Pop is a thinking man's coach. He can adapt in a 7 game series, and will know how to tweak the line up to get the best combination against whoever the Dubs have on the floor, like leaving Duncan out for most of tonight. It was Kerr's assistant that helped the Dubs win the Finals last year by inserting Iggy into the lineup, otherwise, they were in serious trouble. I thought they tried forcing it too much to Steph instead of getting the role players easy shots. I doubt Steph and Klay will continue to have such poor shooting performances. They had some good looks which just didn't go down, obviously, credit the Spurs for throwing them off all night but a great offense will beat a good defence.Great game today. The Lakers, now Spurs, have found the secret to s***ting down the Warriors, so I'm expecting at least three more Warriors losses for the remainder of the season now that he can be shut down.
Sure did, in fact, some dubious calls going against the Spurs helped keep the Dubs in it. Great defensive effort from the Spurs to really throw different bodies at Steph, double teaming, trapping and helping out on penetration. Paddy, Parker, Aldridge, Kawhi all had some time on him. And the Spurs just killed them on the boards too.
It was good, but KD fouling out in OT ruined it for me.To be fair, it wasn't a pretty game, more of a grind and playoff defensive type intensity with both teams shooting about 40%. The OKC-Dubs match that went to OT was the ducks nuts to watch though..best regular season game of the season IMO.
I don't think those are mutually exclusive sentiments. I thought it was a combination of both things; him having an off night but also Spurs throwing him off with their defensive sets. Remember last Finals when Delly was credited for shutting Steph down with his defence? Same deal, even with Delly playing as good a defence on him the next few games, he started making buckets at his usual rate. Yes credit is due to Delly for good defence and throwing him off but great players will figure a way to score and no matter what defence you throw at them, they'll exploit it. That's also on Kerr to prepare them the next time to react to the Spurs defence and score in a different way.loving the warrior bandwagon fans saying that curry just had a bad night... he had a bad night because the spurs absolutely hounded him for 48 minutes
Lane violation!
Yes and no. He has now lost the trust of his team mates which will hurt everyone. Just seems a bit sus that his gf/ex gf went thru his phone and snapchatted the vid. All in all atleast it happened at seasons end so it doesnt hurt the team to much and i think the Lakers will try and shop Young in the off season anyway. At the end of the day its LA so everything is a big deal especially when they arent winning.@ozguy3825 is the D'angelo and Young situation blown completely out of proportion? He isn't even admitting anything that shocking. He "talked" to a 19 year old, so what? He didn't do anything with Amber Rose, so what?
There's some talk about Kawhi up there at being MVP if it wasn't for Steph having such a brilliant season..I'm not sure I know of any MVP that has never scored over 35 points in his career and I get that he's a defensive, two way kinda player but still.
Nah, I get it about his efficiency and he is in a Spurs offense where there's multiple guys who could be the go-to-guy on any given night. He has raised his offensive skills to get closer to his defensive skills but my question was more, has there ever been a regular season MVP who has never scored more than 35 points at that point in their career? I just can't think of anyone who would fit that. I thought maybe Steve Nash as he was a pass first guard but even he scored more than that to that point in his career.You might want to have another look at his stats and efficiency. Points are great but have a look at his percentages. It's remarkable actually. Plus we all know the leader of the best team is usually in the discussion. In another year Kawhi would be it. But Curry has been off the charts great and deserves it.
And one last thing, the MVP is voted by the media, and they love Curry and Kawhi. Mike Wilbon on PTI a little while ago had Dray Green as 3rd on the MVP ladder, above Chris Paul, it's just so subjective.
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