Who's going to win the MVP?
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:curry2 :harden :trollbrook :lebron :chip
@AryaDark @Chrome @Drago @dwayne "The Lou" Skunt @Headliner @Joff @Legit BOSS @Magic @Notorious @Stax Classic @scrilla @Tony
Ladies and gentlemen, it has been an honor to witness history with all of you.
You know what is the most telling point of Steph Curry? That shot of the background of Thunder fans all with their hands clasped over their faces or heads, looking on in horror... As Curry is well beyond 30 feet from the hoop. They were already fearing that he would hit that shot. THAT SHOT. :sodone
Surviving a savage attack by Russell Westbrook, his ankle barely hanging on by a few meager tendons... :side: ...Stephen "Chef" CURRY carried a Warriors team that was largely off all night, offensively-speaking. The Thunder also crushed the Dubs in the realm of rebounding. Much of the game wasn't pretty. Some woman on some network kept yammering on about :dray screaming obscenities in the locker room.
This game was a heavyweight fight. It was a war. I'm not even sure what happened in it anymore. Shots were taken. Shots went down. Others bounced out. Some were air balls.
46 points, 12 three-pointers... :klay chipped in with 30 or whatever it was, which was great. He made a pair of three-pointers as well... A huge pair as well.
I don't know. Steph Curry just shattered what was left of my sanity.
And, although Draymond Green's shot is completely gone right now, he still had a monster game in his own right:
14 rebounds
14 assists
6 steals
4 blocks
+10 for the night, tied with IGGY for the best...
Oh and one monster tirade in the locker room! :dray
And CLUTCH IGGY... I just knew he'd hit both of those free throws. Just knew it. :side:
The dude on ESPN just called "Sports Center," "STEPH Center"... :sodone :sodone :sodone
DUBS CLINCH A PLAYOFF SPOT!!!!!!
This was like Stephen Curry's regular season version of Joe Montana's "flu game." The ankle. The single-game record for three-pointers TIED. The single-season record for three-pointers, held by himself, SURPASSED. Game-WINNER!
WHY AM I SHOUTING?!??!?!?!?! I CAN'T HELP IT!!!!!!!!!!!
WARRIORS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :mark: :cheer :woo :dance :dance2 :dancingpenguin :mark: :cheer :woo :dance :dance2 :dancingpenguin :mark: :cheer :woo :dance :dance2 :dancingpenguin :mark: :cheer :woo :dance :dance2 :dancingpenguin :mark: :cheer :woo :dance :dance2 :dancingpenguin :mark: :cheer :woo :dance :dance2 :dancingpenguin :mark: :cheer :woo :dance :dance2 :dancingpenguin :mark: :cheer :woo :dance :dance2 :dancingpenguin :mark: :cheer :woo :dance :dance2 :dancingpenguin :mark: :cheer :woo :dance :dance2 :dancingpenguin :mark: :cheer :woo :dance :dance2 :dancingpenguin :mark: :cheer :woo :dance :dance2 :dancingpenguin :mark: :cheer :woo :dance :dance2 :dancingpenguin :mark: :cheer :woo :dance :dance2 :dancingpenguin :mark: :cheer :woo :dance :dance2 :dancingpenguin :mark: :cheer :woo :dance :dance2 :dancingpenguin :mark: :cheer :woo :dance :dance2 :dancingpenguin :mark: :cheer :woo :dance :dance2 :dancingpenguin :mark: :cheer :woo :dance :dance2 :dancingpenguin :mark: :cheer :woo :dance :dance2 :dancingpenguin
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Another way of putting it...My acceptance of the universe is not optimism, it is more like patriotism. It is a matter of primary loyalty. The world is not a lodging-house at Brighton, which we are to leave because it is miserable. It is the fortress of our family, with the flag flying on the turret, and the more miserable it is the less we should leave it. The point is not that this world is too sad to love or too glad not to love; the point is that when you do love a thing, its gladness is a reason for loving it, and its sadness a reason for loving it more.
Ya know Cuban's gonna be looking for revenge:
Glad to know they seem to have succeeded yet again! Go cali! Go Bay area!@CALΔMITY @Drago @Headliner @Joff @Legit BOSS @Magic @Notorious @seabs
OH MY GAWD WHAT A GAME, A GAME I WILL NEVER FORGET! EVERYONE IN THE BAY AREA IS STILL SCREAMING, BELIEVE ME!
KLAY THOMPSON IS A HOLY, SACRED WEAPON FROM GAWD TO SHOOT THE LIGHTS OUT OF OPPONENTS! :klay
STEPH CURRY IS THE ARCHANGEL OF BASKETBALL! :curry
DRAYMOND GREEN IS A SOCIOPATHIC BEAST! :dray
ANDRE IGUODALA HAS THE MIND OF A MASTER CHESS PLAYER AND THE TENACITY OF A PITBULL!
ANDREW BOGUT IS AN ANGRY AUSSIE!
HARRISON BARNES IS THE SILENT ASSASSIN, "MR. NICE GUY," WITH SOME KILLER SKILLS!
FESTUS EZELI HAS THE HEART OF AN AFRICAN LION!
MO SPEIGHTS IS THE UGLIEST SON OF A... I'VE EVER SEEN AND I COULD KISS HIM!
ANDERSON VARAJAO IS A MASTER CLASS SHIT-DISTURBER!
KLAY THOMPSON BROKE THE NBA PLAYOFF RECORD FOR MOST THREE-POINTERS MADE! STEPH CURRY AN ASSIST AWAY FROM A TRIPLE DOUBLE WITH A MONSTER GAME HITTING SOME MONSTER SHOTS! THAT KISS OFF OF THE GLASS TO MAKE IT 106-101 COULD BE A RENAISSANCE PAINTING!
GAWDDAMN I FUCKING LOVE THIS TEAM!
:bow :klay :curry :dray IGUODALA. BOGUT. BARNES. EZELI. SPEIGHTS.
WE AIN'T GOIN' HOME!!!!!!!!!!!! WE AIN'T GOIN' HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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It's fine for the worst American sport to be fair.This NBA/WWE comparison stuff is awful.
ut with it pls.
:lol
Awesomness of this post is over 9000.A moment of reflection. A moment of contemplation. A moment of serene, proud joy.
For a little over two decades I have watched the Golden State Warriors. One of the perennial jokes for some people who enjoyed mocking the team was, "Where, exactly, is Golden State?"
My fandom of the team came in the wake of "Run TMC," the highest-scoring trio in the league in '90-'91. What every Warrior fan kid knew then was that the instantly legendary trio had only played together two seasons. It was a painful inoculation of sorts, a sweeping backstory that served to establish the crushing, saddening themes which pervaded the Warriors organization. Granted, the early-'90s tripartite of Tim Hardaway, Chris Mullin and Mitch Richmond was ultimately quite limited but they were astonishingly entertaining. And the Warriors have always had that spark, that little gleam, like in an underperforming student that is recognized by a prudent instructor as possessing a sturdy acumen buried beneath coatings of mistakes. When the Dubs traded in on Run-TMC for Billy Owens it was a case of a team trying its best, attempting to apply the right lessons to the right tasks, and failing. When Chris Webber, the number one pick in the draft and rookie of the year, forced a trade from the Warriors following his first season due to his loathing of coach Don Nelson, Warriors fans, even the youngest and most naive, I would hazard, could sense that this was an organization that would have to take fifteen steps back to go forward three. Latrell Sprewell's bad-boy antics culminating with his choking attack on coach P.J. Carlesimo one afternoon at practice, leading to his never playing another game for the team, became as storybook as anything on the floor during a game for Warriors fans.
The mountain of bodies Warriors fans have watched come and go has at times resembled the aftermath of a mass self-execution. That was partly what made the Warriors "interesting"--all of the has-been all-stars settling down to collect on their way to retirement, and all of the soon-to-be all-stars forcing trades or being traded, walking through the doors toward great careers. No less than half a dozen different coaches used the Warriors as Example (A) for never wanting to coach again in the NBA. The organization was at times the undeniable laughingstock of the NBA. And that moniker was earned.
This is the organization that went with All-American Todd Fuller over Kobe Bryant; drafted Adonal Foyle over two-time scoring champion Tracy McGrady. Going further back, when the team could have attempted to establish itself as a force with which to be reckoned in the glow of the post-1975 championship honeymoon, they opted to draft Joe Barry Carroll, aka "Joe Barely Cares" or "Just Barely Carroll" rather than the likes of Kevin McHale or Robert Parish.
The blunders, the mistakes, the glimmers of glory.
They were all worth it. Those miserable games which I saw in my seat in the arena by I-880 in Oakland, attending the blowout losses while cramming my schoolwork in the car before and after the games, the innumerable contests which saw the Warriors put up 120-125 points but lose by 10-15.
I do not regret any of it, not the losing seasons, not the bad trades or awful draft choices. The nights where I'd watch a late replay of the game between the Warriors and Knicks and get a good laugh at how awful both teams were. Sitting in front of a mentally handicapped kid screaming in my ear in the arena while watching Marco Belinelli underperform as the organization continued to try to make him seem like some budding star.
The Warriors were the biggest "lovable losers" in the NBA for a long time. Felt like an eternity. Of course there's bias involved, of course there's sentiment.
Seeing where the organization has reached, no matter what happens in the Finals against the Cavaliers, there is nothing but happiness from here.
Yeah the Rockets getting clean sweeped.
:heston
im ready for the massacre :thirst
What will you do when the Dubs, Sharks, and Giants all win a title this year? First pick Niners?@CALΔMITY @Drago @Joff @Legit BOSS @Notorious @SKT T1 Blank
Massive double-doubles from ANDREW BOGUT and :dray were critical in putting the WARRIORS over the top in Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals, as was the overall bench production of the DUBS as @Magic states above, with MO "BUCKETS" SPEIGHTS scoring 14 of the Warriors reserves' 30 points.
Indeed, BOGUT was the true player of the game for the Dubs, providing quintessential defensive and offensive contributions en route to his double-double. Moreover, Steve Kerr and company learned the hard lessons of Game 3 and Game 4, keeping one of BOGUT/EZELI/SPEIGHTS/VAREJAO in the game at all times through approximately 45-46 minutes of the game's 48, giving the Dubs a better chance to compete on the glass against the Thunder.
Oklahoma City's stout and disciplined perimeter play prevented the Splash Brothers from getting on a roll through most of the game, but :curry and :klay definitely threw in some solid blows.
Throw in some favorable whistles from the refs, especially in the first half, as well as the Warriors doing far better in the paint, partly due to the bigger presence, and partly because of significantly improved defense throughout lengthy stretches of the contest, and the Warriors were able to largely outplay the Thunder just enough to secure the win on the home court.
That description of the triumphant play by Curry on the part of @Corey. ...
Warriors seemed intent to try to kick the game away in the final minute, which was darkly hilarious.
They will have to play better to win Game 6 in Oklahoma City but a win is a win, and the WARRIORS won on this night! :mark:
:curry :woo :klay :woo :dray :woo BOGUT :woo SPEIGHTS :woo IGGY :woo EZELI :woo BARNES :woo LIVINGSTON :woo BARBOSA :woo VAREJAO :woo
:woo WARRIORS :woo
DERRICK ROSE DA GAWD :drose
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THE ONE TRUE MVP :drose
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