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Series Thread: Western Conference Finals: OKC Thunder VS Golden State Warriors

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I agree with this to an extent.

He's been in the NBA a decade. So, he obviously isn't what he used to be.

But, what he is, it's still pretty darn good.

The highlight plays are mostly a thing of the past.

But, he is still their best option against the opposition star small forwards.

More specifically, Durant’s effective field goal percentage fell from 68.9% to roughly 50% when guarded by Iguodala during the regular season. This is largely because Iguodala’s terrific defense forced Durant to take more pull-up jumpers, many in which were nicely contested. Per ESPN, only about 25% of Durant’s total shots in the regular season were pull-up jumpers. His effective field goal percentage on those shots was 52%. When guarded by Iggy, however, 40% of his shots were pull-up jumpers and his effective field goal percentage dropped to 25%.


Iguodala’s relentlessness on defense was predictably in full effect during the Warriors’ first two games against the Thunder in the Western Conference Finals. In Game 1, Iguodala and the rest of the Warriors defense held Kevin Durant to just 10-of-30 from the field. Andre stole the ball three times that game, but the Warriors ultimately came up short.


As a talented all-around player, Iguodala’s athleticism and basketball IQ make him tough to guard.

Game 1 loss is a big gut punching loss which could of meant being up 3-2. But of course they blow a 13 point lead at the half. Which they haven't done all season until that game.
 

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Game 1 loss is a big gut punching loss which could of meant being up 3-2. But of course they blow a 13 point lead at the half. Which they haven't done all season until that game.

Didn't they blow a big lead vs Minnesota as well?
 

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Just going to leave this here
thats ACKNOWLEDGING that you arent gonna get calls on the road in the 2nd half of a blow out in the EAstern Conference Finals- I EXPECTED the Raptors to get the calls BECAUSE THATS THE PLAYOFFS- EVERYONE GETS SCREWED AT SOME POINT their is no point crying like a little sissy girl like you do EVERY SINGLE time the team you want to win is losing. Its just soooooo pathetic.
 

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Game 1 loss is a big gut punching loss which could of meant being up 3-2. But of course they blow a 13 point lead at the half. Which they haven't done all season until that game.
thats a good point....the whole narrative is turned on its head if not for the Game 1 "mini-collapse" in the 2nd half....

I think this is gonna go 7...i dont know who wins it in 7...but i kinda think it will....
 

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Just purchased contingent tickets to the NBA Finals Game 4 in Oklahoma City!

Come on, Thunder! Come through for me. :hope:
 

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about 1k for 2 tickets
an attorney at my office was selling a pair of tickets to game 5 for face value- 250 a seat...really good seats for Game 5 in Cleveland...ALMOST thought about doing it but dropping 500 hundo right after graduating with loan payments in the near future just didnt seem prudent....ughhh...

hope you get use those tickets in good health and good victory!!!! :)
 

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Hope for your sake it is a close game. A Thunder blowout win would suck
Yeah me too.

Either way it will be worth it to me just to be at a Finals game. I've never been to a championship-level game in any sport.
 

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Sounds like an all day job to cover the whole thing. :dhd:
its REAL WHITE too...lol....sitting in the office and the Cleveland winterspring is not exactly helping things---- PLENTY of sun the last few days though! not much of a spring to speak of- from like 50 to 85...sitting in the sun, catching a buzz and reading some old tom clancy novels....not bad.
 

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Heck, the Cavs had arguably the most competitive sweep I've ever seen in the first round vs, the Pistons.

Another example of this is you can make a case that the Blazers/Warriors series was more competitive than the ECF
 

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just got done reading Executive Orders...

Jack Ryan is the main character---- the same Jack Ryan character played by Harrison Ford in Clear and Present Danger, the same JAck Ryan played by Alec Baldwin in the Hunt for Red October, and the same Jack Ryan that was played by Ben Affleck in the Sum of All Fears.

In Executive Orders Jack Ryan agrees to become Vice President to close out the sitting Presidents last year in office because the VP had a sex scandal. Right after being sworn in while on his way to the ceremony- a hijacked airliner destroys the Capitol building and kills the President, the entire Supreme Court, the vast majority of Congress, all the Joint Chiefs, etc......so Jack Ryan has to become President.

Pretty crazy book- especially as it was written Pre- 9/11. Iran attacks the US in the book with Ebola loosing it on 20 different convention centers one weekend. Pretty NASTY descriptions in the book lemme tell ya.

Finished it and now on the Rainbow 6.
 

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just got done reading Executive Orders...

Jack Ryan is the main character---- the same Jack Ryan character played by Harrison Ford in Clear and Present Danger, the same JAck Ryan played by Alec Baldwin in the Hunt for Red October, and the same Jack Ryan that was played by Ben Affleck in the Sum of All Fears.

In Executive Orders Jack Ryan agrees to become Vice President to close out the sitting Presidents last year in office because the VP had a sex scandal. Right after being sworn in while on his way to the ceremony- a hijacked airliner destroys the Capitol building and kills the President, the entire Supreme Court, the vast majority of Congress, all the Joint Chiefs, etc......so Jack Ryan has to become President.

Pretty crazy book- especially as it was written Pre- 9/11. Iran attacks the US in the book with Ebola loosing it on 20 different convention centers one weekend. Pretty NASTY descriptions in the book lemme tell ya.

Finished it and now on the Rainbow 6.

That sounds good. Finishing up 11-22-63 and will have to look into Executive Orders next.
 
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