I'm really enjoying this series. Celtics are a damn good team, as are the Dubs. The constant strategy changes and subsequent counters by the opponents makes the series interesting - it's a classical chess game. While the Celtics might have the athletic superiority, I think the Dubs (both players and coaching staff) are the better chess players and that should be enough for the Dubs to prevail in the end. It also doesn't hurt to be able to turn GP2 loose to guard 1-5 effectively - we really could have used him in Game 1.
Every time I read something about Draymond pushing the physical and sportsmanship limits, I’m thinking to myself, have any of you guys watched the Last Dance?? This is exact what MJ, Pippen & Rodman used to do to get themselves fired up to win. Hell, MJ created beefs with other players just so he could hate on them and perform better!
My pre-series prediction was based on the health of Iggy, Payton and Porter. If we had all three healthy for the series, I said GSW in 5. If we only had 2, it’d be in 6 and if none of them were available it would take 7.
Looks like it’s going to be 2 of the 3, so Dubs in 6 still fills right.
Hey buddies. I need someone who possibly was at Chase yesterday evening, whether its true or not, that Poole Party dropped the 35 footer and the 48 footer, in sequence, to impress the pretty blonde that was in the first row? Please tell me it’s true :D did we find JP’s fuse?
Listening to Nate Duncan/Danny Leroux, the great vaunted switching D of Celtics have a Steph Curry problem 🤣. They should have listened to Ty Lue and Doc Rivers (insert 'Ha Ha' Nelson gif). "Old man" Steph is shooting 46% on 3s.
At the start of series, everybody said Tatum was best player in the series. Steph has had something to about say about that.
PS: ND and DL also predicted Mavs in 6. So there is that.
Great bounce back game for the fans as well as the team. Good to see GP2 out there. His presence is always felt and makes our D that much tighter. Destiny may have its way in Boston. Momentum is now with us. As a team, we are a force psychologically, as well as physically. Draymond is hopping mad and woe to anyone who is being guarded by him. Nice to see Moody getting some garbage minutes. Kerr is pretty strict with his playoff rotations so I don't think we should expect to see much of the rookies in meaningful minutes. I'm sure hoping Wiseman is going to be ready to rumble next season. Hopefully, he'll have a ring to impress the girls during this summer. Never hurts to be a winner.
On the Bill Simmons pod, there was a discussion about closing lineups for each team in crunch time.
For Boston (and I agree), the closing five should be: Tatum, Brown, Smart, White, Horford
For the Dubs, it was Steph, Draymond, Wiggins, plus two of Klay/GP2/Looney/Porter/Poole.
Who would you have in those last two slots? Poole is a no for me. If Klay is cooking I guess I leave him out there, but on a cold night he could be the worst player on this list. I actually think GP2/Looney or GP2/Porter give us the strongest five if we need to close two or three late possessions.
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Listening to Jaylen Brown complaining about physicality and “gimmicks and tricks”, and getting bumped and grabbed, lol… if the refs want to call that stuff, Steph can live at the line all game.
EDIT: man… this narrative about how the Warriors weren’t going to be ready for this physical Boston team really getting flipped on its head and now Dray is just too physical or something. Really going to enjoy beating them if it happens.
Celtics have no chance with GP2 back in my opinion, they rely on too many tough shots, first quarter they were dropping but we stayed with them, first quarter was huge even though I was worries
I'm really enjoying this series. Celtics are a damn good team, as are the Dubs. The constant strategy changes and subsequent counters by the opponents makes the series interesting - it's a classical chess game. While the Celtics might have the athletic superiority, I think the Dubs (both players and coaching staff) are the better chess players and that should be enough for the Dubs to prevail in the end. It also doesn't hurt to be able to turn GP2 loose to guard 1-5 effectively - we really could have used him in Game 1.
Dubs in 6.
Just rewatched the third quarter for fun.
I'm not sure there has ever been a player who will blow your s*** up quite as cheerfully as Steph Curry.
Every time I read something about Draymond pushing the physical and sportsmanship limits, I’m thinking to myself, have any of you guys watched the Last Dance?? This is exact what MJ, Pippen & Rodman used to do to get themselves fired up to win. Hell, MJ created beefs with other players just so he could hate on them and perform better!
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/06/03/golden-state-warriors-nba-finals-americas-team/
My pre-series prediction was based on the health of Iggy, Payton and Porter. If we had all three healthy for the series, I said GSW in 5. If we only had 2, it’d be in 6 and if none of them were available it would take 7.
Looks like it’s going to be 2 of the 3, so Dubs in 6 still fills right.
Hey buddies. I need someone who possibly was at Chase yesterday evening, whether its true or not, that Poole Party dropped the 35 footer and the 48 footer, in sequence, to impress the pretty blonde that was in the first row? Please tell me it’s true :D did we find JP’s fuse?
Great win to head into Boston
Celtics have 14 shots ATTEMPTS at the rim through 2 games.
Who's the soft jump shooting team again?
Listening to Nate Duncan/Danny Leroux, the great vaunted switching D of Celtics have a Steph Curry problem 🤣. They should have listened to Ty Lue and Doc Rivers (insert 'Ha Ha' Nelson gif). "Old man" Steph is shooting 46% on 3s.
At the start of series, everybody said Tatum was best player in the series. Steph has had something to about say about that.
PS: ND and DL also predicted Mavs in 6. So there is that.
https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/warriors/steph-curry-joins-michael-jordan-lebron-james-elite-nba-finals-stat-line
Great bounce back game for the fans as well as the team. Good to see GP2 out there. His presence is always felt and makes our D that much tighter. Destiny may have its way in Boston. Momentum is now with us. As a team, we are a force psychologically, as well as physically. Draymond is hopping mad and woe to anyone who is being guarded by him. Nice to see Moody getting some garbage minutes. Kerr is pretty strict with his playoff rotations so I don't think we should expect to see much of the rookies in meaningful minutes. I'm sure hoping Wiseman is going to be ready to rumble next season. Hopefully, he'll have a ring to impress the girls during this summer. Never hurts to be a winner.
Can we just use our 3rd Quarters from Game 6 & 7 somewhere in Games 3&4?
On the Bill Simmons pod, there was a discussion about closing lineups for each team in crunch time.
For Boston (and I agree), the closing five should be: Tatum, Brown, Smart, White, Horford
For the Dubs, it was Steph, Draymond, Wiggins, plus two of Klay/GP2/Looney/Porter/Poole.
Who would you have in those last two slots? Poole is a no for me. If Klay is cooking I guess I leave him out there, but on a cold night he could be the worst player on this list. I actually think GP2/Looney or GP2/Porter give us the strongest five if we need to close two or three late possessions.
Curry.
Listening to Jaylen Brown complaining about physicality and “gimmicks and tricks”, and getting bumped and grabbed, lol… if the refs want to call that stuff, Steph can live at the line all game.
EDIT: man… this narrative about how the Warriors weren’t going to be ready for this physical Boston team really getting flipped on its head and now Dray is just too physical or something. Really going to enjoy beating them if it happens.
Celtics have no chance with GP2 back in my opinion, they rely on too many tough shots, first quarter they were dropping but we stayed with them, first quarter was huge even though I was worries