The 2025 NBA Finals Thread

[Russ Smith]

The announcer kept saying the Warriors figured out their zone I disagree they figured out how to guard Houston when they had the 2 bigs with Adams. they went to that funky morphing zone and houston never really figured it out

 

[BooksOrangePlanet]

The announcer kept saying the Warriors figured out their zone I disagree they figured out how to guard Houston when they had the 2 bigs with Adams. they went to that funky morphing zone and houston never really figured it out

houston had curry smothered and covered like some waffle house hash browns in the first half then buddy hield happened - rockets eased up on steph in the second half and while going colder than the phx suns from 3

glad warriors are moving on but idk if their making it past minny

 

[Russ Smith]

houston had curry smothered and covered like some waffle house hash browns in the first half then buddy hield happened - rockets eased up on steph in the second half and while going colder than the phx suns from 3

glad warriors are moving on but idk if their making it past minny

Yeah Ant is a tough matchup and Jaden McDaniels has been really good guarding Curry the last couple of years.

Naz Reid is sort of the wildcard. ALso kind of amazing Mike Conley is still in the league, he played with Greg Oden in HS and Oden's like 60

 

[Proximo]

houston had curry smothered and covered like some waffle house hash browns in the first half then buddy hield happened - rockets eased up on steph in the second half and while going colder than the phx suns from 3

glad warriors are moving on but idk if their making it past minny

I do, they are not making it past Minny.

Denver is going to get stomped by OKC.

Minny OKC might be somewhat interesting, but I still see OKC winning in 6 or less.

 

[Russ Smith]

One thing that struck me, late in the game you can see Butler, Curry yelling and then Draymond walks over to join in. They weren't lined up perfectly but honestly Butler looked like he's clearly taller than Draymond. Say what you want about Draymond and all the crazy stuff he does, totally agree, but that man is amazing that he can defend bigs at the level he does at his size.

On the Jalen Green stuff, some guy on Warriors World has been tracking it all series I didn't see the final numbers but when Green goes right he's well over 50%, when he goes left he was like 28 or something close to that and under 20% from 3 when going left. The entire gameplan for the W's in the series on him was overplay right make him go left. He had a spectacular and 1 in game 7 going right and finishing through Butler and it was one of the rare times in the halfcourt they let him get to his right hand.

 

[Russ Smith]

in the postgame on TNT they had a discussion on the Rockets. Adams is a FA they were saying they think a contender will try and get Adams and Barkley said he doesn't think Houston is a contender yet. Been saying it for ages man I want the Warriors to get Adams if they can do it financially. If I were the Rockets I would be doing everything I could to keep Adams I have no idea if he wants to stay there or not but that 2 post lineup with him and Sengun was something else

And Van Vleet has a 44.8 million option to pickup and they seemed to think the Rockets WILL pick it up.

 

[Cheesebeef]

in the postgame on TNT they had a discussion on the Rockets. Adams is a FA they were saying they think a contender will try and get Adams and Barkley said he doesn't think Houston is a contender yet. Been saying it for ages man I want the Warriors to get Adams if they can do it financially. If I were the Rockets I would be doing everything I could to keep Adams I have no idea if he wants to stay there or not but that 2 post lineup with him and Sengun was something else

And Van Vleet has a 44.8 million option to pickup and they seemed to think the Rockets WILL pick it up.

The Rockets are prob thinking that Van Fleet contract will come in handy if they want to trade for Giannis/KD.

 

[Dback Jon]

The Rockets are prob thinking that Van Fleet contract will come in handy if they want to trade for Giannis/KD.

VanVleet

Club option for next year for $44 million, so yes that would be a good offset.

 

[Adrian]

2025 NBA playoffs betting, lines, odds: Golden State Warriors are series underdogs for 1st time in over a decade

The Golden State Warriors aren't used to being underdogs — but they are against the Wolves.

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[Dback Jon]

Draymond should’ve been ejected for this

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The fact that the NBA continuously let him get away with this is an indictment of how poorly run the league is

It also is why no one should ever have any sympathy for any warrior player if they get cheap shotted

 

[Cheesebeef]

Draymond should’ve been ejected for this

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The fact that the NBA continuously let him get away with this is an indictment of how poorly run the league is

It also is why no one should ever have any sympathy for any warrior player if they get cheap shotted

Getting away with this kind of crap REPEATEDLY is why I find it ludicrous whenever I hear any GS fan cry about cheap play. When your team benefits from it, more than any other team, on the way to titles no less, it’s just pathetic to me to hear any kind of whining about other teams doing to Warriors what your team has done to others for over a decade.

 

[Dback Jon]

Getting away with this kind of crap REPEATEDLY is why I find it ludicrous whenever I hear any GS fan cry about cheap play. When your team benefits from it, more than any other team, on the way to titles no less, it’s just pathetic to me to hear any kind of whining about other teams doing to Warriors what your team has done to others for over a decade.

100% - yet they were all complaining about Brooks, etc.

 

[BooksOrangePlanet]

screw celtics knicks but i'll be glued to okc denver

 

[elindholm]

Getting away with this kind of crap REPEATEDLY is why I find it ludicrous whenever I hear any GS fan cry about cheap play. When your team benefits from it, more than any other team, on the way to titles no less, it’s just pathetic to me to hear any kind of whining about other teams doing to Warriors what your team has done to others for over a decade.

I almost never watch the NBA anymore, but I saw most of this game. I thought it would have been a Flagrant 1, but the technical was close enough. I like Van Gundy, but he was obviously wrong in this case, and I doubt he believed what he was saying.

 

[Germz249]

Don't know about everyone but Draymond ready..

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[Russ Smith]

I thought that was a flagrant as well. The initial hit you can say ok he was flailing because of the foul but the follow through was clearly intentional.

There was a play later where he fouled Sengun and they were trying to get a flagrant off him hitting him across the face but when they showed the replay Sengun's left hand hit Draymond in the face first. IIRC Van Gundy immediately said if they challenge that it's going to be an offensive foul on Sengun and probably a flagrant. I don't think Kerr challenged it.

Draymond just needs to play basketall, that was his best behaved game of the series and he still had 2-3 stupid plays that could have gotten him run

 

[Adrian]

Evan Mobley, De'Andre Hunter in doubt for Cavs-Pacers Game 2 after falls on plays Kenny Atkinson called 'excessive': 'That's on the referees'

"I don't think they were dirty plays," Atkinson said. "But I think it passed the line of physicality."

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[Dback Jon]

Knicks- Celtics Game 1 underway.


This is the second round series I am least interested in.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

Crazy stat.

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[Lorenzo]

Don't know about everyone but Draymond ready..

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that is probably the only time goebert has made me take his side. he is a menace. this is like one stone killing two birds.

 

[Lorenzo]

in the postgame on TNT they had a discussion on the Rockets. Adams is a FA they were saying they think a contender will try and get Adams and Barkley said he doesn't think Houston is a contender yet. Been saying it for ages man I want the Warriors to get Adams if they can do it financially. If I were the Rockets I would be doing everything I could to keep Adams I have no idea if he wants to stay there or not but that 2 post lineup with him and Sengun was something else

And Van Vleet has a 44.8 million option to pickup and they seemed to think the Rockets WILL pick it up.

that's a lot of money for an older player past his prime (i think he is past it?)

anyway, my favorite part of the TNT post-game was when they did the gone fishing part and Jose Altuve was in a trash can. And right before that C. Barkley made a fool of himself by bashing his own network for his lack of NHL knowledge.

 

[Dback Jon]

that's a lot of money for an older player past his prime (i think he is past it?)

anyway, my favorite part of the TNT post-game was when they did the gone fishing part and Jose Altuve was in a trash can. And right before that C. Barkley made a fool of himself by bashing his own network for his lack of NHL knowledge.

VanVleet just turned 31 in February

 

[Lorenzo]

VanVleet just turned 31 in February

Ok, I thought he was older than that. I didn't even know he was playing for Houston. I forget about the Rockets.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

Knicks- Celtics Game 1 underway.


This is the second round series I am least interested in.

I'm interested.

Go whichever team plays the Celtics, so "Go Knicks !!"

 

[Adrian]

Knicks are not going away quietly