Series Thread: WC semifinals: #6 Golden State Warriors vs #7 Los Angeles Lakers

[tlance]

Hard to get lucky 3 games in a row. The only thing that gives me hope is that Klay really can't play worse, but yet they only lost by 3. The Warriors are just never going to win if their second leading scorer for the season only scores 9 points in 41 minutes of play. If Klay can hit close to his season average, then maybe the Warriors can climb back into this series.

Can’t see LeBron and Co losing 3 in a row.

But game 5 is at home for the Dubs.

Win that, take it 1 at a time and you never know. I give the Dubs a 10% chance to win the series. Not over yet.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Hard to get lucky 3 games in a row. The only thing that gives me hope is that Klay really can't play worse, but yet they only lost by 3. The Warriors are just never going to win if their second leading scorer for the season only scores 9 points in 41 minutes of play. If Klay can hit close to his season average, then maybe the Warriors can climb back into this series.

I concur.

 

[Hambombs]

They will win game 5 imo, game 6 will be the sticky part

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Can’t see LeBron and Co losing 3 in a row.

But game 5 is at home for the Dubs.

Win that, take it 1 at a time and you never know. I give the Dubs a 10% chance to win the series. Not over yet.

I concur with this too....except I'll give GS a 20-25 % chance to win this series.
But should they even survive game 5, it'll be an uphill, arduous battle and will take a herculean effort in a game 6 just to get to a game 7.

#NotOverQuiteYet

 

[Robotech]

I concur with this too....except I'll give GS a 20-25 % chance to win this series.
But should they even survive game 5, it'll be an uphill, arduous battle and will take a herculean effort in a game 6 just to get to a game 7.

#NotOverQuiteYet

Realistically, it's somewhere between 10 to 12 percent right now, but it will go up to 20 to 25% if they win Game 5. We just don't know what we'll get out of anyone not named Steph, Wiggins, or Moody. Gonna need Klay and Dray to recapture some of their better form for three games in a row. Gonna need Poole to recapture some of last year's form. And Kerr will need to be on point with his substitututons, adjustments, timeouts, and ATO's.

 

[DJ]

What a game last night.

 

[DJ]

Can’t see LeBron and Co losing 3 in a row.

But game 5 is at home for the Dubs.

Win that, take it 1 at a time and you never know. I give the Dubs a 10% chance to win the series. Not over yet.

I think that is about the % usually is for a team down 3-1 if I remember correctly

 

[DJ]

Because, it's a veteran team like the Warriors I would give them a little better. 20-25%.

As much as I would like to see a gentlemen's sweep.....GS wins game 5. And would not surprise me if they won in a blowout....

 

[tlance]

Realistically, it's somewhere between 10 to 12 percent right now, but it will go up to 20 to 25% if they win Game 5. We just don't know what we'll get out of anyone not named Steph, Wiggins, or Moody. Gonna need Klay and Dray to recapture some of their better form for three games in a row. Gonna need Poole to recapture some of last year's form. And Kerr will need to be on point with his substitututons, adjustments, timeouts, and ATO's.

Agree except for the part about Moody being reliable.

I get that he has been consistent thus far, but you can’t depend on a young, inexperienced role player in these moments. You hope he can keep it up, but it isn’t given. Especially in the road in a close out game.

Also, will be interesting to see if Ham makes the mistake of over-adjusting to slow Curry again. Worst thing he can do, IMO is send too much attention Curry’s way and let those other guys get going.

We shall see.

 

[tlance]

Because, it's a veteran team like the Warriors I would give them a little better. 20-25%.

As much as I would like to see a gentlemen's sweep.....GS wins game 5. And would not surprise me if they won in a blowout....

That is maybe fair considering AD could have a no show at the worst possible moment.

I wouldn’t bet on that, but you never know.

When AD is the best player on the court the Lakers are awfully hard to beat.

 

[bksballer89]

 

[DJ]

That is maybe fair considering AD could have a no show at the worst possible moment.

I wouldn’t bet on that, but you never know.

When AD is the best player on the court the Lakers are awfully hard to beat.

AD has to be the best player for us.

James could be still fighting through that foot injury but hasn't looked like reg season Bron yet so far.

 

[DJ]

And he loves his 3 point shot although he has clearly lost it at his current age...

 

[DJ]

The Lakers are doing what the Celtics did last season.

Totally turned around their season halfway through reg season. The Lakers just did it with the trade deadline. And like Boston .....with defense.

 

[fightinfunbags]

And he loves his 3 point shot although he has clearly lost it at his current age...

That’s him being a team guy. The Lakers need 3 pt shooting from someone if for no other reason than to keep the defense honest. The Lakers don’t have that so he steps up and doesn’t give a fuck what the percentage looks like in the box score.

 

[fightinfunbags]

The Lakers are doing what the Celtics did last season.

Totally turned around their season halfway through reg season. The Lakers just did it with the trade deadline. And like Boston .....with defense.

The defense really stands out in the Western Conference playoffs. I haven’t seen anybody play consistent playoff caliber defense in the West yet except for the Lakers.

 

[DJ]

The defense really stands out in the Western Conference playoffs. I haven’t seen anybody play consistent playoff caliber defense in the West yet except for the Lakers.

Not counting my chickens before they hatch but it's why Denver and Phoenix don't really worry me. This GS team concerned me more before the series started.

But, not gonna lie....I would much rather face Denver....KD and Book are a dangerous 1-2 punch.

 

[DJ]

Not counting my chickens before they hatch but it's why Denver and Phoenix don't really worry me. This GS team concerned me more before the series started.

But, not gonna lie....I would much rather face Denver....KD and Book are a dangerous 1-2 punch.

Because defense....

 

[tlance]

Very mature response from him.

He isn’t worth his contract. But he is a lot better than what he has shown this series.

 

[Shanemansj13]

Getting a weird feel we could see Miami-LA again like in the bubble. A long way to go though