Small Ball- The Warriors Strength & Achilles Heel?

[Remix]

i wasn't paying much attention to that series. was it really a case of durant and westbrook imploding for no obvious reasons, or was it more about adjustments the warriors made?

and if so, what did they do that was so effective at shutting them down...?

10/50 from 3. they got too caught up in trying to play better than the warriors at their game rather than playing their own game.

[gigantes]

They imploded.

Even in games 6 and 7 which they lost, they got out to big leads early in the game when it was fast paced, up-and-down. The Warriors hadnt come up with any answers for them. It was just that as the game went on and became a more deliberate, halfcourt oriented offense down the stretch Durant and Westbrook just bungled possessions left and right. Really just straight up choked, which has been their M.O. late in games all season. It really wasnt anything the Warriors did.

10/50 from 3. they got too caught up in trying to play better than the warriors at their game rather than playing their own game.

interesting.

i wonder if some journalist or writer has shed some light on all that.

was it just nerves? was it trying to show up the warriors? was there a key disagreement between the players, or between the players and the coaches? is there something flawed about the thunders' overall mindset? something else...?

there's always reasons for things, even if they're obvious or even if they're hard to pin down. maybe we'll never know. maybe john stockton and karl malone have the answers.

[Da_Realist]

10/50 from 3. they got too caught up in trying to play better than the warriors at their game rather than playing their own game.

Those 30 point victories felt too good to them. They wanted to knock the champs out instead of slowly wearing them down with body shots.

[DonDadda59]

Loved how late in the game when Kerr went ultra small and had Barnes playing the 5, Lue was just like leave Christian Thompson in there and stay big.

Cavs proceeded to molest the Dubs from that point on. I think opposing coaches are starting to catch on.