Robert H
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basketball and soccer obsessive. Books, too many books.
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Nate Duncan
about 5 hours ago
Final 7:30: Jalen Brunson 13 San Antonio Spurs 9
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In the first half, Castle and Harper had big advantages over their defenders and Wemby did enough to make NY uncomfortable. Second half, NY shut off every oneās water and every Knick stepped up big, limited SA to a 40 pt second half.
about 6 hours ago
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Have never been a ādude is a KILLERā person for the shot volume guys, even great ones like Kobe. But Brunson is one guy that Iāll live and die with forever, even when heās got 8 pts on 25 shots. You just know heāll make the most incredible shots in clutch time.
about 6 hours ago
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My god, that transition finish from Brunson against two good Spurs defenders was *filthy*
about 6 hours ago
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My quibble with the Knicks, during their not so great stretches, are the erratic performance of these early 4th quarter lineups. Got some great stuff from OG, but some wild erratic offense from Alvarado & Deuce.
about 6 hours ago
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Knicks scored 2 points in the first five and a half minutes of the third quarter, 21 points in the next four plus minutes to tie the game. Also get a break after not getting any in the first half when Deuce banks in a corner three.
about 6 hours ago
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NY with rhythm on offense means they can punish SA immediately when Brunson passes out of a high double involving Wemby near midcourt. Credit to the Spurs defense, but NY ball movement is just sludgy right now.
about 7 hours ago
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Predicted the Knicks would come up way short in Game 1, but process is quite bad in the second half. Not sure how NY can get back with this little from Hart and OG.
about 7 hours ago
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Even Chuck thought KAT didnāt get calls on several drives, and heās not one to cut KAT much slack. Clearly jersey pulls on both KAT and Brunson are fair game.
about 7 hours ago
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Alvarado was a lifeline for NY when the bench was scuffling. But he and his teammates gave up too much on the corners to the Spurs. Both teams give up corner 3s but SA executed much better to get good ones.
about 7 hours ago
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Apart from the worries about Brunson, Knicks have to be alarmed at how badly their bench started. Plenty of time to right the ship, but my biggest fear pre-series is SA would have much more force with their bench than NY would.
about 8 hours ago
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Seeing a lot of āKnicks are losing the non-Wemby minutesā , but itās just as accurate to say theyāve lost the Shamet/Mitch Rob minutes in a big way so far.
about 8 hours ago
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Rodger Sherman
about 8 hours ago
this is good basketball I am hyperventilating
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Happy for DeāAaron Fox, played through a high ankle sprain and was tough as nails, even if his performances were spotty and Spurs fans online were shitting on him. Came through big in Game 7 and was calm in the highest pressure situations.
4 days ago
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Shai on the Spurs: āthey have the makeup (of a great team), you donāt beat us if you donāt have the makeupā. Having a good postgame press conference given a tough Game 7 loss, lot of thoughtfulness in his comments.
4 days ago
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Alex Caruso only played 30+ minutes all season twice: the regular season opener & Game 1 of the WCF, both overtime games. Played *39* minutes in a rough Game 7, a desperate sign that Daigneault had very few options he trusted beyond SGA.
4 days ago
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Knicks are in for a rude awakening, Wemby or no Wemby, facing a team with no obvious targets to attack unlike their previous Eastern opponents. That said, Spurs are in for a challenge facing this loaded an offense, much more versatile than what OKC with no J-Dub could muster.
4 days ago
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Going to go against the grain a bit and say the extreme focus on Chet is a tad overdone, Spurs were always a horrible matchup for him ā he was never going to go basket for basket w/Wemby. Now with that said, being *that* unproductive in Game 7 was a horrible look.
4 days ago
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Jared Wade
4 days ago
Let this be a reminder of how special LeBron and Steph are. We might have another guy who deserves mention in a similar sentence but none of the other folks we've seen in a long long time have.
add a skeleton here at some point
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Spurs took that Game 7, was not given to them at all. Only had seven turnovers against the best defense for the first 40 minutes. Even with five turnovers in the last 6 minutes they more than hung on, they buried the Thunder, wore them out. Kudos.
4 days ago
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Kornet had a similar chase down block on a Thunder fast break in the regular season that was a big play in a Spurs win. One of the best Spurs acquisitions, good to see him healthy again.
4 days ago
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Spurs making four above the break threes in the fourth, and still getting up and down the floor harder and faster pretty much tells you OKC will need a miracle to salvage this one.
4 days ago
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No second half lead changes in the series apart from Game 1 and Game 7, and yet, I agree totally.
add a skeleton here at some point
4 days ago
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Feels like Daigneault is reaching with some of these lineups, trying to find something that can work to help SGA, from McCain to K Will. Coming up zeroes as the Spurs build their lead.
4 days ago
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SGA sees Champagnie on him after Castleās been rubbed off a screen, he goes after him HARD. Made some ridiculous jumpers.
4 days ago
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Alpha narratives can be reductive but that was an awesome alpha quarter for SGA. *However* he had no support, and two big Fox 3s along with a transition basket and a tough Wemby finish keep OKC in a hole.
4 days ago
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Anchorage Man
4 days ago
Shai is a gorgeous basketball player and I think everyone who derides him as a foul merchant is a philistine.
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Thought it might be a full 48 tonight for SGA, but Daigneault smartly realizes thatās not a winning strategy, lifts him after the first minute of the second.
4 days ago
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McCain is still raw, but he has made some incredibly important shots all series to keep his team in it.
4 days ago
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Not sure any single defender on OKC can handle Castleā¦Castleās biggest enemy is his own handle & erratic decision making. But just a monster with surprising craft going downhill.
add a skeleton here at some point
4 days ago
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OKCās ability to problem-solve opponents as their playoff series progress may be akin to solving different equations on a calculator. But with OKCās leaning so heavily on SGA (along with the Spursā sheer force), feels like the calculatorās keys have jammed and theyāre running real low on options.
4 days ago
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Great sports day with Game 7 and the Champions League Final, and I even love the accompanying banter (to a point). But letās be real, all talk about āToday Is A Win for Footballā or āEthical Hoops Winsā is monumental BS and strictly troll fodder.
4 days ago
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Michael Caley
5 days ago
pure pettiness sprinkled with aesthetics but if I had to rank all the Arsenal players based on who I prefer to miss the final penalty I would have picked Gabriel 11 times
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Itās possible Iām being premature, but after ducking media in Game 5 and that postgame interview after Game 6, starting to wonder if Wemby is going into full heel mode with the media.
6 days ago
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For such a classic WCF series, I have seen way too much of Nikola Topic and Kelly Olynyk.
6 days ago
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Iād still favor OKC playing at home in a Game 7, but SGA having to carry this kind of usage the entire series against the Spurs defenseā¦have to wonder. If the Spurs approach Game 7 with more force and focus than they did Game 5, Iād be really worried for the Thunder.
6 days ago
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Jon Hamm
6 days ago
The Thunder have dropped out of the Great American State Fair lineup.
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Think weāre heading for a Game 7, and thereās still four minutes left in the third quarter.
6 days ago
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J Dub is just a bystander tonight, game for him to go on the hamstring but he isnāt doing anything. Harper on the other hand, looks super lively and that adductor doesnāt seem to be bothering him at all.
6 days ago
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Even if the threes donāt fall the way they did in the first half, Spurs are playing with more juice and have made enough tweaks to their actions to get OKC off balance. Thunder arenāt disrupting SAās rhythm the way they did in Game 5, Spurs with only 6 turnovers so far.
6 days ago
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The series is awesome because of the teams, not just the stars, but SGA going one-on-one with Wemby was extremely cool, if only for one possession.
6 days ago
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I love McCain, but his game will really evolve when heās capable of making a pass after creating a seam in the defense and drawing defenders toward him.
6 days ago
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Law Murray š
8 days ago
Jared McCain has gotten touched up by Mason Plumlee and Bismack Biyombo. He's at the free throw line, so there's enough time to get hip checked by Kelly Olynyk
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If OKC survives this series and plays NY, as a Knick fan I wonāt be dreading facing SGA, Dort, McCain. It will be Hartenstein, no joke. Was genuinely bummed when he had to leave New York, such a tough dude and winning player.
8 days ago
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SGA canāt even make a jumper, but his teammates are still flying around and making plays (Hartenstein most of all). Wemby is a tourist, Harper is a tourist, Spurs donāt look up for making this a tight one as it winds down.
8 days ago
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SGA has gotten a good amount of rest this game and is coming off sitting the entire 4th quarter of Gm4. But he looks visibly weary on those stepbacks & drives ā wonder if heās wearing down. McCain & Hartenstein as secondary options are helping him in the 4th.
8 days ago
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Fox, Harper, Vassell all look like they left their energy back in San Antonio. Probably injuries in the case of the first two as well, but OKC has done a much better job of keeping them from inflicting damage even w/the extreme focus on Wemby.
8 days ago
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Even though itās a double digit lead for OKC and there were a lot of 2nd quarter whistles, the tension in every possession in that half was palpable. Such a riveting series, like watching multiple Game 7s.
8 days ago
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Starting lineup for Daigneault a big fail so far, neither Dort nor McCain capable of producing anything, and SGA still has to wade through masses of defenders.
8 days ago
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So happy for this entire damn team, what a run. Yeah theyāll be big underdogs in the finals, but this is a legit group, connected in a special way, on an incredible playoff heater. Such a joy to watch.
9 days ago
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