‹‹‹‹ 2022 NBA Finals ›‹ Celtics vs Warriors ›‹ The ILH Bowl ››››

i like every player on the warriors

the bbref advanced stats have rob as the celtics best player per 100 possessions and i'm starting to believe

xp isnt that simply saying that historically teams with a 10 point lead at 3:43 into the game have won 85% of the time? or is it adjusted by some measure of relative team strength? (the models seemed to all prefer the celtics)

for playoff games past the first round i would rather just know the raw win probability without taking the teams into account

wardell stephen curry ii

yes team strength definitely factors into it

Hell yeah dubs! 🎇🎇🎇

congrats to the ilh warriors bros, it was a great run and the warriors deserved it

Players with 4+ rings and 2+ MVPs:

Bill Russell
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Magic Johnson
Michael Jordan
LeBron James
Tim Duncan

And now, Steph Curry. pic.twitter.com/fszYzl9nJN

— StatMuse (@statmuse) June 17, 2022

i hope statmuse cuts it out with those twee ass portraits someday soon

Dubs in six feels like the safest bet

― octobeard, Monday, May 30, 2022 1:47 AM (two weeks ago)

Yup

wiggs 18-6-5-4-3 and the biggest shot what a run

wiggs was unbelievable. what a story. not sure if wiggs, klay or GPII win the best story award.

he has to be considered one of the best 3 and d guys in the league now

best canadian nba finals performance of all time

also a great vaccination success story

It's crazy how perfect a fit he is for the dubs. My buddy suggested that now is the perfect time to trade him, while he's at peak value, but for the specific role he plays he's more valuable to the warriors than he would be for any other team.

Yah he’s not going anywhere

Never realized how relentless he is on the offensive glass. Really great rebounder for his position

i hope statmuse cuts it out with those twee ass portraits someday soon

― Clay, Friday, June 17, 2022 12:21 AM (eight hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

i despise them

they look nothing like the players!

i think the drawings are fun

the drawings are fun in a coloring book kind of way

anyway. let’s talk about basketball

the good thing about these playoffs for celtics fans is that they got to see two of the greatest playoff performances of our lifetimes on their home court. they just happened to be by players not on the celtics

dubs in 6 obv.

otm re turnovers. that will make or break them

― Spottie, Monday, May 30, 2022 10:16 AM (two weeks ago) bookmarkflaglink

can the celtics score enough points to win 4/7 without homecourt? i dont think so

― Spottie, Monday, May 30, 2022 10:20 AM (two weeks ago) bookmarkflaglink

tatum looked so gassed and out of ideas by the end of the series. really weird to watch his confidence disappear, his drives were fruitless.

i honestly think he was just injured and exhausted some ppl itt saying hes got too much kobe have no idea what theyre talking about

congrats to the dubs tho they were in a pretty rough spot with all the injuries and discontinuity at the beginning of the offs and somehow put it together

he needs *more* kobe (injections)

congrats to the dubs tho they were in a pretty rough spot with all the injuries and discontinuity at the beginning of the offs and somehow put it together

― lag∞n, Friday, June 17, 2022 11:00 AM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink

wild stuff that they didnt have their core til the playoffs started and didnt have their full roster until the finals

looking back on this I am just like “steph’s the best”

i already considered him one of the absolute best ever but this is for sure a feather in his cap

there’s tons of stuff you could say about the series but my initial read was that steph needed to put up a GOAT level performance to steal a game and he did it and it flipped the entire series and he was also better than he was in the playoffs or the regular season or any previous finals. i think that won out at the end of the day, he just did it all

his 1 on 1 defensive numbers from last night that they put up on espn after the game were crazy. he was basically marcus smart on defense plus steph on offense

Steph is the most magical player in hoops today.

his 1 on 1 defensive numbers from last night that they put up on espn after the game were crazy. he was basically marcus smart on defense plus steph on offense

Is that good? That seems like that would be good.

his defense is so solid and pundits still put him down on that side. he was hunted all playoffs and held up against the leagues elite. game 4 will be his remembered legacy game for sure. he's done this before but it was discredited for injury/kd reasons so its cool people can shut up about it now.

svp is so good at this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Caf3rpNUd1Q

his postgame shows are always good, he's a really good interviewer too

the goat imo

loony "draymond be yelling at us all year too" lmao

The Dubs were chanting "F**k you Draymond" in the locker room after the game 🤣 pic.twitter.com/x1KZHVwYeC

— 95.7 The Game (@957thegame) June 17, 2022

i guess it drives engagement or whatever, but enough of this crap

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

― mookieproof, Thursday, June 16, 2022 11:51 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

xp isnt that simply saying that historically teams with a 10 point lead at 3:43 into the game have won 85% of the time? or is it adjusted by some measure of relative team strength? (the models seemed to all prefer the celtics)

― ciderpress, Thursday, June 16, 2022 11:57 PM (yesterday)

I mean if you have two evenly matched teams and you spot one of them 10 points and take 3 minutes of game time off, it seems to make sense that the one team suddenly becomes a huge favorite

i think so too but people didn't seem to think 85% was realistic for it still

Huh!

Mostly, though, Golden State became the NBA champions with the worst regular-season record in 16 years because they saved their very best roster, rotations, and defensive performances for last.

https://defector.com/the-warriors-answered-every-question/

its pretty wild steph does what he does without getting to the line like at all. just a complete unicorn

Steph on Drives in the Finals:

78 Drives
47 points
22/44 FG (50%)
2 /2 FTs
1 foul drawn
8 assists
2 turnovers

— Alex 👋 #WelcomeBackDeebo (@dbs408) June 17, 2022

that’s completely bananas

i thought when kyrie had that huge game 1 vs boston in round 1 that he showed an effective counter to the celtics overall size at every position was having a guy smaller than all their players who could blow past them and get to the rim and finish. kyrie peaced out of that series after game 1 and it didn't really flare up again because the heat and bucks both have a wing as their best on ball creator w/ PGs who are not going to consistently score off the dribble at the rim. but steph brought a bit of that back especially to close it out last night, boston was prob near dead at that point anyway but steph squased the comeback by daring anyone to stop him off the dribble

dragic shot 18-32 from two (56%) in that series too stay woke

https://defector.com/the-warriors-answered-every-question/

― Antifa Lockhart (Leee), Friday, June 17, 2022 3:31 PM (one hour ago)

So that's where Ray Ratto went! I've always enjoyed his writing.

there were already doubts before the start of the season when the celtics made it clear that they were going to roll with smart at pg. it looks now like having a faster guy on the floor who can also maybe create offense without turning the ball over i.e. a traditional pg might not be a bad idea. will be interesting to see if they make any moves at the guard position over the offseason

yeah i would prefer it if they had a "normal" starting point guard instead of smart but not if it requires making a really disruptive roster move