Rockets just showed the blueprint to beat the Warriors

[apalisoc_9]

Pop and his culture is more important than winning.

[tholdren]

So the Spurs got outscored by 23 points as soon as Kawhi wasn't on the floor and you somehow think they had a shot at beating the Warriors?

Bye

[DMC]

HOU got blown out with their team fully healthy in GM3 and even lost by double digits in GM1, but people think HOU had a shot to win this series due to the other games. Do you think it would have been close had Harden been out the entire series?

With Mike D coaching, all you have to do is wait for the bricks.

[DMC]

Kawhi only played 24 minutes in that game and keep in mind his playoff average was 36 minutes that year. Are you honestly that stupid to believe that Kawhi would not have played those 12 extra minutes had he not gotten hurt and that it wouldn't have made a difference? Like I said before I'm not buying into your bs.

Kawhi struggled with Memphis, was benched because of it.

[spurraider21]

Kawhi struggled with Memphis, was benched because of it.

a) i thought you were talking about the warriors series
b) when did kawhi struggle with memphis and get benched? he averaged 37 mpg against them. averaged 31ppg for the series of 54.8% shooting from the field

https://www.basketball-reference.com...-vs-spurs.html

[DMC]

a) i thought you were talking about the warriors series
b) when did kawhi struggle with memphis and get benched? he averaged 37 mpg against them. averaged 31ppg for the series of 54.8% shooting from the field

https://www.basketball-reference.com...-vs-spurs.html

http://www.sportingnews.com/nba/news...11mf4y5nonqrse

[spurraider21]

http://www.sportingnews.com/nba/news...11mf4y5nonqrse

"kawhi struggled with memphis"

players benched because of 2 turnovers in 52 seconds

[DMC]

"kawhi struggled with memphis"

players benched because of 2 turnovers in 52 seconds

That's when he got benched. You asked.

What kind of stupid homer do you have to be to think Kawhi can beat the Warriors basically single handed?

[ceds]

Pop and his culture is more important than winning.

Agree with this

His culture of "over yourself" light skinned players / international players is an exact copy of Utah.

we just got lucky with Kawhi

[spurraider21]

That's when he got benched. You asked.

What kind of stupid homer do you have to be to think Kawhi can beat the Warriors basically single handed?

i dont think he would win single handedly... but he was our clear #1 option on offense and they were lost without him, relying on simmons to be the perimeter shot-creator. the team was used to having him be the guy and played off of him. i know they beat houston once without him, but that wasn't sustainable.

[tholdren]

Nick young is in the nba and 2 ball brothers... you think this is more than and1 hype trash
.. no skill nba

[Slippy]

Dubs are so lucky . There is no blueprint for that. George hill misses freethow for the win & then jr Smith with the brainfade allowing dubs to win it in OT

[cd98]

Well you have to play perfect. I don’t know that Cavs can play better.

[DPG21920]

Well you have to play perfect. I don’t know that Cavs can play better.

Shouldn’t have to play perfect. Just don’t get a terrible whistle and have idiots on your team.

[Slippy]

Shouldn’t have to play perfect. Just don’t get a terrible whistle and have idiots on your team.

This

[cutewizard]

Dubs are so lucky . There is no blueprint for that. George hill misses freethow for the win & then jr Smith with the brainfade allowing dubs to win it in OT

Worst blunder I have seen

[Brazil]

Nice capitulation son. You could have just accepted the fact that you didn't even care to check the numbers before talking out of your ass and make a silent dissapearence on this thread; but no, you owned up to your ignorance and decided to go with a bang. Props son.

whatever makes you feel better

Harden being an above average defender
at your revolutionary take, to beat the warriors you need good defense and good offense... wow mind blowing

[daslicer]

whatever makes you feel better

Harden being an above average defender
at your revolutionary take, to beat the warriors you need good defense and good offense... wow mind blowing

[DAF86]

whatever makes you feel better

Harden being an above average defender
at your revolutionary take, to beat the warriors you need good defense and good offense... wow mind blowing

I don't know if revolutionary, but it seems to be very controversial. Seeing all the people arguing it here, tbh.

Also, lol at you still clinging to your " Harden is a bad defender because I say it " take.

[DPG21920]

I think what people are arguing is you saying you need to chuck 3’s.

[Brazil]

I don't know if revolutionary, but it seems to be very controversial. Seeing all the people arguing it here, tbh.

Also, lol at you still clinging to your " Harden is a bad defender because I say it " take.

show me who is arguing the fact that playing good defense is the blueprint to beat the warriors... smh

[RD2191]

A dominant big man would destroy the warriors.

[DPG21920]

A dominant big man would destroy the warriors.

Agreed. LaMarcus had success last year before Kawhi got hurt. Even this year, with no Kawhi, LMA dominated GS for the most part; just didn’t have enough help overall.

LMA posted a PER of 25 and a TS% of 60% (which was actually an improvement over the regular season). With a healthy Kawhi to not only score but help on defense? Even this year’s team probably gets 2 games vs GS with SA’s flaws.

[DAF86]

I think what people are arguing is you saying you need to chuck 3’s.

-No weak links on defense: Always have 5 average to above average defensive players that can switch 1 through 5 (that means no Pau Gasol, no Patty Mills, no Tony Parker, no Forbes).

-Have three pt shooters: It is what it is. You aren't beating this team without shooters. Houston won two games this series shooting under 40% just because they chucked threes. It might not be pretty but is what it has to be done. Spurs lack a lot of volume three pt shooters. You just can't have so many perimeter players that can't shoot like Tony, Murray and Anderson.

Rockets almost pulled it off (and probably do it if Paul doesn't get hurt) by basically playing just 6 guys (Gerald Green didn't play all that much before the Paul injury), and playing sub par offense. The first team that manages to duplicate Houston's defensive effort, while having a bigger rotation and an offense that creates three pts looks out of better ball movement should be able to beat a Warriors team that will have to be exhausted, next season, after 4 straight final appearances.

Should Kawhi stay here, I don't see why the Spurs can't be that team. But for that to happen, Pop and RC need to get their heads out of their asses and get done.

It's pretty much what many of us have been saying all along, just hope that the rest catches up after seeing this series. I'm still reading fans asking for more bigmen to play alongside Aldridge, LOL.

[cd98]

Ok, so the Cav blue print is have your best player score 50+ points and get a near triple double and don't have JR Smith on your team. The 2nd part shouldn't be a problem, but the first part is an issue.