[NBA] West Playoffs, Round Two

Who advances?

  • Nuggets and Warriors

    Votes: 6 60.0%

  • Nuggets and lakers

    Votes: 4 40.0%

  • Suns and Warriors

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Suns and lakers

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    10
  • Poll closed .
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kingsboi

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#212
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I enjoy watching Divincenzo out there. He is a relentless defender and is always willing to crash the glass regardless of the size inside.
 
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SacTownKid

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pdxKingsFan said:
I don't think it's 2002 anymore.

I think the Dubs got the generous officiating because they were the team that has 10 years of hype around them. Kerr has respect and when he started griping and probably because the media acted like the NBA was too hard on the Warriors over the stomp and somehow turned Domas into the villain in the national narrative, it worked.

We had 2 or 3 quasi-nationally televised games. We were setting records for first round playoff ratings. That will lead to us getting more ESPN and TNT games next year and quite possibly one or two network games including a rematch with GS on Christmas day. I don't think LAL-GSW is going to generate the interest a Sac-GS rematch will because this series has been far less interesting (I hear the ratings are good though).

Here's my prediction: Fox won't be an all-star replacement next year. He'll make the team. And when that happens, I expect we'll see more "fair" officiating. Maybe even occasionally pro-Kings officiating. Certainly I expect to see us get an edge at home again next year if we have home TV games. Which we should because our arena and crowd is tops in the league.
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The same rules apply to today, stars carry you 90% of the way and the big name teams seem to always get the benefit of the doubt.
 
SacTownKid

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#217
Mr. S£im Citrus said:
The Suns didn't "extend their window" by trading for Durant, they did the opposite of that. They took a 5-6 year window and turned it into a 2-year window, and now one of those years is gone, all they because they panicked over a down year, and overreacted, and they got a new team governor who wanted to make a big splash with his new toy. James Jones made moves that a GM should not have made unless that GM thought that his team was built around Chris Paul.
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Who said they extended their window? They created a new one, much shorter in terms of time, no doubt, but they are clearly hoping it's open wider now. As it is they still ended up out in the 2nd round. The biggest mistake was even going after Paul in the first place if they were thinking long, long term. Making the finals and kicking the piece that appeared to be the one that took you from 34 wins to finals is easier said than done.
 
pdxKingsFan

pdxKingsFan

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#218
#218
SacTownKid said:
The same rules apply to today, stars carry you 90% of the way and the big name teams seem to always get the benefit of the doubt.
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2002 was about markets not just stars though. And since then we've seen lesser markets allowed to win without interference.
 
Mr. S£im Citrus

Mr. S£im Citrus

Doryphore of KingsFans.com
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#221
SacTownKid said:
Who said they extended their window?
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Well, those questions about matchups are what ifs. In the end, I wonder if the best matchup for the Kings wasn't the Warriors considering that allowed the Kings to play the guard ball that eventually kept them in it? The only credit I give the Suns is at least being aggressive and opening up a window that appeared to be closing...
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Seriously, what kind of semantic chicanery are you trying to pull? This is some "A equals B and B equals C... How dare you accuse me of saying C when I clearly said A" level business. Like, are you trying to dispute what "extend" means? If they "opened up a window that appeared to be closing," that is not "creating a new window."
 
fansinceday1

fansinceday1

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#222
#222
How the F was Draymond not tossed?
Again, the refs dictating the outcome of a playoff game. What a joke. Scheduler was doing a helluva job on curry. Well, you can already see what the outcome of that joke of a call is going to be.
 
gunks

gunks

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#226
#226
It's weird seeing all of you rooting for the Lakers, and it's weird to be rooting for the Lakers myself....

Truly a testament to how completely unlikable the Warriors are!
 
Vinny Basketballerino

Vinny Basketballerino

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#232
#232
We should so be heading to the WCF right now. We are so better than both of these teams. A freak finger injury, and a felonious assault.... GRRRRRRR.

The amount of dirty plays the Ws were able to get away with... is completely different than how the rest of the playoffs have been called. The rest of these games seem pretty much back to normal regular season foul calling. We were getting smashed routinely almost every time down the court... and we were still right there and frankly still should have won despite all that.
 
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