2019 NBA Finals Thread #5: Golden State Warriors vs Toronto Raptors | TOR 2-1 GSW

inquisitive · Post #141 » by **inquisitive** » Thu Jun 6, 2019 5:52 am

Is game 4 on Sunday primetime like ABC has for sometime?

Ugly0598 · Post #142 » by **Ugly0598** » Thu Jun 6, 2019 5:54 am

KingFox · Post #143 » by **KingFox** » Thu Jun 6, 2019 5:59 am

Jesus

Cousins kinda folded under the pressure tonight

Gus McCrae · Post #144 » by **Gus McCrae** » Thu Jun 6, 2019 6:01 am

UtahJazzFan88 wrote:Not sure why the starting lineup / rotations wasn't...

Curry | Livingston
Cook | Livingston
Iquodala | McKinnie | Livingston
Green | Jerebko
Cousins | Bogut | Bell

Agreed! If you’re punting the game then Cook is the wild card that could go for 25.

KingFox · Post #145 » by **KingFox** » Thu Jun 6, 2019 6:02 am

I feel nothing for the warriors. I don’t remember everyone crying over the Cavs not having Love and Kyrie

clyde21 · Post #146 » by **clyde21** » Thu Jun 6, 2019 6:05 am

Coco Costanza wrote:
clyde21 wrote:
Eddy_JukeZ wrote:
Good point.

Definitely possible.

honestly, I think they punted this game hoping to get Klay back healthier in G4...thought process was probably 'hey, let's just see what Steph can do and maybe the other guys can hit some open 3s and see if we can steal a game'...didn't work out but I think they're fine with the result as long as Klay comes back next game

Pretty risky plan, no? Now the Raptors are up a game in a series in which they have home court.

yea you can argue that, but also could be argued that playing him tonight would've also been risky.

TheNewEra · Post #147 » by **TheNewEra** » Thu Jun 6, 2019 6:06 am

Gus McCrae wrote:
UtahJazzFan88 wrote:Not sure why the starting lineup / rotations wasn't...

Curry | Livingston
Cook | Livingston
Iquodala | McKinnie | Livingston
Green | Jerebko
Cousins | Bogut | Bell

Agreed! If you’re punting the game then Cook is the wild card that could go for 25.

Would be tempted to bench Iggy for Jerebko just for the hope to maximize spacing. The starters for this game were strange. You are playing Iggy, Draymond, Livingston and Cousins to all do the same thing in playmaking. Either going to get some elite passing to cover all of those scoring weaknesses or what happen tonight lol

Ugly0598 · Post #148 » by **Ugly0598** » Thu Jun 6, 2019 6:17 am

Gus McCrae wrote:
UtahJazzFan88 wrote:Not sure why the starting lineup / rotations wasn't...

Curry | Livingston
Cook | Livingston
Iquodala | McKinnie | Livingston
Green | Jerebko
Cousins | Bogut | Bell

Agreed! If you’re punting the game then Cook is the wild card that could go for 25.

Yeah just plug Cook into Klay's spot as a poor man's Klay really.

Cavaliers2 · Post #149 » by **Cavaliers2** » Thu Jun 6, 2019 6:18 am

UtahJazzFan88 wrote:Not sure why the starting lineup / rotations wasn't...

Curry | Livingston
Cook | Livingston
Iquodala | McKinnie | Livingston
Green | Jerebko
Cousins | Bogut | Bell

I think it should have been
Curry/Livingston
Cook/Livingston
Iguodala/Livingston/Livingston
Green/Livingston
Cousins/Livingston

SweetTouch · Post #150 » by **SweetTouch** » Thu Jun 6, 2019 6:27 am

Realgm going to teach a coach how to win a finals game

Got to love it

6ixSideSniper · Post #151 » by **6ixSideSniper** » Thu Jun 6, 2019 6:28 am

inquisitive wrote:Is game 4 on Sunday primetime like ABC has for sometime?

Game 4 is on Friday.

johanliebert · Post #152 » by **johanliebert** » Thu Jun 6, 2019 7:29 am

infinite11285 wrote:
Uncle Dennis wrote:
infinite11285 wrote:
I'm telling you, all of this "calf strain" talk was a smokescreen to throw off the opposition's ability to gameplan; Kerr learned from Pop.

He tore his achilles.

How would KD be walking around though if he tore his achilles? Wouldn't he be much less mobile? I think he plays game 4 or 5.

You can walk on a torn achilles. KD not participating in any basketball-related activity, at all, fuels the point that the injury is more severe than what's being led on.

Lol he’d have had surgery by now and on crutches.

He didn’t tear his Achilles.

WestbrookGOATed · Post #153 » by **WestbrookGOATed** » Thu Jun 6, 2019 7:30 am

Sitting Klay was a really dumb decision. Now they HAVE to win the next game.

TimRobbins · Post #154 » by **TimRobbins** » Thu Jun 6, 2019 8:15 am

What's the status of KD and Klay? Warriors need at least one of the two.

TimRobbins · Post #155 » by **TimRobbins** » Thu Jun 6, 2019 8:16 am

Best2EverDoIt wrote:Sitting Klay was a really dumb decision. Now they HAVE to win the next game.

No it wasn't. They threw away the game in order to have a chance to win the series.

bb22 · Post #156 » by **bb22** » Thu Jun 6, 2019 8:18 am

Best2EverDoIt wrote:Sitting Klay was a really dumb decision. Now they HAVE to win the next game.

And they have to rush Klay and KD back. They’re probably feeling the pressure, but they also know how to win under pressure. Klay has been huge in these types of games in years past.

Wouldn’t mind seeing the warriors crumble. They’ve had a long streak of good health thus far, so they can’t complain. But on the other hand I hate to see a team win because of injuries. Hoping it goes to 7 and we have two healthy squads going at it.

Ritzo · Post #157 » by **Ritzo** » Thu Jun 6, 2019 8:36 am

Curry is in the same position where LeBron was up against them. The only difference is Lebron was up against a team that has 2 of the top 3 players of the league, 2 of the best shooters in the league and one of the best defensive player of the league. I'm hoping Klay will be back in game 4 because if not, this series will be over in 5 games.

SpreeS · Post #158 » by **SpreeS** » Thu Jun 6, 2019 8:43 am

I think we are done. KG and Looney will not come back. Klay health is big question.Cousins is unplayable. Our centers cant defend, also Jeberko, Cook, McKinni, Livingston are very bad at defense too. Iggy is injured and can play only 30min. GSW has only two good defenders and only one player who can score and create for others. We can win one more game, but it is max. Nurse is too good and Raptors are too deep with two way players. Green was 2nd our scorer last night and he is worse at scoring than all TOR rotations players. TOR is very very good team. I could say they are on CAVS 2016 level for sure if not better.

BayArea408415 · Post #159 » by **BayArea408415** » Thu Jun 6, 2019 9:45 am

Anyone have something more detailed/conclusive?

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.sfchronicle.com/warriors/amp/Warriors-Kevin-Durant-expected-to-scrimmage-13942514.php

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.express.co.uk/sport/othersport/1136945/Kevin-Durant-injury-Golden-State-Warriors-return-NBA-Finals-Game-4/amp

ratul · Post #160 » by **ratul** » Thu Jun 6, 2019 9:57 am

Klay is a great sport and guy. I would like to see him play and play the warriors with their requisite weapons. Plus it is obvious this team has the heart of a champion. Curry was insane yesterday

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