Re: WCF: P6 | (1) Houston Rockets vs (2) Golden State Warriors | GS WINS 4-3

[lakerhater]

The Rockets lost a winnable game but the refs completely took them out of their game in the 3rd. I'm boycotting the finals.

HOW IS THIS NOT A FOUL?!?

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Because Green didn’t foul him and Bell was an established defender who used the principle of verticality to avoid a foul from a smaller player who jumped from within the lane toward said established and taller defender?

What are you watching??? Green hacked him across the arm and Bell clearly is jumping towards Gordon while fading out to the baseline in-air. He clearly is going straight up and down.

Looks like Green blocks the shot at the top of Gordon’s shot (EJ wasn’t a shooter after that happened) after a wild double clutch shot attempt against taller defenders to me. Refs won’t lose any sleep over that one.

[Golden Knight]

That was 10 years ago, when Ariza was an awesome defender and a good 3 pt shooter.

He shot well from 3 in the playoffs that year but he wasn't a good 3 pt shooter then compared to his Washington and most recent Houston stint.

[PizzaSteve]

The Warriors twitter account is trolling...

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Even the troll game is light years ahead.

Not classy IMHO....

[bmurph128]

The real winners tonight? The anti-LBJ cabal.

I don't think anyone will take them seriously this time

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[Clyde Frazier]

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[Rednation91]

You cannot win a game missing 27 straight three pointers and 7/44 overall...

It obviously helps a lot when GSW can just commit obvious fouls on every 3 attempt without getting a foul called on them.

Yup stepped under harden on 3s and there was a 3 harden shot where dray touched his hand after release (same thing that Gordon did to young in g6)

[Yank3525]

Easy to go cold when momentum shifts. Ever played basketball?

Yes.

But Houston had clean looks too and you can't blame that on the refs.

No doubt. Hou was obviously abysmal after the game got taken away from them. But that should’ve never happened. Basketball is very fickle, once the tidal wave starts, it can overwhelm.

It wasn't taking away from them.

They missed open shots, while Durant and Curry made there (most of their looks were tough shots). Houston is mentally weak team if a few bad calls caused them to meltdown like this.

[xfactor]

rockets were the better team, they showed the formula for how to beat GSW. really unfortunate with CP injury and the refs being terrible.

Definitely not a Mod quality post. 7-44 did have juuust a little bit to do with the outcome. Cmon man.

[CowboyBebop]

LeThanos takes on the Golden State Avengers next.

Thanos is my name, a not so unusual greek name .
Why a lot of people call here Lebron, Thanos?

This is the most wholesome and hilarious post I’ve read on here

[MaxRider]

Thanos did it in a day

After had the time stone a day could mean almost anything...so did he get the time stone yet? IF SO...well this could be tough...

hmm i prefer give Deadpool Cable's time travel device hehehe
did i spoiled the movie?

[Vayuputra]

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Wow

I hate random stats out of context.

It doesn't factor in things like opponent's pressure, time pressure, game pressure, confidence, fatigue etc.

I mean there's a 1 in 11.5 million chance of getting attacked by a shark but if you live in the middle of the country and never go close to the coast and stay away from aquariums your whole life there's a 0% chance you'll be attacked. If you are a professional surfer like Mick Fanning your chances of being attacked by a shark increases significantly.

These kind of stats are meaningless to me.

Yep. Just a few years ago (2015) it was conventional wisdom that “jumpshooting teams don’t win championships.” Then Curry happened and everybody forgot that. It turns out there’s only one Steph Curry. If you don’t have the GOAT shooter on your team, you get tight in the playoffs, especially in Game 7s. It’s a real thing.

That still applies to this day. Its just that Curry has Klay and Durant to share the 'jumpshooting' load ... and Durant to close out games by being a great ISO player. Warriors are the most stacked team in NBA history taking into account their fit for the style of play prevalent in the league.

[OkcSinceSGA]

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Wow

I hate random stats out of context.

It doesn't factor in things like opponent's pressure, time pressure, game pressure, confidence, fatigue etc.

I mean there's a 1 in 11.5 million chance of getting attacked by a shark but if you live in the middle of the country and never go close to the coast and stay away from aquariums your whole life there's a 0% chance you'll be attacked. If you are a professional surfer like Mick Fanning your chances of being attacked by a shark increases significantly.

These kind of stats are meaningless to me.

It's a statistical odd. There is no further context needed with a stat like this. The environment doesn't need to be changed, it's the same sport/game. It's not the same as comparing a pro surfer in the water 7 hours a day vs you once a month etc. Whatever bone you have to pick with the stat, the point of him sharing it was basically just to show how incredibly improbable it was. I'm sure it's an NBA record of consecutive misses, which PROVES how rare of an anomaly it is.

[Bruteque]

Idk how people can blame Harden ahahaha. Dude went by himself vs 4 allstars, without his 2nd best player, what the heck did y'all expect? Lol

The Rockets took 'em to 7 games, that wasn't suppose to happen.

He was arguably the best player of the series along with KD.

Iso Kevin did the Warriors dirty in Games 4 and 5 though. Although once Curry and Thompson get going though like in Games 6 and 7 he can pile on with some "unguardable" shots of his own.

Iso Kevin was what HOU's anti-motion defense was giving them. Being able to switching on everything allowed HOU to stay home and face-guard every player except to contest a shot at the rim, making every pass a high TO risk. That worked great until GSW was told that they were allowed to set blatant moving screens again.

They didn't just set blatant moving screens for 3-point shots, either. They do it on drives, too. Did you see Curry drive to the basket in the 4th when Draymond just flat backed Ariza out of the play with the blatant moving screen? LOL. No defense can work if GSW are allowed to move players out of the way like that.

[Usual Suspects]

So, any early guesses for who's getting injured next year for another easy path for Warriors next season?

Pick any vet star player that gets injured frequently and put your money on him.

I'll go with AD. Then again, it might be Paul again. smh...

[righterwriter]

For all those that say if CP3 was healthy Houston wins, its quite possible if Iggy was healthy, this might not have gone 7 games.

don't forget to leave out Luc if you're gonna mention Iggy.

Moral of the story, old guys get hurt after game #100 of the season. Depth and youth and playing style account for a lot.

[CeraVe]

Idk how people can blame Harden ahahaha. Dude went by himself vs 4 allstars, without his 2nd best player, what the heck did y'all expect? Lol

The Rockets took 'em to 7 games, that wasn't suppose to happen.

He was arguably the best player of the series along with KD.

Iso Kevin did the Warriors dirty in Games 4 and 5 though. Although once Curry and Thompson get going though like in Games 6 and 7 he can pile on with some "unguardable" shots of his own.

Iso KD is what Kerr called up before the game and what was presented to the Warriors when their "other" MVP was getting face guarded by Rockets' stringent defense. I see guys like Tucker hustling beyond the 3 pt line chasing 3 pt shooters...

Game 4 and 5 were only 3 pt and 4 pt games... Game 4, Curry was 10/26 for 28 pts with his usual defense and game 5 was the game where Draymond was turning the ball over multiple times and ultimately gave it away in the last possession.

As bad as isolation are and look, that's how championships are won because teams usually take away each other's strengths. Every team knows each other tendencies and sets.

[-Sammy-]

The real winners tonight? The anti-LBJ cabal.

I don't think anyone will take them seriously this time

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Unfortunately, that'll only make them scream even louder.

[CobraCommander]

the moment when they play the stat on TNT that will haunt Houston for all time....hint is the 3 point % from this game OR its the MVPs 3 point % for the series.... if the coach wont change the plan when it aint working you better pray the plan is Brick Proof...

[CowboyBebop]

The real winners tonight? The anti-LBJ cabal.

[Rednation91]

For all those that say if CP3 was healthy Houston wins, its quite possible if Iggy was healthy, this might not have gone 7 games.

I hate when people say this. No. Y'all missing Iggy is like Houston missing luc. Whenever luc played, rockets were top 3-5 in defense