2019 NBA Finals Thread #4: Golden State Warriors vs Toronto Raptors | TIED AT 1

[hype_2004]

Great win? Raptors HAD to win this game. If they didnt. Series was over. If KD and Klay return next game, the series is still over. Raptors gave themselves a chance.

Every win in the finals is a great win. I don't care about the circumstances, A W is a W. We'll take it!

Warriors fans forgetting they were gifted a championship because of Cavs injuries? Hmm..

Yeah lol, or that series with the Spurs with Leonard getting sideswiped by Pachulia, lol! These Dub fans need to refresh their memories.

[will]

Cousins might be hurt omg a blessing

What is the source/sauce indicating he is hurt?

[Dan Z]

Steph realizing how Lebron felt when going up against the full Strength Warriors with his scrubs.

Nah. LeBron probably beats the full strength Warriors with this Warriors team tonight. Him, Dray and Iggy defensively would lock KD Steph and Klay down.

People are acting like Steph wasn't playing with an all pro and DPOY caliber player. The Warriors had the supposed 1st and 3rd best players tonight on the court. Ridiculous for Mark Jackson to say they wouldn't make the playoffs and just feeds into that stupid narrative.

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People actually listen to Mark Jackson?

[killacalijatt]

Raps struggled to put away a hobbled gsw team. Raps will lose Gane 4 by 20 with Klay back

Wow - what a terrible take. They were happy to let Steph have his glory and wear him out. I can hardly remember the margin within 10 from the second half onwards.

This was total domination

The game was within 7-10 quite a few times in the 2nd half. Lowry and Green shot lights out from 3 every time Curry and co tried to make a run. Domination is 20 point + margin that never gets within 15 or less once the lead is built.

Yup Lowry and Green hit clutch shots. All I saw was Green n cousins and the rest of the D leaguers brick shot after shot.

[BayArea408415]

Raps have won 10 of 12 quarters this series.

5/12 quarters are essentially without Durant + Klay.

[everdiso]

Huge travel not called lol

Saw the replay, after he actually caught the all he didn't even take 2 steps let alone 3 steps. Not even close to a travel.

He left the ground to get through the trap and landed before he passed. That's how I saw it live.

He got pushed. Refs decided not to call either.

[Tracymcgoaty]

Are people in this thread really sympathizing with the warriors cause of their injuries? These guys have feasted on injured teams the last 5 years even injuring players in the process. F*ck em

Im more mad that this will go down as another **** finals. This had the potential to be a great finals with both teams at full strenght. Injuries ruined it. People can say whatever they want but it's the truth. We haven't gotten a good finals since 2016

[And1+2]

Dubs legit BRICKED WIDE OPEN 3s.

Green airballed 2 3s
Cousins dnt even get me started.
Rest of the scrubs were ass

They bricked almost as many as the Raps did in game 2...

Dubs are lucky they aren't down 3-0.

[killacalijatt]

Cousins might be hurt omg a blessing

What is the source/sauce indicating he is hurt?

Warriors Post Game show. They say he limped to locker room. Possibly ankle

[Yuri Vaultin]

Good game. Would have looked different with Klay. Next game is a must win for the dubs.

[everdiso]

Raps have won 10 of 12 quarters this series.

5/12 quarters are essentially without Durant + Klay.

Do the warriors get a re-do then?

[hype_2004]

Cousins might be hurt omg a blessing

Cousins looks done, he's damn slower that even Marc Gasol and he looks gassed every time he has to run on defense.

[kungfro]

I know everyone seems confident in saying that last play by Kawhi was a travel, but are we sure he didnt' get the pass off before landing? Would have loved to seen another angle on it.

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[TdotRap4Lyfe]

Lenard has been ass. No way he deserves FMvP.
Siakam or Lowry if TDot wins

Siakam has been trash, Lowry has been the MVP

[will]

Cousins might be hurt omg a blessing

What is the source/sauce indicating he is hurt?

Warriors Post Game show. They say he limped to locker room. Possibly ankle

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmm

[og15]

Curry with 47 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assist, 2 steals.
He can do this in his sleep.
Is there even a debate that MJ is better than him?
Undisputed GOAT.

Oh please i´ve praised Curry but this is a team game. Look at how well Toronto plays when Leonard is not in ISO mode.

Yes it's a team game and Curry's teammates were nowhere to be found. They could not hit open shots, they couldn't make lay-ups, they turned the ball over and they didn't make up for it by playing some great defense.

The Raptors play well when Kawhi's not in ISO mode because they have good players who can play on and off the ball.

I would like to highlight that I had a discussion in some thread about Curry and Durant a while back where I was arguing that while Curry is a very good and impactful offensive player, you can’t just stick Curry and any 4 random bench guys and get great offense, and I can’t remember who it was, but they kept trying to argue that this was indeed what would happen. It wasn’t random bench guys, Draymond was still there, etc, and it is one game, but tonight with Curry scoring 47 is an example of why it isn’t just that simple. Open shots still need to be made, defensive talent still matters and helps to win games.

[deneem4]

Yes it's a team game and Curry's teammates were nowhere to be found. They could not hit open shots, they couldn't make lay-ups, they turned the ball over and they didn't make up for it by playing some great defense.

The Raptors play well when Kawhi's not in ISO mode because they have good players who can play on and off the ball.

Curry gravity though...
His help didn’t show up...
Jimmy help didn’t show up
Gianna’s help didn’t show up
Paul George help didn’t show up
Jokic help didn’t show up

Agreed, some players get a lot of excuses made for them that other players don't get......

Curry is the goat shooter...but he has had major help with klay...Draymond...kd...
Put lillard on the warriors I don’t see much of a change...
I might be going extreme but even kyrie Kimba and trae young with experience...will yield somewhat the same success
Golden state is an incredibly built team for scoring point guards

[sixerswillrule]

Huge travel not called lol

Saw the replay, after he actually caught the all he didn't even take 2 steps let alone 3 steps. Not even close to a travel.

He left the ground to get through the trap and landed before he passed. That's how I saw it live.

Ah up and down, yeah that was close. I feel like the people calling for a travel think he took too many steps though.

[SFour]

Raps have won 10 of 12 quarters this series.

5/12 quarters are essentially without Durant + Klay.

and 12/12 quarters are essentially with an injured Kawhi

[dr3am]

Oh shut up. Have you every seen a Miami Heat finals game?

Yup, every single one

we didn’t cry about the refs every quarter of a game or brag about beating hobbled teams

Btw check the ring history before you bring up my team, bye

All I'm saying is Dwyane Wade would have zero or one ring if the calls hadn't been just.

Also "we didn’t cry about the refs every quarter of a game" <- trashiest lie ever. YES YOU DID.

All I’m saying is he’s a 3 x Champion that averaged 30 with a washed up Shaq against a team that wasn’t hobbled

Goodnight