Warrior beat the rockets without kd for the final the 5 quarters. If Klay was healthy the warriors might have won ring without kd.
Harden would be ethered, if he had 11 points in a playoff game, especially in a crucial or elimination game.
According to a majority of this thread Lakers were losing in the 1st round. LeBron was going to see how tough the west was.
They got hot at the right time and were supposed to be a playoff team coming into this year. A 5th to 7th place team at worst coming off a WCF appearance, before Melo was in the picture. They woefully underperformed, this year. Even with a poor record, they could've beaten a team, like the Nuggets, Jazz, or Mavs in a tight series at a mutual site. Possibly, stolen 1 or 2 games from the Clippers on adrenaline from that Dame vs. PG13/Bev skirmish. The Lakers are too strong of a team for such a middling team. It's going to take Milwaukee, Boston, or the other LA team to beat them 4x.
So Dame hurt his finger last game and knee injury today... karma a bit** for talkin all that sh** saying he was ready for the playoffs and to not count them out because they deserve to be in the post season... P.S — Fu** Lillard. I hate that dude. Ended our damn playoffs.
I predicted Lakers in 5. Their two stars are just that much better than Portland's two stars. Lakers first loss just woke them up, focused them to play better, and the only way they were losing was if Dame went nuclear...and he's hurt so...yeah. CJ is a quasi-star who Portland should have traded 2-3 years ago to help Dame out and Melo is washed. They lost a lot on defense as well this last offseason. Portland really should trade CJ though, him and Dame are completely redundant...like completely. Dame is just a much better version than CJ.
I always get a kick out of people that were praising Melo for being some reinvented player. He's still a scrub and it shows.
A source with knowledge of Lillard’s situation said there was Lakers interest in a superstar pairing with Lillard and LeBron James before the Davis deal went down in June 2019. What’s more, the source said there was a Brooklyn Nets scenario that never evolved which could have paired Kevin Durant with Lillard last summer if only he’d shown any interest (this was before Kyrie Irving’s inclusion had truly crystallized). Of course some of the game’s biggest stars, and/or the power brokers tied to them, have inquired about the possibility of Lillard pushing his way out to come join them. All it would have taken is for Lillard to send up that bat signal signifying he was ready for a change, and his tale could have turned. But he never did. After he signed that four-year, $196 million supermax extension in June 2019, and considering his level of personal investment in the Trail Blazers organization, coach Terry Stotts and teammates like C.J. McCollum and Nurkic, there’s no sign of that changing anytime soon.
More like a Ego or Brain Sprain. Didn't want to play anymore once it was clear he couldn't win (beat the Lakers).
You are probably not winning and if you decide kd it and you tear your acl or something there goes next year.
