2016 NBA Playoffs WESTERN Conference Discussion

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  1. Doc Brown

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    Warriors will beat the Clips or Por with or without Curry.

    Having said that hopefully Curry only has a grade 1 MCL sprain. If it's grade 2, I was reading an article about Rudy Gobert and with it had time frames missed of players with that injury and the average time was 20 some games and 6 weeks. Granted those were mostly big dudes. Delly had the same thing last year and missed 15 games.

    Either way hope for a grade 1 or the Spurs will be the team to hop onto to beat the Cavs.
     
  2. Weezy

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    I do not agree that the Warriors will beat the Clippers without Curry. With him, the Clippers played them close this season, they match up well. I hate the Clippers too, but let's be honest here, they're the 3rd best team behind GS and SA in more ways than just record, they're good.
     
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    OKC still is the third best team. Not that it really matters, but Westbrook and Durant alone places them about the Clippers because neither team has any depth. That's where GSW and SA win out.
     
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    That regular season NBA record I think is going to feel awfully hollow for GS is if they can't procure a championship title to go along with it. I don't think they get out of the next round without Curry. Have to see how bad that knee is.
     
  5. alam1108

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    Spurs finishing up business, they look solid, time to plan for OKC and shutting down KD and/or Westbrook. Good thing they have the DPotY.

    Warriors blowing out Rockets in the second half but the bigger story is Curry. If he can't go they are going to have a tough second round.
     
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    I'd definetely agree if Griffin didn't look that rusty after missing 2-3 months ..

    His shape will be the key of this series imo

    Warriors will need to focus more on D now without Curry and play some lockdown D , something they are very capable of .

    You replace Curry by Livingston in the death lineup and they are even more a switching defensive nightmare for the opponent team
     
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    Good news is good.
     
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    Cuban said Russell Westbrook isn't a superstar and he's working on another triple double.
     
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    Nice 1st quarter for the Blazers despite low scoring from Lillard.
     
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    Punk move by Justin Anderson on Westbrook near the end of the game. He needs to be suspended for a game next year. He could have broken Westbrooks jaw.
     
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    Nice half for the Blazers. I couldn't stop laughing for a minute after DJ airballed those two FT's.
     
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    Chris Paul with a fractured right hand.
     
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    Ouch, they really can't afford to lose him. Thats at least a week or two out right? And hasn't he been injured in almost every playoffs with the Clips?
     
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    So. Sad.
     
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    I read it's six weeks. Chris is likely done for the playoffs. Really unfortunate.
     
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    He fractured a bone in the middle of his palm according to what I read. I have no idea if that's an injury you can play through or not. If it's not, the Clippers are in trouble in this current series, and then if they win, even without Steph in the next series they'd be in trouble with no Paul. Meanwhile the Spurs are kicking back watching their road to the Finals get even easier. I wouldn't mind them beating LeBron again, in fact that'd be great, a team that's really a thorn in his side and he wouldn't have beaten yet if not for a Ray Allen 3.
     
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    Unfortunate, or what goes around comes around? If it was the same hand he uses to punch guys in the junk all the time, I'd say he got what he deserved. F*** Chris Paul, little whiny b**** and inventor of the helliflopter.
     
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    Wow. First CP3, then Blake reinjures his quad.

    Series is tied up.
     
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    Couldn't disagree more. Yes he's a flopper, but so is a good majority of the league. Nobody deserves an injury like that. Especially not someone as competive as Paul is.
     
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