Western Conference Playoffs - 2nd Round Discussion Thread

[Smallville102001]

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Houston had an elite season. Houston handled their first round series. Houston is currently turning around a series from another legitimately elite team.

I will give you the regular series matchup, but the same could be said for both of Washington's postseason opponents.

I'm not a Houston fan. I'm not saying Houston is better or that they would win. I'm only saying GSW is not on a different level than Houston. I think the series would go to 5 or 6. Maybe GS wins, maybe not. It would depend on the man child known as Dwight Howard.

There is a reason I ignored his post and replied to 702 lol

Yeah and that first round match up was vs Dallas who didn't have Rando and where with out chanler parsons for sever games. Dallas isn't even close to golden stat, grizzles, Huston and sever other teams that made the playoffs.

[ggsimmonds]

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Yeah and that first round match up was vs Dallas who didn't have Rando and where with out chanler parsons for sever games. Dallas isn't even close to golden stat, grizzles, Huston and sever other teams that made the playoffs.

Then "Huston" should have been gentlemen and requested a different first round opponent I guess.

Are the Pelicans that much better than Dallas where GS receives praise for beating them while Houston gets none?

Edit: And if Rando was a good player he would be in the NBA. I've never even heard of him so I don't know what difference he would have made.

(sorry, I tried to resist)

[Smallville102001]

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But they still haven't done anything to warrant the best team praise....

People look too much into stats and regular season series. Regular season isn't the playoffs. Totally different ballgame.


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They where also the most consistent team all year and had a Point difference of like 10. If that is not enough to say a team is the best team then I think the only thing that can get that is win a team wins the championship.

[ggsimmonds]

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They where also the most consistent team all year and had a Point difference of like 10. If that is not enough to say a team is the best team then I think the only thing that can get that is win a team wins the championship.

The point of the playoffs is to crown the best team of the year.

[Smallville102001]

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Then "Huston" should have been gentlemen and requested a different first round opponent I guess.

Are the Pelicans that much better than Dallas where GS receives praise for beating them while Houston gets none?

Edit: And if Rando was a good player he would be in the NBA. I've never even heard of him so I don't know what difference he would have made.

(sorry, I tried to resist)

No but golden stat is also not very very lucky to still be in the playoffs like like Rockets are.

[702]

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oh come on, both series have followed a similar path.
The Rockets **** the bed but the Warriors were just not playing to their standards? You are using different words to describe the same thing.

You know who is not on GS's level? Non playoff teams.

Houston's three losses were by 16 without Paul playing, 25, and 33. They gave up in game 4. It was an embarrassing performance. Even their big win tonight came after going into the 4th down double digits.

Golden State lost their two games by 7 and 10.

There is a huge difference between the two.

[ggsimmonds]

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No but golden stat is also not very very lucky to still be in the playoffs like like Rockets are.

I admit it took me a sec, but how many times have you been banned and made a new account?

There is only one poster I know of that makes the amount of errors that you do. Last time I saw you you had a username that was a reference to the TDKR or something. You were banned for Tom Brady hate, am I right?

[Smallville102001]

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The point of the playoffs is to crown the best team of the year.

I know that but my point is normally teams that win the championship are pretty consistent all year and that is what golden stat was. That is why you don't have a lot of teams that have been like a 4th-6th seed and win the championship and point different shows are good of a all around a team is.

[ggsimmonds]

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Houston's three losses were by 16 without Paul playing, 25, and 33. They gave up in game 4. It was an embarrassing performance. Even their big win tonight came after going into the 4th down double digits.

Golden State lost their two games by 7 and 10.

There is a huge difference between the two.

Is Memphis on GS's level?

[Smallville102001]

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Is Memphis on GS's level?

I have to say Memphis is better then I thought and also they score a lot inside and GS weakness is size. Rockets and the other hand are more of a jump shooting team then Memphis.

[702]

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Is Memphis on GS's level?

Memphis is a weird team. Allen takes their defense to the next level, but he cripples them too much offensively. They're too flawed imo.

[ggsimmonds]

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Memphis is a weird team. Allen takes their defense to the next level, but he cripples them too much offensively. They're too flawed imo.

So then we have a team not on GS's level giving them a competitive series. Kind of suggests that maybe they are on the same level after all right?

Either that or GS is playing down to the level of their opponents. The practical effect of that is the two teams would be on the same level.

If GS does meet Houston in the WCF, they better not share your view that Houston is not on their level or they may just lose.

Anyway, it is clear we should just agree to disagree for now. If both teams win their series and meet in the next round perhaps we can return to this question.

[DJ_Solis]

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In terms of the way Houston and GS match up, I think GS has a pretty clear advantage. Houston wants to go at a fast pace which plays right into the Warriors hands. That's where they're the most comfortable and it gets them in a rhythm on both ends on the court.
Don't know why some of you are talking about how the playoffs are a different game when, if this series were to happen, it would be uptempo just like their regular season meetings.
Also, GS defense is perfectly set up to defend the way Houston likes to play. A lot of Houston's advantages gets mitigated by their versatility and ability to switch 1-4.


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[702]

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The entire conversation started by you refuting 23's point that if the Clippers are struggling with this Houston team, they're going to have a harder time with Golden State (or Memphis). Doesn't really have anything to do with Golden State playing down to Houston in a potential series. Memphis gave them problems because they're a different style of team they had to adapt to, not because they played down to them.

But we shall see, either way.

[ggsimmonds]

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In terms of the way Houston and GS match up, I think GS has a pretty clear advantage. Houston wants to go at a fast pace which plays right into the Warriors hands. That's where they're the most comfortable and it gets them in a rhythm on both ends on the court.
Don't know why some of you are talking about how the playoffs are a different game when, if this series were to happen, it would be uptempo just like their regular season meetings.
Also, GS defense is perfectly set up to defend the way Houston likes to play. A lot of Houston's advantages gets mitigated by their versatility and ability to switch 1-4.


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Playoffs are all about adjustments. I think Houston should have the personnel to be able to slow the pace down and play well in the half court.

From the player side, the playoffs are not that different. They are still playing basketball.

But it is different for coaches. The playoffs are where good coaches are revealed. It is just as much Kerr vs McHale as Harden vs Curry.