OFFICIAL 2015 NBA PLAYOFF THREAD (NBA FINALS SET; GSW V. CLE - (But we have a whole week before the

[sea manup]

Your trying to minimize paul's effort snd game like we wasnt trying to will them to victory playing great on both ends of the floor

Seems sort of double standard ish, if I'm not mistaken chris paul was the one who took the shot at the end of regulation

no need to minimize his effort when it was already minimal

he took it easy and was an offensive nonfactor for most of the game

he passes it up to blake who is in no position to score then ends up turning it over

then he misses the shot at the end of regulation

anyone who expects him to be a nba champion should expect a lot more from him 

 

[nelson999]

if I'm not mistaken chris paul was the one who took the shot at the end of regulation

if he were 6'4, would that shot have gone in?

 

[lawdog1]

Your trying to minimize paul's effort snd game like we wasnt trying to will them to victory playing great on both ends of the floor

Seems sort of double standard ish, if I'm not mistaken chris paul was the one who took the shot at the end of regulation

It was CP who took the shot at the end of regulation. And I definitely wouldn't say he wasn't trying or playing it safe. He just has a different idea about what the right basketball play is at a given time than someone like Steph or Kobe does. Sometimes he's better off passing. And he happens to have another superstar on his team who had been playing great in that game. Can't really fault him for giving Blake a chance to win it.

 

[earldagoat]

Wish Meagan Good was an NBA sideline reporter,,,

 

[hypebeast5]

Your trying to minimize paul's effort snd game like we wasnt trying to will them to victory playing great on both ends of the floor


Seems sort of double standard ish, if I'm not mistaken chris paul was the one who took the shot at the end of regulation

no need to minimize his effort when it was already minimal

he took it easy and was an offensive nonfactor for most of the game

he passes it up to blake who is in no position to score then ends up turning it over

then he misses the shot at the end of regulation


anyone who expects him to be a nba champion should expect a lot more from him 

It wasn't minimal just you are making it seem minimal, dude is always out there balling, seems like you just have a vendetta against dude more than stating tangible facts

Dude had Blake balling all game and your saying the best game plan was for CP to take over and essentially take the ball out of his hands?!?!

 

[rolaholic]

Yea the Warriors winning was more due to the incompetence of the Pelicans on offense and on the glass than Steph "willing" his squad to win. He came through in the clutch near the end but dude was chucking bricks for a good stretch in the 2nd half but kept being bailed out by Draymond on the glass

 

[darthska]

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[sea manup]

 

 

 

so in the past two days


one pg goes 8-15 with 21 points and his team loses in OT


one pg goes 10-29 for 40 points and his team wins in OT



people need to stop with this efficiency garbage. the biggest reason chris paul falls short year after year is because he always plays it safe and gets his efficient numbers. its not about efficiency, its about impact.


so far its been a perfect example of why chris paul doesnt do enough for his team in the playoffs. he has a GREAT in game 1, won the game for his team. game 2 he has an efficient 21 points but has no major impact on the game. people look at his decent stats and blame his teammates but as the best player on the team he failed the team.


warriors were down by 20 in the 4th no one other than klay and steph was scoring, if they lost it would be easy to point fingers at the role players. but steph took it upon himself to win the game and he carried the team to a victory. chris paul passes to blake who turns it over.


its not about efficiency, its not about making the right play, its not about playing safe. its about impact and chris paul doesnt show up in a significant way in more playoff games than not. 

I dont like cp3 at all, but to say steph carried his team to victory is ridculous, he was throwing up clanks in the 4th that green and others kept getting offensvie boards and putbacks. He hit the shot to send it into ot and balled in ot, but the 4th was 95% his teammates.

point is he tried

he went all in with trying to win the game rather than just playing his part and having a minimal effect on the outcome

at the end of the day it comes down to who hits the shots, of course the rest of the team plays a huge part in making the shots happen but its still one guy hitting the shots

I agree with the first part, id rather have a player go out in flames shooting 10 of 30 then a dude who could do more but is worried about his stats.

But ya man stephs teammates were the ones who stepped up in the 4th, not steph until the last shot lol.

after he came in the game with 8 minutes to go steph shot 8 times and scored 10 points (in this time his teammates scored 19)

the team did a great job with all the little things, rebounding, defense, ect...

steph had a bad shooting night but he kept the foot on the gas and his scoring was a major reason the warriors won 

 

[sea manup]

 

 

Your trying to minimize paul's effort snd game like we wasnt trying to will them to victory playing great on both ends of the floor


Seems sort of double standard ish, if I'm not mistaken chris paul was the one who took the shot at the end of regulation

no need to minimize his effort when it was already minimal

he took it easy and was an offensive nonfactor for most of the game

he passes it up to blake who is in no position to score then ends up turning it over

then he misses the shot at the end of regulation


anyone who expects him to be a nba champion should expect a lot more from him 

It wasn't minimal just you are making it seem minimal, dude is always out there balling, seems like you just have a vendetta against dude more than stating tangible facts

Dude had Blake balling all game and your saying the best game plan was for CP to take over and essentially take the ball out of his hands?!?!

he put up a jordan clarkson esque statline in a very winnable game that could have put his team up 2-0 vs the defending champs

you must have very low expectations for him if you think that's acceptable

any other "top 5" player does that and im calling him out too 

 

[friscostylez]

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[mgrand15]

so in the past two days

one pg goes 8-15 with 21 points and his team loses in OT

one pg goes 10-29 for 40 points and his team wins in OT


people need to stop with this efficiency garbage. the biggest reason chris paul falls short year after year is because he always plays it safe and gets his efficient numbers. its not about efficiency, its about impact.

so far its been a perfect example of why chris paul doesnt do enough for his team in the playoffs. he has a GREAT in game 1, won the game for his team. game 2 he has an efficient 21 points but has no major impact on the game. people look at his decent stats and blame his teammates but as the best player on the team he failed the team.

warriors were down by 20 in the 4th no one other than klay and steph was scoring, if they lost it would be easy to point fingers at the role players. but steph took it upon himself to win the game and he carried the team to a victory. chris paul passes to blake who turns it over.

its not about efficiency, its not about making the right play, its not about playing safe. its about impact and chris paul doesnt show up in a significant way in more playoff games than not. 

Curry made a ton of 3s and FTs.

40 points on 29 shots is pretty damn similar to 21 points on 15 shots efficiency wise.

I swear yall know nothing about efficiency. Just spout off anything that you think goes against "analytics"

 

[lver of jordan]

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[MVP]

Offensive rebounding his bricks was the biggest reason GSW won. But he did what a star is supposed to do when the game is back within striking distance... close. which CP0 does great in the regular season but not so much in the playoffs.

 

[shoeking2102]

Some of these arguments regarding Chris Paul are so damn dumb 

Staying out of this one.

 

[nick.]

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yo...

 

[nelson999]

Did anyone ever figure out who the girl on the horse is in that commercial they keep showing during the Playoffs?

 

[hypebeast5]

Offensive rebounding his bricks was the biggest reason GSW. But he did what a star is supposed to do when the game is back within striking distance... close. which CP0 does great in the regular season but not so much in the playoffs.

CP3 and Blake are 1A and 1B Blake was on and cooking so dude got finishing duties and came up short

CP3 tried to erase the mistake but came up short

 

[sea manup]

 

so in the past two days

one pg goes 8-15 with 21 points and his team loses in OT

one pg goes 10-29 for 40 points and his team wins in OT


people need to stop with this efficiency garbage. the biggest reason chris paul falls short year after year is because he always plays it safe and gets his efficient numbers. its not about efficiency, its about impact.

so far its been a perfect example of why chris paul doesnt do enough for his team in the playoffs. he has a GREAT in game 1, won the game for his team. game 2 he has an efficient 21 points but has no major impact on the game. people look at his decent stats and blame his teammates but as the best player on the team he failed the team.

warriors were down by 20 in the 4th no one other than klay and steph was scoring, if they lost it would be easy to point fingers at the role players. but steph took it upon himself to win the game and he carried the team to a victory. chris paul passes to blake who turns it over.

its not about efficiency, its not about making the right play, its not about playing safe. its about impact and chris paul doesnt show up in a significant way in more playoff games than not. 

Curry made a ton of 3s and FTs.

40 points on 29 shots is pretty damn similar to 21 points on 15 shots efficiency wise.

I swear yall know nothing about efficiency. Just spout off anything that you think goes against "analytics"

its not about efficiency

its about constantly putting pressure on the other teams defense no matter what your shooting % is. of course everyone who is playing basketball wants every shot to go in, but sometimes you have to go for homerun plays to win the game 

the warriors got so many layups because they were double teaming steph 28 feet from the basket. that comes from the fear of him putting up a shot any time you give him an inch of space. 

 

[Quincy McCall]

GS was down 20, Clippers were essentially in that game

CP didn't have to put up 40 shots

 

[sea manup]

GS was down 20, Clippers were essentially in that game

CP didn't have to put up 40 shots

he didnt do enough to win his team the game.

he has never done enough to show that he is good enough to lead his team to a championship 

 

[awwsome]

Spurs might be better off if Parker doesn't play

Yup.



If he can turn it up these next two games though they can definitely send the Clippers home.

CP3/Blake/DJ can't do it all, they got no bench and JJ been invisible when he's been an X factor all year.

 

[lver of jordan]

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Bae

 

[lawdog1]

he put up a jordan clarkson esque statline in a very winnable game that could have put his team up 2-0 vs the defending champs

you must have very low expectations for him if you think that's acceptable


any other "top 5" player does that and im calling him out too 

Jordan Clarkson puts up that statline on a garbage team, with nothing to play for and minimal talent on the roster. Its a ridiculous comparison.

If Blake scores on that one play instead of turning the ball over, we aren't even having this discussion. Paul played well enough to put his team in a position to win the game. If he decided to shoot 35 times to "try" in the way you want him too, the game probably wouldn't have been that close. That's not how he's wired and that's not how the Clippers are constructed.

 

[mgrand15]

Also when it was time for CP3 to take over, the Spurs started fouling Jordan every time down.

 

[MVP]

CP3 and Blake are 1A and 1B Blake was on and cooking so dude got finishing duties and came up short

CP3 tried to erase the mistake but came up short

This isn't just one game though, Game 5 & 6 last year vs OKC...not really going to hold the NO years against him since apparently they don't count but the proof is in the pudding.