Quote from: Oasisman on April 24, 2018, 01:20:56 PM

Respect to the Spurs, but with Leonards absence its very difficult to beat the Warriors. I dont have an injury update with Steph, but if the Warriors will let the Spurs win in game 5, then it would be possible that they're just prolonging the series for Steph to come back in a good shape in the 2nd round.

Steph Curry still doesn't have an exact date when he will come back. There is no more pain in his injury but have some limitations meaning he can play now but some things need to be considered. Good thing that they are up against the San Antonio Spurs extending Curry's time to reached his healthy status. They will faced New Orleans Pelicans in the second round and judging how they swept the Portland Trail Blazers, Warriors must now go easy on this team even they beat this team 3 times out of 4 meetups.

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Quote from: FlightyPouch on April 24, 2018, 02:50:55 PM

Any OKC fans here? I do not know what is happening but they are 1 game away from being ejected.

I thought they can overpower Utah Jazz with Carmelo Anthony and Paul George there but Ricky Rubio is making it so hard for them. Any Comments about this? I am losing my bet.

It is the whole Jazz team that is giving them the hard time. That is a defensive team and it works for a team without chemistry just like OKC. That is like a one man play everytime they go down their own floor.
That should be changes. But I think that will be hard as long as Carmelo is there. That man have been playing a one man team since Denver Nuggets time and he became a superstar.

OKC is on the brink of elimination as they have been struggling on both defense and offense. Westrbrook doesn't have his usual triple double. Remember, this is still Russ team, not Melo, so he better step it up if they want to stay in the playoffs. As for Melo, he is playing inconsistently and the team suffers if he shoots too much. Out of the big 3, only Paul George has been contributing, but its not enough to overcome the feisty Utazz Jazz with Mitchell, Rubio, Gobert and Ingles giving it out every game.

Sad to say but its going to be another first round exit for them. Last year was different though, OKC doesn't have that needed help that's why they rebuild this year with Melo and George but it seems it is still not enough to get them to at least in the second round of the playoffs.

Even Carmelo Anthony doing his usual playing style like he is the main man for a team and for let's say Russell Westbrook adjust for him, the problem here is, he is not consistent. There are times he is hot handed but the other night he is not performing well. For them to win, their backup squads must be productive too. Limit Melo's time if he is not productive much for let's say first 20 minutes of action and give chance to other players.

I believed OKC can still get up another win but Utah Jazz will surely finished it the next following game.