Warriors vs Raptors NBA Finals Thread

Lol they thought really hard about not calling that reach on Dray

Isn’t it funny the same media members that bashed us for getting Zion now want to put an asterisk on Toronto because of GS injuries

Kawhi is twisting the knife right now.

End of the third, Kawhi has 31, Raptors are up 12.

Can't believe Curry having Vanvleet with open at the top of the key, one on one, and waving in Livinstone. Not for help. JUST TO TAKE THE ASSIGNMENT FROM HIM.

Wow. That's some cowardice.

Sorry but I rather Kristen Ledlow over Doris

*shudders violently

My wife: Are you ok?

Me: I felt a disturbance. As if a million 20 something year old cried out asking their parents to replace their Warriors jerseys with Toronto ones.

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Originally Posted by msusousaphone

*shudders violently

My wife: Are you ok?

Me: I felt a disturbance. As if a million 20 something year old cried out asking their parents to replace their Warriors jerseys with Toronto ones.

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Steph Curry with that tasty 1 of 8 from three right now

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The problem with trying to do a big comeback on this Raptors team is that they'll just beat the ******** out of you

— TS% Eliot (@Cosmis) June 8, 2019

GS meltdown?

Raptors just beating the brakes off Golden State right now.

dying at steph curry shouting "this is the biggest competition in the WORLD!" in a commercial about extreme miniature golf airing while the warriors collapse in the 2nd half of an NBA finals game

— Hanif Abdurraqib (@NifMuhammad) June 8, 2019

Live look at the player who was salty he didn't get max contract from us and took minimum to go play on defending champs pic.twitter.com/CYN8nCcVPh

— we got robbed (@TheSaintsFans) June 6, 2019

If Toronto wins it all is Cousins the dumbest person ever?

i know everyone's just gonna say KD was out - but this is tremendously gratifying anyway.

Klay came back early off injury, risking re-injury, and he did his job. 60% from deep, 28 points.

Looney came back early off injury, risking making it worse, and did his job. 10/6 off the bench and plenty of hustle.

It's the healthy guys who let Golden State down. 19 from Curry on 1 of 9 from three and 6 of 18 from the field. 4 fouls, three turnovers. Not good enough.

Klay came back early off injury, risking re-injury, and he did his job. 60% from deep, 28 points.

Looney came back early off injury, risking making it worse, and did his job. 10/6 off the bench and plenty of hustle.

It's the healthy guys who let Golden State down. 19 from Curry on 1 of 9 from three and 6 of 18 from the field. 4 fouls, three turnovers. Not good enough.

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Originally Posted by neworleanshoo

i know everyone's just gonna say KD was out - but this is tremendously gratifying anyway.

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They're still rolling out the two best shooters of all time, one of whom is a 2x MVP, as well as a DPOY, a Finals MVP, and are being coached by a COTY.

No sympathy, no excuses.

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Drake is going on trolls GS

And that's the ball game. 13 point loss at home for Golden State. Kawhi had 36/12 with 4 steals. Big bench night for Ibaka with 20 points.

Curry played well under par.

They're down 3-1. That's probably the last game ever at Oracle.

Crazy how Kawhi ended the Heatles and now he's going to end Golden State.

Man just dismantles dynasty's like it's a hobby.

Golden State moving away from their loyal and fervent fan base to play in San Francisco in front of a bunch of chino-wearing Bitcoin users for eternity is truly late stage capitalism at its finest

— Antoine Linguine (@aklingus) June 8, 2019

Raptors fans took over Oracle tonight. This is great!

Spotted in Jurassic Park �� pic.twitter.com/ggxR7o2W5F

— SportsNation (@SportsNation) June 8, 2019

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— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) June 8, 2019

Golden State will recover and still have the same team minus Durant which makes them great but beatable. Losing Cousins will be an addition by subtraction.

We should all send Cousins thank you letters for not signing that 2-year $40 million deal. The guy just doesn’t play winning basketball consistently hurt or not. I hope he signs with the Lakers or teams back up with AD on the Knicks.

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Originally Posted by Darkhorse985

Golden State will recover and still have the same team minus Durant which makes them great but beatable. Losing Cousins will be an addition by subtraction.

We should all send Cousins thank you letters for not signing that 2-year $40 million deal. The guy just doesn’t play winning basketball consistently hurt or not. I hope he signs with the Lakers or teams back up with AD with the Knicks.

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I wonder where those few people who wanted Demps to give Cousins the max still have gone?

Draymond did not give hope that Durant is coming back in presser just now.

Sounds like GS is conceding judging by GS player pressers

Windhorst thinks Durant is done

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Draymond did not give hope that Durant is coming back in presser just now.

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Even if he did, I think it wouldn't matter. Might extend it to 6 instead of 5, but it wouldn't matter.

Back when the Irish Republican Army over here was a big deal in the 1980s, there was a failed assassination attempt on Margaret Thatcher and the Conservative Party cabinet. After the attempt failed, the IRA released a message in which they said: ''Tonight, we were unlucky. But we only need to be lucky once: you need to be lucky always.''

Strange comparison, but that's kind of how I feel this is now, even if Durant comes back. Golden State needs to be lucky three times in a row. Toronto only need 1.

LAST WEEK: Liverpool wins Champions League.

THIS WEEK: Kawhi has one of the NBA's greatest dynasties ever on the brink.

NEXT WEEK: Father's Day.

What a run for New Balance.

— Mark Titus (@clubtrillion) June 8, 2019

Crazy we almost ended up with Dell and 40 Mil to DeMarcus.

Now we have a great president and GM, Zion, and whatever AD gets.

Stern was right.

Dell Demps was an awful GM . End of story

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Crazy we almost ended up with Dell and 40 Mil to DeMarcus.

Now we have a great president and GM, Zion, and whatever AD gets.

Stern was right.

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Stern was indeed right.

Meh. Hyperbolees gonna hyperbolize.

Dell was a decent GM. Cousins' achilles wrecked the destiny. Don't be so narrow visioned.

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Originally Posted by msusousaphone

Meh. Hyperbolees gonna hyperbolize.

Dell was a decent GM. Cousins' achilles wrecked the destiny. Don't be so narrow visioned.

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I tend to agree with this. A fully healthy Cousins with AD was still an interesting and promising pairing. We got unlucky there (Or now, depending on how you look at it, very lucky).

I also think Demps was not horrible. He made some savvy moves, and a few dumb ones that cap strapped up as well. He was a middle/bottom of the pack GM, not a complete Baffin like some here (and inexplicably, Stern) seem to insist on.

We are a much better organization today than we were, top to bottom.


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Originally Posted by msusousaphone

Meh. Hyperbolees gonna hyperbolize.

Dell was a decent GM. Cousins' achilles wrecked the destiny. Don't be so narrow visioned.

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It’s all gone bad for GS

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/...l&uh_test=1_05

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Originally Posted by msusousaphone

Meh. Hyperbolees gonna hyperbolize.

Dell was a decent GM. Cousins' achilles wrecked the destiny. Don't be so narrow visioned.

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One day, I'm going to beat you with a baseball bat with the word "hyperbole" engraved in it.

Just saw this, didn't realise it and surprised by how true it is.

If the Warriors lose this series, they will be 1-2 in the finals without KD. The one they won was against the Cavs when Lebrons second best player was Mozgov, because Kyrie and Love were injured. That series still went to 6 games. Not a particularly impressive ring.

When you consider that, plus the fact that they blew a 3-1 lead, do people overrate the Golden State core?

Obviously just making the finals that many times is a huge sign of skill, but if Kyrie and Love don't get injured in 2015, they're 0-3 without KD.

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Originally Posted by Pelicanidae

One day, I'm going to beat you with a baseball bat with the word "hyperbole" engraved in it.

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Lol.

My original account here was from 2005. So I go way back on this board and franchise. I've been doing a lot of musing this AM about the history of things.

Things have NEVER been brighter. Happier days are coming. Guys. As bad as AD has been. It has been nowhere NEAR as bad as Gordon. That guy singlehandedly tanked this team for years. His attitude was a cancer. I put this in another thread but I really do think he destroyed most of ADs early years and Dell's career. Before Gordon, CP3 had the season of unrest. Before him and during that was the horrible owner in Shinn and a team trying to make it in NOLA. Throw in the Hometwon Hornets playing in OKC......this franchise has ALWAYS had bad attitudes and personalities dragging it down.

Oh. And Baron Davis. My friends and I drove hours to see that guy play and he totally punked us in the streets after the game. David Wesley saw it and came over and was insanely cool to us after it happened (DW really is one of the best guys) but yeah, this franchise has always had cancers.

But......wow......this feels fresh. Gayle Benson, Griffin, Jrue, Zion, Gentry. It feels like some great people and personalities are in charge. I absolutely relish having hard workers like Tatum or RJ come in to match that. I really do think this franchise is going skyward and this board will evolve with that.

Better days are coming.

It's fun that this Raptors team is made of so many Western Conference ex-pats whose teams have been nurked by the Warriors for so long. Gasol from Memphis, Ibaka from OKC, Kawhi/Green from SAS. It's like the West came together to give Toronto spirit bomb energy to beat GSW

— Bored Man Gets Paid (@okhanSTR) June 8, 2019

Nancy Pelosi agrees pic.twitter.com/93vvZVak9b

— Joe (@JoePerticone) June 10, 2019

Thank God I already hated America, so I don't have to change my positions on anything.

Holy ******** KD is going to the Pelicans! https://t.co/cr72LjMRod

— Justin Rowan ���� (@Cavsanada) June 10, 2019