[OutsiderFan]

I’ll sum it up this way:  “be quick, but don’t hurry.”  Warriors play best when they play small. Allows them to improve spacing.  Their key is ball movement and their movement off ball.  Their style leads to more turnovers. It also leads to their brilliance.  Obviously you want to avoid the stupid passes.  But they are going to make some high risk passes.  It’s who they are.

Game 5.  You are greatly overreacting.  They fell behind early and lost intensity and perhaps interest. They will play smarter and with more fire at home in game 6.

I agree except for the part about me overreacting. Any playoff game a team finds itself down 55 is cause for a significant reaction, but believe me I am not overreacting when compared to the response that most others have had about the Game 5 debacle. One of my buddies claimed W's should be eliminated from the NBA Playoffs for that showing - LOL!

Miami is the only team in the conference semi-finals that has won a home game and then the next away game. It isn't easy to do, and I think the Warriors are better than the Philly team they beat to do it. Of course, Memphis may be better than Miami too.  

FWIW, the W's are 8 pt favorites in Game 6. Of course, they were laughably 10 point favorites in Game 5, so...

[OutsiderFan]

I’ll sum it up this way:  “be quick, but don’t hurry.”  Warriors play best when they play small. Allows them to improve spacing.  Their key is ball movement and their movement off ball.  Their style leads to more turnovers. It also leads to their brilliance.  Obviously you want to avoid the stupid passes.  But they are going to make some high risk passes.  It’s who they are.

Game 5.  You are greatly overreacting.  They fell behind early and lost intensity and perhaps interest. They will play smarter and with more fire at home in game 6.

I agree except for the part about me overreacting. Any playoff game a team finds itself down 55 is cause for a significant reaction, but believe me I am not overreacting when compared to the response that most others have had about the Game 5 debacle. One of my buddies claimed W's should be eliminated from the NBA Playoffs for that showing - LOL!

Miami is the only team in the conference semi-finals that has won a home game and then the next away game. It isn't easy to do, and I think the Warriors are better than the Philly team they beat to do it. Of course, Memphis may be better than Miami too.  

FWIW, the W's are 8 pt favorites in Game 6. Of course, they were laughably 10 point favorites in Game 5, so...