Finals: Game 1 - The Evil Empire @ Carnivores, 9PM

[simple_jack]

I would put Siakam on Curry. Length and athleticism seems to slow him down the most.

Siakam - Curry
Green - Thompson
Kawhi - Green
Lowry - Iggy
Gasol - Cousins

Yep I would too. And just switch like crazy and stay home.

As great as the Warriors are there is no one we need to double team like we had to with Giannis and Embiid.

Guard Curry all over the court.

I didn't understand why Portland guarded them the way they did. Defensively I would be concerned if I was a Warriors fan.

Just like I was concerned with us going up against Phillies defense.

[Son Goku 25]

Who is going to be the primary defender on Kawhi guys? Andre Iguodola? Do you think Iggy can shut down Kawhi? Kawhi and him have similar frames. Does Iggy's strength match Kawhis? Or does Kawhi still outdo him in terms of strength?

I don't get why people are underestimating the warriors. They got Iggy/Dray/Klay/KD all good to great defenders who they can put on Kawhi.

I hope our team is ready for this challenge man, have to remember the warriors are the champs for a reason and play their hearts out.

Guys will need to step up aside from Kawhi, hoping its a bunch of them and not just 1 or 2.

Also hope they can't slow down Kawhi but man, they got a bunch of great defenders and a smart coach.

[Dr Positivity]

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Pop pls

[simple_jack]

If we get regular season Danny Green for this series then we really have a chance.

Warriors are great but they've never been more vulnerable than this season.

[Son Goku 25]

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It's a cool stat but some of these don't matter. No one cares that Bogut, Cousins or Livingston were top 5 picks.

They definitely matter.

Those are all extremely good players or high level role players on a championship team.

2 of them were/ are stars.

[Spex]

Golden State has looked the weakest it's been in the current iteration these playoffs, even with the Portland sweep, those were all comebacks.

Coming in to the playoffs, I knew getting here was a likely possibility but it actually happening was a whole different story. It's been an unbelievable run so far.

Coming in to the playoffs I also knew that we'd be hard pressed to actually knock off the Warriors, but actually being here and seeing how everything has come together I can't help but believe. This team is legitimate.

[Asif16]

GS hasnt faced a defense like Toronto's yet.

We'll see how it plays out

[Jadoogar]

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It's a cool stat but some of these don't matter. No one cares that Bogut, Cousins or Livingston were top 5 picks.

They definitely matter.

Those are all extremely good players or high level role players on a championship team.

2 of them were/ are stars.

You're saying Andrew Bogut matters in 2019?

[Asif16]

GS bench is weak sauce. We have to beat them in that area as we did against Milwaukee for us to really have a chance.

FVV, Powell, Ibaka, Mccaw?.......vs.......Livingston, Mckinney, Looney, Cook?

(This is assuming OG is still out. If not replace Mccaw with OG)

This has to be an advantage every game

[SuperSant]

I've been on an emotional high since Saturday night! Living out in BC you dont typically see die hard fans of the Raptors, but I've been with this Team since before the Carter Days. Even when we had a team in Vancouver, it was always the Raptors that I supported... so this victory is just so DAMN SWEET!

I was literally getting congratulations phone calls from friends and family for this win. All the years of pain and suffering and disappointment were all worth it for that moment. Whatever happens from here on in is just cherry on top of the cake.

Kawhi really took this city and team to new heights! The love the crowd gave to Lowry after 7 years of leading this team was unbelievable. It felt like i was dreaming seeing the Raptors hoist up that East Championship just 1 year removed from the LeBronto movement.

Big shout out to this board and all the other Raptors fans out here! Lets go out there and do as our leader, Mr Fun Guy himself, Kawhi Leonard said: Enjoy the moment!

See you boys Thursday!

[HiMyNameIsTrey]

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It's a cool stat but some of these don't matter. No one cares that Bogut, Cousins or Livingston were top 5 picks.

Agreed it’s kind of useless to point out. Sounds like a stat someone who has limited basketball knowledge digs up to sound smart. If all those guys were drafted by the warriors then it’d be more interesting.

[B-Ball Freak]

It just hit me again today when I woke up, the Raptors are in the f***** Finals...its STILL surreal, once media day starts for the Finals it's gonna hit us even more

[WaltFrazier]

How much are we going to be swamped with mentions and video of Steph shooting in the ACC as a kid, and shots of his parents in the stands. We get it, they're a nice family, but enough already

[Son Goku 25]

It's a cool stat but some of these don't matter. No one cares that Bogut, Cousins or Livingston were top 5 picks.

They definitely matter.

Those are all extremely good players or high level role players on a championship team.

2 of them were/ are stars.

You're saying Andrew Bogut matters in 2019?

These guys are all great players or good role players, so yes.

[MavCarter]

Does anyone know when media day is?

[Jadoogar]

They definitely matter.

Those are all extremely good players or high level role players on a championship team.

2 of them were/ are stars.

You're saying Andrew Bogut matters in 2019?

These guys are all great players or good role players, so yes.

His impact is far less than Marc Gasol so what does it matter if he was the #1 pick 14 years ago?

[Bankai]

It just hit me again today when I woke up, the Raptors are in the f***** Finals...its STILL surreal, once media day starts for the Finals it's gonna hit us even more

Raptors have come a long way since Tyler "Psycho T" Hansbrough and Joey "Most Versatile Player in the NBA" Graham for a time used to Start for them.

[Asif16]

It just hit me again today when I woke up, the Raptors are in the f***** Finals...its STILL surreal, once media day starts for the Finals it's gonna hit us even more

Raptors have come a long way since Tyler "Psycho T" Hansbrough and Joey "Most Versatile Player in the NBA" Graham for a time used to Start for them.

I still remember in 2013.

Raptors @ Lakers: Rudy Gay gets traded Mid-Season. We win @ LA...with only 6 players. (Amir Johnson went off)

Nothing was the same after that

[StopitLeo]

GS bench is weak sauce. We have to beat them in that area as we did against Milwaukee for us to really have a chance.

FVV, Powell, Ibaka, Mccaw?.......vs.......Livingston, Mckinney, Looney, Cook?

(This is assuming OG is still out. If not replace Mccaw with OG)

This has to be an advantage every game

The benches of both teams played considerably better in their respective conference finals than in earlier rounds.

GSW's bench averaged 32.5 points and shot 42.9% on 3s in their sweep of Portland.

In Toronto's wins over the Bucks their bench scored an averaged of 35.5 points and shot 44.6% from deep (overall series average was almost identical to GSW).

I think the benches will be an important factor but our starter scoring really needs to keep up. I think Pascal will be big this series. He has had some serious difficulty against big, strong, and long defenders. He won't face that against GSW so we will need him to pour in an efficient 20 ppg. Hopefully he can find his 3 point touch from the corners; I feel like he has been rushed a lot on those shots in the playoffs, which has been a problem since he has slow release.

[Cobra Kawhi]

Does the sporstnet and tsn broadcasts carry the ABC feed? I think matt and leo/jack are done calling games right..