NBA FINALS 2019 |——| WARRIORS -vs- RAPTORS |——| USA -vs- CANADA

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Kyle Lowry's reaction to his first trip to the NBA Finals is priceless pic.twitter.com/OWI2r3MS11

— Chris Montano (@gswchris) May 26, 2019

Never forget that Drake has a Steph and KD’s Numbers tatted on his arm. #GIFTED #SNIPE

😈😈😈 pic.twitter.com/K8sHz3OFKX

— TheWarriorsTalk (@TheWarriorsTalk) May 26, 2019

another major subplot: will Pat Mccaw get revenge on the warriors?

I’m actually happy for the raps, glad they finally made it.

But I hope they lose and I hope drake gets sick and can’t come to any of the games

hm how do I root for the raptors but also for America and against drake it’s something of a quandary

i don’t really care who wins. just hoping for a 6 or 7 game series with a couple close ones.

i consider any raptors boosterism on this board by non-canadians to be treason and a personal betrayal punishable by mean yellow cards and thread banning depending on the severity

I think golden state wins in 5 either way, but I’ll root for the raptors if KD plays

I think golden state wins in 5 either way, but I’ll root for the raptors if KD plays

ive got dubs in 6. split in TO, win all the games at oracle.

I have GSW in 6, too, just because I'm the cautious type. Could go down in 5 or even 4. They won't need KD for this one, if Dray plays like he did against the Blazers. The Dubs team defense is underrated.

raps defense has been great too obv gs is favored but this cld be a slog aka type of series dubs dont want

p much raps beat bucks via great transition D which is also helpful vs dubs, weve seen how ordinary they cn be in the halfcourt

the scenario in which the raps win is their D continuing at its current level and kawhi being great which is also current level

(and no further cowardice by important raptors)

wildcard is kd coming back and being bad

Or trying too hard to make Boogie happen.

You: tough loss for the Raptors tonight but they can come back and win this in 5.

Me: RAPTORS IN 4 💪💪💪💪

— MARK LITTLE VERY GOOD (@markmarklittle) April 13, 2019

Danny green traditionally does well on curry. And he’s shooting like 10% so this could be an ascend to the mean type of series for him. Their defense can def slow down their attack.

Shots fired

Im an idiot. Ofc they took the first shot. This was WILDLY predictable pic.twitter.com/EIUS6EQ71x

— sam esfandiari (@samesfandiari) May 26, 2019

lmao

hahahah

per my wife: "do you think drake even knows who they are?"

theres no way in FUCK he doesnt know who they are, hes 33 years old and corny as hell

he shd tell them to eat the eggs

F drake, mopey robot

GS in 6, unless KD comes back, in which case Raptors in 7

this thread works too

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kind of conflicted with this:

-general dislike all behemoth sports teams which the warriors are
-find their moving arena to sf and all the tech money involved gross
-generally root for canadian teams over teams from the US

otoh:

-warrriors are much better and are going to win
-drake

also:

-kawhi is a snake
-kawhi's uncle is a snake
-drake rhymes with snake

it will be kind of funny if the dubs win this one, move to sf, and then the dynasty immediately falls apart.

bay area is funny its balkanized like theres no where else that has teams in bordering cities in the same metro area, like brooklyn has the nets now but no one really gives a shit abt the distinction and its all part of nyc, and ppl really didnt care when the nets were in north jersey, but in the bay theres a real cross bay thing w all the attendant cultural dynamics and so forth

also its funny that ppl care where basketball and baseball teams specifically play but no one cares where football teams do , 49rs are in santa clara giants and jets dont even play in the same state as the city they supposedly represent

patriots play in the most random lil mass town that was chosen cause its not that far from a bunch of bigger population centers

also being named golden state in a state that has 3 other nba teams is pretty funny, shd change the name to the bay warriors imo

theres also the san jose sharks, wild

on the one hand i respect oaklands claim to the warriors and all the race-class dynamics that inform it but on the other its normal to have the sports team play in the central city of a metro area, and also its sad that the once bohemian city of san francisco is now synonymous with intolerable rich nerds

it's weird to think that san francisco used to be a sort of normal city when now it's like global capitalism has thrown all of its money into a dump truck and dumped it right there. it's sort of inevitable that the warriors would move but still kind of sad.

nah it’s just funny as lagoon says

Kevin Durant is out for Game 1 of the NBA Finals

— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) May 27, 2019

Guys, I talked to Transformer and turns out the games are cancelled:

The winner of the NBA Finals will be named on Saturday evening.

The NBA's commissioner will choose the winner in an event scheduled to be held at The Q in Las Vegas.

I'll root for Toronto. Hope Kawhi is healthy. GS without KD is a likeable team. I hope KD doesn't play, and then goes to the Knicks next year.

I picked GS in 6

Toronto is a lot more likable without the dude who fucked over the spurs

If the warriors win I hope KD doesn’t play.
If the raps win I hope KD does play.

Yes I’m a bitter, bitter man.

People really hate KD

heroes need villains

i do not hate future spur kevin durant

lol

kd will be fine again when he is on the knicks, the only franchise with a fanbase desperate enough to rehabilitate his image

idk the knicks roster is so bad that even if they land another allstar theyll still be not that good and if kd is on his own theyll be straight up bad

kd in san antone on the other hand......

is extremely good and wholesome, unites w pop, america's dad, and also is back near austin where he was an innocent college freshman just tryin to feel out this thing called life

i support it also he looks and plays like george gervin so maybe they cld go back to those sick unis from his era that say san antonio on them and kd cld maybe even wear gervins jersey and ppl cld start calling him george and he cld start a whole new life like being in witness protection

https://i.imgur.com/IRAIbSb.jpg

a new life awaits you on the off world colonies

Hm yes I welcome a sign n trade with the spurs ok I’m in. D white, dejounte, etc.

no

you're getting aldridge, sorry

uncle dennis is the funniest bit player the nba has produced in a while https://sports.yahoo.com/kawhi-leonards-uncle-dennis-hes-ready-for-this-moment-222416017.html

I’d take Aldridge for sure. A sign n trade is the next best thing beyond him re signing a long term. Doesn’t really matter what the dubs get back.

The whole Patrick McCaw thing is strange, too. Raptors collecting weirdo holdouts.

His twitter post was strange

Marc Gasol spent 10 days last summer on a refugee rescue boat. It's a part of who he is, and who he has become. https://t.co/xoRxVSUFor

— Bruce Arthur (@bruce_arthur) May 28, 2019

a refugee?

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

https://www.theringer.com/nba/2019/5/28/18642538/toronto-raptors-golden-state-warriors-nba-finals-five-questions

dubs in five if they win game one, which i think they do.

i consider any raptors boosterism on this board by non-canadians to be treason and a personal betrayal punishable by mean yellow cards and thread banning depending on the severity

― be the 2 chainz you want 2 see in the world (m bison), Sunday, May 26, 2019 3:10 PM (three days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I thought your comment was somewhat off but held off till looking at the geotagged Twitter map. Not really accurate, I know, since it's based on just hashtags, but my initial gut reaction was that most Americans would root for the Raptors:

Sooooo...Everyone wants the Raptors to end the Warriors' dynasty? 👀 😶 #WeTheNorthAmerica

(📸: @SFGate) pic.twitter.com/QqQgpcOor3

— theScore (@theScore) May 29, 2019

https://www.sfgate.com/warriors/article/Warriors-Raptors-NBA-Finals-rooting-for-map-hate-13901937.php

ppl who dont have a natural interest usually root for the underdogs

people are probably just bored with the dubs' hegemony. tho i am certainly a patriot, i sympathize with that viewpoint.

The Patriots are way worse.

well, yeah

ppl who dont have a natural interest usually root for the underdogs

I root for whoever is down at the moment, so it can change a dozen times in the last couple minutes of a game lol. When asked who I'm rooting for I say it's not a who but a what: good basketball, exciting finish

yah exactly. (if my team isn’t playing)

tend to root for individual guys rather than players. portland series was weird cause I love dame so

rather than teams I meant to say

i'm in total dispassionate 'it will be interesting to see who will win the nba finals' mode for this one

idk I think it will be more interesting to see what happens with all the dubs players in the offseason if they do get another chip.

"steph is the reason why i play basketball"

"Steph is the reason why I play basketball." @andre explains to @Scalabrine and @TheFrankIsola why @StephenCurry30 is extending his career #DubNation #NBAFinals pic.twitter.com/re9T67ybeC

— SiriusXM NBA Radio (@SiriusXMNBA) May 29, 2019

CONTROVERSIAL OPINION: any basketball game is more interesting than offseason moves

otm

To clarify i meant that as reasons for why I prefer GS to win the series xp

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

it's been decided, warriors will win the nba playoffs

how true. the drama and excitement will be in discovering exactly how they manage the feat.

This is the best finals matchup of the kd warriors era

i dunno if it's as good as the ones where the Cavs were healthy

i guess that was just one though

yall theres hoops tonight, and it is the final series of hoops

hoop morning!

i think this should be the best matchup as long as the raptors show up. you knew those cleveland teams never had a chance of stopping the warriors and could only try to outscore them. i hope toronto's defense really challenges golden state.

raptors played some great D v bucks lets see if it holds up against the big boys

i love that Raps in 4 got more votes than Dubs in 4. Raps in 4 would definitely be the most hilarious outcome.

raps in 5 would also be very funny

an homage to the pistons beating the lakers in 5 in 2004

babies
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D7wnvKRXYAEkTbf.jpg:large

aw cuet

iggy is the best
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2838572-nothing-gets-past-andre-iguodala?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=programming-national

draymond jump interview is good per usual
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0rOkA4_Z_8

uhh lol

It appears that Drake is wearing a Dell Curry Raptors jersey. This will be my one and only #DrakeUpdate.

— John Schuhmann (@johnschuhmann) May 31, 2019

Drake going with the Dell Curry jersey tonight pic.twitter.com/T3DjH5DHqN

— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) May 31, 2019

ok that’s actually funny

let the ball commence

grudging respect to drake, that's well done

Jordan bell start okkkkkkk

toronto really coming out of the gates practicing the ol’ hoist

8 of 9 raptors shots have been 3s

cusrise

with all the threes (and the bricks), both teams are really pushing the pace early. historically that seems like it would favor the warriors, something the raps should probably think about.

omg, baby steph swishing threes is the best.

Dubs would be more than happy to run n gun. Raps best bet is to grind this down to a standstill

Feels like klay has only had like one or two good offensive games in these playoffs

that is a loud building. awesome crowd.

I love the sikh dude who's always waving his towel for free throws

that guy is cool, he buys a ton of tickets for kids and whatnot

That guy has seen every Raptors home game since their first in 1995.

What is this lineup lol Kerr is a madman

Kerr is out of his damn mind haha

Nurse playing mccaw hoping for a grudge revenge game/series

it is so weird rooting for draymond over kawhi, but here i am congratulating the man on baiting kawhi into a dumb foul in transition

He pulled off the CP move perfectly

i forget that gasol is quite good at defense

tuning in......

iggy dunk

lol, Dray is gonna single-handedly foul kawhi out

Feel like no one is playing partic well

game ones like that

Yah feeling each other out

Man I hate that call

call aside where was dray jumping from there lol

tryin to shoot a 10 ft finger roll??

Feel like no one is playing partic well

― easy ball shooter (Spottie), Thursday, May 30, 2019 10:09 PM (two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i think the raptors are playing pretty well

Yeah the role players are for sure

Dray always takes off about a half step too early xps

FVV flipping a switch and making every shot has been one of the more momentous developments of the playoffs

kawhi’s been really bad on both ends tonight, and I really like GSW’s approach to make him into a passer, probably the worst part of his game: they’ve been throwing an extra guy at him, even out on the perimeter. don’t see that often for perimeter scorers like that

after having an entire shit season pretty incredible xp

gasol’s pick and roll defense on curry has been so good

Gasol is a smart player

yeah he is having a really great game, dude showed up

pascal everywhere

Don’t think iggy has made a 3 since the rockets series

dubs not playing "great basketball"

Andre Iguodala's missed 10 straight 3s. Hasn't hit one since he dropped those five in Game 6 at Houston.

— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) May 31, 2019

there u go

dray n gasol both w 4 fouls

dont need kawhi they have pascal

Ugh, I am not a fan of this "spicy p" nickname

too close to swaggy p

Everybody not named VanVleet now 34-for-34 from the line. https://t.co/Glp2Iu73AU

— John Schuhmann (@johnschuhmann) May 31, 2019

Siakim the kind of player that gives draymond a hard time. Long, athletic and crafty

this is how siakam played in game 1 against philly. if he strings a few of these together look out.

the patrick mccaw revenge game

Warriors have a lot to figure out they’re not getting the shots they want gonna have to grind this one out for a win

FVV wow

steph producing a mini golf tv show feels right

omg siakim hitting everything

he doesn't think anyone can check him, and right now, he's right

Making some crazy angled shots in this game

hitting tuff ones for sure

Role players came to play

Don’t think boogie will be playable in this series but does the franchise have the guts to sit him?

they better, he's been ass

such a bad defender

if his minutes in this game are any indication he can't play

Feel like bogut would be better on gasol

This game is over Kerr’s got his work cut out.

unreal shotmaking

Haha lucky af

danny green can't handle the ball, they need to get him out

Uh oh iggy

hammy

that's not good

Yah we’re gonna need Durant

bang

Siakim has hit like 6 impossible shots hah

My kid: Let's see you play basketball you autotuned dork.

this series without durant is fun, this series without andre will just feel incomplete

pic.twitter.com/OP60MBOc85

— Becca Laurie (@imbeccable) May 31, 2019

feel like the one thing we learned tonight is the raptors defense is legit

i'm not sure how much that game really taught us... we know the warriors can take a punch, and the raptors role players are not going to play that well again. ppl generally overreact to what happens in game 1s & that felt like a 95th percentile performance by the raps to me

https://animated.name/uploads/posts/2016-08/1471201175_599.gif

I will allow myself some overreaction.

the raps had a good gameplan on defense... nurse seemed to coach a good game. and the iggy injury is problematic. but game 2 is the real test for the raps bcuz going to oakland 1-1 is not really a win overall for them.

i dont think a 95th percentile raps performance contains off-games by both kawhi and lowry

huge coming out party for siakam, what a cool player

this series without durant is fun, this series without andre will just feel incomplete

otm. and for a guy playing completely out of his mind, siakim seemed very under control. good game from the raptors. dubs seemed out of synch after the long layoff.

8 kids are bout to tie in this spelling bee

Canada comin for ur asses #wethenorth

i dont think a 95th percentile raps performance contains off-games by both kawhi and lowry

― ciderpress, Thursday, May 30, 2019 11:47 PM (five minutes ago) Bookmark

good lowry playoff games are the deviations

so thankful magic quit so he cld get these tweets off

Toronto’s victory was a total team effort. Kawhi scored 23 and Fred VanVleet scored 15 off the bench. As a team they played outstanding defense!

— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) May 31, 2019

Lowry defeated his playoff voodoo this season.

Iggy thing bumming me out.

Gasol/FVV/Danny/siakim player nearly perfect games. Meanwhile no one on the warriors played very well. Curry got points but they made it really hard and he didn’t have the ball in his hands enough. Kerr gotta tighten up the rotation but that iggy thing may throw a wrench in the whole affair

kawhi wasn't great but he still scored 23 points... siakam and gasol prob won't score 52 total over the next 2 games combined

i just feel like whatever you thought was going to happen before the series is what you should still think is going to happen, unless the iggy injury is serious

i also would probably have made a hedging post about how the raptors got some performances they won't get again but an iguodala injury is just massive

Yup

raps defense was very good toooooo

raptors were favored in vegas tonight

raps defense was fabulous. they'll need that every game if they're going to win.

I'm burning effigies made of articles about the favored 2004 Lakers for the god of SPORTS to finally answer our northern call.

iggy might be fine too didnt look bad but hammys can be weird

Oh yeah their gameplan and execution were top notch. They did not give they dubs much transition opportunity. Klay seemed to be swallows up by their defense especially.

lmao chuck just called the dubs role players a bunch of tito jacksons

Chuck hates the warriors so much lmao

still mad about that whole jump shooting team thing

If you bet against someone long enough eventually you’ll look smart

not sure hes ever going to live that one down lol

Kerr: “The biggest thing coming in was we really didn’t feel we knew this team very well.”

— Connor Letourneau (@Con_Chron) May 31, 2019

hmm lol

an nba team in Canada, ok sure fellas believe that when I see it

Let’s just see what we’re dealing with here hmm ok they are pretty good maybe we shoulda scouted this huh

theyve got a day off to google

I doubt it. Saying something dumb to deflect from criticism for the players is an international method for all coaches of all sports.

They'll know each other pretty damn well before the series is over.

https://nbcprobasketballtalk.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/ap_19151127499177-e1559276026569.jpg

#WeTheNorth

Andre Iguodala just told reporters that he won't be missing Game 2: "I'll be fine."

— Drew Shiller (@DrewShiller) May 31, 2019

they've been thru this before

pascal was just a beauty

that tech call on klay was bullshit

Siakam was amazing last night. His reluctance to shoot during the Milwaukee series--and early in last night's game--was baffling. When he sunk that one shot--the 1lth, I think, the blind over-the-shoulder shot--I literally laughed out loud.

I find the Warriors terrifying, last night notwithstanding. Right up till the last minute, I was waiting for them to go on a 9-point run in 45 seconds and blow past Toronto before they blinked.

seems like siakam's confidence still comes and goes in these big games. when he sees one or two go in he's a different player.

having a hard time trying to root against this groovy raptors team :(

haa

when u know yr team has won too many titles

true but it didn't come up in the other series

gotta be the right conditions, i can barely bring myself to root for the patriots anymore lol

i like the neverending patriots dominance & salt because i don't respect the sport of football but with bball its different

xp to poly.. same, I feel no sports hate for any of the players or anyone in the org, I cant even hate the drama lord Kawhi anymore. everyone is likable even the drake thing is just funny and endearing to me (I realize this is the opposite for most people), dude is living his best life as a sports fan... hilarious that he wore a nike arm band to cover his curry/durant tat tho.

if anything I was little jealous of raps fans last night being able to feel that first finals win at home and all that angst being washed away, crazy atmosphere and what a win. took me back to feelings I had during the 14-15 title run.

I want this warriors team to win obv really badly and I haven't had sports anxiety going into the finals since kd joined, but for this series I do. I have no prediction of how this will go. feel like it would be major validation doing it without KD but it's going to be really hard, they are so much thinner compared to pre-kd era and have to fight complacency. and this raptors team is hungry and... not the Cavs.

i think im gonna go with the raps

RAPTORS IN FOUR

if anything I was little jealous of raps fans last night being able to feel that first finals win at home and all that angst being washed away, crazy atmosphere and what a win. took me back to feelings I had during the 14-15 title run.

imagine being a Bucks fan right now

btw here's a story that I swear I am not making up - after the Bucks dropped Game 5 on the way to work I saw a deer on the grass on the side of the road lying sideways, kicking its hooves wildly, having clearly been hit by a car very recently. after elimination I drove to work the same way and that same deer was now dead on the side of the road.

being eaten by a velociraptor

you hate to see it

lol amazing story rip deer

frogbs is going through it, i understand the pain.

getting to ECF isn't a bad season! young superstar, good fun squad. I envy Bucks fans!

yeah def. they just have some big decisions that could make or break them this offseason

if i die a gruesome and painful death, i just hope someone sees it. and that they remember me. and tell others by taking all of my pain and suffering experienced on that day and making it about them and losing their ball game.

i drove by a man that had recently been crucified upside down. i squinted, inspecting his bloody wounds, and saw that he was wearing baggy-kneed trousers. how long will we knicks fans suffer?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D77oZ0yU0AAx_Af.jpg

nice work if u cn get it

im still mad about a few of those shots going in and the frank VV hail mary... and the mccaw three. all of those shots killed the warriors runs

yeah they got lucky, gonna need kawhi to play better, feel like he maybe wasnt moving that well cause of whatevers going on w his leg

he was not himself and if that holds then the warriors can guard him straight up instead of blitzing him

they shd prob try that regardless

ehh i thought it was a sound strategy but they just werent sharp in their rotations or transition defense. but they should probably mix in both strategies to shake it up. also still depends on if iggy is good enough to attempt to take him one on one.

they prob should've lost game 1 last year too to a worse team and at home... i expect them to play a much crisper game on sunday. and we will eventually see how the raptors react to pressure and discomfort in this series. game 1 was very comfortable for them.

Have drake and e40 done a song together?

Drake is absorbing E-40s powers so he can make a hyphy album pic.twitter.com/76u1iqtXYJ

— Charles J. Moore (@charles270) May 31, 2019

i don't believe so but e-40 is in "the motto" video iirc

Drake needs to do a bay album lol. Rick Rock, Ant Banks and DJ Fresh produced.

Drake needs to make Mozzy mainstream

he had a flirtation w/ the bay circa "the motto" and the dj khaled song where quoted too short but then he discovered grime and nothing was the same

kendrick quoted mozzy in his grammys acceptance speech

Mozzy not quite bay but bay adjacent and that would be cool

yeah I guess rap wise I consider Sacramento Bay in rap terms but considering that they have their own team it's misguided

Nba ref Twitter is hilarious

Raptors are 5-0 in their last 5 home playoff games with Scott Foster and 15-1 in their last 16 overall with Tony Brothers. Tonight they get both.

— Kevin Rashidi (@KevinRashidi) June 2, 2019

ppl knowing the names of many refs is a huge step forward in sports psychosis

there are like 0 W-L level stats that are statistically significant

raptors historically have won 100% of their finals games

gonna be real interesting if Warriors go back to the Bay Area down 0-2

very interesting. you'd start to hear a lot more speculation about kd's return.

ya if they lose this game kd has to play in 3

sorry kd is already on the knicks

Love this
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/26833111/what-draymond-sees-warriors-star-details-unique-game

Boogie start smh

But he played so well in game one

Klays got bounce tonight

Refs reaaaaaaaaaally helping the dubs so far

Kerr gonna cost us another chip man alive tighten this up dude

fred da gawd

Curry is drunk and sick

Warriors are shooting like garbage

is curry supposedly sick? like it's not a physical injury?

hes got the vapors

This is gross

the raptors just look bigger stronger and faster against lineups like this

ya

this series is not going the warriors way so far

I am starting to believe.

Not at all

Van Vleet you beautiful man

klay hits some absurd shots

FVV best pg in the league

fred gave looney the okey doke

this version of van vleet is like a really good player

Golden state can just score so fast, I’d almost feel nervous as a raptor fan that you’re only up 6 right now

What a whacky quarter

Refs getting all the calls wrong lol

Loony out man this roster is thinnnn

They need more shooters than just VanVleet

how the raptors respond to adversity is the thing that matters most in this series

the raptors scoring so much with kawhi not needing to do anything was not sustainable

warriors are awake

complete pants pooping

basically how games 2-4 vs Portland went

Jfc a 18-0 run to start the quarter

Kawhi does not seem sharp and they’re bailing him out by fouling

Drays turnovers this game <<<<<<

he’s been the best player on the floor but also made like 5 of the stupidest play

Yup

Well that was tough but also feels like the Warriors should be leading by more right now.

Happy that boogie has figured it out a bit

every warrior is injured and they're winning

Not klay not klay not klay please

game 6 will be like everyone out on crutches and hoverounds

If klay is out for a while this game is now a must win

Big bogut minutes

Skip otm

NO KD. STEPH SICK. KLAY HURT. LOONEY GONE. DEMARCUS PLAYING HIS FIRST EXTENDED MINUTES IN A MONTH. IGGY IN AND OUT WITH INJURIES. WHAT NEXT???

— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) June 3, 2019

Nice push off

Intense crazy play here

normally i would say that if the game was 10 minutes longer the raptors would have it but they are inept rn

What the heelllllllll

It was 106 98 for like 4 minutes

Nonsense

damn iggy

Boooooooooom

How do they not foul there? Everyone on the court besides Steph was an average to poor FT shooter I think

Game was wild what a win

That 3rd quarter sank the Raptors, I don't think they are out yet.

Raps def could’ve won this one

basically the only thing that matters now is what warriors are available for game 3

Curry gets the craziest defenses of all time played on him it’s crazy

You have to really hate the warriors to not be able to appreciate that win

paul pierce is so bad at this. is "star power" really that important, like zach lowe can't be out there?

i mean zach lowe is not fun to watch but neither is pierce

Crazy stat from the @NBATV research crew pic.twitter.com/a7LjrudRp5

— Leigh Ellis (@LeighEllis) June 3, 2019

this game is just testament to that old basketball adage, "its hard to win when you give up an 18-0 run"

classic john wooden quote

You could see that coming a mile away, when--after missing a 3-pointer that would have put Toronto up by 14--they ended the half only 5 up. Nothing's been easy during this run, so I suppose the Raptors could still win a long series, especially with GS hurting so much. But if you can't win a game where Curry doesn't score until the second quarter and seemingly every GS player of consequence except Green is hurting, that's bad.

Thoughts on the tech on curry at the end?

Was that called on Steph? I thought it was on Boogie for the scream.
Also, gotta admit, boogie was a difference maker in the game.

Boogie figured it out out of necessity. His passing was huge.

Yah they called that tech ok curry for throwin the ball up high (which he does all the time )

I dunno. I noticed a pretty lame delay-of-game warning against him where he was running back on defense and the ball bounced into his feet from behind. Maybe the ref that called the T thought he had already warned him about dead ball stuff?

i think the thing nobody was able to see coming regarding boogie is that for all his faults the way he likes to play offensively fits really well into the warriors' no durant system of heavy ball movement. w/ KD around he felt crudely welded onto the team but tonight he fit into the context of their offense in a way that i don't think anybody thought was possible

i feel like boogie showed in that game the potential to be like a joakim noah in his final few years w/ the bulls type offensive player. he prob never regains the athleticism to score like he did pre achilles injury but maybe you could run offense thru him in the high post in a way that utilizes his passing ability.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D8JfvVkUIAE8LBK.jpg

lmao beautiful

You have to really hate the warriors to not be able to appreciate that win

― easy ball shooter (Spottie), Sunday, June 2, 2019 10:58 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

haha, you rang?

hmm yeah good thing no one really hates the warriors

seems like siakam's confidence still comes and goes in these big games. when he sees one or two go in he's a different player.

Siakam in a nutshell. If he misses a couple of early ones like he did last night, he disappears. He still rebounds and plays good defense, but he starts passing up one clear shot after another, and he stops driving like he did in game 1. He's not one to do what Curry did last night, get off to a slow start and then completely turn it around.

he was noticeably less aggressive from the very start

I think he missed an open three in the first couple of minutes, and that's when he gets gun-shy.

Curry gets the craziest defenses of all time played

― easy ball shooter (Spottie), Sunday, June 2, 2019 7:49 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Steph a HoFer off this alone. pic.twitter.com/y7kKwmQsJO

— Alex 🏁🏁🏁 (@Dubs408) June 3, 2019

Andre hhaaaaa

In Portland, before Game 4 of the Western Conference finals, Iguodala was asked about speculation that he would indeed make the Hall of Fame. “I don’t care,” he said. Really? Some players get emotional during those ceremonial speeches. “None of it matters,” he replied. “Does anyone remember any of those speeches other than Jordan’s?”

Then Iguodala broke it down. “See, here’s how it works. One day, you’re replaced. Then it’s some other motherfucker in there. And then there’s another motherfucker. And another after that. Nobody remembers anything. None of it matters!”

https://theathletic.com/1007959/2019/06/03/andre-iguodala-the-curmudgeon-and-future-hall-of-famer-delivers-again-for-the-warriors/

lol nice

i officially endorse this and all forms of nba nihilism

When asked what motivates him to keep going through the pain, Iguodala offered another reason for his perseverance: “I like Steph,” he said. “He’s a good dude, good guy to be around. That’s really the only reason why I like playing basketball. That’s the only reason why I play.”

When asked if he’s motivated by protecting Curry’s legacy, Iguodala replies, “Yeah. I’ve never seen it in a person, such a good person ever get some backlash or whatever from his peers because they’re so jealous of what he has, so, just kind of sticking it to them. Whatever it takes to protect his legacy, I’m all for it.”

get me anyone in my life that loves me this much

Broken collarbone for Looney out indefinitely jeeeeez

that's not good

Klay hammy strain “likely questionable” for g3 via shams

just gonna be limpin steph, limpin boogie, limpin klay, dray, and quinn cook playing 48 minutes by game 5

lol at "likely questionable"

Klay will play as long as he’s at least 20% ha

Shams just making educated guesses out there to be first up

losing looney is a big deal

He’s been their best center for the playoffs. Now we really need boogie to be at least as good as he was in the 2nd half yesterday. Also will lean on bogut more who was solid last night.

losing looney is a big deal

yes. that is true. he delivers good, self-controlled, valuable minutes.

boogie and bogut will both be in injured in game 3 its inevitable

😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/2RMdvFfbrt

— Aaron Dodson (@aardodson) June 3, 2019

steph shd have crisis of faith get divorced and adopt that look

pic.twitter.com/Ofw0GMfRKp

— Aaron Dodson (@aardodson) June 3, 2019

Would be hilarious if bogut is the only warrior to make it out unscathed...

Wonder what kind of money looney will be offered out there. The warriors def want to bring him back but he may have priced himself out. Got no offers last year but feel like he’ll have some interest this year.

Wow they did boogie and kd so dirty lol

The Warriors are going to miss Kevon Looney, who's out indefinitely with a costal cartilage fracture.

Prior to his injury in Game 2, Golden State was +12.6 per 100 possessions with Looney on the floor this postseason, the best mark of any player on the roster. pic.twitter.com/vZM2jGTdLH

— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) June 4, 2019

maybe i'm missing that a dumb team will sign him b/c of pedigree but looney is a specialist switch defender who doesn't shoot the 3. how many other teams have a use for a guy like that?

Teams that want to beat the rockets would like him.

I’m not thinking he’ll have a massive market just think some team would throw a 3/15 deal or something like that. Something where the dubs would really have to decide what he’s worth with a massive repeater tax coming

Also he’s got a nice shot he may have more in his offense than we’ve seen.

lol

what a dude pic.twitter.com/y7AlMAFTxn

— Bobby Flaiben (@bobbyflaiben) June 3, 2019

love iguodala quotes. also kawhi quotes

good breakdown of why curry is good even when he's not shooting necessarily well

Latest video looks at Steph Curry's shot creation in Game 2 of the Finals. In addition to his normal defense-warping, the Warriors unleashed him as a screener in this game and it caused problems for the Raptors. And of course, the Box-And-1! https://t.co/yjX3Tg1AJG

— Ben Taylor (@ElGee35) June 4, 2019

Bogut picking up a Warriors squad comprised entirely of injured players would be a pretty cool redemption arc for him

Kawhi is a psychopath. pic.twitter.com/c4ktQokPu5

— ™️Marcus (@TheMisterMarcus) June 4, 2019

"I'm the points guy"

WELL THAT WAS THE EASIEST DN CHANGE OF ALL TIME

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8S1bX2DKMmE/hqdefault.jpg

in a way we are all a board man

layup

hahaaa

lmao there is a media tournament today with 8 teams and they're livestreaming it

🚨: Tonight’s media basketball tournament will be on Metro by T-Mobile’s Court. Follow the hashtag #MetroMediaJam! You can check out the games at 7:15 pm PT via the livestream at @MetroByTMobile. #sponsored

— Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) June 4, 2019

Big ups to DeMarr for making this all possible:

"Honestly, I don't even think I said this -- I probably said to my own inner circle -- but if it wasn't for all the years and groundwork that I did before then, none of them things would've been possible," DeRozan told Bleacher Report in a video interview. "Yes, I fought, I sacrificed, I pushed the limits to where I had to be the sacrificial lamb.

"You just have to sit back and understand, like, you know, you are the reason so many things was even possible."

i love it when i have an inner circle

Kawhi sounds like if a botnet tried to do basketball trash talk

lol the media tourney

Time for the blog boys to show us what they got.

— Jesus Wenceslao (@jcwkings) June 4, 2019

feel kinda bad for demar poor guy has been going through it since the trade

Kawhi sounds like if a botnet tried to do basketball trash talk
― Jeff the grown man (voodoo chili)

I'm a board man. Board man gets paid. It's not a matter of trying to win this thing, I only care that I earn the wage that I get. I would rather win this thing than lose it, I don't pay the rent and I think it's a great story that the world has been told and I like that. My job, my responsibility's to do my job that I'm paid for and I do it with my heart to do it well and I'm trying to work with people who agree.
I have friends in the office who I work with all the time. I am able to get them to work longer and harder on things that I think are important. People come to me and say that they were working and they say I'm really hardworking and that's the way to get noticed on your feet. And one of the ways to get noticed is to keep working and doing the things that you don't get noticed on your feet. It's a way to have a career. It's a way to have a reputation, which I think is very beneficial to working and living a fulfilling life and that's very important for me.

Shelley: Instead of saying, “We need to walk to the store” or “Let’s go to the store,” he’d just say, “I’m up.” When he leaves, he just says, “I’m up.”

Shelton: If he joked, it would be like one or two comments, and he’d go like, “Yeeee.” He’d make more sounds than he actually talked.

@thl3t1c C&P for people who don't support CONTENT CREATORZ

If you link to the delisted thread in here doesn’t that defeat the point of that thread?

no its ok we used the snail instead of an A

Klay Thompson is on the court. Kevin Durant is not

— Mark Medina (@MarkG_Medina) June 4, 2019

Hmm, Celebrini doesn't want him to play, looks like

Klay Thompson getting some shots up pic.twitter.com/GPJ7yeEjXV

— Mark Medina (@MarkG_Medina) June 4, 2019

Warriors’ Steve Kerr says Kevin Durant is out for Finals Game 3 vs. Raptors but is “ramping up his workouts.” Andre Iguodala will play. Kevon Looney won’t play. Klay Thompson is still questionable.

— Ben Golliver (@BenGolliver) June 4, 2019

Kevon's done for the year, right?

hearing "most likely" but nothing definitive

What a bummer. I love that guy.

im hearing famed basket hooper kevin "kevin" durant is hurt and not feeling good and he will probably NOT play professional basketballs tomorrow

Kerr confirmed Looney is out for the series.

RIP

my fav kawhi thing at the moment is when Chuck called him "drama free"

“There’s no player in the NBA I’d rather have more than Kawhi Leonard. He’s a drama-free superstar … He just wants to win,” Barkley said as he defended his prediction that Toronto will win the NBA Finals against the Golden State Warriors.

oh you know minus that one small thing last season

here are the rosters and start times for the media tourney

The games will also feature a color commentating crew. Here are the rosters and schedule. https://t.co/ljGmZaD2y2 pic.twitter.com/YCYlY1uZA7

— Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) June 4, 2019

"Lehigh Ellis" with the game winner, doing us starters nerds proud

the production value for the media tournament was shockingly good.

Yah that was sweet. Looked like a lot of fun to be a part of

Even though I kind of hate the way one bleeds into the other, I've found the Men in Black spots funny.

Warriors officials reportedly are hoping to rest Klay Thompson for Game 3, but Klay is still lobbying to play.

klay should probably sit this one out

board man gets paid

board man gets posts

i'm up

No klay wtfffffff

Not now Norm lol pic.twitter.com/sFaoXPVTQs

— Yahoo Sports Canada (@YahooCASports) June 6, 2019

These points are gonna be harddddd to come by

Rough

Need curry to drop 50 and at least two other dudes to step up. A tall order

Ha--just messaged a friend saying Curry's going to score 50+, so Toronto can't drift off like they seem to almost every game (even the ones they win).

This crew hates the warriors hah

*broadcast

Warriors win this and curry is the goat idc idc

it’s looking rough for the warriors tonight.

if they can get something out of cook again tonight, that would dandy

hard for me to process that men in black is an extremely popular franchise that spans two generations

Wow no goaltend huh

Dray two airballed threes so far

and one non-three

Boog airballed a three too yikes

does this game count

not the highest quality finals game i've seen

Fact they’re in this is amazing

the opportunities were there for the warriors to be down like 4 or 5 at the end of this half. could be the difference assuming the raptors don't get their shit together.

Raptors are so exasperating. Four times in a row they took the ball up with a chance to go up by 16 or 17, and they came back with nothing each time. Now they've let the Warriors back in the game.

Lowry not choking is an unexpected twist

draymond's seemed a bit back on his bullshit the last couple games

Warriors got 'em right where they want 'em

Dray needs to reel it in he’s been bad.

TNT playing sprinkle me instrumental on the fade out >>>>>>>

ok NOW they got 'em where they want 'em

Wardell

Those last two Raptors shots were huge. Another disappearing act from Siakam (after a great start)--I don't get it. I close my eyes every time Curry touches the ball.

Warriors can’t quite break them cos the raps keep hitting every big shot

I like the Warriors chances if this is within 8 going into the 4th

Bogut is so much better than Boog in this game

Raps are playing like they’re trying to bleed clock in the third damn quarter. Half court is just soooo deliberate.

the raptors finally figured out that they have enough to win this one

Curry can’t get the calls kawhi gets (sorry)

not sure boogs remembers how to play basketball tbh

congrats to finals mvp danny green

Ugh

drake must be stopped

If Kerr rests curry here...

Oof boogie

cousins should’t be playing at this point.

Nope

Last game was a weird fluke

Man draymond yikes

Don't know why curry is still in there

my take on this game and im just not sure how else to say it but "the warriors need their guys"

theyre just not a team thats built to win without their guys

a fair take

why is steph still in this game

I’m guessing bc they’re down 12, not 30. Not completely impossible they come back

Missing 3 of your best 6 players turns out it’s bad

Two missed goaltends those should be reviewable

lmao warriors missing 4 straight fts then throwing in a goal tend

tv guys loving a totally gassed steph diving on the floor in a game he has almost no change to win but actually folks its bad thats injury city

Man they had chances could never get within 7

#wethenorth

Curry still the goat idc

Lowry and Green were so good

Raptors managed to score 1.59 points per on possessions that started after a GSW make - thats unreal.

— Haralabos Voulgaris (@haralabob) June 6, 2019

man I love watching lowry when he's hitting shots

Expect GS to win Game 4, and then they're back to where they started. I would think a seven-game series is the most likely eventuality, although if (when?) Durant re-enters the picture, that changes.

I can't take watching basketball in the three-point era, least of all facing the Warriors. Last time I had serious rooting interest in the NBA was Bob McAdoo and the Buffalo Braves. If you had a nine-point lead with, say, four minutes left, you felt pretty safe.

haha that was so long ago that McAdoo's son has already come and gone on the Dubs.

whoops actually James Michael's dad is Bob's second cousin and Bob's kind of an uncle type to JMM. that's what i get for spouting off without googling first.

It's the 2nd Annual I Love Hoops NBA Role Player Hollafame - VOTING & CAMPAIGNING THREAD (voting closes SATURDAY, JUNE 22, 2019, 11:59 PM CST)

folks just wanted to leave this here but we are approaching a v important deadline

OH SNAP

After undergoing further evaluation of the non-displaced first costal cartilage fracture he suffered in Game 2, Warriors forward Kevon Looney could potentially return during the NBA Finals, league sources told ESPN. More testing will determine next steps for Looney.

— Tim Bontemps (@TimBontemps) June 6, 2019

Steve Kerr just told me that he expects Klay Thompson to play in Game 4 on Friday. Kerr said he doesn’t know yet about Kevin Durant’s status for that game.

— Tim Kawakami (@timkawakami) June 6, 2019

Help is on the way, #DubNation pic.twitter.com/ofxnea1Z4C

— 95.7 The Game (@957thegame) June 6, 2019

#FullSquad

the narrative people, OH THE NARRATIVE

holy shit pic.twitter.com/L5wUxUabAB

— rudy mustang (@rudy_mustang) June 6, 2019

im board man

whats up w this durant injury feeling pretty strung along here

Just spoke to Nicole Curran, the wife of Warriors owner Joe Lacob, about the “incident “ with Beyoncé last night. She was in tears. Said she had been getting death threats on social media all night this morning she disabled her IG account just to make it stop.

— Ramona Shelburne (@ramonashelburne) June 6, 2019

lmao aptly named beyhive online is wild

love how the tragic end to all of these stories is the victim has to stop looking at a website

haha

wait what was the incident?

was the incident just... her talking to beyonce???

she was talking to jayz across beyonce

feel like this tweet really captures the vibe

mood: beyoncé dissociating at a basketball while a white woman talks over her pic.twitter.com/LlXZPskrP1

— brittany spanos (@ohheybrittany) June 6, 2019

also a silicon valley billionaire got banned, big night at the ballgame for at least a couple different online factions

SCOOP: Mark Stevens, the person who pushed Toronto Raptors player Kyle Lowry at last night's NBA Finals game, is not just any fan, but venture capitalist — and part Warriors owner, multiple sources confirmed to Axios.https://t.co/UL5SqKZc7u

— Axios (@axios) June 6, 2019

that beyonce thing is so random who cares. the shove was weird for sure. they should buy out his shares.

also tho, there was a game last night and it was a good game! im not sure the raptors could play/shoot better than that. and taht was an all time great curry game he was the most aggressive i think ive ever seen him

yeah he was going for it p cool

felt like kawhi played just ok but then i looked at his box score and i was kinda blown away. hes getting to the line like 13 times per game which is insane

kd's out for g4 and won't scrimmage.

Raps gotta be kicking themselves that they didn't take Game 2. feels like a real toss-up right now though if I had to bet I'd still put my money on GSW if Klay looks right.

probably a bad opinion but I think getting Klay back is more important

either at this point.

a guy who is not steph who can make baskets is a v v important thing

dying at that fake Kawhi dm

klaaaaaay