believe the Suns took Len over Giannis.

Len was bigger at the time. Giannis was a raw skinny body. It's hard to go back without keeping in mind how guys were being scouted at the time of the draft.

 

[Russ Smith]

PJ Tucker was huge last night, hitting 3's and getting all those offensive rebounds. When they go smaller the Warriors are putting Curry on Tucker often and it's leading to lots of offensive boards.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

Len was bigger at the time. Giannis was a raw skinny body. It's hard to go back without keeping in mind how guys were being scouted at the time of the draft.

Not to mention a LOT of teams passed in Giannis. Even in draft day a lot of people were scratching their heads. Genius by the bucks.

 

[Russ Smith]

I mentioned this earlier last night, the local Bay Area Warriors channel caught it and it actually happened 3 times last night. There's a play where Shumpert with a closed fist smacks down and hits Curry in the injured left hand. There's a play where while setting a screen Shumpert reaches out grabs Curry's left hand and squeezes and yanks it, and there's a play where CP3(surprise) hooks Curry's left hand and yanks on it. I know it's the NBA tons of money at stake but they are literally trying to reinjure that hand and not getting called for it. They have video of all 3 of them I hope they send it to the NBA ala the Rockets detailed refs report.

 

[Ronin]

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[Russ Smith]

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That's the guy who keeps chanting NY Knicks.