Game Thread WCF - Warriors vs Zombie Sonics - Series thread

[yenniedn]

Just an FYI - my favorite word for years has been "unscathed". It's a word you really only read in books but I've actually had occasion to use it a few times in my life and left the conversation feeling very full of myself.

I gots mad vocab skillz.

It doesn't appear as though the GSWs will come out of this series unscathed...

they is gonna be so scathed!!!

Best I can do as a first generation immigrant on ESL.

 

[crandc]

At lunch, a colleague asked a Warriors fan, "So, when do the Warriors lose their next game?"

I had to bite my lip to not LOL.

 

[Spud147]

It doesn't appear as though the GSWs will come out of this series unscathed...

they is gonna be so scathed!!!

Best I can do as a first generation immigrant on ESL.

Scathed and unscathed used correctly and in context... I hand over my GOAT trophy to you sir. That reminds me... did you hear Kenny talking last night about Steph Curry making a "prolific" comment about his team.

 

[Spud147]

OK, I couldn't resist and had to click the link to find out exactly how "few" tickets were available.

Laugh. Out. Loud. Look at the legend:

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Maybe Kenny was talking about the number of seats available in Game 5 when he used the word "prolific".

 

[PtldPlatypus]

FYI, Warriors fans in Warriors forums are actually a lot more like us than like the bandwagon Laker fans many accuse them of being. Case in point, I posted the following on Warrior's World:

most Blazer fans felt at the end of the series that the Warriors had to work a lot harder than they wanted/expected to get out of the second round. Do Warrior fans view it the same way, and do any of you feel that the series with Portland has had any residual effect on this series with OKC?

The first response:

Yes, it was a hard fought series that was lucky to only go 5 games.
At the time, W's fans didn't think much of it (because Curry was still supposedly recovering from his injury), but little did we know it would be a harbinger of things to come. The lack of focus and effort demonstrated in that series has basically come back to haunt us against OKC, only this time OKC has the talent, depth, and experience to punish us for it.

Although, looking at it again, I guess this guy isn't really giving us any credit, as he's basically saying it was only a tough series because the Warriors weren't focused.

What a prick!

 

[yenniedn]

At lunch, a colleague asked a Warriors fan, "So, when do the Warriors lose their next game?"

I had to bite my lip to not LOL.

At lunch, I walked over to the deli and saw this:

At lunch, a colleague asked a Warriors fan, "So, when do the Warriors lose their next game?"

I had to bite my lip to not LOL.

At lunch, I walked downstairs to the local deli and saw this:



If you look closely at that gold Toyota in the middle, there remains one GSW car flag in the lot whereas these were rampant a week or so ago. Props to this guy for staying the course I guess!

I apologize to my Blazer brethren if I appear to be exulting in the Warriors' misery a little too much - but living here in the middle of them (especially in the last year+) has been, to borrow BlazerCaravan's word, truly insufferable.

 

[theprunetang]

I have several friends from Oregon who were very casual basketball fans until this year when they were suddenly "Long time Warriors fans". Sure.... Suddenly, they are no longer posting stuff about Curry and the Warriors every day on facebook. I'm sure they will *defenestrate all of their Warriors gear after game 5.


*defenestrate is my personal favorite word. And after game 5, the Warriors hopes and dreams shall be defenestrated.

 

[yenniedn]

Scathed and unscathed used correctly and in context... I hand over my GOAT trophy to you sir. That reminds me... did you hear Kenny talking last night about Steph Curry making a "prolific" comment about his team.

Thank you and I am humbled to have been bestowed such an honor! I did not catch Kenny's post game - I typically try to avoid those as much as possible for my own sanity. But that's not surprising to hear that come out of his mouth and you're probably right that he was referring to the availability of seats at Oracle for tomorrow night!

 

[yenniedn]

FYI, Warriors fans in Warriors forums are actually a lot more like us than like the bandwagon Laker fans many accuse them of being. Case in point, I posted the following on Warrior's World:


The first response:



Although, looking at it again, I guess this guy isn't really giving us any credit, as he's basically saying it was only a tough series because the Warriors weren't focused.

What a prick!

Let a Bay Area resident translate that for you:

"You were only able to go 5 games with us because we weren't focused since you guys lack the talent, depth, and experience to hang with us."

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Let a Bay Area resident translate that for you:

"You were only able to go 5 games with us because we weren't focused since you guys lack the talent, depth, and experience to hang with us."

The other replies are similar. Like this guy who says the Blazers really aren't any good, and the fact that the series was close said more about the Warriors than anything else.

Not really - Lillard/McCollum is exciting but that isn't to the level the Dubs play.
They went the full 82 games without really taking any off. No peaks or lulls like teams usually have. Just the whole way through. That's on top of every team bringing their A game just for you and wanting to knock you off your record pace.

The W's style of play naturally requires their players to perform at a higher workrate. More switching on D, more cutting and moving w/o the ball, more use of undersized guys against opposing bigs, etc...

The Blazers made great use of the high pick and roll. Bogut (just like last year) isn't moving very well at the end of a long season and the Blazers took advantage of that.

The fact that the Blazers scored as well as they did in 3 consecutive games was a pretty bad sign heading in against OKC.

And these guys, who of course attribute all difficulties to Curry's injury issues

Not really - Lillard/McCollum is exciting but that isn't to the level the Dubs play.
The way they played against the Warriors - bombing 3's - will keep it exciting and close, but nah never felt worried.

I mean they played roughly 3/5 of that series without Steph.

The big fact was (and I think still is) Curry either didn't play, or played at less than 100%

And here's my favorite:

I feel it was the opposite. They didn't have to buckle in and execute against the Blazers.

Maybe the Warriors' problems with OKC are our fault because we weren't a good enough tune-up for the WCF. Darn Blazers--they should have made the Warriors have to try harder!!

 

[Natebishop3]

Considering we led for much of that series, I don't see how they think it was some walk in the park. It took 17 points in OT from Curry in game 4 for them to keep the series from going 6 games.

 

[crandc]

Funny how demoralized the Warriors fans are considering their team is not yet eliminated. Blazers fans stuck around to the final buzzer. We did not capitulate. Neither did the team. They persevered to the end.

Funny how much trouble I'm having trying to think of big words off the top of my head. I guess being a professional tech editor/writer has that effect; all my professional life is about using simple and clear language.

 

[blue9]

The other replies are similar. Like this guy who says the Blazers really aren't any good, and the fact that the series was close said more about the Warriors than anything else.

Sounds like he'd agree with what I'm saying in the Is GSW Overrated thread. If the Blazers aren't all that good, and the way the series played out says more about GSW than POR, then it stands to reason that GSW isn't anywhere near being the best team of all time.

 

[yenniedn]

The other replies are similar. Like this guy who says the Blazers really aren't any good, and the fact that the series was close said more about the Warriors than anything else.


And these guys, who of course attribute all difficulties to Curry's injury issues



And here's my favorite:



Maybe the Warriors' problems with OKC are our fault because we weren't a good enough tune-up for the WCF. Darn Blazers--they should have made the Warriors have to try harder!!

Told ya

I'm sorry but no one's going to convince me that there wasn't some ridiculous bandwagoning going on around here. I live right smack in the middle of them and have seen it happen blatantly within my own circle of friends. Any winning team is going to get their share of bandwagoners, I get that - but what gets me is that they were portrayed as the golden boys and doing it the right way when, as it's been now clearly demonstrated, they have one of the biggest douches as the heart of the team.

Plus, having to endure the endless Warriors circle jerking on local sports talk everyday is pretty unbearable. I could put up any number of past audio clips of the Draymond portion of Tom Tolbert's drive time show and you'd throw up in your mouth. Serves their smug asses right to get bounced now. (Don't anyone come in here and tell me they're coming back to win the next 3 games b/c they're not.)

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Sounds like he'd agree with what I'm saying in the Is GSW Overrated thread. If the Blazers aren't all that good, and the way the series played out says more about GSW than POR, then it stands to reason that GSW isn't anywhere near being the best team of all time.

Oh, they're fully convinced that it's ALL about Steph. They've got a thread saying "hard to believe that some ass sweat is going to ruin our season", and vehemently shouting down the one guy in there who had the audacity to suggest that they'd lose either way because OKC is just playing really well right now. As far as Warrior fan is concerned, they are the best team ever and are just suffering from some bad luck.

 

[SIeepwalker]

Funny how demoralized the Warriors fans are considering their team is not yet eliminated. Blazers fans stuck around to the final buzzer. We did not capitulate. Neither did the team. They persevered to the end.

Hm, Some people here seriously said that we should break up the team and start over after we lost Game 4

 

[H.C.]

More Green drama. He did this last night. If the league retroactively gives him a flagrant, he'll be suspended by default.

@dviss1
What call would you make on this play?
Charge? Foul on Green? Play on?

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Intentional.

His legs clamp and lift.

Fuck Adam Silver. It doesn't matter if he's doing it intentionally or not - he's reckless and could hurt somebody. He's turning into Artest.

Remember Bogut calling Lillard "reckless" for Iggy's injury? Watch that play, that's what unintentional looks like.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

The irony....

 

[dviss1]

@dviss1
What call would you make on this play?
Charge? Foul on Green? Play on?

On a block charge call ask yourself 2 questions. If the answer is yes to both, it's a player control (offensive) foul:

1. Did the defender obtain and maintain a legal guarding position?
2. Does the offensive player go to AND through the defender?

In the instance above, Green obtains a legal guarding position. Kanter goes to but NOT through Green. There's only marginal contact. Play on.

Now....

In an effort to embellish contact, Green flops like a little BITCH while following through and purposefully tripping Kanter.

This is an unsporting foul. A Technical foul is the proper penalty.

 

[BBert]

The irony....

Oh for Pete's sake (no offense to Pete intended).

 

[H.C.]

On a block charge call ask yourself 2 questions. If the answer is yes to both, it's a player control (offensive) foul:

1. Did the defender obtain and maintain a legal guarding position?
2. Does the offensive player go to AND through the defender?

In the instance above, Green obtains a legal guarding position. Kanter goes to but NOT through Green. There's only marginal contact. Play on.

Now....

In an effort to embellish contact, Green flops like a little BITCH while following through and purposefully tripping Kanter.

This is an unsporting foul. A Technical foul is the proper penalty.

This is the only other play I can remember in recent memory that's similar.
If I remember correctly, Deli wasn't given a tech. Nor was he assessed one by the NBA after the game.
If you were one of the ref's would you have favored a tech on this play for Deli?
I do believe the ref's got it right on Gibson, can't react like that.


Dirty play, AND unnecessary contact.
I agree with you.
How the NBA justifies not giving Green a tech/flagrant for this play is beyond me.
Whatever Thunder in 5.

 

[illmatic99]

It's weird. I was kinda hoping GS doesn't get two titles that easily.

Considering the playoff adversity LeBron and OKC have been through, I didn't feel that it was right that Curry would just waltz into two straight finals appearances.

I'm excited for CLE v OKC. Both KD and Bron deserve titles. Nearly 10 yrs in and KD has only one pseudo finals appearance. James is only 2-5 in the Finals. For their legacy, I'm hoping this is the final matchup.

 

[selloutking]

It's weird. I was kinda hoping GS doesn't get two titles that easily.

Considering the playoff adversity LeBron and OKC have been through, I didn't feel that it was right that Curry would just waltz into two straight finals appearances.

I'm excited for CLE v OKC. But only KD deserves titles. Nearly 10 yrs in and KD has only one pseudo finals appearance. James is only 2-5 in the Finals. For their legacy, I'm hoping this is the final matchup.

FTFY

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Wonder what Kanter (and perhaps the GM who signed him for the max) thinks about this.

 

[crandc]

The bandwagoners at work were at lunch talking about the San Jose Sharks.

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

The bandwagoners at work were at lunch talking about the San Jose Sharks.

Now if the Sharks and Warriors lose, will it be Giants baseball talk?

 

[crandc]

Hopefully A's. But I'm OK with Sharks. It would actually be rather a laugh if the Sharks win the title and Warriors eliminated in WCF.

 

[Strenuus]

Hopefully A's. But I'm OK with Sharks. It would actually be rather a laugh if the Sharks win the title and Warriors eliminated in WCF.

A's not doing so hot lately. 'Specially with all those injuries.

 

[Blazers Roy]

Gotta give it to OKC's coach, he did a hell of a job in this series, his players knew exactly what the opposing players wanted to do at all times and were comfortable with their defensive gameplan.

Donovan was underrated and even ridiculed throughout the season by the media, but he is no clown.