**NBA FINALS THREAD - RAPTORS DEFY GRAVITY**

[had pants]

 

[ahat]

Can’t wait to laugh at you after Game 7...

Laughing at you has been a theme this playoffs. I like my odds.

 

[freeze]

I wish I could relax man but I can't.

I wish I could snap my fingers and just find out the end result.

oh, thats easy. Toronto lost. Alexa told me.

 

[thekillerj23]

Kd played it smart, lose and gets 0 blame, comeback and win the series, say he Lebron like coming back from 3-1. KD prolly could of played last game lol

 

[superblytrife]

Obviously it’d be better for them if KD didn’t play, but I don’t think this Raps squad really gives a damn.

They’re a hard-nosed bunch and they’re gonna go to work regardless. So far they’ve shown zero fear and have continued to keep pushing their style of ball. They know what they have to do and I think having home court will help push them through to their goal.

KD def throws a wrinkle in the mix though...no denying that. Anytime an all-world player suits up you have to have a healthy respect for their impact, 100% healthy or not.

Raps got this though.

 

[dman14]

im falling apart. in side.

They switch everything, comeback from 3-1 this is my nightmare.

no jerebko, mckinnie, cook, iggy, green clanking those 3s.
spacing is back and steph going to have that room
klay always locked in

doesn't take much for kd to score. he's going to rise up and get a clean look evrytime
pull up with the 3, or hit em with the hesi-carry/crossover for easy 2
swipe through foul and get to the line for easy pts

defensively, kd helping out on the boards and altering shots at the rim. being 6'12" all he has to do is raise his hands up

 

[3god]

Laughing at you has been a theme this playoffs. I like my odds.

lol we will see...

 

[blastercombo]

Ibaka gonna bless KD with the Alabama pants snake

 

[d3si]

The Raptors is a well-coached team

In the postseasons, they play much better after loss or even back-to-back loss

It'd be difficult for Warriors to pull comeback from 1-3 down unless Draymond pulls LeBron's mastermind on one of Raptors' key players to get one game suspension

 

[osh kosh bosh]

I feel like we're going to lose this series, I had nightmares about it, I feel it in my bones, every-single playoff struggle and embarrassment and bad draft pick and bryan collangelo giant *** collars it all comes down to this.

One last embarrassment to completely vaporize my soul.

 

[QU!K]

How they’ll be looking at KD in the locker room if they lose.

 

[osh kosh bosh]

We might not be able to keep Marc Gasol on the court. Making it even harder to score.

 

[moe200069]

KD can’t save them

**** you mean? KD got the full cape on ready to fly in like cap'n save a bro.

that spacing on offense with just KD's presence. 1-4 PnR, split action, off ball movement, the whole playbook opening back up. 3s gonna look like lay ups for steph

 

[blastercombo]

Lol spot on

 

[jaycruz.]

KD coming back is like undoing Thanos’ snap

 

[osh kosh bosh]

it can never be easy for the raptors.

 

[antidope]

I still don't think that he's going to be a net positive after not playing basketball in over a month but he's Kevin Durant

 

[QU!K]

We might not be able to keep Marc Gasol on the court. Making it even harder to score.

Just gotta make KD work on defence

Make Siakam run

 

[moe200069]

JOEY.LIGHTYEARS. if you aint getting better you getting weaker.

this chess not checkers son.

 

[MVP]

This will be even more fun than game 4. Y'all better not disappear like Friday night.

 

[freeze]

Raptor in trouble. I think kd is healthier than they let on. He's probably closer to 85-90%

 

[FreshLeeLA]

I’m torn...

I want Raptors to close it out tonight but that means nothing to look forward to in sports.

Ideal situation would be:
-Raptors in 7
-giving us two more games filled with wild hot takes (especially with KD back in the fold)
-Best outcome in ending the GSW dynasty

But don’t think I could handle the agony of GSW potentially pulling off this miracle. Would be the absolute worst outcome

 

[QU!K]

 

[elpablo21]

elpablo21 Can you keep track of who is repping the Raptors and who is repping the Warriors?

Ain’t trying to have mans like freeze try to hop on the bandwagon with his Raptors finals shirt talmbout I was supporting the Raptors from the start

The 5 raps fan here just gotta hold the fort down in case he comes through with the reinforcements.

Mericans' be wild'n

 

[gaiiige]

it can never be easy for the raptors.

relax, this man's having a full scale meltdown hours beforehand