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My wife asked why all the non-clutch Barnes comparisons to 2016 on twitter.

And I remember he missed some big 3s, so I pulled up the last minute of game 7 for her, game tied.

Kyrie makes a 3. Curry misses a 3. Lebron misses a free throw lol. Lebron makes a free throw. Curry misses a 3. Speights misses a 3. Title lost.

All the other games are blowouts.

So maybe it was all Game 7 that Barnes choked? Nope, he was (2/4) on 3s in game 7. He was way better than Klay (2/10) and Curry (4/12).

So maybe it was the whole series? Not really, he was 31% in the blow out games, which would not have changed anything, and was better than Wiggins/Poole so far vs. Kings.

So maybe it was the whole playoffs? Nope, he was 34.2%.

I came up totally empty handed trying to show my wife why all the Barnes blame for 2016.

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Refs handed that to the lakers with those BS charge calls on Ja and calling a fould every time Reaves touches the ball for some reason

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Man if the Warriors, Miami and the Lakers all advance, you’re gonna have alot of teams treating the regular season like extended preseason. Just doing enough to make the postseason and conserving energy

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On that late Brooks dunk, LeBron is completely dogging it getting back on defense. Starts a little off to the side of the court, but with a 3 step head start and gets completely blown by because he's just jogging. Gives up a transition dunk to let the Grizz get within 1 with just over a minute left. I guess maybe he's thinking Hachimura should stop ball?

https://sports.yahoo.com/dillon-brooks-dunk-vs-los-052228879.html

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"We are FINE in the west" : remember, in Italian Fine means "END"

The end = "LA FINE"

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I'm not looking forward to playing the Lakers... and their never ending trips to the FT line. But I suppose I'll accept that in return for terrible 3pt shooting, especially if there's a real playoff whistle and game planning for their grifting BS...

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Did the lakers look good? How is their D and their role players?

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Dubs - have pride and win in couple of days. You can't let LeBron hog all the limelight

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this playoffs the better seed has won 15 games, the worse seed 13. almost no difference.

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We fine in the West

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Apr 25, 2023·edited Apr 25, 2023

"We fine in the West"

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Lakers/Dubs…..who says no?

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David Stearn looking down from heaven (or hell depending on your franchise), pulling a Mr Burns smile at the thought of Lakers v GSW

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Wow. If Dubs can take care of G5, that would put four out of top seven seeds in the league on brink of elimination (Mil, Mem, Cle, Sac). That's crazy

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Lakers up 3-1 in the series.

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Does not look like double OT. Can't have everything.

I know 2-2 would have ensured a six-game series, but I think the Grizz will be better at home, so I think it's going six anyway. If they can get to seven, all the better. And more OT, please! I also hope Taylor Jenkins decides that the only way to compete with the Lakers is to have his guys get physical.

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