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So far Justinian Jessup is shooting 54% from three in Australia through 9 games

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Yeah, after missing Kerr's timeout call, taking several minutes to almost fuck up who's even in the jump ball, the blatantly obvious missed foul on Oubre's dunk, and plenty of other things before that, I think it's a very natural reaction for Draymond to be livid with the refs. This was a perfect storm of bad calls to just barely give away the game... TBH, I do think fouls could've been called against us for the hard closeouts on a couple 3-point shots before that, though at least one of those looked like the "high-five" on the follow-through that, by rule, isn't a foul.

Overall I just hope Steph feels better soon, and the team doesn't get too bummed out by the losses. Oubre in particular played really well, the team nearly got it despite everything.

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Reddick got tossed for passing the ball to the ref (?!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6XxES5VVFQ

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Elsewhere in the NBA:

-Nets beat the Clippers on the road. They have swept their 5-game road trip and have beaten all 5 teams in the Pacific Division on the road this season.

-Raptors continue to play well. Their most recent win was against the 76ers tonight.

-Hawks got an upset win against the Nuggets.

-Pelicans pull off a huge upset win against the Celtics. Celtics were up 24 against the Pels at one point.

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Feb 21, 2021Liked by Eric Apricot

wanamaker is a defensive guy, great hustle. You cant ask him to run a team.

There is a big hole on this team and is the lack of guys who can create his own shoot at the guard position. This is something that will remain even when klay comes back. The only one is steph, and we all depende on what he can do, thats why the box and 1 is so efficient agains this team.

Wiggins and oubre are great, but we do need somebody that can attack the basquet and get a bucket. Wiggs so bad at this, cant even get some FT with his speed and stregth

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Good news is we know now we don't need that Curry guy. What can we get for him?

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Feb 21, 2021Liked by punk basketball

Nice to hear Dray took ownership of this one and acknowledged to the team he let them down. He’s a great basketball player and already a good leader, but learning from these experiences and developing tools to help him calm the emotion during these situations will help him become a great leader.

So good to have this one behind us, now onto NYK/IND. Can’t wait to see Jim & Loon charging around again. Yeeha dunk time! (Well, went Jim’s on the court anyhow).

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What about the obvious traveling from Rozier during the last possession? It faked pretty well JTA...

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Feb 21, 2021Liked by punk basketball

Wanamaker actually had a solid game tonight defensively, but it seems like his offensive inefficiency is the norm now. Draymond's ejection definitely was a factor in the Dub loss, but the fact that Wanamaker pulled a high school freshman move by putting his head down and into PJ Washington instead of getting fouled wasn't easy to miss. Heartbreaking loss for a gritty Warriors effort.

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