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Basketball

brush

(61,001 posts) Tue Jun 18, 2019, 05:53 PM Jun 2019

NBA finals game 6: When the Warriors were down by 1 in the last...

few seconds, why didn't they go down low to Boogie Cousins for a 2 point shot/possible foul intead of the 3 by Curry which everyone and their least favorite cousin was looking for?

They just needed one to tie if Cousins got fouled.That would have been so unexpected, with Curry as the decoy, it just may have caught the Raptors by surprise.

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NBA finals game 6: When the Warriors were down by 1 in the last... (Original Post) brush Jun 2019 OP

Hindsight is 20/20 calguy Jun 2019 #1

Yeah, but I was thinking that then; Cousins had been scoring well. brush Jun 2019 #3

Every Sportscaster I heard and read said that if the Toronto Raptors won the Championship Tikki Jun 2019 #2

They probably woud've won a game 7 at home anyway with... brush Jun 2019 #4

Curry brung the Warriors to the dance, the last dance to Curry, empedocles Jun 2019 #5

The problem was though there was no KD or Klay to have to defend... brush Jun 2019 #6

Because they didn't want Curry to blow something out in game 7? MattP Jun 2019 #7

calguy

(5,959 posts)

1. Hindsight is 20/20

Reply to brush (Original post)

Tue Jun 18, 2019, 05:55 PM

Jun 2019

brush

(61,001 posts)

3. Yeah, but I was thinking that then; Cousins had been scoring well.

Reply to calguy (Reply #1)

Tue Jun 18, 2019, 06:09 PM

Jun 2019

A 1 has a better chance of going in. I'm surprised no one n any of the coverage shows mentioned anything but that Curry doesn't have a good record on last second, game-winning shots.

Tikki

(14,906 posts)

2. Every Sportscaster I heard and read said that if the Toronto Raptors won the Championship

Reply to brush (Original post)

Tue Jun 18, 2019, 06:00 PM

Jun 2019

they deserved the Championship.

Tikki

brush

(61,001 posts)

4. They probably woud've won a game 7 at home anyway with...

Reply to Tikki (Reply #2)

Tue Jun 18, 2019, 06:13 PM

Jun 2019

the Warriors down two starters. I doubt they would've won if Durant and Thompson had been healthy the whole series.

But they won, so there it is. 10 years from now no one rememers who came in second.

empedocles

(15,751 posts)

5. Curry brung the Warriors to the dance, the last dance to Curry,

Reply to brush (Original post)

Tue Jun 18, 2019, 06:13 PM

Jun 2019

who could get his shot off. Big guys get doubled and troubled.

brush

(61,001 posts)

6. The problem was though there was no KD or Klay to have to defend...

Reply to empedocles (Reply #5)

Tue Jun 18, 2019, 06:29 PM

Jun 2019

also so everyone knew Steph was going to get the ball, and he got doubled on the 3. He himself maybe should've drove. All they needed was a 2 or a foul then foul shots.

I don't get why they thought they had to go for a 3 when a 2 would've done it. That is really my point. A 3 wan't needed and a 2 is a higher percentage shot. Even Kwali Leonard had been making mid-range 2s all series. Maybe the coaching staff slept on that one.

MattP

(3,304 posts)

7. Because they didn't want Curry to blow something out in game 7?

Reply to brush (Original post)

Tue Jun 18, 2019, 06:37 PM

Jun 2019

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