NBA: ***Official 2019 NBA Playoffs Thread***
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Looked like Leonard and Iggy don't get along too well. Looked like Igudala was trying to be cool and KL wasn't have it. I heard him say, I respect you and then I know you aint gonna change but...and it looked like Kawhi just ignored him and kept talking to Cook.
Toronto barely could close a series against a team who racked up an insane amount of injuries. Props to them though I guess.
It’s funny when people poopoo the winner if the other team has injuries.
I think a lot of people forgot very quickly that KLove, then Kyrie went down in the 2015 playoffs en route to G.S. winning a title.
I think a lot of people forgot very quickly that KLove, then Kyrie went down in the 2015 playoffs en route to G.S. winning a title.
How many injuries were there?
How was KD joining a conference rival just to get a ring impressive compared to that?
Didn't GS win a championship against Cleveland without Love and Kyrie?
It's as if it's been forgotten that earlier in the series people were saying "now Steph gets to know what it's like to be LeBron in the Finals".
Yes, and they got very lucky that year. Toronto just got even luckier this year is all.
Two first-time champions in as many days - St. Louis Blues yesterday, Toronto Raptors today.
LeBron had JR Smith next up, LOL. I’d take a cranky Draymond, Iggy, banged up Klay, Boogie, etc over what Cleveland had.
Probably shouldn't have lost games 2 or 5 at home. I can't imagine the pressure they would have been under in game 7 had they not closed out tonight.
Wasn't Leonard banged up for the past month? Maybe it was just fatigue but his shot didn't look right tonight.
Thompson, Looney, and Durant, also Cousins being a shell of himself after his injury. That’s a lot of talent in that. I would hope a healthy Toronto team could beat a lineup that saw Cook, Jerebko, Igudala, Cousins, and Green in crunch time.
Yeah, 4-6 teams in any given year could likely be NBA champions if they add Kevin Durant in his prime to an already elite team. The Cavs were pretty much horrible and got a championship adding a top player through free agency.
Credit GSW for building an elite team through the draft and great acquisitions but cry me a river about one injured free agent acquisition all star when you still have three others, a finals MVP and a guy like Cousins as maybe your sixth or seventh most talented player.