2 players, both the first option on offense on their team, took exactly 22 shots and 7 FTs yesterday night.
Curry 37 points
Kawhi 20 points
The end.
Agree. Kawhi, who was 8-12 at Oracle and 51 FG% in the season, shot an abysmal 32 FG% in this game...
But think about this...Kawhi's 20 pts, 13 rebounds, 5 asts, 0 TO, 3 blocks, 2 steals, line, could beat any team in the league, sadly, not the Warriors.
I would say one of the keys to winning against the Warriors is both LMA and Kawhi need to be on the same page. Kawhi was terrible in this game offensively but the last game LMA was awful in Oracle.
I was mostly posting this in reference to the 2-way player thread, and some people claiming Kawhi is at Curry or Lebron level offensively. I hope he can reach that level but right now it just isn't the case. That difference of 17 points between the two #1 scoring options is major when the other team wins by only 6.
The big 3 was lethal because they were basically unbeatable if the 3 of them had good nights. And you could always count on 2 out of 3 bringing their A game. Right now LMA and Kawhi are good, but we only seem to have a chance if both of them are playing at their best, at the same time. I'm not sure it will happen regularly enough to win a 7-game playoff series.
Shut the up pussy got. Our starting pork guard had 4 points.
Which is exactly what you guys have been asking for. In the last 3 years, we're 6-0 in the playoffs when Parker leads the team in scoring. 1-2 when he doesn't. Welcome to the new era.
Curry was hitting halfcourt shot meanwhile Kawhi couldn't hit his money mid-range shot, his jumper betrayed him while Curry couldn't miss in the 2nd half.
I've gotta disagree here, I have seldom seen 20 points on 22 shots ever win a game.
If you just looked at the stat line then yes, that is a very solid stat line. But he took 22 shots to get that 20 points which is just absolutely nuts.
If this was the norm shooting for Leonard then it would be a huge problem. But we know differently. He had an ugly night shooting the ball. No way to sugarcoat it.
But despite the bad shooting he was still trying to help in other ways. Led the team in rebounding, assists, and blocks.
One wonders if other guys were shooting the ball at even a mediocre clip if Leonard would have chucked so many shots?
Lol. No. We're asking for his benching.
The "settling for jumpers" offense, ladies and gents.
Is there anyone on this team who could match Curry if they were the #1 option?
Other teams have some but it doesn't seem to have done them any good either.
You beat great players with superior teamwork, but at some point you have to make some baskets.
If anybody could match Curry they'd be the MVP... so I'm going to be realistic and say that's not the goal. But 17 points is really an extreme difference, especially considering they took exactly the same number of shots and FTs.
Glorified role player
It's one game, not a trend though. Leonard has only matched him once in shot attempts.
Game 1:
Leonard 16pts on 6 shots
Curry 37pts on 20 shots
Game 2:
Leonard 18pts on 14 shots
Curry 14pts on 18 shots
Game 3:
Leonard 23pts on 12 shots
Curry 27points on 19 shots
Game 4:
Leonard 20 points on 22 shots
Curry 37 points on 22 shots
Leonard will never match Curry as the number 1 option. If that's what we're hanging the season on we are doomed. But then again there's no one else on the Spurs team to match him either. So it's gotta be a team wide effort.
Game 1 blow out victory Warriors. Leonard shot well but no one else. (LMA 2-9, Green 1-4, Parker 2-6, Manu 1-6, Mills 1-5).
Game 2 Spurs win. Leonard shot poorly but the team was mixed. (LMA 11-25, Diaw 6-7, Green 4-10, Parker 2-8, Mills 1-5, Manu 3-5)
Game 3 Warriors win. Leonard shoots well and the role players are decent enough. (LMA 5-16, Timmy 2-6, Green 3-7, Parker 4-10, Mills 3-8, Manu 3-6, West 4-5)
Game 4 Warriors win. Leonard shoots poorly as does everyone not named LMA. (LMA 11-18, West/Parker/Manu each 2-7, Green 1-7, Mills 2-8)
Leonard shot well in 2 games and 2 games not so much. Oddly enough both good games were at Oracle. Go figure. 2 games LMA shot well and 2 games not so much. His 2 good games were both at home. The big deal is that the role players are not doing enough. It's been a season long issue. That's not going to cut it. Not against the Warriors at least.
Or not...
5/16 = .3125
7/22 = .3181
If we play the Dubs in the WCF, Kawhi and LMA will both have to show up, plus Boris, plus Tony, plus 2 of Danny, Manu, Patty. I am not conceding anything to the Dubs, but we will have to get more consistent play from guys who have been anything but consistent most of the season.
^ When I said role players I meant the guys who have struggled the most like Green, Mills, Parker, Manu, etc...
And another point that is worth noting. Who is the number 1 option for the Spurs in this series?
Leonard - 54 shot attempts
LMA - 68 shot attempts
Waouh, you are really that stupid ! Keep going
Not a bad stat line for a guy who played timid much of the night and who was indecisive on his drives.
Considering his defensive capabilities/workload, if Kawhi could match Steph Curry's offensive output he'd be god.
It seems like you forget this part of my post "an abysmal 32 FG%"...Never said it was good.
I just said a line like this from Kawhi would be enough to beat most teams in the league. Like Kawhi/LMA 44 points combined in a game, too. But not the Warriors.
That's the issue.
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