[Western Conference Semifinals] (1)Golden State vs. (5)Portland

Yeah Warriors media are media darlings and last season championship was a fluke and Warriors got 'lucky' with 73-9..Thanks, I've learned so much from you.

 

best part about this clip is how much faster Green is at than everyone else reacting to that made shot.

 

I don't think its getting swept up in anything.

Basketball fans appreciate beautiful, historic level basketball. Go figure?

 

That is exactly why I've enjoyed watching the Spurs all these years. Talk about a dynasty. How much media attention they getting again? The bandwagon support for the Warriors is unreal and it is propagated by the media. I like watching good basketball as much as the next person. What I don't appreciate is blatant entitlement and arrogance which is rampant in the followers. Believe me, I'm hardly the only one who is seeing this. Again, you want to be a Warriors fan, by all means have at it.

 

This is exactly what I'm talking about. You really think a team with Pippen and Rodman, never mind the rest of that squad, wouldn't be able to beat a very young, overachieving Portland team who has no business playing in 2nd round? Please. Can you people at least wait for them to play a contender before labeling them as the greatest team ever?

 

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You really think it's arrogant at this point to label a 73 win team the greatest team ever? It's debatable sure, but is it really outlandish??

You know what's more annoying than GSW bandwagon fans? People who hate for no reason other than to hate. Cheer up buddy.

 

You tell those fools.


Warriors are the luckiest team and the most healthy team in the NBA.

 

How are they the luckiest team and most healthy team when their best player has been out for all but one playoffs games?

 

i think the blantant moving screens and the NBA allowing the GSW to get away with it is what infuriates people. If they called every single moving screen the same way for them as they do other teams, they would not be a 73 win team. Maybe a 60 win, still great team but not historical untouchable god mode team like they seem to be.

 

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NBA better give that series another 3 day break to make sure Curry's ready by game 4. Meanwhile Hawks-Cavs have been playing every other day for the first four games.

 

This is a TV thing, there are FOUR days break between the games for Spurs & OKC.

 

Why aren't there more teams playing like GS and Spurs? The ball movement game is so much more pleasing to see than the all those ISO and kick style boring game. Are most NBA coaches not capable of implementing such a system? Or the star players have to play the ISO style ball to show they are the king?

 

It has more to do with the personnel the teams have, not everyone is willing to scarify the individual touches/stats, which is necessary to have any success of running that kinds of team orientated system.

Iggy was an all-star, 1st option with Philly & Denver before came to the Warriors, David Lee was the only all-star they had then, but both accepted a much less role, for the good of the team. There are many nights, some of their players hardly get any minutes, but no one complains. You can say winning cures everything, but you need everyone on the same page to win.

 

First you need players willing to make the right play almost all of the time.

Then you need players with high enough IQ to know what that is.

 

This. I implore anyone to interpret the scheduling another way.

 

Western conference teams had 4 days between game 2 and 3. Eastern conference teams play every other day. That's messed up.

 

Or the Spurs/okc series had the same long break between games 2 and 3. Scheduling conspiracy is stupid.

Every year in the second round there are 3 game 7s that will end on a Sunday and one game 7 that will end on a Monday(if all 4 second round series goes the distance which is unlikely). Even number years the 2 east second round series ends on a Sunday with the east finals beginning the Tuesday after the scheduled game 7 and then they go every other day ending on a Sunday with all games on abc/ESPN. Tor/Miami started on a Tuesday and goes every other day ending on a Sunday because both teams played in a game 7 in the first round. Cleveland/atl started on a Monday and goes every other day with the exception of a extra day off between game 6-7 so game 7 if needed ends on a Sunday. There are no NBA games scheduled on the Saturday before the 3 possible game 7s of the second round because the wnba season starts that day.

In even years like this, in the second round one west series ends on a Sunday and one west series ends on a Monday with the west finals beginning on a Wednesday going every other day ending with a Monday game 7 if necessary. All games on TNT. In this case, SA/okc started one day early and will end on a Sunday if necessary. While GS/por started a day later and will end on a Monday game 7 if necessary. Both series have the same number of days off between games

If second round series all end in sweep or 5 game series, then in place of Sunday game 7s, they will begin one conference finals early with a long break between games 2 and 3.

The finals then begin on the Thursday after the scheduled west game 7 that ends on a Monday.

And next year they will alternate.

Got all that?

 

So many Warriors fans in Rip city of all places? Seriously can't tell which fans are cheering more loudly. Man... GSW bandwagon epidemic is like the plague.