**NBA FINALS THREAD - RAPTORS DEFY GRAVITY**

Who Will Win it All?

  • Warriors

    Votes: 86 53.4%
  • Bucks

    Votes: 27 16.8%
  • Raptors

    Votes: 9 5.6%
  • Nuggets

    Votes: 2 1.2%
  • Rockets

    Votes: 13 8.1%
  • Sixers

    Votes: 5 3.1%
  • Celtics

    Votes: 6 3.7%
  • Clippers

    Votes: 5 3.1%
  • Other West Team

    Votes: 6 3.7%
  • Other East Team

    Votes: 2 1.2%

  • Total voters
    161
  • Poll closed .
I Got the Warriors in 6... Toronto's defense is gonna keep them in it, but i also saw them go on extremely long scoring droughts vs the Bucks. GS could match the Bucks Defense but that offense is miles ahead.

Sidenote, should Boogie really be tryna play. I get that it's the finals & it's a dream for an NBA player. But coming off an Achilles, then a quad tear and coming directly into Finals basketball seems like it could be an issue.
 
I Got the Warriors in 6... Toronto's defense is gonna keep them in it, but i also saw them go on extremely long scoring droughts vs the Bucks. GS could match the Bucks Defense but that offense is miles ahead.

Sidenote, should Boogie really be tryna play. I get that it's the finals & it's a dream for an NBA player. But coming off an Achilles, then a quad tear and coming directly into Finals basketball seems like it could be an issue.

Trying to play Boogie is going to cost them a game.
 
I Got the Warriors in 6... Toronto's defense is gonna keep them in it, but i also saw them go on extremely long scoring droughts vs the Bucks. GS could match the Bucks Defense but that offense is miles ahead.

Sidenote, should Boogie really be tryna play. I get that it's the finals & it's a dream for an NBA player. But coming off an Achilles, then a quad tear and coming directly into Finals basketball seems like it could be an issue.

Bucks defense is better than GS's though. I expect the Raptors to be able to get off.
 
Bucks defense is better than GS's though. I expect the Raptors to be able to get off.

I don't agree with that at all when we're talking a 7 game series, When GS is fully locked in & engaged on defense they are excellent. & more importantly they have much better defenders to guard Kawhi in Klay & Iggy
 
Is it really though?
yes.
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In terms of the drtg for the playoffs i think one would also have to factor in that the Bucks played a one legged Blake team & then a Celtics team that was middle of the pack offensively... There defense is good but GS has shown time & time again what they can do to elite offenses in the playoffs.
 
In terms of the drtg for the playoffs i think one would also have to factor in that the Bucks played a one legged Blake team & then a Celtics team that was middle of the pack offensively... There defense is good but GS has shown time & time again what they can do to elite offenses in the playoffs.

yea. bucks have a better rating but havent played a GSW tier team. bucks rating wouldve tanked coming up against that firepower. GSW are a prolific team... your advanced stats and metrics and ratings mean nothing against em tbh. you got 3 players liable to go off for 30 at the same time. 2 of which require a double team. ratings dont mean anything against them.
 
I mean we could easily say that the Warriors haven't faced a Raptors level defense either. So what they did against the Clippers, Rockets and Blazers shouldn't exactly be fodder for giving them a distinctive advantage either.

This is by far the best defense the Warriors will have faced during this title run maybe since OKC in 2016. The Cavs rarely offered any resistance on that end.
 
I mean we could easily say that the Warriors haven't faced a Raptors level defense either. So what they did against the Clippers, Rockets and Blazers shouldn't exactly be fodder for giving them a distinctive advantage either.

This is by far the best defense the Warriors will have faced during this title run maybe since OKC in 2016. The Cavs rarely offered any resistance on that end.
to be fair 2 of the games that the cavs won the warriors scored less than 100
and a third one that they won they had 101
 
Are we really of the opinion that GSW doesnt know how to turn their defense on and off? Seriously asking.

Everytime they "turned" on their defense this year there has always been a rotation player they could flat out ignore.

The Raptors don't have a dude in their rotation you can just ignore.

I think GS wins but I wont be shocked if the Raps pulled it off.

Especially if Powell and Van Fleet keep showing up
 
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