Don't know if this was posted before, but a really good interview with Duncan Robinson (Heat) on a bunch of stuff including Steph, a JTA shoutout and an Andre mention: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83w-ECzoDkA. Worth a listen.
It's interesting that the TWolves are incentivized to finish exactly 3rd from the bottom, because doing worse has zero draft upside or downside, while finishing better increases the likelihood of them losing their pick.
Well either the news will break tomorrow that Steph will most likely retire as a Warrior with that contract extension or the county is letting CHASE host the playoffs games (if they make it) to almost full capacity.
Tomorrow's game is the last gasp chance at the 6 seed. A win gives the Dubs the tiebreaker against DAL. They would still have to run them down and that would probably take 8-5 from DAL vs 10-1 for GSW. If they lose, they're almost certainly in the play-in.
The 6 seed was what I would have predicted at the start of the year, but they sure have took the long way to get there. Between the 8 games sans Steph, and the boneheaded 4-5 losses that they've pissed away, and Wiseman playing like the worst player in the league, I feel like 6-7 seed would be a success. And who knows, if you can really thread the needle and miss the LA teams, I think they've got a shot against anyone in the West.
After 8 years together, Curry, Green and Klay have such a special place in each others’ lives despite all having such different personalities. I hope they stay together for the rest of their careers.
Oh, my favorite play of the game. 6:54 in Q3, Looney with 4 rebounds on the same play, stays with it, makes the bucket on his 5th attempt. Literally had the room laughing out loud. The effort, the comedy, the results!
What's better? A blowout win or a nail-biter victory that keeps you riveted to the screen until the (literal) last second? I guess I'd take the blowout, but close games sure are exciting.
The first half crazy crazy shooting by the Kings could have been a disaster, but instead the W's kept it close and stayed in it with their own brand of defense and offense. The Kings cooled and we kept on sailing. Utterly unnecessary 4th quarter slow down, powered in part by Oubre taking ill-advised shots. Hopefully some lessons learned or reinforced for how the 2nd team can be productive. But I sure miss Bazemore and Lee.
Apr 26, 2021Liked by Eric Apricot, punk basketball, Daniel Hardee
This game was hella stressful! Steph tried his best to lose the game in the end but thankfully it worked out. Steph is my favorite and he’s so magical I forget he’s human until he does boneheaded things.
They’re not kidding when they say Chase Center is the safest place there is, they have their sh#t together. There were bomb sniffing dogs at parking garage entrances and randomly around the arena. If you’re vaccinated you show ID and vaccine card to get in. Otherwise, you gotta do a Covid test. No food or drinks at your seats which was a bummer but I understand the reasoning. Masks required the entire time. We were in top section and there were plenty of social distancing seats (not sold on purpose) that were zip tied. 3,252 in attendance. I miss the intensity of a full arena but I like to cheer/yell and stand up a lot, and it was nice not having to worry if the people behind me would rather I sit my ass down.
The Kings played the whole possession on D for most of the night.
Barnes was taking it to Wiggins and Oubre like they were piñatas in the first half (beating them relentlessly), but he wore himself out thinking he could get by Looney.
GP2 cooled Buddy off instantly in his minutes and I thought they would just use him to eliminate Buddy from the rest of the game, since GP2 also cut on O and crashed the boards intelligently.
Did I mention Curry?
Good win. Bring back Barnes.
Oh and someone tell Fitz if you start fouling with 30+ seconds left (I think he started calling for it at around 40s) you add several possessions for the other team (assuming you’re going to foul again and again til time runs out?) and increase the odds of random crap happening, and create a miserable fan experience.
Lucky win. I'll take it. We are #15 of the top teams. So far, very small chance of losing our pick. Hoping we continue to win and keep our pick!
Couldn't figure out why Kerr didn't play GPII after his 1st q substitution. He scored, he defended. Could he have helped even more than Poole did if they gave him more minutes? For me, Poole is still not a reliable player off the bench. I get that they want him to score, but he doesn't do it consistently. Now with Oubre coming off the bench, Poole seems to defer more. Not sure this can work against better teams. They need a PG for that bench unit and they don't seem to have the confidence in Mannion. More minutes for GPII, please!!
Don't know if this was posted before, but a really good interview with Duncan Robinson (Heat) on a bunch of stuff including Steph, a JTA shoutout and an Andre mention: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83w-ECzoDkA. Worth a listen.
It's interesting that the TWolves are incentivized to finish exactly 3rd from the bottom, because doing worse has zero draft upside or downside, while finishing better increases the likelihood of them losing their pick.
Kevin O'Connor (TheRinger) has the Warriors 9th in his latest power rankings: https://www.theringer.com/nba/2021/4/26/22403238/nba-power-rankings-clippers-nets-jazz. He's been pretty bullish on the Warriors all season.
Well either the news will break tomorrow that Steph will most likely retire as a Warrior with that contract extension or the county is letting CHASE host the playoffs games (if they make it) to almost full capacity.
It's that time of the year when nobody cares that victories are "unconvincing".
Steph Curry with an uncharacteristically off night, missing THREE free throws!
Tomorrow's game is the last gasp chance at the 6 seed. A win gives the Dubs the tiebreaker against DAL. They would still have to run them down and that would probably take 8-5 from DAL vs 10-1 for GSW. If they lose, they're almost certainly in the play-in.
The 6 seed was what I would have predicted at the start of the year, but they sure have took the long way to get there. Between the 8 games sans Steph, and the boneheaded 4-5 losses that they've pissed away, and Wiseman playing like the worst player in the league, I feel like 6-7 seed would be a success. And who knows, if you can really thread the needle and miss the LA teams, I think they've got a shot against anyone in the West.
We had that moment during the previous game where Steph was consoling Klay. Now Draymond shares how much he cares about Klay as a person and what he’s going through. https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/warriors/draymond-green-there-klay-thompson-good-bad-days-rehab
After 8 years together, Curry, Green and Klay have such a special place in each others’ lives despite all having such different personalities. I hope they stay together for the rest of their careers.
Oh, my favorite play of the game. 6:54 in Q3, Looney with 4 rebounds on the same play, stays with it, makes the bucket on his 5th attempt. Literally had the room laughing out loud. The effort, the comedy, the results!
What's better? A blowout win or a nail-biter victory that keeps you riveted to the screen until the (literal) last second? I guess I'd take the blowout, but close games sure are exciting.
The first half crazy crazy shooting by the Kings could have been a disaster, but instead the W's kept it close and stayed in it with their own brand of defense and offense. The Kings cooled and we kept on sailing. Utterly unnecessary 4th quarter slow down, powered in part by Oubre taking ill-advised shots. Hopefully some lessons learned or reinforced for how the 2nd team can be productive. But I sure miss Bazemore and Lee.
That game had #RandomEnding written all over it but fortunately the Kings got the shaft this time
This game was hella stressful! Steph tried his best to lose the game in the end but thankfully it worked out. Steph is my favorite and he’s so magical I forget he’s human until he does boneheaded things.
They’re not kidding when they say Chase Center is the safest place there is, they have their sh#t together. There were bomb sniffing dogs at parking garage entrances and randomly around the arena. If you’re vaccinated you show ID and vaccine card to get in. Otherwise, you gotta do a Covid test. No food or drinks at your seats which was a bummer but I understand the reasoning. Masks required the entire time. We were in top section and there were plenty of social distancing seats (not sold on purpose) that were zip tied. 3,252 in attendance. I miss the intensity of a full arena but I like to cheer/yell and stand up a lot, and it was nice not having to worry if the people behind me would rather I sit my ass down.
Curry’s shooting was silly.
The Kings played the whole possession on D for most of the night.
Barnes was taking it to Wiggins and Oubre like they were piñatas in the first half (beating them relentlessly), but he wore himself out thinking he could get by Looney.
GP2 cooled Buddy off instantly in his minutes and I thought they would just use him to eliminate Buddy from the rest of the game, since GP2 also cut on O and crashed the boards intelligently.
Did I mention Curry?
Good win. Bring back Barnes.
Oh and someone tell Fitz if you start fouling with 30+ seconds left (I think he started calling for it at around 40s) you add several possessions for the other team (assuming you’re going to foul again and again til time runs out?) and increase the odds of random crap happening, and create a miserable fan experience.
Lucky win. I'll take it. We are #15 of the top teams. So far, very small chance of losing our pick. Hoping we continue to win and keep our pick!
Couldn't figure out why Kerr didn't play GPII after his 1st q substitution. He scored, he defended. Could he have helped even more than Poole did if they gave him more minutes? For me, Poole is still not a reliable player off the bench. I get that they want him to score, but he doesn't do it consistently. Now with Oubre coming off the bench, Poole seems to defer more. Not sure this can work against better teams. They need a PG for that bench unit and they don't seem to have the confidence in Mannion. More minutes for GPII, please!!
I wonder if the crowd helped. The MVP chants were great.
After the weekend games:
1] Jazz - 44-16 - L1 [lost to Twolves]
2] Suns - 42-18 - L2 [lost to Nets]
3] Clippers - 43-19 - W4
4] Nuggets - 39-21 - W1 [beat Houston]
5] Lakers - 35-25 - L3 [lost to Mavs]
6] Mavs - 33-26 - W3 [beat Lakers]
7] Blazers - 32-28 - L5 [lost to Grizzlies]
8] Grizzlies - 31-28 - W2 [beat Blazers]
9] Spurs - 30-29 - W2 [beat Pelicans]
10] Dubs - 31-30 - W2 [beat Kings]
11] Pelicans - 26-34 - L1 [lost to Spurs]
Knicks [9] and Wizards [8] keep their win streaks going.
Twolves [17-44] won 1 game and are now 2 games ahead of Houston [15-46], which has the worst record in the NBA.