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Reminder: Cavaliers beat the Warriors, Warriors didn't beat themselves
[FONT="Times New Roman"]Warriors fans live in constant fear that NBA superstar Stephen Curry will get injured
Almost half his NBA career Curry has been battling some type of injury
And when it happened in the 2016 NBA Playoffs, no one was suprised
As some may not know, Stephen had seven ankle sprains and 2 surgiers in a 16-month period
Because of his historical amount of ankle sprains/surgeries, he has unusually slow lateral quickness and struggles with stopping on a dime[/FONT]
Lets recap why he got himself injured:
- Curry gambled on Ariza when he tried a full court press and was blown right by instantly - Montiejunas trips and falls - Curry sees this in the corner of his eye
- Curry tried forcing Ariza to go right - Ariza goes up for the pump - Curry struggles to stop and at the same time slips on sweat because he lacked awareness where he was on the court
[FONT="Arial"]*The Golden State Warriors got lucky when it was announced that Stephen Curry only had a Grade 1 MCL sprain in his right knee after taking a scary fall in the playoffs*.
*Had Curry, say, torn his MCL, he would likely be out for the rest of the playoffs*.
*Having faced that possibility, the Warriors are now more determined to chase Kevin Durant as insurance, according to Tim Kawakami of the San Jose Mercury News*.[/FONT]
http://www.businessinsider.com/steph...-durant-2016-4
The injury effected his game none whatsoever
[COLOR="Red"]His next game and following series versus the Houston Rockets, Steph perfomed at an elite level[/COLOR]
[COLOR="Blue"]The following 7 game series versus the Oklahoma City Thunder he again performed at a spectacular level[/COLOR]
[COLOR="DarkRed"]And as we all know, in the Finals, Curry just couldn't live up to the two previous series when he faced the Cleveland Cavaliers[/COLOR]
Infact, by looking at his past 3 Playoffs, 2016 Curry was right on par in nearly every category with his 2014 and 2013 Playoffs
In conclusion we see that 1. Steph is injury prone and has a long history of sprains with multiple surgeries
2. Steph's fragile ankles wouldn't allow him to stop on a dime/keep up with [COLOR="Red"]Ariza[/COLOR]
3. Steph had bad court awareness after seeing [COLOR="Red"]Montie[/COLOR] fall and drove right through a wet spot, tweaking his knee
4. Multiple sources say it was a grade 1 MCL, 2 weeks fully heal, "he was lucky"
5. Steph came back from injury and played 9 games averaging [COLOR="Blue"]31, 8, 7, 48%fg[/COLOR] before playing Cleveland where he struggled at [COLOR="DarkRed"]22, 5, 4, 40%fg[/COLOR]
6. Steph is a sub par Playoff and Finals performer compared to his regular season standards
7. GSW front office signed Durant as insurance, specifically banking on Steph's next upcoming injury
Last edited by scuzzy; 07-30-2016 at 12:07 AM.
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Yellow King
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Yellow King
Re: Reminder: Cavaliers beat the Warriors, Warriors didn't beat themselves
Draymond Green's temper tantrums spilled into the 2016 Playoffs
The Warriors leader and arguably best player ranks #1 in most fouls
In 2015-16 season, Draymond was #3 in the league in Technical fouls
The previous season (14-15), Draymond was #6
Green, who went into the playoffs saying "I will try to limit any discussions with referees to avoid racking up technicals" couldn't hold back and continued to throw up his arms in disgust for nearly the entire playoffs
It all started where he racked up 2 techs in the Rockets series, following with 2 more techs in the Portland series
Draymond was treading a fine line, where 7 technicals get you suspended for a game.
But things started to only tumble worse
-First it was the flying knee to Steven Adams groin
-This unsportsmanlike blow caused the media/fans to take note of Draymonds actions under a microscope. No tech/flag was called as one should of been
-The following game later, a brutal kick to Adams groin, again
-While everyone thought he would receive a flagarant 2 and be ejected, he didn't. The NBA the following day ruled him with a Technical foul for his actions.
[FONT="Times New Roman"]A foul is considered flagrant when it involves excessive or violent contact that could injure the fouled player. A flagrant foul may be unintentional or purposeful[/FONT]
-Along with many more Groin attacks with no consequences
-Green was up to 5 techs going into the Finals
-Finals, Game 4, Green intentionally threw a punch at Lebron James, again in the groin
The fans, media, NBA had no choice but to take action on such unsportsmanlike behavior
Green was given a more than necessary Flagarant and by rule due to many technical fouls, was suspended 1 game.
When Kevin Love was injured for his concussion in gm5, Lebron James stepped up to carry the load and lead his team to a win
When Draymond was out, Stephen Curry failed to carry the load and lead his team to a blowout loss on his homecourt
Following the Finals, Green was arrested on assault charges for getting into a fight with a college student. Again unable to keep his cool
[COLOR="Blue"]In conclusion:[/COLOR]
[COLOR="Blue"]1. Draymond Green is one of the top dirties players in the league and continues with his actions year after year
2. Green, regardless of suspension threat, makes bad decisions on/off the court
3. Has a loud mouth, constantly taunting other players and getting away with it
4. The league continued to give Green passes in the OKC series so they wouldn't lose (knowing that Draymond is the best GSW player)
5. Green let his team down when he received his flagrant, knowing that Curry couldn't lead a team past Cleveland by himself[/COLOR]
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Last edited by scuzzy; 08-01-2016 at 10:19 PM.
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Yellow King
Re: Reminder: Cavaliers beat the Warriors, Warriors didn't beat themselves
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Yellow King
Re: Reminder: Cavaliers beat the Warriors, Warriors didn't beat themselves
Despite the 3 catastrophic injuries the Cavaliers faced in the Finals
They adapted to the adversity and players stepped up
Just how much setbacks did they have?
[COLOR="DarkRed"]Kyrie Irving-[/COLOR] In April he injured his ankle late in the first half of Friday's overtime win at Atlanta. Had soreness and swelling throughout the entire playoffs
Finals game 6, worst nightmares came true
The injury happened in the third quarter, as Irving was running one of his many pick-and-rolls with Tristan Thompson. Warriors center Festus Ezeli stepped on [COLOR="DarkRed"]Irving's[/COLOR] left foot while attempting to keep the ultra-quick point guard from getting into the paint.
He scored 20 of his 23 points in the first half. After his injury he was just 1-of-6 from the field in the second half.
Post game pictures of [COLOR="DarkRed"]Kyrie's[/COLOR] ankle
Despite such an extreme injury which takes 2-3 weeks to heal, Irving went out to play 43 minutes of game 7 and contributed with 26 points and 6 rebounds. A much better statline than his opposing point guard (Stephen Curry) averaged all series.
Head to Head Irving dominated Curry on both ends (note: Irving guarded Curry and Curry never guarded Irving)
[COLOR="Blue"]Curry - 22ppg, 40%fg, 40%3pt, 929ft, 4 reb, 3ast, .9stl, 4.3TOV[/COLOR]
[COLOR="DarkRed"]Irving- 27ppg, .46%fg, .40%3pt, 93%ft, 4 reb, 4 ast, 2 st, 2TOV[/COLOR]
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Yellow King
Re: Reminder: Cavaliers beat the Warriors, Warriors didn't beat themselves
Kevin Love suffered more injury time during the Finals than both [COLOR="Blue"]Andre Iguodala[/COLOR] and [COLOR="Blue"]Andrew Bogut [/COLOR]combined
Harrison Barnes purposely gave Love a stage 4 concussion after an elbow to the head during the Cleveland Cavaliers' 110-77 loss to the Golden State Warriors in Game 2 of the NBA Finals
As Love went up for the rebound, Barnes went over his back and deliberately threw an elbow to the Occipital Lobe of Kevins Love's brain.
How big of an impact was this injury?
Playoff performance before the elbow- 17pts, 10reb, 3ast, 40%fg, 45%3pt
[COLOR="DarkRed"]Finals performance after the elbow---- 6pts, 5reb, 2ast, 33%fg, 21%3pt[/COLOR] (slightly worse than 16' Kobe)
Concluding that Kevin Love's injury had more negative impact to the Cavaliers team than all if "any" setbacks that the Warriors had
Stage 4 concussion symptoms which altered his performance-
Furthermore, Love possibly was battling CTE or chronic traumatic encephalopathy after the atrocious attack by Barnes.
Mohammad Ali developed CTE after years of boxing concussions (like the one Love obtained) which further led to Parkinsons
Leading to this
Last edited by scuzzy; 08-09-2016 at 07:38 PM.
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Yellow King
Re: Reminder: Cavaliers beat the Warriors, Warriors didn't beat themselves
Kerr:
[QUOTE][B]Steph didn
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Yellow King
Re: Reminder: Cavaliers beat the Warriors, Warriors didn't beat themselves
Bron and Kyrie: 149 drives, 62 free throw attempts
Steph and Klay: 69 drives, 55 free throw attempts
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