2015-2016 NBA SEASON: THE FAREWELL TOUR

[tyven]

3s made tonight

OKC - 3/23
GS - 21/44 (11 from Klay)

god this is absurd

[kisada]

it was only a matter of time before their bad shot selection did them in.

funny thing is for years i'd been deriding kd/westbrook as being being super dumb in crunch time, but i thought they mostly got over that this year. guess i was wrong.

[tyven]

they lost so many games that way this year. ugh monday is going to be such a slaughter

[Akiyama]

they lost so many games that way this year. ugh monday is going to be such a slaughter

???? why? they won in GS in Game 1. I don't think it's a forgone conclusion.

[Dimmauk]

LOL

[tyven]

???? why? they won in GS in Game 1. I don't think it's a forgone conclusion.

I think they put it all on the line last night. I don't see them coming up with that effort again

[Krandor]

To say nothing of how soul crushing that choke job was. Those win probability things people love had OKC at 90% with 5 minutes left in the game.

[tyven]

and then they committed 6 turnovers in 5 mins, holy shit just terribad. that steven adams dunk on drayfag was for nothing

[Siccmade]

I was in Vallejo at the BBQ function, atmosphere was great! The homie Carter was going for OKC so... some quality back and forth.

Man, best series in quite some time. Planning to be in The City for game 7. Dubs Up!

[Moss]

idk, still not writing OKC off for game 7. Even with the game 6 "choke" and falling from 3-1, I think they are battle-tested enough at this point to handle the moment.

That said, I expect GS to win unless they go cold.

[notorious bum]

[Iono]

I think they are battle-tested enough at this point to handle the moment.

Weren't battle tested enough to handle em last night...

I don't really have a stake in either team. Just hope whoever moves on is not too tired to whoop LeBron's ass in the finals.

[Twilight Sky]

Well... I was expecting them to go 4-1, but I come back some days later, and it's 3-3..

[Moss]

Weren't battle tested enough to handle em last night...

I don't really have a stake in either team. Just hope whoever moves on is not too tired to whoop LeBron's ass in the finals.

Not really sure what the first sentence means. Being battle-tested doesn't mean you never lose. We've seen both teams lose their poise in crunch time at different moments in the series.

The Cavs are going to be in for a huge leap in quality of competition going from the Raptors to Warriors/Thunder

[Jem]

We also saw those ridiculous 4th quarter situations in the OKC/Spurs games. Where that Spurs team were the most un-Spurslike I can remember despite being notoriously experienced/great at grinding it out in tough situations.

[Gredival]

The Spurs have had some head-shaking moments. Remember the finals where they were literally 30 seconds from victory in Game 6, then they choked it away and they went on to lose Game 7? And how that entire series Pop played Manu too much?

Every team can hop on the short bus for periods of time.

[Jem]

Yeah, experience/clutchness or whatever is something that people always throw out there but really even the absolute best sometimes crumble in those situations. It's just that we tend to remember the times where they didn't.

[Akiyama]

I mean everyone thought the Cavs would sweep, then they lost games 3 and 4 and people were like 'this could be a series' and then they won 5 and 6?

Shit can happen. The Thunder could come out Monday and get their doors blasted off, or they could play like they did games 1/3/4.

[Twilight Sky]

Not really sure what the first sentence means. Being battle-tested doesn't mean you never lose. We've seen both teams lose their poise in crunch time at different moments in the series.

The Cavs are going to be in for a huge leap in quality of competition going from the Raptors to Warriors/Thunder

and Atlanta( can kind of be said that the hawks will never get far for as long as they have to face the Cavs ). Cavs really had it easy this year in the playoffs.

[Moss]

and Atlanta( can kind of be said that the hawks will never get far for as long as they have to face the Cavs ). Cavs really had it easy this year in the playoffs.

right, but it's really a moot point because if you can't beat the Cavs, you probably can't touch the West champion either.

Hawks were swept despite playing a competitive series - they actually had a better point differential (-50) than the Raptors did (-93) - but the mood around the organization is that there needs to be serious change to compete (which is accurate).

On the other side, the optics are much more difficult for the Raptors since they were 2 wins from the Finals, despite very nearly losing in round 1 and round 2.