[lex24]

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...

Warriors were like “what game 5?”  It was close until midway through the fourth quarter (in fact Memphis had an 89-87 lead with 7 min left, and then were outscored 23-7 to end the game).

BC

Didn’t play very well for about 3 Qs. Curry was about as bad as he can be. The turnovers are going to happen with their style.  The careless ones have to stop.  Klays big third was key.  Looney and Wiggins, imo, saved the day.  Wiggins hit some brobdingnagian shots in second half and his work on the boards was excellent.  Then there is Looney. 22 rebounds. He gets my game ball.  

4th Q they turned on the switch a bit.  Plus to an extent Memphis ran out of gas. Key stretch - Wiggins hits a shot then gets a steal for a dunk.  Next possession Dray pushes finds Curry trailing for a wide open three. Go from one down to six up in the blink of an eye.  Never looked back.

Memphis a tough matchup.  Physical.  Different series if Morant plays. And for that matter Payton.  But I still think the Warriors win.

[lex24]

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...

Warriors were like “what game 5?”  It was close until midway through the fourth quarter (in fact Memphis had an 89-87 lead with 7 min left, and then were outscored 23-7 to end the game).

BC

Didn’t play very well for about 3 Qs. Curry was about as bad as he can be. The turnovers are going to happen with their style.  The careless ones have to stop.  Klays big third was key.  Looney and Wiggins, imo, saved the day.  Wiggins hit some brobdingnagian shots in second half and his work on the boards was excellent.  Then there is Looney. 22 rebounds. He gets my game ball.  

4th Q they turned on the switch a bit.  Plus to an extent Memphis ran out of gas. Key stretch - Wiggins hits a shot then gets a steal for a dunk.  Next possession Dray pushes finds Curry trailing for a wide open three. Go from one down to six up in the blink of an eye.  Never looked back.

Memphis a tough matchup.  Physical.  Different series if Morant plays. And for that matter Payton.  But I still think the Warriors win.