Draymond deserves a far harsher whistle than he normally gets because any other player would be T'ed up multiple times per game with his antics. However, that flagrant two was a really weird/bad call in my opinion.
Yeah.. it's hard to figure. BUT he did completely yank a player out of mid air by his jersey, basically making no effort to try and get the ball. The only intent there was to take the player down.. although he also did try to catch him. It's what he did after that and what he did after he fouled out last series that makes me think he deserved it... as you said he should get T'd up a lot for berating officials after he gets called or for his antics in general. I also think he's a borderline to not particularly borderline dirty player, but that may be unkind. He's just been in a lot of situations in his career where he's made a lot of unnecessary contact/ over the line amount of contact that I don't think he gets the benefit of the doubt anymore.
I didn't think you needed to challenge an OOB call in the last 2 minutes. I thought the refs could call for that themselves.
They changed that rule in the offseason so no more automatic reviews.
I think if Klay didn't make the smart play very quickly, it's an uncontested layup. As it was that's probably a shot Ja makes 3-4 times out of 10, which isn't terrible given the small amount of time they had left.
That's what they did on the previous OOB call isn't it? I don't understand the difference. Maybe there was no call to change, because they couldn't decide who it was off? Strange.
Agreed, I think it was a good idea by Ja with a better likelihood of going in than a contested three or 18 foot fadeaway by someone else.
Yeah, beautifully designed play, imo. With 4 seconds left, on an inbounds, getting Ja with a full head of steam in space? High chance he gets two FTs there, too.
He’s been doing this all year. One of the most underrated players in the game but he won’t be long.
The only problem here is that during the course of the game he’d often get to the line. On a final possession he’s not getting a whistle unless he ends up like a KO’d UFC fighter. I agree for what they have to go with getting Ja going downhill is a pretty decent option though as they lack other shot creators.
I am very disappointed I overlooked typing that. Maybe because I had no freaking idea that Usher was his Dad. Thats crazy. I need to post this in the things you only learned recently thread.
I didn't know that either. That is crazy.
The thing is, he hasn't been doing it all year. He only shot 31% from three this year and the inconsistencies in his offensive performance is one of the only things holding him back from being an All-NBA level player.
So.. the whole point now is not to review OOB plays that the refs aren't sure about? Unless a team can challenge... the indecision of the refs? So you could challenge.. have it reviewed and have your opponent end up with the ball? Such a weird system.. the most important possessions of the game and the NBA is like.. meh I don't know what happened and not gonna check it.
Yes, I was expecting all of those to get in. Klay and Steph were 3-10 on 3s in the 4th quarter and most of them were good looks. 2-8 in the last 6 minutes.
Plus Green missed the second half...as close as it was in game 1, that could be as good as it gets for Memphis.
I disagree with this. Game 1 was the most difficult preparation game for the Grizzlies and the greatest advantage that the Warriors will have in this regard. They were in Minnesota 36 hours earlier finishing up an emotional series while the Warriors were flying into Memphis rested. No, they didn’t have to contend with Green in the 2H but were doing just fine against the Warriors prior to his ejection which I will admit surprised me.
"New Hampshire's own" Duncan Robinson. God bless him, he's on the books to make around $90 million more playing basketball than anyone thought, even while on a high major program such as Michigan.
Vincent, Strus & Oladipo shoot 2-19 from 3 and Robinson doesn’t play. And the Heat win by 14. On a related note, they are an oddly fascinating team (& yes, I know— the opposition was “led” by Harden).
I have to think prime Harden would have gotten Herro switched onto him and played him off the floor. That guy seems long gone and given Harden's historic lack of physical conditioning and mileage, I don't think he is coming back.
Just two years ago Harden averaged 34.3 ppg on .626 TS%. He's an exceptional passer and has enough size to offset some of his defensive ineptitude, but he's definitely entered a different phase of his career.
That James Harden was left behind at Rick's Cabaret. This is the last summer for him to change his ways and get into the best physical shape of his life, otherwise, the cliff dive is happening. He can't beat guards off the dribble anymore. With less airspace, it's easy to see why his 3pt% is plummeting. Just hoping James puts up some hollow pointz before the Heat finish them off. Want to avoid the Sixers getting buyers remorse. A Harden SuperMax will bury the Process and Embiid's best remaining years
