1) Houston Rockets vs. 2) Golden State Warriors

[tabascojet]

harden 0 for his last 20 3 pointers.......

 

[gordontrue]

I'm really happy for cp3.

Regardless of what happens the next couple games, the legacy of how CP3 will be remembered has drastically changed.

 

[Montalban]

GS is lucky Houston cant make any open 3’s lol

James harden goes oh for 11 on 3s last night and the choking Warriors still can't beat them. Someone should remind the Warriors that a basketball game has 4 quarters rather than 3. They don't have a guy who is used to making buig baskets at the end and it really shows.
The Warriors look like they are almost offended that anyone would play D against them. Its like "Hey I'm Steph or hey, I'm KD you aren't supposed to guard me".

 

[Montalban]

harden 0 for his last 20 3 pointers.......

And the Warriors still found a way to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory

 

[tabascojet]

I'm really happy for cp3.

Regardless of what happens the next couple games, the legacy of how CP3 will be remembered has drastically changed.

he has to make the finals.....

 

[TurnUpTheHeat]

he REALLY REALLY hates the Cavs and Dan Gilbert and LeBron for sending his team into a spiral of shittiness.

If you say so, but FACT is I never cared for James, pre-Heat, and wasn’t upset when he left.

I predicted he’d stay, but thats a different discussion.

 

[gordontrue]

he has to make the finals.....

He was the guy who couldn't get past the 2nd round. That's gone now.

 

[tabascojet]

And the Warriors still found a way to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory

all they need now is green suspended for game 7 so they can have alternative facts as to why they choked....

 

[gordontrue]

I wouldn't have believed the Rockets could be up 3-2 without Harden balling out.

 

[handicappers]

Lol at Draymond. What a toad

 

[msgkings322]

It was a decent game until the Warriors became the Keystone Kops again in the last 3 or 4 minutes of the game. I read an astounding stat this morning that the Warriors have scored a total of one point in the last two minutes of games 4 and 5 combined.
If that's not indicative of a gutless, choking team I don't know what is. I watched a DVR of the 4th quarter and there is plenty of blame to go around for last night's debacle at the end and it has nothing to do with Andre Iguodala.

Agreed but again, they lost 2 games where their 2nd best defender and 2nd best facilitator was out, and lost them by basically one bucket. He matters. Doesn't excuse some crappy play in both games, but it's not like Houston smoked them. The Warriors have work to do but they are by no means finished. If the Rockets and their fans are already celebrating winning the series, that makes me very happy as a Ws fan.

This article says it well:

Paul's latest postseason injury comes one win away from NBA Finals

 

[bksballer89]

Lowe: Trevor Ariza is easy to miss. He shouldn't be.

 

[msgkings322]

The Dubs are on their heels and their confidence is shot. You gotta go for the jugular now. Don’t let them get their foundation back.

This is simply false.

 

[msgkings322]

fairly certain you know the ignore feature works...

I could ignore you sure, but that doesn't mean you aren't obsessed. LeBron is way up in your head.

 

[msgkings322]

Not really. Nobody is going to mention the 2009-10 Lakers

His point being they have a body of work that they can stand behind if they win 3 of 4. If they win 2 of 3 with no back to back, it's not really a strong case. Back to back titles is a necessary but not sufficient condition to be considered a GOAT team.

 

[msgkings322]

At some point a team has to quit whining ... "we don't have enough All Stars" to win. (or really good players)

Or even worse ... "one of our top 6-7 players is hurt". (or suspended)

They have Durant, Curry, Klay, Green. Just execute and win the game.

Who's whining? Link?

 

[msgkings322]

I disagree.

Young is trash in general. But he also would not have been afraid of that moment because he has experience and he has an aloof personality. The pass was not bad. Cook dropped it because like Barkley said, he couldn't breathe.

I do blame Kerr because it isn't fair to put Cook in that situation. Outside of garbage time, he played about 10 minutes all series. He should not have been on the court in that situation. Period.

Not wrong but it does show how the narratives depend on so much luck and millimeters of difference. That shot goes in (and it was close) and Cook is a legend and Kerr a genius. Just like if Ray Allen's big shot misses the whole narrative on LeBron changes. A lot of randomness in sports.

 

[msgkings322]

Stop.
Had he have stayed with OKC your tune would be quite different.

He was Finals MVP last year, correct?

He knows, the OKC fans here are salty as a dumped girlfriend about him.

 

[msgkings322]

Curry response to it was even better. Not salty at all.

I love it

Yep, this stuff is what makes the NBA fun. Can't do it in baseball or football.

 

[msgkings322]

Lol at Draymond. What a toad

Thought he was a donkey?