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[Western Conference Finals] (1)Golden State vs. (3)Portland

Discussion in 'NBA Dish' started by J.R., May 12, 2019.

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(1)Golden State vs. (3)Portland

Poll closed May 14, 2019.
  1. Warriors in 4

    19.4%
  2. Warriors in 5

    38.7%
  3. Warriors in 6

    24.2%
  4. Warriors in 7

    3.2%
  5. Blazers in 7

    8.1%
  6. Blazers in 6

    4.8%
  7. Blazers in 5

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  8. Blazers in 4

    1.6%
  1. jowman

    jowman Member

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    Dude was exhausted carrying scrubs all season, still good stats against warriors. He picked the worst time to lay and egg though. KD played some more minutes than usual and got injured, kawhi takes time off all season and still got tired last night. Lowry carried him and Lopez carried giannis. When’s the last time harden wasn’t the best team on the rockets??
     
  2. TheGreat

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    If Portland officially choke this lead and lose this game, they aren't coming back this series
     
  3. YOLO

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    what a surprise. Portland is forced to go small without an actual center
     
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  4. YOLO

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    same excuses blah blah blah. there are none for game 5 or 6
     
  5. Pandaemonaeon

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    Dame's bullshit 30 footers have forsaken him.
     
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  6. jowman

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    Regular season doesn’t mean anything if u start dropping the ball when it matters. Til capela does anything in playoffs he will always be **** even if he avgs 25 and 15. Don’t trust him cause he has no heart and a loser mentality.
     
  7. smp

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    GS 7 seconds or less offense is so nice. They don’t do that with KD.
     
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  8. PeterKingX

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    Although I don't like Stephen Curry, I have to give him some credits.

    Curry perhaps would make mistakes but he could fix it quickly. I have never ever seen Curry lazy walk on the court.

    Warriors are unbeatable most of parts because of Curry.
     
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  9. jowman

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    Harden choked for sure. But he’s far from the biggest culprit. If you think Paul’s the clutch leader then trade harden for another star and run it back. Paul should be able to carry that team to a championship cause he’s such a winner right?
     
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  10. YOLO

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    who cares who the biggest culprit is. that's most of yall's problem. yall are dead set on pinning this and that on players just so the other scapegoat doesnt get the blame. who gives af. As if it makes any difference. at this point you're just not good enough. theyve beaten you for years. and the latest being shorthanded and losing their best player.
     
  11. Downtown Sniper

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    What?

    Capela punked Gobert and KAT in the playoffs last season.

    You need to choose your words better.
     
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  12. xaos

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    Disagree. The only series he has played poorly was this year vs Warriors and a game vs Utah.

    Even last year when people we pissed at him, the Warriors were defending against any lob attempt, even if it meant open Harden layups. That could've worked in our favor but we still kept throwing the lobs.

    I'm not defending Clint. I also would welcome a trade for a player better suited against the Warriors. But he is on a good contract.
     
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  13. PeterKingX

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    Did Morey ever say dribble 20s basketball is the least efficient way?

    I hope he said that.
     
  14. jowman

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    Something about Houston just doesn’t work, too old no young upside players. Need to change things up. Even golden state scrubs dominating others, they got plenty of young pieces that could develop into good role players on championship teams. Houston had peaked. Won’t get any better and can’t get better with the cap.
     
  15. Pandaemonaeon

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    Steph and Dame cribbing from the master of foul baiting.
     
  16. tycoonchip

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    Worth 80-90 mil?
     
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  17. jowman

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    Ok admit he played well in those. He hasn’t done much against Utah this year and we still killed them. Don’t think we would’ve had trouble beating minny or utah without him or with the avg vet big in his place. Capela in big moments straight up either doesn’t try, chokes, or forgets how to play. Is that really someone you trust to play over 10 minutes in a tough series? Even scrubs like Jordan bell can do a couple good things, name one thing besides the block capela did in 6 must win games.
     
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  18. Downtown Sniper

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    Depends.

    Are you asking for the entire regular season against 29 times?

    Or in a playoff series against the greatest team of all time?

    Capela flat out stunk it up this series against the Warriors. I actually screamed at him towards the end of the game we were down 2 and he didn't even contest a Curry layup.

    But for a big that's presence allows Harden some of the slack to do what he does against the vast majority of the entire league, yes it is worth it.

    Now if the option is to get DAJ at the centre position on much less money, and use Capela as a huge trade piece for another player, than I'll 100% be grabbing my pen to tick off on that.
     
  19. Downtown Sniper

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    I don't need to name anything. I'm neither agreeing or disagreeing with you.

    I simply said you need to word what you say better, because the way you worded it was flat out wrong.
     
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  20. smoothie_king

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    Most of the time dame looking to pass to his bigs since dame natural set up man.

    Them floaters are last resort.
     

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