Ike★ 2,906 Posted May 1, 2023 Share Posted May 1, 2023 I know some people in Toronto are pretty happy. Also, both sports’s postseasons have been so exciting. My teams: Lakers Kraken Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Casual 726 Posted May 1, 2023 Share Posted May 1, 2023 Lakers Warriors and Nuggets Suns gonna be some bangers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hot Sauce 2,727 Posted May 1, 2023 Share Posted May 1, 2023 LMAO BRUINS LMAO 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jehurey 3,227 Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 With the Briuns out of the way, I really hope my Dallas Stars can make a run. I don't know enough about hockey, but I did hear that several Western Conference teams are very close together in terms of their regular season performance. I like that the Kraken needed to go to 7 games, and the Stars have a few days rest. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ike★ 2,906 Posted May 3, 2023 Author Share Posted May 3, 2023 Damn what a game 1 in the Lakers-Warriors series. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hot Sauce 2,727 Posted May 3, 2023 Share Posted May 3, 2023 8 hours ago, Ike said: Damn what a game 1 in the Lakers-Warriors series. Hard to see the Warriors winning the series with that non-existent paint presence. Klay will play better, but Poole will play worse. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Goukosan 2,249 Posted May 3, 2023 Share Posted May 3, 2023 (edited) 33 minutes ago, Hot Sauce said: Hard to see the Warriors winning the series with that non-existent paint presence. Klay will play better, but Poole will play worse. The Lakers have the paint advantage and the Warriors have the perimeter advantage. That 29 to 6 free throw disparity though. Warriors just need to defend without fouling and they'll be just fine. Edited May 3, 2023 by Goukosan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hot Sauce 2,727 Posted May 3, 2023 Share Posted May 3, 2023 1 hour ago, Goukosan said: The Lakers have the paint advantage and the Warriors have the perimeter advantage. That 29 to 6 free throw disparity though. Warriors just need to defend without fouling and they'll be just fine. I mean "don't foul" only really works if it's some outlier game. Kings had 32/29/23/18/25/27/26 free throws last series for a 27/game average and the Warriors were second worst in the league this season in fouls committed. Lakers were #1 in free throws this season and played more inside this game than usual. 29 free throws isn't that surprising. Warriors getting 6 free throws is the problem. They were already the team with the fewest FTs this season and being afraid of the paint isn't going to make it any better. It's the Warriors so I expect them to make adjustments to pull AD away and open up the basket more, but it's just hard to see those adjustments overcoming a regression to the mean on Lakers 3s. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ike★ 2,906 Posted May 3, 2023 Author Share Posted May 3, 2023 MVP of the game was Vanderbilt. He had Steph locked up all but the last 5 minutes of the game. Klay Thompson is that player in NBA Jam that just can’t miss 3s. I think Warriors bounce back in game 2 though and get a semi easy win. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Goukosan 2,249 Posted May 3, 2023 Share Posted May 3, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Hot Sauce said: I mean "don't foul" only really works if it's some outlier game. Kings had 32/29/23/18/25/27/26 free throws last series for a 27/game average and the Warriors were second worst in the league this season in fouls committed. Lakers were #1 in free throws this season and played more inside this game than usual. 29 free throws isn't that surprising. Warriors getting 6 free throws is the problem. They were already the team with the fewest FTs this season and being afraid of the paint isn't going to make it any better. It's the Warriors so I expect them to make adjustments to pull AD away and open up the basket more, but it's just hard to see those adjustments overcoming a regression to the mean on Lakers 3s. And was there a 23 FT disparity average for the king series as well? Not only that, you can't compare the ridiculous fast pace that Kings play at to the Lakers half court offense. Warriors were reaching that entire series with the kings on every blow by. With the Lakers, they need to contest with their hands straight up to reduce the amount of times they send the Lakers to the line. Obviously the Lakers STILL will go to the line more times than warriors because of the style they play.... But that doesn't mean they can't reduce the amount of fouls they're committing. Even with the Warriors only getting 6 FTs because they stayed out the paint, despite sending the Lakers to the line for 29 FTs... They were one dumb Jordan Poole ill advised 3 away from tying it up. Series will be epic though.. 6 or 7 games. Edited May 3, 2023 by Goukosan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hot Sauce 2,727 Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 8 hours ago, Goukosan said: And was there a 23 FT disparity average for the king series as well? Not only that, you can't compare the ridiculous fast pace that Kings play at to the Lakers half court offense. Warriors were reaching that entire series with the kings on every blow by. With the Lakers, they need to contest with their hands straight up to reduce the amount of times they send the Lakers to the line. Obviously the Lakers STILL will go to the line more times than warriors because of the style they play.... But that doesn't mean they can't reduce the amount of fouls they're committing. Even with the Warriors only getting 6 FTs because they stayed out the paint, despite sending the Lakers to the line for 29 FTs... They were one dumb Jordan Poole ill advised 3 away from tying it up. Series will be epic though.. 6 or 7 games. I think I've addressed most of what you're saying here already. Series will be really good, though. Lebron vs. the Warriors is always special. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hot Sauce 2,727 Posted May 5, 2023 Share Posted May 5, 2023 Not even a penalty lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ike★ 2,906 Posted May 5, 2023 Author Share Posted May 5, 2023 Klay Thompson is the player everyone fights over in nba jam. He’s a fucking cheat code. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hot Sauce 2,727 Posted May 5, 2023 Share Posted May 5, 2023 Shame AD didn't play today. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Goukosan 2,249 Posted May 5, 2023 Share Posted May 5, 2023 Free throw disparity gone + AD apparently was a DNP today...did he even play? Blow out game that was over before the 4th Qtr even started. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hot Sauce 2,727 Posted May 5, 2023 Share Posted May 5, 2023 Points in the paint Game 1 - Lakers +26 Game 2 - Warriors +18 44 point swing. Sheesh. It all comes down to which version of AD shows up. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ike★ 2,906 Posted May 9, 2023 Author Share Posted May 9, 2023 Lonnie Fucking Walker IV Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Goukosan 2,249 Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 All round 2 series are going 6 games and some might be 7. Great round 2 so far. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hot Sauce 2,727 Posted May 12, 2023 Share Posted May 12, 2023 See ya, Suns. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jehurey 3,227 Posted May 12, 2023 Share Posted May 12, 2023 (edited) When they were booing, Deandre Ayton in street clothes looked all excited and shit. I think its because he knew he was going to get to go home early and start playing Zelda.He was gonna make his local Gamestop's midnight launch. Edited May 12, 2023 by jehurey Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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