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
  • Poll closed .

MikelArteta

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It doesn’t matter to us
We lost game 1 against Orlando and won

We were down 2-1 against philly and won
Down 2-0 and won

We are beating golden state

When I created the official raptors thread one week in I changed the title to 74 wins

Right now we are at 69 :umad:
 

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Goon getting ready to show the league and the world, yet again, why he matters so much. And how ridiculous it was for his peers to vote him the most overrated in the league. While Steph is finally going to get his FMVP.

:wow:
 

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It'll be interesting because ever since Durant went down, GSW haven't really won by out-talenting teams, they've done it with their basketball IQ and tenacity for the 50/50 plays. That's how they beat Houston the last 5 quarters of the WCSF. Houston lacked the tenacity and got killed on the glass, esp when Curry was in foul trouble.

And Portland, which was just a dumb defensive team, still was up 10-15 points in 3 of the 4 games before their poor defense and poorer bball IQ got exposed in GSW's late rally comebacks.

Toronto plays perimeter defense like Houston but with better defensive players, and they're a much smarter team than Portland. The two things are (1) will GSW impose their will on the 50/50 plays/offensive boards because Toronto's first line of defense will lead to contested perimeter shots ala Houston.. but that also means potential mismatches if they commit to the switch on the screens.

And then (2) Toronto's offense starts off pretty slow, or whenever Danny Green is on the floor, because he's unplayable. GSW gonna run them off the court if the Raps go through that cold spell/shooting like shyt and Warriors get the rebound on a semi fast break without worrying about a set Raptors defense. i.e. basically how the Bucks had success.

I think the series will be along the lines of the GSW/Rockets series, and it'll be if the Raptors have an answer for the Warriors BBall IQ and tenacity.
 
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