***Official 2022 NBA Playoffs Thread***

_AIJ_ · Post #81 » by **_AIJ_** » Sun May 1, 2022 10:26 pm

Warriors deserves this

Post #82 » by **Calinks** » Sun May 1, 2022 10:34 pm

Grizzlies will battle you to the wire of every game, we see that. The difference was, the Warriors have good composure. We fumbled and collapsed too much, the Warriros don't break as easily, they got a lot of experience. Grizzlies did way better than I thought for game 1 though. If Clarke and Bane get going in game two, it could be a win.

D1SGRUNTL3D · Post #83 » by **D1SGRUNTL3D** » Sun May 1, 2022 10:35 pm

Neeva wrote:Bane, clarke and Brooks are back to themselves today. Clarke zero offensive boards. bane 1-5 from three. LOL of course this would happen.

So dumb…but bane played a lot Vs Minnesota, 40+ minutes.

GS has nobody besides maybe Wiggins to contain Morant

life_saver · Post #84 » by **life_saver** » Sun May 1, 2022 10:42 pm

Calinks wrote:Grizzlies will battle you to the wire of every game, we see that. The difference was, the Warriors have good composure. We fumbled and collapsed too much, the Warriros don't break as easily, they got a lot of experience. Grizzlies did way better than I thought for game 1 though. If Clarke and Bane get going in game two, it could be a win.

They also rebounded better than Grizzlies...grabbed ton of 2nd chance opportunities, something which Wolves didn't do much

Post #85 » by **Calinks** » Sun May 1, 2022 10:45 pm

life_saver wrote:
Calinks wrote:Grizzlies will battle you to the wire of every game, we see that. The difference was, the Warriors have good composure. We fumbled and collapsed too much, the Warriros don't break as easily, they got a lot of experience. Grizzlies did way better than I thought for game 1 though. If Clarke and Bane get going in game two, it could be a win.

They also rebounded better than Grizzlies...grabbed ton of 2nd chance opportunities, something which Wolves didn't do much

Good point, looks like they did a great job. Our lack of rebounding was a huge killer.

life_saver · Post #86 » by **life_saver** » Sun May 1, 2022 10:52 pm

tbf Grizzlies were disadvantaged due to dumb scheduling. They played on Friday night in G6 and then asked to play again on Sunday afternoon whereas Warriors had much more rest. Why not give them additional day rest and let them play on Monday and schedule Suns-Mavs today? Stupid scheduling

D1SGRUNTL3D · Post #87 » by **D1SGRUNTL3D** » Sun May 1, 2022 11:46 pm

Yep. NBA wants golden state on Sunday afternoon I guess. Even tho both Dallas and Phoenix were done on Thursday

MN7725 · Post #88 » by **MN7725** » Mon May 2, 2022 12:12 am

Calinks wrote:
life_saver wrote:
Calinks wrote:Grizzlies will battle you to the wire of every game, we see that. The difference was, the Warriors have good composure. We fumbled and collapsed too much, the Warriros don't break as easily, they got a lot of experience. Grizzlies did way better than I thought for game 1 though. If Clarke and Bane get going in game two, it could be a win.

They also rebounded better than Grizzlies...grabbed ton of 2nd chance opportunities, something which Wolves didn't do much

Good point, looks like they did a great job. Our lack of rebounding was a huge killer.

and they did it with Wiggins, Porter and Payton Jr, Looney, Kuminga essentially being the "PF" or "C" the entire game

so much for size being needed

D1SGRUNTL3D · Post #89 » by **D1SGRUNTL3D** » Mon May 2, 2022 11:41 pm

Idk what’s worse…losing the way we did, or Philly playing without embiid and probably going to get skunked in round 2 because he was in the game while they were up 30

Post #90 » by **Calinks** » Tue May 3, 2022 1:41 am

Sixers are looking ridiculously ugly.

D1SGRUNTL3D · Post #91 » by **D1SGRUNTL3D** » Wed May 4, 2022 3:04 am

So Desmond bane suddenly sucks? Cool

Post #92 » by **Calinks** » Wed May 4, 2022 3:24 am

Looks like the wolves did a great job on Morant and Jackson Jr. they look way better against GS. That said, us focusing on them came at a cost and Bane got a lot of great looks, he's not doing much against Golden State. Clarke also isn't feasting.

D1SGRUNTL3D · Post #93 » by **D1SGRUNTL3D** » Wed May 4, 2022 3:55 am

Calinks wrote:Looks like the wolves did a great job on Morant and Jackson Jr. they look way better against GS. That said, us focusing on them came at a cost and Bane got a lot of great looks, he's not doing much against Golden State. Clarke also isn't feasting.

It’s definitely not a talent issue. Just fixable mistakes. I’m pretty convinced we’re closer to the 1-4 seeds than the play in teams

Post #94 » by **Calinks** » Wed May 4, 2022 4:02 am

Huge problem we had in this series was not being able to get to the bucket. Golden State is a shooting team and they are bricking threes but they are still able to get to the paint tonight to make money. We couldn't do anything in the paint, especially down the stretch, it was a no-fly zone. Nee to change that next season.

Post #95 » by **Calinks** » Wed May 4, 2022 4:04 am

D1SGRUNTL3D wrote:
Calinks wrote:Looks like the wolves did a great job on Morant and Jackson Jr. they look way better against GS. That said, us focusing on them came at a cost and Bane got a lot of great looks, he's not doing much against Golden State. Clarke also isn't feasting.

It’s definitely not a talent issue. Just fixable mistakes. I’m pretty convinced we’re closer to the 1-4 seeds than the play in teams

Yea, I still think we need to rearrange some pieces but yes, we had talent for sure. Mental mistakes, style of play, and lack of composure were our poison.

Post #96 » by **Calinks** » Wed May 4, 2022 4:07 am

Attacking the basket is a cheat code. I swear to God the Timberwolves have to brainwash Ant into doing that 70 percent of the time in the 4th quarter. We would feast off of him attacking and drawing fouls. That's the path to greatness, its way too powerful.

m2002brian · Post #97 » by **m2002brian** » Wed May 4, 2022 4:11 am

Calinks wrote:Attacking the basket is a cheat code. I swear to God the Timberwolves have to brainwash Ant into doing that 70 percent of the time in the 4th quarter. We would feast off of him attacking and drawing fouls. That's the path to greatness, its way too powerful.

Need Ant to also stop showing the ball before contact is initiated.

Post #98 » by **Calinks** » Wed May 4, 2022 4:14 am

m2002brian wrote:
Calinks wrote:Attacking the basket is a cheat code. I swear to God the Timberwolves have to brainwash Ant into doing that 70 percent of the time in the 4th quarter. We would feast off of him attacking and drawing fouls. That's the path to greatness, its way too powerful.

Need Ant to also stop showing the ball before contact is initiated.

I'd honestly put most of his training this summer on his handle and attacking. Taking contact, getting calls. That will really put him on the next level. KAT's summer training will be mostly mental work, eliminate the dumb stuff he does that creates fouls, way less talk back to the refs. Coaching staff needs to find ways to get KAT back in the post in deeper position and design plays to get him more involved. He should be getting way more quality looks.

King Malta · Post #99 » by **King Malta** » Wed May 4, 2022 4:28 am

The ability or will to attack the basket was a clear factor, but ultimately, if we had a frontcourt partner for Towns that was a reliable force on the glass we win that series 4-2 or 4-1

Neeva · Post #100 » by **Neeva** » Wed May 4, 2022 4:36 am

King Malta wrote:The ability or will to attack the basket was a clear factor, but ultimately, if we had a frontcourt partner for Towns that was a reliable force on the glass we win that series 4-2 or 4-1

We all knew that, and Gupta sat on his hands at the trade deadline :nonono: