Warriors vs Raptors NBA Finals Thread

Klay Thompson and Kevin Durant started chirping Drake hard after the game @MickstapeShow pic.twitter.com/2J900EjTbM

— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) June 3, 2019

It's gotten to the point where I'm starting to like the Warriors

What is wrong with me :help:

He is right, What we’re the Raptors thinking?

"The whole fourth quarter they were playing some janky defense ... Over the course of the game, it's kinda disrespectful to leave Andre Iguodala open like that. ... He's made big shots like that before."

—Steph Curry on the finish to Game 2 pic.twitter.com/eQ9Bymczv2

— NBA on ESPN (@ESPNNBA) June 3, 2019

Things you love to see:

That. pic.twitter.com/oAOSnkhIMk

— Golden State Warriors (@warriors) June 3, 2019

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Originally Posted by WildlifeAirGrp

It looked like more than just Curry. Seriously, that could have been the turn around right there. Weird nobody noticed.

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Opon further review, GS had 2 players off the bench on the court during play. A third past half court but out of bounds. Isn't that a suspension? Or just wishful thinking.

Looks like I was right on the Warriors putting Cousins in against Gasol! Boogie in this 1 game might have changed his entire offseason and actually cash in during FA. Now that it looks like the Warriors will be giving him big minutes this series is huge for him. He didn’t have a huge night but was very solid and actually looked good on defense. As someone who tore their achillles twice he should look much better next season. I have a feeling the Lakers will go after him and likely where he ends up.

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Originally Posted by GuardianAngel25

Looks like I was right on the Warriors putting Cousins in against Gasol! Boogie in this 1 game might have changed his entire offseason and actually cash in during FA. Now that it looks like the Warriors will be giving him big minutes this series is huge for him. He didn’t have a huge night but was very solid and actually looked good on defense. As someone who tore their achillles twice he should look much better next season. I have a feeling the Lakers will go after him and likely where he ends up.

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GA you are always getting it right. Glad you won again. If you do this again you will get a appreciation thread!

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Originally Posted by 13 - 3

GA you are always getting it right. Glad you won again. If you do this again you will get a appreciation thread!

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You forgot to tell him he was pretty.

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

You forgot to tell him he was pretty.

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U mad?

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Originally Posted by 13 - 3

U mad?

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Absolutely infuriated. Steam is coming out of my ears like a Looney Tunes scene.

The more I think about this game, the more I think Golden State should be upset with themselves.

The officiating was very unbalanced in the first half, landing the Raptors with multiple key players like Gasol and Lowry in heavy foul trouble early. Several of those fouls were nonsense calls. That's lucky for Golden State.

The Raptors had a 6 minute period of time where they couldn't make a single shot. Yes, GS played very good defense, but they did get open looks and just couldn't make anything. Golden State can't bet on that happening again. That's rare.

And Golden State still only won by single digits, in the last 2 minutes of the game.

Klay started off the game hot as hell, and was the only thing keeping them in it for the first quarter. He's now injured. He may be back next game, but it would not be surprising if he was hobbled. KD may not be back for game 3. Iguodala looks like he's in a lot of pain. Looney's now injured, and he was the only big they had who could defend the PnR.

Curry was bad in game 2. Real bad. He finished with 23/3/4, which is subpar for him. He shot 3 of 10 from deep and only 35% on the night. Vanvleet exposed him on defense whenever they got matched up. He had no points or assists in the fourth quarter. He had 9 FTAs, and at least 4 of them were from flops: the same bad calls the Raptors got unlucky with early in the game.

If I'm Golden State, I'm heading into game 3 feeling lucky. Even with the officiating in their favour, Golden State won game 2 because Toronto went through an absurd cold streak. That's not a good sign.

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

If I'm Golden State, I'm heading into game 3 feeling lucky. Even with the officiating in their favour, Golden State won game 2 because Toronto went through an absurd cold streak. That's not a good sign.

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To be fair, Golden State went through a similar cold streak to end the game. They had open looks, they just missed them.

You could argue that it's not a good sign for Toronto that they gave up a double digit lead at home to a team playing hobbled. Iguodala is hurting. Boogie is hurting. Steph was sick. KD is out. Klay and Looney got hurt.

It's not a good sign that the team that is healthy and came in with home court advantage, has now lost home court advantage to a 3 time champion that might be getting a 2x Finals MVP back in game 4.

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Originally Posted by NMThreeMVP

To be fair, Golden State went through a similar cold streak to end the game. They had open looks, they just missed them.

You could argue that it's not a good sign for Toronto that they gave up a double digit lead at home to a team playing hobbled. Iguodala is hurting. Boogie is hurting. Steph was sick. KD is out. Klay and Looney got hurt.

It's not a good sign that the team that is healthy and came in with home court advantage, has now lost home court advantage to a 3 time champion that might be getting a 2x Finals MVP back in game 4.

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Except both teams were cold during that stretch. Raptors scored only three points on a made bucket in the final 4 minutes, the exact same number Golden State did. Raptors got a couple of FTs, that's all they had extra. Both offenses died.

And it's also a case of the officiating coming back to save GS. Lowry got ejected for his 6th foul, when 2 of his first half fouls were nonsense calls he shouldn't have had. That definitely impacted the final few minutes.

I agree that the Raptors should be upset with themselves. If they had made even a handful of those open baskets, they still could have won despite the horrific officiating, and that's their fault. You have to make shots. But that doesn't change the fact that the Warriors were lucky that the Raptors had that cold stretch: the worst cold stretch of their entire postseason, and a cold stretch that had relatively little to do with Godown State.

I've been thinking about this today and I've realized:

Drake makes me hate the Raptors more than Green makes me hate Golden State.

I never thought this day would come but, I hope the Raptors lose.

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I've been thinking about this today and I've realized:

Drake makes me hate the Raptors more than Green makes me hate Golden State.

I never thought this day would come but, I hope the Raptors lose.

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I mean, Green is annoying but he is a fantastic basketball player, and I don't think he's a sexual predator. Drake doesn't have either of those benefits: he's just a mouthy fan with creepy tendencies and a big enough wallet that the league forgives it.

Golden State Warriors forward Kevon Looney suffered a fracture in his collar bone and will be out indefinitely in the NBA Finals, league sources tell ESPN. Looney underwent an MRI on Monday.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 4, 2019

Folks, he is not okay.

Just rewatched Game 2. Bunch of thoughts but I won't drop them all.

One big thought: maybe it's just the angle that we got on the NBA app broadcast, but it looks like Klay got hurt... flopping.

Like, Danny Green runs past him, and he purposefully lands funny trying to flop for the foul call, and hurts himself in his stupid non-landing.

He definitely hurt himself flopping. At first I started feeling sorry for the Warriors when I saw he'd hurt himself, but after seeing the replay that sympathy evaporated quickly :P

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Originally Posted by CarnbY

He definitely hurt himself flopping. At first I started feeling sorry for the Warriors when I saw he'd hurt himself, but after seeing the replay that sympathy evaporated quickly :P

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I didn't feel bad anyway. Obviously you don't want people to get seriously hurt but they only won their first ring anyway because Kyrie and Love were both completely out, and they've faced so many injured teams that I cannot feel bad for them.

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GA you are always getting it right. Glad you won again. If you do this again you will get a appreciation thread!

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LoL people have no sense of humor! Thanks buddy haha

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Originally Posted by GuardianAngel25

LoL people have no sense of humor! Thanks buddy haha

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Good luck Wednesday! Win more money!

Reporting with @ramonashelburne: Golden State officials prefer Klay Thompson sit out Game 3 to protect his sore hamstring for the rest of NBA Finals, but Thompson has continued to lobby them on playing tonight. Decision looms prior to tip.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 5, 2019

I don't think Klay plays tonight. Could be wrong obviously, I'm not in the room with him or anything, but I wouldn't risk it if I were GS.

Sources: Klay Thompson (hamstring) will not play in Game 3 of NBA Finals.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) June 6, 2019

And there it is. Raptors really need to win this one. Need to steal one on the road to make up for losing one at home. No Klay, no KD, no Looney, Iguodala injured. Got to win this one, really no excuse.

Draymond with the hideous airball.... wow

Curry hits the follow up though

Oracle and Kerr are infuriated by the refs calling an obvious foul lol

I really don't think anyone has ever taught Curry how to play defense. He legit just looks like he doesn't know what to do. It's not even that he's just too small to guard Danny Green, he just moves like he doesn't actually know what you're meant to be trying to do.

Cousins with the airball three.

Siakam is so good.

Steph hits another. He's going to need 40 tonight if the roleplayers keep playing like this.

Curry has 12 early but the rest of his team has exactly 4. It's worrying for GS, they need something from somewhere if they want to win.

I like how any random selection of fans that comes up on the GS fan-cam is pretty much an exact explanation of why everyone hates them.

Kawhi just put Bell on a poster.

Curry had 17 in the first quarter and the Warriors are still down 7. They were one Draymond Green circus shot away from being down 10.

That's not sustainable. At this pace, Curry is gonna finish with 68 points and Golden State will lose by 28. There NEEDS to be some support from the other guys.

Still not looking good for Golden State. 2 minutes into the 2nd, the lead has expanded to 12 from 7, and the Raptors have 4 different players with at least 8 points. Every starter has scored.

For GS, only Curry has more than 5.

Curry just threw one of the stupidest passes of the year. Big, looping overarm throw from the three point line. Looked like he wanted to throw a lob, but to someone who was 35 feet tall.

every time i want to feel bad for the Warriors and their injuries i just remind myself they played a Cavs team in 2015 whose second-highest scorer was Timofey Mozgov

— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) June 6, 2019

Warriors fans on twitter are having a meltdown about how shorthanded they are, but all I have to say to that is this:

You are starting a 2x MVP, a DPOY, a 6x all-star centre, and a finals MVP.

Shut up.

Refs very clearly aware that GS is shorthanded. Green should already have a tech, but they held back.

This officiating has been trash on both sides this half.

This game is really showing how good GS all stars make these role players look. Iggy, Cook, #28 all look vastly different when they dint have a million free runs.

These refs are in 3rd qrt form early in this game.

Refs desperately helping GS here. They called Kawhi for a charge earlier when Draymond was in the restricted area, they just called Kawhi for another charge when there was no forward motion, and they called Serge Ibaka for an offensive foul earlier when he just did a spin move.

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This officiating has been trash on both sides this half.

This game is really showing how good GS all stars make these role players look. Iggy, Cook, #28 all look vastly different when they dint have a million free runs.

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Shows you how much #StrengthInNumbers is the truth.

It really sounds obvious to say, but Golden State win a lot because they have more stars than you. That's it. Take away even a few of those stars so that they only have a couple, and they look reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaal shaky.

Straight up, if we had played THIS Warriors team last playoffs, we would have swept them.

If the Warriors lose tonight I blame this outfit. pic.twitter.com/oXb1auOP4c

— Sheila Mikailli (@SheilaMikailli) June 6, 2019

Warriors better hope and pray that Kawhi doesn't have a good second half. His first half was real bad, and they're still down 8.

Warriors half time show playing Lil Pump while someone does 1980's breakdancing moves is peak Warriors.

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

Refs desperately helping GS here. They called Kawhi for a charge earlier when Draymond was in the restricted area, they just called Kawhi for another charge when there was no forward motion, and they called Serge Ibaka for an offensive foul earlier when he just did a spin move.

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Yep. Not surprising though. I love the NBA, but the officiating is why the NFL will always be the best league.

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Originally Posted by NOLA_Dave

Yep. Not surprising though. I love the NBA, but the officiating is why the NFL will always be the best league.

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I see your point and I raise you this:

The NFL is painfully boring.

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

I see your point and I raise you this:

The NFL is painfully boring.

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Really? I would say no way, but to each his own.