Game Thread WCF - Warriors vs Zombie Sonics - Series thread

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Hey sly. mm resorts to name calling. Ban him. Gotta be consistent.
 
Well if Durant chokes again, let's hope their media bashes him hardddddd so we can scoop him up in FA ;) he doesn't need to be über clutch here... We have a Dame!
 
BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94 said:
I just want Cleveland to smash either team ultimately.
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Personally, I want one of the following scenarios to happen in the Finals:

1) one team sweeps the other or
2) one team starts off 3-0 and makes history by losing in 7.

Regardless of team, EITHER scenario would be glorious.
 
Fez Hammersticks said:
That's the series.

No way do they win in Golden State.

Durant with the epic choke.
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Not just Durant, Westbrook choked once again, too. He had 4 TOVs in the last 1:40. Sure, one of them was a foul, but it happened because he was going hero ball and playing 1-on-3. He also missed 5 of his last 6 shots.

BNM
 
BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94 said:
Even the little things like his constant fuckery with his mouthpiece and his lame little chest pump and signal to the heavens after every make... I just, ugh... LeBron is VERY right about him.
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What'd Lebron say about him?
 
Fez Hammersticks said:
Well, that fan is right.

Epic, EPIC choke from KD.
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I still don't get why Durant is getting all the blame. In the game I watched, it looked like a team effort, with their two biggest stars leading the way. Yeah, Durant came up small, but Westbrook turned the ball over 4 times in the last 1:40 and missed 5 of his last 6 shots. If that's not choking, I don't know what is.

BNM
 
Man, the Warriors are going to be a tough team for anyone to kill. Klay is the reason that they won, plus Iguodalas defense late. Plus they have that Curry guy. I wouldn't count OKC out because KD and Russ can easily just go off in game 7..but it is going to be an uphill battle. I thought Billy Donovan showed his inexperience by going away from size late. Trying to best the Warriors in a game of guards just isn't going to happen for OKC. But they beat up the Warriors all night inside and then went away from that late.
 
I am pretty sure if it was OKC that knocked us out of the playoffs, we would all hate them a lot more. The Warrior loss is still too fresh in our minds. Don't get me wrong I hate the Warriors, but I have hated the Thunder a lot longer and I just can't get past that.
 
They both choke not one but both. Neither of them are team players when you got 3 players wide open and don't get the ball it tells me they try to play hero ball and lost. We don't need that here on the Blazers so I say pass on Durant during the FA. He not team player and if he expect win a championship he better think he can't do it alone but with his mind set right now he will never get there unless he does a Lebron go some where like Golden state that would give him better chance.
 
cardova08 said:
Man, the Warriors are going to be a tough team for anyone to kill. Klay is the reason that they won, plus Iguodalas defense late. Plus they have that Curry guy. I wouldn't count OKC out because KD and Russ can easily just go off in game 7..but it is going to be an uphill battle. I thought Billy Donovan showed his inexperience by going away from size late. Trying to best the Warriors in a game of guards just isn't going to happen for OKC. But they beat up the Warriors all night inside and then went away from that late.
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That's what happens when a coach lets a player start dictating substitution patterns. The OKC coaches, Westbook and Donovan, need to take a look at at official box score from nba.com, the +/- column in particular, and figure out how to get their most efficient scorer and little more playing time.

BNM
 
As a Portland Trail Blazer fan, I am delighted at the way this series has played out. It has gone from a series where I didn't want to see either team win to one where I can't wait to see who loses. Because, whoever loses, it will be an epic choke job and a demoralizing defeat.

After Draymond Green kicked Steven Adams in the nuts and didn't get suspended, less than 24 hours after Dahntay Jones got suspended for a less egregious groin shot, I wanted the arrogant, entitled Warriors to lose. Seeing them not even make the finals after winning 73 regular season games would have slammed the door on the Best Team Ever debate.

But now, I'm back to wanting OKC to lose. Their lying owners that lie, stole that team from Seattle. I hate Westbrook's particular brand of selfish, me-first hero ball. They are a division rival. So, I want to see that team fail. I want them to collapse and lose this series after blowing out GSW in games 3 and 4 and taking a commanding 3-1 series lead. I want to see them snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. I want that entire organization and their entire fan base to suffer a demoralizing defeat.

And again, it is Westbrook leading the way. Telling his coach to "take him out" in plain sight on national TV is NOT the action of a team player, or a leader. He totally threw Kanter under the bus in the second quarter of a game that would end up being a blow out win. That action destroyed team unity. Teams win championships. Selfish, me-first assholes don't.

But, the real reason I want to see OKC lose is so Durant leaves. The finger pointing in OKC has already started and Durant is already becoming a scapegoat. If he leaves, it will be the first domino that brings that organization into years of 15 - 25 win seasons, because if Durant leaves, Westbrook won't be far behind and for a team that plays 2-on-5, there won't be much left.

Weakening our division rival benefits us, but there is also some karma at work here for the way that team was stolen from the fans in Seattle. They were gifted a team that was loaded with high draft picks and their cheap, lying owners are about to piss it all away. That city was gifted a team that has had only one losing season - their honeymoon season of 2008-09. By their second year in OKC, they were already a 50-win playoff team. That fan base has not had to prove their loyalty by suffering through any kind of diversity. I'd like to see how many of their hillbilly fans stick with that team through five or six consecutive losing seasons. Not many, I suspect. In which case, they never deserved that team in the first place.

BNM
 
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cardova08 said:
I thought Billy Donovan showed his inexperience by going away from size late. Trying to best the Warriors in a game of guards just isn't going to happen for OKC. But they beat up the Warriors all night inside and then went away from that late.
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http://espn.go.com/blog/statsinfo/p...ons-the-thunders-small-lineup-is-so-effective

Much has been made of the Oklahoma City Thunder’s five-man lineup ofRussell Westbrook, Andre Roberson, Dion Waiters, Kevin Durant and Serge Ibaka against the Golden State Warriors, and for good reason. That unit is plus-49 in 30 minutes this series, and no other Thunder five-man lineup is better than plus-5.
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Typical: the one time I actually root for the Thunder and they fuck it up. Now I feel all dirty for nothing.

Worth remembering, though: the Blazers were 3-1 down to the Lakers in 2000 and nobody remembers because we blew that 15 point lead in the 4th quarter.
 
well shit. First I wanted GSW to sweep. It legitimizes the series against the Blazers. Then I wanted OKC to win, so we could shut them premadonnas up (GSW). Now I want them to win again so KD leaves....
Uggh.. The love of the game is tearing me apart!!!!


I ate crow last night for a snack...An early crow meal because OKC is now done...
 
SIeepwalker said:
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No doubt the lineup has been effective, but it clearly wasn't effective for most of game 6 and Donovan went back to it and it ended up costing them. But I get it, you have to play the lineup that you most believe in to try and close out a series. It just seemed like that lineup had a tough time switching on ball screens and also gave up some second chance points.
Bottom line is that it didn't really seem like the Thunder played well for most of the game. They were up 8 most of the game when they could have been up 18. Once Klay and Steph got hot, I suppose it didn't really matter what lineup they threw out there.
 
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