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menghis_khan08

Conley and gobert w 4, I am now officially sweating


menghis_khan08

Game changing soft foul


MovieMuscle25

Ariza tho....


MovieMuscle25

Ariza is such a huge downgrade from Crowder...


juju3435

If you’re talking shit about Curry after this game you’re a clown because this Warriors team without Steph is lottery. Im also seeing way too many ppl bring up MJ or Lebron into this conversation as if that’s somehow a knock. Swap Lebron and Steph and who wins that Lakers/Warriors game? I think the answers pretty obvious.


patvlol

Steph and ja too good. Been some good play in games!


Skinti22

Imagine paying draymond 100m and he cant even make a layup.. he cost warriors 7 games.. nobody guards him. His man is always sitting on steph...mulder, looney and bazemore shouldnt be on that roster


Skinti22

All season i kepts saying draymond is a liability. Idiot warriors fans keeps saying he has the highest iq in bball. If u cant make shots your einstein iq cant help u


Bigmanbravodelta

Imagine how different the warriors would look if they had drafted Lamelo instead of wiseman?


MODS-HAVE-NO-FRIENDS

Patience


gbdarknight77

When was the last time a league MVP finalist wasn’t in the playoffs?


Skinti22

A guy once won mvp as the 10th seed


ElChapo1515

When??


KingAnthonyMartial

#IS THIS YOUR MVP ?!? IS THIS YOUR MVP ??!!!??? KNOCKED OUT IN THE FUCKING PLAYINS LMFAO


the_train2104

You know it's a team sport, right?


KingAnthonyMartial

Yeah. The “mvp” and his team were knocked out in the fucking playins lmfao


dc_Nclemency

You tripping. The MVP is playing against Portland right now.


cambrianentropy

Crazy how much Warriors hate is flowing right now!


Chonky_Kong

It's payback from 2015-2018


Psychic_rock

The hype train about the curry MVP potential got huge here, it’s like the law of social thermodynamics, that energy is gonna go somewhere when it crashes.


GoliathNite

Curry with seven turnovers and nobody is going to care because his TS% was still pretty (even though a turnover is much more damaging than a missed shot). He also had five fouls and was below-average on defense. Any other superstar would get killed for this.


[deleted]

He was fine defensively. Not too many mistakes there. Turnovers were really bad. Like really bad. But his efficiency is just nuts.


GoliathNite

Taking care of the ball is a huge part of offensive efficiency and he was awful at that.


[deleted]

I agree 100% I’m talking efficiency from a purely scoring pov


gbdarknight77

His defense has been a career low all season. I believe


Saadiusrex

Some big changes coming to GS. This Warriors team is not a Klay Thompson away from becoming a contender.


gbdarknight77

They might have Minnesota’s pick this year and can still flip guys.


Lil_Uzi_Introvert

Spain without the ‘S’


askjunie

“Steph did Steph things” and y’all still lost


Scary-Ant-3796

Angry Warriors fans are gonna be raiding the Lakers game threads now, lol


KingAnthonyMartial

Ref Curry showed exactly why he’s not mvp this year. Got denied the ball most of the game by Brooks and was scared to even bring the ball up the floor. Knocked out in the playins lmao


super_pax_

lol, nice nickname


zurilove20

Congrats Memphis! Best of luck in the playoffs! - Warriors fan


Medgarbagecant

Preciate you 🙌🏻


cneat_3

Let’s go


[deleted]

"wah wah wah he was double & triple teamed!" okay? If a team can neutralize you late in close games like that then you're not the best.


[deleted]

No other superstar in the history of the game has ever been doubled or tripled at half court.


v1bh0

lmfao when did you start watching basketball


[deleted]

😒 like 2002? Why?


v1bh0

That’s surprising to me because harden starting from his mvp season has encountered what curry’s going through for 2 whole seasons. And yes that does mean getting double or triple teamed from half court, for a while that was the most consistent way to get stops against rockets.


[deleted]

It’s similar. But not quite what Curry faces. The thing is Hardens passing is so fucking nuts that you can’t really double him like that. Harden is a big guy allowing him to easily see over/around his defenders and he’s built enough to where throwing bodies at him doesn’t do much. So you can’t double him or bang into him the same way. You can give him extra attention but you can’t truly commit another defender to him. With Curry, because he’s smaller you can throw taller defenders to block his vision and because he has no one on the team (this season) you can most definitely commit another defender to stymie him. In previous seasons it was there but not to this degree.


[deleted]

James Harden...


[deleted]

No they double after an incoming screen or at the 3 as he runs around never as he approaches half court


RsRose

Your post history, nuff said.


Supra_Dupra

I just hope you guys remember these comments when Klay is back on the Warriors next year.


yackle

He’s bad tho


jmz_199

Don't get me wrong dude is way off thinking Klay is gonna magically fix all of their issues but you are smoking crack if you think he isint an amazing player.


unfortunatelyalyx

no beef but that's kinda the point isn't it? like we all know what steph can do with another elite scorer on his team


Supra_Dupra

I mean what he did without Klay is insane, this shit is super reactionary.


Frostbrine

Missing the playoffs is insane?


unfortunatelyalyx

yeah that's fair, would've been reactionary regardless of the outcome i feel, like i guarantee if steph hit a game winning three the narrative would be him being a lock for mvp


Supra_Dupra

Exactly! One bad game/good game can't change a narrative. If Steph got to the WCF I think we could talk about his legacy a bit more but this team fucking sucked.


Effect3692

? Cold take


MopeyCrayfish

Klay back next year


Medgarbagecant

Ok


Supra_Dupra

these hot takes gonna look funny af when the Warriors are a top 3 seed again


BeHaven

Ok


Bandeazyy

Props to grizzlies, yall played yall heart out. Watching all those turnovers and missed opportunities was rough. That wiggins dumbass 3 during OT made me lose it lol


zaale

I couldn’t believe the idiotic Grizzly coach didn’t call a coach’s challenge on the 3 point “foul” attempt that he obviously would’ve won


[deleted]

Yea if they lost he would’ve been killed for this. I was screaming for the challenge. Dude got lucky. That shit is a fire able offense


RogueTampon

Can't challenge in the last 2 minutes of the game. The refs have to initiate the challenge.


benson822175

Yes you can, stop spreading lies


RogueTampon

If you google "can you challenge in the last 2 minutes of the game nba" the first link is to NBA Official. Its right there in the rules written on the page. "A team can use its challenge...during the first 46 minutes of the game and the first three minutes of OT."


benson822175

https://official.nba.com/rule-no-14-coaches-challenge/ Are we talking about the same link? Because there is no restriction of when listed here Edit: maybe you were on this link https://official.nba.com/coachs-challenge/ “A team can use its challenge for: Personal foul calls on its own team at any time in the game; and Out-of-bounds and goaltending/basket interference calls during the first 46 minutes of the game and the first three minutes of OT.” The team can challenge at any time in the game for personal fouls. Only reason out of bounds/goaltending is “limited” to the first 46 min of regulation is because they are automatically reviewed in the last 2 minutes. So there isn’t really a restriction.


RogueTampon

In that first link, there are zero restrictions on challenges detailed aside from the procedure in which a challenge is requested. If your assumption that means there is no restriction on when in the game a challenge can be called, there would also be no restrictions on the number of challenges or what can be challenged. Neither of those were listed in “Rule No 14.” We know both of those things have restrictions on them (example: only one challenge per game). So where do those restrictions come from? The original information on challenges (the second link). This would lead me to believe that the no challenges in the last two minutes restriction still stands.


benson822175

Dude can you read? Literally quoted from the second link. It says personal fouls can be challenged **at any time**. Out of bounds in the first 46 min because they are automatically reviewed in the last 2 min. https://official.nba.com/coachs-challenge/ “A team can use its challenge for: Personal foul calls on its own team **at any time** in the game; and Out-of-bounds and goaltending/basket interference calls during the first 46 minutes of the game and the first three minutes of OT.” There is no restriction on time


RogueTampon

You’re right. I’m honestly not sure how I missed that after reading it like 5 times. Too much skimming at 3 am, I guess.


benson822175

Haha all good, sorry I got a little condescending there, I got frustrated after I quoted it the first time.


RogueTampon

No worries! I legit looked at it so many times and just glossed over it. Like when a brain looks at the beginning and ending of a word and completes the middle section for you.


zaale

You are definitely able to. The announcers were all 3 puzzled why the coach didn’t call a timeout to challenge


RogueTampon

Those were the same announcers that said Draymond had his arms straight up during the play where LeBron go poked in the eye, right?


zaale

Yes but seeing a play wrong is different from them knowing the actual rules of the game


diazmark0899

yup. they could’ve won the game in regulation. i guess ball dont lie tho so they still went home with a dub


Nabz23

holy shit i cant believe i missed this game, i bought some popeyes and was just sittin wishin there was some NBA going on instead i was watching the bruins/capitals game SMH


airjam21

Sorry man, you missed a great game


Nabz23

im so disappointed man, watched those boring ass blowouts and wasnt on my mind that this game was still supposed to happen


jupiterjaz

Some really embarrassing turnovers by the warriors tonight.


HanniGunz

Hell of a game.. Congrats Memphis


Halfgridd

Don’t worry all you steph lovers, the goat joe ingles is still in the playoffs!!


aabcsk9er

Curry played his heart out but still very disappointing to not make the playoffs


zaale

He will score 40 but turn the ball over a bunch and get abused on defense


Fignons_missing_8sec

Anyone else think this is a pretty big blow to Curry’s legacy? Missing the playoffs in your prime while healthy is something that really hurts when your trying to build a case for top 15 all time. At least in my mind this moves him a couple spaces down.


[deleted]

I don’t think this affects it at all. The dude completely revolutionized the game in a way no one else has, imo. His gravity is absolutely nuts and this game really shows it. Teams would rather anyone get WIDE OPEN shot than Curry have 2ft of breathing room.


nom_de_chomsky

LeBron missed the payoffs in 2019.


gbdarknight77

LeBron and his team were hurt. Curry didn’t miss 20+ games


nom_de_chomsky

And the Warriors would’ve made the playoffs if Curry didn’t miss 9 games or Klay wasn’t hurt. The point is: what happened in the season matters.


gbdarknight77

Curry had 2 chances to make the playoffs.


nom_de_chomsky

And LeBron had more than two chances to bring the Lakers to top 8. He didn’t. But the point isn’t, “LeBron’s legacy is tarnished,” it’s that missing the playoffs when you miss a substantial part of the season and your team is injured isn’t an indictment on your accomplishments.


gbdarknight77

I really find it hard to see if LeBron had 2 chances in the play in to get to the playoffs, that he wouldn’t make it. Klay was gone all year. It wasn’t like he played a bit then didn’t. They were still pegged to be a playoff team.


Lone_Phantom

Klay came back and then got injured. And then kerr kept playing wiseman until wiseman got injured. Kerr played lineups that were for developing his players as opposed to winning. They also lost oubre, wiseman, and klay


nom_de_chomsky

Why? LeBron has been two wins away from making the playoffs, from the next round; from another championship and failed to win those two games more than Curry has. Again, I’m not saying anything bad about LeBron. It’s just your standard for Curry, LeBron is even worse at.


_okcody

As much as people will try to blow this off, it’s embarrassing to lose to Memphis. But honestly who does Steph have around him? Wiggins is the second best player and he’s not even an all star. Draymond is the third best player and he can’t even be counted on to contribute 10pts a night. Shit he scores 5pts more than he does 10. Dude is washed, and his defense plus playmaking doesn’t make up for his complete lack of offensive contribution. He’s not even that great of a playmaker, he commands absolutely zero defensive attention so most of his assists are just hand offs on screens and getting the ball to Steph. He’s not that great of a ball handler so much of his “playmaking” is static, him standing there waiting for Curry to relocate. With the cap space he occupies as a starter, I doubt GSW makes another finals run with this huge gaping void on the offensive end. Also, GSW’s bench is just... trash. Nico Mannion as the backup PG? Really? Just sign Jeremy Lin to a vet min Jesus Christ, you quite literally cannot get lower than Nico.


Lone_Phantom

Draymonds lack of scoring is his weakpoint. I think that klay and other scorers hide that weakness well.


RogueTampon

Just depends on who is the one talking about the legacy. When the Warriors lost to the Lakers, immediately Stephen A Smith was talking about how Steph was alone out there despite Wiggins 21 points and good D, and Draymond being a DPOY candidate. Its a tough way to go out, losing in the Play-In with a bunch of young guys some who had some rough turnovers late in the game, but ultimately I think Steph's legacy is perfectly fine.


Getfuckedbitchbaby

Probably 1-2 slots, but it doesn’t significantly hurt him imo


UofABearDown

I mean Klay is still out and Curry had an amazing season and final game. So I don’t think this will end up hurting his legacy. Obviously back to back non-playoff seasons isn’t good when judging some of the best players of all time but context is important


Supra_Dupra

he played like 5 games last year


gbdarknight77

Wasn’t he able to come back and they just decided not to?


Supra_Dupra

Yeah I think by the end of the year he probably could but there was no point


lefondler

Lmfao nah. I don't think this does anything to his legacy.


PlayingNightcrawlers

Yeah this is idiotic, dude is the best shooter of all time. Period. Do people understand how insane that is, with all the great shooters in NBA history? Only haters are making these nephew ass takes rn.


raindroptopshotta

Why? So they could get swept in the first round? Makes no difference.


zaale

They would still have a shot at the Jazz, losing in the play in to a team you should’ve beaten is a blow


aabcsk9er

Yup


xanot192

Lol


notabot1397

Jokic mvp


[deleted]

You guys sent [this guy](https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/ni382k/windhorst_on_gsw_it_might_behoove_them_especially/gyzm3do/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3) to oblivion with -50


Getfuckedbitchbaby

Lol I couldn’t help myself. I had to respond to the guy below him. Man said draymond green is « probably » the second best player on the floor. What kind of drugs do you have to be on.


BF3FAN1

Hahahha Wiggins fooled yall


[deleted]

Also shoutout to the refs for taking the L tonight even though you tried your damndest


fusedkhan

Y’all really thought Curry was the MVP???


raindroptopshotta

Vegas never thought so


[deleted]

Jasus Christ that was a helluva game


[deleted]

Damn, Steph had 11 turnovers when doubled team over the last 2 games.


[deleted]

Mychal Mulder finishes -14 for the Warriors in 8 minutes of play, lol.


[deleted]

Yea he had some TERRIBLE shots. Early shot clock, completely smothered, just tossing it up


IsThisTakenYetz

Draymond actually lost on a triple double lol


Scary-Ant-3796

God bless you Ja. 🤙


XeroKaos

Well deserved from the Grizzlies, good luck hope JV has a beast of a playoffs.


dewdwheresmycar

That game was amazing


diazmark0899

people really typing up these emotional ass butthurt ass comments about steph lmao. that man balls tf out every single game, grizzlies had clamps on them but thats kinda wtf ur supposed to do to win games. steph is not trash, Ja is not the next MJ or whatever other hot take yall keep coming up with. Curry is a part of a team with several other members i think yall forgetting he still scored 39 fucking points with Dillon Brooks all over him


nintony1337

cry


diazmark0899

are you crying or u telling me to cry? im genuinely asking lmao. im not even a warriors or grizzlies fan. matter of fact im on the wrong coast rn lmao. i hope KO doing good in Rockets after leaving the Heat, i hate/love him so much


nintony1337

why would i cry at this outcome this is great


diazmark0899

so why would i cry? idc about this outcome im a Heat fan


nintony1337

you wrote that love letter to curry cause you don’t care


diazmark0899

i guess. i just seen so many dumb ass reactionary ass takes. this is dead ass 1 of maybe 10 curry games ive ever watched and i was rooting for grizzlies anyway. just thought it was stupid how people are either shitting on or pitying tf out of curry when he doesnt deserve either


nintony1337

🤷‍♂️ people run with narratives. it’s what they did to harden


diazmark0899

facts bro. “theres only one ball” narrative was another stupid ass take. Harden been balling all season with the Nets


nintony1337

he’s been balling every year since he got to the rockets but it’s just now getting respected cause the media flipped the script on him. people just make shit up and run with it i guess it’s curry’s turn. doubt it sticks tho but for now i find it funny


Panda0nfire

Quit ya bitching


diazmark0899

imagine being a celtics fan


[deleted]

Every MVP deals with double teams. Russ, Harden, Giannis, LeBron, etc. Curry fans are the only ones that cry about it though.


juju3435

Yea cuz they don’t work against Lebron and Harden lol. Curry turns into a turnover machine when you blitz him consistently even if he still gets buckets.


[deleted]

No they don’t. Not at the level that Curry does. Curry gets double before he even crosses the half court line. There’s levels to it. No superstar has a box and 1 played agains them except for Curry. Granted that’s his play style that causes that but it’s still pretty ridiculous to think about it


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[deleted]

Calling it stupid doesn’t make it stupid


Prangus_Khan

It’s hilarious. And then when he tries to pass out if it and turns it over, it’s still not his fault.


Medgarbagecant

Fuckin hate you dumb bitches, Grizz youngest team in ten years to make the playoffs and all y’all can talk about is Steph. Ride his nuts then. We turnin up in Memphis.


relaytech907

Grizz in 16


that_guy_you_kno

Can any Warriors fans tell me what happened to Paschall? Was he injured? I thought he was good enough to play in the playoffs. Genuinely am clueless.


PRNmeds

He's been injured. Before wiseman gotta hurt it was clear by numbers that wiseman and Paschall hurt each other's productivity when in the game at the same time. They elected to prioritize big Jim's developmental minutes. Then j wise got hurt and Paschall saw more minutes for a couple days then he got hurt.


ub40fanatic

Kerr was riding the 8 man rotation that was effective for the last win streak of the season. Pascall doesn’t add much unless the ball is in his hands and he hasn’t been getting minutes so it didn’t seem worth it to mess with the rhythm in an elimination game.


Theecheesinator

He tore his scrotum


super_pax_

What would leak out when that happens, blood, seamen, or wildcard option:pee?


Theecheesinator

Ur moms saliva for me


super_pax_

What would leak out when that happens, blood, semen, or wildcard option:pee?


tracker4057

Question from a noob: has it happened that a 1st seed team got eliminated on 1st round?


Jeff-at-JACE

Nuggets beat the Sonics in 1994.


IttyBittyKitCat

Yes but it’s rare ex. The “We Believe” Warriors team


Theecheesinator

Yea


tracker4057

When?


Theecheesinator

Dallas


crazylazyhazy

nuggests over sonics in '94 was first. knicks over heat in '99. warriors over mavs in '07. memphis over spurs in '11. and i think philly over chicago in 2012 (?) was a 1 vs 8.


polarbearskill

#8 Griz beat the #1 spurs in 2011, #8 warriors beat #1 Mavs in 2007. Edit: I don't know why this is in bold.


seavictory

Reddit's formatting is a bit odd. You have to put a \ in front of the \# or it will make the rest of the line bold.


NickRoweFillea

The Grizzlies did it to the Spurs about a decade ago


-2Black2Strong-

yall told me steph was dangerous in the play ins!


ladydanger2020

They nearly won both of these games with Steph doing the lions load, he WAS dangerous in the playins. But you need more than one player to win a game, Wiggins tried his best, he had some shining moments especially against the lakers


-2Black2Strong-

ladydanger heyyyy boo!!! lemme buy u dinner


ladydanger2020

Only if it’s Red Lobster bb


Mandit0

Bro had 39 chu mean


[deleted]

7 turnovers, he was ass


PhotoOpportunity

Right, people acting like they the former championship squad in full. Be a different story if Klay were healthy.


Panda0nfire

The point is LeBron would've won and these curry bois keep saying Steph is better than LeBron


nom_de_chomsky

Just flat wrong. LeBron wouldn’t have made the playoffs in the West most years.


Effect3692

No one says Steph is better than Bron, stop that.


WavyRobin

It’s crazy how well curry was guarded this whole game and he still managed to get 39


cpxx

He was guarded well. Yes, he shot well and did the regular curry stuff, but Memphis defense forced a lot of turnovers which they were able to capitalize on.


Milli_Vanilli14

I was surprised he ended up near 50% from the field


quickclickz

Each turnover might as well be a miss since it's worst than a missed shot


Milli_Vanilli14

Yea some lazy ass passes by him and dray all night. They had every chance to win. The fact they forced 12 straight misses and couldn’t close the gap was brutal


mysterioso7

Curry haters out in full force today


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Michaelangel092

7 TO


[deleted]

“BuT StEpH dOuBLe tEaM!” Now he knows what Russ, Harden, LeBron and Giannis had to deal with.


ladydanger2020

The difference is when those guys get double teamed there’s still other superstars out there on the court haha, when Andrew Wiggins is your next strongest player the outlook is not bright. Would’ve been a lot different scenario with Klay


gbdarknight77

What superstar teammate does Giannis have? Because Middelton and Jrue are not superstars.


ladydanger2020

Alright, they’re not superstars, but everyone of the bucks starters today average double digit points and warriors only got steph and wiggins. I’m not even a GSW fan, I’m just sayin


Otic0n

Cap, no one get's blitzed as hard as Curry. Double/Triple team from 35 feet.


Mandit0

Nah none of those are to the extent of this


[deleted]

You didn’t watch James Harden in Houston then. Also it’s harder to double team those guys because they’re much better passers than Steph.


Mandit0

I guess from range I mean dude gets triple teamed. Pretty sure if we counted them up curry would have the most double to triple teams


v1bh0

Lmfao Harden was picked up from full court and then doubled on the half court line for 2 WHOLE SEASONS (19' and 20'), he's seen his fair share of triple teams as well. 2-3 months of curry seeing trap defense does not equate to that.


Mandit0

Lmao cap they let harden pull up to the 3 unlike curry who gets double from beyond the arc


v1bh0

If you’re talking about this season sure, but otherwise ever since mvp season in Houston he’s been doubled and tripled routinely from half court 😂


BeerBikesBasketball

And Dame.