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What is happening with the Rockets? are they expose by the Clippers here? I was thinking it would be a close game but it seems like the Clippers are betting them every quarter,.. Rockets are dead when their 3 point shooting is not hitting, Clippers knows how to beat them?

That's the answer right there. When the Rockets is not hitting 3's or shoot at a low percentage, they will surely lose. I guess, their small ball won't really work specially in the playoffs. I mean they're not the GSW.
PJ Tucker as a starting center is still a joke. Though, they have been winning games, but I don't really trust their line up in the playoffs.

That's correct because they can't be so stable in the playoffs, that's a series, once the opposite team figure out how to stop their 3 point shooting, what would they do next? they can't score in the inside so most probably they'll just rely too much on the outside, and the game is over.

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Quote from: harizen on March 06, 2020, 05:55:57 PM

What is happening with the Rockets? are they expose by the Clippers here? I was thinking it would be a close game but it seems like the Clippers are betting them every quarter,.. Rockets are dead when their 3 point shooting is not hitting, Clippers knows how to beat them?

That's the answer right there. When the Rockets is not hitting 3's or shoot at a low percentage, they will surely lose. I guess, their small ball won't really work specially in the playoffs. I mean they're not the GSW.
PJ Tucker as a starting center is still a joke. Though, they have been winning games, but I don't really trust their line up in the playoffs.

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Quote from: Janation on March 06, 2020, 08:45:11 AM

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There is no pressure on them as they will not make it t the playoffs, curry in his first game is maybe trying to figure out his good shooting stroke but that's alright, we all understand that and we are expecting being a real start he can level up his game again.

Why are you saying he's still figuring out? He's game is still there.

He has those quick releases in that game and that is really amazing since that is how we really admired Steph Curry. I think the only thing I can observe is that he is not moving that much unlike in his past games where he really moves around to shake his defender and make shoot the ball. Does this have to do with the fact that they will not be in the playoffs? I don't think this is because of his injury.

That user might be pointing to Curry's field goal percentage. 6/16 isn't Curry's usual so yes, he is finding the rhythm which is usual and common for a player that just came back after a quite long period of rest. But overall, even with that FG percentage, his overall stats on that game is impressive for a returning player that not played in 4 months because of injury. Not bad at all.

And guess what, Chase Center surely got an increase in their ticket sales now that Curry is back. A good bounce-back on sales now that there are only a few home games remaining on this season.

I notice that in that game, he wasn't taking a lot of shots especially in the last minutes of the game, its where he is good but the defense are very good on him, they did double curry and some good switch so he is force to pass the ball, unfortunately, his teammates is does not have the composure in close games so they loss, overall, this is a close game that Warriors could have won.

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Quote from: SacriFries11 on March 06, 2020, 08:06:15 AM

There is no pressure on them as they will not make it t the playoffs, curry in his first game is maybe trying to figure out his good shooting stroke but that's alright, we all understand that and we are expecting being a real start he can level up his game again.

Why are you saying he's still figuring out? He's game is still there.

He has those quick releases in that game and that is really amazing since that is how we really admired Steph Curry. I think the only thing I can observe is that he is not moving that much unlike in his past games where he really moves around to shake his defender and make shoot the ball. Does this have to do with the fact that they will not be in the playoffs? I don't think this is because of his injury.

That user might be pointing to Curry's field goal percentage. 6/16 isn't Curry's usual so yes, he is finding the rhythm which is usual and common for a player that just came back after a quite long period of rest. But overall, even with that FG percentage, his overall stats on that game is impressive for a returning player that not played in 4 months because of injury. Not bad at all.

And guess what, Chase Center surely got an increase in their ticket sales now that Curry is back. A good bounce-back on sales now that there are only a few home games remaining on this season.

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Curry is back, in his first game he scored 23 points but on a very bad shooting night. 3/12 in 2 point shooting, and he is currently on a max of 28 minutes restriction per game, today he played his max restriction but they still loses,.. hopefully his good shooting touches will be back soon.

Curry is already back and I noticed that his high arc shooting is better now even the tall guys will never reach it. I'm happy to see him back in action, his quickness and long range shots. Now it's too late to see him back knowing that his team can't make it to the playoffs this time. On the other game, Rockets vs Clippers is like playoffs already seems Russ, James and the rest of the team are not yet figure out how they will win consecutively.

He is definitely back, maybe some rust early on, missing shots, but he has shaken it already in the second quarter, hitting 3's in the game. Few more games and he will be back to his usual shooting night. However, they fell short in this game, but everyone in the GSW is very happy to see Steph back again.

I'm sure he is feeling healthy and probably will enjoy playing the rest of the game this season. I know the feeling of frustrations now being in the finals this year, but for sure GSW will be back with a healthy team next season and chase another ring.

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Quote from: Rikafip on March 05, 2020, 03:09:19 AM

Curry is back, in his first game he scored 23 points but on a very bad shooting night. 3/12 in 2 point shooting, and he is currently on a max of 28 minutes restriction per game, today he played his max restriction but they still loses,.. hopefully his good shooting touches will be back soon.

Kudos to his performance but I don't think this will ever change the standing of their team. I guess that's all they have to make for their next games.

And that is to perform very well and just enjoy the entire series with their remaining games.

There is no pressure on them as they will not make it t the playoffs, curry in his first game is maybe trying to figure out his good shooting stroke but that's alright, we all understand that and we are expecting being a real start he can level up his game again.

They do already have that thing in mind that theyve been gone on the list for those teams who would go or included to playoffs.For a long time of rest, its just normal for his body not to be directly on a tempo.

It will still need some time and adjustments before he can fully go back to his own playing style.Yeah, he made 23 points but accuracy isnt really that well but it isnt really that shocking though.

They should now enjoy the remaining games and be prepared on next season at least.

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Situation has changed a bit in that race for that 8th spot in the Western Conference since i wrote that small overview of the candidates. Grizzlies had their 3rd win a row last night, Blazers are on the 2 wins in a ow, and 2 games behind Grizzlies, while i jinxed Pelicans, they had 3rd loss in a row last night, against Mavericks in the OT and situation doesn't look great at the moment as they are 5 games behind Grizzlies now. It won't be an easy thing to do, to reach them with only 21 game left.
Grizzlies will have some tough games at the end of regular season, maybe that could be their chance to catch them..

Quote from: Vaculin on March 05, 2020, 01:44:37 AM

Stephen Curry injury update: Warriors star will make his return Thursday against the Raptors
What do you guys think? will it gives the warriors a chance to be in the playoffs, or its already late?
Curry would certainly give more excitement to us and hopefully as he comes back, we can still see him playing his old self.

Warriors are currently 17 games behind Grizzlies who are at at the 8th spot, while they only have 20 games left, so no way in hell they can catch that. Even Warriors from 2015/2016 would have issues with that, and on top of that, Grizzlies and other teams like Blazers, Spurs and Pelicans would have to loose huge majority of games.
I guess Curry will play just casually until end of the season, he won't force himself and risk another injury

It's essentially over for the pelicans. 5 back with 20 to go and 4-5 teams in front of you, it would take a miracle to get the 8th spot.

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What is happening with the Rockets? are they expose by the Clippers here? I was thinking it would be a close game but it seems like the Clippers are betting them every quarter,.. Rockets are dead when their 3 point shooting is not hitting, Clippers knows how to beat them?

It was just a horrendous shooting night for Rockets. When you shoot 7/43 for three points, you can't expect to win against weak teams, let alone one of the main contenders, Clippers. On top of that, Clippers exploited their small lineup with Harrell and especially Zubac, 2 very good centers. I still can't believe how easily Lakers got rid off very talented and still young center Zubac, and for Mike Muscala, who played like crap for them, and they eventually get rid of him. That was one of the weirder trades I've seen in a while, made no sense at the time, and still doesn't.

This small ball lineup is for sure interesting to watch and kudos to Rockets for trying it, but i doubt that they can go far with this tactic.

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Curry is back, in his first game he scored 23 points but on a very bad shooting night. 3/12 in 2 point shooting, and he is currently on a max of 28 minutes restriction per game, today he played his max restriction but they still loses,.. hopefully his good shooting touches will be back soon.

Kudos to his performance but I don't think this will ever change the standing of their team. I guess that's all they have to make for their next games.

And that is to perform very well and just enjoy the entire series with their remaining games.

There is no pressure on them as they will not make it t the playoffs, curry in his first game is maybe trying to figure out his good shooting stroke but that's alright, we all understand that and we are expecting being a real start he can level up his game again.

His comeback makes him happy, by looking at him while playing even he's not converting that much from the high arc but the threat is still there, once he got the rhythm he will surely convert, I love the way he passed the ball it's really entertaining, though there's no chance for them but watching his few last games for this season will bring enjoyment to his fans.

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Curry is back, in his first game he scored 23 points but on a very bad shooting night. 3/12 in 2 point shooting, and he is currently on a max of 28 minutes restriction per game, today he played his max restriction but they still loses,.. hopefully his good shooting touches will be back soon.

Kudos to his performance but I don't think this will ever change the standing of their team. I guess that's all they have to make for their next games.

And that is to perform very well and just enjoy the entire series with their remaining games.

There is no pressure on them as they will not make it t the playoffs, curry in his first game is maybe trying to figure out his good shooting stroke but that's alright, we all understand that and we are expecting being a real start he can level up his game again.

Why are you saying he's still figuring out? He's game is still there.

He has those quick releases in that game and that is really amazing since that is how we really admired Steph Curry. I think the only thing I can observe is that he is not moving that much unlike in his past games where he really moves around to shake his defender and make shoot the ball. Does this have to do with the fact that they will not be in the playoffs? I don't think this is because of his injury.

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Rockets are simply too little compared to other teams but lets not act like clippers came out with all 7 foothers neither. They had good height advantage but they were not like Bucks or anything. Rockets are now having a slight trouble when they are not playing the way they want to but when things go their way they are still one of the best teams in the league. They are a very offense oriented team and I still consider them a favorite for the conference finals at least, they will move over the first round like it is nothing unless they seed very badly and meet one of the contenders early on.

However, clippers have been showing why people were saying they were the contenders at the start of the season, they had a very injury prone season and couldn't play together perfectly but as we have seen when they do play properly, they are really good, this is the team that almost upset Warriors last year and added PG13 and Kawhi on top of that so I wouldn't expect anything else from them.

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Curry is back, in his first game he scored 23 points but on a very bad shooting night. 3/12 in 2 point shooting, and he is currently on a max of 28 minutes restriction per game, today he played his max restriction but they still loses,.. hopefully his good shooting touches will be back soon.

Curry is already back and I noticed that his high arc shooting is better now even the tall guys will never reach it. I'm happy to see him back in action, his quickness and long range shots. Now it's too late to see him back knowing that his team can't make it to the playoffs this time. On the other game, Rockets vs Clippers is like playoffs already seems Russ, James and the rest of the team are not yet figure out how they will win consecutively.

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Curry is back, in his first game he scored 23 points but on a very bad shooting night. 3/12 in 2 point shooting, and he is currently on a max of 28 minutes restriction per game, today he played his max restriction but they still loses,.. hopefully his good shooting touches will be back soon.

Kudos to his performance but I don't think this will ever change the standing of their team. I guess that's all they have to make for their next games.

And that is to perform very well and just enjoy the entire series with their remaining games.

There is no pressure on them as they will not make it t the playoffs, curry in his first game is maybe trying to figure out his good shooting stroke but that's alright, we all understand that and we are expecting being a real start he can level up his game again.

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Curry is back, in his first game he scored 23 points but on a very bad shooting night. 3/12 in 2 point shooting, and he is currently on a max of 28 minutes restriction per game, today he played his max restriction but they still loses,.. hopefully his good shooting touches will be back soon.

Kudos to his performance but I don't think this will ever change the standing of their team. I guess that's all they have to make for their next games.

And that is to perform very well and just enjoy the entire series with their remaining games.

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Curry is back, in his first game he scored 23 points but on a very bad shooting night. 3/12 in 2 point shooting, and he is currently on a max of 28 minutes restriction per game, today he played his max restriction but they still loses,.. hopefully his good shooting touches will be back soon.

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