2016 NBA Playoffs WESTERN Conference Discussion

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  1. therealdeal

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    All it does is cement in my mind that Durant can't be the only guy. He might be more Gasol than Kobe which is pretty shocking and disappointing. If you get Durant, you still need Steph. It also cements that Russell isn't Steph either. Neither of them have the killer instinct when the chips are on the table. Tough pill to swallow...

    Iggy has that natural calm. I used to play basketball with a guy like that. Whenever things got tough, he didn't care at all. His calmness kept us in some games when we could have easily lost. We all learned to follow his lead there, but without him I think we would have lost a few more games and it would have taken us a long time to figure it out.
     
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    Let us hope the other one is.
     
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    Oh forgot about that DMJ... Yes I hope they close it out in Oak-Town.
     
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    That is a surprising take on Westbrook. Given his athleticism and mindset to dominate, he should be a better defender.
     
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    Wow. KD and RW could use a large helping of GRIT. Wouldn't be surprised to see OKC come looking to add Boron to their staff next year.

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    Another way to put this is "choke". One team came through over and over again, one team couldn't hit a shot, and committed fatal turnovers.
     
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    OKC.jpg
     
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    Luke about to bring even more of that championship experience back to L.A
     
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    Game 7 Of Warriors-Thunder Becomes NBA's Highest Ever Rated Game On Cable
    MAY 31, 2016 11:18 AM

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    TNT's coverage of Game 7 of the Western Conference Finals drew an 11.2 household rating, which is the highest ever rated NBA game on cable. The game was the most highly rated non-Finals game since Game 7 of the Western Conference Finals when the Lakers beat the Blazers.


    http://basketball.realgm.com/wireta...Becomes-NBAs-Highest-Ever-Rated-Game-On-Cable
     
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    The NBA definitely wants the Finals to go 7, let's prepare for whistle-mania.
     
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    Can't say I'm surprised. KD and RW are famous for choke jobs.

    As long as Russell is making decisions in clutch time, you know you will lose more often than not. KD also has head scratching TOs in crunch time and lacks the alpha male mentality to demand the ball and say "get the hell out of my way".

    I think this is proven at this point. Both are not clutch and they will always come close and fail.
     
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    I think both CAN be clutch, but they've got such a strange dynamic. I don't know if it's a sibling rivalry or something? Or they're too nice to simply take control? Durant should be the one to do it, but he lets Russell take over more often than he should. Russell is a horrid decision maker late in the game.
     
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    Random comment about if OKC choked or GSW won it:

    Games 5 and 7 - GS just flat out won, made more plays, etc

    Game 6 - Complete choke job. Up 7-8 with 5 minutes left and you can't even bring the ball down the court without turning it over? Don't match up and let Curry get a wide open 3? Klay went off, but OKC still had a good lead in the 4th. They choked that game away, bad.

    The Warriors won that series, but for one game, the clinching game on home court, OKC choked and can only blame themselves. Mainly KD/RW, but that has defined them so far in their careers, coming up short when it matters.

    New age Lebron James those two. And they deserve to be called chokers at this point, much like LBJ did.
     
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    If KD and RW switched personalities they'd have 3 rings by now and going for a 4th.
     
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    I'll just leave this here.
     
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    I'll take both!
     
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