2019 NBA Postseason: The Toronto Raptors are NBA Champions!

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Nuvendil on 02 June 2019

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Warriors talking about all this confidence they have, but they're out here looking like they want no parts of Toronto. Pretty pathetic tbh. On loose balls too, just not seeing the energy from them that a Finals series demands. Not sure how much longer I can be asked to watch this.

This has happened before. The Warriors are a team of rhythm. My biggest criticism of them has always been that when their rhythm is disrupted and they have to get down in the trenches as it were, they stumble. KD addressed that when they brought him on, picks up the slack and can handle himself fine in the more rough and tumble playoffs and finals.

I'm not going to write the Warriors off for this game, they are very strong in the second half, but if they have a really rough time without KD it wouldn't necessarily be a huge surprise. The main surprise is the Raptors stepping up as big as they have.

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Angelus on 02 June 2019

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Angelus said:
Warriors talking about all this confidence they have, but they're out here looking like they want no parts of Toronto. Pretty pathetic tbh. On loose balls too, just not seeing the energy from them that a Finals series demands. Not sure how much longer I can be asked to watch this.

This has happened before. The Warriors are a team of rhythm. My biggest criticism of them has always been that when their rhythm is disrupted and they have to get down in the trenches as it were, they stumble. KD addressed that when they brought him on, picks up the slack and can handle himself fine in the more rough and tumble playoffs and finals.

I'm not going to write the Warriors off for this game, they are very strong in the second half, but if they have a really rough time without KD it wouldn't necessarily be a huge surprise. The main surprise is the Raptors stepping up as big as they have.

Ya, the Raptors are playing much better than expected.

I don't really care who wins, personally, I just would like to see a good game/series, and this game so far - while still reasonably close - feels really one sided. Like I said, I'm just not feeling the energy from the Warriors. They look like a team so used to being here that they don't fully appreciate the moment.

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Nuvendil on 02 June 2019

And that's why I said I wouldn't write them off

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Nuvendil on 02 June 2019

And now I get to talk about my biggest criticism of the Raptors! Their third quarter performance is so badly inconsistent. It's the main reason I was shocked they beat the Bucks, they barely seem to be able to tie their laces in Q3 sometimes.

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And now I get to talk about my biggest criticism of the Raptors! Their third quarter performance is so badly inconsistent. It's the main reason I was shocked they beat the Bucks, they barely seem to be able to tie their laces in Q3 sometimes.

Up until this quarter, they've generally shocked me with their offense so far here in the finals. Now they've kinda reverted back to the Raptors I expected/hoped not to see in this series.

Credit to the Warriors though for coming out of the half with some actual urgency.

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Angelus on 02 June 2019

Warriors dropping like flies in these playoffs. Even if they win this game, it's hard to see them overcoming this many injuries and still winning the championship.

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Warriors dropping like flies in these playoffs. Even if they win this game, it's hard to see them overcoming this many injuries and still winning the championship.

It looks like it might come down to how many games the Raptors just give the Warriors a free quarter in. Which normally wouldn't be a big concern kf the Raptors hadn't done this multiple times before.

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Angelus said:
Warriors dropping like flies in these playoffs. Even if they win this game, it's hard to see them overcoming this many injuries and still winning the championship.

It looks like it might come down to how many games the Raptors just give the Warriors a free quarter in. Which normally wouldn't be a big concern kf the Raptors hadn't done this multiple times before.

Sounds about right lol