2022 NBA Finals | Golden State Warriors vs. Boston Celtics (BOS 2-1)

[Feed Your Head]

And this is with him having a fluke stretch at the rim, that seemed to finally start correcting in the 4th last night. Would bet a significant amount of money that he drops 35+ tomorrow.

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And this is with him having a fluke stretch at the rim, that seemed to finally start correcting in the 4th last night. Would bet a significant amount of money that he drops 35+ tomorrow.

Oooh, where can I take that bet?

[shi-woo]

I love Steph Curry, but why are his fans turning into LeBron Stans this finals? These fake "Curry is clearly the FMVP" takes are just embarrassing at this point.

Boston got nearly Swept last year by the Nets in r1 with no Brown. They made it to the ECF the year prior, and the finals the year after...I'm sure theres something I could say about that correlation and how Brown is the difference between mediocrity and excellence, but I won't, because it ultimately doesn't matter, just like Steph Curry's fMVP chances if his team doesn't win...

[Feed Your Head]

And this is with him having a fluke stretch at the rim, that seemed to finally start correcting in the 4th last night. Would bet a significant amount of money that he drops 35+ tomorrow.

Oooh, where can I take that bet?

Hahaha, if you’re serious I’m sure we can figure something out. But he’d have had 35ish in games 2 and 3 if he shot even close to his usual self in the paint. Two years ago he shot 68% in the restricted area, this year he shot 68% in the restricted area. Against the Bucks he shot 65% there, against the Heat he shot 62% there.

So far in the Warriors series, he’s at 45% in the RA, and 28% in the non RA paint area. He’s 1-11 in mid range, after being 42% in the previous three rounds. These things almost always normalize, even in a playoff series, and he went 3-4 at the rim in the 4th last night.

He got to the rim at will yesterday, had 7 more rim drives than the next closest player on either team. He’s 43% from deep through 3 games, so it’s just a matter of him finishing layups that he generally always does, and not shooting 9% from mid range lol. I’d be very surprised if he doesn’t have a big scoring game tomorrow.

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I love Steph Curry, but why are his fans turning into LeBron Stans this finals? These fake "Curry is clearly the FMVP" takes are just embarrassing at this point.

Boston got nearly Swept last year by the Nets in r1 with no Brown. They made it to the ECF the year prior, and the finals the year after...I'm sure theres something I could say about that correlation and how Brown is the difference between mediocrity and excellence, but I won't, because it ultimately doesn't matter, just like Steph Curry's fMVP chances if his team doesn't win...

I'm a GS fan, but no one should get fmvp if their team loses. Simply put, you cannot be the most valuable player if your team loses. It doesn't make sense. It's not for the "best" player, or the one who scores the most, it's the most valuable--IOW, the one who was the most important reason their team won. That's the goal and that's the value. People say, but it happened before, sure, but it was the first fmvp ever awarded, and voters soon realized their mistake, and it never happened again. I would bet it never will.

[Biff]

Curry is fine and Kerr is being dramatic. I am kind of amazed how many people are calling this series over honestly.

Incorrect. Dude was clearly hobbled. It's the same ankle Smart jumped on back in March. A hobbled Curry gives the Warriors zero chance in this series. You're just saying he's fine because you don't want to beat a team without their best player.

Never say zero chance since Poole vs Boston is probably a better fill in for Steph than he is on the court with him. More importantly, Celtics could suffer their own additional injuries and maybe some of the Warriors truly young players get a chance and drastically outperform reasonable expectations. But if Steph doesn't play at all and Celtics don't get further injuries, it would be a huge upset for Celtics to lose.

The way you guys play defense and the way Poole has played in this series, it's over. Curry is going to play but he isn't going to be 100%. Seems to be a grade 1 sprain which isn't terrible but it's going to limit him. A limited Curry is going to make winning this series extremely unlikely for the Warriors. My interest in this series has more or less evaporated. Hopefully next finals will be better and there are no injuries to key players.

[ajones9219]

holy crap this thread is soft. We are in here talking refs and crowds being mean?

[falcolombardi]

I love Steph Curry, but why are his fans turning into LeBron Stans this finals? These fake "Curry is clearly the FMVP" takes are just embarrassing at this point.

Boston got nearly Swept last year by the Nets in r1 with no Brown. They made it to the ECF the year prior, and the finals the year after...I'm sure theres something I could say about that correlation and how Brown is the difference between mediocrity and excellence, but I won't, because it ultimately doesn't matter, just like Steph Curry's fMVP chances if his team doesn't win...

player stans when their player wins (he was the best player cause he won)

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player stans when their player loses (the series was only close thanks to him, is a miracle he took them so far)

[soxfan2003]

Curry is the Finals MVP so far if the MVP is awarded to the player who has played the best. But unless his team wins the series, I don't think they should award it to him given a player from the losing team hasn't won it since Jerry West did in the first year of that award. They should go so far and just say the winner has to come from the winning team.

[The_Ghost_of_JB]

Incorrect. Dude was clearly hobbled. It's the same ankle Smart jumped on back in March. A hobbled Curry gives the Warriors zero chance in this series. You're just saying he's fine because you don't want to beat a team without their best player.

Never say zero chance since Poole vs Boston is probably a better fill in for Steph than he is on the court with him. More importantly, Celtics could suffer their own additional injuries and maybe some of the Warriors truly young players get a chance and drastically outperform reasonable expectations. But if Steph doesn't play at all and Celtics don't get further injuries, it would be a huge upset for Celtics to lose.

The way you guys play defense and the way Poole has played in this series, it's over. Curry is going to play but he isn't going to be 100%. Seems to be a grade 1 sprain which isn't terrible but it's going to limit him. A limited Curry is going to make winning this series extremely unlikely for the Warriors. My interest in this series has more or less evaporated. Hopefully next finals will be better and there are no injuries to key players.

And I'm telling you as a Celtics fan this series isn't over.

[AussieCeltic]

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Don’t have a horse in the race, just want to see a competitive and fair series between both teams, the officiating from last night’s game was very disappointing.

Where are people getting these Scott Foster/Celtic stats from?

It takes 2 seconds to see the Celtics lost with him as the ref in game 1 against the Bucks.

Celtics are 5-3 with him as a ref this season and 16-19 in the playoffs all time.

[durden_tyler]

Obviously a must-win for the Warriors in Game 4 and being an elite team and despite being absolutely outpayed in 2 of the last 3 games, i think they show why they are a dyanasty. Injuries to Steph is a major concern, so if if he's not 100%, the Celtics will easily win this one, and then the series.

[xAIRNESSx]

I'm surprised so many people are upset at the Boston fans.

I thought the chants were hilarious. Draymond should take it as a compliment.

[durden_tyler]

I'm surprised so many people are upset at the Boston fans.

I thought the chants were hilarious. Draymond should take it as a compliment.

At this point, i do think some of the Warriors players are just using it to motivate themselves, mainly the inconsistent guys (Klay and Draymond), and if that works for them for Game 4 and motivate them to play better then that's okay. (Flipside of course is that it can be a distraction too).

[Statlanta]

I don't think Steph has gotten an unfair whistle. Nobody is going to bump into a 90% FT(he's been worse this playoffs I know) in the lane and he doesn't really seek contact.

[Kobe187]

I'm surprised so many people are upset at the Boston fans.

I thought the chants were hilarious. Draymond should take it as a compliment.

It’s the NBA finals, nothing but respect for passionate, rowdy, crazy fans; can’t be upset at a few F bombs it’s part of the game, Warriors fans are just as passionate and say similar things. GS players are acting like sore losers imo, loud crazy fans are the best thing about the finals, the buzz and atmosphere is amazing.

[Jfh20]

gsw should play better and win if they wanna shut the crowd up, simple as that.

[Hello Brooklyn]

I love Steph Curry, but why are his fans turning into LeBron Stans this finals? These fake "Curry is clearly the FMVP" takes are just embarrassing at this point.

Boston got nearly Swept last year by the Nets in r1 with no Brown. They made it to the ECF the year prior, and the finals the year after...I'm sure theres something I could say about that correlation and how Brown is the difference between mediocrity and excellence, but I won't, because it ultimately doesn't matter, just like Steph Curry's fMVP chances if his team doesn't win...

I agree Brown is the FMVP. But bringing up Brown being injured vs the Nets is pretty dumb.

They were losing that series with or without Brown. .500 all year and were never good with him in the lineup. Last year they were clearly not the same.

[Hello Brooklyn]

I'm surprised so many people are upset at the Boston fans.

I thought the chants were hilarious. Draymond should take it as a compliment.

Getting upset at the F Word is beyond dumb. Not even the top 20 worst chants from Boston fans.

If youre that soft then don't go to the game. Its not catered to kiddies. Who probably hear worse on Tik Tok or Netflix.

[Yinwest]

I’m shocked that Mychal Thompson didn’t tell his son all the Celtics’ story when they played each other in the finals.