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Re: 4/2 - 4/10 Games Discussion Thread
"20+20+20, they know what that means."
This man really went out and just decided to do this. Russ is unreal.Originally posted by G PericoComment
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There’s a difference there though. Denver is a completely different team from top to bottom from the days that they were contending team with Melo. Not to mention the time that has past since then. That’s still not even touching the fact that even when Melo was there and they were contenders, they were never talked about and hyped up to be a team that’s going to win their conference every single year only to flame out embarrassingly every single year.
The Raptors have the rep they have because they kept that core together as long as they did with minimal to no changes to the team and coaching staff in a weak conference and every year got hyped as the team that everybody should watch out for or was going to make noise in May only for their two best players to choke in the playoffs every year. There’s definitely a legit reason they get what they get.
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On a serious note with Denver, in the regular season I think they are about as good as any team in the league. They can score, pass, rebound, play good enough defense, and they are insanely deep. All the talk last year was about Toronto's depth, and this Denver team's depth blows that group out of the water IMO. They punish teams who go small on them, they are hard to game plan for because they are untraditional in the sense of they pair scoring guards with the play making coming from heir bigs. they have a lot going for them.
My only concern with Denver come playoff time is that when the game slows down do they have a way to score effectively enough to make up for the fact that they won't be dominating teams defensively.. NBA pace slows down substantially when the playoffs start, even the teams out West. I look at this Denver team and wonder where the scoring output comes from. Jokic is good, but he's not going to take over games scoring the ball, Murray is far too streaky, and everyone else is just great compliments to those two.
Guys like LeBron, Shaq, Jordan, they are able to make the finals year in and year out with different casts because they are/were the best in the league at maximizing possessions. And when the possessions are fewer, and more important, in the playoffs you can win games with players who can get the most out of them.
The only teams I can think of who won it all without having something like that is San Antonio in 2014, and Detroit in 2004. Both were top level defensive teams. It's possible for Denver to have 8-9 guys making seemingly everything they threw at the rim like San Antonio did, but it's un-likely especially with them being so young. Even Detroit had Billups and Rip giving them 20+ in the finals off mostly half-court stuff, which at that type of pace would be more like 25+ each in a regular season game today.. I'm not sure Denver has even one guy like that, much less two.Comment
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How much does it slow down nowadays?
I know the scores always look high but I know that doesn’t always reflect in the actual pace of the game.#RespectTheCultureComment
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League average pace last season was 97.3, the finals was played at 90.7. Not sure how much the payoffs overall dropped, likely not as much. Worth mentioning though that both the Cavs and Warriors played a bit above league average pace in the regular season, so that could be accounted for as well.
In 2004 the pace dropped from league average of 90.1 to finals of 83.4. Lower overall, but not a huge difference in the drop.
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This year though, it should be diff narrative for them. Unless you ask a guy like Shaq(who claims Raptors won't get it done because "they have ONLY 1 superstar" and haven't proven themselves unlike the other east contenders...).
Will be interesting to see what happens. Kawhi finally gets to play in games he cares about, and is one of those few guys who can take it to that next level in playoffs. Green is the hottest 3pt shooter in the NBA since the deadline. And Gasol has improved their basketball IQ and turned Raptors into one of top passing teams in the league.Comment
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Apparently Steph Curry has been shooting blind... Straight blurred vision his entire career and just finally got contact lenses
Unreal
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Dude’s about to start shooting 23% from the field.Comment
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Miami currently on track to move a half game ahead of Brooklyn into #7, with Orlando matching Brooklyn’s record at 39-40. Brooklyn right now making it into the playoffs by way of winning the season series.
These last few nights are tense man.
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