[lex24]

I told a friend before Game 4 the only way the Warriors lose is if the thing that causes every team to lose, happens. Namely, the Mavs shoot 55% from 3pt line and the Warriors are 25%. 

At the end of 3 quarters, the Mavs were shooting 58% 3pt FG to the W's 25%. They only made one in the 4th and ended up 47% from 3 to the W's 35%.  If the Mavs shoot even 40%, which is above their season average, the W's win. They ended up +30 from 3, after being just the 31st team in NBA Playoff history to make 20+ 3pt shots in a game.  

The NBA Playoffs this year have seen too many games be decided by who is hot and who isn't on high volume from 3pt line. It's been established that the Mavs must shoot well above their season average from 3pt line to beat the Warriors. That's just a crazy bar to have to clear for a win, like needing to score at least 30 to win a football game.

I can't help but wonder if Warriors players were impacted by the mass murder in the state they played in. This isn't to say the Mavs weren't impacted, but they also were playing to continue their season and avoid sweep. The W's didn't have that urgency and it showed. We'll never know how it would have turned out if 19 more kids went home from school alive last night, but I expected the Warriors to play with more urgency, force, and attention to detail  than they did in Game 4. The fact they only had 6 turnovers through 3 quarters shows they weren't themselves more than any other available stat.

Seriously? Wow.

[lex24]

I told a friend before Game 4 the only way the Warriors lose is if the thing that causes every team to lose, happens. Namely, the Mavs shoot 55% from 3pt line and the Warriors are 25%. 

At the end of 3 quarters, the Mavs were shooting 58% 3pt FG to the W's 25%. They only made one in the 4th and ended up 47% from 3 to the W's 35%.  If the Mavs shoot even 40%, which is above their season average, the W's win. They ended up +30 from 3, after being just the 31st team in NBA Playoff history to make 20+ 3pt shots in a game.  

The NBA Playoffs this year have seen too many games be decided by who is hot and who isn't on high volume from 3pt line. It's been established that the Mavs must shoot well above their season average from 3pt line to beat the Warriors. That's just a crazy bar to have to clear for a win, like needing to score at least 30 to win a football game.

I can't help but wonder if Warriors players were impacted by the mass murder in the state they played in. This isn't to say the Mavs weren't impacted, but they also were playing to continue their season and avoid sweep. The W's didn't have that urgency and it showed. We'll never know how it would have turned out if 19 more kids went home from school alive last night, but I expected the Warriors to play with more urgency, force, and attention to detail  than they did in Game 4. The fact they only had 6 turnovers through 3 quarters shows they weren't themselves more than any other available stat.

Seriously? Wow.