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@JoshEberley The warriors that lost to the raptors probably survive just one injury. If the 2015 cavs didn’t lose both Kyrie and Love maybe.

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@MarzTalksSports Game 4, I would say the 3 with about 3 mins left down 4 followed by the baseline middy was his biggest “moment” which is a lot of what ends up separating guys.
Then game 7 - a close out 29 and 12 with 1 TO.

Is it possible if Harden doesn’t run into the warriors its dif, sure.

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@mdotbrown First team to make it past round 2 after a finals in awhile. Their title is fine even if they lose in 7

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@BrThim @hafezknowsball Upping the pace will probably lead to a few more no disagreement, but currently the Kornet mins are being lost by almost a point a min. A different look in the non wemby mins may decrease that, and if that gap tightens advantage Spurs

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@dubsonlysports People have a hard time realizing there’s a gap between not great and awful.

He’s had maybe 1 great game this playoffs, but he also hasn’t been awful if you are adding in the context of the coverage he is facing.

But neither side likes saying he’s playing B- to C+.

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@DannyParkins When Nick brings up that its FT differential not total, the counter to that is that OKC is just 19th in FTA during the season. Or only have ~22 attempts a game in the playoffs (Knicks at ~25). So outside of feel, there is nothing backing it up.

Feel matters in entertainment tho

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@TooGoodToTank Tactical aggression is what you have to do against a shot blocker as good as wemby. I do like him taking 10-15 footers over the smaller wings, and it seems that the spurs are ok with it too.

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@TooGoodToTank Yeah, I am with you that he didn’t really change anything other than hitting a few shots he had missed. Kinda like if in game 1 Dub hit the runner with 30 seconds left it woulda been a clutch shot, instead it was a dumb shot. Make or miss league sometimes

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2.5 of those you can have a real gripe about them being called.

And objectively the non Goaltend and ball off of Chet that shoulda been Spurs ball was very beneficial to OKC. Is it enough to have this amount of outrage/be the only talking point…

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SGA got 9 fouls called last night.
1. KJ 2 hands and a shove.
2. Soft. Trico said his jersey was grabbed, I couldn’t see it.
3. Bryant swipes down on arm in front of ref. Dumb
4. Soft, def exaggerated the contact. Also Dumb by Castle.
5. Shoved in the back. Dumb.

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6. Castle handsy, was let go in game 4, Game 5 they were calling it.
7. Castle runs through Shai. Dumb
8. Kornet gets the face and arm.
9. Vassell is ultra handsy the whole way and its coming on the back of two calls going OKCs way that shouldn’t have. Mitch gets a tech.

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@HaterReport He must first call timeout

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@TheNBACentel Those are spurs fans. You can tell by the jerseys that say Spurs

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@fuukattino If Gafford is Wemby its a block. The Spurs can play much tighter defense, which 1 limits the handles and 2 makes the middies harder because if he goes by him its blocked at the rim.

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@NotAnOKCFan If they lose tn, they would need at least one of dub or ajay to suit up Thursday. Maybe even both

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@MitchSchwartz71 Would love to know the average distance the defender is from the ball handler on the perimeter.

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@WorldWideWob Looks like McCain is the guy they are tasking with it. He just missed tn. So did the whole team