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Post by corkscrew on Apr 9, 2024 22:01:21 GMT -8
We'll beat the Mavs. Our fate after that depends on what other teams do to help us out.
Not as confident. Luka has given us fits with much worse rosters and Kawhis mysterious lack of injury updates/transparency usually dont bode well.
Oh, he'll get his 30-40 points in any given game, but we match up well with them. We have to worry mostly about him, and to a lesser extent about Kyrie. They have to Worry about Kawhi and PG, and to a lesser extent Harden and Russ and the bench. I prefer our worries to theirs.
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Post by mistwell on Apr 9, 2024 22:24:02 GMT -8
We'll beat the Mavs. Our fate after that depends on what other teams do to help us out.
Not as confident. Luka has given us fits with much worse rosters and Kawhis mysterious lack of injury updates/transparency usually dont bode well.
Update is he is likely to play tomorrow
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Post by corkscrew on Apr 10, 2024 10:20:52 GMT -8
Clippers have put together four consecutive awesome quarters. Trouble is they were not in the same game.
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Post by clipzfan611 on Apr 10, 2024 20:57:26 GMT -8
Not as confident. Luka has given us fits with much worse rosters and Kawhis mysterious lack of injury updates/transparency usually dont bode well.
Oh, he'll get his 30-40 points in any given game, but we match up well with them. We have to worry mostly about him, and to a lesser extent about Kyrie. They have to Worry about Kawhi and PG, and to a lesser extent Harden and Russ and the bench. I prefer our worries to theirs.
Well Luka>Kawhi, Kyrie>PG, but Harden and the rest of our roster is better so it will be tricky. I dont think well get swept or anything, but it took us 7 games twice to beat inferior Luka teams. And Minny is a terrible matchup if we somehow get past a long series with the Mavs.
Edit: Looks like Den might finish 1. I actually think we match up better with them. Still not over Doc single-handedly choking that series and what shouldve been our championship season.
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Post by corkscrew on Apr 10, 2024 21:13:31 GMT -8
Oh, he'll get his 30-40 points in any given game, but we match up well with them. We have to worry mostly about him, and to a lesser extent about Kyrie. They have to Worry about Kawhi and PG, and to a lesser extent Harden and Russ and the bench. I prefer our worries to theirs.
Well Luka>Kawhi, Kyrie>PG, but Harden and the rest of our roster is better so it will be tricky. I dont think well get swept or anything, but it took us 7 games twice to beat inferior Luka teams. And Minny is a terrible matchup if we somehow get past a long series with the Mavs.
Edit: Looks like Den might finish 1. I actually think we match up better with them. Still not over Doc single-handedly choking that series and what shouldve been our championship season.
If this were football and players only played offense and were replaced on defense, then maybe… Maybe… But Neither Luka nor Kyrie play defense, so no. No way Luka > Kawhi nor Kyrie > PG. Far, far from it. In fact, I don’t even think Kyrie > Harden, and Harden is a shameless matador on defense.
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Post by clipzfan611 on Apr 10, 2024 21:28:58 GMT -8
Well Luka>Kawhi, Kyrie>PG, but Harden and the rest of our roster is better so it will be tricky. I dont think well get swept or anything, but it took us 7 games twice to beat inferior Luka teams. And Minny is a terrible matchup if we somehow get past a long series with the Mavs.
Edit: Looks like Den might finish 1. I actually think we match up better with them. Still not over Doc single-handedly choking that series and what shouldve been our championship season.
If this were football and players only played offense and were replaced on defense, then maybe… Maybe… But Neither Luka nor Kyrie play defense, so no. No way Luka > Kawhi nor Kyrie > PG. Far, far from it. In fact, I don’t even think Kyrie > Harden, and Harden is a shameless matador on defense.
Nobody plays defense its 2024 in the NBA.
And just no lol.
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Post by nuraman00 on Apr 10, 2024 22:49:34 GMT -8
If this were football and players only played offense and were replaced on defense, then maybe… Maybe… But Neither Luka nor Kyrie play defense, so no. No way Luka > Kawhi nor Kyrie > PG. Far, far from it. In fact, I don’t even think Kyrie > Harden, and Harden is a shameless matador on defense.
Nobody plays defense its 2024 in the NBA.
And just no lol.
It's hard to find players that do.
Leonard and George might a few minutes a quarter.
The game would be easier if players did, because it leads to much easier offense.
Amen Thompson is someone I want to watch more closely in the coming years. Especially to see if he keeps it up.
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Post by nuraman00 on Apr 10, 2024 22:54:05 GMT -8
As a team, I've been impressed with Orlando and Minnesota on defense, every time I watch them.
They are focused all game long.
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Post by corkscrew on Apr 11, 2024 5:45:16 GMT -8
Nobody plays defense its 2024 in the NBA.
And just no lol.
It's hard to find players that do.
Leonard and George might a few minutes a quarter.
The game would be easier if players did, because it leads to much easier offense.
Amen Thompson is someone I want to watch more closely in the coming years. Especially to see if he keeps it up.
That may be fair to say about PG, it's not fair to say about Kawhi. Kawhi is almost always active on D. Maybe not as relentless some times as other times, but he is always active. And when he needs to be, he can be an absolute nightmare for his opponents. ... But we are talking about the playoffs now, we are talking about meeting Dallas in the first round. Both Kawhi and PG play very intense defense during the playoffs. At least they always have in the past, so it is a good assumption that they will this year as well.
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