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With all this winning, it's easy to overlook the fact that the Dubs have had a lot of sloppiness. I see this as a good thing as there's room for improvement moving forward. Perhaps just in time for the Celtics we'll see the finely-tuned Dubs machine locked in for close to 48 minutes a night.

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Just rewatched the game. That win was just nuts. There were enough highlights (on both sides) for three games.

Wiggins may not be a Luka stopper, but his defensive effort was a big part of the win. I love that dude.

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May 21, 2022Liked by Eric Apricot, punk basketball

Beautiful E1P. Thank you! But I would like to see an E1P slo-mo of Kerr hugging Looney.

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May 21, 2022·edited May 21, 2022Liked by punk basketball

Our rookies and Poole are basically attending a playoff workshop that's going to be so huge for them in the future. Poole is even luckier because he's getting even more of a hands on experience of contributing meaningful minutes as the Robin to Steph. I hope he's watching how Steph handles the kitchen sink thrown at him closely because in about 3-4 years he'll be getting the same treatment from opponents

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May 21, 2022Liked by punk basketball

Here we see Moody's best plays, but he was a mixed bag. That's OK, he's a rookie who has played few minutes, suddenly thrust into the final minutes of a crucial playoff game. 2028 All-Star team. On offense he several times stood around confused and twice set a "screen" that was almost comical because it was about ten feet from the guy he wanted to screen, like he was hoping Steph would dribble to him and then use the screen. That didn't work. On defense he plays hard, and seems to know the concepts; but Reggie Bullock blew by him on a three closeout and Jalen Brunson dribbled in a complete circle around him for a layup. OK, sure, Brunson confuses a lot of defenders, but I think the errors were more mental than physical. And for sure like I said Moody gets a serious pass for being a rookie; but for me he inspires very hesitant confidence moving forward, especially on the road.

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So, Warriors roster has 9 players who have worn a Warriors uniform for their entire NBA career

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May 21, 2022Liked by punk basketball

So I don't know if this is rare but I noticed that Loon buckets were assisted by, for sure, Steph, Dray, Poole, Wiggs, and Moody (did Klay or OPJ get one to him? can't remember) but I thought it was kind of cool that everyone was finding him.

Also, if he can keep up even half of that amount of offensive threat it will throw a big wrench in how teams play D against the whole team.

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I am moving on to a hopeful expectation for the the groundbreaking pilot, Explain

Three Bench Fines.

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May 21, 2022Liked by punk basketball, Daniel Hardee

Looney was amazing. He's never going to get a statue outside Chase Center, but maybe that can say least name a hand rail after him or something.

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