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Warriors blew a 31-point lead in Game 2 vs Clippers.31!Steve Kerr musta turned dumm overnight.Seriously, some are criticizing him for taking out Curry after he picked up his 4th foul in the 3rd quarter ... when the Warriors only had a 28-point lead.Durant, meanwhile, had 9 TOs (compared to only 8 shots attempted) and picked up 4 offensive fouls in the second half.And Cousins suffered an injury that might sideline him for the rest of the playoffs.It's not easy keeping a dynasty going.
The Warriors biggest flaw, and one that could still kill them at some point, is they get complacent. From Kerr to Curry to KD. You lose focus, you get cold, and suddenly a lesser team (still full of NBA caliber talent and shooters) gets hot and that happens. Kerr got cute, team relaxed, and there ya have it. Honestly, could be the best thing to happen to them for the push. Though the Cousins injury is brutal, feel bad for him as I do like him as a player. Thank god they got Bogut back
MUfanThat was a great read. Big fan of Pop.
Amazing finish to Blazers-Thunder last night.Thunder leads by 15 with under 8 to go, and still leads by 8 with a couple minutes left but blows it.Lillard caps a 50-point game that included some amazingly difficult shots by hitting a step-back 35-footer at the buzzer.Westbrook played well but, as usual, made some poor decisions down the stretch. George -- who has dubbed himself "Playoff P" even though he hasn't won squat in the playoffs in his entire career -- bricked 2 huge FTs, had a careless turnover and was too far off Lillard on the winning shot.Thunder is in salary-cap hell, with 2 outstanding players making mega-money, and another good player in Adams (who usually doesn't play down the stretch as they go small) but might never have enough talent around them to really compete in the West.
And therein lies the problem. Westbrook "playing well" is having a point guard go 11-31 in an elimination game. He knows how to number chase. He doesn't know how to ring chase.What's going to happen if Sam gets picked up by OKC after his 5th year senior year? Think he bails and tries to work his way to the Spurs?
And therein lies the problem. Westbrook "playing well" is having a point guard go 11-31 in an elimination game. He knows how to number chase. He doesn't know how to ring chase.
Westbook was AWFUL down the stretch. He hit that answer 3, to respond to a big Lillard 3 with 4:30 left. In the last 4:30, Westbrook was 0-2, had a drive and dish to a dude buried under the basket late in the clock that lead to a missed layup, had an offensive foul, and then a wasteful loose ball foul that gave the Blazers 2 FTs with no time going off the clock as they tried to claw back into it. And he couldn't have wanted the ball less the last 2 possessions.George finished rough, but he was the only one with any offensive punch down the stretch. He hit 2 really tough shots to stem the tide. The Thunder are in trouble because beyond the salary issues, I'm not sure who is clamoring to go play with a selfish stat-chasing weirdo in a bottom 2 NBA city.I saw a number of people rushing in with the "it was only a good shot cause he made it" take last night. You have your superstar, who has 47 and has been insane, at home and being guarded by a long and very good defender so going at him into the lane isnt great. I'm fine with the long 3, he is one of 3-4 players in the league with that consistent range (Curry, Trae Young, maybe Booker). Its not the highest percentage shot, but if he misses, you go to OT, at home, still up 3-1, and Westbrook and PG both had 5 fouls
Saw a lot of people roasting PG for calling it a bad shot in his postgame presser.I know Dame has that range, but a contested, stepback, 37 foot shot is a great shot in that situation... for the defense. Sure, he hit it and it was an incredible shot, but if I'm the opposition I can live with that shot every single time.
Head basketball coaches at FF are mediocre
Some are (Porter Moser, TC, some others). Brad Stevens isn't.