hello friends it's the 2018 NBA Playoffs, a place where dreams GO 2 DIE

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Houston played 7 guys, and the 7th was Gerald Green (12 mins).

— Zach Lowe (@ZachLowe_NBA) May 23, 2018

someone hired reggie miller to do comedy

Man what a game. I was having game 7 ‘16 flashbacks the way the offense just stopped for some reason. Kd looked bad all night even the shots he made looked bad. This was a def #firekerr game for me. Once the play broke down and there was nothing there you gotta call a TO. Warriors basically played like they had the game won as soon as they got it to 82-70.

Warriors had about 8 chances to put the game away way earlier tho.

I don’t understand how the default play when everything is braking down is not the STEPH KD PNR. I mean wtf they were running Steph Looney pnrs!

das why they shd run it more during the season imho shd be second nature

yep, the rockets knew their gameplan and the warriors just .... expected to be able to do stuff

btw david griffin has been working on nbatv a bit and he's really good.

The Warriors went 3-18 from the field in the 4th quarter (16.7%), their worst shooting quarter this season. pic.twitter.com/DvUZVUDcwA

— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) May 23, 2018

Fan: "CP3 you suck" CP3: "Bite Me" pic.twitter.com/JMKkSvtuRo

— The Render (@TheRenderNBA) May 23, 2018

can't believe Fan would say that

Much as I hate their game, credit to the Rockets for stepping up big on D in the clutch. Though like Spottie said dubs were making some boneheaded decisions, especially late.
With Klay and Iggy hurt I don't think GSW have it in them to win two of the next three. We'll see though.

idk GSW only lost by 3 and I don't think they could possibly play a worse quarter than they did in the 4th. I'd still wager that the Dubs win it.

do we know how bad those dudes r hurt neither seemed super srs

def cld tilt the series thoooo

klay's jumper looked pretty ugly after he went down. Next game shd be a fun one.

this is prob reductive but i'm not sure durant is shooting 9-24 again this series in which case...

idk GSW only lost by 3 and I don't think they could possibly play a worse quarter than they did in the 4th. I'd still wager that the Dubs win it.

― frogbs, Wednesday, May 23, 2018 11:28 AM (twenty-six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this is prob reductive but i'm not sure durant is shooting 9-24 again this series in which case...

― J0rdan S., Wednesday, May 23, 2018 11:52 AM (one minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

there are all sorts of scenarios that can happen in basketball games guys!

feel like kd was def taking it personal last night trying to be the hero, dubs really need to have steph playing point guard mostly, their offensive cohesion kinda got exposed as not being that great, they had a ton of games missed to injuries/rest this year, the hamptions5 didnt really play together as much as im sure they wldve liked, mostly they have enough talent to paper over that but last night it showed

not having iggy was obvs big too, and klay rolling his ankle, theyre thin

Harden is 26 for 86 from beyond the arc since the beginning of the Jazz series so my suggestion is he should get better at shooting threes.

KD had CP3 on an iso several times late and massively bricked jumpers

the rockets are so insanely better when harden is driving and kicking rather than taking step back threes

he needs to tune his game to the playoffs a lil more, expect all that perimeter dribbling to be guarded a little better and to get fewer calls when driving, conclusion go faster and kick more

play more normal dont just drive into three guys hanging out in the paint, i mean if three guys are hanging out in the paint then

Harden closes eyes as contact is anticipated & finishes dunk over Green @bballbreakdown pic.twitter.com/q9Eya1bCJz

— BBiomechanics (@BBiomechanics) May 23, 2018

What I didn't get about that play was that the whistle was blown long before harden and Dray made any contact so it must've originally been called on Steph's dumb reach-in, but then they gave Harden the and-one even though he hadn't started to gather til after the foul?

you get continuation as long as you dont dribble again more or less.

warriors offense should be fine but they really should have a hierarchy for games like last night. plan C should be steph/kd or steph/dray or kd/dray pnr with off ball action going on, it's very simple, no one can stop that stuff and i dont think they did it once. if they lose this series im calling for kerr's head. that would be a finals game 7 and a v important game 4 loss you could put the majority of the blame on him for. You know who the warriors could use this series... omri casspi. also Klay has been pretty much the worst version of himself since game 1.

warriors had 14 assists last night.

Harden was shook and ready to roll over and die again but CP saw the warriors slipping and pulled that team from the grave last night. Tucker has been incredible, he basically pushed KD off his spot all night, he was getting the ball at the 3 pt line or even half court cos he couldnt hold his position in the post vs him.

warriors had 14 assists last night.

― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Wednesday, May 23, 2018 12:36 PM (one minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

haunted by the ghost of mark jackson

infinite klay thompson post ups and jarret jack step back midrangers

omg remember all the hopeless barnes post ups

ok youve put my life in perspective kerr can stay #forlife

lol

important playoff update

The Cavaliers are seriously considering getting a dog. My story https://t.co/dZHG6TujSn

— Joe Vardon (@joevardon) May 23, 2018

Can’t hurt

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if they get air bud jr will think the team is going to start vaping weed haha

KD had CP3 on an iso several times late and massively bricked jumpers

― 龜, Wednesday, May 23, 2018 12:03 PM (one hour ago)

feel like a broken record but cp3 is just so good on D in so many ways that are hard to see. even tho KD scored on him plenty of times I was always impressed that he did everything he could in that matchup

yeah he pushed KD off the block as well on many occasions. CPs best game of the series by far. that one side step 3 w klay draped all over him was awesome, he's been practicing it all year.

he's so much stronger than people give him credit for and is so amazingly quick laterally, it's impossible to move him or get around him, you basically have to shoot over him which obv KD can

a lot harder when you're 20 feet away from the basket instead of 12. game 5 gonna be so flames. safe to say all the warrriors ruined the nba talk can move on now.

I think the warriors are still the better team but anything can happen in best of 3

the warriors have only looked ok intermittently. i think they're in some trouble.

a lot harder when you're 20 feet away from the basket instead of 12. game 5 gonna be so flames. safe to say all the warrriors ruined the nba talk can move on now.

― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Wednesday, May 23, 2018 2:11 PM (forty-one minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah kd not getting good position on cp3 is another symptom of their offensive breakdown in that game

"warriors ruined the NBA" has always been a joke given that yet again you cannot injury-proof a dream team. Not having Iggy and watching Klay stumble around all night just shows the edge that every NBA team (except the Celtics, apparently) live on.

praying for injuries the definition of fun healthy competition :)

Bob Myers tells Papa & @BontaHill he feared a meniscus injury when Klay Thompson first went down. Said Klay’s still sore today, but it’s a muscle issue. Thinks he’ll be okay. pic.twitter.com/Wq3vk1tu1Z

— 95.7 The Game (@957thegame) May 23, 2018