NBA Playoffs 2015-2016

[PhoSita]

If the Warriors lose tonight, I better not hear crap about their regular season record ever again.  And while we are at it, I'm giving their 2015 championship an asterisk since LeBron was playing against them by himself.   They have been blessed with great health for two seasons... They need to get their crap together.

LOL.

Losing a tough series to a great opponent invalidates the entire two years that came before.

The Cavs were better without Kyrie and Love and their awful defense.

[CelticSooner]

Great atmosphere.

[LarBrd33]

Still a big man game.  OKC abuses golden state with size.   They only won last year because the other contenders got hurt and Lebron was playing them by himself.  Asterisk.

[CelticSooner]

Still a big man game.  OKC abuses golden state with size.   They only won last year because the other contenders got hurt and Lebron was playing them by himself.  Asterisk.

With that thinking you can have an asterisk for just about every champion.

[PhoSita]

The Thunder are hitting their peak at the right time. It's not like this never seemed possible given the talent they have. They can field a lineup featuring four top 5 picks all under age 28, plus another lottery pick. (with Kanter Adams and Waiters)

If the Warriors lose tonight, and I think they will, it will be a huge story and a major disappointment given what they did in the regular season, but it doesn't mean they weren't a great team over the last two seasons. The Thunder just stole the headlines and made their mark on history.

The Warriors will be back.

[PhoSita]

Still a big man game.  OKC abuses golden state with size.   They only won last year because the other contenders got hurt and Lebron was playing them by himself.  Asterisk.

Horse dung. That's utter horse dung.

[greece66]

If the Warriors lose tonight, I better not hear crap about their regular season record ever again.  And while we are at it, I'm giving their 2015 championship an asterisk since LeBron was playing against them by himself.   They have been blessed with great health for two seasons... They need to get their crap together.

LOL.

Losing a tough series to a great opponent invalidates the entire two years that came before.

The Cavs were better without Kyrie and Love and their awful defense.

Even if you think so (I don't), they had no depth in the Finals and this counts for something.

I'm not saying the 2015 championship does not count or anything like that, but saying the Cavs were better without two of their stars seems to me a very far fetched claim.

[Ogaju]

Durant is a smart man. He said nice things about Boston and he pulled some big time Irish Leprechaun good luck.

GO OKC !!!!!

JEDI TO KD.

Good things about Celtics you must say.

[LarBrd33]

Still a big man game.  OKC abuses golden state with size.   They only won last year because the other contenders got hurt and Lebron was playing them by himself.  Asterisk.

Horse dung. That's utter horse dung.

lol

The rest of this series and the legacy of the Warriors rests on andew bogut's shoulders. 

[LarBrd33]

I guess golden state used up all their offensive mojo on 50 foot circus shots this season.  It seems to be catching up to them tonight.  They can't hit anything.

[Ogaju]

FACIAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Ogaju]

who is Ighodala in for. He sure is getting a lot of minutes. He bailed them out last year in the finals, aint happening tonight.

[PhoSita]

Good god dang, Steven Adams. 

Donovan deserves an ode written by a famous poet for what he's done with Waiters, Kanter, Adams, Roberson, etc.

[PhoSita]

If the Warriors lose tonight, I better not hear crap about their regular season record ever again.  And while we are at it, I'm giving their 2015 championship an asterisk since LeBron was playing against them by himself.   They have been blessed with great health for two seasons... They need to get their crap together.

LOL.

Losing a tough series to a great opponent invalidates the entire two years that came before.

The Cavs were better without Kyrie and Love and their awful defense.

Even if you think so (I don't), they had no depth in the Finals and this counts for something.

I'm not saying the 2015 championship does not count or anything like that, but saying the Cavs were better without two of their stars seems to me a very far fetched claim.

It goes against intuition, but the Cavs are just so much more vulnerable with Kyrie and Love getting big minutes.  Those guys take away nearly as much as they give you because of their defense.

I really think the Cavs took two games from the Warriors last year because the Warriors had no Finals experience and the Cavs just went with a super slow grinding style and dominated the boards. 

[PhoSita]

I guess golden state used up all their offensive mojo on 50 foot circus shots this season.  It seems to be catching up to them tonight.  They can't hit anything.

They've had trouble against teams with lots of length and athleticism all year.  Especially teams that also had fast attacking point guards.  Thunder have all the ingredients for beating up on the Warriors.

That overtime game earlier in the year was the prelude.