Analyzing Curry's 2016 playoffs: What happened?

[ImKobe]

Kyrie GREW and took over the Finals. GOAT series ever.

Kyrie swung that Game 5 with 10 straight when it was looking like Klay would shoot the Warriors to a championship. GOAT shot in Finals history as well.

[Stanley Kobrick]

a player younger than him and a player older than him were both playing more minutes and passing the ball to him. If Curry was only even thinking about stat padding, perhaps the Warriors would have had a chance, but he wasn't, he was thinking about organizing an offense while getting out-rebounded.

in laymans term, getting out-coached

very well said

[Cali Syndicate]

Part gassed, part choke. Cant say there was no choking when losing after being up 3-1.

But I'm a firm believer had he not sprained his acl and missed all that time, warriors would have won 2016.

[FromDowntown]

Part gassed, part choke. Cant say there was no choking when losing after being up 3-1.

But I'm a firm believer had he not sprained his acl and missed all that time, warriors would have won 2016.

False, he did 29/8/7 on 50% before LeBron Finalized him

[FromDowntown]

Damn

[warriorfan]

Oh yeah, so he just sat out what was basically 4 weeks for nothing? sure buddy. And the OKC series is obviously different with the match-ups they had and Harrison Barnes wasn't historically bad in that series, meaning OKC's defense had to respect his shooting while also covering Steph & Klay, and OKC didn't have a guy like Tristan Thompson that they could plug in at the 5, who was able to help out on everyone, Warriors could put Adams in the P&R and exploit that match-up, not so much with the Cavs.

Steph did have 38 points and 7 threes to put the Warriors up 3 - 1 in the Finals and I think he did break the Finals 3PT record for a 7-game series while shooting 40% from three, so it's not like his shot was gone, it's just that the Cavs weren't willing to give up any driving lanes and they left Green & Barnes open from 3 for basically the entire series. Also, take into account that most Finals games were blowouts and Steph only averaged 35 mpg as a result, whereas he was playing 37-40+ minutes in the last 4 games of that Thunder series and really had to do a lot for them to come back in that series, while the Cavs were chilling after an easy ECF against Toronto. Cavs definitely had an easier road to the Finals while the Warriors had to deal with Steph's injury & playing 3 straight elimination games to get to the Finals. Cavs only needed 14 games to get to the Finals vs Warriors' 17.

Of course the injuries matter, but you only seem to bring them up when it benefits your argument or when you're bashing Steph. It's no big deal that he had to sit out all the games he did, that had no effect whatsoever, right?

Just a reminder the Warriors were up 3-1. Then Draymond was suspended for game 5 by the refs. During game 5 the Warriors and Cavaliers were basically even then Bogut goes down. The Warriors lose that game. In game 6 Bogut is out, Iguodala tweaks his back early in game 6 and is seen hobbling on the floor when they insist on playing him later in the game, and Curry gets ejected in the 4th quarter. Warriors lose. In game 7, Bogut is still out and while Green looks like an MVP because of the attention Curry draws, Klay is Klunking nearly everything. Warriors lose again and that's the series.

What we can see is that in every game the Warriors lost they were down a starter.

Good posts. Summed things up well.

[FromDowntown]

Did this guy want him to win?




http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/sho...ciation-Thread

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[Stephonit]

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Keeping screenshots of a poster from 5 years ago? How many of those do you have? Kind of obsessive no?

[Axe]

Keeping screenshots of a poster from 5 years ago? How many of those do you have? Kind of obsessive no?

Trolls are actually programmed to have that kind of behavior.

[FromDowntown]

Keeping screenshots of a poster from 5 years ago? How many of those do you have? Kind of obsessive no?

That thread is still up and running...Nice attempt.

[FromDowntown]

I've been reading that some are attempting to mention that Curry was "injured" during the 2016 playoffs but the data suggests otherwise.

Curry was actually playing close to Finals MVP level stats for his first 9 games back until he ran into the defensive anchor that is LeBron Raymone James.

Bump to remind anyone that Curry was not injured. Lame attempt to discredit, facts are here tho bois:

29/6/6 on 50% before the Finals

[Stanley Kobrick]

interesting

[Rico2016]

Waiting on one Curry fan to admit that LBJ had him shook and locked him up to 22 on 40% shooting that year.

I'm still waiting. I heard another suggest Curry was injured so it's a reminder to bump this when people say that.

[Stephonit]

Game 1 Curry scores 11 points. Warriors win.
Game 2 Curry scores 18 points. Warriors win.

Wow locking down Curry was really working well for the Cavaliers.

The league sees this and decides someone needs a helping hand.



Curry fouled out for the first time in his career—in Game 6 of the finals—after his teammate was suspended in an earlier game. Have to give it to the refs, unlike the Cavaliers they know how to lock someone down effectively.

[Axe]

Game 1 Curry scores 11 points. Warriors win.
Game 2 Curry scores 18 points. Warriors win.

Wow locking down Curry was really working well for the Cavaliers.

The league sees this and decides someone needs a helping hand.



Curry fouled out for the first time in his career—in Game 6 of the finals—after his teammate was suspended in an earlier game. Have to give it to the refs, unlike the Cavaliers they know how to lock someone down effectively.

I remember that game when he finally snapped and threw his pacifier towards a cavs fan.