Raptors

[2014olympicgold]

Klay THompson having a hurt hamstring is bad news for GSW. The way he explodes his moves to get open is very quick, and a sore hamstring may just be enough to slow him down. And, a hobbled hamstring is going to hurt Klay defending Kawhi.

[ericdaoust]

He was embellishing trying to draw a foul and got hurt

[2014olympicgold]

He was embellishing trying to draw a foul and got hurt

I do think Danny Green got his leg on that, but Klay tried to make it look worse. He could have landed easily, but he wanted to go to the ground.

[hockeyrobot]

Sad I missed out on so much of this run. I was in Greece during the series with the Bucks and was hoping for a crowd since they have Giannis....but the games were on at 3am soooooo that didn't happen.

Go Raps

[blayze]

We blew a prime opportunity to really give ourselves a shot at winning the series last night.

It was disappointing that we only had a 5 pt lead after the first half given how well we played and how horrible they were. Even after the insane 18-0 run we had our chances at stealing this one if only we hit a few of the wide open looks. Kawhi and VanVleet were the only ones who showed up unfortunately.

Going to be hard to steal one at Oracle, especially with KD coming back soon and their bench playing with confidence after feasting on us in the second half.

[2014olympicgold]

L2M report had Curry travel on the pass to Iggy before he hit the 3pt dagger. Toronto would have had the ball with ~15s left in the game if the refs actually called travelling in the league...HOWEVER Siakam and Leonard travelled at 43s and 38s or something like that.

Klay is "Likely Questionable" for game 3.

[blayze]

L2M report had Curry travel on the pass to Iggy before he hit the 3pt dagger. Toronto would have had the ball with ~15s left in the game if the refs actually called travelling in the league...HOWEVER Siakam and Leonard travelled at 43s and 38s or something like that.

Klay is "Likely Questionable" for game 3.

The L2M report is stupid and pointless imo... what's done is done.

[2014olympicgold]

The L2M report is stupid and pointless imo... what's done is done.

I know, if they aren't going to switch something, why even send it out? They could have not missed a call in the final 2 minutes, but missed 18 in the 6-4minute mark.

Or report it, and have the refs interviewed after the game about it. Maybe if the refs get embarrassed nationally, they'll call all the calls in the final 2 minutes.

[ericdaoust]

The leagues somehow think bad officiating is part of the appeal. The reports mean nothing if they are bad and yet nothing changes. It's just another thing for people to circulate around Twitter and "keep the conversation going"

[lucafen4]

Why does the NBA place two days between every game?

[ericdaoust]

Why does the NBA place two days between every game?

More healing days for Durant

[PenguinHunter]

Why does the NBA place two days between every game?

They need it...

[2014olympicgold]

More healing days for Durant

Every year it does this. It's a combo for stars to heal, and have news outlets multiple days to speculate and generate interest.

Game 1 - May 31st 2018
Game 2 - June 3rd 2018
Game 3 - June 6th 2018
Game 4 - June 8th 2018

Game 1 - May 30th 2019
Game 2 - June 2nd 2019
Game 3 - June 5th 2018
Game 4 - June 7th 2019

It's the same duration in between each game as last yr.

[2014olympicgold]

They need it...

As much as we make fun of basketball injuries, muscle injuries are much more severe in basketball than hockey. I've played hockey on a sprained ankle due to how you can tighten your skate, imagine playing basketball on a sprained ankle? I've played hockey with a pulled groin, imagine basketball?

[ericdaoust]

Every year it does this. It's a combo for stars to heal, and have news outlets multiple days to speculate and generate interest.

Game 1 - May 31st 2018
Game 2 - June 3rd 2018
Game 3 - June 6th 2018
Game 4 - June 8th 2018

Game 1 - May 30th 2019
Game 2 - June 2nd 2019
Game 3 - June 5th 2018
Game 4 - June 7th 2019

It's the same duration in between each game as last yr.

I wasn't being serious