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Pacers scored 60 points in the half but were still down 20 points!! That is serious reason to worry!!!!
Seriously, dude, what ing game are you watching? The game was over three minutes into the second quarter, when they'd held the Pacers to 30 points and were up by over 20. The rest of the game was coasting.
Their starting back court averages 50 points per game. Curry's PER is 34.8. Let me say that again: Curry's PER is 34.8. If they had many teams' starters coming off the bench there'd be an enormous drop off.
Pacers scored 60 points in the half but were still down 20 points!! That is serious reason to worry!!!!
Their defense is good enough to make it extremely hard to keep up with their offense.
emulating Pistons bad boys or Harper / Jordan / Pippen defensive perimeter and you win
Really? I am pretty sure the French don't bathe every day.
Ha ha ha!!! How much we get for ten dollars?
wish Mills got few of these "dirty chops" from his countryman..Warriors/Curry looked shook with the pestering physicality of Delly and Cavs early on in that series..I agree some controlled physicality will have to be brought against them..Trying to outshoot these guys is peak foolishness..
By God, if I ever owned a basketball franchise- you'd be my first call.
I don't pay much, but the hours will be terrible...
Ban OP, terrible thread
The Warriors defense does have some catching up to do to their offense just like the Spurs offense has some catching up to do to their defense. Both the Warriors/Spurs haven't even peaked yet, the Spurs are winning by shutting down teams & the Warriors are winning w/ Curry emulating a video game on offense.
The Warriors look head & shoulders above better than anyone b/c their offense is so far ahead of the rest of the league (+7 ORtg) with Curry shooting the ball at an unprecedented efficiency. The Spurs defense needs to have a DRtg of 89 (hold teams to 85 ppg (-3 ppg) at the current pace) to match the Warriors offense.
OP is right, they're good, but as i've said before, they're so beatable, they've won some lucky games.
We just need to play our game, we'll get them.
Westy can rough some of the little es up too, give the splash bros a smash.
You beat the Warriors by playing better than them. That's the only way.
Spurs obviously haven't peaked, but I'm not sure about Golden Showers. They're playing like if this was a continuation of last season. Maybe they never stop peaking.
Dellavedova is 6'4", not really that big, but he just played really physical on Curry. Curry's performance was sub par. I don't think Green or Simmons have the savvy to play real dirty. Maybe Manu can, but he could be a step too slow at his age. Spurs need to sign up a bruiser who's only real role is to make Steph's life miserable.
Wrong. you beat them by bringing the 'nasty'.
Dude have you ever actually played a sport? Do you know how hard it is to keep a big lead?? I have been on both sides of a blowout while playing. When you have a huge lead, the game feels like it takes FOREVER to end. It's easy to let up. , it's almost human nature.. When you are losing big and you want to keep fighting to win then desperation mode kicks in and you start to play your absolute best to get back in. Most times it's just never enough though because the other team finally gets that reason to play hard again.They're a of a team, but tonight proved what I've been saying all along: they're definitely human on that end, and as Sean has pointed out many times, analytics are wayyyy overrated in basketball. Their D-Rating might be top 10, but they really don't pass the eye test. Tonight proved why analytics don't tell you the entire story about their defense. They get huge leads because the offense is just ridiculous, while the other team usually falls behind quickly leading to bad shots and turnovers as they hopelessly try to get back into ball games. This jacks up the Warriors' D-Rating big time and allows them to sort of take off some defensive possessions by bailing them out with bad offense. This also further ignites the Warriors' offense and transition game. Once the Pacers decided to play 12 minutes of disciplined ball, the Warriors' defense showed their true colors but their offense was still just good enough to keep them from blowing it barely. Still, Warriors gave up a whopping 123 points in regulation which would have Popovich pulling his very grey hairs out.
Bottom line is, it takes EXTREME discipline to beat the Warriors, on both ends, but they can be beaten. You have to stick to your gameplan and stay physical or else they will discourage you and you'll quickly find yourself down double digits. There is a very minimal margin for error for stupidity and unforced errors, bad shot selection and blown assignments -- but they can be beaten. You have to make guys like Iggy and Green volume shooters and hound Curry all game. You have to fight over every screen, no cheating under or it's 3 points every time. With Kawhi and Green on the perimeter and Timmy and Aldridge on the inside, it's possible -- it's obviously not going to be easy by any means -- but it is possible.
GSG
Another thing everyone MUST keep in mind.. Everyone wants to be the team that breaks the Warriors undefeated streak! So guess what? Every team is giving 110% effort every night! And they still win the games.
They remind me of the 2007 Suns whose run & gun offense was their defense. Cliché but true: Offense wins games. Defense wins championships.
Very true. The 2007 Suns would have had an easy championship if the 2007 Spurs weren't there to meet them. That's the main difference.
Also this. Kind of like the Eagles' defense before the Tampa Bay loss
Yes, I've played a lot, both basketball and football, and I don't care if it's tied or we're up 40, I'm going to keep making plays to help my team score offensively and I'm going to continue to yell at my teammates to "get your ing man" every time. It's serious business with me and sports
I told my friend this the other day. Offense wins you regular season games. Defense wins you championships. When the pressure is on and the shots arent dropping you have to find a way to stop the bleeding, if you cant defend, you cant win the le.
Guys, you beat the Warriors by scoring more points than them ok?
Op is another trash here, gsw defense is elite, the one is overrated is the spurs...
OP, I hope you're more confident in this thread than you were about those Falcons and Giants threads, my ..
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