Who Wins the Series?

  • GSW in 4

    Votes: 52 9.0%
  • GSW in 5

    Votes: 113 19.5%
  • GSW in 6

    Votes: 144 24.9%
  • GSW in 7

    Votes: 32 5.5%
  • TOR in 4

    Votes: 7 1.2%
  • TOR in 5

    Votes: 38 6.6%
  • TOR in 6

    Votes: 100 17.3%
  • TOR in 7

    Votes: 93 16.1%

  • Total voters
    579
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Conversely, Steph is food for Kawhi, Siakam, Lowry, and even Powell off the dribble, and they're going to seek him out on the PnR like Houston did, since Steph is very foul-prone. So it'll come down to how GSW adjusts with the help or if they'll just run the risk of Steph averaging 5 fouls again like in the WCSFs.

Anyway you slice it, it's coming down to which team has the better bball IQ and who wins all the 50/50 balls from all the resulting switches.

fukk no. Kawhi maybe, but those other dudes...no. Ever since Steph became the primary offensive player he stopped fouling as much. Siakim is not a great ballhandler and will get that shyt poked, Lowry:stopitslime:, and Powell comes off the bench so :yeshrug:. The PnR didn't hurt Steph against Houston. He actually played excellent defense in most of those situations. He just kept reaching when he shouldn't have which got him in foul trouble. And none of those players draw fouls like Harden or CP3 so we're good.

The REAL test is whose offense can maintain when their superstar goes to the bench. That's the ONLY advantage I give Toronto.
 

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Not a fan of either team but I’m riding with the raptors for this series although GS is heavily favored, they’re just too stacked.

I kinda feel like last night was Toronto’s unofficial championship celebration though lol at least they’ll always have that..
 

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fukk no. Kawhi maybe, but those other dudes...no. Ever since Steph became the primary offensive player he stopped fouling as much. Siakim is not a great ballhandler and will get that shyt poked, Lowry:stopitslime:, and Powell comes off the bench so :yeshrug:. The PnR didn't hurt Steph against Houston. He actually played excellent defense in most of those situations. He just kept reaching when he shouldn't have which got him in foul trouble. And none of those players draw fouls like Harden or CP3 so we're good.

The REAL test is whose offense can maintain when their superstar goes to the bench. That's the ONLY advantage I give Toronto.

So basically he got into foul trouble :russ:

Siakam gonna post him up on the switch, Lowry and Powell gonna drive on him like Gordon did, we already know Kawhi crafty at drawing fouls; maybe not as much as Harden's 8.9 freethrow attempts a game these playoffs... but Kawhi's 8.4 freethrow attempts a game ain't shabby either...

So it's still gonna come down to whether Curry can play defense without fouling on the forced switch and how GSW adjusts. That's not the only factor as I put flaws on the Raptors side in my first post that they have to be concerned with or else they'll be food for GSW.


I know you're a heavy fan of one of the teams so you have rose-colored glasses when it comes to any of their flaws, and so that's cool i guess :manny: but anyway you cut it, it'll come down to which team has the better bball iq and the 50/50 balls after the switches. It'll be a good series i'd say
 
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