This loss is clearly on Kawhi and Lowry

[PWB15]

Lowry with the back court violation when Toronto was up 103-100

Kawhi shooting a dumb ass 3 pointer when the game was tied at 103 instead of taking it to the basket.


How did they blow that ****ing game? They had a 103-97 and knew that GS needed a 3 to get back in it,

[NBAGOAT]

Disagree with kawhi. He was meh first half but obviously feeling it in the 4th and there was still like 1min so going up 3 has value.

[Kblaze8855]

Hard to blame Leonard for them losing a game he had to go god mode to get them in position to win.

[n00bie]

Lowry with the back court violation when Toronto was up 103-100

Kawhi shooting a dumb ass 3 pointer when the game was tied at 103 instead of taking it to the basket.


How did they blow that ****ing game? They had a 103-97 and knew that GS needed a 3 to get back in it,

Without Kawhi, there would be no lead. That was an insane 4th quarter by him.

[brooks_thompson]

This loss is on Nick Nurse for taking a timeout in the middle of Kawhi's 10-0 run for....what reason? It turned into a double tv timeout somehow and both teams were completely different after. Unbelievable.

[Young X]

Hard to blame Leonard for them losing a game he had to go god mode to get them in position to win.The thing about this is you're right, but you're ignoring that he was apart of the reason they were down in the first place. He could've played alot better tonight overall.

[Kblaze8855]

Everyone playing is part of the reason a team is down. He brought them back and put them up in spectacular individual fashion though.

[TheMan]

This loss is on Nick Nurse for taking a timeout in the middle of Kawhi's 10-0 run for....what reason? It turned into a double tv timeout somehow and both teams were completely different after. Unbelievable.
This, his own coach froze him when he was on a groove :lol

[Facepalm]

This loss is on Nick Nurse for taking a timeout in the middle of Kawhi's 10-0 run for....what reason? It turned into a double tv timeout somehow and both teams were completely different after. Unbelievable.
This. Why the hell do you call a time out and end your momentum?

[brooks_thompson]

Leonard's obviously sort of a savant, and the number one rule for dealing with savants is you don't disturb them when they're in the middle of something good, you just let them make genius happen. Gah, man that just infuriates me. No allegiance either way, but wanted Raptors to win, and man I need a walk or I'll keep fuming over that timeout.

[egokiller]

The thing about this is you're right, but you're ignoring that he was apart of the reason they were down in the first place. He could've played alot better tonight overall.

This. Too little. Too late. The MJ comparisons are hilarious.

This guy better go God mode for the next 8 qtrs worth of play and redeem himself.

[NASH = BEST]

Kawhi was very Lebron-esque in the final seconds there by passing the ball. I felt like he should have taken the shot right before the double team came and if he missed maybe gets bailed out by a Gasol.

[bison]

Nurse shouldn’t have called that last time out. Way to get Kawhi out of his groove.

[PWB15]

Without Kawhi, there would be no lead. That was an insane 4th quarter by him.


I can't use the word INSANE after a blown opportunity to win the title up 103-97

[DCL]

that half court violation was almost on JR Smith level of WTF

[UK2K]

Hard to blame Leonard for them losing a game he had to go god mode to get them in position to win.
Kawhi was the only reason they had a chance.

[red1]

tough loss not the end of the world just need to bounce back.

[TheMan]

Does anyone know if the Raptors had any time outs left on their last possession? If they didn't, an even bigger reason to question that time out when TOR had the ball up 103-97 while breaking Kawhi's groove :facepalm

[dazzer87]

Nurse shouldve called a timeout before the last play..... Nurse thought KL could do what MJ did in 98......:facepalm

[Soundwave]

Yeah, Kawhi had a good 4th, but he needed to get a shot off on that possession. He looked surprised by a double team.


That's the difference, Jordan would've read that coming because he constantly got doubled and cut with more urgency to an open area. Just not enough focus there for Kawhi.

[DocSlam]

Danny Green played some tough defense, but he did not do anything on the offensive end of the floor. They need a guard that can put the ball in the basket in big moments. I would trust Vanvleet over the other guards on that team.

[PWB15]

It was nothing wrong with Nick Nurse calling a timeout up 6 because that is what he is supposed to do

The problem was his strategies after the time out. Why not design plays for someone other than leonard?:confusedshrug:

[ArbitraryWater]

Disagree with kawhi. He was meh first half but obviously feeling it in the 4th and there was still like 1min so going up 3 has value.

it literally has not enough consideration value.

theres only a minute left, so any basket ahead > taking a dumb 3.

at a time where barely any baskets come by and the game slows down after a score, you take the 2 over a 3, when the opp has 2 possessions left.

pls stop these low iq posts

[ImKobe]

It was nothing wrong with Nick Nurse calling a timeout up 6 because that is what he is supposed to do

The problem was his strategies after the time out. Why not design plays for someone other than leonard?:confusedshrug:

Maybe because Kawhi just scored 10 straight and had it going?

How about giving up B2B open 3s to Curry and Thompson?

Klay pump-faked Kawhi to the stands and hit the game-winner :bowdown: the shot will be forgotten but it was one of the coldest clutch shots in Finals history over one of the best wing defenders in the game.

[Akhenaten]

Hard to blame Leonard for them losing a game he had to go god mode to get them in position to win.


Dude you have GOT to be joking :biggums: , he got carried like a newborn baby for 3 1/2 quarters.

They were only down 3 points when he scored his first FG on that putback, he had ONE point in the 3rd quarter, was something like 5-19, 4 TO before he had that flurry in the 4th.

When Klay scored that layup to put GSW up 12 with 7:00 left in the third it was Van Vleet, Ibaka and Lowry that whittled that lead down to 3 before Kawhi went "godmode".

Hard to blame Leonard? Dude was 9-24 with 5 TO, it's VERY easy to blame Leonard, not hard at all, he has an even average game and they win going away.

The superstar sympathy this guy gets is MYSTIFYING. 9-24, 5 TO = "godmode" :oldlol: