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Lol at kerr in a live press conference repeatedly calling his guys “fucking giants”

amazing to see the Warriors triumph through the adversity of losing Durant and reverting to the 73-9 squad

Kerr sez durant out for game six

that was a nice finish by the dubs but i remain unconvinced they have the horses to run w the rockets for a full game minus durant... steph and klay are gonna need to put up like 70+ points combined

interested to watch them try tbh

also they're going to be really susceptible to foul trouble... steph was ok last night but has gotten into foul trouble before against the rockets. dray fouled out. they're gonna have to figure out how to deal w/ targeted switches and a physical game for the three guys (well, klay is usually fine) that they absolutely cannot afford to lose

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this game should be fun. splash bros will have the greenest of green lights, probably more high pick n roll between dray and curry which is still one of their deadliest plays (that we rarely see any more), rockets are going to blitz curry so hard so there should be plenty of 4 on 3s if he can keep from doing dumb turnovers. dray will be doing more pushing on offense, iggy will have to make a couple threes, got to get anything from Livingston. kerr will probably give minutes to bench dudes that havent played yet (bogut can play vs nene, maybe cook when rivers plays) to see if they have anything to offer. looney will be important, his offensive rebounds yesterday were massive and he can guard harden respectively without fouling. feels good to be the underdog again!

love being the underdog with a 3-2 series lead

me too

#WeBelieve

cusrise

kinda excited about this series again now! two chances to prove they can still win against a team built to beat them and do it without durant is a lot more interesting than what came before.
love looney, would be great to see him step up.

David Purdum ESPN Staff Writer

The Golden State Warriors are 7.5-point underdogs to the Houston Rockets in Game 6 on Friday. The Warriors have never been this large of underdogs in the playoffs under coach Steve Kerr.

lmaooooooo

Ladies and gentlemen, we got ‘em pic.twitter.com/ZwzkbNMqKg

— Ryan Tabb (@rytabb) May 9, 2019

if KD misses the rest of the playoffs and the Dubs don't win it all, I feel like that definitely makes it more likely that everyone comes back next year to make amends. which is basically my nightmare.

Golden State’s Kevin Durant has suffered a mild strain on his right calf and expected to be re-evaluated next week, league source tells ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) May 9, 2019

lucky it's not worse! but bad timing given then current opponent. hoping for supernova steph

these red raptors jerseys are special.

i still strongly disapprove of the North slogan given they aren't the northernmost nba team

not the second

even

its not "we the most north"

it is actually

Agree wish they just said Toronto or raptors or whatever. But they’re striking on tv

Blazers need a The Northwest jersey

i'd wager there could be a "PNW" alternate in the next few years as that seems to be increasingly everywhere

These teams just take turns forgetting how to play

We could have 3 games sevens on Sunday

lowe has been writing and podcasting about this, but portland really has no answer for the murray/jokic pick and roll. they have hood on murray now, picking up at like half court, and jokic is responding by setting super high screens and getting the ball with a ton of space

it seemed pretty clear when the series started that portland would have a terrible time trying to contain jokic.

would've loved to see the version of this series that had nurkic in it

ya

[a guy does something on the court]

hubie: yeah he has the ability to do that

a crippled-shoulder kanter has done himself proud, but having a healthy nurkic as starter with kanter available for backup minutes would make this series even more competitive.

after further review of the uniforms, the blazers are anarcho-commies and the raps are marxist-leninists

kanter has really acquitted himself this series , serious respect

still not used to rodney hood being a legit factor in the playoffs

it’s extremely rude

will barton is -24 this game, cast his ass into the sun please

def a big fight breaking out amongst a bunch of role players is exactly what you need in the 4th quarter of a runaway game six, v wise stuff

Curry vs barton is not the title card headliner I expected

that botched alley oop to beasley was a big deal

the rodney hood thing is super random

game seven babbys

are we in vegas right now??? because i am seeing nothing but 7s!!!

please help i am hallucinating nonstop, the 7s are a terror and a plague on my senses

i see them too and they are my salvation

It actually happens a fair amount that a veteran player who's kicked around a while on several teams and is viewed as iffy, lands on a new team, gets a few minutes, plays well when inserted for a look-see, gets a morale boost, gains confidence, earns a rotation spot, and plays better than they ever have before. The real test will be if Hood plays this well all through next season, but for now, he's happy, confident, playing loose and focused.

he’s gonna get paid a bit this summer so good for him