WCF: P4 | (1) Houston Rockets vs (2) Golden State Warriors | Tied 2-2

[xfactor]

Check the first game thread buddy .

I maintain. If you're serious, that shows you're more of a casual than a student of the game. I was giving you the benefit of the doubt by intimating you are either being sarcastic, or disingenuous.

Now your just trolling . I’m a casual cause i picked warriors in 6? Foh

Yes. If you knew anything, you would know GS can't win in HOU twice. Stevie Wonder can see that.

[BeatDaCavs420]

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Hmm pretty sure yesterday was May 22nd not June 7th

So it's just yesterday that he can't have people blaming him?

Then I guess we're good on that for the rest of the playoffs. Whew.

Please stop acting like that cupcake ain't weak minded and out for himself

[floppymoose]

That cupcake was a finals MVP. Where can we sign some more weak minded out for themselves players? Get them suited up!

Also, it seems you've let go of the original claim. So there's that.

[DROB27]

I maintain. If you're serious, that shows you're more of a casual than a student of the game. I was giving you the benefit of the doubt by intimating you are either being sarcastic, or disingenuous.

Now your just trolling . I’m a casual cause i picked warriors in 6? Foh

Yes. If you knew anything, you would know GS can't win in HOU twice. Stevie Wonder can see that.

Most teams would have difficulty task completing that , but no this warriors team is to stacked to lose a playoff series without injury .

[SkyHook]

That cupcake was a finals MVP. Where can we sign some more weak minded out for themselves players? Get them suited up!

Also, it seems you've let go of the original claim. So there's that.

We’d take that exact brand of weak mindedness here in Utah. Just saying. Smdh.

[SkyHook]

Where are all the people who predicted Warriors in 4/5?

Probably not posting because of people that post like this.

Tell me, how will the DOW close on Friday? Which stocks should I invest in over the next week?

I am right here. I predicted Warriors in 5. I didn't think they would struggle this much with Kevin Durant and I underestimated the Rockets after the Timberwolves series. They are a legitimate team and I am glad Chris Paul is finally starting to get the recognition he deserves.

Its not calling heads of tails. It’s not totally random. I think a lot of those posters intended to be disrespectful to Houston.

Posters should be able to use their basketball knowledge to make a good prediction.

However, a lot of folks blindly hate Houston and therefore predicted GSW in 4/5 which was totally wrong. I’m glad to take this moment to point out how wrong they were. The salty Jazz fans, the Harden/CP3 haters... all of em. Wrong.

If you could work on that persecution complex just a wee bit harder we would happily make you an honorary Jazz fan!

[scrabbarista]

As I've said before every game, we're still the underdogs. Injuries and HCA notwithstanding. Now, let's go get Game 5!

[mademan]

Good for Houston. I really thought they would just lay down and die, but theyve really fought this series. I can admit when im wrong. Now get stupid hot for 2 more games guys

[jjscap]

GSW had 14 assists only and 16 turnovers. Curry+Klay backcourt had 2 assists total. I did not watch the game, what was wrong? Perhaps this team is not that unselfish at all.

[CoffeeCalc]

GSW had 14 assists only and 16 turnovers. Curry+Klay backcourt had 2 assists total. I did not watch the game, what was wrong? Perhaps this team is not that unselfish at all.

Turns out Houston really is the well-rounded very good defensive team they showed themselves to be all season long.

[CoffeeCalc]

GSW had 14 assists only and 16 turnovers. Curry+Klay backcourt had 2 assists total. I did not watch the game, what was wrong? Perhaps this team is not that unselfish at all.

Turns out Houston really is the well-rounded very good defensive team they showed themselves to be all season long.

[CoffeeCalc]

GSW had 14 assists only and 16 turnovers. Curry+Klay backcourt had 2 assists total. I did not watch the game, what was wrong? Perhaps this team is not that unselfish at all.

Turns out Houston really is the well-rounded very good defensive team they showed themselves to be all season long.

[and1GS]

Wow this thread is incredibly civil. Good on the general board!

Houston is a great team that dictated the tempo once the first quarter was over. Warriors really fell into our throwback '**** we're down three with 2 mins left just hoist up **** long range efforts!' mentality. I don't want to blame injuries, but it definitely threw us off for Klay to sit out when he did. Traditionally we're either running curry/klay/dray lineups or KD/poop sandwich club during that late first early 2nd lull, but instead we had to cobble something random together.

I hope we can get the ball zipping around again next game, but at the end of the day we only had 3 real threats from 3 tonight in KD/Steph/Klay and Klay was off. For being such a premier 3pt shooting team that's just not going to cut it against a great Rockets squad. There are ways to fix it, but if HOU puts this level of effort out there in game 5 it's tough to get the ball moving around freely unless you really start hitting shots.

[udfa]

Where are all the people who predicted Warriors in 4/5?

Probably not posting because of people that post like this.

Tell me, how will the DOW close on Friday? Which stocks should I invest in over the next week?

I am right here. I predicted Warriors in 5. I didn't think they would struggle this much with Kevin Durant and I underestimated the Rockets after the Timberwolves series. They are a legitimate team and I am glad Chris Paul is finally starting to get the recognition he deserves.

Its not calling heads of tails. It’s not totally random. I think a lot of those posters intended to be disrespectful to Houston.

Posters should be able to use their basketball knowledge to make a good prediction.

However, a lot of folks blindly hate Houston and therefore predicted GSW in 4/5 which was totally wrong. I’m glad to take this moment to point out how wrong they were. The salty Jazz fans, the Harden/CP3 haters... all of em. Wrong.

I really do not think that Houston suffers from a surplus of hate in this matchup. It seems like half of the General Board would root for the Soviet national team* over the Warriors in a hypothetical matchup. If the Soviets won it would be their Miracle on Hardwood.

[lambchop]

Hmm pretty sure yesterday was May 22nd not June 7th

So it's just yesterday that he can't have people blaming him?

Then I guess we're good on that for the rest of the playoffs. Whew.

Please stop acting like that cupcake ain't weak minded and out for himself

This is actually the only reason why some don't consider that shot THAT big, up 2-0, not much pressure there. Worst case scenario is you go back to golden state 2-2 after game 4.
Here there was more pressure on kd cause now they go back to Houston tied 2-2.

Lebron gets blamed for getting teammates (semi) open shots at the end of games. All kd could produce was a heavily contested spin fadeaway airball for klay. KD already said that he considers himself the best player in the league, thus he should be held to high standards.
Even if him not attempting amd missing a shot wont show up in his playoff clutch stats, he made a botch of that one.

He's an ATG, he'll bounce back, but that was poor and rushed decision making, instead of being calm, collected and living with the results.

Edit: also the way he was rushing, that wasnt going to be a buzzer beater anyway. He attacks at 9 seconds towards the area where the whole duns team is standing, then makes an awkward pass to klay. Come on this wasnt good at all.
Even Westbrook would have handled that better, even if he had bricked it in the end or accidentally shot at his own basket

[TheGOATRises007]

Relax, its in the bag for you guys. Congrats.

Your schtick is old.

Every odds maker has favored Golden State in the series and in every game.

Most every professional pundit I saw had GSW in 5/6 when they had series prediction articles.

Everyone with eye balls can see GSW have a huge edge in talent with two MVPs at their career peak at ages 29/30.

Nobody buys your “Warriors aren’t as good as Houston” stuff.

You keep saying that its old, yet I'm proven right time and time again. Maybe you should not look to the casual oddsmakers for guidance, and pay attention to what I say instead.

This shtick of yours is nonsense.

You said you thought the Pelicans had a great chance to win the series and they got blown away in 5.

You keep repeating nonsense over and over again as some sort of philosopher but you're not.

It's almost as if GS fans try to downplay their team in the event of catastrophe, so it doesn't hurt as much or people don't criticize them as much for their failures.

GS is the better team, and if they lost this series, it'd be the biggest failure in NBA history. Bigger than Lebron's 2011 no show finals.

[VinBaker6]

Your schtick is old.

Every odds maker has favored Golden State in the series and in every game.

Most every professional pundit I saw had GSW in 5/6 when they had series prediction articles.

Everyone with eye balls can see GSW have a huge edge in talent with two MVPs at their career peak at ages 29/30.

Nobody buys your “Warriors aren’t as good as Houston” stuff.

You keep saying that its old, yet I'm proven right time and time again. Maybe you should not look to the casual oddsmakers for guidance, and pay attention to what I say instead.

This shtick of yours is nonsense.

You said you thought the Pelicans had a great chance to win the series and they got blown away in 5.

You keep repeating nonsense over and over again as some sort of philosopher but you're not.

It's almost as if GS fans try to downplay their team in the event of catastrophe, so it doesn't hurt as much or people don't criticize them as much for their failures.

GS is the better team, and if they lost this series, it'd be the biggest failure in NBA history. Bigger than Lebron's 2011 no show finals.

They get that mentality from their mercenary Kevin Durant:

"We're not invincible. We're not a juggernaut. We're just a good team. (Durant after losing game 2).

[Zvaart]

GSW had 14 assists only and 16 turnovers. Curry+Klay backcourt had 2 assists total. I did not watch the game, what was wrong? Perhaps this team is not that unselfish at all.

Houston defense happened.

[Mad Balla 15]

The more I think about it, Draymond Green missing that dunk was the difference maker in this game. Can’t have that happen in such an important game.

[lambchop]

Crazy how steph had 2 assists last game and 1 assist in game 3 as the teams PG. Their "best" / most consistent passer is Draymond. Imo if they go back to that nice brand of ball movement, then they'll crush HOU, cause at the moment KD and Steph aint about those passes. The dubs bench had zero assists last night.