2022 NBA Finals | (3) GSW VS. (2) BOS (TIED 1-1)

[DroseReturnChi]

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GSW have some of the most punchable faces in the league.

and they literally bought everyone they have 300mil payroll lmao. at least boston handbuilt even though too fleeced kd.

[FlatearthZorro]

Several things that stuck out to me during game 1:

- from what I saw it seems that the Warriors will have a tougher time defending the C's than the other way around- Klay/Steph and Poole cannot guard Brown or Tatum.
- Green completely ignored Horford. He should know better. Horfie is a pretty good 3 point shooter.
- We're more athletic and physical.
- Warriors will play better next game, interested in their adjustments.

[Crazy-Canuck]

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GSW have some of the most punchable faces in the league.

and they literally bought everyone they have 300mil payroll lmao. at least boston handbuilt even though too fleeced kd.

Huh? Gsw built completely through the draft outside of wiggins and a couple of end of the bench guys. How is that different from Boston?

[Crunch 99]

It's actually pretty weird that he's still doing podcasts after every game these playoffs. That's a pretty dangerous thing to do since he might say something there that the opponent might use as fuel. Or what if he gets extremely heated about the previous game, and goes on an insane rant in his podcast? Shouldn't Kerr ask him to hold off on doing that for now?

For the record, I like his podcast, but I just find it weird that he's being allowed to do it by the Warriors organization. Especially since he's prone to saying some spicy stuff.

Completely agree. Imo, a bad call by Steve Kerr and the Warrior organization to "let Draymond be Draymond" go this far. If Draymond were to announce today that he is temporarily suspending his podcast to devote 100% of his focus to performing in the Finals, I suspect nearly everyone in the Warrior organization would respect and appreciate the decision.

[Luke Skyowner]

Several things that stuck out to me during game 1:

- from what I saw it seems that the Warriors will have a tougher time defending the C's than the other way around- Klay/Steph and Poole cannot guard Brown or Tatum.
- Green completely ignored Horford. He should know better. Horfie is a pretty good 3 point shooter.
- We're more athletic and physical.
- Warriors will play better next game, interested in their adjustments.

they might be more interested in other players thus leaving more room for Tatum. Expecting big game from him and if JB joins the party, like he did last game, then it will get brutal for dem golden bois. They really need that younger Iggy for D, Payton is his name.

[WHITE_HOT_HEAT]

GSW have some of the most punchable faces in the league.

Your teams are the Celtics, Patriots and Penn State. Talk about punchable.

Grant Williams is definitely giving Draymond a run for his money in this department

And Smart... Just really hard to root for anyone this series

[Triple M]

The officiating in game 1 was pretty good. The game flow was excellent and resulted in both teams being in rhythm. I hope to see more of the same in game 2

[Ill News]

Your teams are the Celtics, Patriots and Penn State. Talk about punchable.

Grant Williams is definitely giving Draymond a run for his money in this department

And Smart... Just really hard to root for anyone this series

The Heat have:

Herro, who looks like a frat boy who's gonna get multiple IG gold diggers pregnant before he turns 25
Lowry, who will flop himself out of existence one day
Haslem, who's a billion years old yet barks like he's still killing it out there on the court
Butler, who has said a lot of cringey tough-guy talk in the past
Morris, whose face should be battered right now because he's deserved several punches through his entire career

The Heat aren't lacking in the punchable face department, in fact they're probably up there on the list

[celtxman]

That’s 3 role players combining for 6 3-pointers versus 2 role players combining for 11 3-pointers. So what’s your point here

Ah so now we're qualifying things. Funny how they also didn't say that Tatum was 3/17. Again no one cares if Curry blows kisses to the Celtics. "We lost - we need to play better - kudos to the Celtics." Simple. But they didn't chose that direction. They chose essentially to say the Celtics were lucky. That's the point.

Yes I am qualifying the Celtics win. Both Horford and White going off the way was an anomaly. That is why the Celtics won. Fight me all you want. Tell me I m a butthurt Heat fan. But I m just stating the obvious.

That being said kudos for the Celtics for winning game 1. That was huge and I m sure Tatum will not have that many bad shooting games just as the Celtics will cool down considerably down from three. Things will average out in the end.

I would argue Al Horford's Game 4 against Milwaukee would be his best game and Derrick White scored 36 in a playoff game when he was with the Spurs. But it isnt about that debate. It's the sour grapes reaction. When you talk about your opponents having "career games" you are slighting them, whether it's their best all time game or not.
Maybe it was the heat of the moment for the Warriors because they were much more professional in interviews Saturday. I have every expectation that the Warriors will come out big today and this will be a long series

[Bobbymcgee]

Curry needs his teammates to step up or the Warriors are going to lose again. Today's game has to be a must win for them. Can't go down two games to start the finals.

[itrsteve]

and they literally bought everyone they have 300mil payroll lmao. at least boston handbuilt even though too fleeced kd.

Yes and no. The fundamental point is that these are the guys they drafted and developed some pretty deep in the draft and stuck with them. They didn't gut their teams, identity and futures to get a handful of prime star talent.

Does the GSW core have fat contracts and subsequent large luxury tax bills now? Sure. But they're much further along the timeline of the usable lifecycle of their core talent than Boston is.

If Boston has success and sticks with the Jayson, Jaylen, RW3, Grant, Smart, Pritchard train then they'll also have a massive bill once these contracts come up as well.

[Homer38]

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[lambchop]

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Not very meaningful in the grand scheme of things, cause it also shows that they aren't very good at home. Even the warriors that went 16-1 in the playoffs didn't win that many games on the road lol.

[50yrceltsfan]

As a Celtics fan, when there's an open 3 point shot, my confidence level in these shooters is in this order:
tier 1: Horford and Pritchard
tier 2: Smart and White
tier 3: Brown and Tatum
tier 4: GWilliams, Theis

Horford-Pritchard-Smart-White are money. Brown & Tatum are more effective when they have to make a move on a contested 3.

[al bondiga]

The officiating in game 1 was pretty good. The game flow was excellent and resulted in both teams being in rhythm. I hope to see more of the same in game 2

I agree that the officiating was okay
...but the teams were NOT in rhythm

it was not a good game if you're not a fan of either of the teams...and this second game doesn't have much promise either

Hope I'm wrong

[al bondiga]

As a Celtics fan, when there's an open 3 point shot, my confidence level in these shooters is in this order:
tier 1: Horford and Pritchard
tier 2: Smart and White
tier 3: Brown and Tatum
tier 4: GWilliams, Theis

Horford-Pritchard-Smart-White are money. Brown & Tatum are more effective when they have to make a move on a contested 3.

get your priorities straight man

[50yrceltsfan]

As a Celtics fan, when there's an open 3 point shot, my confidence level in these shooters is in this order:
tier 1: Horford and Pritchard
tier 2: Smart and White
tier 3: Brown and Tatum
tier 4: GWilliams, Theis

Horford-Pritchard-Smart-White are money. Brown & Tatum are more effective when they have to make a move on a contested 3.

get your priorities straight man

I've watched all 100 of their games this year. Just reporting which 3 point shooters inspire the most confidence when they have an open look. The point is what we saw the other night in the 4th qtr out of Horford-Smart-White didn't feel super surprising to Boston fans, except the one White shot when Curry was all over him.

Plus when you consider how veteran and clutch those 3 guys are in general, this is what they can do. And the opponent was doubling Tatum, and he decided to exclusively pass and not shoot. Predicable and repeatable result.

[bisme37]

Gotta think GSW bounces back and wins Game 2. I guess we'll find out soon enough but it's hard to fathom them losing the first two games at home. That said, Go C's.

[darkse1d]

If I was a betting man, it’ll be easy money on the warriors.

[ImSlower]

What's the over under on egregious, game-shifting calls from the refs tonight? 1.5?

I would take the Celtics odds if I didn't fully expect this to be an 8 on 5 home cookin' meal tonight.