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Love how GP2 looks like he's just been practicing uncontested warm up threes for the past few months :) (Shout out coaching staff!)

Really feels like the FO played "moneyball" with this guy and has unlocked all sorts of potential other teams didn't value.

I'd love a company to use him for an ad campaign with a customer shopping around wondering how could this deal be so good and GP2 is just following them around not saying anything, just scratching his head smiling :)

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Keep reminding myself that we are terribly spoiled by the Steph plus Klay plus KD triumvirate which would walk in, take over third quarters, and quickly overcome all opponents. In these last five games I keep thinking, wait why isn’t this happening? Totally spoiled, expectations askew, by having those 10 years (-2) of great teams.

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Well, three Poole parties and two kind of dud games for our guy Jordan.

Through his first 5 playoff games, he's averaging 21 points. Impressive.

Denver had to put their best defender on him to slow him down. That freed up Curry a lot of the time. Gravity?

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Apr 28, 2022Liked by Eric Apricot

Given the level of critique he generally seems to take from a lot of fans, I think the playoff coach with the highest winning percentage ever should get some credit here. The really active match-up/pack-lineish box and one changed the game in the third quarter, and looked nothing like the "same" defense GS ran a couple of games ago for a minute or two.

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Way to get it done, Dubs! Even through 3 quarters of seemingly lethargic play (body language was telling), they did turn it on in the 4th and fought hard to get that win. 12 more! I don't really care who we play, MEM or MIN, as they both present different challenges, but I would like that series to go 7 for ultimate energy expenditure battling for the chance to play our boys in blue and gold. Enjoying the ride with ya'll. #strenthinnumbers #dubnation #dnhqrulesok

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Apr 28, 2022·edited Apr 28, 2022

Steph put up a 33.6 points per 36 on 50/40/9- er.... what???... 50/40/74 for the first round ROFL.

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A lot of classy comments from players on both sides - a lot from the Nuggets, even Austin Rivers. I guess maybe he doesn't suck for at least a moment.

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Let’s keep starting CPK please.

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I feel asleep during half time with the teams tired and woke up with the Warriors up 2 with about five minutes left. I'll assuming the third quarter just went smoothly trading buckets back and forth 😁.

Also, I think there's a typo in the box score. It says Klay lead the team with rebound at nine. We all know that can't be right, so I'll wait for the real numbers to come out.

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Just watched the game on delay, really glad to pull that one out of course but wow, what an ugly watch. I won't be expecting things to be as easy as they were in games 1 and 2 the rest of the way...

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Wait so we went from we wouldn’t trade Poole for Luka straight up to suggesting Poole goes back to being the 6th man? That was…quick.

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Apr 28, 2022Liked by punk basketball

"I really appreciate our matchup," Nikola Jokic said of playing against Draymond Green. He called Green the Warriors' "eyes and their ears. Amazing player."

"To be honest, he's stopped much better offensive players than me through his career."

https://twitter.com/MikeVorkunov/status/1519558312437628928

Click on the link for the tweet and the image below for the quote:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FRaOHzkWYAEAbOW?format=jpg&name=medium

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got ugly, Poole crumbled, coronation postponed

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Apr 28, 2022·edited Apr 28, 2022Liked by punk basketball

Team rankings for Dubs for playoffs as of today:

- PTs: #1

- FGM% #1

- 3PTM%: #1

- FTM%: #15 (Boo!!).

- Rebounds: #15 (Boo!!)

- Assists: #1

- Steals: #1

- Blocks: #3

- TOVs: #5th Lowest

- Off Rating: #1

- Def rating: #8 (mild boo!!)

- Net rating: #3

- EFG%: #1

- TS%: #1

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Apr 28, 2022Liked by punk basketball

Steve Kerr: "Jokic is ridiculous. I'm really happy to not have to worry about him anymore."

https://twitter.com/Con_Chron/status/1519540247125577728

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