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

Good thread of plays breakdown of the raptors run

So I've reached the 4:29 mark in the 3rd quarter, Warriors are up 61-60 with Siakam at the line and it appears this is the stretch where Toronto takes the game.

— Steve Jones Jr. (@stevejones20) June 9, 2019

tonight is perhaps the end of the basketball

*tomorrow

see now i'm glad i said something as that changes my plans

yeah I was balling in the park and left in time to watch the game and was v disappointed that it was tomorrow, wtf

ha i also thought it was tonight

must be doing two days for travel?

remember when the nba had like three game 7s on mothers day? maybe they should get more flexible about playoff scheduling

i've always assumed that they try not to go against the nhl finals as a professional courtesy thing and those guys had to play tonight

Yeah it’s lame. The 2-2-1-1-1 sched means 3 days between games on the back end of the series

I guess it depends on how lame you want the players to be. At this point, everyone but the deep bench players are exhausted, banged up and running on sheer will power, if they aren't already on the injured list.

Lame from a fan perspective just wanting to watch games. Great for players to have the extra day.

It’s been 22111 for a while right?

i think since 2014.

Yah

the 2 days off between venues thing is dumm imo

Strange thing to say (confirmed on the sports station this morning), but the general feeling here is that the Raptors have to close it out tonight. A Game 6 in GS (especially if Durant's back) wouldn't be promising, and no one wants a Game 7, even at home. I bought a ticket this morning for a new Watergate documentary this Sunday night. Supremely confident? Hardly--I wasn't even thinking about the possibility of a game. If it does come to that, I guess I eat the ticket.

yeah Durant is a huge wild card at this point but the Warriors are a lot more hurt than the Raps are and I don't think you're gonna see KD anywhere close to 100% (if he plays at all)

maximum drama

Kevin Durant is a game-time decision for Game 5, per Warriors coach Steve Kerr.
Interpretation: He’s playing.

— Monte Poole (@MontePooleNBCS) June 10, 2019

this is a strange finals

very

he's playing

I get the feeling that the Raptors wouldn't be fazed a bit if Durant is a last minute pencil-in and he plays. Their confidence as a team is rock solid right now. I don't see them choking at all. In order to win tonight the Dubs will need to be firing on all cylinders, whether KD plays or not.

They're 2-0 against Durant this year, for one thing

first one was with no curry or draymond and it went to OT KD had 51/11/6

second one had no Kawhi and they smoked us by 20 but that was when they still had Dorell wright, Jonas and Onanuby was healthy so kind of a completely different team.

lol

Apparently Kevin Durant isn't all that impressed with Kawhi Leonard. Tweets have since been deleted. #Thunder #OKC pic.twitter.com/2XJUQKj99l

— Up The Thunder (@UpTheThunder) June 16, 2014

guess that theory got tested lol

feels right for this season

KD getting peer pressured into coming back is crazy

— Zach Harper (@talkhoops) June 10, 2019

lol i respect it. maybe they can peer pressure him into staying too.

Steve Kerr on KD tonight: “I don’t want to put too much on him ... play him in short bursts and take it from there.”

— Tom Haberstroh (@tomhaberstroh) June 10, 2019

short bursts

short bursts of cartilage

just what the doctor ordered. short bursts

they say you should stretch "in short bursts" before any strenuous physical activity

Feeling very queasy, like this is all a big set-up, Kirk Gibson writ large. At various points during the series, I've thought that I wanted Durant to come back, so Toronto could win and there'd be no talk of asterisks. I don't want that now. I want him to go out there for five minutes, call time-out, and walk off shaking his head: "Sorry, just can't do it."

lmao were gonna get pwned

Klay whyyy foul ughh

Jesus, that's scary. And Toronto's actually playing well.

warriors are p good at basketball

First argument of the finals lol these teams way to cordial.

They look like such a different team with Durant

whats up fellas hellow

Good hoops has returned

thas what im talking about baby

kd down

welp

damn

Oh no

least he gave it a shot

Got your wish, Clemenza.

Let the “bad fan” takes commence.

ibaka was pretty violent guarding durant, sadly think that was bound to happen.

surprised it was there, not when serge dove at his legs.