At one point, Houston missed 27 straight threes. No pick and rolls, lobs to Capella, drives. Only Gordon forced the issue by going into the key.
Yes. Iggy IS their bench and he doesn’t score a lot either. Their bench has slowly eroded away, once again similar to the 2000’s Lakers. Rookie’s deals end, guys that performed well go off elsewhere to paid, other guys get old. They really haven’t re-loaded, they just added Durant and drafted some cheap rookies along the way. Their biggest free agent signings have been Young and West and West doesn’t even play. Luckily young still hits the occasional 3.
Skip is a tough son of a b****. Calls’em like he sees them, and that takes moxy. A rarity indeed. Thanks for that contribution Skip.
Whew. Sorry Jazzygirl, I know you wanted something different but I'm pretty thrilled with this outcome. I certainly didn't want the C Bags or Houston in the Finals so I'm very happy.
Hindsight is 20-20, but I hated their effort in that first quarter and pretty much the entire first half. But they put their 'dominance' finger prints over that game in the 2nd half. That's the champions experience right there that won out.
Yep, as Sirron said live by the three die by the three. That's classic Antoni ball. Even Reggie remarked that's it - they can't change how they play. They don't have plan B.
I disagree, CLE doesn't have the defenders to switch everything. GSW will and should move the ball a lot more like they did the first 2 series and regular season. I do think that if Iggy isn't available during the Finals (Lebron's toughest defender) that makes it a little tougher for GSW. But GSW will look at what the C's did and just execute better on both ends of the court.
"I don't know what to really think of what D'Antoni said, a lot can happen offseason, for both teams".- Kevin Durant. Wasn't the exact words but I tried to match it word for word. But I found that interesting what he said. I think KD wants to leave the Warriors or is exploring his options. He looks uninterested at this podium, any other player interested would be super excited.
I'm thrilled too lol! I didn't want Houston in the finals I don't like the way they play ball, especially Harden and his flopping. That's ugly basketball. Plus I dislike Mr. Pringles for how he did our team, he doesn't deserve a title.
I would agree, but they played horribly in this series. We'll see. I think GS probably takes the series in 5 or 6 games, but they've been so bad nothing is guaranteed.
One of the reporters said at half time D'Antoni said they're finally about to knock off the Warriors, and the reporter asked KD what did he think of that. Then that's when KD said he didn't know what to make of it, because a lot could happen in the off season with both teams.
Oh ok, I found that clip of Durant speaking online. Yeah, he did say a lot can happen over this summer or during the season “for both teams”. That could be talking about Paul going elsewhere, it could mean injuries, but it was definitely an interesting thing to throw out there. I don’t see Durant leaving, because I think they’re going to beat the Cavs pretty easily, but I guess you never know, he really struggles to play within their team dynamic at times.
