The 2017 NBA playoffs thread

[Adrian]

Ramona Shelburne‏Verified account@ramonashelburne 2m2 minutes ago
Oh, also.. Spurs shooting 62 percent from the field. Warriors just 29 percen

 

[Adrian]

18 point lead for the Spurs. 37-19

 

[Adrian]

Paul Garcia‏@PaulGarciaNBA 1m1 minute ago
The Spurs have led by 20+ points in 5 of 13 playoff games.

 

[Adrian]

Michael C. Wright‏Verified account@mikecwright 1m1 minute ago
The @ESPNStatsInfo folks say this the latest into a game this season the Warriors have gone without a 3-pointer. There's 5:41 left in 1/2.

 

[Adrian]

Sam Amick‏Verified account@sam_amick 59s60 seconds ago
Warriors in first two rounds of playoffs: 11.5 turnovers per game (ranked 2nd) Warriors before halftime here: 10 turnovers.

 

[Adrian]

Halftime
Spurs 62
Warriors 42

 

[Adrian]

Monte Poole‏Verified account@MontePooleNBCS 1m1 minute ago
Halftime: #Warriors trail #Spurs 62-42. Lowest 1st half of playoffs: 49. Lowest 1st half of reg season: 38.

 

[Adrian]

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[AsUpRoDiGy]

This is what happens when you have Pop vs an inferior coach.

 

[Adrian]

ESPN Stats & Info‏Verified account@ESPNStatsInfo 38s39 seconds ago
According to ESPN's In-Game Win Probability, the Warriors have an 11% chance of winning this game.

 

[Adrian]

Monte Poole‏Verified account@MontePooleNBCS 17s18 seconds ago
Kawhi in obvious pain, 26 points in 23 minutes, now headed to #Spurs locker room

 

[Adrian]

San Antonio Spurs‏Verified account@spurs 9s10 seconds ago
Kawhi Leonard (sprained left ankle) will not return to today's game.

 

[Cheesebeef]

Damn... the Warriors went old school Spurs, going Bruce Bowen uber cutting Leonard enough times until he got that ankle to roll.

Bush league crap... but whatever it takes to win, I guess.

 

[Dback Jon]

Pachulia should have been ejected. It is hard to feel sorry for the Spurs but I hate the Warriors worse

Warriors are crybabies

 

[mojorizen7]

Always liked Pachulia's game. Top shelf role player.

 

[mojorizen7]

Spurs could use a PG right about now. Lol

 

[TJ]

Is there a team in the NBA that's been as lucky as the Warriors when facing teams without their best players on the floor?

 

[GatorAZ]

Why is Pop keeping Aldridge in there? He's a complete liability.

 

[SirStefan32]

Starting to be very happy the Suns didn't get Aldridge.

 

[Cheesebeef]

Pachulia should have been ejected. It is hard to feel sorry for the Spurs but I hate the Warriors worse

Warriors are crybabies

I'm with ya. And they're cheap shot artists.

That's what bugs me the most... those old Spurs weren't super talented so they had to resort to some BS.. which admittedly sucked.

But this Warriors team is SUPREMELY TALENTED and they still resort to BS cheap stuff.

And yes, @TJ, they've gotten more breaks playing injured teams than any team I can ever remember.

 

[Adrian]

wow Patty Mills steals the ball away from Klay Thompson.

 

[Adrian]

Final
Spur 111
Warriors 113
Warriors lead the series 1-0

 

[Adrian]

Chris Haynes‏Verified account@ChrisBHaynes 21s22 seconds ago
Warriors came back from 25 to take Game 1 from Spurs, winning 113-111. It’s the largest comeback win in a Conference Finals since 2002.

 

[Russ Smith]

Pachulia should have been ejected. It is hard to feel sorry for the Spurs but I hate the Warriors worse

Warriors are crybabies

I had to watch the replay twice before I even realized Pachulia actually hit Leonard's foot on that play. watching it live I thought Leonard was so worried about landing on him that he landed awkwardly and rolled it but the replay made it clear he caught the foot with his foot when he turned in a blocking out motion. I hope it's not serious that looked pretty bad.

I will say this, if that's a technical or an ejection then Simmons and Manu are gone too they both did it to Curry in the same game. Manu did it to Curry twice, once he knocked him down the other one Steph avoided it.

I think the NBA has to do something about that, one of the reasons so many 3 point shooters do that fall back routine on the shots, Steph does it regularly now, is it's their "defense" against guys doing the Bruce Bowen stick your foot in their landing area move.

It sucks that Leonard got hurt it clearly changed the outcome of the game.

The Warriors have by passed the Spurs 2 years running due to the Clips and then OKC beating them, the Spurs are a terrible matchup for the warriors because of the style of play and how good of a coach Pop is. I wasn't at all surprised with that long layoff the Warriors came out shooting poorly and effectively Leonard getting hurt flipped the game.

 

[Russ Smith]

Why is Pop keeping Aldridge in there? He's a complete liability.

Teh Warriors struggle to guard him but he can't guard anybody on the Warriors either. Same thing with Kyle Anderson he had several huge plays in the game putbacks, great passes, but Pop had to take him out because the Warriors started running plays to isolate him and there was about 5 straight trips where his man either scored or got into the lane and caused help that led to a wide open look. Klay missed one of them but Pop was smart enough to realize he had to get him out.

That guy Simmons just kills the Warriors everytime we play them it seems.