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WARRIORS at SIXERS | FULL GAME HIGHLIGHTS | April 19, 2021 - YouTube

https://youtu.be/l-5HuU369M4

WARRIORS at SIXERS | FULL GAME HIGHLIGHTS | April 19, 2021

Stephen Curry recorded 49 PTS (10 3PM) for the Golden State Warriors as they defeated the Philadelphia 76ers, 107-96. Curry has now recorded 11 consecutive games with 30+ points and 2 consecutive games with 45+ points. Joel Embiid tallied 28 PTS, 13 REB and 8 AST for the 76ers.

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OPJ is really growing on me. I know this video is from a couple weeks back but some nice passes there. Not to mention the big time three or percentage and a lot of rebounds. Great find and I hope he stays healthy.

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Dec 11, 2021Liked by punk basketball

OT: All things being equal and almost a third of the season done, how much of a game wins differential is good enough to say that we will have better seed than a team? Let's assume no more injuries on any of the 30 teams and Klay being 80% of his 2019 self by the time 2/3rd of the season is done.

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Dec 11, 2021Liked by Eric Apricot

Watched this on YouTube as I've been trying to like and comment over there to see if it'll push you up in the rankings. But I wanted to say 'thank you' here. It never gets old.

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Seeing some rumor that the Warriors may rest Curry against Indiana. IMO, let him rest after breaking the record. He's so close to the record, it'd be unfair to fans buying tickets hoping to see him break the record.

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Seeing Curry close up (105/row 8) for the first time in 2 1/2 years the other night he seemed less explosive (to me), a couple of times when he got into the paint it looked like he had an opening but passed it out to the corner (which are often thrown so hard and high that it gives the shooter no advantage), it was as if he was feeling pressure from behind that wasn’t there, the best way to defend a Curry shot has always been from behind (VanVleet) where he senses a defender and shortens his release, he’s looked surprised on more than one occasion this season when he was stuffed underneath the basket, just thoughts and a subjective impression

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Dec 10, 2021Liked by Eric Apricot, punk basketball

I would like to see things finally break the right way for DLee, I went from putting him in the same category as QCook Durant’s homeboy vs Curry’s in-law - to cautiously optimistic about serviceable bench piece - to this guy really knows where to be on O and D - to “damn, that’s some clutch shooting”, every time he establishes his presence his game/minutes get muddled from an interruption, he feel like he’s half a season away from a decent contract or one serious injury from obscurity

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Dec 10, 2021Liked by Eric Apricot

I love that Ayesha Curry reaction and the whole vid

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Dec 10, 2021Liked by Eric Apricot, punk basketball

At 6:37, what the heck is Garland doing? He's barely in frame near the half-court line and once the camera moves in he never reappears. The reason the Cavs spacing looks so bad is because they're playing four on five. I guess maybe Garland thinks he's Steph and can pull a defender away from 30'?

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Dec 10, 2021Liked by Eric Apricot, punk basketball

Steph is such a nice guy, at 1:54 you can see that Rubio and Love are starting a little line dancing and Steph is gamely participating by being the middle guy in the chain. Rubio and Steph are showing perfect form with hands on the outside of the hips of the next man in front, while Love is clearly questing for the next player in the chain he can latch onto.

Sadly, the rest of the players on the court are party poopers, are NOT interested in line dancing, and insist on doing their own dumb basketball things. Lee scores and everyone loses, opportunity lost.

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