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NBA 2017-2018 Season Thread
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Sterling
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Assuming nothing super crazy with other rosters, it would be tough. Could just have a week where they shoot sub 25 percent from 3 or something, but that's pretty unlikely and would certainly be a surprise. I mean it would be pretty crazy, but not Buster Douglas over Tyson or Miracle on Ice crazy.
Sterling
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Kaines
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3 Games. 3 Blowout wins. Each of them called by the refs in very different ways. As always, how the game is called would decide the outcome. The NBA has always been this way.
zzeris
The Real Benny Johnson
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This. The MSM narrative is so fucking old I don't even bother except to see scores now. Curry has a few bad games. What's new? Curry 'erupts' for 35. Huh? Is that an amazing total for him or any superstar? The Warriors have four supers. No one else has four. They are slotted for another ring without an injury and would probably still take it with their other three. They are and have been an exceptionally good team. I know the media are desperate for narratives, clicks, and more money but they've gotten to the point of droning babble instead of insight or tight narratives. The only thing more painful for NBA basketball than this Warriors team is the media covering it.
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Alex
Still a Music Elitist
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No amount of ref'ing accounts for 20+ point blowouts. That's a rightful win/loss.
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Kaines
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You honestly believe that 2 teams who play almost diametrically opposed styles of basketball would normally be within a couple points of each other if the referees didn't choose a style to bias throughout the game? The game was called fairly tight against the Rocket's "tough defense" in games 1 and 3 and the Warriors blew them out. When the Rockets were allowed to mug Curry / run over him with the ball every time down the court, they blew out the Warriors. The pattern isn't hard to figure out here.... well maybe not for YOU....
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Kaines
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Ok, let me spell it out for you in crayon.
Refs call game in a way that allows Rockets to stay physical with Curry all game and relentlessly foul him without calls: Rockets win by 20.
Refs call game in a way that prevents Rockets from getting physical with Curry and have to move the ball rather than running over whoever is in front of them: Warriors win by 20 / 40.
This isn't hard to figure out.
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Kaines
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Warriors show Rockets who's boss, steal Game 1 in Houston
Not physical enough. Are you even watching these games?
Alex
Still a Music Elitist
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Curry was forced to defer a ton in Game 1. Took the third most shot attempts on the team and had over half as many assists as shot attempts. He only attempted five threes. That's half his season average. They were focused on running him off the line and playing physical. Klay and Durant just had great Game 1s to overcome it.
Louis
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The flow of a game and a blowout result can easily be facilitated by refs.
The combination of GS's ability to go on ridiculous runs and a couple of questionable calls going their way in the midst of that run force teams to panic, press, and start throwing up hot garbage. You see teams fall behind a little bit, realize their predicament, and start jacking up bad 3's in desperation to try and keep up. It's not like other teams aren't aware of what they are capable of at this point. They see the run and try to keep up and fail miserably because no team has the shooting skills they do.
NBA reffing is what it is though.
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Jozu
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The Rockets live and die by the 3 though. They shoot it if they are up and shoot it when behind. If it falls they win if it doesn't they lose.
That's the problem with that style of basketball. Maximize possessions, spread the floor, find a good look for a 3. If it's going in it looks GREAT.
When guys are going 2 for 9 from 3, it looks awful and that team usually gets blown out.
In comparison to a team like the Celtics that depend on multiple sources of offensive production, and the 3 point shot is just a luxury. Not saying Boston is better than Houston, but if the Rockets aren't on target from deep they really don't have any other way to create offense, besides Capela inside on a lob off a roll or something very rigid.
The Warriors are a long ball oriented team as well but they have Durant, Draymond, and a bunch of other bench players who can score in a pinch (Livingston did Harden DIRTY off the dribble and finished at the rim....).
That's the problem with that style of basketball. Maximize possessions, spread the floor, find a good look for a 3. If it's going in it looks GREAT.
When guys are going 2 for 9 from 3, it looks awful and that team usually gets blown out.
In comparison to a team like the Celtics that depend on multiple sources of offensive production, and the 3 point shot is just a luxury. Not saying Boston is better than Houston, but if the Rockets aren't on target from deep they really don't have any other way to create offense, besides Capela inside on a lob off a roll or something very rigid.
The Warriors are a long ball oriented team as well but they have Durant, Draymond, and a bunch of other bench players who can score in a pinch (Livingston did Harden DIRTY off the dribble and finished at the rim....).