NBA season 2018/19
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Houston are reaching a watershed moment and the way forward is uncertain. The owner is showing his impatience by offering D'Antoni a heavily reduced final year deal and they are offering up everyone in the roster for sale. Obviously the owner thinks he can get more out of his squad than two years losing to the Western conference champs
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Warriors win game 2 after a shakey first half. Series 1-1
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Toronto bottled it.
They had five minutes to go down 8, but facing a Warriors team without Klay and Looney. They were falling over the finish line, and Steph was their only real shooting option.
The Raptors proceeded to launch brick after brick, and hand the game to Golden State. Siakam and Van Vleet were the main culprits, but Lowry fouling out with three minutes left was bad as well.
Not sure how bad Klay's injury is, and the prognosis on Durant. You feel like the series may hinge on their health. If they can return then you'd say the Warriors are strong favourites, but if not then the scales tip back to the Raptors.
I think there's a huge difference between 1-1 and 2-0 though.
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@barbarian where I was watching it (about 80-90 people), most were going for the Raptors and it seems they were waiting for the Raps to make their run. Credit to the Warrior defence in that second half, they stepped it up and contested shots.
Warriors didn’t play that well other than that stretch in the 3rd, but they will be buoyed by Cousins contribution and knowing he could get his when he’s switched on.
Curry sort of faded in and out of the game. He’ll be happy to get back home.
Yes they need Klay and KD back, but for me (even with those guys) Iggy is the key man. He’s a smart player on both ends and because he’s a good decision maker he allows them to play their high risk offence.
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@ACT-Crusader said in NBA season 2018/19:
Yes they need Klay and KD back, but for me (even with those guys) Iggy is the key man. He’s a smart player on both ends and because he’s a good decision maker he allows them to play their high risk offence.
True, but at least we know he's fit. The other two... who knows.
Without Klay, a lot of pressure goes onto Iggy's shooting, along with Cook, Livingston and Boogie. Once the Raptors started doubling Steph in the final five minutes, the Warriors offence really spluttered.
Not sure where they find the 25-30 points Klay provides, not to mention the 25-30 KD can provide.
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@barbarian said in NBA season 2018/19:
@ACT-Crusader said in NBA season 2018/19:
Yes they need Klay and KD back, but for me (even with those guys) Iggy is the key man. He’s a smart player on both ends and because he’s a good decision maker he allows them to play their high risk offence.
True, but at least we know he's fit. The other two... who knows.
Without Klay, a lot of pressure goes onto Iggy's shooting, along with Cook, Livingston and Boogie. Once the Raptors started doubling Steph in the final five minutes, the Warriors offence really spluttered.
Not sure where they find the 25-30 points Klay provides, not to mention the 25-30 KD can provide.
Is he really fit? Looked to be favouring the leg again today.
A box and 1 defence is what you see down at your local court on a Wednesday night, but it was pretty effective. Pretty simple how to open it up though and the Warriors didn’t really adjust to it.
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@ACT-Crusader said in NBA season 2018/19:
Is he really fit? Looked to be favouring the leg again today.
A box and 1 defence is what you see down at your local court on a Wednesday night, but it was pretty effective. Pretty simple how to open it up though and the Warriors didn’t really adjust to it.
He's not 100% but at least he can get on the court.
And I'm sure the Warriors can adjust in some way, but you have to agree that no Klay would be a huge blow.
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No doubt. But I reckon one of Klay or KD ply game 3.
Kerr seemed a little more optimistic about those chances.
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Still dark on the North losing yesterday.
I hope the whole GS team play and lose and Dray and KD go at it and the whole lockerroom is lost.
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@barbarian said in NBA season 2018/19:
Klay out of today's game. You feel like it's now a must win for Toronto.
Up by eight points early.
If they can't win today, they can never win at Oracle. Double and triple Curry all day, and let the others shoot.
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Curry with 17/6/3 in the first quarter. You feel like he needs 55/15/12 for the Warriors to win!
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game over before half time
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Raptors took it easily in the end, big games from Leonard, Green, Lowry, Van Vliet. Their best performance of the finals so far.
Curry dropped 50 but had virtually no support from anyone else, as expected.
Best finals series in years. I think the Raptors might well win it.
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@barbarian said in NBA season 2018/19:
Raptors took it easily in the end, big games from Leonard, Green, Lowry, Van Vliet. Their best performance of the finals so far.
Curry dropped 50 but had virtually no support from anyone else, as expected.
Best finals series in years. I think the Raptors might well win it.
It would be a disgrace if they couldn't beat a side now missing 2 starters and a high rotation bench player.
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@mariner4life said in NBA season 2018/19:
@barbarian said in NBA season 2018/19:
Raptors took it easily in the end, big games from Leonard, Green, Lowry, Van Vliet. Their best performance of the finals so far.
Curry dropped 50 but had virtually no support from anyone else, as expected.
Best finals series in years. I think the Raptors might well win it.
It would be a disgrace if they couldn't beat a side now missing 2 starters and a high rotation bench player.
I don't know if it'd be a disgrace, but definitely opportunity lost. Curry and Boogie should still be able to resist the Raptors given they're both 'franchise players' and on the same team. I mean plonk them both into the Cavs, Knicks, Suns, Bulls etc and any of those teams would expect to contend. Perspective required here. The missing cattle is some premier cattle but let's not forget those guys make GS a legit Super Team. Even without Klay and Durant they should be highly competitive against anyone.
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@shark i get what you are saying, but i think it's a little bit of a stretch. Prime Cousins and Curry plus Green is still a very good team, but this is not prime Cousins. He's barely played, and hasn't exactly been on fire.
Add in the Warriors are a very top-heavy team, so that those two injuries really hamper them, as i don't think the calibre of their rotation guys is as high as some others.
If it was just one of Klay or KD out, then i still think they are unreal, but both really hurts them. They need one more shooter to make Green and Cousins effective scorers, and no one else seems to be stepping up. Curry was amazing yesterday and they got flogged.
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@shark said in NBA season 2018/19:
@mariner4life said in NBA season 2018/19:
@barbarian said in NBA season 2018/19:
Raptors took it easily in the end, big games from Leonard, Green, Lowry, Van Vliet. Their best performance of the finals so far.
Curry dropped 50 but had virtually no support from anyone else, as expected.
Best finals series in years. I think the Raptors might well win it.
It would be a disgrace if they couldn't beat a side now missing 2 starters and a high rotation bench player.
I don't know if it'd be a disgrace, but definitely opportunity lost. Curry and Boogie should still be able to resist the Raptors given they're both 'franchise players' and on the same team. I mean plonk them both into the Cavs, Knicks, Suns, Bulls etc and any of those teams would expect to contend. Perspective required here. The missing cattle is some premier cattle but let's not forget those guys make GS a legit Super Team. Even without Klay and Durant they should be highly competitive against anyone.
And they would be, but against the Eastern Conference champs in an NBA finals and the added pressure etc.
Boogie has next to no playoff experience to go off so whilst a very good player, he’s in uncharted waters.
Looney is a massive loss. His ability to guard the high screen is almost the best in the NBA for a centre. There were several 3s that the Raptors hit because both Boogie and Bogut didn’t come up or were too slow. Looney is up and in like a 6’11 guard.
I guarantee that the Raptors won’t hit 17 3’s again in this series!
