Can the CHAMPS Dim the Beam? Official Warriors (#6) vs. Kings (#3) 1st Round Series Thread

[skyrunner1]

I mean, that goes without saying, but the more time goes on the less reliant they should be on Steph because his body just isn't the same as it once was. All during this season we saw him make mistakes down the stretch of games because of fatigue, lo and behold the same thing happens in this game.

Just to put it into perspective:

Steph averaged 34.7 minutes in the playoffs last season
He's averaging 39.5 minutes in the 1st round this season (even more minutes than Fox, who's a decade younger).

That should not be happening.

Its an ongoing theme of the plus/minus when he is on court and when he isnt. They have no choice, he is the key piece to entire franchise, they paying him 100s of Ms. He gotta stay his ass on court or they watching Poole do dumb shyt.. lol

 

[Ripp]

Remember 2 games ago when I said Poole deserves a larger role and nikkas was saying how much he sucks? How much of a defensive liability he is.... and I made the suggestion that his offense could offset the lack of defense....well well well... Poole party season is among us

 

[The Connoisseurs]

There wasn't enough time for him to pump fake. The buzzer went off when his shot was in the air.

He caught teh ball at 2.1 seconds it takes a nba player about 0.7 to get a shot off

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

Draymond was useless in the 4th on both ends. Can’t rebound, can’t stay in front of anybody, and can’t do anything on offense. Better off going small and putting Poole at the 5

And this is why you're the WOAT.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

draymond just came into the game and already sabotaging

@Gil Scott-Heroin lost. theme of 2023

 

[steph_harden]

Warriors also want him to keep taking that shot. I get why he doesn't take it. I'm just frustrated as hell with Sabonis. He's been so disappointing this series and I know he can play better than this.

That’s what happens to guys in the playoffs vs experienced teams. Their tiny flaws get magnified. In Sabonis case his lack of offensive aggressiveness and his non polished jumper is getting magnified. People forget he’s still only 26…he’ll get better. He needed to get his ass kicked like this

 

[FAH1223]

Not sure who in the NBA office thought it would be a good idea to have the Knicks and Warriors series lead off today, but they deserve to be fired Especially after that fiasco when Clippers-Suns and Warriors-were playing at the same damn time. Don't nobody care about C's-Hawks or Nuggets-Timberwolves The outcomes for the latter were pre-determined before they even touched the hardwood.

Why doesn’t the NBA do 5:30 PM EST starts?

They used to do it all the time on weekends.

 

[BigMoneyGrip]

Kings win this game if anybody not named Harrison Barnes takes that shot

Dubs win game 1 and 2 and the refs didn’t allow the kings to get away with the pushing and pulling

 

[Jplaya2023]

This series is over. I called it after game 2.

 

[42 Monks]

Remember 2 games ago when I said Poole deserves a larger role and nikkas was saying how much he sucks? How much of a defensive liability he is.... and I made the suggestion that his offense could offset the lack of defense....well well well... Poole party season is among us

he played goofy as shyt down the stretch and the only reason he's not talked about more is because curry almost webber'd the warriors these out of touch, box score fueled fingerwags are the worst

 

[Jplaya2023]

Why doesn’t the NBA do 5:30 PM EST starts?

They used to do it all the time on weekends.

Because the hockey playoffs is fukking with the games with them being on abc/tnt

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

Even Draymond has finally realized he's terrible for their spacing. Maybe that bozo @Gil Scott-Heroin can finally accept this too.

He's still gonna play the same role and have relatively the same minutes. It doesn't change anything. He's doing this because he knows he has to earn back the respect of the team after fukking up again. It's got nothing to do with game strategy.

Dray might be "terrible" for the spacing, but Poole is terrible for everything else.

THIS BUM ASS POOLE. @Regular_P get him off the floor.

2-2 already. This bozo loses again.

#NevaRight

Down the stretch of the 4th quarter -

And Poole never set foot on the floor again. @smitty22 and I stay winning.

 

[Ripp]

he played goofy as shyt down the stretch and the only reason he's not talked about more is because curry almost webber'd the warriors these out of touch, box score fueled fingerwags are the worst

I admitted I was a boxscore warrior in my original post 2 days ago lmao work schedule has me all fukked up.... but even still take away Pooles 22pts and the dubs lose... they need him to score...die by the gun. Warriors lose by 10 if kerr continued to play Poole only 16min off the bench

 

[Javed]

I don’t get the Poole hate at all. He makes some dumb turnovers but so does everyone else on the warriors. He a walking bucket majority of the time

 

[Ripp]

Play Gary Payton for 30min as a defensive specialist and still lose brehs... play Jordan Poole the defensive liability for more than 16min watch him make up the point deferential of the first two games we lost brehs.... ima make some people mad especially since im watching the box score.. but the lock down D of GP is not enough to win... you still need fire power. And when curry is off the team is fukked. There's a slim chance Curry, Klay, Wiggins and Poole will all be off. Play your gunners if you got em. Warriors became famous and successful for a video game like offense.. to try to be anything else right now is foolish