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2017 NBA Playoffs Thread - CLE @ BOS Game 5 on TNT
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bhzmafia14 Kawhi at the 4 lol. Pop refuses to do it and idk why.
Such a simple solution, I'm guessing he doesn't want to wear kawhi out by guarding Zbo or Gasol
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not as bad when kerr decided to put bogut on tony allen
Yeah that was bad. Fizdale made a great adjustment this year by making Allen initiate the play.
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'HERE COMES AUSTIN RIVERS'
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Death taxes and joe johnson floaters. Clippers elite perimeter defender Luc mah boute got lit on fire by a guy that wouldn't get picked up at 24 hour fitness on sunday morning. Not only that but neither hayward or gobert were on the floor down the stretch as the jazz demolished them. It's time to break up the clips like pusha t. Stick several forks in em
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So what are the other reasons for his struggles? Apparently it's never his fault right?
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Shot selection
Fatigue
Settling
Not having outlets
Victim of his own regular season brilliance/extreme usage down the stretch.
Y'all want it to be one way but it's the other way.
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It can be both ways
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Per Brooks, Otto Porter (neck) went through shootaround this morning and will be available for Game 4 tonight
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You don't get it. There's some sentiment that Russ is being absolved of all blame which isn't the case at all.
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Kawhi at the 4 will completely take Zbo out of the game.
Match Kawhi up against Marc like GSW did a few years ago with Draymond. Marc just isn't going to dominate the matchup like he should.
It seems like Pop is married to his vets, though. Parker actually isn't having too bad of a series offensively, but his defense is atrocious. Manu is non existent. Memphis is giving him the Tony Allen treatment. I keep thinking he's going to break out of his slump, though. Maybe Game 5 is that game.
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Isn't shot selection again his fault ? Like going for wild threes praying for a call I also his teammates fault he played poor in the second half
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I'm not sure there is an easy answer of a "correct" rotation this series. I agree about Roberson. He should have pulled the plug much faster.
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Manu is due for one.
Kawhi at the 4 will completely take Zbo out of the game.
Match Kawhi up against Marc like GSW did a few years ago with Draymond. Marc just isn't going to dominate the matchup like he should.
It seems like Pop is married to his vets, though. Parker actually isn't having too bad of a series offensively, but his defense is atrocious. Manu is non existent. Memphis is giving him the Tony Allen treatment. I keep thinking he's going to break out of his slump, though. Maybe Game 5 is that game.
I honestly wouldn't care if Murray started and Tony just had his minutes peeled back, and in close games Tony shouldn't be out there at all.
Another issue is the defense from the bigs and for this I was victim of the regular season. Gasol and Lee look helpless out there, especially my guy David Lee. It's Knicks Lee all over again.
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Man this ain't no myth. In the first finals he got huge points when the game was already in hand but never when it mattered and had problems with Delly for two games. And in last years finals he got progressively worse game by game culminating in a behind the back pass that all but sealed the loss and then got locked down by Love in the final minute. Dude was barely average in the finals.Steph, who was definitely the only player on his team to crack 20ppg, while being his elite shooting self and getting 0 suspensions for kicking people in the nuts, was the reasonHim and him alone. Not like Bron and Kyrie reached their final forms and were both averaging like 30ppg while Bron also lead in pretty much every other statistical category for both teams. It was all Steph
This Steph is trash in the finals myth gotta end. At least on NT
Man that dude disappeared for long stretches in those finals games. At times you forgot he was even on the floor. He played like trash, it is what it is.
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We get it. I was just asking since every time you post something it's about Russ not doing anything wrong and it's on everyone else but him. But some of the blame is on him which you mentioned so you're finally getting it.
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Wrong again. Y'all see what y'all want to see. There is no finally getting it.
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But, but his +/-
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The thing is people have agreed over and over that OKC's team isn't that good (especially on offense) and therefore Westbrook is being asked to do too much.
It's just that this doesn't absolve him of playing poorly at times AND he's shown that there's a good Russ (involves his teammates, shoots efficiently, lifts the team to early leads) and a bad Russ (takes horrible shots, stops passing, has atrocious 4th quarters leading to collapses). So by definition he could be playing a lot better for 4 quarters and giving his team a better chance to win.
That's all.
It's just that this doesn't absolve him of playing poorly at times AND he's shown that there's a good Russ (involves his teammates, shoots efficiently, lifts the team to early leads) and a bad Russ (takes horrible shots, stops passing, has atrocious 4th quarters leading to collapses). So by definition he could be playing a lot better for 4 quarters and giving his team a better chance to win.
That's all.
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Russ averaging 6to's shooting 35% or something, king of 4th quarter collapses even the game they won he was bricking free throws and yet he can't do anything wrong there really isn't any point in discussing after that
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Name ONE person who said he hasn't done anything wrong? Y'all chasing ghosts outchea.
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No field goal attempts for Adams in the 4th. Granted they lost a lot of possessions when Roberson was being fouled. But still.
2 attempts for Oladipo in the 4th
2 attempts for Oladipo in the 4th
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The narrative surrounding Stephs 2015 NBA Finals is crazy.
Guy finished that series with 26-6-5 on 44-39-89 and the last three games he averaged 24-5-6 on almost 50-40-90.
He was balling that series.
Guy finished that series with 26-6-5 on 44-39-89 and the last three games he averaged 24-5-6 on almost 50-40-90.
He was balling that series.
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Russ just needs to make better decisions picking his spots in the 4th to take over. He can't go into every 4th quarter thinking he's got to do absolutely everything. It never worked for Mike in the early days. It never worked for Lebron in the early days. It never worked for Kobe when he did that. For them to get over the hump and actually get a ring they had to rely on the team and picks the right spots to be selfish.
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