2019 NBA Finals Thread, Part 1 | Golden State Warriors vs Toronto Raptors

Valard · Post #381 » by **Valard** » Sun May 26, 2019 2:48 pm

Golden who?

XxIronChainzxX · Post #382 » by **XxIronChainzxX** » Sun May 26, 2019 2:49 pm

SweetTouch wrote:
Duffman100 wrote:Who does GS throw at Kawhi and Siakam defensively?

Pretty sure the warriors have a guy named draymond and this other guy named iggy onntheir team

Is Iggy going to start?

XxIronChainzxX · Post #383 » by **XxIronChainzxX** » Sun May 26, 2019 2:49 pm

SweetTouch wrote:With that being said

I’m going to believe in kawhi
I’m going to believe in the underdog story
I’m going to believe in The Raptors

Raptors in 7, they win it on the Road like the Cavaliers did

Join the club of shocking the world

Raptors have home court. :wink:

cbosh4mvp · Post #384 » by **cbosh4mvp** » Sun May 26, 2019 2:52 pm

Just like Joel, Ben, Jimmy, The Sixers, Gianni’s, Coach Bud and the Bucks... the warriors are just another chapter in Kawhi’s book.

Raps in 5.

BorntoLose · Post #385 » by **BorntoLose** » Sun May 26, 2019 3:00 pm

Raps should probably make Curry work on D try and get him in foul trouble and out of rhythm like most of wcsf

RoyceDa59 · Post #386 » by **RoyceDa59** » Sun May 26, 2019 3:00 pm

Toronto Raptors in 7 games

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ratul · Post #387 » by **ratul** » Sun May 26, 2019 3:03 pm

Will be a hard test. Steph is a terrifying human

ChromeKid · Post #388 » by **ChromeKid** » Sun May 26, 2019 3:04 pm

If Iggy and Dray can carry curry against this raptors team they need a joint FMVP

Spanish_Laker · Post #389 » by **Spanish_Laker** » Sun May 26, 2019 3:07 pm

disoblige wrote:Do people forget we got homecourt?

Yes, I honestly did not know. Game 1 loss at home is a tradition, so that's why I am sticking to Warriors in 5.

SweetTouch · Post #390 » by **SweetTouch** » Sun May 26, 2019 3:09 pm

XxIronChainzxX wrote:
SweetTouch wrote:With that being said

I’m going to believe in kawhi
I’m going to believe in the underdog story
I’m going to believe in The Raptors

Raptors in 7, they win it on the Road like the Cavaliers did

Join the club of shocking the world

Raptors have home court.

Wow how the f

So kawhi has HCA

kuchu · Post #391 » by **kuchu** » Sun May 26, 2019 3:21 pm

Like the Bulls of 98, I see the Warriors overcoming the home court advantage and bringing the 3-peat home in Game 6.

Either way, we are in for one hell of a series.

KrisPol · Post #392 » by **KrisPol** » Sun May 26, 2019 3:22 pm

Warriors in 5 if KD plays, if he doesn't, in 6

guess_wh0 · Post #393 » by **guess_wh0** » Sun May 26, 2019 3:22 pm

If Durant is out, I like our chances.

GS won't be able to come back from 18 down, 15 down constantly against this defense like they could against the Blazers.

Raptors in 7

Teen Girl Squad · Post #394 » by **Teen Girl Squad** » Sun May 26, 2019 3:27 pm

Going GS here. Toronto got to the finals by turning the last two series into 90's style rock fights and I don't think they'll be able to slow down GS to that level. Both of those series were decided because there was 1+ guys that the Raptors could literally ignore on defense (Simmons, Bledsoe) and 1-2 guys that carried those offenses (Butler, Embiid kinda, GIannis) that they could focus down on. The Raptors pulling this off wouldn't surprise me though but they won a lot of closer games with guys like VanVleet going supernova.

Deep1984 · Post #395 » by **Deep1984** » Sun May 26, 2019 3:34 pm

Raps in 7!

simple_jack · Post #396 » by **simple_jack** » Sun May 26, 2019 3:35 pm

Teen Girl Squad wrote:Going GS here. Toronto got to the finals by turning the last two series into 90's style rock fights and I don't think they'll be able to slow down GS to that level. Both of those series were decided because there was 1+ guys that the Raptors could literally ignore on defense (Simmons, Bledsoe) and 1-2 guys that carried those offenses (Butler, Embiid kinda, GIannis) that they could focus down on. The Raptors pulling this off wouldn't surprise me though but they won a lot of closer games with guys like VanVleet going supernova.

I think we’ve been more tested and really had to scheme and game plan hard for each series and game.

GS didn’t really have to game plan and just played 4th quarter games.

Also there are a few guys we don’t have to worry as much as on defense like Dray and the rest of their supporting cast. They’re not as deep as Milwaukee.

Our defense most certainly gives us a chance in this series

Hindenburg · Post #397 » by **Hindenburg** » Sun May 26, 2019 3:41 pm

simple_jack wrote:Patrick McCaw could be a factor in this series

Fun fact: Patrick McCaw has never missed the finals in his career.

Edrees · Post #398 » by **Edrees** » Sun May 26, 2019 3:42 pm

Golden State in 6.

In 5 if KD returns early.

NY 567 · Post #399 » by **NY 567** » Sun May 26, 2019 3:48 pm

Sort of baffled by Vegas and the overall pro Warriors sentiment. Raptors have the best player in the series, have the deeper team, have multiple defensive weapons to throw on Curry and Thompson(Lowry, Green, Kawhi, even Siakim for stretches possibly) and have home court advantage. Not to mention, the Warriors will likely be missing KD for most of, perhaps all of the series. People seem to be overstating the Warriors sweep of the Blazers, the Blazers were swept by the Pelicans last year and were missing Nurkic this whole series. The Blazers were also winning 2 of those games by double digits and only lost game 4 by 2 points. The Raptors winning 4 straight against this Bucks team is a lot more impressive than what the KD-less Warriors team has done this year.

guess_wh0 · Post #400 » by **guess_wh0** » Sun May 26, 2019 3:52 pm

Teen Girl Squad wrote:Going GS here. Toronto got to the finals by turning the last two series into 90's style rock fights and I don't think they'll be able to slow down GS to that level. Both of those series were decided because there was 1+ guys that the Raptors could literally ignore on defense (Simmons, Bledsoe) and 1-2 guys that carried those offenses (Butler, Embiid kinda, GIannis) that they could focus down on. The Raptors pulling this off wouldn't surprise me though but they won a lot of closer games with guys like VanVleet going supernova.

On the contrary, Raptors will happily leave everybody on the Warriors wide open and just concentrate on Curry & Klay. They had it much tougher against the Sixers where they sagged off Simmons & the Bucks(Bledsoe).

Who's the champ?