It is amazing how uniformed some of the posters on this board are. Mori should be ashamed of himself. Two of MDA's main substitutes have been injured (Ryan Anderson and Mbah Moute) and were worthless when Mike tried to use them. They both are good defenders, passers, rebounders and shooters when healthy. He also did not have a HOF point guard available for the two biggest games of his life. He even tried to give fat, slow and certainly over the hill Joe Johnson time on the court but he sucked. The Rockets shoot 16% from three with 3 important pieces missing and only lose by 9. It is amazing that it was that close.TheOriginalOriginal wrote: ↑Tue May 29, 2018 11:31 amClassic Warriors fan, has no idea what is actually happening in the games, just likes em because they're good.Superbone wrote: ↑Tue May 29, 2018 11:17 amWow. That was vomit inducing. I'm not even sure you watched the game:Marty [Mori Chu] wrote: ↑Tue May 29, 2018 10:18 amWow, what a game. Super excited that the Warriors came back. I picked the Rockets to win the title this year, and at halftime I felt like I had backed the right horse. But I couldn't believe that Houston missed so many shots (many of them open 3s!) in the 3rd quarter. It was like you could feel their whole team tightening up.
How much of this falls on D'Antoni? His teams seem to consistently underachieve in the playoffs. Is it coincidence? Is it because he doesn't trust his bench, and therefore guys like Ryan Anderson and Luc Mbah a Moute end up being worthless in a game where they could have been useful? I still can't believe that the Houston offense was literally "iso-ball" for Harden and Paul the whole game. I found it awful to watch.
And I have to say, for everybody complaining that Harden should have gotten foul calls on 3s: the constant baiting of the refs by Harden, trying to draw cheap ass fouls on 3 point flailing attempts while kicking out his legs and arms, is ridiculous and should not be rewarded by the refs. I really hate this aspect of Harden's otherwise amazing play. He clearly goes out of his way to try to bait the defender into sticking out his arm so that he can go up and get a whistle. Or if a defender is jumping at him, he sprawls out his entire body in the hope of being lightly tapped so that he can act like a grenade went off, falling back into a crumpled heap and hoping for a whistle. It's chickens**t. Refs didn't call that a couple of times? Good. They should have called it zero times.
I'm not trying to be a 100% Warriors apologist here. The Warriors players do many obnoxious things. I hate when they flex their muscles after making a shot. I dislike how Durant also does some of the "shoot into your arm to draw a foul" BS (though less often than Harden). I generally dislike that Durant went to such an already dominant team; bad for the league. I dislike when Draymond Green acts like a thug and a bully on the court. So the Warriors aren't perfect.
But I at least think that the Warriors play a much more beautiful and admirable brand of basketball than the Rockets. I love the passing, the unselfishness (most of the time, cough cough Durant) that they show on their offense. I looooooove that they consistently seem to get young guys involved and into the rotation, like McCaw, Looney, Bell. Despite having such a star-studded starting lineup and an army of cheap vets on the bench, they develop young players and trust them with minutes, even in a critical Game 7. I like Kerr as a coach, and I like him as a person and social/political activist.
Despite any of the flaws or problems with the Warriors team, I don't know how you can watch this game/series and not be awed by Steph Curry. The crazy 3-pointers he makes; he's an assassin. Durant is an amazing player and probably the more talented overall, but when Curry makes 2-3 three-pointers in a row, it just takes all the air out of the building. Breaks their spirits. A generational talent.
As for the Finals, I'll make a separate thread for that. But the short version is that I think the Warriors will make short work of the Cavs, probably winning in 5.
Dude, Paul was out with an injury.Marty [Mori Chu] wrote: ↑Tue May 29, 2018 10:18 amI still can't believe that the Houston offense was literally "iso-ball" for Harden and Paul the whole game. I found it awful to watch.
Quite frankly I think the Warriors got real lucky. As I said in an earlier post it was a perfect storm and the Warriors took full advantage.
The bad part is that I do not see how the Rockets will be near as good next year. Hopefully another team rises and challenges this Warrior team.
I do not know if I can stand another one of their phony celebrations with Steve Kerr's SMUG ass face on full display.
Go Cavaliers - may the GOAT beat the crap out of the Warriors