[Charles Barkley] "The Warriors ain't got no chance of winning without Kevin Durant... they're not going to beat the Rockets without KD, and they're not gonna beat Portland"
https://streamable.com/8y3za
Great run Portland. Don't be distracted by the haters. I for one never thought they would beat the Denver Nuggets. At the beginning of the season, people projected them to be out of the playoffs entirely. The entire organization has fought through some horrible adversity this season. Paul Allen passed away, the head masseuse was diagnosed with cancer, Nurkic snapped his leg, one of the assistant coaches was in a really bad car accident that put him in intensive care, Kevin Calabro's father passed away, Kanter fighting through a separated shoulder, Moe playing through a messed up ankle, CJ missing time due to a knee injury. Despite all of this and then some more, the Blazers had an amazing series against the Thunder, some how clutched out a 7 game series against Denver, including the 4 OT game, all while their second best player sat out. Portland played in the WCF for the first time in 19 years and lost to a team that literally only 1 team has beaten in the last 5 years. Dame played through injury to give Portland a chance to play one more game. Even after finishing second, Portland fan base should be damn proud of their team. Their season was definitely a success. And thanks again Portland for making Golden State earn that game 4 win, you forced them to compete life-or-death until the clock ran out.
The Blazers came back from a 17 point deficit to beat Denver in game 7, then drop 3 straight games in which they had at least a 17 point lead (Game 2 17pt lead, Game 3 18 pt lead, Game 4 17pt lead). The Blazers were unable to protect a 17-point lead in 3 consecutive games. That is because Golden State is simply one of the most rigourously conditioned, elitely trained, expertly drilled, phenomenally skilled, magically talented, brilliantly visionary NBA teams of all time.
YEP: Blazers' Meyers Leonard: "For anyone that thinks [Damian Lillard] should have been more productive, go watch the film. They throw lots of bodies at him. I just want to make sure the naysayers know how much of an impact he has and how great of a leader he is."
https://twitter.com/BenGolliver/status/1130694325753352192
Draymond Speaks on the Warriors Confidence: "We know we can cover 17 points in a matter of 3-4 minutes.. So we always try to keep that mindset that we're never out of the game"
https://streamable.com/q7406
Steph Curry played 47 minutes without a single foul
http://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=401131836
These Richard Jefferson tweets perfectly sum up how it feels to play the Golden State Warriors:
https://i.imgur.com/GNkaGrp.jpg
Dame crosses up McKinnie and hits the deep 3
https://streamable.com/xtlzm
Draymond steps up to put up the Warriors up 4 in OT
https://streamable.com/uhg16
Steph Curry from downtown before the half
https://streamable.com/3u8n8
With the game 4 win, Stephen Curry is now 10-0 vs the Blazers and Damian Lillard. He hasn't lost a single playoff game versus Damian Lillard and the Blazers.
Steph Curry with some great off-ball movement then drills a three
https://streamable.com/yh20g
Steph Curry this series: 36.5 PPG on 66.3% TS (42.6% 3PT, 30/32 FT), 8.0 APG
Rodney Hood has now been swept by the Warriors in 3 consecutive years on 3 different teams (Portland, Cleveland, Jazz)
Dame and CJ display good sportsmanship, shake hands with Steph after the game
https://streamable.com/wm1zd
Draymond Green finishes with 18/14/11 along with 3 steals and a block in the OT win against Portland Trailblazers
The Golden State Warriors are the first team to go to at least 5 consecutive NBA Finals since the 1957-66 Boston Celtics
Kevon Looney and Alfonzo McKinnie combine for points 24 points and 16 rebounds (8 offensive) on 10/19 shooting, McKinnie stationed himself at the basket and cleaned up well on shots that Thompson/Curry/Green missed
Stephen Curry has broken his own record for most 3s in a 4-game series with 26
Steph misses a 4th quarter FT, breaking his own record. Streak ended at 81.
Meyers Leonard drops a career high in a game where Steph Curry and Draymond Green become the first teammates to both record triple doubles in the same game in NBA playoff history
Golden State won their first overtime game in the 2018-19 Season
Reminder: The Clippers were the only Western team to beat the Warriors in Oracle this post-season. They did it twice. Can't wait to play the Clippers again next season.
Damian Lillard: “It’s another sweep, but you’d rather be swept in the Western Conference finals than in the first round.”
https://twitter.com/espn_macmahon/status/1130693490080243712
Leonard drains another three then Curry answers right back
https://streamable.com/79nl3
Steph Curry makes an absurd scoop layup
https://streamable.com/gxzdx
Seth reacts to Steph's travel
https://streamable.com/aflg6
Steph Curry had 4 offensive rebounds, more than the entire starting lineup of the Blazers
[Chris Haynes] Sources: Damian Lillard expected to get $191M supermax deal from Trail Blazers this summer
https://sports.yahoo.com/sources-damian-lillard-expected-to-get-191-m-supermax-deal-from-trail-blazers-this-summer-134616480.html
[Festus Ezeli] Ppl jump on and off wagons but Blazers overcame all odds to get to this point. I’m sure the critics will have their opinions. But they Showed Great chemistry, w lot of Perseverance and Grit. Super proud of the team making a run to the WCF
https://twitter.com/festus/status/1130734603713556480?s=19
Dame: "People get online and say things and they don't really know what goes on behind closed doors...not taking into consideration that we people. That go home to families and friends and kids like everybody else, and they just beat you down, beat you down, beat you down
https://streamable.com/rbcga
The Warriors are 5-0 with Steph and w/o KD in the playoffs. They are also 5-1 with KD and w/o Steph in the playoffs
Draymond Green before the season: "There are 82-game players, then there are 16-game players"
https://www.slamonline.com/nba/draymond-green-warriors-draft-16-game-players/
Steph and Draymond become the first teammates in NBA history to record Triple-Doubles IN THE SAME PLAYOFFS GAME
https://i.redd.it/n713y4bxmhz21.jpg
Golden State are the Comeback Kids (note that Portland's largest leads were 17pts Game2, 18 pts Game 3, 17 pts game 4):
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